She looks different, in a good way.
Her beautiful amber eyes reflecting in the sunlight, her white blond hair dancing in the wind, and her smile, god, how much he miss that smile of hers. But, there's no way he could approach her.
above all, he did nothing but to push her away, even after all she had done for him in the past.
He was about to turn around and leave when the princess's voice caught him by surprise. "Oh, duke Alpheus!" Everyone's attention was onto him now, including the young Florence. He then smiled, trying to hide his surprised face.
"Princess, it's good seeing you again." He went closer and with the blond-haired girl's permission, kissed her hand lovingly. The other girls were fawning over him while Viviane sipped her tea, uninterested.
After the duke greeted the jewel-eyed princess, he turned to the young lady. "I greet the daughter of the Florence duchy." He bowed. Ugh, do she have to greet him? she really doesn't want to though, but still, he is a duke now, might as well greet him back.
She stood up from her seat and did a curtsy. "And I greet the duke of the Alpheus house." She spoke. "I heard that you came back from that boarding school, I'm glad to see you look healthy." He smiled.
That smile, oh how she despised that.
No, how much she loved that smile, but that was all in the past now.
"Thank you for your concern, duke. Also, I may be a little late but congratulations on being the duke of the Alpheus house." She did a fake smile, she's not really into this conversation. "Thank you."
They exchanged a small laugh before she tried excusing herself. "Then, I'll get going now. I have to be with the princess." She smiled again. "Oh, that's right. Then, I'll excuse myself too." He bid farewell to everyone there and started to leave.
Why does it feel sad just looking at him walking away?
"Viane, are you all right?" Athanasia tilts her head, confused why the lady's head was down. She quickly lifted her head up and smiled sweetly. "Yes, I'm sorry, I got distracted." She needs to shake these feelings off.
She's not that pathetic, young, naive child anymore.
Or that's what she likes to think.
After every guest left, it was just the princess of this empire and the princess of the Florence duchy left.
"I don't want you to leave yet." She huffed. "You have tons of things to do, Athy. You're the crowned princess now, after all." The other lady tried to calm her friend down. It was nearly evening when it started raining cats and dogs.
"Oh my, it's raining really hard." The amber-eyed girl sighed. Athanasia smiled then acted sad. "I know, how unfortunate it is." The princess made a sad face. "You can't leave like this." She tried hiding her excitement. "You can sleep here for the night!"
"What?! I can't do that! How dare I do such a thing." The Florence rejected immediately. "Don't say that! You are the princess's precious best friend! How can you not sleep here?" She insisted. "Or, is it perhaps that you don't like it here?"
Oh boy.
"Of course not! I love it here!" She waved her hands in front of her face. "Then, sleeping here won't be a problem, right?" The princess called for her nanny. "Lily! Tell the maids to prepare everything Viane needs for the night." And with that, the maid left with a bow.
"Is it really alright with you for me to be here?" The young Florence said hesitantly. "What are you talking about?! Of course it's fine with me!" The blond-haired reassured the other lady, holding her hands. "Plus, it'll take at least an hour to get to your house and it's storming outside."
"Thank you, you're the best." She hugged her best friend. Having a princess as your friend is amazing, highly recommend. "Oh, I know." She teased before they laughed aloud, happy to see each other once again.
"Wait, I'm going to be sleeping in your room?" Viviane asked, clearly confused. Usually, when you're a guest, you will sleep or stay in the guest room, which is pretty obvious. But, how dare could she sleep in the obelia princess's room?
"Yes, is there anything wrong with that?" The girl tilts her head. "No, it's just, how dare I--" She was about to explain when the girl cut her off. "Don't you dare say something like that! Like I said before, you are the princess's best friend, so I can at least do this for you."
The lady sighed before nodding her head. Maybe the princess found this a great opportunity to sped more time with her, without making it obvious (when she obviously did).
They sat on the bed, clean and fresh from the bath when the young Florence took something out of her pocket. "Here, this is for you." She stated before giving a small, yellow box to the blond-haired girl.
"What is it?" She asked, confused on why she gave this to her. It's not her birthday, or friendship day, or anything of those things. "You'll see." And with her permission, the princess opened the small gift.
Inside it was a bracelet with a beautiful gold Athanasia flower charm on it. "Do you like it?" The Florence tried to smile. It's been a while since she gave something to someone, and she's not really sure if the girl would like it.
She peeked to try and see the girl's reaction when she heard sniffling. "Athy, what is it? do you not like it? I will give you something better later if you want." The lady started to comfort the other, confused when she started to bawl her eyes out.
"No, don't buy me anything else! This is so pretty, I like it very much!" The jewel-eyed girl cried even more. "Alright, alright, I won't. I was just worried since you started weeping." She rubbed the princess's back, still comforting her.
After a moment of silence (and after the girl stopped crying and the lady gave her some water), Athanasia started to speak. "Thank you for this precious gift, I will make sure to treasure it." The young Florence then hugged the girl.
"Of course, anything for my adorable little princess."
The night was filled with the sounds of thunderstorms and lightning, the pitter-patter of the sound of raindrops, where in a huge bedroom in a palace, sleeps two beautiful young princesses cuddling each other for comfort.
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Why do I feel like I made Athy's personality pretty much like Jennette? I hope I didn't make Athy too out of character!
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