@illfatedpartners said "can I kiss you (on the cheek)?"
She's felt like a fool from the moment she had slipped the gown over her body. It was a beautiful piece, she would be blind to deny that. Sapphire blue silk that flowed and rippled like water whenever she moved, embroidered with dozens of golden sunbursts and moons. It would have looked beautiful on anyone else.
Father had told her the dress had been her mother's. Save for pictures she had, she had no recollection of the woman. Brienne looked nothing like her and it only served to pain her- her mother had been quite the beauty.
Brienne had clung to Renly as they'd walked into the hall, trying with all she had to ignore the pointed finger and sniggered comments behind hands. And yet the clear mockery had made her want to turn on her heel and flee. Renly must have sensed her upset, though, and quickly steered her towards their table.
He had always cared so much for her, when no one else had. She had mistrusted him entirely for the first few months- many people had "befriended" her before, only for Brienne to learn that it had been a cruel jape. But not Renly.
When he had asked her to their final school dance, she could hardly say no.
It took two hours for her to finally leave her seat, when Renly's continuous hounding for a dance eventually wore her down. And so, there she was, on the dancefloor, arms looped around his neck as he gently swayed her to the music.
Had the lights not been so dim, she was certain the colour of her cheeks would have clashed hideously with her dress. Eyes met his, one brow quirked in astonishment.
"The boys are already mocking you enough for dancing with me," she murmured. "You're only going to make them worse."