AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT - LOONA.

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Stratford Upon Avon, 1834.

"Its so bloody cold, the river better freeze over again to make up for it." Heejin whined, dusting the early december snow from her boots as she stepped into the warmth of her her house.

"Language." Jinsol ordered back from upstairs.

Heejin rolled her eyes to herself and grimaced as she heard footsteps creak down the stairs to her.

"Where's the princess?" She asked as soon as Jinsol entered the room.

"Out looking for suitors again, she thinks that we should move up north, apparently the men down here are getting boring and repetitive."

"You should never had let her read any Jane Austen, she's been in this trance for over a year now. How up north is she thinking?"

"Scotland." Jinsol replied flatly, a cheeky smile forming on her lips.

"Scotland??" Heejin snorted incredulously. "Oh I see, she just wants to peer under their kilts doesn't she."

"That's what I said. But then she smacked me with her tea towel and told me to get my mind out of the gutter. She was so flustered, does she think me an idiot?"

"She thinks of us both as idiots, anyway I bought a goose at the market, you know for our guests when they arrive tomorrow." Heejin informed her, setting her bag on the table, unpacking its contents.

Ughhhh, If I have to make small talk with another self entitled, stuck up twat who keeps trying to peer down my corset again, I'll envy the goose that was shot in cold blood just so we could show off." Jinsoul grumbled. "When will father send us real men as suitors?" . Heejin took a mental note to later ask Jinsol what on earth a real man constituted as, it's not lie any of them would know. They'd been living pretty much with females their entire life, which is why Sooyoung's assumptions all appeared to come from works of idyllic fiction. But all 3 were probably certain that the men their father advertised at them were... not exactly desirable.

"He does his best." Heejin sighed, "Plus, that was part of the deal, we move here away from father in order to learn our responsibility and freedom, so long as on occasion we host dinner parties for the sons of his beloved war companions." She smiled sarcastically. "Seeming to hope that one day one of them will catch our fancy and we can be married off."

"It's a miracle to be honest, most of the men seem to be put off immediately that we live on our own, they only like the idea of us when we're defenseless creatures they can nurture and protect." She continued, churning her nose up at the idea of being some kind of pet.

"Maybe this time on will be tolerable." Jinsol said wistfully, before stopping herself from getting carried away. "Who am I kidding , father doesn't have a clue. Maybe Sooyoung had gotten the right idea, maybe we should be out scavenging together, taking it into our own hands."

"Pointless." Heejin said deadpan. "And what's with the scavenging, surely they will come to us in their own time."

"Come on, you barely even look at a guy before deciding he's wrong for you, I mean with the imbeciles father sends I can understand, believe me. But when we're out in public you never seem to be interested! Do you not like the idea of getting wed- if so that's completely normal you're only 19.."