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Characters: Platina X Dia.
Summary: AWWWWWWWW I'M SO PROUD OF THIS ONE. (BTW Rhodium is a precious metal. : D )
Bedtime
"Tell me the fairytale again," Rhodium cries, her large gray eyes alight with excitement.
"Rhody, you hear that one every night," her father says, smiling fondly down at the toddler.
"I don't care; it's the cutest story ever," she replies. "So please?"
"It's awfully late," her father chuckles, toying with her even as he sits down on her bed beside her.
Her lips push out in a pout, her chin tilting up in a haughty imitation of her mother. "If you don't, I'll tell Butler."
"And then Butler will do what?" he asks, his eyes twinkling with humor.
"He'll whack you with a broom, of course."
His laughter bounces off the walls. "Well, with a threat like that, I guess I have to." Pulling the blanket up to her chin, his pale eyes soften, and he reclines with a hand behind his head as he begins. "Once upon a time, a commoner met a princess."
Rhody hugs her plush pokemon to her heart, beaming. "And it was love at first sight, right?"
"Yep." He ruffles her hair. "It sure was. She was the most beautiful princess in the whole entire world, and still is. So from that day onward the commoner became a knight to protect the princess."
"And did he?" she queries, wide-eyed.
"He tried his best to. He didn't always save her, but the thing that mattered was that he tried. Because you see," he says, leaning close, "love makes you strong. And love is what matters in the end."
"Rhodium." Platina pokes her head in through the door, interrupting them. "Sleep well, darling."
"You too," the little girl replies. "Daddy's just telling me the fairytale."
"Dia," Platina begins in a scolding voice.
"I know she's supposed to be sleeping," defends her husband, "but she blackmailed me."
She rolls her eyes. "Rubbish." Then she comes in to sit down as well, a smile playing across her face. "But really, Dia, don't you know better than to start without me? It's my story too, you know."
He relaxes, and he puts his arms around his wife and his daughter, leaning his cheek against Platina's head. "I know, princess. Sorry."