♔┋ ❝ @deces-tarragon ❞.
“sounds like some punishment is in order then…?”
Sigh... ‘ Why must you do this? ‘
“sounds like some punishment is in order then…?”
Sigh... ‘ Why must you do this? ‘
“You’re in love. Don’t deny it, you’ve been sighing all day”
‘ It has less to do with love and more to do with those awful puns of yours. I feel this might be a new record for how many you’ve used in the matter of a few minutes! ‘
Hakuryuu for @gyakuten-no-megami, thank you! (ㆁᴗㆁ✿)
“…I talk a lot when I am nervous. Or scared. Or really exci— Ah. Sorry.” Her cheeks have darkened by now, but the smile on her lips was, despite being a little bit awkward, an honest one. Who would have thought that the two of them could joke with each other again? That they could not just tolerate but enjoy the company of the other?
“Of cour—” When soft lips touched the skin of her hand, that was when her heart skipped perhaps a thousand beats ( and yet it so clearly drummed against her rib cage, surely he must hear it ). To hide her embarrassment, the former princess could not help but bury her head against her arm, trying to hide her red cheeks as much as possible “Of course I will…” She whispered before raising her head just enough for one golden eye to shyly look at him “No—Now you! you…you have things to say as well…don’t you?”
It was once thought to be an impossibility, them being able to talk like this with smiles and laughter. For a moment he could remember just how that awkward smile of hers would make his heart skip beats, even now it seemed to have the same effect on him. Maybe this was what it felt like to have that one kind of person in your life that would stay no matter what would happen, It seemed as though their paths were forever bound to one another so what better way than to try to make the best of it.
It brought him joy hearing those words, that she would give him a chance. It lead to him letting her hand go when she had tried to hide her face from view but he could only sigh, more amused than anything else. ‘ Ah.. Y-yes, I do.. ‘ His words seemed to trail off when he caught sight of the shy gaze she had been giving him. He did have something to say but it was a little hard when he was staring at something so adorable. She didn’t make it easy for him at all. Coughing to clear out his throat he put the palms of his hands along his own hips. ‘ I know my words can’t express alone how much I regret many of the things I had done... What I had done to you... I never thought you would forgive me, let alone want anything to do with me again. I only wanted to make you happy and I’m sorry I couldn’t give that to you but this time will be different... I promise. ‘
streetcrowned:
“…We should have never left you the way we did. After Madaura - I should have run after you and talked to you.” Perhaps she should have begged him to come with her to Reim, just for a little while until he could join his sister with a clearer heart. “I didn’t just let you down as a friend but… as the girl you had allowed to be by your side.”
“I never imagined it would lead to us battling each other… I was… so angry to find out what you did to the soldiers and when you said you would do the same to the people of Balbadd… Hakuryuu I am sorry, I never wanted my hypocrisy to drive you into such a corner…” When he said that he did forgive them, Alibaba couldn’t help but quickly rub over her eyes, still trying to suppress her tears. “…thank you. If one day you can find it in your heart to call me a friend again…. ah but that is asking too much, isn’t it?”
He had wished so desperately that someone had stayed by his side, someone able to keep his sanity anchored even if what he felt at the time was beyond any physical pain his body could endure, his mind had been thrown through hoops that he wasn’t even sure who he was anymore. He felt like he lost what made him human until Morgiana had pulled him out of that dark tunnel. It was because of her that he got the chance to learn from his mistakes and finally put the past to rest where it belonged and move forward. Never did he think that a time like that would come but he waited patiently and listened to her speak, to understand her part this time around instead of blindly following a hateful rage and listening to a voice that closed his mind to other possibilities other than what he wanted. Reaching out his right hand, he had taken hers with care and brought the back to his lips and gave a tender kiss along her knuckles. ‘ ...You know you talk a lot. ‘ He jested, a grin spread along his lips. ‘ I’d like to be friends... to start anew. That is if you will have me. ‘
I’ll be on Discord till I fall asleep but I’ll be around tomorrow to do more!
“Then allow me to start.” The former princess sighed and turned around to fully face Hakuryuu. She didn’t hesitate when she bowed to him in the manner she had seen the people of Kou bow. “I apologize… I was blind to your pain. No, that is wrong. I saw it, I really did. You reminded me so much of Cassim and yet, like with him, I turned a blind eye. I do not say I had the means to stop you from your path, but I did not act the right way. I let you down as a friend, something I should have never done. Worse, when you needed me, I disappeared. Hakuryuu - I am sorry, I am sorry for everything I’ve done…or rather, for everything I have not done.”
‘ A-Alibaba... ‘ He was speechless. Alibaba always had her way of surprising him, sometimes he even forgot that she too was once of a royal family. The girl just never looked the part except in times like these where that childish demeanor would disappear and what he saw was the woman she had become after all this time. ‘ I wish things could have worked.. One after another I watched you all leave and that hurt more than any wound my body has suffered and I did things that I’m not proud of but after having these years to think with a clearer mind I can say I forgive you all... ‘
“maybe you changed back to him…? But we all go through hard times, I do not hold a grudge about what happened.”
“Ry— I mean, Hakuryuu. If you have time these days I would want to talk to you about everything. It’s not like I want to yell at you, or suddenly reveal that I do hate you for what happened rather… I want to make sure you don’t let it eat you up. I believe there are unsaid things between us and misunderstandings that led to that accident in the first place.”
‘ I do have time... But I do not think I could ever say with words how much I regret what I’ve done. It does not change what has happened, that I know. Perhaps it would be best if we talked.. It’s a talk we should’ve had a long time ago. ‘
“…I like to think that I am a little bit more awesome now !” she doesn’t mind the touch and just continues to grin at the young man “you haven’t changed much either, you are still the kindhearted boy I’ve met in Sindria.”
‘ Is that so...? And here I thought I did some growing in the time we’ve been apart. ‘ Oh would you look at that... he’s blushing. ‘ You’ve grown.. even if you don’t show it. ‘
“heard worse than that —!” at least she realized now that she cannot eat that many at once. “What’s that food anyway? I’ve seen it a few times in Kou but never got around to eat it.”
He sighs and ruffles her hair. She truly hadn’t changed much.. ‘ It’s just dough but it’s called Dango. ‘
“—- thank you, hakuryuu!” she takes the sticks and with no respect for any manners she just tries to eat them all at once.
‘ ...Weirdo. ‘ Wasn’t that one of the reasons he found her adorable? It was hard to remember..
“please, please, please - can I have some food ?” you think a slum girl won’t beg ?!
Well, he wasn’t trying to make her beg.. Just once would have been enough. He handed her a couple of the Dango sticks he had in his hand. ‘ ....Here.. ‘ Damn she got him.
My Discord is Arya#1212 !, mutuals may add if they want!
“don’t ignore me… and give me some of the food.”
‘ Oh, this? What’s the magic word? ‘
streetcrowned replied to your post: I wanna send a heart but I don't know which...
// never let him say that ?? openly ?? she will have her ugly cry face because look at him growing up…
He feels if given the chance he would fix what he had wronged and in a sense tried to kiss the wounds that he had inflicted on her. He regrets so much, what he had done to Alibaba had hit him hard as he had not only killed a lover but his best friend. In the time apart he always figured if they were to meet face to face that she would hate him, resent him, want him dead even if she isn’t that kind of person, it was still what he believed he deserved for what he had done but he had found that flame to keep on living and to overcome his demons, if anything him moving forward was the best bit of growth he could have gotten. He got to learn from the past and use it to make him better. It would rather make him happy if they could talk..