hey all! this collection is drawing to a close, but it's been so much fun so far! I've got a big finale planned, so I hope you all will stick around for that! in the meantime, please enjoy this piece! (it takes place at Prince Raji's palace)
Theme~ #5: Guard and Guardian
They whisper in the kitchen hall, thronged around an open window. One of them pipes up, her light voice lilting in the midst of the surrounding clatter.
"I'd say he looks perfectly charming."
Another one of them sighs, tossing a blond braid over her shoulder. "Yes, but you'd say that about anything that walked in without breasts-"
"How crude!"
"Yet, true," the blond hums.
"I agree, though," the shortest one says. "You do have rather flighty fantasies-"
The girl flushes scarlet. "I don't have such shallow intentions!"
"Don't go denying it, now," the blond teases.
"She's right," the short one quips.
The accused frowns. "You can't blame me! Any woman would fall for such a..." Her voice trails off dreamily. "Tall, dark, handsome stranger's charms..."
The blond snorts in a rather undignified manner. "Charms? He hasn't even done anything to you."
"Well, he looked at me the other day!"
"He does have those 'undressing' eyes," the short one sighs.
"Not you, too..."
"Don't deny that you find him absolutely dashing! Apparently he's a martial artist."
"And a close confidant of Prince Zen's-"
"From someplace foreign, judging by his skin tone-"
"And entranced with another," the blond interrupts.
The other two cease their speculation immediately. "What?" they chorus.
"Shush, someone will hear-"
"Who is it?" the short one insists.
"Why, the redhead from Clarines. Being her guard and guardian would lead to more than regular contact... They have adjoining bedrooms, after all." The twin gasps widen the blond's grin.
For the rest of his stay, Obi fails to understand the palace maids' looks of longing.
I know this one was mostly dialogue, but I'd wanted to write a piece where neither Obi nor Shirayuki were the central characters. this chapter is by no means my favorite, but I did have fun writing it! please leave a review and let me know what you think!