remaining seated at the comforts of the couch, observant eyes trailing from her over to the shadows of passing feet from the hallway to the right of them, highly aware that after the princess' brother had been acting against their upbringing beliefs, everybody was on edge —- except the femme, who seemed to wish upon reliving soft memories that she had only been able to visit through the memories she faintly had of her dreams. yongguk knowing that areum found peace near water, sound of stream flowing down over stones on it's way ; having met her by the tree at the foot of said stream, where it all pooled into a minor water hole. beautiful, really. “ an outfit where you maybe look like one of the stable girls ? ” more subtle than areum needing to have her delicate silhouette be pushed into the iron gauntlets of his wears, even if the perfect disguise would be to pose as a guard as they were everywhere wandering the hallways. her words fall as flattery, always the princess to wrap anything in nicely, always so direct but, it was smoothed out by the honeyed tone of her voice ; demands would've seemed like the kindest request. “ if you're in the need of a guard, i'd be honored to escort you out of castle grounds and ensure your safety on the grounds of the lake. ” forgetting a split second that she hadn't exactly said where the two of them would go, so homme is seen swallowing thickly ; hoping it was something areum didn't figure out, that he knew very well where her spot of quietness was preferred.
