Re: Someone Like You (Shiori)

[BayMickey]

Kye shrugged. "Yes. I guess. I can go wherever I want now. What, do you want to?"

[Guest]

Fayre frowned and shrugged, “I guess I do,” Fayre murmured. “Anywhere away from my father. Anywhere from my to-be-betrothed, Laurence. I hate being a princess sometimes. Ever wonder what life would be like if you were not royalty?” Fayre said, her voice still low.

[BayMickey]

Kye smiled. "Let's go." He stood up, wiping the coal from his hair with his shirt. it didn't all come out, but enough did. Just get a dress and a dagger.

[Guest]

Fayre stared at him, momentarily confused by his sudden actions. Afterwards, she smiled brightly and got to her feet, “All right. Meet me at the front gates in ten minutes, I’ll be right back,” Fayre said, kissing his cheek lightly before hopping across the steppingstones once more, to the other side, and out the side entrance, up the stairs, and into her room, not making any noise during it.

[BayMickey]

Alexander sneaked over to the gate, hiding behind a wall. "Hurry now, Fayre.." he whispered under his breath.

[Guest]

Fayre hurried upstairs, donned her favorite red dress, and grabbed her slightly bejeweled dagger, hiding it in the hidden pocket on the side of her bodice, and rushed back downstairs, her flats making very little noise on the stones of the floor. Fayre smiled when she reached the gates, and looked around, “Alexander?” she whispered, but loud enough for anybody near enough to hear her.

[BayMickey]

Alexander stepped from the bushes, grabbing Fayre's hand. "Come with me. I have my horse. You can't get yours, too much noise." Alexnader let go of his lover's hand and ran towards the stables where Sempre was stationed at.

[Guest]

Fayre nodded, smiling at him. She frowned, “Poor Blaze,” she murmured, following him closely, pulling up her skirts so she wouldn’t trip over them. “All right,” she whispered, staring up into the barn, where she was finally beginning to see the outline of Sempre.

[BayMickey]

Alexander paid the man keeping Sempre, then led her to Fayre. He mounted his mare, then held out a hand for Fayre. "Where should we go?"

[Guest]

Fayre stared at the stablehand who was holding the mare—one of the very stablehands that used to care for Blaze. That is, until he tried to breed Blaze with a mare that had turned out to be a stolen mare. Fayre took his hand and swung over the saddle, adjusting her skirts so she could comfortably rest behind him, and wrapped her arms around his midsection, her head resting gently on his shoulder, “Hmmm… why don’t you surprise me?” Then she added, “Not to the lake; too obvious.”

[BayMickey]

Alexander chuckled. "I'll take you up on the offer." He kicked his heels into the horse's side, and Sempre took off, bolting towards the far woods. They ran for miles. Through fields, inside forests, and past rivers and lakes. They ran past villages and towns. They got close to the border, and Alexander stopped. "There is a village, just beyond that grove over there. It is for bandits and outlaws. They know me well, but they don't know you. Keep the dagger. close. They might stay away since you're with me, but I won't make any promises. Once we are done here, we will go somewhere else. Somewhere far away."

[Guest]

Fayre looked around, admiring the things they passed by. She’d dozed slightly when they finally stopped, Alexander speaking to her softly. Alexander nodded, unwrapping herself from Alexander, “You know, you’re still as interesting as I remember you as kids.” Fayre sighed slightly and jumped off of the horse, patting out her dress and looking back at Alexander. “Can’t sit on that horse any longer,” Fayre commented.

[BayMickey]

Alexander smiled. "If that's a compliment, thank you." He slid off his horse also, wrapping the reins in his hand. "That's alright, we'll walk." Alexander looked at Fayre, gently taking her hand in his. He looked back at the ground shyly, then back up at her. "You're better than when we were kids." lLexander laughed at himself. "Come on, darling."

[Guest]

“It is, love,” Fayre said, smiling softly. She laced her fingers with his, looking at the road ahead, “Well, I still have my slight adventurous side, Alexander,” Fayre commented flirtatiously. “But it will be a bit different being in a rogue town. It’ll be an adventure, I guess. Though I don’t necessarily believe it’ll be the safest thing I’ve ever done.” Fayre chuckled, “Ah well. At least it’s a place to rest.”

[BayMickey]

Alexander nodded in agreement. "You'll be safe as long as you're with me." He smiled slightly. "I promise..." Alexander leaned forward and pressed his lips against Fayre's.

[Guest]

Fayre nodded, “I believe you.” She didn’t have a doubt in her mind that Alexander would protect her, and her beliefs were only confirmed when he pressed his lips against hers, and Fayre retaliated with her kiss. Pulling back slowly, Fayre commented, “How long do we have to walk to get there?”

[BayMickey]

"No more than ten minutes. Unless you want to ride again." Alexander took a piece of hair and wrapped it around in his fingers.

[Guest]

“All right,” Fayre commented, staring up at Sempre again. She didn’t really want to ride the God-forsaken mare again—despite how much she actually loved the mare. She was going to have the worst case of saddle-sore anybody had ever heard of. “I guess we can ride a bit.”

[BayMickey]

"Are you sure?" Alexander looked solemnly at Fayre. "You don't have to, my love." He kissed her cheek. "It would not be a bother to me to walk."

[Guest]

Fayre nodded, then smiled. “I’d rather walk.” Fayre leaned her head on his shoulder gently, staring out around them, “Tell me what the town’s like, while we walk. We have nothing better to converse about. Humor me,” Fayre chuckled slightly, kissing his shoulder gently before returning her head to it as a prop.

[BayMickey]

Alexander absorbed her answer, then began to walk the horse along. "It's mostly men. The occasional prostitute here and there. It's not the greatest city." Alexander looked down at Fayre, kissing the top of her head. "It's like any little village in any country."

[Guest]

Fayre nodded, grimacing slightly. To be completely honest, even with Alexander by her side, she wasn’t very keen on going there. A city full of men? And prostitutes? That only meant one thing to her, and she didn’t like it all. She kept her thoughts to herself, however, and nodded, suddenly curious, “How, exactly, did you find this town and become renowned in it, then? Doesn’t sound to me like it’s a place you’d visit. Nor do you cross me as a prince, or man in general, interested in prostitutes in the slightest.”

[BayMickey]

Alexander chuckled. "No. I wouldn't get caught dead with a prostitute. After hunting one day, I was looking for a place to camp. I found this village and told them who I am. They let me stay, and whenever I need anything, I went there. There's this one man, he has a little wife. They are nice people. I bet we can stay there." He smiled, still walking forward. "Don't worry. I'm not interested in sleeping with anyone that I don't love."

[Guest]

Fayre nodded. His story seemed realistic enough. And though she hadn’t known the grown-up version of Alexander for too long, she knew his personality from when he was younger. Translate that into his personality now, and she’d be surprised if he didn’t sell his soul to the devil first, before sleeping with a prostitute. The idea of being a prostitute just made Fayre shiver—they were disgusting sluts. Fayre listened to the rest of the story, then smiled, “Sounds lovely.” She kissed his jaw gently, then chuckled, “Good. I hope not.”

[BayMickey]

Alexander kept walking, gripping the reins of Sempre's bridle tightly. "We're almost there. Stay close to me. Please, Fayre. Stay close." After they past the hedge he had pointed to, they came across a village. "They're going to say things. Don't listen." Immediatley, men started cat-calling. "Oh, princey boy. You got you a princess.", "Alex, who's the fresh meat?", "Honey, you're fine! I'll give ten gold!". Alexander kept walking, straight to the cottage at the end of the strip. Once he got there, he led Fayre in. "Grandfather! I decided to stop by!"

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