#〳♡ « ma'am is this your child » ( A THREAD. )

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MA’AM, IS THIS YOUR CHILD - & deirdre

MIDORI FOUND HER DAYS AGO, resting peaceful near a pleasant creek, hands busy with the art of touching flower stems and soft petals.  she’s from the black eagles house, that much midori knows.  she’s seen her when passing each other in the hallways, never close enough to bump shoulders but surely enough to acknowledge each other’s presence.  she’s felt her gaze linger for moments after, too.  it isn’t the stare of a stranger, nor is it the curious stare of a peer; it’s oddly familial.  or rather, it’s trying to be.

so when midori finds her, again, by the same stream in the forest’s nurtured meadow, she watches her.  her plan for the day is thrown to the back of her mind as she watches the lady hum and tend to the same batches of flowers she had cared for the previous few days.

staring is rude, she remembers, so midori tries a new approach; a more formal and appropriate one.  she steps onto the meadow’s path, follows the sound of humming, and smiles at the lady.   “   hi there, ma’am!   ”   midori unhooks one strap of her travel case and lets it hang from one side, jutted out for the lady to see as she gestures to it.   “   i don’t mean to interrupt your quiet time but i was wondering if you wanted to have tea with me.  i have a few snacks we can enjoy as well.   ”

at the lady’s notice in her, midori realizes just how pretty she is.  like a princess, maybe.  unless she already is a princess, then that’s a fault on midori’s behalf for not regarding her as such.  nervous but not insecure, midori shuffles on her feet slightly.   “   i’m midoriko, by the way.  though, you can call me midori.  we’ve seen each other in the monastery before but i don’t think we’ve ever spoken so...   ”   her sentence trails off and she pauses for a moment before pointing to the top of the lady’s head.   “   uh, are you a princess?  only asking cause you’re really pretty.  like, princess pretty.   ”

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