What If?
The fire in front of me sets a soft glow to my surroundings as my white hair cascades in front of my shoulders. While staring into the fire I was interrupted by Lissa's tired voice emerging from her tent, "Shouldn't you be sleeping now Robin? Its late..." Her green eyes partly open. "I'm just...thinking, besides, the night sky tonight looks particularly beautiful today" I fake smiled, but Lissa wouldn't have known, would she? She stepped back into her tent to continue sleeping. As her sudden appearance faded in my mind, I stared at the crackling fire. Closing my eyes, the only thing I could think of was...Chrom. He was avoiding me, I know he was, why? We even agreed to share all our secret ...with only us and no hiding. He was hiding something, but what?. There was a dull ache in my chest. "I should go on a walk in the forest to clear my mind" I thought to myself.
Some small leaves crunched underneath my boots, the night air was cold and pure. I could feel water droplets fall onto my face. "Darn...why rain now?" I pulled up my hood, and continued walking. The more I thought of Chrom, the more I started to question my heart. Do I love him? No that's absurd! I'm the chief tactician, and he is the General, it would never work out. I don't deserve him, he is royalty for crying out loud, He deserves someone more proper...like Sumia. I could feel tears down my face as I walk back to camp, but it didn't matter because the rain was camouflaging them. Looking ahead I could see Chrom's face filled with anxiety, but why?
While I approached slowly, tying to stop my quiet sobs, he walks up to me. "Where were you?! I was worr-", "I'm fine Chrom, I've just went on a small walk" I interrupted smiling softy hiding my emotions. I look at his wet hair and clothes "Chrom! you're all wet! you should have stayed in-" Before I could finish scolding him, he argues back "Look at you Robin! you're all wet too, you don't even have your hood on!" I never noticed my hood falling off my head in the middle of my walk. We were staring at each other in anger, and then our gazes softened, and we started laughing at each other's mistakes. As I calmed myself from giggling, Chrom was staring deep into my eyes, which took me by surprise. "C-Chrom?" I asked unsure what he was doing. I could feel my heartbeat quicken as he smiled to the ground. "We should go and think of a strategy for our next move" He said giving me his knowing smile. I nodded my head in agreement, still questioning about his stare.
As we walking into the General's Tent, I couldn't help but think back to when he was worried. A small smile appeared on my face while I was looking at the ground. Worried...about me? It disappeared when I suddenly realized how stupid I would have look like while walking behind Chrom. He calmly lays out the map for our next encounter with enemies, midway through conversation of which route to take, we could hear Sully call everyone for breakfast. "Well then, we will continue planning after breakfast" Chrom said half smiling.
I walked out of the tent being attacked by rays of sunlight, "Have I stayed up all night? I don't feel that tired" I thought to myself, squinting my eyes, I saw Chrom happily smiling while walking to where we all normally eat breakfast.