The door to Hoods room swung open as the leader of the ironblood faction entered. She stepped in and closed the door behind her. "Good day" Hood greeted her with a smile as she made her way over to the blonde. She helped Bismarck take off her coat and hung it on a coat hanger next to the door.
"Good day" Bismarck answered returning the smile.
"Come" said Hood as she took the Blondes hand and led her to the dining table at the right side of the room. The physical contact making Bismarck blush slightly. Hood didn't seem to notice though. She let her hand go as soon as they were at the table.
"Take a seat" she said and gestured towards the one of the four chairs that was closest to them. Bismarck nodded and did as told.
"Would blueberry tea be alright?" Hood asked making eye contact with the other. "Yeah, that's fine" The other answered. The brown haired girl nodded and walked to the kitchen and started preparing the tea.
Bismarck let her gaze rest over the smaller girl and admired how elegant Hood always looked, even as she was making tea right now. 'She really is beautiful' she thought as she yet again felt a blush covering her cheeks.
"Bismarck, are you alright? You look a little red" Bismarck was abruptly thrown out of her thoughts as she noticed that the girl was now standing beside her with tea cups in both hands. The worry in her voice only causing Bismarck's blush to deepen. "I'm fine" she said a little startled her heart beating fast. She hadn't even heard her move.
Hood stared at her a couple of seconds as if trying to make sure she was fine. She shrugged and let it go as and placed down one of the cups in front of Bismarck and the other in front of herself as she took the seat opposite to the blonde.
The two of them sat a while just chatting while drinking the tea. they mainly talked about how Bismarck had been very busy lately preparing battle strategies against the sirens and therefore missed many of their small tea parties as Hood liked to put it, just like the one they were having right now.
About an hour had passed and they were both pretty quiet, nothing much to talk about anymore. Bismarck decided to take this opportunity to take a good look around the room.
All walls were white and decorated with beautiful paintings looking like the ones you'd find in a castle or palace. At the other side of the room there was a big bed with the UK's flag on the cover.
Her gaze soon travelled over to a book laying on the bedside table. "What are you reading?" Bismarck said as she gestured toward the book trying to get the conversation going once again.
"Oh, it's actually a book about hypnosis" She answered standing from the chair and walking to the table with the book on. She picked it up and returned to Bismarck to show it.
"Hypnosis? Like how to hypnotize people?" The blond asked a little sarcastic, a little surprised that the brown haired girl believed in that nonsense.
"Yes, you don't seem very interested though" Hood said after hearing the uninteresting tone of the taller girl.
"Well, I wouldn't say it's not interesting. It's just the fact that it's fake"
"It's not fake" Hood said a little annoyed at how arrogant the other girl was.
"Then prove it" Bismarck said with a challenging tone.
"As you wish, I will let you experience the feeling of being hypnotized" She said standing up and gesturing with her hand for the blonde to follow.
Bismarck followed and let out a sigh at how stubborn the shorter girl could be sometimes, saying that it was "real". 'I mean everyone knows this stuff is fake' she thought.
"Lay down" Hood said with a somewhat stern voice and gestured towards the left side of her bed. She waited for the other to follow the order which Bismarck did a little hesitantly.
After Bismarck laid down hood took out a pocket watch from her pocket and sat beside the blonde. 'She got a pocket watch?' The blonde thought, she really wanted to comment on it but knew that right now was not the best time with Hoods stubbornness about hypnosis being real. She just wanted to get this over with.
"So how does this work?" Bismarck asked a little impatient.
"Well all you will have to do listen to my voice and follow the watch with your eyes" The other explained. She didn't bother going more into detail about how it worked.
"Are you ready?"
The blonde nodded and started to follow the watch as Hood swung it from left to right and right to left.
"You feel really tired" The shorter girl started with a confident tone as she continued to swing the watch.
"You will find yourself unable to look away from the watch"
Bismarck didn't get why Hood thought this was real, I mean of course she could look away, it's eas-. Her thought was dismissed as soon as she had tried to look away. She really could not look away. She could do nothing but follow the watch helplessly.
"You will feel a wave of drowsiness come over you every time the watch swings back and forth."
Bismarck suddenly felt very tired after the other girls command. Only growing more tired as the watch swung. Her eyelids dropping a little.
Hood smiled seeing that it worked on the skeptic and continued "Every thought is fading, your mind is going blank as you enter a deep trance".
Bismarck's mind seemed to react at every word the other girl said as her mind went blank and she couldn't think. The only things seeming to exist at the moment was the watch and the other girls voice.
Hood noticed that the other girl was already in a very deep trace and so decided to move on to the last step, skipping a few.
"I will count down from 3 to 1 and when I reach one you will enter a deep mindless sleep." There was no reaction from Bismarck who just continued to follow the watch.
"3"
Bismarck's surroundings were slowly disappearing.
"2"
Hood saw how Bismarck was struggling to keep her eyes open.
"1, and sleep" Hood said as she snapped her fingers.
Bismarck's eyelids shut close as her body went limp entering a deep and peaceful sleep.
Hood stopped swinging the watch and put it back in her pocket. She reached forward and carefully shook the taller girl by her shoulders as to see if she was just messing with her or if she really was sleeping. There was no reaction from the girl whatsoever.
Hood started to think of a good but simple command to give her friend that wasn't mean or would be to embarrassing for the prideful ship . After a while she got it.
"When you wake up you will not be able to stand up" She simply commanded.
"Wake up"
She snapped her fingers as a signal to wake up.
Bismarck immediately opened her eyes and meet with Hoods.
"I thought you were going to hypnotize me?" She said seemingly not remembering falling into a trance.
"You are hypnotized"
"No I'm not"
"Then, try to stand up" The royal girl said challenging.
Bismarck didn't understand why she wanted her to stand up but got up nonetheless. as she left the bed and stood on her feet she immediately started falling as if she lost all balance.
She was expecting to hit the floor but was instead caught by the other girl. "What? How can i not stand?" The blonde mumbled to herself as she tried to stand but needed to lean onto Hood for Support.
"See hypnosis is real" The other girl said pretty happy in having proved her point.
It took awhile for Bismarck to get her thoughts together, it really was real. But soon her curiosity spoke for her "wait so you can just order me to do anything?".
"Pretty much, but i wouldn't do anything mean...Want me to change the effect of the hypnosis?"
"If that means i won't fall when trying to stand, then fine" The blonde answered as she sat on the edge of the bed.
Hood didn't waste much time and said "sleep" as she snapped her fingers.
Bismarck's head dropped and her body slumped forward a little as she yet again fell into a deep sleep.
hood already had a command in mind and said "When you wake up you will only be able to tell the truth".
"Wake up" she snapped her fingers.
Bismarck's head jerked as she yet again woke up.
"What did you do this time?" She asked curiously.
"You will see" Hood cleared her throat and asked "Do you like being hypnotized?"
Bismarck's mouth opened automatically and let out a "yes"
"Huh, why did i say that?" She said feeling embarrassed at confessing it after being so against hypnosis at first.
"I made you only able to tell the truth"
"Wait, why would you do that?!" The blonde asked a feeling panicked. 'What if she found out about my feelings for her?'
"Well i wanted to make sure of something" Hood started.
Bismarck held her breath waiting for Hood to continue.
"What do you think about me?"
Bismarck's face reddened countless shades of red as her mouth opened "well I think you're beautiful and smart-"
"No, I mean do you have feelings for me?" Hood asked interrupting the girl.
Bismarck sat there staring at Hood while trying to choke back the answer the best she could. "I- I...Lo...Love you" her body forced out at least.
Her face was red and she was even sweating a little. She looked away getting ready for rejection but instead she felt how the other girl placed one hand on her cheek turning her head to look at her.
Before Bismarck knew what was going on Hood had claimed her lips in a passionate kiss. Bismarck closed her eyes and kissed back. They stayed like that for a while before their lungs demanded air and they broke off panting.
"I...I love you too" Hood said in between heavy breaths.
Bismarck was happy and pulled the other girl into a hug "Does this mean we're together now?".
"Yeah"
They sat like that for a long time both feeling very happy. They had finally got each other.
"By the way can you get me out of trance now?"
"I don't know how to…"