It's always the same.
She plays the prince, I play the princess. I wear the frilly dress, all pink and worn, and she wears a blanket over her shoulders like it's a cape.
We never discussed why it was this way. It just was. It's always been that way, from the first time we played this game.
She's a handsome prince, no doubt.. A smart one too. She knows every line, had thought of every comeback. She's faced every dragon, slain every witch, climbed every tower all just to find a silly princess like me.
I'm not a good princess though, I know that.
Whenever she gets too close to me my head starts to hurt. When she holds my hands my face starts burning up and my vision gets all blurry. Whenever she kisses me... Well, she's never actually been able to. I always freak out. She always misses.
I don't know why I get this way. We've been friends since we were two so what's the issue? We're the best of friends. I'm not scared of her, just.. Nervous?
Ugh. It's so weird, super weird.
Still we always play this game. It's a fun game. I like it; we both do.
But I really want Hilda to be a princess. Why is she always a prince? To me she doesn't fit being a boy. She's not the most feminine girl of them all but she's not a boy. I don't want her to be a boy.
I don't her to be a prince anymore. I'd rather have her as a princess.