A/N: English is not my first language.
A/N: I do not own Moon Lovers.
A/N: One of the many regrets in life is not having seen So and Soo acting that much like the friends they once were. Now I'm a little bit closer to dying happy. Do you have any requests?
The first time Myung Hee was able to witness the quite surprising and somehow endearing act, was the night before the 4th Prince's belongings were moved to the Palace from the 8th Prince's residence.
There might be many things she wasn't capable of doing with her weak body, maybe now more than ever before, but Myung Hee was perfectly capable of greeting visits no matter the hour they arrived. Besides, there were some facts that had to be taken into consideration: The number of people that would accept Soo's invitation at that hour was limited, the number of people that was inside the residence to accept said invitation was very limited, and the number of people who Soo knew enough to invite them at such an hour was even more limited. So much, that just a few options were left, and quite possibly, all those people had titles that would make her give Soo a lecture about proper etiquette.
Imagine her surprise when upon opening the doors, she was greeted with the sight of a very cheerful Soo talking with a very calm 4th Prince, who looked like he was thinking just what to comment on what the girl was talking about. The fact that they seemed to be having a conversation that couldn't have possibly started only a few minutes ago was something Myung Hee wasn't all that able to process until she bowed her head to the Prince.
"The snow was pretty, but you wouldn't have been happy if I stayed longer under it" Soo smiled widely, gesturing to the window after placing her cup down, and how she didn't spill anything on her clothing would forever and ever remain a mystery "We have to warm up so we don't catch a cold"
4th Prince Wang So, who had tensed on his chair when his sister-in-law greeted him, and looked somehow awkward when she caught him just about to answer to something Soo had said, raised his eyes from his cup when the girl said that. There was a pause on his movements as he glanced at Myung Hee briefly, then back at Soo before speaking "It wasn't that long, you would have been fine. Or you catch colds easily?"
"Isn't tomorrow an important day, Your Highness? You'll thank me when you don't wake up to it with a running nose"
Maybe it was her imagination, but right before subtly calling her cousins name so she would know she should talk more like a lady in front of a Prince, Myung Hee's eye might have caught the Prince's lips twitching before hiding what maybe was an amused smirk behind the cup of tea. The fact that he presented his question once more and she was able to step in, seeing Soo apparently had forgotten she did catch colds easily, wasn't lost to Lady Hae.
The second time, it lacked the Prince's physical presence, but it was as refreshing as if the young man himself had been standing there with the package in his own arms.
Two days later there was leaf tea delivered to Soo's hands right after she finished working on her 'soaps', handed by an Eunuch who was as puzzled when Soo was the one who practically skipped to the stairs to receive it as 8th Prince Wook was when the eunuch announced just who had sent it, and if it weren't for the fact that the girl muttered something along the lines of 'proving him wrong about his tastes' before asking Chae Ryung to prepare that tea for her, Myung Hee would have otherwise commented on how particular was the 4th Prince when giving gifts and how Soo should thank him properly. Something inside of her told the woman Soo didn't think of the gesture as gift, maybe something closer to 'sharing knowledge through direct tasting', but the thought only made Myung Hee chuckle and shake her head when her cousin asked what was she laughing about.
"He gets points for quality…. Okay, so it's good. Should I send something back?"
When they departed to the Palace and Myung Hee saw Soo placing aside two plain snow white soaps from the ones she had not distributed yet, the woman didn't have the heart to comment on it. And when the girl returned to her room with no white soap on sight, her cousin still didn't say anything, just smiled and walked away. That's what the 8th Prince's wife counted as the third time.
The fourth time was, maybe, the last one she would be able to witness in her earthly body. Myung Hee knew it, she could feel it in her chest with every breathe she had to fight to get. But it was worth it, oh so worth it, if only to see how amused and happy Soo had looked at that moment.
"The 4th Prince would like to invite Lady Soo for tea this afternoon"
Judging by their faces, Princess Yeon Hwa, who had been walking by the corner at that precise moment, and Prince Wook, who was about to head to the library, didn't find the invitation as amusing. But Soo was happy, and since Myung Hee didn't have many chances left to see it, she just forgot about everything else and enjoyed the girl's smile.
