Staring out her window, she smiles gleefully at the floating lanterns.

Cosette loves this time of year. Fairies from all over come to see the Wish Jubilee. Hundreds of lanterns get wishes attached to them and lit and sent up to the sky. Each fairy receives one. Then you have the honor of fulfilling the wish.

The lantern chooses you.

They light up the night sky, making a beautiful display. It never gets old.

Just like last year, they rise into the air and then disperse to find their fairy. The one that will make that desire come true.

“Cosie, you excited?” She turns to her best friend, Grey. They watch the celebration every hear together. His wings fluttering as he skips over to her, feet lightly touching the ground beside her.

“Of course! It’s just the best day of the whole year!”

He laughs as her face lights up like the glowing display outside. Her stomach flips when she hears his melodious laugh.

“We get to see people’s and fairies’ wishes and give them a chance to see the light of day. We get to make things happen!”

She got so invested in her response that she didn’t notice a lantern float to her window sill.

“Cosie,” he points to it, and she squeals.

“Grey, this is it!”

Carefully taking it in her hands, it pulses with a yellow glow signifying it being in the right hands.

Once it dims slightly, she reads the wish that appears for her and only her.

“I wish to be able to tell my best friend how I feel.”

As fairies, there is this instinctive feeling when you receive a wish. Humans won’t get it, but fairies just know who the wish belongs to and what it is about.

It’s this pull that a fairy’s magic reacts to.

And right now, it was pulling her to Grey.

“Grey?” She doesn’t finish her question, not knowing how to ask or what to say.

“It’s ok. I just wanted you to know,” he pauses, nerves evident, “How I feel. About you.”

“You’re just so passionate about everything. You make everyone’s wishes come true and you still want to do more. You shine and I can’t look away.”

Cosette is speechless which is uncommon for her.

“You don’t have to say anything. You fulfilled my wish by listening. By knowing,” he finishes.

He turns to leave, his emerald wings move slower, almost dejectedly.

“Wait,” she blurts out. She has no idea what’s she doing. But one thing is for sure. Grey is her best friend, and she loves him.

“What about my wish?”

He meets her gaze for the first time since she read his wish. Once she sees the raw emotion, she understands why she has flutters in her stomach when he laughs.

Why she looks forward to watching the laterns every year. Why she talks about all the things she loves with him.

She’s in love with him.

“What your wish, Cosie?”

Her wings flap until she is front of him. His shoulders are tense, wings moving nervously, his eyes focused solely on her.

She grabs his hand.

“This.”

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(Tangled is one of my favorite Disney movies, so this prompt got me excited! Do you have a favorite Disney movie?)