Rating: K+ / PG
Genre: Romance
Warnings/Summary:
Pairing: Chie Hallard x Aoi Senou
Word count (minus notes): 120
Author's Note: Set somewhere post-canon, when Aoi has woken up from her coma and Chie is no longer a Valkyrie. They're sitting in a tub together, obviously. ;)
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The Real Princess
"Hey, Chie?"
"Yes?"
"I'm not complaining, really, but... aren't your skills meant for kings and queens?"
Chie smiled, dipped the sponge beneath the suds, and reapplied her skills to the girl leaning against her. "What? Don't tell me it's not up to your standards."
Aoi giggled and flicked water over her shoulder with her uninjured hand. "I'm not a king or queen, Chie." she chided tenderly.
And she wasn't: slouched between Chie's legs, wet and naked, her skin lined with cuts, scrapes and a rainbow of bruises, she looked like a battered, drowned alleycat. But Chie brushed Aoi's hair back and buried her nose in her neck.
"You don't have to be royalty to rule. You rule my entire heart."