Some time ago now, when Felicia had quit being a maid and joined the army, she had felt then that she may have made a mistake. Initially, she hadn't been treated well by her new comrades due to her petite body and her shy nature, not helped by her tendency to squeal when surprised during combat training. Her sessions with Soleil had been a lot less scary than people she didn't know attacking her, some purposely trying to hurt her as they didn't see her as someone who should be a soldier at all.
During those difficult first few weeks, Flora had been by her sister's side whenever she could to comfort her, reminding her that whatever others may say, she had fought in a war and performed brilliantly. Felicia countered that by saying every time she'd engaged the enemy she'd been terrified and her actions were all the former half of her fight or flight response. Trying to fight consciously was a completely different matter. Her sister had then suggested just giving in to her instincts.
During practise sparring the next day, she followed Flora's advice and when duelling one of the best, and one of the most active in disliking her, she simply let herself scream in fear and let her body do what felt right in the moment rather than trying to do as she was being told to do. This ended up with her wooden training sword poking her opponent's side which would have been a lethal strike in real combat. Her opponent just stared down at her, barely able to believe how fast she and her blade had moved.
After that display, attitudes towards her changed significantly and, as she repeated her fast, almost frenzied, style in subsequent duels with others, they began to recognise her talent. Her instructor, greatly impressed by her speed, realised her tiny form would be far more efficient using a Hoshidan sword form that focused more on speed than the more power oriented Nohrian forms. To that end, a swordmaster from the formally Hoshidan half of Valla was brought in to teach Felicia and the others in the squad of trainees that would benefit from better utilisation of their speed.
With training in a more suitable sword form, her instinctual combat became more conscious and, over time, she was better able to control her actions, she even managed to stop squealing. As training continued against other branches of the military, she showed herself to be an excellent anti-mage unit as, while most of her melee comrades would take significant damage from magic attacks, she could charge her target, tanking the spell with her innate resistance, and engage them in close range where a mage is more vulnerable. By the time she and her fellow trainees completed their training and were assigned to their units, she was recognised as one of the best.
Now fighting in real skirmishes, she had proven herself skilled with a katana and then, given her magical aptitude, with Levin swords. She would never be a natural axe or club user as they relied more on power but her skill in battle brought a lot of attention. One of those watching her being the princess consort.
She'd been a fully qualified soldier for several months when the Rhajat came to the barracks one day and pulled her out of training for a talk. Rhajat, having seen her using a Levin sword which she considered imitation magic, insisted she reclass to sorcerer, her sister's preferred combat class, so she could fully utilise her magical potential. Keen to learn more to protect herself, her sister and her country, Felicia agreed.
Following this transition, she spent a few weeks training with the Vallan army's magic branch with Rhajat and Flora helping her practise. She proved as adapt at magic as Flora, with her big sister surprised but glad her gifted little sister hadn't outclassed her, and she then spent a few months serving in the magic corps.
During that time, she'd maintained her training in both swords and daggers and when sparring with her queen one day, had asked if there was a class that would let her use all three of her proficient weapons. While there wasn't a class that used all three, there was a class that used swords and daggers: dread fighter. Dread wasn't a word Corrin would associate with her adorable friend but the class would suit her well so it was decided she would reclass and re-join her former unit.
Then, over a year and half after she joined the army, she had been promoted to corporal as recognition of her combat ability and her ability to lead. While leading didn't come naturally to her, her personality endeared her to her fellow soldiers and, when seeing her leading the charge on the enemy, no one wanted to leave her unsupported. As well as being responsible for her own units, she would lead from the front and would often reclass between sorcerer and dread fighter depending on what the enemy and battlefield called for making her a versatile soldier.
During this year and half, her relationship with Flora had moved on a little as neither referred to it as 'practising', both just admitted that having sex with each other with amazing. Flora had also become very affectionate in private with lots of kisses and cuddling, even bringing her flowers and gifts for no reason other than she wanted to. If anyone had been able to see these private moments, it would be clear to them that Flora's affection for her was a lot more than just a sisters-with-benefits relationship, but Felicia can be a little slow on the uptake in these matters.
Now, the winter festival was a fading memory and the snow was growing more frequent. This was the time of year when being from the ice tribe is a great advantage as they don't feel the cold and so Felicia has no need of extra layers while on duty and can chuckle at her comrades in their thick furs and still shivering. This time of year also means that the twins' birthdays aren't far away and both had been trying to get some present ideas from the other. Neither had any great desires for anything which left both struggling to think of something but Felicia eventually settled on buying a cute new outfit for Flora, who owned very little but her maid uniforms.
To that end, she spent her day off in the city, going round many stores and stalls looking for something cute that would suit her. She'd found a store that had a lot of cute things and, although it may be aimed at girls younger than them, she found quite a few items that would be good for Flora. She'd been on her way to the changing room to try them on when she saw a pair of blue denim shorts, not something Flora would likely choose, but a vision of her sister in tight shorts appealed so she picked them up too.
The advantage of being a twin is it makes getting sizes right very easy as she can try everything on to make sure it would be a good fit. They were, much to Felicia's disappointment, no longer identical in body shape as, with her role as a soldier, she had a lot more muscle definition than Flora, though she is very well toned. That didn't matter too much for clothes but, in between outfits, she looked at herself in the mirror and sighed, missing the days when they were the same but for their hair and eye colour. As she was lost in thoughts, staring at her visible muscles in only her underwear, the curtain behind her swished back. She squealed and turned on the spot to face the threat but found a girl just as shocked as she was.
"Oh my goodness, I'm sorry," said the girl. She still had her hand on the curtain and could have easily pulled it closed again but she had frozen, her eyes clearly moving all over the body before her. "I'm sorry," she repeated after several seconds and pulled the curtain closed.
With no harm done, Felicia returned to the clothes, trying on the shorts and pairing them with a cute blouse that exposed the shoulders. She turned to examine her butt in the mirror and decided she had to get these for Flora, she'd look amazing in them. She liked the blouse paired with them too but it needed something else so she plucked the waistcoat she'd tried on before and put it on, loving the overall look. With those three items kept separate from the rest, she left the changing rooms to return the rejects but found the girl waiting for her.
"I'm really sorry about that," apologised the girl again.
"It's alright," assured Felicia. "It was too quick to see anything anyway," she added to put the woman at ease as she was clearly nervous.
"I saw everything," admitted the girl, her cheeks growing redder by the second as she realised that the gorgeous woman she was talking to had just given her a chance to deny the whole thing and move on and she'd ruined it.
"Well, we're both women, so no harm done," said Felicia, feeling her own embarrassment growing as the conversation dragged on. It also seemed that the girl thought that may be a problem which got Felicia thinking.
"Can I make it up to you? I don't have much but can I give you something towards your clothes?"
"These are gifts for my twin sister's birthday so I can't accept that."
"Well, um, can I treat you to tea?" asked the girl.
It seemed the girl really felt she had to do something to make up for her intrusion. "Alright," accepted Felicia. "Let me put these back and buy the one's I'm keeping."
"I can put the ones back for you," said the girl eagerly.
"Alright," agreed Felicia handing the clothes to her. "I'll… I'll see you at the door."
Dreading how awkward going for tea would be, she went to the counter to buy her gifts. She still wanted something a little more exciting for her but today had been a good start. With her purchases in hand, she made her way to the door and the nervous girl waiting for her. "There's a nice tea shop down the road," she said and led the way. "I'm Felicia."
"Miku," replied the girl.
"From the east, I take it?" asked Felicia at the clearly Hoshidan name.
"Yeah, but I've lived here for about eight months now. I take it you're from the west?"
"I'm actually from the ice tribe in the far north."
"Really?" gushed Miku. "That's so exotic. Is that why you're not wearing a coat even when it's near freezing?"
Felicia couldn't help but smile at being called exotic. "It is, we don't really feel the cold at all."
"What would you like?" asked Miku as they arrived at the tea shop.
"Just black tea will do me."
"Why don't you find us a table and I'll order?" suggested Miku.
Felicia found a table for two and took the seat so she could see Miku. She had a cute, round face but she couldn't make out her figure beneath her thick coat but, as her skin and her long brown hair looked well cared for, it was probably the same for her body. She seemed nice too, going so far as to invite her to tea to apologise. Maybe it wouldn't be as awkward as she feared.
"I got some cake too," said Miku as she came over with the tray.
"Oh, thank you." Having set the tray down, Miku took off her coat revealing a slim body much like Flora's. Knowing she shouldn't be the one pouring tea, she took the two plates with their slices of sponge cake which left Miku to deal with the tea. "Thank you again," said Felicia, unsure of what to talk about.
"So… you're a twin?" asked Miku after a few seconds of awkward silence.
"Yes," said Felicia, happy to have a subject. "I'm the younger one by a few minutes."
"Are you identical?"
"Pretty much physically, apart from our hair and eye colour and I'm a bit more muscly now. She's so smart and organised and calm while I can be a bit of an airhead and clumsy outside of work."
"What do you do?"
"I'm a corporal in the army."
"You… you are?" questioned Miku, slightly worried that a self-described airheaded klutz held a rank in the army.
"I'm much better at work," insisted Felicia, knowing what she was thinking. "When I've something to focus on and especially if I'm in a fight I'm much better."
"What does your sister do?"
"She's the head maid at the castle."
"Really? Would she know Queen Corrin?" asked Miku with clear adoration as she mentioned her queen.
"Yes. We used to be her personal maids when she was younger."
"Oh my goodness," squealed Miku as she grabbed Felicia's hands, drawing attention from the other customers. "You're so lucky. She must be so amazing in person. She brought Hoshido and Nohr together and made peace and they gave her land to have her own country and she has a wife…" she babbled before trailing off, feeling she was nearly saying too much.
"She is an amazing woman," agreed Felicia. "I know she'll love to hear she has a fan. So what brought you to the capital?"
"I wanted to study healing and medicine," said Miku and felt safe enough to go on. "My parents were really traditional and controlling and they were putting a lot of pressure on me to marry the son of a family they knew and be a housewife, but I didn't want to. They're hard royalists too so when we stopped being Hoshidan and now had a queen with a wife, they stopped pressuring me so much and let me come here to study. They're not entirely happy about the change but they'll always follow their ruler."
"You're the same as Lady Corrin, aren't you?" asked Felicia for confirmation and got a small nod. "Have you been on many dates since you moved here?"
"None," confessed Miku. "I don't know how to tell if someone likes me like that and I'd feel so embarrassed if I asked a straight girl out. Not like I even know how to ask someone out," she lamented.
"I can't really help on the first part but if someone asks you out like… I think you're cute, would you like to go out with me, then they like you."
"That would be a pretty clear sign but what's the chances of someone saying that?"
"I think you're cute, would you like to go out with me?" repeated Felicia.
Miku paused for several seconds, looking at Felicia's adorable smile and wondering if she was misunderstanding the situation. "You want to go on a date with me?" she asked.
"Do you want to?"
"Yes," answered Miku instantly. "I really want to."
"Well how about," began Felicia before standing up and leaning over the table to whisper. "There's a nicer tea shop on the other side of the commercial district, how's that?"
"S-sounds good," agree Miku, who's heart was pounding as she had wondered if Felicia was about to kiss her.
"Are you free Saturday?"
"I could do lunch."
"Midday Saturday for our first date," confirmed Felicia.
"Does this not count?" asked Miku.
"Well, I think this is a chance encounter," suggested Felicia. "Next time we'll be trying to impress each other."
"Right, em, what's the dress code for a lunch date?"
Felicia realised she had no idea. She'd been sounding so confident and knowledgeable, but she'd only been on dates with Flora before. "I'll probably just be wearing a dress and boots," she suggested.
"I'm so nervous," confessed Miku. Her chest was feeling tight at the mere thought of it.
"Don't be, it's just me," assure Felicia.
At her assurance and smile, Miku felt herself calming down a little. She'd never dreamed this kind of thing actually happened in real life.
"And we've still got tea to drink now so you'll be used to me and have no reason to be scared," added Felicia.
"Yeah, I should be excited about a date with a cute girl, not nervous," said Miku, mostly to herself.
The two stayed to finish their pot of tea and their slices of cake, happily talking about themselves and their lives, with Miku asking a lot about Corrin.
After her impromptu pre-date, Felicia returned to the castle and left the presents in her room before going to find their eventual recipient. She was eventually directed to the office she and Jakob share where she was writing up the duty rosters for the coming weeks.
"You got a minute?" she asked, peeking round the door.
"Just let me… yes," she said having finished the line she was writing.
"I've got some news," she began.
"Before you do," interrupted Flora a she stood up and went to her sister to peck her on the lips. "That's better, I felt the need of some sweetness," she admitted before stealing another. "Sorry, what's your news?" she asked moving back to sit on the edge of the desk.
"I've got a date at the weekend," she announced gleefully. She was surprised by the lack of reaction from her sister who just stared at her before obviously forcing a smile.
"That's great," said Flora, trying with all her might to mask her feelings. "Now all that practise we've done will be useful because it's for someone else."
"Are you okay?"
"Of course," claimed Flora as she stood up, making sure to wipe the frost off the desk as she did so. "My little sister has a date, that's great news. Tell me about them," she demanded.
"She's called Miku, she's from the east, she moved here to study healing and medicine. She likes swimming in rivers, she loves trying all sorts of Nohrian foods since moving here. She's a big fan of Corrin because her being queen made her parents stop forcing her to marry a man."
"She's interested in Corrin?" question Flora.
"Yeah, a lesbian queen really changed her life."
"How do you know she's not using you to get into the castle to get to her?"
"What are you saying? Of course she doesn't."
"Don't bring them back here after your date," she ordered.
"I'm not a slut," stated Felicia angrily. She had no idea why her sister was being so confrontational about this.
Seeing she'd upset her sister, Flora realised she wasn't coping well with the news. "I'm sorry, I'm just worried about you." That was true, but not the whole truth.
"I know you'll worry," accepted Felicia, going to her sister and taking her hands, "and I'm glad you worry about me."
"Can I come with you and meet her? Not to interrupt your date," she explained, "it's just if I see her, maybe I'll feel better about leaving you to her."
"Okay," accepted Felicia, hugging her sister and finding she clung tight to her.
"When is it?
"Saturday at noon."
"I still have to go shopping for your birthday so I'll come with you, meet her then leave you to her."
"You make it sound like I'm not coming back," pointed out Felicia.
In truth that was what Flora feared, that what she hoped beyond hope may someday exist between herself and her sister would never come back if she gave her love to another.
"I'll always be your sister," assured Felicia.
Flora just held her tighter, it had been a long time since that had been enough for her.
Felicia had been quick to tell her friends that she had a date with a cute girl and all were excited for her, with Corrin in particular offering all kinds of advice. The only one not happy for her was Flora, who had been cold with her for the rest of the week and had made up all sorts of excuses to avoid being alone with her, only coming to her when she was getting ready for her date so they could go into the city as agreed. They made their way in with little talking despite Felicia's attempts.
As they neared the café, Felicia spotted Miku outside it braving the cold by wearing a much thinner and more flattering coat. "That's her," she pointed out, but Flora seemed only to be looking at her as a threat.
"Hey," said Miku with a little wave as her date approached wearing a really cute blue dress that only someone from the ice tribe could be wearing in this weather and with a woman who looked just like her.
"Hi," replied Felicia and decided she was just going to be brave and hug her. After the initial surprise, Miku hugged her back. "This is my twin sister, Flora."
"Nice to meet you," said Miku, a little intimidated by the somewhat annoyed expression. It also seemed to have gotten colder now the two were in front of her.
"Same," replied Flora to be polite.
"She's going shopping for my birthday so she thought she'd come with me and see you," explained Felicia.
"I see. Do you approve of your little sister's date?" she asked, feeling Flora's annoyance at her was probably due to feeling protective.
"Of course, she has good taste," accepted Flora. The girl was adorable and she certainly didn't seem like an spy or assassin, thought that could just mean they're a very good one. "Be good to her," she asked of Miku. "I'll see you tonight," she said to Felicia, placing a hand on her arm before leaving them to their date.
"See you," said Felicia to her back. "She's not usually so cold," she added to Miku in defence of her sister.
"She's just being protective. She must love you a lot."
Looking at Flora as she walked down the street, Felicia didn't think that was it. The way she was holding herself and the fact people were shivering as she passed them told her that she was upset. She would need to talk to her later but now, she had a date. "Shall we?" she asked offering Miku her arm.
Leaving her sister with another woman, Flora went to look for presents. It was several weeks until their birthday and by then Felicia could be forever in Miku's arms so she had to find something really good for her to show how much she loved her. To that end, she spent the afternoon in the city, going round many stores and stalls looking for something cute that would suit her beloved sister. She'd found a store that had a lot of cute things and, though it may be aimed at girls younger than them, she found quite a few items that would be good for Felicia and bought a really cute outfit for her. With that bought she then went to another store for something more exciting, something she hoped Felicia would wear for her but if not, then something she could wear for Miku. Even if they would go back to being ordinary sisters, she would have to support her sister and her relationships.
With her presents bought, she went home and spent the entire night locked in her room, moving between distraught and furious at the thought of losing her sister. Felicia came to talk that evening, presumably about her date, but she stayed quiet and pretended not to be there. If she was to see her sister when she felt like this, she wouldn't be able to keep her feeling in.
After a night of uneasy rest, she was able to hold herself together when she met Felicia the next day, giving all the right responses when she talked about her date and how well it went, though she couldn't hide her relief when Felicia said they didn't kiss.
For Felicia, her sister's behaviour had been very odd since she'd first mentioned her date and, seeing her relief at the lack of a kiss, it finally hit her as to why. She tried to get Flora alone and somewhere private over the coming days but she was rejecting any such suggestions, even rejecting something as simple as a hug with the rational that she's dating now. Eventually, her only choice was to break into her sister's room and wait for her to finish work. Standing behind the door and waiting to trap her, it reminded her of their falling out after their first time together. Eventually, she heard the key in the lock and readied herself, pushing the door closed as soon as Flora was inside.
"Why are you here?" asked her sister after the initial fright.
"I'm not leaving until we talk," she stated.
"Fine," accepted Flora begrudgingly and went to sit cross-legged on her bed.
"Why are you being so cold to me?" asked Felicia gently.
"I'm worried that girl's manipulating you," offered Flora as an explanation.
"I think you're jealous I'm dating someone else," countered Felicia.
"Why would I be jealous?" question Flora. "Everything we've ever done was just practise for this very thing. All the time we've spent together now has a meaning for you."
"You've always been selfless," began Felicia, surprising her sister with this unconnected statement. "You always looked out for me when we were little. You hid that we were hostages after we were told to serve Corrin, you shouldered that horrible truth yourself to save me from it. Even now we're free, and you could be the heir to the ice tribe's leadership, you continue to serve your friend. Even if it's just this once, please be selfish," she pleaded as she knelt on the bed in front of sister.
At her sister pleading with her to tell the truth, she caved. "Love me and only me." She immediately felt horrible at making such a demand of her sister and buried her face in her hands.
"Okay," agreed Felicia.
"I'm awful," lamented Flora into her hands. "Please don't listen to that, just ignore me."
"Okay," said Felicia louder.
"What?" asked Flora after a few seconds, looking up from her hands enough to see her sister.
"I will love you and only you," stated Felicia, taking Flora's hands away from her cute face and feeling her holding tight.
"You love me?" questioned Flora, her chest feeling so tight she could hardly get the words out.
"I love you," giggled Felicia.
Flora shook her sister off and grabbed her by the neck and back of the head, showering her with kisses. "You love me," she repeated before moving on to longer kisses with a little tongue.
"Flora," protested Felicia pushing her sister back. "You're crying."
"I love you so much," Flora managed to get out. "You… you know I mean romantically, right? I'm in love with you."
"Of course," assured Felicia wiping away her sister's tears. "I wouldn't agree to marry someone I wasn't in love with too."
"Marry?" questioned Flora, her voice weak from the shock.
"To love you and only you for the rest of our lives, that sounds like marriage."
"You want to be my wife?" asked Flora, tears flowing again.
"If you'll be mine," confirmed Felicia and was again assaulted with kisses until Flora seemingly collapsed, clinging onto her.
"I was so scared you would reject me if I told you how I loved you," confessed Flora. "Losing what we had would have hurt so much I never dared try for more."
Felicia disentangled herself from Flora's arms and gently laid her down on the bed, taking a moment to admire her wife and absorb the unusual sight of her crying face, before lying down next to her and snuggling in, one arm across her stomach and cheek resting on Flora's shoulder. "Did Miku make you think you'd lose me?"
"Yes," answered Flora bluntly. "I'm sorry I couldn't keep it in."
"I don't think I'd have had the courage to say how much I love you either," admitted Felicia, "but if I had ended up seriously dating someone, they would have had to understand you are the most important person to me, that I would always chose you over them. I would never have left you."
"I love you," said Flora through her tears.
"Are you really so happy you can't stop?" teased Felicia.
"Yes," stated Flora, wiping her tears and the turning over to face her sister, running her hand down her side and then up her back to hold them close.
"Why do you think I wanted to practise kissing with you?"
"For the practise?"
"Nope. I wanted to kiss my sister," admitted Felicia. "Soleil put the idea in my head that if we had sex it would really only be masturbating since we're the same. I hadn't planned on going that far but I really wanted to kiss you."
"I'm glad we did. Being with you like that has made my life so much more than it had ever been." Felicia shuffled in to kiss her. "What will you do about Miku?" she asked as they parted.
"I was already going to tell I just see her as a friend on our next date."
"Do you?"
"Yes, she wasn't you," she explained and loved the adorable smile from her wife. "I would like to still be friends with her, if that's alright?"
"Of course. I won't be a controlling wife decided who you can and cannot be friends with."
"Still think she's a spy?" joked Felicia.
"We do have to be careful we're not being used to gain access to Corrin," reminded Flora, recovering a little of her composure now, "but I never really thought she was." With Felicia's cute smile inches away, she couldn't help smile in return. "I wish we could tell people."
"It would be nice," agreed Felicia, knowing they could never openly be a couple. "We should tell Corrin, I know she'll be excited about it."
"Maybe too excited," giggled Flora. "She might try to change the law to make incestuous marriage legal for us."
"That wouldn't surprise me," chuckled Felicia. "Can we tell her tonight?"
"You clearly want to," said Flora at her sister's excited grin.
"I really need to tell someone."
"Give me some strength otherwise I'm just going to stay here and snuggle." Felicia pounced, rolling her onto her back and climbing on top, cupping and squeezing her chest as their tongues danced. "Oh my, that… that was more strength than I expected," she gasped.
Felicia sat up, straddling her sister's legs. "Shall we?" she asked, offering a hand to pull Flora up.
"On the condition we come back here and make love."
The phrase 'make love' caused Felicia's heart to stumble. They usually referred to their time together as 'practising' and if they called it anything else it was just sex but making love somehow sounded even hotter. "Of course, it's our first night as wife and wife."
Flora took her sister-wife's hand and was pulled up to a sitting position as Felicia climbed off her and the bed. "Corrin and Rhajat have retired for the night but they won't be in bed yet and she wasn't in the mood for sex."
The two made their way to their queen's bed chambers, too excited to talk about anything and wanting to hold hands but unable to. When they arrived, Flora knocked. "My lady?" she called, addressing Corrin as she should where they may be overheard.
"Coming," called Corrin from within. "Oh, and Felicia too. What bring you girls here?" she asked as they entered.
"Well," began Flora, taking her sister's hand and looking between Corrin next to her and Rhajat seated next to the window with a book in her lap. "You have both always supported our unorthodox relationship so we wanted to tell you we are now in a committed romantic relationship."
"That's wonderful," said Corrin, barley keeping herself from squealing with delight as she hugged the two.
"This seemed inevitable," commented Rhajat as she placed her book on the table and came over to them. "Congratulations."
"When you say committed relationship, do you mean you're dating? Engaged?" asked Corrin, having finally let them go.
"We can't legally marry," pointed Felicia.
"I could…" began the queen but trailed off at the disapproval emanating from the three. "Alright, I won't try and legalise it," she conceded. "Would you permit me to hold a ceremony for you?"
"It's not like anyone else but Soleil knows about us," lamented Felicia. "It wouldn't be worth having."
"You wouldn't be married in the eyes of the law, but in the eyes of your queen and your friends," she said hooking her arm around Rhajat's to make it clear she was their friend too, "you would be married."
"That does sounds pretty nice," admitted Felicia turning to Flora.
"Thank you," agreed Flora. "That sounds wonderful."
"You can't wear wedding rings," pointed out Rhajat, "and you shouldn't be wearing rings in combat," she added to Felicia. "We'll need to get you another symbol of your bond. Necklaces?"
"With embedded stones of your wife's eye colour," added Corrin. "We can get the them commissioned tomorrow morning"
"You don't have to do all this for us," assured Flora.
"You two have been two of my closest friends all my life. I want to do this for you, I want to do anything I can to help your love."
"Then we graciously accept your kindness, my friend," said Flora.
"Thank you so much," added Felicia.
Corrin could only hug them again. "I'm so happy for you."
"Are you spending the night together?" asked Rhajat, pulling her wife off them.
"Yes," gushed Flora, hugging Felicia's arm to press it into her chest and loving the little smile as Felicia tried to control herself.
"Don't let us detain you."
"Come on," urged Flora and pulled Felicia to the door. "Thank you," she said as she before she opened the door.
"You're the best," added Felicia as she pulled out.
Corrin went to lock the door and calmly walked back to her wife who pressed her hand over her mouth, knowing what was coming. "They're married!" she squealed through her wife's hand. With that out of her system, she could calm down and Rhajat removed her hand. "I wish they could come out."
"You know they can't. Incest isn't illegal but they would be shunned, you know that."
"I know," admitted Corrin, snuggling into her wife. "I just wish they didn't have to hide their love, it's so beautiful."
"They don't have to hide it from us," assured her wife. "We could double-date somewhere private."
"Look at you, showing your softer side," teased Corrin.
"Soleil knows and we saw Caeldori admit to incest herself at the first anniversary party for Anaknos' defeat. Ophelia has committed incest with her aunt and given Sophie's reaction to those acts, she's unlikely to object."
"You think we should suggest they come out to people we know would accept them?"
"It will be healthier for them if there are at least some they can be themselves around."
"My wife's so wise," purred Corrin as she stroked her cheek.
"It comes with age," explained Rhajat, leaning into her wife's hand, and closing her eyes.
"You've had a long day, we should maybe head to bed."
Corrin talked about her idea for the twins' ceremony as they changed for bed but Rhajat shot them all down, stating it should be something simple or they would have to explain what it's for. With a short goodnight make out, the queen and princess consort drifted off, with Corrin wondering what the twins were up to.
The next morning, the royal couple sought out the twins to further discuss their necklaces to settle on all the details before going to get them commissioned. The final design was a silver heart on a silver chain, representing ice, with an aquamarine embedded in Felicia's and a rose quartz embedded in Flora's. There would also be an 'F' engraved on the back which to them would mean their sister but, to anyone else seeing it, would be taken as their own initial. It would take three days for both to be made but that was plenty of time before the planned wedding date.
A couple of weeks later, it was the morning of what would the biggest day each year for the rest of their lives. After today it would have two significant events but for now it had just had one, the twin's birthdays.
It was still an hour before dawn when there was a rapid knocking on Flora's bedroom door. "Hold on, I'm up," she groaned as she rolled out of bed and went to unlock the door.
"Happy birthday!" cheered Felicia as she entered with a pile of carefully wrapped presents and went to put them down on the bed. She was wearing her dread fighter uniform and seemed ready for work.
"Wait, let me make it first," protested Flora before swiftly sorting the sheets allowing Felicia to put her pile down and for her to fetch hers.
As Flora placed her pile on the bed too, both noticed they were the same in number and the shape of individual parcels.
"We can't have got them all the same?" questioned Felicia.
"Surely not. It's your turn to go first this year."
Sitting cross-legged on Flora's bed, Felicia pulled her presents towards her and took the top one, eagerly unwrapping it to reveal a very familiar white blouse that exposed the shoulders with frills down the buttons and at the top of the sleeves with a cute bow to hide how low cut it was.
"Don't you like it?" questioned Flora, who thought it was really cute on them.
"Open yours," chuckled Felicia.
Knowing what was coming, Flora quickly opened hers and found the exact same blouse. "One of four is the same, that's normal for us." It was normal for them to end up buying one or two things the same for each other.
"Next," declared Felicia, taking the second parcel and unwrapping it, finding a familiar waistcoat but, thankfully, in red. She just smiled at Flora.
"Oh really?" questioned her wife and tore into her next present, finding a blue waistcoat. "Well, at least the colour is different."
"If this is the same, it's a new record," pointed out Felicia as she took her third package and unwrapping it to find a cute pink skirt with white frills around the hem. "Thank goodness," she sighed.
"Different?"
"Yes, and so cute, I love it."
"I think it'll show of your legs really well. I see you wearing stockings and your usual high heel ankle boots," she added as she unwrapped her different present. "Shorts?" she questioned, taking the blue garment from their wrapping.
"I know it's not your usual thing," said Felicia in defence of her choice, "but I think our butt looks really good in them and they show of our legs too."
"I'll be honest, I'm unsure about them but I will keep an open mind."
"We can try on our outfits after our last ones," suggested Felicia picking up her last gift and immediately recognising it. "It's fancy underwear," she declared.
"A new record then?"
"New record," confirmed Felicia as she unwrapped and then opened the box revealing nicely laid out bra and panties. They were the same style she'd chosen for Flora but in white with pink detailing like flower petals around the edges. "They're cute."
"Glad you like them," said Flora as she opened hers, finding the same design but in black with blue highlights. "Sexy."
"I thought you'd look so hot in them," admitted Felicia.
"You can feel the quality in them," said Flora as she stroked the cups and then the small panties. "Will you wear them for me tonight?"
"The whole outfit?"
"Just the cute lingerie," clarified Flora. "I don't think the rest is a wedding or party outfit, it's more of a cute date outfit."
"Of course I'll dress sexy for my sister," assured Felicia.
"I'll be your wife tonight," reminded Flora, a big smile spreading across her face.
"I can't wait," admitted Felicia.
"It was a wonderful idea to wait and have our unofficial wedding on our birthdays. Everyone will be celebrating our marriage with us."
"And all our anniversaries to come," finished Felicia leaning in to kiss her soon-to-be wife. "Now try your outfit on before I have to go and get ready for patrol."
Flora whipped off her nightdress and went to get her normal underwear from the chest of drawers, not wanting to dirty her fancy set before tonight. With Felicia watching her every move as she dressed, she then modelled her new outfit for her sister. "Does it look as good on me as it did on you?"
"Better, because I get to look at you. Check your butt in the mirror," she suggested.
Flora did as suggested and stood with her back to the mirror, twisting round to check out her rear. "The shorts really do make it look good," she admitted.
"Glad you agree," purred Felicia, who had crept over while she'd been ogling herself, and grabbed her, squeezing the body part in question.
"Are you trying yours on now?"
"I need to go to work. I'll be finished my patrol at noon, want to meet for lunch?"
"Then you model for me," caveated Flora.
"Deal," agreed Felicia, sealing it with a kiss.
"Oh, and there's one more gift," teased Flora. "You'll get it tonight."
"What is it?" All she got was a sly smile in return. It must be something fun, she concluded.
The twins had lunch that afternoon and with both on leave until tomorrow so they had plenty of time to enjoy their birthday, they went back to Felicia's room so she could try on her new outfit with her own stockings and boots. It was a very cute outfit but she changed back to a casual dress and she and Flora spent the afternoon together, ending up in the baths to relax and wash before going to dress for their party that evening. Before the party, however, was the most important event of the night.
That evening, ten minutes before their party was due to start, Flora and Felicia made their way to Corrin's study, each wearing one of their best dresses and their new underwear. Corrin performed a brief ceremony, talking of their love and how proud she was as their friend. Rhajat, as witness and ringbearer, presented their necklaces and each fastened the chain around their wife's neck and sealed their unofficial marriage with a kiss, a long kiss at that.
"Congratulations," said Corrin, rubbing her eyes.
"Thank you so much for doing this," said Felicia, "all of it," she added looking at her expensive looking necklace. "Does the F have a shadow?"
"We had an idea when we were commissioning them," admitted Rhajat. "To others, it looks like the unpolished areas are a shadow, but to you and those who know you, it's two Fs, so close they are almost one," she explained.
"That's beautiful," sobbed Flora, who hadn't coped as well as Felicia with the emotions of the day.
"I've never known you to cry so easily," observed Corrin.
"I've never been this happy," clarified Flora.
"Your friends will be worried if you turn up to your party like that," stated Rhajat.
"I'll be fine, I just need a minute."
With a couple of minutes to compose herself, the four then made their way to a large conference room where their party had been set up as the main hall would be too large. Many of their friends from the army and the service staff were there to celebrate with them, enjoying the food, drink and dancing. What none knew was that they were also celebrating a pledge of eternal love.
Felicia had been in a perpetually happy mood over the coming weeks, loving life and seeing joy in everything, even being on the late patrols. These were usually boring as, especially in winter, there was rarely anyone about to even say hello to, so you had to hope you got on well with your partner for that patrol. Tonight she was with a new member of her unit, fresh from training, so it was a good chance to talk and get to know her. Their patrol began at six in the evening but, come nine, her partner needed to relive herself so, while she went inside to do that, Felicia continued on to a dead end that was meant to funnel any invaders into a crossfire area to be taken down by archers and mages. There were a few sparse bushes growing at the base of the wall but a she approached, the light from her lantern revealed more shapes in the retreating darkness.
"Who's there?" she demanded, reaching for her Levin sword.
At her words, five shapes launched from the darkness, two targeting her and the other three making to run past her. She hopped back, spinning round as she grabbed a dagger and hurled it at one of the runners as she brought her sword up to block the swing from one of the ones coming at her. She was fast but in the time it took to do that, the second one had flanked her to bock her from going after the other three.
In the throne room, the queen and the town council were holding their monthly meeting which, as usual, had ran on a lot longer than scheduled. In attendance was Queen Corrin and six councillors with Jakob and Flora serving the attendees while Kaze stood guard by his queen's side. The meeting was close to being completed when a commotion was heard outside and the doors burst open.
"Death to the Dyke Queen!" yelled one of three men that charged into the room.
He immediately fell to a shuriken in the throat from Kaze, the man to his left took a dagger in the leg from Jakob and stumbled, allowing Kaze to finish him off by the sword. The third, who had a wound to his arm, was met by Flora who blocked his sword with her serving tray before smacking him in the face with it as she kicked her knife out of her heel, snatched it from the air and plunged it into his chest, positioning herself to avoid any blood spray.
"Everyone all right?" asked Corrin of her friends and the councillors. All gave her confirmation they were unharmed. "How are the guards?" asked Corrin of Kaze who had gone to ensure the guards who had been guarding the door had not abandoned their post.
"Severely injured," answered Kaze, taking their position in case there were other assassins.
"I shall aid them, milady," assured Jakob who had already grabbed a staff. All turned to the door as shouting could be heard with the speaker approaching at speed.
"Intruders!" yelled Felicia as she approached the throne room but the sight of injured guards being treated by Jakob and Kaze on guard showed they already knew. As she stopped in the door, she saw the three bodies. "Oh, you got them."
Everyone was then shocked by a scream of utter dread from Felicia at the sight of her sister soaked in blood. All other thought were cast aside as she ran to her.
"It's alright, it's not my blood," assured Felicia swiftly, holding her arms out to ward Flora off as he didn't want to bloody her uniform too. Though her sister still looked terrified, she did at least stop from grabbing her. "It's not my blood," she repeated. "I'm fine." Flora was just babbling and clearly wanted to hold her but also didn't want to get her uniform dirty either. "I'm fine," reassured Felicia, carefully leaning into rest her forehead against her wife's. With this contact, Flora seemed to finally calm down a little.
"What happened?" asked Corrin after the reassurance her friend was unharmed.
"I spotted five men in the shadows in the north choke point, two attacked me while the other three escaped. I'm sorry for allowing them to get so near to you."
"You couldn't have taken all five," assured Corrin. "What of the two?"
"Dead."
"I'm proud of you," beamed Corrin, placing a hand on Felicia's blood-free shoulder. "I think we had better conclude today's meeting," she asserted to the councillors, something all six swiftly agreed on.
"They're stable," declared Jakob, "but they'll need to be taken to the infirmary. I'd also suggest you take your sister and get her out of that uniform to get it cleaned before the blood sets," he added to Flora seeing her distress. "I'm sure you can call your duties for tonight finished after that."
"Thank you. If I may, I will take my leave, milady," she requested formally.
"Of course. Your patrol is finished Felicia, I'll arrange someone to complete it with your partner. Where are they?"
"Bathroom," explained Felicia. "I checked the dead end myself."
"I'll have someone find them too. Make sure she's okay," she asked of Felicia who was clearly fine while Flora still seemed to be on the verge of panic.
"How about you go and get me a change of clothes from my room and I'll go and hand this in at the laundry so they can get the blood out as a soon as possible."
"Alright, that would be sensible," agreed Flora and left the throne room with her wife. "I've never been so terrified," she confessed when they were out of earshot.
"I'm fine thought," insisted Felicia again.
"But what if you weren't? You're my sister and my wife, so much of my life is you… I can't lose you. Do you really want to be a soldier? Be a maid again, it's safer."
"I do want to be a soldier and I'm not sure if I'm in less danger as a maid. I was surrounded by broken glass and crockery a lot."
"That's true," admitted Flora. "Just promise you'll stay safe, for me."
"I promise I will always do all I can to come home to you."
As they were nearly where they would split, Flora looked up and down the empty corridor to be sure before pecking her wife on the lips. "Now go and get out of your ruined uniform," she ordered, feeling her heart finally slowing down.
Having been on the late shift yesterday, Felicia had no duties until the afternoon so went to the training ground to keep herself busy. She hadn't been there long when Flora came to find her.
"Are you feeling okay?" she asked as her sister approached.
"I'm fine. Lady Corrin wishes to see you."
"What about?" asked Felicia following after her. That she'd used her title told her it was official business.
"That is not for me to say."
With little conversation coming from Flora, Felicia followed her in silence to Corrin's study, finding her seated with Jakob and Kaze flanking her.
"Are you alright after last night?" asked Corrin immediately as the twins entered.
"Fine, milady," assured Felicia.
"I'm glad. I've asked you here because we've been discussing your progress." She could see Felicia was curious about where this was going. "You've made remarkable progress in your combat skills over the last year and half and I would ask if you would consent to becoming my retainer."
"You… Yes of course," agreed Felicia after the initial disbelief. "But you've got two already."
"With you by my side, I would free Jakob from that responsibility. He would no longer have to split his time between me and running the castle with Flora. That would also allow him to take some responsibilities for that from Flora, giving her more free time."
Felicia could see the subtext there that they could spent more time as a couple. "Are you alright with this?" she asked Jakob.
"Of course. While it is an honour to protect our queen, my skills are far more suited to running her household. Your skills, which have surprised me, are better at protecting her."
"So, are you my retainer?" asked Corrin with a big smile.
"Yes, milady. I pledge myself to your protection."
"Good," chirped Corrin as she bounced up and went to hug her friend and retainer. "I have discussed this with your commander but we'll go now and make it official. Jakob and Kaze can then brief you on your duties."
Flora exchanged a smile with her sister as she followed their queen out of the room. While she had known Corrin had been considering this for a while, she was glad she had spoken to her queen about it last night after seeing Felicia to her bed chamber. Now her beloved wife would be with Corrin at the centre of armed guards, the safest place a soldier could be.
Later that day with Felicia by her side and Kaze dismissed for a break, Corrin went to grab Flora for a chat. With her head maid located, she took them into an empty conference room and locked the door for privacy.
"I've got some good news," she said now they were alone. "With Felicia as my retainer, I now have an excuse to rearrange the allocated bed chambers. As a retainer, you'll obviously have one on the same floor as me but I'll see to it that you are right next to her," she said to Flora, "and I'll have an adjoining door installed between your rooms." She couldn't help but chuckle as both of their faces lit up.
"So we could be together every night?" question Felicia.
"Exactly. You would be seen going to your separate chambers, but you could then spend all you nights together if you wish without raising any suspicions."
"That is a wonderful gesture," thanked Flora. "You're too good to us."
"I'm doing what is within my power to help my friends in love. It'll take a while to get it organised, but I wanted to give you a marital home."
"Thank you," said Felicia as she hugged her.
"For everything," added Flora joining in.
It was several weeks before everything was sorted but tonight was going to be Felicia's first night with her new room. She knew Flora was already finished work so expected her to be waiting on her but, on entering, found her room empty. She could see lamplight around the adjoining door and opened it to reveal Flora standing next to her bed in nothing but see-through bra and panties and a garter belt, with one foot on the bed and a stocking only half-way up her leg.
"I wanted to surprise you," she bemoaned at not being ready in time as she pulled the stocking up and fastened the suspenders to it.
Wordlessly, Felicia took the other stocking from the bed and knelt before her sister, who raised her leg to let her slip it on. As she slid it up her sister's sexy leg, she kissed ahead of it, enjoying the giggles from Flora, before she reached her hip and sat back to fasten the suspenders to it. "It was a lovely surprise," she assured her wife. "Now," she began as she spun Flora round and scooped her up in a bridal carry.
"Now what?" purred Flora as she wrapped her arms around her wife's neck.
Felicia walked back through to her room before turning and re-entering Flora's. "Now I wanted to carry you over the threshold," she stated as she laid Flora down on her bed, their bed.
"Now what?" repeated Flora with honey on her words as she tugged at her sister's uniform.
Felicia rapidly undressed, with some help from her sister, then jumped on the bed to sit straddling those stocking-clad legs. She took a few seconds to enjoy the view as Flora arched her back to better show off her chest and flat stomach, she couldn't imagine a prettier wife. With looking swiftly becoming insufficient, she ran her hands up from her sister's hips, across her flat, toned stomach, caressing and gently massaging as she slowly made her way higher. Leaning down, one hand moved to support her as the other moved over her sister's right boob and held position, ever so gently squeezing, as their lips met.
"Welcome home," whispered Flora.
"The room?" asked Felicia. "Or your body?"
"Both," confirmed Flora as one hand moved over her sister's bare back to hold her down as the other went down to her ass.
Swapping tongues and hands stimulating boobs and ass, the twin-wives were getting hotter by the moment. As those hands were getting rougher, prompting moans and gasps that served to spur the other on, tongues moved deeper, seeking out every inch of the warm, wet mouth of their counterpart.
With tongues so deep and lips sealed around the writhing muscles, air becomes somewhat restricted and eventually Felicia had to sit up allow her and her wife to gasp for fresh air. Their eyes couldn't look away from the other and both were sporting a grin at how hot that had been. Still with one hand on her sister's chest, Felicia, now able to focus a little more, saw how hard Flora's nipples were through the sheer material and moved that hand to focus on the hard, little pebble on the right as her mouth latched on to the left. Even with the bra in the way, Flora's reaction was immediate as her back arched and a long groan escaped her.
With her wife already getting to the point of writhing in pleasure from this stimulation alone, Felicia repositioned to lay atop her wife and slipped her left hand down between their bodies and over the tiny, sodden, see-through panties. With no direct skin contact, Flora's hips bucked as fingers slid over her desperate lips. She began slow, gently rubbing up and down over the panties as she grew a little fiercer with her actions against her nipples, pinching and nipping, loving the gasps that gave way to moans. Mere seconds was it all it took for Flora to begin writhing beneath her, clearly getting close so Felicia stopped her left hand and let it rest.
"No," groaned Flora. "Don't tease. Make your wife cum, make your wife cum," she begged as a pre-shock jolted her body.
"That's so hot," said Felicia, her voice tight with as her own arousal shot up at the word 'wife'.
Giving in to her wife's pleas, she repositioned her hand and pressed into the dripping panties, pushing the stretchy fabric between her sister's lips. The courser sensation of the fabric jolted a massive grunt from Flora but, as fingers began to fuck, it definitely felt good. With her nipples being tormented and the unfamiliar sensation inside her, Flora was losing it, the pulses of anticipation ravaged her body, the force on her nipples creating shockwaves of delight, her hips bucking onto those fingers she loved. Her last thought was to move her arms, one to hold Felicia down and the other to cover her mouth. She was just in time as Felicia slammed the panty-covered fingers into her and an uncontrollable scream of pure bliss burst forth as her body jerked wildly beneath her sister, fire streaming through her icy blood as her whole body was consumed by incestuous pleasure.
It felt like it took many minutes for the pleasure to recede as burning body kept her in the joys of orgasm. As she came down, staring at the ceiling and panting, she could still feel Felicia on top of her, again gently toying with her chest and stroking her pussy. After a little, she moved up to swap tongues again.
"That sounded like a good orgasm to christen out marital bed."
"It was, it really was," assured Flora as she grabbed her sister's head between both hands and pulled her back down to claim her tongue. As desire surged again, she felt an urge for something new. "Get on your back," she ordered and was obeyed as Felicia rolled off of her.
She stood up on her knees and unfastened her suspenders to slip off her sodden thong, all as Felicia looked on, her eyes devouring everything. After reattaching her suspenders, she wrapped the thong, including G-string and waistband, around the middle and index fingers of her right hand and slipped the whole thing inside herself, loving the grin on her wife. "It was already soaked," she admitted as she grabbed her right boob and squeezed, putting on some big moans just to get her wife even hotter.
Watching her sister, her hips rising and falling as she rode her own fingers, the wonderfully soft, white skin of her boobs moving beneath her firm grip and her head thrown back as she gave the sexiest moans, Felicia was awed. She knew sex with her sister was amazing but had never realised watching her masturbate would be just as good. Her breathing was getting tense just by watching. As she made a move to start fingering herself to the show, Flora grabbed her hand.
"That's all mine," she purred with a slight hint of menace that many a person would expect from Rhajat. "I'm going to have my way with you and you'll need to be quiet," she stated as she pulled the utterly soaked thong from her pussy. Balling it up, she pushed it into her sister's open, panting mouth. "The walls are thick here, but let's not take any chances," she said as she pushed her sister's mouth closed. Felicia was clearly into it as she was immediately sucking the juices from the delicious gag. "Do you like it," she whispered directly into her sister's ear and loved the shiver that caused.
"Mm mm," agreed Felicia, squirming with desire as her sister's hand slipped down her bare chest, over her stomach and two fingers burrowed inside her. "Mmmm mmmm," she agreed again.
"Such a good girl," teased Flora as she kissed her sister's lips before moving down, planting some more kisses as she went until a final one on the swollen clit that got a muffled yelp. She was so easy to please, she always had been, but tonight seemed like she could cum over and over with only seconds of stimulation. With fingers now fucking fast, she brought her tongue to bare on her desperate clit, lapping at it as fast as her tongue could move and, indeed, it was mere seconds before Felicia was writhing, her hips rocking on their invaders and the gag doing its job well at her moans and yelps.
With continued torment, it seemed Felicia's spasms wanted her to turn over as her left shoulder kept jumping up and half turning her torso. Flora was loving seeing her sister lose control and kept working, pushing her into wild movements and now constant, muffled screaming as her pussy was spasming, as if trying to drag her fingers deeper while soaking them with cum. After being held in high orgasm for a half a minute, her wife collapsed with just a few twitches from aftershocks running through her.
Flora lifted her head to see Felicia's chest heaving and her stomach quivering as each shock ran through it. With a little chuckle at her good work, she removed her fingers and spread them, loving the amount of cum trailing between them, before licking them clean and then setting to work getting as much delicious nectar from her sister's pussy as possible. With Felicia clean, she gave one last lick up her lips, over her clit and up almost to her navel before diving up for her sister's mouth. Her wife's mouth was wide open to allow gasps for air around the thong which made it very easy for Flora to add her tongue. After a short dance with Felicia's in amongst the thong, she hooked the waistband with her tongue and pulled it out.
Standing over her sister, thong hanging from her mouth, Flora saw an expression she hadn't seen on her sister before. Her eyes were open but there was only one thought being portrayed: sex. She seemed so horny and desperate for more, that there was nothing else in her head, that she was a mindless sex toy who could only want more. She would get all she wanted.
Leaving the doll for a moment, Flora rolled over and grabbed the dildo she'd bought for their birthday from the bottom drawer before returning. She rolled her sex doll over onto her front and then lifted her by the hips so she was on her knees, ass up. Sitting on Felicia's left, she bent down to lick the muscular cheek before her as she slipped the dildo into her sister's desperate, sodden pussy and got a long, needy groan.
Slowly fucking the whole six inches in, she leaned over, unable to resist licking her wife's sweaty back and up her spine to her neck. When she'd been rolled over, Felicia had now been looking right so Flora slipped an arm beneath her wife's neck and then slipped two fingers into her open mouth, hooking onto her lower jaw. There was still a volume risk and this meant she could turn her sister's head so she'd be screaming into the mattress. That she found the hooking action to have a very controlling component too it as well gave her a little thrill, that her sister really was a doll she could position to her own will. With the surprise that she, the bottom normally, had some dom instincts, Flora pounded away at her sister with the artificial six inches as she enjoyed jerked her head occasionally just to enjoy the control. It did not take long for her sex doll to climax again, her head forcibly being turned to the mattress as her body shuddered and legs kicked away, dropping her hips down on to the bed.
By now, Felicia was lost to pleasure, it truly was all she wanted or needed, and Flora was lost to domination, she wanted to use her sister's body all night, to hear her scream, to control her pleasure, to give all the mind and body wrecking orgasms she could. By Felicia's seventh climax, her body was failing, capable of no more than shuddering at any touch and Flora accepted she had to stop. Positioning her sister-wife for sleep, she cuddled in against her, grinding on her leg to give herself one last rush for the night. Married life, particularly sharing a marital bed, was so good.