SubZero: A new age

Chapter 9: The festival

It's been about two weeks since the wedding and ever since then, Clove and Kyro have gotten a lot closer.

Now it's time for the yearly festival that happens in one of the towns and they newlyweds decide to go together.

"I can't wait to go to the festival" Clove says with excitement.

"I glad to see you're happy about it princess" Kyro responds while smiling at her

Ever since this festival was announced, Clove would bring it up anything she was alone with Kyro. This would also be the first time Clove would go outside of the palace to one of the villages since she's been here.

"Yeah, I'm really happy" she says back while looking into his eyes. "Wait, didn't you have a meeting starting about now?"

"Oh my. I'm late!" He says while walking away but stops before going out the room.
"I'll see you later princess" he continues, giving Clove a kiss on her forehead.

Clove chuckles as she watches Kyro walk out the room.

~A few minutes later~

Clove walks towards the stable as she notices something and quickly hides.

It just so happened to be that both Nouren and Kharis were talking to each other nearby but it was close enough for Clove to hear in on it.

"I know it's been a while and I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get some alone time with you." Kharis says while looking into Nouren's eyes.

"Yes, I know you've been busy dealing with all your duties and I understand you have to go sometimes but I just wish you weren't so busy. I know we haven't spent much time together these past few weeks but during them all, I have loved every bit of it."

"Awe, that is so sweet!" She says back with a big smile on her face.

Clove listens in for a couple more seconds before she figures out her escape plan.

She thinks to herself, 'What could possibly be going on with those two?'. Clove knows that Nouren isn't one to really show his emotions and he's been like this ever since they were kids.

Seeing him now, expressing his feelings to someone is like he's a completely new person. On the other hand, Clove is very happy to see him acting this way, getting more comfortable around the place and getting to fit in more. Now she just hopes that Aaron is doing as well as Nouren is, or at least half.

~Later that day~

It's almost dusk as Clove has dragged Aaron with her to look through some scrolls. Clove wanted to learn more about the past of the Cerulean clan and wanted Aaron to know at least a little bit as well.

"What do you think this means?" Aaron says to Clove as he shows her an image on one of the scrolls.

"Hmm? I don't think I know this but it looks oddly familiar."

"I'll let you hold on to that till you figure it out Clove." Aaron says with a grin.

"Okay, thank you!" She replies with a smile on her face.

Minutes go by as they realize how late it has gotten. Aaron say bye for now, hoping that they would get to have a moment like this again. Sitting together, learning and sharing memories about each other like they used to as children.

As Aaron takes his leave, Clove continues to look through the scrolls and not remembering that she has to be up early the next morning for the festival. Clove soon falls to sleep onto the table and scrolls.

The next morning she finds herself in bed, clothes changed and everything.

"What happened?" Clove asks herself as she slowly gets up while rubbing her eye. She then notices Kyro on the ground next to her. His head laying on the bed and sleeping so peacefully. Clove chuckles and runs her fingers through his brown hair which was enough to wake him up.