An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
I don't believe it but I finally got it! Phew, writing is sure challenging! Whenever I plan to finish a part in a certain exact point that I have in mind, I always realize that the text is getting too long and I have to finish sooner than I planned. However hopefully in the next part a new Knight should appear!
This should be an image to give you a better idea of how the treasurer should look like, (forgive me: I'm not good with descriptions).
Yesterday was a chilling night, where she couldn't escape of the cold season, now is time to work, but she must clean no just the blood in her job for this week. Don't worry, she has a warming family waiting for her.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
So let's start immediately from the fact that unfortunately this chapter will not have many sneezes :( due to the fact that the story was getting too long I had to cut it in half (otherwise it was reaaaally too long)
Nonetheless I can assure you that the next few chapters will be more sneeze centered. 😊
Finally got around to drawing J/olyne! Had been wanting to since before S/tone O/cean dropped but never got the chance till now. I just love her sm hhhh
I didn’t feel like starting from scratch so I relied on this pose reference here. There’s a few things in this I might fix if I could go back but I’m pretty pleased with it otherwise <3
The Young Knight's intake of breath caused the small fly to be drawn into his nose. It passed through his flared nostril and was pulled down the dark, damp tube of his sinuses. There, it became entangled with one of his nose hairs, and came to rest against what turned out to be a particularly sensitive area.
As it's already stated, Tobias had an incredibly sensitive nose. And if it was so sensitive that it could sneeze if tickled from the outside, you could only imagine what would happen if it was tickled from the inside... A rather potent tickle in fact was creeping into the boy’s nose.
It was only a short time before his nose, so delicate and easily disturbed by the slightest trace of pollen, began to react. A tear seeped out of his eye.
Tobias wanted to scream but he knew he couldn't. Covering his nose with both hands, started slowly backing away from Tifania's tent. If he had to sneeze he had to do it as far as possible from where he was. (He would not let Tifania discover him for any reason!).
“Eh… Hihh… Hh-heh… Tih “
"Curse!" He thought "Right now, right here!"
With both hands still on his face, Tobias reached what was supposed to be his tent and jumped inside. The boy gave a sigh of relief. He had managed to get away without Tifania noticing anything.
But now came the difficult part. He needed to sneeze really badly,
Somehow he had to expel the fly in his nose. The poor creature was wedged in his nose hair and did not know that every effort it made to get out of there increased the tickle inside Tobias's nose. Each time he inhaled, the hair would waver and the fly would rub irritatingly against the inside of the nose.
He tried inhaling deeply through his mouth and then blowing the air out of his nose, to clear up his nasal passages, but that only made it worse. The fly, frightened at the sudden movement around her, began to fidget more .The tickle grew, and the young knight understood in that moment that the explosion was about to come.
“Please let it be a quiet one, please let it be a quiet one.”
“AAH-TSHUUSHHH!!!”
The sneeze exploded in the tight space like a bomb, the ground vibrated with the sonic force it unleashed.
Fortunately, only a sneeze was needed to get the fly out of his nose. The furious itching which had so vexed his nose finally abated. It seemed almost absurd that a single sneeze was enough to get rid of all that tickle.
That enormous explosion had at last expelled the irritant which was the cause of his trouble but his head was spinning after the unleashed force. It took some time to figure out what had just happened. He looked around trying to understand the severity of the damage.
The tent was destroyed. Or to be more precise: he destroyed the tent.
In the enclosed space of the tent, Tobias sneeze detonated like a small nuclear bomb. He had convulsed in the sleeping bag, snapping forwards so that his head collided with the soft canvass of the tent and ripped it.
He sniffed desperately, his ears still ringing from the explosion. At least he was sure now that the fly was no longer in his nose.
The little fly, in fact, ejected from its cave at the speed of light, felt very lucky to have survived that explosion and decided that she would never follow that smell again.
“Great” he thought “Now I don’t have a place to sleep tonight” He damned his curiosity. If he hadn't had that stupid idea of spying on Tifania all this wouldn't have happened. And now he would be sleeping in his tent. He felt like a total idiot.
"TOBIAAAS !!" The worried voice of his partner was immediately heard. "What just happened? Are you all right?"
Oh crap. And now how was he supposed to explain this situation to Tifania?
He had to find a way to explain the situation before she arrived. Any justification as to why he was still awake. And why he sneezed like that. Maybe he could even fix the tent if-
“Tobias? Are you alright?” She asked concerned “What just happened?”
Too late. She was already there.
“Ehm well you see...” He blushed madly.
He was not mistaken: that evening she had put on a new pajamas. But he could never have guessed how it looked on her. Tobias's eyes almost flew from their sockets when he saw that the shirt fit like a glove except for… well of course… her chest. Where she had buttoned it up as far as it would allow, and the top button still looked like it was about to pop at any moment.
“Did your... sneeze... destroy.... the tent?”
He sighed “Pretty much”
she laughed. This was the most embarassing situation he ever found himself into.
“Can I make a suggestion?”
“Sure”
Without a blush, a chuckle, or any other loss of composure, the girl asked “Why don’t you stay in my tent tonight?”
“W-W-W-WHAT??”
“Well I don't think you'll be able to sleep in your tent in those conditions” Tifania explained “And you certainly don't want to get a cold by standing here in the open all night? “
"Y-yeah.. b-but that would m-mean ... b-being ... very close ..."
“Ah don't worry about" She said with a smile “ I don't take up much space "
Well I doubt about that. He thought looking at her pajama.
“Come on, I cannot allow you to feel bad the next few days, considering the important missions we have, it would be a problem if you are not at your best .. better to prevent that by any means possible, right?”
Tobias blushed harder. “W-well yes... You raise a good point. I-it’s just… you know... b-being so close…”
“It wouldn’t hurt to try. And besides It would be just for this night: tomorrow morning as soon as we pass into a city you will get yourself a new tent" She held out her hand to him.
Now,since leaving the academy on this combined mission with Tifania, the possibility of a such a situation occurring never crossed Tobias mind. Tifania one of the most beautiful girls he knows, (if not THE most beautiful) wanted to spend a night with him in the same tent!
"Huh!" He thought "and to think that everyone in the academy always made fun of me ... If only they knew... "
If the other boys at the academy knew what was happening now, they would have killed him if he refused.
"Alright then" He clung to Tifania's hand and stood up "L-let’s do it..."
“Follow me then! And make sure to make yourself comfortable”
His heart started beating harder. Was that a mischievous smile he saw on her face? No, impossible. Well this whole situation seemed impossible. Almost like a dream come true. Almost as if all of this weren't real ...
Yeah like a dream come true. Like a d-dre... a drea-ah...
At one point, a strong itch took hold of Tobias's nose
Tobias nodded as his mouth began to tremble and he began a series of involuntary gasps: “ Hah… H-hahh… Hehhh… Hhhih”
“Are you alright, Tobias?”
“I-I don't k-know....Heh... my nose... is acting.... weird.... Hehhh ... it... H-hah looks like... it's going to-to...
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“TSHOOOOOOW!!!”
“Good morning sleepy head!”
Suddenly it wasn't night anymore.
It was sunny, the air wasn’t cold and Tobias could hear the singing of the birds on the trees. What the hell just happened?
“Huh? Tifania?” Tobias looked for his partner.
She was finishing dismantling her tent and putting things back in her backpack.
Something was wrong. Not only was she not wearing her pajamas (in fact she was wearing her normal clothes), but she had completely changed places, from in front of him to in front of her tent.
“Tifania, what just happened? When did you get dressed?”
“Well, good morning to you as well,” She laughed “That big sneeze of yours seems to have confused your mind, you just woke up and it's 10 in the morning"
“WAIT, WHAT?!” Tobias gasped “But if just a second ago you were talking in front of me and it was night!
“Huh? Tobias what are you talking about?” She really had no idea of what he meant “ It seems that the sneeze that woke you up really messed you up”
“But I remember!” Tobias blushed “I had just... er... sneezed on my tend and... you came out to help me!“
“Ehm... I think it's difficult that it could have happened since this is the first time I've seen you since last night"
“Wait really?”
“Are you okay Tobias?” She asked worried “This night I heard you sneeze a few times, you're not catching cold, are you?”
The boy looked around more confused than ever. He couldn't have imagined everything. But he was still inside in his tent wrapped up like a sleeping bag. It almost felt like he fell asleep there ...
“No impossible”
And then the sudden realization came to Tobias:
Tobias didn’t really try to peek into Tifania's tent and didn’t destroyed his tent with a sneeze, in fact there was the possibilty that no flies had entered his nose. (So does that mean he sneezed while he was sleeping?)
And most importantly Tiffania had never suggested that they sleep together in her tent last night.
It was all a dream.
The reality was that he, while trying to set up his tent, felt tired and fell asleep in the still unmade tent. And after that, perhaps because he had really heard Tiffania speak of drafts, those dreams came to him. Sure, he felt relieved to know that he hadn't really tried to peek into his partner's tent -deep down he knew it was wrong- but he couldn't help but feel ashamed. Well if he had dreamed of doing it, a part of him really wanted to do it.
But that meant ...
Tifania never really asked him ...
He wasn't going to ...
No, it can't be ... I was about to ...no, but what am I thinking ... it was never happening...
“So it was all a dream!” He cried “NOOOOOOOOO....”
What goes around comes around
(Not far from our two knights' camp, an annoyed fly flew. She had just spent the worst night of her life. Not only had she been sucked into the nose of a sleeping human, but she had also been shot at full speed into the sky . it had been the most humiliating thing in her short life! "I'll never get close to humans again!" she thought and flew as far as possible from there.)
It was already evening when Tiffania and Tobias reached the end of the woods.
They had come across a vast grassy plain and, as they were tired and hungry, they decided to camp there for the night. And so they got to work: Tifania began to pitch the tent while Tobias took care of lighting the fire.
For a while, they could hear only a silence that was occasionally interrupted by the hiss of the wind or by a cry of some nocturnal animal.
Tobias didn't pay too much attention to it, he knew that there were no dangerous animals nearby (at least that was what the inhabitants of a nearby town had assured him), the thing that worried him most was the cold air there. Already because of the humidity he had difficulty in lighting the fire, but the cold always made him a little anxious even if he did not know why. Hell, maybe they should have stayed in an inn that night.
Nevertheless, after some effort, the first sparks arrived and the fire was soon ignited.
"Finally" said Tobias "On a night like this a good fire is needed" "Right" agreed Tifania "I'm freezing too"
"Well then, now it's time to take care of the dinner"
"Ah don't worry I'll take care of it"
"Oh... but that's not a problem for me..."
"I insist: you have lit the fire, so for me it is the minimum to prepare dinner!"
"Okay ..."
Giving up, Tobias went to put up his tent. He let out a sigh, Tifania was smart, beatiful and all, but her cooking skills er... left something to be desired ... (For more info check out K.A. shorts # 2)
In any case, now he had to face one of his worst difficulties: the tent. No matter how hard Tobias tried, every time he tried to set up the tent, he almost always got a mess.
It was his taboo (similar to cooking for Tifania) and he was too ashamed to ask for help from his partner, (well, he was a man! He had to show Tifania that he could do at least this on his own!). And therefore it always took at least an hour for him to set up his tent.
He sighed again. He should have paid more attention in class when the master was explaining outdoor camping instead of daydreaming with his eyes open.
On the other hand, if Tifania was busy cooking she would not have seen him in trouble and this at least was encouraging. "Good!" he thought "I'll fix this tent in no time and Tifania won't notice anything!"
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Needless to say, he did not succeed. When Tifania finished cooking Tobias had only managed to plant a stake, (not even in the right direction).
"Do you need a hand to pitch the tent?" Tifania asked, unable to understand why the boy was putting up his tent upside down.
"Eh? Oh no no no ... don't worry! It's alright! hahaha" He gave an awkward smile.
"Okaaay then... Dinner is served! Enjoy your meal!"
“Thank you!”
And saying this, the boy sat down on a stone around the fire and began to eat his meal. Apparently, this night, he had to eat what seemed a fruit-based soup (?). At least that's what Tifania said. The boy thought he saw something moving in the soup. "Er ..." he thought "better ignore it" and gulped down the first spoon.
Tobias noticed how Tifania was proud of what she prepared. And so, when she asked how it tasted he replied that it was good, complimenting her. (Although, to tell the truth, the soup tasted like wood).
The two sat in front of the fire talking, laughing and eating until the meals were finished.
Luckily Tobias was able to finish dinner without sneezing. "I nearly lost it!" He didn't know why but every time Tifania cooked he felt like sneezing. Which seemed strange because Tifania had assured him that he hadn't put any spices. Probably it was just a case, but at least this time he had managed to restrain himself.
Still he couldn't hide the fact that his nose was all red after dinner.
"Well now" the boy said after washing his plate "I think it's time to rest for tomorrow"
"Yeah, I'm a little tired after all the walk today" Tifania looked back at the tent behind Tobias "You sure you don't need a hand?"
"Oh? No, no! Don't worry! Er ... Ah! The truth is that I'm trying to set up the tent in a different way than usual tonight! Hehe...You know... In a way so you can be sure not to feel the cold air of the night! Yeah exactly! This is why it takes me so long!
“Ehm... okay, I guess” Said Tifania, still not understanding why he wanted to set it up it upside down. “Good night, then!” And she went into her tent.
"Good night!"
The boy could not believe how he had managed to say all that bullshit with a straight face.
"Well now" he said to himself "It's time to get busy"
He sighed.Oh how he wished he actually knew a better way to pitch a tent!. Now the real adventure would come.
But before he could even get to work, two small sneezes were heard from Tifania’s tent:
“Etshiew!! Etshiew!!”
“Bless you!”
It came almost naturally to Tobias. The answer was immediately heard from the tent.
“Thanks! Be careful when you put up the tent: I left some draft and now I'm freezing! it's really cold tonight! "
"I noticed! Thanks for the warning!"
"Poor thing" was his first thought, "On a night like this, drafts in the tent are certainly not good, I should be carefull ... Hmm? ... Drafts? ... in... Tifania’s... tent ...?"
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At one point, a thought paralyzed Tobias. A thought that would change the whole evening.
Tifania, the girl he considered the most beautiful in the academy of knights, was probably inside that tent changing her clothes. And there were drafts that made her feel cold. Drafts that let the cold in from outside into Tifania's tent. Drafts that made Tifania feel cold. That is to say ... those were holes that connected the outside world to... the inside of Titania's tent. That meant... they showed ... the inside... of Tifania's tent ...
“NO!”
Moments like this had happened before. Traveling with a girl as beautiful as Tifania carried risks for Tobias. One of those risks was the realization that every night there was a time when she changed from her daily clothes to her outdoors pajamas . A time when Tifania took off her clothes ..
While Tobias had second-hand pajamas from the academy (which he thought made him look like a potato) Tifania owned a very nice gray embroidered pajama that Tobias thought it looked really good on her. It certainly didn't hide her curves. Well no dress hid her curves but the pajamas er... really made her figure stand out ...
Those times after night, when he saw her dressed like that, always made him blush. It made it difficult for him to focus on anything else. The young Academy Knight was sure that even his partner wasn’t fully aware of what effect her stunning hourglass figure did to him.
And, to be honest, Tobias always believed that Tifania had trouble containing her ample features.
More than once Tobias had the idea to try take a peek inside the girl's tent ... you know ... just to have a quick look ... just out of curiosity ... But his sense of duty always prevailed in the end and he always managed to stop himself. It was wrong and he knew it.
However, this did not mean that he did not want to do it ...
Tonight, not knowing why, he was more tempted than usual. Maybe it was because Tifania had mentioned a draft in her tent (and so that meant there really was an access point to the inside of her tent), maybe it was because of how beautiful she had looked in front of the fire before or maybe because he knew that Tifania had bought a new pajama in the nearby town and wanted to see how it looked on her.
"Oh come on, don't have weird ideas, now" Tobias thought "She trusts me, I could never do such a thing"
But despite these thoughts, it was undeniable that he wanted to try to take a peek. The more time passed the more he wanted to do it.
At one point he couldn't take it anymore. Especially tonight as he couldn’t keep out of his mind the image of Tifanias’s pajamas hugging tightly her curves.
“OKAY!” He thought “I will take just a quick look, nobody will die or somenthing.” And silently began to approach Titania's tent.
“Just one quick glance...”
The more he thought about what he was about to do, the redder he became. Arrived silently at Tifania's tent, he began to walk around it in search of that damned crack.
“Oh! What the hell am I even doing!”
There it is! It was just opposite from where he had lit the fire. It was on the dark side but he managed to find it seeing a faint light that came from within. Tifania must have lit a candle.
"Okay, I should stop now"
The boy crouched and began to approach the hole
It was so close he could hear her humming from within.
"Hum-hum-hum uh-uh -... Eugh! It's so tight! Damn those tailors! They've got my measurements wrong again!"
Yes, Tobias was now red as a tomato.
There was no doubt: Tifania was changing her clothes at that moment. If the boy wanted to take a peek there was no better time than now.
The hole was small but it would still have allowed him to see the inside of the tent. A little bit longer and he would be able to see through that little crack. A little bit longer more and he would find out what dress was so tight on Tifania.
A little bit longer and he would have discovered why that dress was so tight on Tifania ...
“BZZZZZ”
And obviously, somenthing went wrong. Somenthing had to go wrong.
That evening, an innocent fly was flying around until she smelled a pleasant smell that attracted her. Unbeknown to her, that smell was derived from the candle that Tiffania had lit inside her tent. The little fly liked the smell so much that she wanted to discover its source, and began so to look for a way to enter the tent, flying around until she found a hole in one side. A perfect little hole for her to enter but at the same time it was the same hole that Tobias seemed interested in looking in.
The little fly frightened humans, but she thought that if she had been fast enough, she would be able to get into the hole without that human boy noticing. And sure of herself she dived at full speed.
Nonetheless Tobias noticed the little fly flying around him and waved his hand to get it away. "Tch! Not Now! Go away!"
But the fly was more and more willing to enter the tent to discover the source of that beautiful smell.
She was almost there now, a little more and she would be able to fly inside.
"Sniff"
The fly did not understand what happaned, she was about to enter the hole but suddently she felt being sucked into something from the outside.
Two big round caves appeared behind her. The bug felt getting sucked in towards them as they opened slightly, sucking air in, then shrinking as air came out.
Tobias,(who at the moment decided to ignore the fly), din’t know that his mere breaths were violent suctions of air for the fly. The boy also hadn't realized that, the closer he got to that draft, the closer he moved his nose to the fly.
The frightened bug began to escape as fast as it could from those two gigantic holes. She was so close to discovering the source of that delicious smell! She couldn't give up now!
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