"Do it gentler!" Queen said softly.
"I'm trying." Quince replied.
"It hurts!" Queen whimpered out.
"Hold on for a bit more, it's going to be alright." Quince tried to console her.
"Isn't it enough, I can barely move!" Queen complained without much strength.
"Just endure it a bit more." Quince said softly as he continued massaging her injured foot.
Right now Quince was sitting on the floor as he massaged Queen's foot. It almost healed but since she got the injury at the same spot, it became worse.
Earlier Quince walked away to get the first aid kit and had been massaging her ever since, much to Queen's frustration.
"I'm really alright now Quince." Queen said with tears threatening to spill from her eyes. He swore by his massage method but damn does it hurt!
"2 minutes and it'll be done. If you don't let me do this, you will take almost 7 days to heal instead of 3." Quince said as he continued rubbing her foot.
"Really?" Queen said in a sad voice causing Quince to look up at her. The sight he saw nearly made his heart drop as she looked so desolate like an injured bunny.
Quince was instantly reminded that she was just a little girl and felt his previous irritation completely vanish.
"I promise." He said with a gentle smile on his face, leaving Queen in a daze.
"How do you even know this?" Queen asked after she recovered. Her cat's smile was too cute, she forgot about her pain for a moment.
"One of the various skills taught to young masters of the Estplanadas family." Quince replied shortly and got up to put the first aid kit back at the original place.
"Just how many things do you have to study?" Queen asked as soon as Quince sat on the sofa.
The distance between them could fit at least 2 people in between.
Quince leaned back on the sofa and replied,"Languages, self defense, first aid, dancing, musical instruments..." Quince suddenly trailed off, annoying Queen who was listening intently.
"And?" She prodded and waited for his reply. Quince saw her impatience and almost smiled at her cute expression.
"What about you?" Quince asked instead. "What does the sole heir of the Vancroft family got to learn?"
"Hmmm same as you I guess but other activities like sewing, ornament, jewelries training and various feminine activities were added." Queen replied grimacing at the memory.
This time Quince did smile as he said, "I take it that you didn't like those activities?"
"Like? I hate it! They were so bloody annoying! 'Oh no Miss Vancroft!" Queen suddenly raised her voice higher, trying her best to imitate her strict instructor, "'That was completely unacceptable. Kindly redo the task.'"
Queen immediately rolled her eyes in frustration after telling Quince about it.
Quince couldn't help chuckling at her interesting expressions as she tried to portray her experience to him. Queen looked at him, slightly startled at the sound, but soon felt herself smiling in reply to his joy.
She was reminded once more of how they laughed together a long time ago.
Not wanting to end the harmonious atmosphere, Queen immediately shifted closer to Quince before whispering,"You can tell me if you hated those tasks too, I promise I won't ruin your image or inform your fan club."
Quince abruptly stopped chuckling and looked at her with a teasing glint in his eyes. "You mean, you would announce my secret to the world?"
"I just said I won't!" She looked so serious as she tried to convince him to believe her, he couldn't help chucking once more.
Queen pouted her lips in annoyance when she saw that action of his. She crossed her arms and complained. "You don't believe me!"
"You do realize Miss Vancroft, that you are anything but trustable at this moment?" Quince moved his face closer to hers as he uttered those words.
"What do you mean?" Queen stared at him, with fire burning in her eyes.
"The stunt you pulled at the cruise is still very fresh in my mind." Quince replied.
"That was a test!" Queen said exasperated at this whole situation.
"Regardless, it is the truth that you attempted to cause havoc and confusion on the cruise, wasting time and valuable resources." Quince moved his face away from hers and took the documents on the side table to read instead.
"What...!!!" Queen couldn't help huffing at how unfair he was being. She decided to ignore him and grabbed the remote to open the television instead.
She changed the channels in anger but stopped at one with a disgusted expression on her face.
There was a particularly dramatic soap opera on called, 'Snow love.' The reason Queen knew about it was because her mother loved watching it and 'forced' her to watch it as well.
It was a sweet romance between a poor girl and a rich guy trying to make things work. The girl was thrown into various ridiculous situation and the guy was the one that protected her every time. It was completely cheesy,uncreative and lame.
Queen absolutely hated the series and would complain about it every time. Yet, she never misses an episode making her mother laugh in secret at her contradictory behavior.
Queen started watching the series and was completely absorbed in it within no time.
Quince whom was pretending to read the documents secretly glanced at the girl beside him as she watched the drama.
She had so many expressions ranging from disgust,anger,happiness and so on as she watched the television.
As Queen watched the series, Quince continued watching her instead. Until suddenly, she turned to face him.
She had a very weird expression on her face but soon, determination flashed in her eyes and she pushed her face towards his.
Quince was off guard and was completely unprepared as she suddenly kissed him!
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It was just a soft kiss on his cheek but Quince knew in the depth of his heart that he would never forget it.
Her kiss was so light, almost as if it didn't happen. Like a small feather that touched the surface of the water. It was ethereal.
Her sweet scent overwhelmed him and the expression on her face as she closed her eyes to give him that kiss would be carved into his heart for as long as he lived.
Her cheeks turned red and when she opened her eyes, Quince could see the uncertainty in them, and it completely melted his heart.
She was usually so confident, vulnerability was definitely not one of her traits. Yet, at that moment it was anything but that.
Quince couldn't enjoy her sweet expression for long as she suddenly wrinkled her brows and demanded haughtily,"So?"
"So?" Quince was honestly confused about the events that just happened. But he wasn't about to let her know and he hid the confusion in his eyes before asking back icily.
"Are you still mad?" Queen asked him with hopeful eyes.
"Mad?" Quince questioned her right back.
"Well, the series just now showed that if your boyfriend is mad at you, you should placate him." Queen explained.
"Placate? That peck on my cheek was meant to placate me?" Quince asked skeptically. Truth was, he was elated at the 'boyfriend' title she just used to call him.
The little kiss she gave him made him feel a soft tightening in his heart as well. But now, he couldn't help wanting more.
Quince couldn't resist asking her, hoping to jolt her mind into working.
"It's not enough?" Queen asked incredulously. The only thing the series showed just now was the girl kissing the guy cheek and he started smiling happily again.
Queen was hoping for the same result but clearly it didn't work. 'Or is it because we are besties so the same approach didn't work?'
"No. It was far from enough." Quince emphasized on the word 'enough', trying his best to give her hints without being shameless.
"Very well then. I know what to do." Queen nodded and said in a serious tone as she stared at Quince's face.
Quince felt his heart throb in anticipation at her words and waited for her to make a move. She suddenly raised her body up and kneeled on the sofa before moving towards him.
Quince had his eyes half closed and observed her as she came nearer and nearer. Anticipation build within him and adrenaline was rushing all over.
In the next moment, Queen completely went past him and grabbed something before sitting down properly on the sofa once more.
"I have this!" Queen exclaimed as she pulled out a box from her backpack excitedly. 'Since the lover approach didn't work, let's do it like besties!'
To say that Quince was disappointed was a complete understatement. The poor chap lost all his energy after seeing the box Queen held.
It was a board game. A military board game to be precise.
"You ever played this before?" Queen asked looking pumped up.
"No." Quince said with more ice in his tone than usual. He couldn't believe he thought the silly girl would know what he wanted. Hell! He was the craziest for even wanting it and not knowing why!
As Quince was busy cursing his stupidity in his heart, Queen went on to explain the game excitedly.
"This is a military warfare strategy. You act as the general and plan your troops. You will get explanation about you territory, advantage and drawbacks, then you have to plan accordingly."
"Miss Vancroft, I fail to see how this game is supposed to 'placate' me for the cruise incident." Quince said with a dark expression on his face, plunging the atmosphere around him into 0 degree Celsius.
As usual, Queen was ignorant of his icy temperament and merely said, "We will be building our relationship through this. As time goes by you will let bygones be bygones as we are close enough to forget the past."
"Who said I want to be close to you?" Quince asked with his usual signature non expression on his face.
"I'm your fiancée. I'm going to be with you for the rest of your life, it will be wise to understand me and counter defend my attack next time." Queen immediately refuted his words with her explanation.
At first Quince warmth bubbles in his heart after hearing that she would be with him for the rest of his life but the second part of her sentence popped those bubbles immediately.
"Counter defend? Next time? Are you planning to pull some stunts again Miss Vancroft?" Quince narrowed his eyes at her and spoke those words with an extremely low volume.
"Don't mind my words Master Quince! It was just an example!" Queen hurriedly provided an explanation as she saw his expression. It looked strangely dangerous and warning bells were ringing in her head.
Queen instincts were indeed right as if she truly said that she was planning to prank him again, Quince would have taken her home and locked her up.
"Now come on! Let's play together! Pleaseeee!" Queen batted her eyelashes and looked up at him with a pleading look on her face. Seeing he still didn't give in, she reached out her hands to shake his arm softly.
Quince was already going to agree to her suggestion after seeing her pleading look but the little girl was impatient and started shaking his arm instead.
Quince couldn't resist her cute expression and gesture. He sighed in defeat before agreeing to play with her.
"Yay!" Queen jumped up in glee and the joy that shone in her eyes made Quince feel that it was worth giving in.
They soon set up a table and sat on opposite ends before pulling the game out of the box.
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