"My name is Gusion Paxley."
"Paxley?" Guinevere released her creased brows.
He shrugged. "Yeah, I'm a Paxley."
As innocent as she looked, she wasn't dumb. "You don't look noble to me."
"Can't a boy wear what he wants? Plus, suits are so annoying to wear. I can't run in them."
Guinevere's eyes narrowed. "You seem not to have an accent too."
"Who cares?" He replied, nonchalantly still. "I'm free to do whatever I want. But as for you, milady..."
"Call me Gwen."
"Gwen. You don't seem free to me."
"Tell me about it. I mean, can't you see what my father has done to me?" She said, pointing towards her reddened cheek. "He slapped me, because I wanted to be free."
"That's little to what I have."
"What do you mean?"
The boy takes off his long black gloves which stretched across his elbow, revealing a few, perhaps a dozen of scratches, some scars and some fresh, on each hand.
Guinevere gasped. "Does it hurt?"
"I've grown numb from having too much, which is a good thing." He smirked.
"A good thing? You could die from having too much!"
"Life's not fair... I know."
Guinevere couldn't agree more. "It is."
"Your dress is all wet. Aren't you cold?"
"Meh, it's not that cold." Just then a cold breeze flows by, making her shiver. "Okay maybe it is. I should go change and you should go back to your parents, Gusion."
"They can take care of themselves."
The redhead laughed. "I wish I could say the same. But this is goodbye, for now. I'll see you at the dining room?"
"U-Uh, yeah. I'll just stay here for a while." The boy said nervously as he scratches the back of his head.
"Watch out for the swans. You might be their next target." She joked.
"I will."
After waving her goodbye, Guinevere climbs back inside. She throws him one last smile before disappearing from the boy's sight.
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"Guinevere!" On the way to her bedroom, Guinevere encounters her mother in the worst opportunity. Her mother was shaking her head with the same expression her father had given her after he slapped her. She examines her daughter, becoming enraged with how drenched her gown was. "To your room, now."
"I can explain, mum..."
"There will be guards guarding your room and you will never to be let out for the whole week!" Her mother was a decade younger than her father, though if angered she would look more frightening than himself. And so Guinevere had no choice but to obey, and decide to alter her dreams and whole self, forever.
Only when her family isn't around will she act her true self, though. Speaking of acting like her true self, perhaps she could invite that boy Gusion to play with her. He seemed like the only person she could stand in this boring castle.
"I met Gusion Paxley." Guinevere anxiously began. "He seemed like an interesting fellow and I'd like to be friends with him."
Somewhat, her mother's eyes lightened up with hope. "Alright. After your detention, your father and I are deciding whether or not we should send you to school for you are in the right age. You'll go to the same learning institute he goes and it is the Magic Academy."
Guinevere didn't like the idea of starting school, but as long as Gusion was there to keep her company, she gave no complaint and nodded like a docile dog.
"I'm glad your mind is maturing faster than your body, Guinevere. Now let's go to your room. Dinner will be sent to you later."
"Yes, Mum."
As the redhead walks across the long hallway hand in hand with her mother, the black-haired boy with white strand upfront comes out of his hiding spot, watching them go. He wanted to return the purple bowtie she threw away.
"Perhaps another time." He sighed.
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Now changed into another her sleepwear, little Guinevere sat at her room's biggest window which had a seat. Her room overlooked the gardens. She could make out that the Gusion boy was still at the fountain. "Is he waiting for me to come back?" She asked herself. "Should I, though?"
Remembering there were guards outside her door, in defeat she groaned childishly. "I'll see him again when I arrive in the Academy then."
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