Arcana One Shots

Scent Of The Sea [Portia X FR.]

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Portia and Y/N are both sitting in Portia's cozy little cottage, sipping tea together. It's a nice sunny day out and perfect for their well earned day off. The redhead is sitting across from Y/N, tea in one hand and in the other Pepi's head,  scratching behind her ears. The magician's reading a book on tarot readings while drinking her tea, immersed into the many ways of expanding her knowledge on her cards. It's a comfortable silence, only occasionally interrupted by Pepi's purrs and some chirps from outside. Portia sighs contently and puts down the now empty cup of tea before turning to her girlfriend. "Love, want to go to the market with me? I was thinking we could get some pumpkin bread and other fresh foods for lunch today." She sais and Y/N looks up, smiling softly. She puts the book down, but doesn't close it, not before she puts a nearby cloth in between the pages so she won't get lost. "Of course, I'd love to! Just let me grab a basket." She sais and Portia nods at her, doing the same. Pepi looks up at them sleepily as the pets have stopped, probably waking her from her peaceful sleep. Portia looks down at her pitifully. "I'm sorry Pepi but we won't be long. We'll only get some stuff from the market and then we'll be right back, I promise." She tells her and gives her one last pet before following Y/N out the door towards the city.

-Your Pov-

We lock the door behind us and start to walk towards the marketplace. My hand automatically reaches out for hers and we intertwine our fingers immediately, continuing on while holding hands. I smile, being able to spend such a simple but nice day off with her. It's not always that we get to spend time together let alone a whole day. So I'm savoring it until the last moment. We get everything on our list and turn to walk back, but I quickly stop by a shop that sells scented soaps. "Over here! This one smells like the sea!" Portia exclaims as she leans over a bar with closed eyes. She seems to be enjoying herself. I chuckle and we look around some more. In the end we end up buying 2 bars of soap. One that smells like the sea and one that smells of lavender. We happily walk back towards her house, ready to try out the new soaps. I look at her from the corner of my eye and chuckle at her joyful expression. "What?" She asks me with a goofy grin and I smile at her. "You're just cute is all. How you very fawning over that piece of soap." I squeeze her hand lovingly and she laughs before speaking up. "It reminded me so much of all the trips with Mazelinka! On the ship, enjoying the sea breeze, tasting the salt in the air and just enjoying the rocking of the waves." She sighs delightfully, thinking back to her good old times with closed eyes. I watch her expressions and just think about how much I love her. She looks back at me, presumably done with her little daydreaming and beams. "Can't wait to try out that soap!" She sais enthusiastically and I nod. "Yes, I wanna experience what you did on that ship too." I wink at her playfully and she laughs whole heartedly. She punches me softly into my shoulder and wipes a tear from her eye. "Oh I can't get enough of you, Y/N." We reach the cottage after a short while and enter, being greeted by Pepi immediately. She tumbles around our legs, purring and rubbing her head against our ankles. I smile and pick her up after putting down the basket, nuzzling my nose into her fur. She smells like Portia with a hint of fish. I chuckle knowing we have to feed her soon. I put her back down and start unpacking the basket, Pasha helping me with it. Soon our lunch is ready and while I do some finishing touches Portia sets the table. On her way back into the kitchen she grabs Pepi's bowls and fills each before putting it back down in its original place. The little fella immediately takes a mad dash for the food bowl, completely ignoring the other one. She starts to eat and we hear her munches while I put the food on our set table. We both sit down and I use the moment to plant a kiss on Portia's cheek. She gasps dramatically and we sit, both laughing. We start eating in a comfortable silence, just like this morning. Honestly, today is just one of those calm, nice days where nothing special needs to happen for it to be a great day. "Love, how about you go on ahead and take a bath? I'll clean the dishes, no worries." Portia sais just as I finish my bowl and I'm about to protest but she simply shuts me up with a soft kiss on the lips and without objection I get up to leave for the bathroom, all the while smiling like a goof. "Choose whichever soap you want~" Portia shouts after me and I answer her with a "Alright love!"  And proceed to fill the tub with water before heating it up with some magic. Way faster and more efficient than waiting for the feeble little fire to heat it up in time. I glance between the lavender and sea smelling soaps, finally settling on the deep blue colored bar, sliding it into the warm water. The water's surfice starts to be covered in little bubbles and I decide it's enough before pulling the soap out of the depth of the tub and placing it back in its place. I slowly enter the tub and sink down until the water is just above my shoulders. I close my eyes, relaxing as the familiar scent of the sea hits my nose. I smile, having to think of Pasha and how excited she got upon finding this one. My thoughts are interrupted however as the door to the bathroom opens and closes. I crane my head up to look at the intruder and am met with a pair of deep blue eyes and a smirk. "Hey beautiful." I say with a grin and she chuckles, leaning down to place her lips onto mine. I watch her as she joins me, sinking into the water, leaning her back against my chest. I wrap my arms around her and rest my chin on the top of her head. It's really calming and we stay like that for a while until she speaks up. "So how's the experience so far?" She asks me, clearly hinting at what I had said earlier on our way home. I smile and hum with closed eyes, too invested in the peaceful moment to even move a muscle. "Amazing." I mumble and hear Pasha chuckle in delight. "Next time I'll ask Mazelinka to take both of us on one of her adventures." She sais and I open my eyes, sitting up right suddenly, making the water splash all around us, getting over the brim of the tub. Even Portia is startled and turns a little so she can look at me. But her worried expression is soon replaced by an amused look as she sees my expression. I'm grinning from ear to ear, excitement seeping through my pores. "Really? Oh Pasha, I'd love to!" I say and wrap my arms around her, kissing her with a smile still plastered on my face. She leans into my touch and smiles back.