Prompt #5: "You're the smartest person I know."
Original Fiction: Broken Mirrors Series
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Alice Sweeney, Symone Krupin, Tiino Tikkanen, Kevyn Elander
Ships: Symone x Kevyn
Alice and Tiino snickered as they watched Symone and Kevyn dance around each other. Everyone knew the two were interested in each other, but they were painfully oblivious of it.
“Kevyn, would you mind helping me put this shelf together?”
“Of course, where is it going?”
Alice rolled her eyes as she at the table with Tiino, “This is the sixth shelf this month.”
Tiino laughed, handing her a cup of tea, “Isn’t her family known for building?”
Alice smirked, “If you ask her, she’ll insist she only worked with metal and runes.”
Symone shot the two a glare from her spot on the floor after Kevyn stepped out, “I can hear you two, you know!”
Alice and Tiino burst into giggles, at Symone’s attempt to be intimidating.
“That was the point, Symone. You can’t relegate me to be an audience to you trying to flirt so poorly and expect silence.”
Tiino’s smile widened, “You can’t expect Alice not to tease you, at least a little.”
Symone chucked a small log at the two, only for Tiino to catch it, “Just shut it you two! Go harass someone else. I’m sure that vampyre you have tied up in the basement would be more entertaining than me!”
Alice scoffed, turning her attention back to her tea, she didn’t want to deal with the assassin they had captured, he was too loud for the morning.
Tiino followed her lead, leaning back into his chair with his coffee, “He’ll be there in a few hours. He still thinks he has a choice, so we’re letting him think about his options for a while.”
Symone groaned in annoyance at the two before turning her attention to Kevyn as he returned with his toolbox.
Kevyn handed her the toolbox, “Here, this should have everything you need.”
Symone tried not to direct a glare toward the snickering two beside her, “Oh, when I asked for help, I meant that I need you to help me not just let me borrow your tools, Kevyn.”
Kevyn’s eyes widened as he glanced down at her, confused, “What do you need me to do then?”
“Well, I need you to help me design it and build it. I’d like your input because you’re the smartest person I know.”
That was their breaking point, to Kevyn’s confusion, Alice and Tiino loudly dissolved into a loud fit of laughter. It wasn’t long before Symone began chasing Alice around the room shouting threats. He didn’t understand what was going on, but he hoped he could help Symone. She meant the world to him, and to have her ask for his opinion meant more than anyone could imagine. He settled into a seat at the table, drafting ideas for the new shelf they would build together and drowning out the noise of the two women running around the room.
