Some Strange Type of Peculiar Love

The Garden

(When Hugh and Fiona first met)

Fiona's POV

I lightly sleep next to bunches of lilies, roses, or whatever else I could grow. The hunger gnawing at my stomach kept me from drifting too far into sleep— which was almost good because sleeping like the dead can certainly get you there.
My eyes suddenly flutter open as a jerk awake to the sound of light buzzing and footsteps. I command my vines to grow, just incase I need to make the coming individual unable to walk due to my tangles.
I relaxed, however, when I saw it was a boy my age, maybe 13 or 14. He had short brown hair, which would be due for a trim soon as long hair is seen as unkept. He had goggles which he hadn't quit grown into yet that I could see my reflection in.
"Hello." He said, he sounded British.
I nod and swallow hard.
"Were you sleeping out here?" He asked, even though his goggles clouded my view of him I could tell he was frowning.
I nod again.
"You don't talk much huh?"
I shrugged my shoulders at him.
He took a step closer and I immediately shrunk back, still crouching.
He looked tempted to take another step but seemed to think better of it. Good.
"Can you at least tell me your name?"
"Fiona," I say barley a whisper. "Fiona Fraunfeld." I say a little louder.
He looks like he's taking it into consideration when he nods back and extends his hand,
"Hugh Apiston at your service," he grinned. I smiled at him and shook his hand.
I could still hear the buzzing, only it sounded like it was from him. Almost like he read my mind he opened his mouth and released—no. It can't be? Bees??
All the sudden 15 or so swarmed out of his mouth pollinating off my flowers.
"I cam do strange things like this," he said looking deeply troubled, "but I'm not... dangerous as one might think."
I nodded in agreement, my mind flashing towards the village screaming at me, calling me a witch and all other sorts of vile things.
I run my fingers through my dirty mop of curly hair and pull out some seeds before silently chanting to the Earth. A moment later, a dog rose appeared.
"You're like me!" He grinned.
I blushed and nodded.m
Suddenly, the world didn't feel so bad.

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2/20/21