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Flynn couldn’t help this was a strange feeling. He didn’t remember the last time he had an actual day off. Every time it was suggested Flynn opted not to because there was still so much work to be done. Papers to fill out, knights to train, meetings to attend, and with Flynn being so young, and unexperienced, he needed to make up for that with diligence, and hard work.
While there were people in the empire who had faith in Flynn because of his accomplishments or “accomplishments” in some cases, there were probably just as many wary due to him being so young, and skeptic after what happened with the previous commandant. While not young, Alexei was still an idealist at the beginning of his career as commandant, so there were people concerned that the same might just happen again with Flynn.
Flynn wanted to make sure that he could ease the worries of the citizens, and show his dedication to his job, how serious he took this position, and how he truly wanted to change the empire for the better. Little by little, Flynn wanted everyone to feel safe, and secure under his tutelage.
So with those thoughts in mind, Flynn found it hard to rip himself away from his work a lot of the time. If he was capable, he wanted to work because there was so much that needed to be done. Not only because of Alexei, but also because of corrupt nobles, unjust laws, and unrest among the people.
But today, everyone made it impossible for him to work. Yuri came to visit, barging into his room early in the morning (Flynn was an early riser, but the time Yuri came was ridiculous) and dragged Flynn out of bed. He was accompanied by Estellise, and Sodia, surprisingly enough. Flynn wasn’t sure what exactly made the relationship between Yuri and Sodia so sour, but they seemed to put aside their differences for now as the three of them made sure Flynn did not put on his knight uniform, and left any documents in the office, and pushed him into a carriage. Sodia stayed behind because she would be the acting commandant while he was away with Yuri, and Estellise.
Now Flynn sat in the carriage with Yuri, and Estellise with a sour look on his face. He had plenty of plans, all work related of course, to do today, so he couldn’t say he was particularly thrilled about this “kidnapping.”
“Alright sour grapes, wanna speak your mind?” Yuri asked, noticing Flynn’s mood. As his best friend, Yuri must have noticed Flynn didn’t appreciate anything Yuri did the moment he--quite literally--kicked open his door this morning.
“Yuri, you know full well why I’m angry. It’s the end of the month, and there’s always a ton of work that needs to get done. If you were going to take me on a random excursion you could have at least been considerate enough to do so when I’m not so busy,” Flynn retorted.
“No can do Mr. Commandant. It had to be today,” Yuri said.
“And why is that exactly, Yuri?” Flynn could slowly feel his anger rising. Why did he even bother talking to Yuri about these kind of things at times? They were best friends, but there were just some things Yuri didn’t understand.
“Have you looked at a calendar lately?” Yuri asked with a haughty tone.
“Yes, Yuri. Today is April 29th- Oh,” Flynn said suddenly realizing where Yuri was going with this.
“I want to say I can’t believe you forgot your own birthday, but honestly, I’m not surprised at all considering how you are you,” Yuri smirked.
Now Flynn felt pretty stupid. He knew deep down that from the beginning of this entire ordeal, they were doing this because they believed it was for his own good, but now that he realized it was for his birthday he felt a little guilty because this entire time they were thinking about him. Flynn usually got caught up in all of his work that he would forget about himself at times.
“I’m sorry if we disrupted your work, Flynn, but you really needed a break. You’ve been working nonstop for months now, and no matter how good or capable a person is, they will always need a break at some point,” Estellise said.
When she put it like that, Flynn knew it was hard to argue with her. Well, it was hard to argue with her regardless. Estellise was rather headstrong, and stubborn when she wanted to be, so when she put her mind towards something, she never seemed to listen to what anyone had to say. It’s part of what makes her such a formidable opponent.
“Regardless, I hope you don’t stay mad at us too long. We just wanted you to enjoy your birthday. We didn’t get to do anything for it last year with how... crazy it was,” Estellise said.
Flynn sighed. There was no way he could ever stay made at either of them for too long. Well, Yuri he could probably manage to stay mad at a little longer considering their history, but Flynn didn’t have it in his heart to be mad at Estellise. She was innocent, earnest, and naive, there was no way anyone could stay mad at her for too long.
“It’s fine, thank you for thinking about me, Lady Estellise,” Flynn said.
“I told you to call me Estelle, Flynn,” Estellise huffed.
“Oh, um, I’m sorry, it’s just that...um.... it’s a hard habit to break,” Flynn fumbled to get his words together. He always became easily flustered with Estellise when she brought up talking to her more casually.
“Alright, enough flirting you two. I’m here too you know,” Yuri teased.
“S-shut up Yuri. We’re not flirting,” Flynn said. He was embarrassed enough as it already is. He didn’t need Yuri making it any worse.
There was silence amongst the three of them for a little bit before they all started to laugh at the same time. Flynn had to admit being with the two most important people in his life meant a whole lot to him, and he was glad despite being forcibly taken from his work during the busiest time of the month, he was glad that he was here with them. A vacation was starting to sound a lot of fun.
“I forgot to ask, where exactly are we going?” Flynn asked.
“Everywhere,” Yuri answered simply, which is to say, not answering Flynn’s question at all.
“What Yuri means is we decided it might be fun if we traveled around the world for a bit. We’re going to Halure first, but eventually we’ll meet up with Karol, Judith, and everyone else. They just have a guild mission to take care of first, so we figured we would just meet up with them when they’re done,” Estellise said.
“You’ve been commandant for over a year now, we figured you might want to see what some of the changes you’ve done for this world first hand,” Yuri added.
Flynn smiled. It had been a long time since he has seen everyone. Their schedule were all so different that the only person he saw somewhat regularly was Estellise, but that’s because she lived in Zaphias. Well, she technically lived there, she travels a lot, so she wasn’t around all of the time, but he still saw her quite a bit since even if not the empress, she is still a political figure (of sorts) looked up to by the citizens of the empire, and she liked to help Ioder whenever she could.
“That sounds fantastic,” Flynn said. He was truly blessed with two of the most amazing friends in the world.
