I was talking to my older sister about love one day, and so sprung this idea. I hope Vanessa isn't too OOC here. I wish I read up more of her support conversations before writing this...
"Do you miss them?" Syrene asked. Her sister, who had been leaning sleepily on her shoulder, blinked. "Mom and dad, I mean. We've been on duty so much, and now this war. Do you miss them?"
"Of course. Very much so." Vanessa said, frowning. "I can't wait until this cursed war is over. I want to meet them as soon as possible."
The two sisters sat together in silence, Vanessa still leaning on the older sibling's sister, starring off into space. This caught Syrene's attention.
"What are you looking at, anyways?" She asked. "Something worth watching?"
"N-nothing!" Vanessa shouted, jolting straight up. She looked down at her feet, and kicked a piece of wood for the camp fire between her feet. Syrene followed her sister's glance, and smirked.
"Ah, I see…" She said, her smirk growing wider. Across the camp site was Prince Innes, frowning and fixing his quiver. He tossed an arrow between his heads, and knocked it, checking it out. Not too far away from him was Forde, lazily laying on his back on the floor, a rag covering his eyes, signaling that he was sleeping.
"Y'know now that I think of it, I think I spotted you talking to that man in red armor on the battlefield the other day." The older sibling said, patting her sister on the shoulder. "So, which one is it? The prince or the knight?"
"Syrene!" Vanessa hissed under her breath, a heavy blush appearing on her face. "You know I hate it when you tease me like this!"
"Oh, but it's so fun!" She said, smiling. "You're so easy to-Oh…"
"Hm?" Vanessa questioned. Syrene had stopped completely, staring in the same direction Vanessa was. "What is it?"
She looked back up, and saw it. Gilliam was talking to Innes about something very important, counting by the way they were deep in conversation. Where Forde was napping came Kyle, shaking the man to wake up, only to scold him about napping in the open grounds.
"Ha!" Vanessa shouted standing right up, startling Ewan who was innocently passing by. "You too-!"
"Hush, hush!" Syrene said, pulling the younger sibling down.
"Sir Gilliam and sir Kyle? Which is it?" Vanessa said, a devilish grin on her face.
"Okay, I get it. This is payback, isn't it?" Syrene said, sighing. "But I'm not telling you. You'll have to figure that out yourself."
"What?! You pressure me into telling you my-Oh! Wait! Syrene!-" Vanessa called out, trailing along her older sister.
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"Hmph. How pointless, to get worked up over something like that." Marisa said, sharpening the tip of her Shamsir.
"Speak for yourself." Tethys said, sitting besides her. "I've seen you stealing glances at the Chief and that Joshua guy."
"…"
I couldn't resist throwing Marisa and Tethys in there. They're my favorite characters to write about, and I'll most likely get more into them later on.
I personaly think it's cute to have VanessaxForde and SyrenexKyle. It's like that best friends/sisters thing going on.
Marisa and Tethys? I just like them. MarisaxJoshua and MarisaxGerik. Hm. Tough.
Ewan? I was thinking about making it Ross, but Ewan seemed more enjoyable to write.