ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏ ★ Acotar

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ℙ𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 & ℙ𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤

After some hours trying in thousands of dresses and three bottles of the oldest wine, you could say Kallista and Helion were pretty much tipsy. Kallista was slouching in the sofa of the boutique still wearing a very expensive pink frilly dress besides Helion, her head resting in the backrest looking at the beautiful carved ceiling that was slightly moving because of how dizzy she was. Helion in the same position as her at her side started laughing alone like a maniac.

"What?" Kallista groggily asked moving her head to see him.

"The ceiling is moving in funny ways" Helion responded looking at the ceiling for a second and then at her bestfriend. "Your face looks weird"

"Yours too"

They bursted out laughing in their drunken state, Kallista clutching her stomach and Helion with tears in his eyes, the pale princess felt tired and let her head fall on Helion's lap looking at the ceiling.

"Helion?" She asked after her breathing went back to normal.

"Yes?" The highlord answered trudging his fingers through her soft hair.

"Let's make a promise" Kallista informed still looking at the ceiling

"What promise?"

"If in I don't know fifty years or something, we are still alone, we'll marry eachother" Kallista explained.

"Kalli-" He tried to add but was interrupted by Kallista jumping out of her seat and looking at him with a glint in her eye.

"Just think about it, it will not only end with our lonelyness but it will be good for our courts, come on Helion" Kallista explained dizzily, she heard him sigh deeply something he does when he is thinking hard about something.

"Okey, but I won't sleep with you, that's disgusting" Helion slurred out.

"ew, I know, you can sleep with whoever you want" Kallista said with a scrunched face at the thought of sleeping with Helion, she kneeled in front of him and extended her arm "Let's seal this promise"

"I'm not from the night court, I can't make the swirls tatoos" Helion said extending his hand towards her.

"I know" She said rolling her eyes playfully, and took his hand into a handshake "So, Helion Spell Cleaver, in fifty years or so, me, Kallista from the Winter Court and you High Lord of day, are going to be married if we find ourselves without a partner, do you accept?" Kallista recited with mock poshness.

"I, Helion Spell Cleaver, High Lord of Day, accept" Helion responded, not knowing if maybe the drunken promesses made that night were going to go into action in the years to come.

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Returning to the Winter Court, Kallista felt tired, after their drunken endevours in the boutique she basically now had a new closet of sparkly dresses. She arrived just at midday when lunch was going to be served, and good thing because Kallista was starving, with all the not being able to move in the morning because of the hangover.

She first entered her room and saw all her new dresses in boxes outside of her closet.

That is going to be hell to put away

And as if she knew Kallista needed help, Alara entered the room with her usual mischivious smile.

"Hello, what a pleasure finally seeing you here" Alara said mockingly walking towards her.

"You know, I thought you missed me"

"Me, nah" Alara giggled at the glare that was sent her way and started helping her putting the dresses away while talking about Kallista's new adventures and the quality of the dresses Helion had so humblely gifted her.

After an hour of accomodating dresses they finally said goodbye and the princess walked towards luch. Entering the dinning room, her father and brother were already there, talking with serious frowns on their faces.

"Good Afternoon family, what's with the long faces?" Kallista questioned getting in her sit at the left of her father.

"My extra studies started today, they are overwhelming to say the least" Kallias responded looking down at his food.

"They are not overwhelming, son, there is just so little of time and whole else to learn" Their father tried to sooth him, he knew that it was starting to become too overwhelming for him, but with Hybern's threath looming above their heads, he needed to make sure his son was ready for whatever the future may bring.

"It's going to be okay Kallias, just try not to tire yourself to much" Kallista send a comforting smile to his brother.

"Well your training will start tomorrow, so you too also don't overwhelm yourself" Kallias said eating his food hastily without looking at her sister who now had wide eyes.

Tomorrow?

That's much too close to be seeing him again, she wasn't ready to see him especially after the way he left things, well maybe she could try again, she did wanted this to work.

"Ah yes, Kalli, tomorrow in the afternoon uh.." He trailed of with a thinking face.

"Azriel" Kallias reminded him, and just his name was enough for Kallista's heart to beat faster than normal.

"Ah, yes, he will come here at afternoon and start training you" her father finished explaining looking at her with a gentle smile.

"But I do already know how to use a sword" Kallista said annoyed.

"Yes, but you will need to know more than the basics if there is a war about to break out" The high lord answered with stern eyes signaling that it was the end of the discussion and Kalllista understood that he was only worried and she indeed wasn't the best at swordplay.

Kallista always wanted to learn properly but with all the rules and ettiquette, there wasn't really time, and yes if she really wanted to she could've made time, but before now there wasn't any upcoming war pressuring to and threatening to kill all her loved ones, so she would learn not only because her father said so but because she didn't want to rely on everyone else to protect her if Hybern's forces were coming, she didn't want to be the damsel in need for help, sometimes she wanted to be the rebellious princess that fought with blood and sweat until everyone was safe.

And she was finally going to get it.

A/N

hehe, they are going to see eachother in the next chapter *Laughs evilly*

Also what do you think about Helion's and Kallista's promise

Someone commednted to put the dresses she wears at the top of the chapters so that dress is what she wears in the second part. It's actually very fun to look for dresses