Two gentle salty rivers streamed down Alena's delicate face. Each river ended at the tip of her chin. It was quiet and still in the room, however, it was a gentle stillness similar to what she felt when looking over a small pond.
She slowly looked up, her eyebrows lifted and fell quickly before she looked back down. She didn't want to see his expression before, but his expression now was different from what she expected. Seraph's eyes were soft with his lips softly curled to show a gentle smile.
She could hear Seraph get up from his seat. She braced herself for the tirade, the ridicule she might receive from him or his ultimate anger.
Seraph had slowly stood up from his seat. He smiled not for pleasure but for her. Alena was gentler than he had thought. She was probably going to give him back the book anyway through sheer guilt.
Seraph sighed to himself as he made his way next to her shoulder, he probably didn't even need to guilt trip her or ignore her the entire day. He couldn't help but feel for her slightly, little actions like these could hurt her to this extent.
He leaned down slowly, "I'll forgive you."
Alena looked up at him, "B-But.. I-"
"On a condition." Seraph continued, stopping her from crying again with a gentle pat to her silver hair.
Alena paused, her mouth agape as she looked at Seraph's gentle smile. She didn't know what to do… how far was she willing to go in order for him to forgive her? Her expression changed drastically as she pulled back.
Seraph responded with a gentle chuckle, "It's nothing b-"
"I accept." Alena looked at him with a determined expression.
"You didn't even hear what I had to say." Seraph couldn't read her anymore.
"It doesn't matter. I'll do anything you want." Alena wiped away her tears and gave him a determined gaze.
"Alright," Seraph went to her other shoulder, "Then you and I should have some tea with each other for 1 hour every day after this."
Gasp.
Sela gasped "He is cheating on me!" Sela abruptly stood up from her chair,"Tea?! Tea!! He made an innuendo right there!"
Jezebel calmly looked at the screen and calmly said, "I don't think so."
"What do you mean?" Sela was both heartbroken and furious that seraph would potentially cheat on her.
Thouten was looking at this all with a smile on his face, "He's gotten too greedy,"
Jezebel calmly reiterated, "I don't think so, I think he met what he said completely."
"What do you mean? I don't understand." Sela slowly calmed herself down and sat back down on the chair.
"Exactly, what I meant. I do admit it did sound wrong a bit and the context he said it in doesn't sound good but… I think he meant exactly what he said." Jezebel was staring at the screen with a smile on her face, she bit the tip of her finger as she slyly stated, "I do wish that he was a tiny bit unfaithful to you though…"
"Oh…" Sela's suspicions subsided for a little bit.
"Wait, oh~?" Jezebel looked at the screen with a playful smile on her face.
"He did cheat." Thouten spoke softly.
"What?!" Sela looked at the screen.
Alena had ended up in Seraph's arms. Both of her hands had grabbed ahold of the side of his face and pulled him in close for a passionate kiss. Her leg coiled around his thigh gently.
"How did things get like that?!" Sela raised her hand before a wisp of red flame shot out of it and knocked away the mirror.
…
"I understand…" Alena nodded in affirmation. Somehow Seraph didn't think she knew exactly what he meant but he didn't explain it again.
"Good, let's start now then." Seraph leaned forward closer to her in order to pick up the tea he had placed in front of her.
Alena stood up from her chair, "Alright…"
She threw herself at Seraph, who instinctively caught her in his arms. His head already leaned forward, she grabbed the side of his head and looked into his eyes as her lips caught his bottom lips and relayed a quick kiss.
Seraph put both of his hands on her shoulder and pushed her away, "I-I…"
Alena was surprised by his sudden act of aggression, She was pushed back into her chair with a loud thud. She looked up at him, covering her lips with her hand and saying shyly, "That was my first kiss…"
"That's not what I meant…" Seraph expression was a tinge of red. He didn't expect her to misunderstand him like this…
"Wha-" Her face became a scarlet red as embarrassment slapped her cheeks. She slowly grasped the table and stood up.
"I'm sorry!" She bolted out of the room.
...
Seraph looked at the opened door. He was silent for a moment. He then walked out of the door.
…
Thouten had blinked for a moment, then he saw a coffee table flying at his face accompanied by Sela screeching.
"Misunderstanding!? How do you misunderstand a kiss?" She had thrown the coffee table, tea and all including the glass ball on top of it.
"It's a misunderstanding." Jezebel explained again. She pointed at the flying objects which stopped mid-air giving Thouten a sigh of relief as he saw the objects swirl and then rearrange themselves back into place again.
"It can't be a misunderstanding!" Sela's head suddenly jerked to the door. "You know what, I'm going over there and beating him right now." She marched over to the door.
Jezebel opened her mouth to say something, then she paused and looked to the corner of the room. A strange expression crawled onto her face, as she muttered, "The king?"
Her head snapped back to the door. She raised her hand just as sela had firmly gripped the door handle and a dense red fog crawled out of her hand. Thouten looked at the queen with a strange look.
"What are you doing?" Thouten looked at the grievous red fog quickly surrounding them in a bubble.
"Just sit back and watch." The queen licked her lips as she completed her spell. This time she made sure that the spell was extra thick and extra strong.
The door swung open. Sela's eyes widened as she saw the person standing on the other side of the door. Seraph stood on the other side with his eyes also widened slightly, his hand had extended over to open the door.
Sela parted her lips to speak but Seraph took a firm step forward and grabbed her waist pulling her into his chest. His other hand looped under armpit and supported the back of her head as he nuzzled her. He closed his eyes as he cuddled her close to his body.
"Wha- What are you doing!?" Sela shouted out indignantly, planting both of her hands against his chest and was about to push back when he loosened his grip and lowered his head to look her straight in the eye.
Sela felt the strength in her arms leave her, She almost lost her footing and fell into his embrace again. Seraph's gentle smile calmed her considerably, His face quickly approached her and his lips gave her bottom lip a quick peck.
She was dazed but she automatically received the kiss, responding with a slow gentle kiss. Her lips were deliberate in each kiss and soft .Seraph locked his lips against hers gently holding her plump lower lip in between his.
With her gentle disposition and her lack of strength, Seraph felt like he was holding a soft doll in his arms.