Tangled: Stardust and the 12 Zodiacs (Varian Fanfiction)

Chapter 6: The Game

((This chapter would be rewritten soon))

"I spy, with my little eye, something blue!" Kiera stated, playing I Spy with Catalina, Lance, and Rapunzel.

"The sky!" Catalina shouted, guessing what "something blue is".

"Wrong!"

"hmm, a blueberry?" Lance guessed. Kiera let out a beeping sound, shaking her head.

"Wrong again!"

Rapunzel looked around the room and her eyes landed on Varian's blue hair stripe.

"Is it Varian's hair stripe?" She guessed. Hearing his name being called, Varian looked up from his book muttering a small what.

"And we have a winner! Something blue is Varian's differently colored hair." Kiera announced laughing. Blushing, Varian covered his hair giving the black-haired child a small glare.

"Hey! Leave my hair alone."

"Me next, me next!" Catalina volunteered. Kiera nodded and let her sister take the stage.

The four continued to play, while Varian kept reading his book, well, he was trying to keep reading, but he kept being distracted from his friends' loud voices and laughing. He sighed and closed his book glancing down to see Ruddiger sleeping next to him. His eyes then landed on the lavender-haired girl, who was in the spot she was in last night, sewing something. Varian contemplated if he should talk to her, after all, he wasn't very social. Usually, it was the other party who would start the conversation not him.

"Has no one ever told you that staring at someone is considered rude?" A voice snapped the alchemist from his thoughts. His focus fully turned to the girl he was staring at. Blushing, he apologized and looked away. After a few seconds, Varian spoke breaking the awkward silence he created.

"So, what are you doing?" He asked awkwardly turning to face the astrologer again.

"Sewing." Soul straightforwardly answered, not taking her eyes off from her project. Varian looked away, silently scolding himself from asking such an obvious question.

"Right, so uh." He cleared his throat, attempting to start another conversation with the girl across from him. Something about her made him want to be her friend, despite how hard it was to talk to her. But Varian was not one to give up so easily though. He was very persistent on befriending her. "What I was trying to say was -"

"Please stop. You're only embarrassing yourself more. It's obvious you can't start a conversation." The girl bluntly said, still not taking her eyes off from what she's sewing.

"Like you can do any better in starting one?" Varian replied, not liking how she turned him down before he could even start talking.

"Of course not, that's why I don't start one. I end one." She shot back sharply. Varian huffed puffing his cheeks as he leaned back on his seat, crossing his arms. Why was this girl so hard to talk to? Not even Kiera was this hard to have a conversation with. Even the king was easier to talk to!

Soul bit her lip as she stole a glance at the alchemist. Turning back to her sewing, she sighed sadly. Why must I keep pushing people away? He only wanted to talk to me. Looking back on her rude actions towards the boy, she let out another sigh. Guess being social isn't really my thing.

"Hey Varian, Soul we're playing a new game. Want to join?" Rapunzel asked the two teenagers from the caravan floor.

"What game?" Varian asked raising a brow.

"It's a game called Never Have I Ever. Lance made it up just now." The brunette replied. Shrugging, Varian went to sit next to Rapunzel.

"Sure, what're the rules?"