𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐔, jj maybank

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞

﹙ 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙡 ﹚'ˎ˗

˙· 𓆝.° 。˚𓆛˚。 °.𓆞 ·˙

flora slowly approached the double doors. she took three deep breaths before knocking her knuckles on the glass. she glanced down at her feet as she saw a shuffle from the other side of the door.

"flora, ma chéri!" river cooed as he opened the front door.  (sweetheart)

"bonjour, papa," flora replied.  (hello, dad)

as soon as she'd seen her father's smiling face, her nerves were gone and she could barely remember why she was nervous in the first place. she scolded herself for letting a man sway her emotions so quickly.  he ushered her into the house saying, "come in, i have someone i want you to meet !" ah that's why.

the father-daughter pair wandered into the lavish house through the kitchen. flora stopped in her tracks when she saw a blonde head of hair facing the stove.

"flo, this is twila, my fiancé. twila, this is my daughter, flora" river introduced the two.
flora was speechless. the girl couldn't have been but 4 years older than her and flora thought she looked exactly like a barbie doll. twila, on the other hand, was over the moon. her and river had been dating for almost 7 months now and he had already popped the question. she rushed over to the young brunette and wrapped her in a hug.

flo stumbles back a little bit from the shock of twila throwing herself onto flora. "it's so lovely to meet you, flora."

her accent was heavy. flora concluded it to be french from how many times she had heard her father's own accent slip up. "it's uh, it's nice to meet you too," she smiled awkwardly.

˙· 𓆝.° 。˚𓆛˚。 °.𓆞 ·˙

"twila, you're getting it everywhere!" flo giggled.

during breakfast, river asked flora if she would like to attend midsummers the following evening with him and twila. and while flora was quick to decline, twila was persistent in getting them to spend some time together. she said yes in hopes of instilling a family-like relationship between the three. twila could sense the girl's slight disarray from across the table and invited flora to the backyard with her, hoping the fresh air would help lighten her mood. the girls had spent a good three hours together, just getting to know each other. flora tried so hard to ice the woman out but she couldn't. she could tell why her dad was so smitten and while she still resented him, she couldn't let that cloud her judgment towards the blonde woman. flora had never seen her father so in the clouds and bubbly. it was upsetting to realize that even her mother didn't make him this happy. but as long as they were both in a better place, flora really couldn't complain. even if she didn't agree on how their split went down. a lot of miscommunication on their part, yet they somehow got over it. so why couldn't flora?

it was just a few hours before lunch when twila offered to have a pamper day to prepare for the event tomorrow and of course, the brunette had agreed. when the pair told river of their plan, he smiled at his girls getting along and handed them some money before they raced out of the house.

after lunch, the girls rushed straight up to flora's old room and got to work. flo's apprehension toward's twila quickly dispersed as the two spent the day talking and giggling in twila's native tongue.