I don't know how great this is but, oh well. Zest means stimulating or exciting qualities, or charm. It can also mean keen enjoyment
Summary: Arthur remembered when he was like Alfred, so full of energy.
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Z= Zest
Arthur remembered when he was like Alfred, so full of energy, rather full of the same zest as Alfred. That was in his pirate days though, and those seemed to be the good days, at least everyday there seemed to be something new happening. Besides he liked watching Antonio loss, though the carefree man didn't think much of it, it seemed.
Arthur once had energy like Alfred, then he grew up, he matured, he settled down. He took the world by storm, he knew how to handle things, and he already seemed to own the oceans, why not everything else. He had a good empire, a big strong one, something to be proud of, something no one really messed with.
There was still some of his zest left, but other then that he knew what needed to be down to get what he wanted. He knew how to do things, he needed to change and he did, he couldn't be a pirate forever…as much as he wished that was true after seeing Alfred.
Alfred didn't make him jealous, he was young, what better did he know? Arthur sure hoped it was a lot, mainly because he had been the one to teach him. Alfred was rather zestful, he always after he become a country. He looked inside his land rather then out, maybe that's way he was still so young and native sometimes.
"You…full of energy?" Alfred question when Arthur told him he was once a rather busy lad, he didn't tell him exactly what he was doing.
"I was young…once." Arthur defined, suddenly wishing he hadn't said the once in the sentence.
"Yeah sure…" Alfred said with a small chuckle. "What exactly did you do when you were so full of energy?"
"Wouldn't you like to know." Arthur said with one loud laugh and a rather smug look on his face. "Maybe I'll show you…someday. I'll show you what I did with my zest." Arthur didn't know why, but he rather looked forward to showing Alfred what he did when he was a pirate.
Maybe it was because he did more then just looking for treasure.
Please RxR -sligh grin-