Ariana POV

        I couldn't believe that the MC pulled me down onto the stage like that.  "Why don't we have our little interview right here?" he said and I couldn't help but giggle and nod in reply and then I made myself comfortable on the stage.

        The MC looked at his cards and then asked "What is your name?"

        I blushed and then said "Latizia. Latizia DeBlasi."

        "What a beautiful name" he smiled.

        "Now I heard something very interesting" he enticed the crowd and then he looked at me. "Out of all the Bells here, you were the only one that approached your Beau" he wiggled his eyebrows and I knew exactly what he meant.

        "No way!" I heard a guy scream from behind me and I turned to see all the other Beaus surrounding Sunggyu.

        The MC turned as well and chuckled. "Well we are all dying to know" he looked at me again. "Is it true? Did you really approach him?"

        I looked at Sunggyu and blushed. "Yes, I did."

        The entire audience was surprised and began oohing.

        "Tell me" the MC inched closer. "What made you decide to approach him?"

        I blushed a bit more. "To be honest, this is my first Masquerade" I confessed "and my cousins dared me to approach someone and kiss them on the cheek."

        "So, our Beau was just the lucky guy that got picked out of the crowd?"

        "Well, they did give me a choice" I admitted "but I choose him" I looked at Sunggyu and blushed more. The guys next to Sunggyu started pushing him around in jealousy, but all he did was smile and blush as he kept eye contact with me.

        The MC stood up and held out is hand to help me up. "Well, I think that is enough questions for now. Why don't you take your place with the other Bells." I walked over and stood next to the other girls. "Now we will start our games to determine who will be the Bell and Beau of the Night" the MC announced and we were all directed to exit the stage.

        As we came off the stage, we were escorted to a room where one of the staff began explaining what was going to happen next. We were told that there were going to be a total of six mini games. Three to determine the Bell of the Night and three to determine the Beau of the Night.

        "The games are going to be the same for both the men and women" The staff member said. "We are going to place you behind a special board that we designed for the games." The staff member gestured to a painted board in the corner of the room and then walked over to it. "The boards will look similar to this one." It was painted as though it was a woman in a masquerade outfit. The staff member went behind the board and opened up three slots. One at the right arm, one at the lips and the final one at the eyes. "There will be three rounds" she continues to explain. "The guys will come out and they will have to choose the hand, lips and eyes that they believe belong to the Bell they brought onto the stage."

        A girl in red immediately asked "What if they can't remember what ours look like?"

        "Then they can choose the one that they like the best" the staff member replied. "Basically, the point of the games is to choose the Bell that is most appealing to them based on the three parts of the body shown to them."

        "What if they don't really take the time to look and just choose the same number every time? That won't be very fair" another girl wearing green complained.

        "That is why we are going to be changing your positions for each game. We want the guys to really try and find you." The staff member looked over her notes and then said "As I said before, the games will be the same for the men as well. You will have to choose the hand, lips and eyes of the Beau that brought you onto the stage or if you can't remember what he looks like, just choose the one you like the best."

        "How will you determine who becomes the Bell and Beau of the Night?" the girl in the purple dress asked.

        "That will be determined by the staff based on the results of the games."

        "That's not fair! You could just choose someone because you like them better!" the girls became upset by the situation.

        "I assure you that it will be fair. We will be using the results from the games to determine the winners."

        The other girls were still skeptical about the whole thing, but I really didn't care whether I won or not. I just wanted to have fun tonight.

        They left us in the room while they set up the stage for the games. They even gave us some snacks and water while we waited. After about a half hour, the staff member came back into the room and handed us each a piece of paper with three numbers on it. "That will be your positions for each of the games" she said. "Follow me" she gestured for us to head back towards the stage.

        As I stood up, I felt a little pain in my ankle, but I figured that I might have twisted it earlier when I ran into my sisters. So I didn't pay it much attention. We all got on the stage and the MC started to get the crowd excited. "It is now time for us to play a few little games to see if our Bells and Beaus can recognize the ones they were with." The crowd cheered. "Ladies" he looked at us. "Please take your places behind the panels."

        We all walked around the curtains and found the panel that we were supposed to be behind for the first game, opened the slot labeled number one and slid our hands through the openings. "Now it is time for our Beaus to come out and find their Bells."

        One by one, I felt the guys come through and hold my hand. It felt strange until the fifth guy came through. I could tell right away that it was Sunggyu and I smiled. I wanted to tell him it was me, but I stopped myself. The remainder of the guys passed through and we were instructed to close our panels and move to our next position and open the second panel.

        As we waited for the guys to pass through, the pain in my ankle started to worsen. I should probably ask for some Ibuprofen later and I will definitely need to ice it when I get home. The guys passed a little quicker this time and then we were instructed to move to our final positions.

        As I opened the eye slot and situated myself into the fake mask, I looked around at the audience. The place was really packed. One by one the guys came up and I tried my best not give away that I wasn't their Bell. Then I saw Sunggyu slowly approaching and I had to stop myself from giving myself away. He stood in front of me and stopped moving. Does he know it is me? Then he blushed and smiled before walking away.

        I tried not to blush, but I couldn't help it. Did he really recognize me, or did he just think my eyes were the best looking? Crap! Why does he have to do this to me?

        We all got off the stage and they changed out the boards for the guys. The guys got up on stage and got into position and then we were called up one by one to play the same games. To make it easier on us all, we decided that we would go in the order we arrived at the main stage for all the games. That means I had to go last, but that didn't bother me.

        When it was my turn, I walked up and started to hold each of the guys hands. When I reached the fifth guy and held his hand, I felt a tingling sensation run up my arm. I couldn't help but think that this was Sunggyu. I quickly held the last two guys hands and walked over to the judges and gave them my pick.

        We all waited backstage as the guys moved for the second game. Again we all came out one by one to look at the guys lips. I couldn't help but blush at the second guy. There was no way I wouldn't remember his lips. I took my time as I passed the other guys and then gave my answer to the judges before walking backstage again.

        The guys moved around for the last time and the other girls and I went up on stage to look at their eyes. I carefully looked at each of their eyes, but none of them could fool me. When I reached the last guy, I immediately blushed. It was Sunggyu, I just know it. I walked over to the judges, gave them my choice and then walked backstage.

        The MC announced that the judges were reviewing the results and that they needed time to prepare the stage for the results. We all returned to the waiting room and were given more snacks while we waited to be called for the results.