"Great! Do you all agree? No one objects?" I looked at all of them, expectantly. The princes responded to me-- some nodded their heads and some smiled at me. I acknowledged their approvals with a gleeful smile.
"Try it, our little Henri, call out your brother's name!" Prince Jung put his arms around Henri's shoulder and teased him.
*flick*
"Oww!" Prince Jung rubbed his forehead where I flicked him and continued acting hurt.
"I think it'll be uncomfortable for Henri to address his older brother just like that. Henri, why don't you just call him 'brother'?" I looked at him, smiling as I suggested.
"It's up to him, Laurana." Henri gives off this very charming aura even though he's not as tall as the other princes, he's still taller than me and a little older than me. I've always thought of him like a lively kid, that kind of changed when he called my name just now with his deep and serious voice. Come to think of it, all of these seven princes, in their own ways, are all flirts!! Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
"What do you want him to call you, Brother or Egon?" I saw Egon clenched his jaw for a moment. Then, returned to his usual emotion.
"Egon." He said that with finality so no one dared to mention it again.
Silence.
"Oh! I forgot, I brought fruits for our desserts!" While we were eating, Prince Jung and Prince Henri saw two last unopened baskets, interested on more foods, they opened it.
"What's with this baskets full of apples?"
"So many, we can't eat all of this"
"It's also treats for the horses." I was about to stand up when Theo gently pulled me down and caused me to fall closer to him.
"Do you need something? Let me get it, instead." He still didn't let go of my hands since I fell. We were looking at each other's blue eyes and our faces were closer once again.
"Eh-ehem!"
"Ehem!"
The princes grabbed my attention, that made me backed away a little.
"Could you untie my horse, Andy, from the tree and bring him here? Thank you, Theo!"
"Of course, I'll be right back." Before walking away, he didn't forget to smile at me. So, I turned my head towards the princes and--
"Waaah!" Prince Jung was literally in front of my face which surprised me and made me pushed his face away, instinctively.
"Ouch!" He was holding his nose and rubbing it; I realized I might have use a strong force? So, I removed his hand from his nose and took a good look at it while pinching his nose to prevent disfiguring?
"It's your fault! What were you doing in front of my face, surprising me?!" Compared to Prince Jung's teasing personality, he was quiet ever since I removed his hand. Thus, I moved back to look at him and saw his face flushed with red. Oh, I see what's going on here, it's because my face was too close to him. Let's see who can tease more.
"Can't speak?" I said it in a teasing voice and with a teasing look on my face. While the princes was laughing at him.
"What? Yes--No!" We all laughed at his answer, making his face have more tinge of red.
"I was just trying to do what Theo did! Instead, you punched me in the face, so unfair!" That was Prince Jung pouting and complaining like a kid.
"Stop acting like that! It doesn't suit you. Hahaha!" It was Henri's turn to tease him back. Jung turned to him and playfully locked Henri's head in his arms, then messed with his hair. Until it turned to an all-out wrestling in the ground but ofcourse, they weren't really hurting each other.
...
I looked back and saw Theo standing near, with Andy beside him.
"Were you standing there, the whole time?"
"Yes?" I stood up and walked towards them with an apple behind me. Then, I grabbed Andy's reins from Theo.
"Thank you, Theo! You can join the princes and watch with them. Everyone! I'll show you something!" Even the two princes stop wrestling when they heard me.
"Andy, take a bow." Andy turned his head and refused to look at the princes.
"You don't like the princes? Haha! How about this, do you like this?" I showed him the apple that I've hidden. He saw it and tried to eat it but I didn't let him, ofcourse.
"Take a bow, Andy~" He kneeled using his front left leg while his front right leg was stretched forward and his head down. Then, I let him eat the apple as a reward and brush my hands on his side to pet him.
"Wow!! How did you do that?!"
"Woooow~" Henri and Jung said simultaneously while clapping with much enthusiasm. They both skipped towards me and my horse, then, tried to make Andy bow again. Andy continued to ignore them and focused on biting the apple since it is too big for him to swallow it whole.
"She taught her horse to do that. Let me show you something funny using my horse, Auden." We looked towards Theo who's walking towards us with one hand on his pocket. Like, do you have to walk like that and be so attractive?
I just let Andy go to the field full of grass, then sat with the princes. The baskets were all placed on one side so we were now sitting slightly close to one another. I decided to sit on the space between Leo and Jihan.
Theo brought his black horse, Auden, near us and all of us were looking forward on what the horse will show us. Like me, he showed an apple to his horse and commanded him.
"Auden, smile." The horse showed his teeth by curling his upper lip and pressing it to the back of his nose. It was funny that it made us laugh. But the horse suddenly opened its mouth like it was laughing with us.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!!" It was so hilarious that we laughed even harder.