Oodles of Pasta
The sound of giggles was heard as an explosion of tomato sauce spread across her lips. As the princess looked up, there was a look on the newly titled Baron that she just wanted to slug off his face... Yet, she loved the gleam in his eyes as he gazed upon her.
Out of pride, a soft glare was given towards Eugene, hoping that it would melt him to smithereens.
"You look so ridiculous..." he said through a lazy smile.
"Not as bad as you," she said through a mess of sauce as she indicated his mildly dirtied shirt and fingers.
More laughter left the youth, and she couldn't help but feel more infuriated. Table manners were crucial for court life, and Rapunzel still had much to learn, yet no matter how hard she tried to improve, Eugene would always seem to best her every time. He wasn't even of royal heritage! What was worse, he was the one who asked her for the private dinner date. And it was on her birthday.
On the other side of the table, Eugene scooped up a few strands of untouched noodles and gestured them to Rapunzel.
"Let down, let down your long hair...!"
Part of her flaming rage died down a little bit as she felt herself smiling a little. But she was still partly angry at him. As she played around with an olive in the small soup bowl, with an unexpected strength and work of physics, the olive flew across the table and struck Eugene. She didn't mean to do it, she didn't even knew her own strength! Or did she wanted to do it subconsciously?
"That... that could have killed me!"
Here was a man, who faced blades of swords, dodged arrows and was placed under life threatening situations... Yet with the touch of an olive, he was frightened. It could be a come back when he mocked her with the spaghetti. Maybe he deserved it.
"I... I am not sorry for that!"
A bout of victory beamed across her face. She got her pride back! He tease her twice with the incident with the sauce and what he did with his pasta. Her olive bullet was only one single deed. An action most worthwhile to see the look on his face.
There was silence, and Rapunzel turned to glance at her significant other. The teasing and the 'fighting' dying down.
"You can throw something back at me, you know that."
A chuckle left the youth as he got up and walked over to her. "I wouldn't dare."
"Why not?"
Curiouser, and curiouser, the night got as she was with him. Everything was so... unexpected when she was around him. Yet it was one of the reasons why she choose him to be her life partner, and the fitting future king.
He kissed her brow and a genuine smile was across his face.
"'Cause I wouldn't want to damage your dress for the night... and you look so beautiful."
She could feel her face flush a deep pink and a meek but happy smile was on her lips. A gentle hand ran through a short lock of her chestnut hair and his soft eyes were looking into hers.
"Long or short, golden or brown... I'll always love your hair."
She felt her noes wrinkle after a gleeful snort and she teasingly tapped him on the nose. The couple got up from the table, and walked out of the dinning hall. It was time to get to the main balcony of the palace.
"Now then... shall we go see the lanterns?"
Note*~
Happy birthday, Jedi X-Man Serena Kenobi! Forevhs and always, big sis. We know so many fandoms, it's impossible to count... Let's dominate the site and explode people's minds. 8) x3
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