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live to serve // forehead kiss
In all her years of serving the prince, she had learned to care for him as though he were a younger brother ( perhaps it was due to his unchanging small stature ). Initially, she had disliked being in his presence for he reminded her of how she had been taken from her home simply to quell a rebellion. Though, it was his quiet nature that had been in contrast to his siblings that allowed her fondness to grow. He was peaceful to be around, even despite the negative emotions that brew in her heart.
It was no secret Flora was protective of Tatsuya, and as if to fill the void left by Camilla when absent, she had been affectionate with him, though in a more subdued way. Often in their teen years, she ruffled his hair when he permitted her to and sit side by side when reading novels together. Naturally, the acts had dwindled as they entered adulthood, Flora feeling as though such familiarity would been seen as odd by not only his siblings but by those unfamiliar to the fortress.
There were times, however, just like this.
A tranquil night where Flora would find him looking much more childlike than he truly was as he slept. Her sisterly nature urged her closer to his bedside, just as she often did to Felicia when they were younger to see how the younger was fairing in case restless nights of longing for their home overtook her in her dreams. The difference in ages between herself and Tatsuya was small, yet she never grew out of her habit of treating him as though he were several years younger. In the darkness of the night, unseen by those who would scold her for being in such close proximity of her lord, Flora’s fingers brushed his fringe away from his forehead, her body leaning down to press a gentle kiss upon the exposed skin in a unspoken desire for a peaceful dream to take root in his mind and grant him a good night’s rest.