Y/N Alinac was just a little kid when their mother got a curse over herself and went mad. After that moment, Y/N wanted to become the best healer on The Boiling Isles, to find answers and maybe even heal their mother. The desire to help and care for...
I was a blushing mess and felt like a total idiot. I smacked my red face after he went out and the red cardinal sat on the bed and looked at me. After feeling embarrassed and took control of my face color, I decided to open the door out. It was locked.
"Great." I said out loud. "Now I'm stuck here until HE comes back" I turned around from the door looking at the window. Maybe I could jump out? I walked to the window and opened it. I looked down and saw that we were definitely more than 15 meters up. I backed away from the window because of my fear of heights and closed it again.
"There is literally no way out!" I shouted. The red cardinal then flew to my shoulder and looked at me, getting my attention. They then flew around the small room, landing on a desk.
"You know, I should probably look around to pass time"
I was in the closet the first hour, trying on his clothes. Apparently, he had clothes for different occasions, even for dancing! It's a traditional suit made for the covens festival that comes every year, celebrating our different talents and magic. I personally never been there unfortunately, my dad and I would travel to the knee and watch the fireworks by the end of the festival. The different covens have their own classic dances, there for different costumes for all covens. His were black with golden details all over it. Quite beautiful actually.
The second hour contained reading his books. Apparently, the golden guard, The emperor's right hand, was reading and learning about wild magic.
"Wild magic? But the emperor hates wild magic, and the golden guard reads it behind his back?" I asked the red cardinal. They looked at me and peeped. Of course they couldn't answer me so I would understand, but I think I did anyway. This could be used as blackmail if things goes wrong later on. But I got to admit, the golden guard had a interesting and good taste of books. I ended up reading for the next hour.
The third hour comes and my stomach started to hurt. I realized that I haven't eaten for a long time. Hopefully, the golden guard give me food when he comes back. The golden guard... What could his real name be? I looked around the room, trying to find anything that his name could be on. Over his bed were some kind of proof that he was in the emperor's coven, but even there, It was signed as 'the golden guard'.
"What could his name be? Do you know that buddy?" I asked the cardinal sarcastically. They peeped once again and my stomach started to hurt even more then before. "'Peep', that's a good name" I answered and laid on the bed and held my stomach.
The fourth hour came and someone knocked on the door. The golden guard walked in and closed the door after him.
"Having fun?" He asked sarcastically and laughed. I just stared at him, being so annoyed. "I guess not" He answered himself and took off his cloak.
"Where have you been?" I asked. He didn't answer instantly, instead he took out a sandwich form the cloak and tossed it to me. I catch it and started to eat. FINALLY!
"I have done my duties for the day, and I succeeded to sneak that sandwich, which I'm not allowed to do for prisoners, just for you, so a 'thank you' would be nice" He said and sat on the bed. He looked at me, waiting for his 'thank you'. I swallowed my bite, not looking back at him.
"You locked me up in here"
"Would you rather be in your dirty cell?" He asked. I got silent for a few seconds. He did have the choice to take me to the cells, which would be boring for me, but he choose not to.
"..Thank you"
"Your welcome" He said and took off his mask, revealing his face. He went to the closet and opened the doors. He turned around to look at me once again.
"You have touched my stuff" The golden guard said with a irritated expression. I swallowed my last bite, feeling satisfied and said: "Can you really blame me?"
And he couldn't, because he would have done the same thing if he was in my shoes, he knew that. He just grunted irritated and putted his cloak and mask in the closet.
"Well, to the cells again" He said taking my wrist.
"No, wait!" I said. I jerked my arm from him, but he held on and fell on top of me on the bed. Our faces were very close, our eyes locked again.
"What?" He asked kind of softly, and blushed a little. He didn't hold my wrist tightly either, just enough for me to stay in place.
"Go out with me" I said.
"WHAT!?" The golden guard shouted, probably enough for everyone in the castle to hear. He jumped off me, blushing like crazy with a confused face.
"NOT LIKE THAT YOU IDIOT! OUTSIDE! Go outside with me!" I said while I laughed at his reaction.
"WELL SAY OUTSIDE THEN! IM NOT THE IDIOT, YOU ARE!" He said back with anger. He then faced the wall to take a few deep breaths, calming himself down. After a while, he turned back to me with a less red face.
"Sorry" I said while letting out my last giggle. "I'm sorry, no you are not the idiot. But I really need some fresh air, so please, will you?" I said and stood up from his bed.
He was still angry, I could see that.
"Wanna go outside? Fine, let's go outside!" He said holding his hand out for the red cardinal. The bird flew to him and turned into a staff. The cardinal was a palisman?! He then took my hand tightly and both sat on the staff. Without any warning, we flew out the window.
"This is not what I had in mind!" I said while holding myself on to him by his torso, not looking down.
"I want to make sure you get as much fresh air as possible!" He said flying us higher and higher in a fast speed. I couldn't respond due to the strong wind. I accidentally looked down and the panic kicked in. I pressed my face on to his back.
"P-Please let me down" I shakily said, feeling tears coming from the corners of my eyes. He turned around to look at me and saw my condition. I was scared, really scared.
"I forgot you are afraid of heights" He said sounding a bit ashamed. "Hey, it's okey" he said trying to calm me down. He took his hand over one of mine around his torso. His hand were warm and soft, just like the first time we held hands. "I'm gonna show you something, is it okey? I will fly slower" He asked while grabbing my hand gently. He brushed his thumb over my hand and I blushed against his back. I nodded and, as he promised, flew slower.
Not so long after, I felt us stopping. He shifted his position on the staff to sit on the side of it, like the position I sat in.
"Okey, open your eyes, it's okey" He said softly, still holding my hand. "And I do not want you to look down" He said grabbing my chin and lifted it to a normal level. "Now, look" He said and let go of my chin. I opened my eyes and saw the beautiful point of view of the Boiling Isles.
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"Wow" I said. "I know" The golden guard said while looking at the view with me. We sat there for awhile looking at the beautiful view. The wind wasn't too strong, the height didn't bother.
And without realizing it, we both still held hand, tightly, enjoying the simple touch of affection.
