Chapter 2 it will become chapter 4 or chapter 5 later

''Your highness, Arnette is outside, begs an audience. ''Let him in, she said and put on her tokar and told her servant something in high valyrian and he left and closed the door behind him. ''your radiance I wish t-to speak to you about something. '' Absolutely what is on your mind, Arnette? M-my queen, as you know , I was saved from Astapor some time ago, a-and I am so thankful for it, however, I have a request, well it is quite a large request , but one i- I hope that you will have no problem to help me with my queen. She smiled up at him, and gestured for him to sit next to her, he could not imagine being allowed to be sitting that close to the queen, but he saw it as a command and did as she bid him. She blinked turned to face him, and gestured for him to continue and so he did. The-there is this girl i- he swallowed hard and after composing himself he continued, like well, you may even say I love her , upon hearing this Daenerys's smile grew from ear to ear . I really really like her, but I do not know if she likes me and I am afraid that I would do a mistake if I spoke to her, so, he swallowed hard again, I would want you , no sorry that was wrong of me, I would like you to speak to her for me, please. He bowed his head in revere and fell silent.

Daenerys looked at him, and still smiling, took his hand in hers.

Arnette was surprised by this, but did nothing to stop it. ''Arnette, if you love this girl as you say you do, don't you think you should talk to her yourself? '' "M-my queen it is not that easy, why I am asking you to talk to her is , because, well, you have her next to you or in your vicinity every day, she is one of your handmaidens!" "How long have you felt this way, Arnette? ''Since 3 weeks ago, my queen. No, tell me the truth, Arnette, how long, she said while slowly blinking, ''since 3 months ago" "That sounds more like it. So when you were saved from Astapor? Yes my queen." He swallowed hard again, "Listen Arnette, I do not think I will have to talk to her, because she is standing right outside my door!" "You knew" he exclaimed. "Yes I did, I am a queen Arnette it is my job to know these things". "My queen I will make a fool out of myself, I will choke on my words I will- she stopped him by putting a single finger on his lips, "You will do an excellent job, I have no doubt." "Trust me, Arnette, you can do this. " I know what you are going to say, that you would rather fight someone to the death and loose again and again, before you face her, but I have heard how you have spoken so highly of her to my other servants, and they have reported such loving words from you, and I have no doubt that if you show that man to her, she will love you back, if not, she fell silent and thought for a bit , then said, "you have done your best, and no one can take that away from you. He looked down on his feet and then up at her, what do you think my servant? I believe you are right! "Well I guess, I'd better compose myself and begin again but, this time talking to her- she held up a hand to stop him and said, "You really do not think that she hasn't heard anything that we have just been talking about? "Of course, "Well then, go, and be yourself, no one else, got it? She stared at him, and he swallowed hard and thanked her. He made his way to the door and swallowed once more before opening it and, looking up, saw Irri standing there smiling at him.

"The words you have been saying about me, are they true?" y-yes they are. He was trying so hard to not slip up or to not look her directly in the eyes but his resistance was futile. "I would very much like to speak with you, but not here, somewhere private. "I know a place she said. "Where is this place, if I may ask? " "Will you tell anyone about this place"? She asked, seeming a bit worried. "No, you have my word that it will remain a secret between you and me, he assured her. She was assessing the situation, wondering if she should trust him, or not, then decided that just this once, she should give him a chance, and so she told him and he smiled. "i-I guess that we will see each other this evening when the sun goes down and the moon visits us he stated, I will be there they both said, cheerfully. "I should be going, she nodded and before leaving he turned around, and told her, You look very good today"! She blushed at this and said thank you in the common tongue. He turned around, and took his leave. He did not see her looking in his direction long after he had turned the corner.

He spent the rest of that afternoon thinking about what he should say to her, because, just saying I am deeply in love with you seemed to be so common, yet he could not come up with the correct word for it. But she had to find out some way. Well for better or worse, just take the plunge and risk it he guessed and he slowly made his way to the hidden place which was a fairly large grove outside the city, which seemed weird, seeing as it was a desert, but he had found other things in his life to be weirder so he thought nothing of it and made his way inside, he saw her walking round in circles, probably wondering the same thing, he was, only the other way around. There was no way to say this, professionally, so he entered the grove, and announced himself. She stopped, looked at him and for 3 seconds none of them spoke, the silence was overbearing, uncompromising until she spoke up, and he was almost thankful it was over. "Welcome to my place of happiness, this is where I go when I want some privacy, and think of everything I hold dear. "you must promise me not to tell a soul about this place , not even our queen, please, I need to be alone here and if one person knows then everybody will know, he held up a hand to assure her and said "no one will know, Irri, you have my word on it, this seemed to calm her down a bit albeit slightly, but she still felt this could be a big mistake, revealing this place to him, although he seemed decent , you never knew these days who was your enemy and who was your friend. He asked her to sit down on a tree stub next to him and so she did. "Irri, he began, I have met a lot of people in my life, but none of them have transfixed me the way you do, she looked away hearing this " Here we go again" she thought. Another admirer who seems decent but who's ultimate goal is just to sleep with you and then leave you. She sighed but she still listened as he continued. "You may think I am some low level servant which I am, who only wants to have a good night's sleep with someone and then leave, well, I can tell you I used to be that, Irri, I used to be a bedwarmer , but not for the ones you might think, no, I was a bedwarmer for the good masters of Astapor and I did learn some things because I did go to whore houses however, I never ever, and this is from my heart , Irri, I never felt for a woman as I do for you in my life. She looked at him then and he continued never taking his eyes off of her. I have never been in love , Irri ever and I am still unsure if I am now but if I am, I never want it to end, because even though I cannot eat , think, make rational choices or talk in your presence, believe me this takes a big effort on my part, I love being in love, and if you would allow me, Irri, I would love to try to show you every day, if you would let me."

She looked at him and thought was this a proposal of marriage or just a nice talk from a fellow servant? She stood up and sat down on a patch of grass in front of him. "Are you sure you do not want our queen instead? He looked at her and said "yes I am truly sure that I want you, I do not like saying that I want something or anyone for that matter I guess it was the way all the different masters have shaped me. But I can honestly say that I want you". She laughed at this, and shook her head, it is true , I want to make you happy every day, if you'll let me," "but I am just a handmaiden, why don't you go and get a highborn woman? "Because I do not want a highborn woman I want you." The silence fell upon the grove again and she looked at her feet and then up at him, "What if I want someone else while we are together? "What will happen then"? He said after thinking for a while, well then you have my express permission to leave, I do not want you to stay if you do not want to I promise you have free willpower over all of this.

She got up and walked around in circles and Arnette started getting worried and followed her with his eyes. After a while he asked her if she was ok, she looked back at him and lied, saying yes I am ok , he could directly spot the lie and said you do not look it, tell me the truth he said and got up and stopped her by holding her, she looked down at his hands and with one eye saw him standing there as the protector he surely was, he would always be there for her , for better or for worse, he would always be there to pick up the pieces with her no matter what. As if he'd been reading her thoughts he stroked her cheek and promised her that, yes he would be there. He took a step closer and gently as if by the wind, planted a kiss on her neck and this sent a sensation through her body she had not felt before and it made her close her eyes and lean to her right side and Arnette didn't know if this was something he should be doing, lest she'd be getting the wrong idea of him. He interlocked her hands with his and just held her there whispering in her ear whilst unbeknownst to him, she had slightly opened her eyes "If I am doing something you don't like please tell me" She turned to him and wiped away a wisp of hair behind her right ear and confirmed with a nod that what he did was just perfect. He breathed a sigh of relief that what he had done had not broken any unwritten rule or law. "The reason why I asked is because I did not want you to think I only wanted sex and then leave, I am not that, Irri , not anymore. She looked at him "Do you really want me? She asked seriously, "Yes I do, he answered I want all of you, the past, the present and the future.

He walked closer and without hesitation put his left hand below her left cheek and gently kissed her lips for the first time, she recoiled back at first, but when Arnette whispered "Are you ok?" she nodded and he kissed her again after which he uttered the phrase "I love you Irri" She stepped back and looked puzzled "Are you sure"? "Yes I am, it took me a while to figure it out but yes, yes I do" "since when"? "Since 3 months ago." "Since you were rescued" she realized

After a 5 second silence Irri said "you know our queen will find out eventually we are together, right?" "yes I do, however, let her know, I don't care if she knows, because when I am together with you, nothing else matters, not the enemies I have fought, not the many times I have been used, not the many matches I've won or all that bullshit, because when I'm with you, Irri I can let go of everything and just see, kiss, and make you happy which is now my mission for the day. She smiles and blushes and Arnette just looked at her until Irri asks what was the matter and Arnette saying with love that he loved when she smiles, she asked why? He said it was because it made her eyes sparkle and he loves the light in her eyes. She blushes even more now and turns away and soon Arnette started hearing faint sniffles from her which she desperately tried to hide, but to no avail. Arnette said her name and Irri, wiping tears away from her cheek and lying to him but mostly to herself said that she was ok, but in fact she was in a war of decisions in her mind. This man, whom she met only this afternoon but known about for 3 months actually had these feelings for her and wanted what was best for her, but why her? She was just a handmaiden, enslaved by Khal Drogo when he defeated another khal so she had known freedom and then enslavement and now freedom again, she was a slave and slaves don't usually find love. But this man was also a servant and he truly loved her. "Irri?" "Yes"? "Come here." "What is wrong?" "It is nothing." "No, come on tell me Irri, my love, what is wrong?" I don't want to talk about it ,Arnette , okay, maybe one day I will tell you , but until then, just leave it , okay?, you say you love me, well, don't ask me about it until I tell you, please?" She was searching his eyes, searching for a hint that he would betray her but luckily found none. He held her and promised her that he would not ask about it anymore. She thanked him and wiped away the last of her tears. "I think we should start back now, Irri. "May I walk this lovely lady back to her chambers?" she smiled and nodded and Arnette held his left arm around her while they walked back to the city and as they entered through the city gates Daenerys could be seen on her balcony and in the dark it was hard to make out, but Arnette thought he could see her smile. Over the short walk it was obvious they were a couple and could not keep away from each other. They made it to Daenerys's chamber for it was Irri's turn to sleep next to her khaleesi. He kissed her goodnight and saw her slip inside before he walked to find an inn to spend the night with Irri being the last thing he thought about before he fell asleep.