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(Sansa)
"Tyrion" I whispered
"We have no time now, come we have to leave!" He said covering me with a cloak. We ran to our bedroom and there he laid me down on the bed. "What did he do to you?"
"Nothing, I swear. He just hurt me a lot"
"Just? I should have killed him"
"If you have done so, Cersei would kill you"
"I do not care what she would do to me. He cannot do it to you" When we achieved the room, he took a bowl with water and a piece of cloth. Just then, I realized how injured I was. When the cloth touched my mouth, it burned. My injury was hot and bleeding a bit "Don't move" he said when I hesitated
"But it hurts"
"But it is good to you"
"If it is painful, how can it become good?" I looked into my eyes and his lips opened in a smile. I understood "Does it hurt so much? That thing?" He breathed
"Just for girls, in the beginning"
"Is there a way to avoid suffering?" He breathed again, deeply and he said
"If her partner knows how to prepare her, yes"
"Do you know how?"
"Ok, I need wine" he said jumping off the bed.
"Did I say something wrong?" I said standing up
"No, I just…" He said. He walked into my direction and I knelt to face him
"I am sorry," I said. He touched gently my face and he said
"Don't apologize. It is just… Complicated to explain," He kissed my forehead and he said with some tears in his eyes, "You are way too beautiful for me," He said and then he left me.
(Tyrion)
I met Bronn at night, to talk about all the shit men usually talk about and to decide how to kill the King. "You should have killed him. You could be king now"
"I do not want that fucking throne"
"And what do you want?" I kept silent and watched the horizon.
"Oh, I see, you want a happy ending for your fairy tale" He laughed.
"What do you mean?"
"Fuck me, Tyrion, you are in love for that girl"
"That girl means my wife?"
"See? All on fours for her! You love her, otherwise you would not keep you abstinence vow so long," He said drinking a little more.
"Maybe you are right" Yes, he was. I never felt that way before; I never wanted to protect someone as I wanted to protect her. I couldn't imagine what I could do for her, or how my life would keep going if I couldn't see her bright eyes again, or her sweet innocent smile.
"You could try to approach… Try something at night"
"No, I made a promise: Never, unless she wants me" Bronn said no word, but I knew exactly what he thought: "You are going to wait forever. She will never want you"He was right in his thought. Why would she want me? She was a beautiful, virgin, romantic young lady. I was an ugly, deformed, dirty dwarf. It would never happen. Nobody would ever know how it was; to sleep everyday beside the person you want most in the world knowing that you will never have her heart. It is something that I should be prepared to know when I let myself fall for her.
(Sansa)
I was really feeling awful when he left me. I knew I had done something wrong, I just didn't know what it was. Maybe it was because I questioned too much. I should make questions to Margaery, she knows a lot about it too, she could help me. When Tyrion arrived, I was awake. I couldn't avoid him to see my crying face. "What happened? Was he here?" He said running at me
"No, it is not I just... It is a silly thing…"
"My lady, please, tell me what happened, otherwise I cannot help you… Please, you don't have to hide anything from me"
"I bothered you with my questions," I said crying
"What? No, it is not the point…"
"Of course it is! You left me because I bothered you… I am sorry… It is because I do not have anybody to tell me about these things. My friends are all dead and I cannot say I trust Lady Margeary enough to talk about these things"
(Tyrion)
In parts I could understand her. Her mother was dead, Shae was dead and Margaery was Joffrey's fiancée, so she was not trustable enough. If she didn't have where to collect information, she would try with me. Makes sense.
(Sansa)
He let me lay down in his lap, and he caressed my hair "No, Sansa, you misunderstood. It is difficult to talk about these things with you…"
"Why?" He hesitated to find a good reply
"Because, men… They like… These things… When they do not have… Everything makes them want to do these things…" It was a complicated explanation, but I accepted "Look, I do not care if you want to know about sex, if you ask me, really. But I really would appreciate if you could understand that it is awkward when you want to do something and you talk about it, understand?"
"No" I answered innocently.
"Ok, let's think like these. Imagine you are thirsty and there is a glass of water in front of you, and people around you talk about water all the time, how it is fresh and pure…"
"So, I am a glass of water, and you want to drink me?" I said laughing
"Yes, and a great one" Tyrion knew how to be kind; he caressed my cheeks so gently and answered me so sweetly.
"This example was awful," I said laughing
"Yes, it was. But thank you anyway" We slept there, by the window, smiling, laughing and saying silly things to each other. When the sun rose in the morning, he was still sleeping. I was there, silent admiring the perfection of sun light on his hair: a perfect charming prince, who had all my heart and soul.