she has never forgotten once about a day as special as this, one that seems meaningless in passing, to him at least ( but now that she’s here, it has never seemed so important ). he doesn’t have the heart to tell her that he’s read the novel one hundred times over, memorizing every line so he can quote it to her; he knows that it’s her favourite for a reason. ❛ my DAZZLING SWORDFISH, your generous gift means the world to me. ❜ he pats the mattress beside him, smiling in the way only her presence can achieve, shuffling over to give her as much room as she could want. ❛ while we wait for the 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 cake, why don’t you let me read to you? ❜
𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓, 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊; 𝐌𝐄𝐑 - 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐄 𝟓 : 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐍. she operates under the assumption that her interests are niche, perhaps a relic of having no one to share them with. the sole daughter of royalty, kept away from the common folk for her protection. the princess alliance has given her so many friends, yet one person stands out in particular -- the first person to worm his way into her heart. so as he shifts over to give her more room, mermista swings her legs up and settles in at his side. of course she remembered his birthday, yet not exactly the partying type herself, mermista is happy they could take it easy today. she swears, if she has to go save a dumb forest from robots, she’s going to be so annoyed. ❛ 𝚢𝚎𝚎𝚎𝚎𝚎𝚊𝚑𝚑𝚑𝚑, 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕… 𝚒 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊. 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢’𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚜𝚘… ❜ she waves off his thank you, but has a mild blush nonetheless. as sea hawk offers to read to her, her expression softens. mermista settles in and sees no harm in killing time with him while her butler was preparing them cake. ❛ 𝚞𝚑𝚑𝚑 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚗, 𝚒 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜. ❜