( @maid-mabel! )
They had chanced upon each other again – he wasn’t sure if it’s truly a coincident or if it’s the result of a habit they had groomed over most of their teenage years. Sneaking around to see each other, hiding away from the ever-seeing eyes of the king and the court, sharing laughters that were lowered into hushed giggles and chaste touches that led nowhere. But here they were again, in an empty corner all by their lonesome as he had dismissed his throng of guardsmen just before – tired of the constant company, but hers is one he would never tire of no matter how hard he tried to deny it. Immediately his lips pursed into a thin line as he stepped towards her, the way he moved the same as all those years ago and the lightness in his voice too, didn’t change. “Why are you here by yourself, Mabel?”