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Honeydew and & QueenOfHearts || The Princess and the Thief
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SLOWLY COMING OUT OF HIATUS!.·:*¨༺♡ Honeydew ♡༻¨*:·.
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Aug 23, 2024 01:58PM
He raised a brow, smiling softly. He took a small bite of the soup and grinned. "it is good " he agreed. "So sit, what kind of things happen in the castle?" he asked, raising a brow.
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"What kind of things?" Rosalind raised an eyebrow, chuckling a little to herself. "Castle... stuff." She blushed and ate more soup.
Lucas laughed kindly. "Wow that's a lot." he teased. "I meant like, like what do you do? Like do attend all the balls? That kind of stuff."
"Oh, yes, we have so many balls. One for every event you can think of. Someone's born, we have a ball. The king sneezes, we have a ball," Rosalind said with a laugh. "And I am supposed to attend all of them."
Lucas raised an eyebrow at the first sentence, but didn't say anything. "Wait, when he sneezes? I want people to throw a dance whenever I do something inconvenient." he said, half joking. "Does it get tiring though, all the dances?"
"If only you knew how exhausting they could be," Rosalind sighed, rubbing her temples. "It does. Everyone wants to talk to you. You speak to hundreds of royal men and women and everyone just wants one thing; to be recognized as the important one. And often with the men, one you will make a marriage alliance with." She shrugged a bit. "The royal world is superficial and... and..." She stopped suddenly, face drawn. "I'm sorry. I'm being so negative."
Lucas continued eating his soup. "Ouch. Yeah I'm sorry to hear about that." he said honestly. "I think it sucks people have to be forced to marry." he said with a glare. "So you you have every right to be negative."
"It does, but I'm born into royalty so that's what's expected," Rosalind murmured. "It's not fair for you two to have to listen to my negativity." She went back to eating her soup.
His features soften and he ate another spoonful of his soup, chewing on her words. "I mean... technically right now it's not expected." he said carefully, offering a small smile.
"I guess not right now," Rosalind gave a small chuckle. "Maybe I just need to stay hidden for longer." She grinned a little, but still felt a bit sad underneath. She just hoped the rest of the village would have escaped to safety under the king's soldiers. There was nothing she could do to go back and save them herself, not when she was still recovering. But maybe she'd find a way.
Lucas watched as her facial expressions went from sad-happy to what looked like sad. He placed a hand on her leg. "Everything is going to be fine." he said softly.
"It was wrong for me to run," Rosalind sighed, glancing once towards his face before looking away. She shrugged. "If I survive but everyone else, or many of my people die..." She shook her head and stood suddenly, moving away from the table and heading to the door at a faster pace than she would have thought was possible with her injuries.
"Rosalind," he called out, standing up. "Come here," he opened his arms up. "Don't go," he added quietly.
But Rosalind hadn't seen his gesture and hardly paid attention to his words. She stumbled out of the small cabin and onto the pathway, pausing once she was several yards away.
He looked back at Lana, who was watching with an unreadable expression. Lucas jogged outside, seeing how she stopped. "Wait!" he called out, catching up. "You can't go," he said, trying to catch his breath. "You're hurt, and we haven't even gotten further with your training, and- and- and- you just can't go yet."
Rosalind stared out towards the trees that crept in around the property of the cabin. She sighed a little. "The longer I wait, the more people die. People who I'm supposed to protect and haven't. For all I know I should have just given in and married one of those old men just to protect them by making the alliance I'm supposed to!" She swallowed hard. "I've made so many mistakes and the guilt is eating me up."
"Althea, you have to wait until you can physically move normally again. It'll take a few days, but everything will be fine." He said, his hands falling onto her shoulders gently. "What if something happens to you again? You're in no shape to go or-or-or do anything." he said frantically.
"What if something keeps happening to the people?" Rosalind asked. She sounded very dejected. "They'll die or they won't trust me one bit to protect them later after I've abandoned them. Why should they? I can't get rid of the guilt but I can try to do better starting now." She looked at him finally, turning around.
((Sorry T_T I was doing another RP except it was like knight × princess before I responded and I was in the zone mb mb))
"Rosalind," he said softly, and he pulled her into a hug. "Heal first, okay? And then we'll go back to your kingdom." he promised
Rosalind was stiff within the hug at first but soon loosened and hugged him back. "I don't have enough time to heal before everyone's hurt or killed."
"Nobody's gonna get killed." he promised, resting his head on top of hers. "Lana can even whip up something to help the process speed up."
"That's what invaders do. They kill and burn a-and a lot worse and I should be there to stop it," Rosalind murmured. She sighed, resting her head against his chest.
Lucas rubbed her back softly. "If you stare here for three more days to heal up, I'll go check out the down and make sure everyone is alright, okay?"
((check out the town*))
"Don't lie to me," she whispered, shaking her head. "They won't be okay and you can't do that. You can't tell me everyone's fine when there's a war."
Lucas felt his heart twist. "Rosalind..." he said quietly. "Please just stay for one more night." he asked softly. "Then you can go back and we can find your family, and save the kingdom."
Rosalind swallowed, head hanging. She didn't really want to go, but she had to help. She was no use sitting in the cabin. She needed to learn how to fight and save her people like the queen they expected her to be someday. "I'm so sorry," she whispered, shaking her head. "I just need help but I hate asking for so much."
Lucas's grip tightened slightly on her in a reassuring way. "it's okay, it's okay." he promised. "We're here for you, I'm here for you." he said softly.
Rosalind nodded, feeling foolish and awkward and embarrassed. But somehow Lucas wasn't judging her and that was just what she needed right now. Someone to actually understand her or at least let her have feelings. "Thank you," she whispered.
"Of course. Now can you please come back inside? it's freezing." he said, glad that she seemed to trust him.
"I guess it is a little cold out here," she said quietly. She turned around and walked with him back into the cabin. Now she just felt foolish.
Lucas followed her inside, racking his brain to figure out how they were gonna take back their kingdom. For a brief moment, Lucas doubted they could, but pushed that feeling away and focused on what was happening now.
Rosalind went inside with Lucas and sighed, glancing up at his face. "Is there any way I can just go sleep for now?" she was feeling drained and tired with all the stress of knowing she'd failed her people. Sleeping didn't fix it, but she might heal faster and thus could try to do something after that.
"Of course," Lucas said, leading her to the bed. "Here," he said, pulling back the covers and fluffing the pillows. "do you need anything?" he asked, plucking off some lint from the bedding.
Rosalind sat on the edge of the bed. Sleepiness pulled at her eyelids. "I can't really think of anything," she shrugged, then shook her head. "Thank you, Lucas. I don't deserve a friend like you or Lana." Her cheeks went pink and she glanced down at her lap.
Lucas smiled softly. "We don't deserve a friend like you either." he said. "Now get some rest, okay? We have a big day tomorrow." he said with a wink.
"What's happening tomorrow?" Rosalind raised her eyebrows, curious.
"Well, we're gonna take back your kingdom of course." he said with a bright smile. "But we can't make any rash decisions, you know? So we'll do it at parts: first we will check on the townsfolk and ask around. Then we make plans, and then we figure out where your parents are, and then we get them, and then they help us take back your kingdom."
"Alright," Rosalind blinked. "We'll do it in parts. Um... my mother... it's just my father now. She died when I was young."
((ahhh sorry!))"Oh," Lucas said. "I'm sorry about that." he said honestly. "My mom died when I was young too." he said.
((It's okay! GR is being crazy and I've been busy!))
"I'm sorry, too," Rosalind sighed a little, looking over at him. "I miss her."
((I get that!))He nodded, laying next to her without thinking about it. "I miss my mom too. I would say it gets easier, but it doesn't." he sighed.
Rosalind nodded. "I know it doesn't get easy. I miss her every day. Funny you can miss someone you don't even know that well."
Lucas smiled weakly. "Yeah," he yawned. "But anyways." he mumbled.
Rosalind just nodded again. "Well, I guess I should get some sleep."
He nodded. "Yeah, and then tomorrow we can start." he hummed with a yawn.
