flora
The three of them seem to just be passing their emotions around: now Flora is the sad one, Asta the chipper one (for the moment, anyway), and Danta the one just coasting on the alcohol.
Flora, who wasn't in love with the butcher, would have been wise to just bow out. A girlish crush and a handful of dates were nothing compared to love, but...gods, how was she meant to just walk away from a man like Astaroth? For all the things she didn't know about him, she knew enough to want to know more and for all of her 21 years, she wasn't so naive to think it would all be sunshine and roses. She'd seen his teeth, his scars, the line he walked and the ramifications of straying too far from it; that didn't come from having a history that was filled with roses. It was why she wanted to spoil him with her abilities, to lean into a relationship of levity and ease if only because that seemed the sort of thing which had never been in his reach. And gods, he was so kind and polite and mature in a way neither Jack nor Koa were, and foolishly—all the moreso now—Flora had thought that whatever came of their relationship, even if it didn't work out, that she wouldn't feel broken at the end of it.
That she wouldn't feel used or unwanted.
Do we all see the irony now?
Tugged by the butcher against his side and coincidentally smushed against Danta as well, the queen hiccups a small laugh before Asta is cupping her cheek and lifting her gaze up to meet his. The dark mahogany of his eyes has Flora's breath catching in her throat and as her gaze slips for a moment to his mouth, she realizes she'll probably never kiss his lips again. "No, of course not." She hums softly, giving her head a little shake.
Slipping away from the butcher, Flora also goes to help herself to something; not snapdragon, but a shot of basically pure alcohol flavoured with a few juniper berries. Hissing at the taste before letting her head loll back as the burn helps to clear away the tangle of emotions in the back of her throat, the queen sips in a deep breath before lowering her chin and hopping up onto the bar. "Danta babe, can you sing?"
Flora, who wasn't in love with the butcher, would have been wise to just bow out. A girlish crush and a handful of dates were nothing compared to love, but...gods, how was she meant to just walk away from a man like Astaroth? For all the things she didn't know about him, she knew enough to want to know more and for all of her 21 years, she wasn't so naive to think it would all be sunshine and roses. She'd seen his teeth, his scars, the line he walked and the ramifications of straying too far from it; that didn't come from having a history that was filled with roses. It was why she wanted to spoil him with her abilities, to lean into a relationship of levity and ease if only because that seemed the sort of thing which had never been in his reach. And gods, he was so kind and polite and mature in a way neither Jack nor Koa were, and foolishly—all the moreso now—Flora had thought that whatever came of their relationship, even if it didn't work out, that she wouldn't feel broken at the end of it.
That she wouldn't feel used or unwanted.
Do we all see the irony now?
Tugged by the butcher against his side and coincidentally smushed against Danta as well, the queen hiccups a small laugh before Asta is cupping her cheek and lifting her gaze up to meet his. The dark mahogany of his eyes has Flora's breath catching in her throat and as her gaze slips for a moment to his mouth, she realizes she'll probably never kiss his lips again. "No, of course not." She hums softly, giving her head a little shake.
Slipping away from the butcher, Flora also goes to help herself to something; not snapdragon, but a shot of basically pure alcohol flavoured with a few juniper berries. Hissing at the taste before letting her head loll back as the burn helps to clear away the tangle of emotions in the back of her throat, the queen sips in a deep breath before lowering her chin and hopping up onto the bar. "Danta babe, can you sing?"
Flexing like a goddamn acrobat
Me and karma vibe like that
Me and karma vibe like that
