Mako's Message: Hi. Hopefully a lot of new people are reading this. Hopefully a lot of old people are reading this too. For the new people, this is the part where I explain a bit about why I did what I did, just to give it some context. In this case, when Three Houses released back at the end of June I was IMMEDIATELY enamored with the world, the characters, and the story. I was writing fanfics in my head within the first hour of gameplay and honestly considered just writing whatever scenes came to mind as I played, kind of chronicling my playthrough as I did. For better worse I didn't(but this chapter is the first idea I can remember), instead deciding to wait until I had "completed" the game so I didn't write a story that had someone as a only child when they actually have eight siblings or whatever. Well, I still haven't done that but didn't want to put this off any longer. I've at least heard how the story goes for all routes at this point, and had enough conversations with the cast to not write anything blatantly wrong.
Anyway, all that is just to say that this story is nothing but a collection of scenes I didn't want to devote the effort of creating an entire story around.

#1 – Innocent Intentions

Byleth spotted Flayn tending to some flowers off in the corner of the greenhouse, and after a quick look around revealed no one but the Greenhouse Keeper on the other side of the building, decided this would be the best time to speak with her about something.

"Hello Flayn."

"Eeeeep!" Flayn squeaked and jumped, nearly losing her pruning sheers.

"Professor!" she chided, clutching the sheers to her chest with both hands, "Don't startle me like that."

Byleth offered a short bow as way of apology, "It was not my intention. I merely wished to speak with you."

"Oh?" Flayn questioned, moving the sheers behind her back, "What about?"

Byleth did their best to give her a smile, "Soon after I came here, we spoke and I asked where I'd be able to speak with you, since you wouldn't be in my classes."

Flayn's eyes widened as she remembered the day in question, and what might have been a blush started to appear on her cheeks.

"You seemed quite scandalized by the question, but it seemed quite innocent to me-" Flayn was now definitely blushing, "What were you thinking of?"

Flayn's face was absolutely on fire, but at the same time she seemed quite determined.

Several minutes later, Byleth was standing at a window on the second floor of Garreg Mach monastery. They gazed over the landscape, watching the occasional pegasus knight patrolling the skies. Every few moments they would turn and glance back at the hall outside of the audience chamber.

"pssst."

They turned and saw Flayn beckoning them from the steps to the third floor.

With no one in the hall, Byleth turned and quickly went up the steps. At the top there was a small hall with two doors, one, he was told, lead to the Archbishop's private quarters, the other to the quarters Flayn shared with her brother. One of these doors was open, and they presumed Flayn was waiting beyond it.

However, Flayn was still not there. There were more doors, however, and when they approached one, it was suddenly opened and Byleth was dragged inside.

Mako's Postscript: That is in fact where this scene ends. Whyever Flayn dragged Byleth away from where gossiping eyes can see is up to you.