His Perfect Daughter

Chapter 45

*Set in the 10th Century on a Wednesday morning. 2 weeks have passed since the incident.

As the sun began to illuminate the room, Niklaus felt a soft hand gripping his arm It was as if the person it belonged to was trying to wake him up. Rebekah no doubt. He thought as he lifted his eyelids.

"Nik, wake up already!" Rebekah scoffed as she continued until she watched him slowly sit up. A smile spread across her face instantly. He's so charming. Even like this. Rebekah blushed at the thought as she wrapped her arms around her brother's neck. She leaned against his right side as she shifted forward to give him a light kiss against his cheek. "Good morning. Sheesh! I thought you died. You gave me a scare." She joked.

"I wish I did with all that ruckus you were causing." Niklaus joked as he shifted so that they were face to face. "As much as I appreciate this....Did mother or father tell you to wake me?" He questioned. He hoped it was his father. He couldn't stand his father's beatings when they were alone or with the boys, how defenseless he was, or the fact that he had to harm animals for fun; but he'd rather face whatever his father had in mind than his mother.

"Neither. I wanted to spend time with you. Is that so far fetched?" Rebekah questioned as she quirked her brow.

"No. It's not that. It isn't you, Bekah. Usually there is always something mother or father expects of me and usually you wake me to do such." Niklaus commented as he continued, "but we should get going if you want to spend time with me" He finished with a smile.

"Of course!" Rebekah smiled back as she got up, dressed in proper attire, and stepped outside Niklaus's hut so he could get dressed properly.

In just a few seconds he was out. "Alright, lead the way." Niklaus gestured as Rebekah giggled and skip-walked. She lead them to a nearby lake and began to sit down as he did.

"Ah. This must be your latest adventure, I'm assuming." Niklaus probed as he plucked a few twigs attached to small white flowers in a shrub to his left.

"Considering father never lets me go with in his journeys and mother is a bit boring....then yes. I've found other places in the last few weeks but I wanted to come here. It is quite an interesting looking lake, huh? The color..." Rebekah rambled as she stared at the lake but turned to face Niklaus.

"That's for the best. None of his journeys are anything to be excited about." Niklaus scoffed as he continued. "Well Bekah it seems you really do find mother boring." He stated as he chuckled. "If you paid any attention to mother's or Ayana's lessons you'd know the reason for this color. It has magical properties. But only seen by those who are aware of it's nature or those of magical linage." Niklaus explained as he intertwined the twigs and flowers gesturing Rebekah to turn her back to him.

He sat the part with the small white flowers on top of her hair while the twigs latched on the strands of her hair. Niklaus began to braid Rebekah's hair as she sat there quietly listening to her heart beating against her chest as it quickened. A smile appeared on her face as she began to speak. "I miss those times." Rebekah stated. She remembered how Esther used to braid their hair and they would in turn braid hers and each other's. Then soon after she'd chase them around as they ran across the forest. It was so long ago and yet it feels like yesterday to her.

"Hm?" Niklaus questioned as he gently let go of her finished braid and gestured her to turn to face him.

"You remember those moments mother would do our hair and we'd do hers? And then we'd all run across the forest and spend so much time finding secret places. It feels as if it were yesterday. But in this past few years things have felt a bit distant..." Rebekah exclaimed as she sighed.