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This is my first time posting on Tumblr, so if I mess this up, please, forgive me. 😆 Also, first time doing a writing prompt. I couldn't figure out which ones I wanted, so I mixed a couple. 😬 Enjoy a story about Chevalier, flower crowns AND picnics!

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It was a warm, spring day with a gentle breeze that wafted the sweet scent of hyacinths, daffodils and tulips. The sky was blue with a few puffy, white clouds, and the sun was shining bright. Prince Chevalier had decided to take his lunch outside in his usual gazebo in the rose gardens with a book he had started the night before. Just as he had started reading, Belle had walked by humming a tune repeatedly. He did his best to tune her out as he read, but it wasn’t before long when she was standing in front of him with her arms behind her back. 

Chevalier didn’t look up from his book. “You’re going to ask me to a picnic,” he finally said. Chevalier imagined her pursed lips when she realized her surprise was ruined. 

“How did you know?” He didn’t need to look up from his book to know that her hands were on her hips.

“You carried a big blanket and a basket away from the gardens. A simpleton with half a brain could figure out you were going on a picnic.” 

She ducked down to be eye-level with Chevalier’s book as she peered up at him. She smiled mischievously. “So you were watching me.” 

Chevalier sighed and looked her in the eyes before going back to his book. “I only glanced.” 

“More than once, because I made two trips,” her smile grew. 

“Anyone could hear you traipsing through the garden. You could never be as silent as an assassin even if you tried.” Chevalier quickly shut his book, startling her as her head shot upwards. He sat and stared at her, waiting for her to speak. 

She stared back for a moment, and then smiled, realizing what he was waiting for. “Chevalier, will you join me for a picnic?”  

Chevalier stood up without a word and exited the gazebo as he made his way towards the direction she had been going earlier. She ran after him telling him to slow down. Chevalier obliged to a degree. Her short legs weren't moving as quickly as before. He led them towards the picnic blanket underneath a newly budded tree. 

He stopped at the edge of the blanket and removed his boots. She beamed at him as she took off her boots as well. "How did you know this was where the picnic was?" She asked as he sat down on the blanket stiffly. She watched him for a moment. He sat watching her as well. 

"Food and drink are usually served at picnics," he finally said. 

She laughed and waved her hand at him dismissing his comment as she opened up her picnic basket. "Sorry. I was just realizing how strange it is to see you outside, and outside of the garden, no less. So you've been to many picnics? Did Yves invite you to one perhaps when you were kids?" 

"This is my first one." He looked up at the tree branches above him and watched her pull out a large flask of what he presumed was tea, small finger sandwiches, and plates of a variety of fruits and cheese. "I've never been invited to one." 

She paused, contemplating her next words as she poured him some tea into a ceramic cup followed by a plate of food that he passed him. "I'm glad I'm your first then." 

They ate in silence sitting next to each other. The sweet smell of grass and flowers mingling with the cold sandwich, fruit and cheese. Sometimes she'd ask if he wanted more of something and he'd silently held out his plate for the refill. Once they were finished with their sandwiches she pulled out fruit pastries for dessert. While they were eating their dessert, he glanced periodically at her trying to see what she was thinking. He noticed she was staring at a patch of spring wildflowers. 

As soon as she finished her pastry, she set the plate aside and crawled off the blanket towards the patch of wildflowers. He set his own plate aside and watched her gather a large bouquet of fragrant flowers. 

"Look, Prince Chevalier! Aren't these flowers beautiful?" She asked as she dropped them down on the blanket. He resisted the smirk threatening to peek at the corner of his mouth. 

"They will die now that you've plucked them." 

"Flowers do die after they've been plucked, but there are ways to preserve them for memories' sake. I could press them into a book to flatten, or dry them and hang them in my room." She replied, laying down on her stomach with her knees bent and her feet swaying above. She organized the flowers on the blanket. "I'm going to make something out of them. Not everyone can remember every detail of every day like some magnificent people that I know." After a while she sighed with contentment. 

Chevalier watched her weave the flowers together, her tongue sticking out randomly as she concentrated on her craft. He began to read his book in the silence, and eventually, she rolled over onto her back lazily picking up the flowers. Her eyelids blinked slowly as the sun began to move across the blanket and her breathing became more rhythmic. 

Glancing at her from his book, noting how much the sun had moved in the sky, he frowned slightly as he watched her peaceful sleep, the flower chain moving up and down on her stomach. He needed to get back to the office. He wasn't sure if he should wake her and announce the picnic was over, or sneak away while she slept. He picked up her flower chain and studied it, his eyes moving towards her peaceful face. 

Belle woke up from her nap and quickly looked around for Chevalier. She couldn't believe she had fallen asleep. The sun was warm and comforting, her belly was full, and the companionable silence between the two left her feeling safe and satisfied. She frowned realizing Chevalier and his book were nowhere to be seen. The picnic mess was cleaned up, and everything was neatly set inside the basket. 

On top of the basket was a neat, beautifully made flower crown. She smiled, blushing, as she picked up the crown examining it from side to side before she placed it on her head. It fit her head perfectly, and the skill of the flower stem weaving was better than anything she could have made. 

Her blush deepened, realizing that Chevalier had finished her flower crown. Her heart skipped a beat as she quickly folded the blanket and lifted the picnic basket to take it back to the palace. She smiled and sang on her way back thinking about the next time she was going to ask him to join her for a picnic.

Luke had complimented her crown as he held the door open as they went their separate ways from the palace. Little did she realize that a pair of ice-blue eyes watched her sing and swing her picnic basket across the garden from his open office windows. They sparkled just a little, pleased with what they saw, before they moved away from the window. 

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Spring Showers Spring Flowers Content Creator Challenge

I am so excited to announce this spring-themed content creator challenge I am co-hosting with @violettduchess. Much like our previous event, Autumn Angst / Fall Fluff, this is an entirely SFW event and all entries to this event must be either fluff or angst.

Rules:

This challenge will start on March 21 and conclude on April 21. Sometime after that date, we will create a masterlist of all works submitted as part of the challenge (hopefully by May 1).

This challenge is open to all content creators - fan artists, fanfic writers and everyone and anyone in between.

While we are both content creators for the Ikemen series fandom, creators for other otome games are welcomed and encouraged to participate.

As this is a SFW challenge, there are no age limits - minors are welcome to participate.

There are 14 prompts as listed below - the creator may choose either fluff or angst for each prompts. You may use these prompts in smut fics, but please understand that this is a SFW event and those works will not be included in our masterlist.

You may post for one day or all fourteen days or anything in between - there is no pressure to post for each day.

Tag your work with #spring showers spring flowers ccc so that we may find your works and add them to our master list. You may also tag @aquagirl1978 and @violettduchess as well.

Feel free to use the banner above when posting works for this challenge.

Prompt List:

Listed under the cut is a typed list of the prompts:

picnics

rainbows

baby animals

gardens

new beginnings

green grass

flower crowns

rainy days

cottagecore

spring fling

fairy forest

walk in the park

cherry blossoms

birds chirping

Happy Creating!