AXEL & LINA
I left her on the couch sleeping soundly like an innocent child. Everything about her looked innocent and it somehow pissed me off and I didn't know why. I was done with the labour fields and was on my way home now.
The king might have been ruthless in his ruling but he made sure everyone on those fields received their wages in equal proportions and fairly plus we left from the fields early on weekends, at midday.
I opened the smaller gate at the back of the house and stopped to litsen. Mother was obviously asleep but I heard my sister converse with puppy girl. I hadn't bothered for the name.
"No don't do that, apply from right to left" they were painting, obviously, since my sister was obsessed painting but she didn't have enough brushes, canvas and paint. Her palette was small, too small to paint all her dreams and hopes on.
"Like that?" puppy girl asked and I walked closer to the house and sat outside to litsen.
"Yes like that princess" Princess? if that was a new nickname then it was way exaggerated but Klara was a nicknamer.
"That's all you can sit now" I heard some shuffling then a soft huff another shuffle then a crash of items. I stood and walked in to check only to find the entire palette plus paint and brush on the wooden floor. A surprised girl on the side with canvas on her hands.
"I..I'm sorry Klara" she said with a scared expression looking up at my sister who looked kind off worried.
I want to get angry at her, I really want to, but all I could see was a girl desperate to help so I leaned against the door frame and waited to see what my sister's judgement would be.
I know better than to interfere with girl/women drama.
"I-i" she stuttered and I almost laughed at how powerless she felt.
Vulnerable and Powerless.
She bent down and started picking them up fast, my eyes drifted to Klara whose face had brightened. I frowned.
"Stop princess" she halted her and crouched to kneel on the floor.
"What!?" 'princess' was confused as I was.
"Remove those slowly and don't touch princess then I'll remove these" my sister's soft voice ordered as she got to work as they pushed away the brushes, pens and some teared canvas.
"Now look at how pretty that is" Klara smiled widely while looking at the new masterpiece. Princess smiled too.
"Very pretty" she smiled widely and I took a minute to take in that gorgeous smile brightening the already beautiful afternoon.
I cleared my throat deciding to destroy their beautiful Haven of delight. Both eyes snapped to look at me.
"Axel" my sister acknowledged my presence with a sigh. "I made lunch"
"Good" I was starving since I had left the house early but I could hear rapid heartbeat, either from elation or fear of me and I hoped it was from the latter.
"How's mother?" I asked taking off my shoes.
"She just slept after eating and taking the medicine" Klara served me and sat on the floor to help me with the shoes.
"How was work today?" Klara was fifteen but always made sure that the house was a Haven for all of us. From her cooking to her drawing and how she made the house look, all of it was enticing. I went on and told her everything about work and the rest of the week which made us almost forget about another soul in the room pretending to be reading some book but I could feel her curiosity drawn towards us.
"Look at how pretty that is" Klara said with her hands on her waist looking at the floor. Princess looked down with her and smiled. That smile.
"What's your name princess?" I asked her and her eyes snapped to mine her heart beat becoming erratic.
Why though? was I that intimidating or scary?
"Rosalina" her annoyingly small voice said from the corner of the room.
"Princess Rosalina" Klara said from the hallway.
"What were you doing out late at night?" I had never been happier watching her intimidated by me. Her lips trembled and I regretted watching how the lower lip trembled but she bit on it, abusing it.
"I was running away" from the beast or puppy?
"Come here" she stood and walked closer to sit on the chair opposite mine avoiding my gaze.
If this was what authority felt like then I wanted it forever.
"What were you running from Lina?" she cringed but continued holding her delicate hands together.
"My grandmother, I don't want to stay here yet am being forced to and I wanted to run away from there" my interest was piqued just that.
"Where's your grandmother's place?" Princess Rosalina.
"Willow street" she was the freakin' princess. I tried my level best to try and avoid to show interest in what I could gain from her. How much I could gain from having protected her from a Pearler wolf.
Everything got a whole interesting now.
"Will the guards come looking for you?" keep calm.
"Probably" short and simple to her but adding to my hopes. Maybe I could become a knight from this, my combat skills weren't lacking plus I had additional capabilities but I couldn't show that off.
Which reminded me of her blue power in the forest but I couldn't talk about that, not just yet. I wanted to show her just how much I wasn't interested in her but she carried interest even on her body, my eyes raked her body when she was busy looking at the cat with a scowl.
"The bathroom is right over there, take a shower my sister will give you something to wear" she walked away without sparing me another glance.
Family picnic in an hour. Picnic's had never been my thing but since my mother fell ill I tried my best to accommodate anything she wanted just to see her smile and happy.
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♡‿♡ 𝐵𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒 𝑁𝑢𝑖𝑡.