Title: What A Book Can Do
OTP: Kainora
Rating: K
Word Count: 515
Summary: Tumblr prompt given by notmirai: "Kainora / Tangled crossover. Rapunzel is a bookworm and Eugene is a thief. I think a Tangled au would be so fitting for these two!" Ok, I'll admit, this one was kind of hard. But then I thought that the book scene from the Kindom Dance scene in the movie would work. I hope you like this.
The annual Festival of Lights made the kingdom as lively as ever when the two walked in. Jinora was completely awestruck by the beauty of all the decorations used to celebrate the special event in the kingdom. Even though he was keeping an eye for guards, Kai couldn't help but smile at her childish excitement. Jinora never really did get out of her tower much so this was like a totally different world to her – a bright and beautiful world. Kai tried to make her experience one to remember by getting her some of the festival food that the kingdom was famous for and a small swatch of fabric with the kingdom's symbol stitched in it – which he all paid for himself.
The two were walking through the crowd of festival goers, Jinora admiring everything she passed and Kai keeping his eyes on her and palace guards. As they both entered the outskirts of the crowd, Kai soon spotted the familiar copper colored armor that instantly put him in defensive mode. The well known thief tossed his head from side to side from a place to escape to before he was spotted. "Come on, this way." He said in a low tone as he pushed Jinora through a nearby shop. Kai practically slammed the door shut and leaned against as he looked out the small window cut into it, hiding below it when the guards passed by the shop.
Jinora laughed a little after she was pushed in the shop. "Kai, what's wrong with you?" Jinora said, her sentence trailing off as she looked around the shop they hid in. The walls were covered by book shelves, from the floor all the way to the ceiling. The sight of the tall shelves and the array of colored bindings staring back at her make Jinora completely speechless. Her whole life she's only read and seen three books over and over again. Never in her life has she Jinora seen more books that she could count. She walked into the center of what now was revealed to be a library and looked around the room, her amazement rising when she saw there were a second floor and even more floor to ceiling selves. "This is amazing." She said quietly a smile started to grow on her face.
The sound of Jinora's soft voice snapped Kai off his guard and looked over at her confused. "What?"
"This is amazing!" Jinora practically shouted as she jumped up and smiled at him. "I've never seen so many books in my life." She said as she circled around the room once more before running up the stairs.
Kai looked at her, still a little confused but soon smiled when he saw Jinora pull out book after book from the shelves.
"They even have maps! This is so amazing." Jinora shouted happily as she leaned over the railing and smiled down at Kai before quickly climbing up a nearby ladder.
Kai never really understood what was with Jinora and books, but her excitement over every single one she touched made him smiled.
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