@mightiboy
To say Shouto was growing annoyed with his new 'knight' would be a grave understatement. Oh, he'd known the other-Iida-would be a thorn in his side, and a rather obnoxious one at that. He'd anticipated having him breathing down his neck, following him around every waking moment, but he hadn’t anticipated the other continuing to act so… earnest. So enthusiastic about the ‘honor’ he’d been given.
It was…. Strange. Not to mention irritating when the prince wanted little more than to be left to his own devices. Or sleep past sunrise. The only saving grace was the fact that, by some miracle, the knight didn’t realize he wasn’t supposed to be an errand boy.
Honestly, that was one thing Shouto hadn’t anticipated, but one he was far from complaining about considering it, apparently, meant he could actually escape his ‘ devoted personal guard’ without having to freeze him in place on a semi-regular basis.
Today he’d opted to give the other a task that would-hopefully-keep him occupied for at least a couple of days. It had required a bit of research on the prince’s part, but nothing too intense. He’d just needed to find a reason to send the knight a ways away and a rare flower currently in bloom a few days trek away had seemed an ideal distraction. The knight had seemed almost too eager to go and retrieve the 'gift' he'd requested for his bride-to-be, thus, it had taken little effort to slip away.
He was roughly an hour from the palace, making his way towards a well-shaded spot by the lake-one of his favorite 'hiding places'-when a sudden splash drew his attention, bi-colored eyes immediately going towards the odd sound just in time to notice a mass of black tendrils thrashing near the water's edge.