#anyway made this because of the valentine room fragrances

[twstgarden]

❀ ❝ 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 ❞

━ diasomnia (malleus draconia, lilia vanrouge, silver, sebek zigvolt) x gn! reader (separated) ━ you happened to like their scent and decided to wear their cologne, but they immediately found out you were using their fragrance. (f/n means first name) (reader can be yuu or an oc)

this work does not contain spoilers for chapter 7, diasomnia’s arc.

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━ 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖 ━

scent: deep oak moss

you were alone in malleus' room as he was still on the campus grounds, possibly taking his afternoon classes while you had already finished yours. you lay silently on his comfortable bed, staring at the canopy while waiting for him.

the scent of his sheets brought you a sense of comfort as you let out a soft exhale, turning to your side and burying your face into his pillow and blanket.

minutes have passed and he still was not around. you decided to cure your boredom a little, getting out of his bed and roaming around the room to look at all the trinkets and things you have already seen before. you then stood before his table, seeing regular school documents, dormitory-related documents, and whatnot.

then, there it was.

his cologne. you had not seen this before, but now that you were about to get your hands on it, you can finally see what scent he's been using all along. you reached out to the bottle and grabbed it, reading the name of the perfume as you mumbled, "deep oak moss...?"

taking off the cap, you sniffed it and hummed, "a forest-like scent with a hint of spice and sweetness... it's exactly like him." you then decided to do just a single spray on both sides of your neck before placing the cap back on the bottle and returning it to the original spot.

after a while, you sat back on his bed, his scent engulfing your body as you soaked into the feeling of warmth and comfort. suddenly, his door opened and he entered the room, smiling at you before he shut the door and approached you.

"there you are," spoke malleus as he held his arms out, and you did not hesitate to stand up and embrace him. as soon as you hugged him, he leaned down and buried his face on your hair and your neck, placing a soft kiss on your skin before taking a soft inhale and freezing for a moment.

'hm...? that fragrance...' thought malleus before he pulled away and looked at you before leaning down and taking another sniff, "did you use my perfume, sweetheart?"

'oops. discovered too soon,' you thought to yourself as you smiled sheepishly at him, "yeah... i... saw your cologne and i liked the fragrance so..."

he smiled at you and planted a soft kiss on your forehead before embracing you once again, "if you liked my scent, you should have told me. i would gladly give my cologne to you."

your arms tightened a little around his figure as you looked up at him, "i like your cologne not because of the scent, but because it reminds me of you."

━ 𝙡𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙚 ━

scent: historical depth

you and lilia were having a study session for the finals - rather, he was stating historical facts while you were studying. at one point, he got up and decided to get some snacks and drinks for you, leaving you alone in the room.

seated on his bed, you stayed silent as you eyed the door, awaiting his return before looking back down at your book. you continued reading until you glanced at his bedside table, seeing a bottle of perfume resting on top of it.

"mm? oh, old man's perfume," you mumbled as you reached out towards the bottle and took off the cap, taking a sniff as you seemed pleased, "hm... a citrus with a hint of floral and sandalwood scents..."

you then sprayed your wrist, taking another sniff as you smiled to yourself, enjoying the fragrance as you looked at the bottle again, "historical depth... fitting name..."

"fitting name for an old man's perfume, is what you wanted to say?"

you shrieked at the sound of another voice in the room that it almost made you drop the bottle. you held onto it before looking up to see lilia smiling down at you innocently before laughing a little, "did i scare you, my little bat~? kufufu~"

a soft sight left your lips as you had a deadpanned expression, "don't sneak up on me like that." another laugh was heard from lilia before he got down and sat beside you, wrapping an arm around you before grabbing his perfume from your hands and spraying your hair and neck with it.

"wha━"

"there, now you smell just like me!"

━ 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙧 ━

scent: musty green

"hmm... where is it..." you mumbled as you rummaged through silver's bedside table, looking for his notebook that you wanted to borrow for reference purposes. his roommates were not present in the room, leaving you all alone as you continued searching for the notebook.

during your search, you happened to stumble upon a bottle filled with a certain liquid. out of curiosity, you reached for it and looked at the label, "musty green? oh, a perfume."

taking off the cap, you sniffed the scent and realised it faintly smelled like silver, "hm... spice with a hint of wood smells and sweet scents..." you looked around for a quick second before spraying yourself twice and returning the bottle back into the drawer as you continued your search.

you eventually found the notebook, grabbed it and left silver's room as you went to the library on campus. on your arrival, you sat back beside him and went through your notes while he was trying his best not to doze off while studying.

silence overtook the atmosphere for a while as you were busy studying. silver then continued writing in his notes, occasionally drifting off as he ended up leaning his head on your shoulder. you glanced at him and smiled a little, letting him rest his head on your shoulder while you continued to write.

"mm..." a soft sound left silver's lips as he shifted his position a little, his nose on the crook of your neck as he took a soft sniff of your scent. he opened his eyes a little, taking another inhale of your pleasant and somewhat familiar scent.

'the scent is familiar... is it my perfume...?' thought silver to himself as he spoke softly to you, "...you smell nice."

you blushed a little at his words as he spoke in a drowsy tone while rubbing his eyes and sitting up properly, "...sorry, i'm falling asleep again..." you merely smiled and patted his cheek, "it's alright. i'll wake you up if you ever fall asleep again..."

a smile found its way on his lips as he mumbled, "thanks..."

━ 𝙨𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙠 𝙯𝙞𝙜𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙩 ━

scent: honest aroma

it was the weekend and you decided to spend some time with sebek. you were currently in the lounge of diasomnia, scrolling through your phone while sebek sat silently next to you and silver, sipping on a drink while lilia and malleus were having a conversation.

a few minutes passed and the conversation was still ongoing. you leaned your head on sebek's shoulder, which made him flinch a little as his cheeks went pink, freezing in place as he did not want to suddenly make you uncomfortable by moving too much.

you did not notice his stilted posture, however, as you were preoccupied with your phone, texting the rest of the first years in a group chat. the comforting atmosphere was relaxing - at least for you.

then, a floral scent with a hint of spice and oak filled your nostrils as you took a soft inhale, liking the scent as you realised it was sebek who smelled so nice. you made a mental note to look for his perfume, wishing to spray it on some of your clothes to remind you of him.

a few days have passed and you have just finished your afternoon classes. you made the decision to visit sebek, and so you did. you entered his dormitory room and realised he was nowhere to be found, "...ah, right. i forgot he has club activities."

you sat on his bed, placing your books on his bedside table as you looked around his room, humming to yourself until your gaze landed on a perfume bottle neatly placed on the table. your eyes lit up as you remembered wanting to borrow his perfume, and so, you reached for the bottle and sniffed the scent before spraying it on your wrist and your hair.

"how lovely~" you cooed to yourself before looking at the bottle, "honest aroma...? huh, it fits him perfectly." it did not take long for sebek to return to his room, only to see you lying on his bed in a starfish position. he blinked, surprised to see you so relaxed as he approached you and spoke, his loud voice waking you up from your short nap, "human!"

you flinched and sat up, sighing as you held a hand over your chest, right atop where your heart should be, "dear me, seb. you scared me." sebek quickly felt bad as he spoke, "my apologies... i was not expecting you to be sleeping on my bed at this hour."

you rubbed your eyes, feeling awake now as you got off his bed with a smile, "i was waiting for you!" then, your arms were wrapped around him, giving him a tight hug which made him surprised. 'why is she so affectionate all of a sudden...?' thought sebek as he tried not to let his cheeks turn pink.

he leaned down a little and took a whiff of your scent, realising you smelled exactly like his perfume. he took another sniff, wrapping his arms around you as he spoke in a loud voice, "you smell pleasant! i shall gift you my cologne if it pleases you!"

"what? no, it's alright, seb━"

"no, i insist!"

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[princess-of-the-corner]

As a joke, I spent time categorizing the Akumas from Season 1 of Miraculous Ladybug of how ‘Valid’ the reason for their Akumatization was. Obvs Hawkmoth is the only one to blame but still. I only did Season 1 because I haven’t really watched more than the beginning of Season 2, and I can’t always get context from the episode synopsis. 

Simple version: 

 Very Valid: The Bubbler, The Pharaoh, Chronogirl, Evillustrator, Dark Cupid, Horrificator, The Mime, Kung Food, Vanisher, Antibug, Puppeteer, Reflekta, Guitar Villain, Stoneheart, Bad Santa(I remember him being called ‘Bother Christmas’ but the wiki says ‘Santa Claws’)

Your emotions are valid, but this is a bit much Stormy Weather, Mr. Pigeon, Darkblade, Gamer

Bruh what the fuck:  Animan, Simon Says, Copycat

You brought this on your own damn self: Lady Wifi, Rogercop, Pixelator, Princess Fragrance Volpina

Long Version: 

Stormy Weather: 

Lost a contest to be the weather forecaster. Of course she’s upset, but hey, someone has to lose. 

Your emotions are valid, but this is a bit much (this whole category is basically for those upset at losing a contest)

The Bubbler

Nino just wanted to give his friend a birthday party, but Gabriel is a Dick. 

Very Valid

The Pharaoh

Jalil was just ‘hey, this ancient artifact might be a magic spell? We live in a world of magic superheroes, so maybe it could work? How about we test it out?’, but his dad’s all ‘That’d be a waste of time and misuse of a valuable artifact’. 

How’d you feel if you have an idea that’s not only cool but potentially groundbreaking for your field of work, but your dad says ‘no that’s dumb and you’re dumb for thinking it’?

Very Valid

Lady Wifi

I still have no idea how Alya thought Chloé could be Ladybug as they’ve been seen together a lot(also you have Chloé in class with her while Ladybug is out fighting an Akuma), so that was dumb mistake #1. 

But she decided to break into Chloé’s locker and rifle through her stuff and even take pictures for ‘evidence’. Like, people blame Chloé for this, but if I found someone I barely know going through my locker and all up in my personal stuff, I’d probably insist on not only school punishment, but also drag in the cops to investigate if there’s been more stuff stolen from lockers recently, or if this girl is some stalker trying to steal my underwear or something. 

You brought this on your own damn self

Chronogirl

an important and honestly really cool family heirloom she’s had for maybe half an hour is destroyed because Alya, Nino, Marinette and Adrien don’t have enough collective brainpower to think ‘a Pocket Watch can be held in a Pocket!!’

Very Valid

Mr. Pigeon

I understand his love for pigeons, but having a large flock on call to the local park is a problem. Dude needs some help. 

Your emotions are valid, but this is a bit much

Evillustrator

While he shouldn’t have been drawing in class, his teacher was a bitch. She berates him loudly in front of the class, tells him(and everyone else) that this is why he’s failing science, insults his artwork and overall calls his passion worthless. 

He loses some Validity Points for attacking Chloé instead of the teacher. Like, yeah, Chloé teased him about a crush, but she had nothing to do with why/how he got Akumatized, so he really should’ve drawn up something to punch the teacher. However, we’re judging the reason they got Akumatized, not what they did with that power. 

Very Valid

Rogercop

Man should’ve just done his damn job. Chloé’s bracelet was missing, possibly stolen. Instead of looking into it he just gets all condescending with ‘are you sure you didn’t just miss it when you looked?’. 

Like, okay, when Chloé accuses Marinette of stealing the bracelet he can’t just arrest her without proof. That’s fair. However! An expensive bracelet has gone missing and is possibly stolen, but since no one has left it must still be in the room. He should’ve at least done a basic bag check. (also, while we now she’s innocent, Marinette is a likely suspect as she had both motive and opportunity). 

You brought this on your own damn self. 

Copycat

This guy has some minor hero-crush on Ladybug. Like, while Chat did play up his relationship with her to scare him off, he doesn’t have the right to be upset about Ladybug being in a relationship with someone else. This is on the level of having a crush on a celebrity and sending hatemail to the celebrity's partner because ‘you don’t deserve them’. 

Only things that stop him from being in the ‘you brought this on your own damn self’ category is that 1. Chat did play up the relationship(depending on the translation he either just implied it out outright lied but whatever) and 2. it’s understandable to be kinda sad about it, but not to this level. 

Bruh what the fuck

Dark Cupid

Kim got rejected by his crush on Valentine’s Day. Heartbreak isvery understandable. 

His reason is 90% valid, but he does lose points since, well, what was Chloé supposed to do? Sure, she could’ve been nicer, but she still doesn’t like him back so he would’ve been heartbroken anyway. Only way to avoid this would be for her to say yes to dating him, but ‘I’m saying yes to your advances because I don’t want you to go evil’ is kinda, uh, fucked up. 

Very Valid

Horrificator

She is scared! Leave her alone!

Some Valid Points are lost because I have to ask ‘if you’re so easily frightened why are you playing the lead in a horror movie where you knew going into it that you’d get too scared to actually act?’, but  I’m going to assume that she figured her fear wouldn’t be that bad when she knows exactly when the scare is coming and can see the ‘film crew’ in her peripheral vision, but just overestimated herself. So leave her alone!

Very Valid

Darkblade

He lost the Mayoral election and the reporters are bugging him about it. Understandable, but also, like, my dude you’re in politics. You gotta know that this’l happen.  

Your emotions are valid, but this is a bit much

The Mime

His coworker sabotaged him to take his place in the show. Hell yeah are you gonna be upset!

Very Valid

Kung Food

While it does fit with other ‘losing the contest’ categories, he lost due to sabotage. 

Very Valid

Gamer

Max lost a game tournament. Or, lost the tournament to be in the tournament. While I will call Marinette out on her reason for entering the competition, she didn’t cheat to win or anything. She and Adrien are just better at the game, and Max was upset about that. 

Your emotions are valid, but this is a bit much

Animan

Local zookeeper gets upset because... some dumbass teenager is saying ‘if I had to race a panther I totally could!’??? Like, yeah, Kim is wrong about being able to outrun a panther. But why is this something to get upset about? I’d just roll my eyes and ignore it? 

Bruh what the fuck

Vanisher

Fighting with close friends, especially fights that break the friendship, suck. 

Very Valid

Antibug

She felt betrayed by her Hero. Chloé adores Ladybug, has tried to be helpful to her(even if it doesn’t really work). When she overhears Ladybug tell Chat what she really thinks about Chloé, that she’s just a liar not worth listening to, it crushes her. 

Very Valid. 

Puppeteer

Her mom’s kind of a bitch. Like, Marinette made a bunch of dolls for Manon to play with, but her mom’s like ‘no you already have too many toys’. Who says that to a kid? Like, if the kid was begging for an expensive new toy then sure, but a free gift that’s already there? Why turn it down???

When Marinette gives Manon one of the dolls anyway, her mom accuses the kid of stealing it, then confiscates the doll and says she’ll be punished for it. As she didn’t steal it, she’s extra upset that she’s being punished for something she didn’t do. 

Very Valid

Reflekta

Not only does Juleka have an ongoing issue with being photographed, but Chloé decides to be a bit bitchy about it. 

Very Valid. 

Guitar Villain

You have Jagged Stone, an awesome rock and roll star, but his manager says ‘hey, if you want to be relevant and keep making money, be more like this teen pop star!’. Said teen pop star then proceeds to insult Jagged’s entire existence and love for music. Boy’s lucky Jagged got Akumatized instead of just marching down to the news station and kicking his ass. 

Extra awesome points for not only having a pet crocodile, but having the crocodile become a freaking Dragon!

Very Valid

Pixelatior

Creepy paparazzi stalker dude gets called out and then kicked out, yet instead of doing some self-reflection and realizing how fucked he is, he gets Akumatized instead. 

You brought this on your own damn self.

Princess Fragrance

Rose, you’re sweet and I love you but this is not your best moment. Don’t spray strong perfume in the middle of class, especially science class. And this entire plan hinged on asking Chloé to deliver the letter? I know you want to believe the best in everyone, I do too. But even as someone who loves Chloé and would have written her being nicer there, that was a dumb thing to plan on as the only route. Just put the letter in the mail.

I really want to be nice to Rose, but this was a dumb plan, and I might be a bit biased about her spraying a bunch of strong perfume in the middle of science class because if I was there I would’ve been dying. 

You brought this on your own damn self. 

Simon Says

Honestly this is the Gameshow’s fault. Gabriel wasn’t even really being a dick about it. A bit hypocritical, but not a dick. 

Like, you have a gameshow where they get a random Important Person on video camera to challenge a contestant? The hypnotist gets paired with a video call to Gabriel Agreste, and they’re like ‘hey dude, this guy’s gonna try to hypnotize you and you have to resist’. Gabriel’s just like ‘fuck no. I don’t want to do that goodbye.’, which counts as a disqualification? The people running that gameshow should’ve either planned in advance to get someone willing to be hypnotized, or they should’ve gone for calling the next on the list until someone agrees to play. 

While the hypnotist is right to be upset, that gameshow is a fucking train wreck and he should be mad at them instead of the dude who didn’t want to be hypnotized. 

Bruh what the fuck

Volpina

Girl lies for attention, tries to manipulate a boy into a relationship(which is dubious consent at best), and then gets upset when someone calls her out on it. Bitch. 

You brought this on your own damn self

Stoneheart

First time he was being taunted by his crush. Second time is because people are (understandably) worried about if he’s going to turn into a rock monster again. 

Very Valid

‘Bother Christmas’/Santa Claws/Pire Noël

Santa kindly gives a kid a ride home, because Adrien decided to hang out in the snow without even a jacket. Next thing he knows, Ladybug’s trying to kick his ass. I’d be upset too. 

Very Valid

[nancypullen]

Quiet Sunday Night

It’s Sunday evening here in middle Tennessee and I’m about to float away.  We’ve had so much rain this winter that I’m pretty sure I’m living on an island now.  It rained buckets last week. The mister flew in about 8 o’clock Friday night (in the rain) and left again on Saturday morning (it was fixin’ to rain again) and it hasn’t let up since.  I’d go get groceries but I don’t have a boat.   Every forecast looks like this -

No end in sight. So I’m doing what any sensible woman would do - I’m going to meet girlfriends for lunch tomorrow and then spend the afternoon ruining my hair.

As usual, when left to my own devices I want to make a big change...either the house or my hair, something is getting a treatment.  I’ve complained about my hair about a million times on this blog.  There’s too much of it, it has a mind of its own, and I have way too much silver for a summer chicken (well, I can’t honestly call myself a spring chicken).   I also use heat, both blow drying AND a straightening iron to tame it.  I’ve been using Madison Reed hair color to keep it brown, and that stuff is the bombdiggity.  My hair has never been healthier, but it’s so darn much work.  I want to lighten it up so the gray/white isn’t as noticeable and try to work with the curl and wave instead of against it.  I honestly don’t know how to do it, but you know I’ll give it a whirl.  I want to go from this (I had to search for the most recent pic, long story) dark and straightened,

to something more like this.

I had to try to blur her face out because she was really young and beautiful and I needed to try to imagine my face inside that hair.    I’m afraid that I may end up with something more like this.

But when has that ever stopped me?  I snapped this picture after picking up supplies to document the scene of the crime. Can they be held liable for over serving me? 

I know that I could go to a salon and pay $150 bucks for them to “start the process” which would entail going back again and again for highlights that would eventually get me where I want to be.  Actually I used to have a girl that could do it in one session, but she moved.  Or maybe she went into the hair stylist version of the witness protection program to avoid me and my hair. Here’s a very unflattering photo that I sent to my sister after one visit that left me a bit too blonde and too short.  But it’s proof that it can be done in a day.

That was a few years ago, my jowls are even more pronounced now.  Isn’t it a shame to look back at a photo that once made you cringe and now wish you had just the two chins and minor crows feet?  It’s a good lesson.  Love what you’ve got today because it’s all in a fight with gravity and no one wins that battle. Ugh. Anyway - I’m ready for a big change.  Whether it’s wise or not, we’ll see.  I’m very fortunate that even if I end up looking like that middle photo my sweet husband will swear I’m the cutest thing he’s ever seen.  It helps that his eyesight isn’t great.  It also helps that he doesn’t want me to poison his food.  Did I mention that even though he was smack dab in the middle of an exhausting week in New York, he sent flowers on Valentine’s Day?  Seriously, the poor guy was working ten and twelve hour days to get a hospital up and running.  Outside of work things weren’t much better.  One night he got back to his hotel and fell into bed - only to feel a big wet spot from a leak in the ceiling. He had to  gather up all of his stuff and move to a new room late at night.  Then his rental car got a flat.  It was one thing after another - and still he sent these.

He remembered how much I loved the fragrance of the fields of hyacinth in the Netherlands so he sent a bundle of field fresh hyacinth from Bouqs.  Our house smells fresh and sweet and like SPRING.  Smells like love to me. Hope that you’re heading into this fresh, new week with optimism and hope. I sure am, even the non-stop rain can’t dampen my spirits. Maybe it’s the promise of changing seasons, maybe it’s the promise of a fresh look.  Either way, having something to look forward to keeps a heart light. Sending out loads of love and wishes for a happy week! XOXO

[ewig-schatten-und-licht]

SomAgni Valentine Day 1

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It turns out, Soma has a strong allergy to flowers and any blooming at all. He coughs, his eyes waters, and he almost cannot get out of bed. Meanwhile, Valentine’s Day is coming. Everyone makes postcards, buys flowers, floral fragrance is in the air, and so on. And Soma feels as bad as never before, because he desperately wants to please Agni, who’s fond of white lilies but had to remove them from pond in the backyard – for the sake of his prince. And besides, he wants to take a walk and have fun instead of lying in bed – and finally confess to Agni. Speaking of our dearest khansama, he’s just caring about him, extremely gently and sweet, partly accusing himself in such a state of his master.

Anyway, Soma decides to take action. Being unnoticed by Agni, he escapes from the townhouse and goes to the flower shop…

“I’m taking everything!” Soma firmly landed his palms onto the counter. Struck by this scene, all the people around unwittingly dropped their presents. “E-everything?!” the tradeswoman twirled one of her golden braids out of astonishment. “But… it will cost…”

The prince didn’t let her finish – he just took the ring off his finger and put it onto the counter. The girl put her hands to her mouth, and everyone in the store froze in amazement.

“T-This is…”

“A pure gold. And this,” he pointed at the big gem, “is a ruby. Take it, make your family glad.”

Soma was beaming, looking at the girl and internally enjoying everyone's attention. People around started whispering and pointing at him, mentally ready to cut him and his girlfriend in little pieces out of envy.

“W-who are you?” the girl with the golden braids was watching Asman in complete admiration.

“Soma Asman Kadar, the Indian prince”, Soma took a bow and smiled to tradeswoman, taking his place in her father’s cab.

“P-prince?!” the girl nearly dropped the ring.

“Ah, I am just the 26th child, not really an important person, milady,” still smiling and taking all the attention, Soma turned to cabman. “The Phantomhives’ townhouse, please.”

The girl’s father whipped the horse and sent the carriage to the right address.

Agni was running around the house as if he was burning from inside. The most horrible outcomes constantly appeared in his head, and they were making him much more anxious. Arshad stopped in the middle of the corridor. He had looked over the entire house, had checked every single inch, but everywhere was just emptiness. Soma was definitely out there. And this fact, like the sharpest of stakes, was piercing his heart deeper and deeper.

“Lord Soma, where are you?” Agni grabbed his head. “It’s all your fault! You dared to leave him alone! What if he had escaped or he’s been kidnapped? What if he’s suffering right now, and it’s all your fault! And what if he…”

His overfilled with panic inner monologue was interrupted by a loud sound of hoofs, sneezing and steps. Having turned around, Agni rushed to the door – and then it opened immediately, revealing unexpected (or vice versa?) guest.

The khansama stepped aside, having seen the entire mountain of different kinds of lilies. But as soon as he noticed the sparkle of a bright gold, dark skin and golden eyes, he grabbed the young man and hugged him tightly, making the prince drop all of his bouquets.

“Oh gods, Prince Soma!” the servant was embracing his master with almost all his strength. “Where have you been?! What’s happened?! Are you alright?! Are you…”

Agni stopped talking abruptly, having heard quiet but heavy cough. Soma bent down, being hardly able to breathe. The wind, having loudly shut the door, spread the pollen further – therefore the prince started coughing even more badly. Agni, barely coping with the panic that has already overwhelmed him, picked up his Sun and brought him to the bathroom. He hastily washed the prince’s face, then forced him to drink some kind of mixture, extremely sweet and sugary, and then shook off the pollen from his master’s clothes. Soma hardly could stand on his feet when Agni had finished. Then the latter sat on the floor and sat the prince down on his lap.

“My prince…” Arshad was slowly running his fingers through Asman’s hair. “How are you feeling?”

“I… I am alright, Agni…” Soma lifted his head and buried his face in his servant’s neck. “I am completely alright.”

Agni exhaled with relieve, continuing brushing prince’s hair and trying to calm rather himself than the prince.

“My prince, why did you do it? I was so worrying about you, was so afraid that something bad might happen… You could…”

“Agni…”

Soma covered the khansama’s mouth with his palm, preparing to say for the millionth time, that he's not a child anymore, but, looking into Agni’s eyes, he couldn’t utter a word. These silvery eyes which were luring Soma and chasing him in his dreams, were hidden behind the translucent mist. Asman unwillingly brought his hand down and put his head onto the servant’s shoulder again.

“I’ve… just wanted to make you happy”.

“Prince Soma…” Agni shuddered.

“You were so sad and somber… I wanted you to smile…”

Arshad’s hands trembled, clenching Soma tighter.

“Ciel told me that on the Valentine’s Day everyone gives flowers to people they love…”

Asman was’t feel able to finish – so instead of it he just cautiously kissed Agni’s forehead and then cuddled up to his servant. Arshad was just holding master’s hands nervously, until he realized that something’s wrong. Like something’s missing. Having taken a look at Soma’s right hand, Agni understood, astonished, what exactly is missing.

“Prince Soma, where’s your…”

“Ah? Oh, you’re talking about the ring?” Soma waved his hand abruptly. “I’ve paid for the flowers. I didn’t know which lilies do you like and bought all that they had”.

Asman smiled cheerfully, but once he had cast a glance at Agni, his smile slowly disappeared from his face. These eyes, these beautiful silvery eyes, which were always attracting Soma, even in his dreams, were filled with treacherous tears.

“Agni”… Oh, no-no-no! I’m asking you, don’t cry!” Soma tried to wipe his tears, panicking. “Forgive me, I didn’t want…”

“I… I am not worth it…” the khansama interrupted his master abruptly. “I am nobody… I am not worthy even of your presence beside me, I…”

“…What? What the hell are you saying, Agni?!” Asman cupped Arshad’s face in his hands. “Never, never say like this! You’re the one who was protecting me! The only one who didn’t abandon me! The only one who still needs me! The only one I want to be with! With you, only! Nobody except you!”

Soma clenched Agni in the arms so tightly it hurt. But Agni was patient, stroking prince’s soft hair, trying to calm them both. His heart was beating insanely fast, as if it was trying to break away out of his chest, towards the prince. So, they were enjoying their time in the healing embraces of each other. But, having suddenly remembered something, Agni rose to his feet and picked his Sun up.

“Ah!” Soma barely had time to cling onto his neck. “A-Agni?”

“I have something for you as well, my prince…”

“Really? What is it?” the Indian’s eyes started sparkling immediately, as if all those tears a few minutes ago didn't happen.

“I remember how did you like your chambers in our native Bengal, and how did you wish you could hold flowers in your hands, so I…”

Smiling, Agni walked past a few rooms and finally opened the door of Soma’s bedroom.

“And I’ve decided to make a surprise for you…”

Asman put his hand to his mouth, shocked. His entire gloomy room was literally full of new furniture, new golden embellishments were shining from everywhere, luxurious velvet curtains were hanging on the windows, and everywhere were little statues and figurines of animals. This was an almost exact copy of prince’s chambers back in India. But, most importantly, the entire room was overfilled with flowers. They were made of everything – napkins, marble, crystal, fabric and towels, soap and of many different embellishments.

Soma teared up unwittingly while walking around the room. Even the scent in the air was so similar to palace garden that was fortunately located right under the windows of Soma’s chambers back in India. Prince was cautiously touching every single fragile thing in the room, as if he was trying to prove himself that this is not a dream. Having turned around to see anxious Agni, Asman couldn’t hold himself and threw himself at his khansama’s neck. It was a miracle that Arshad managed to remain on his feet.

“Thank you, Agni, thank you so much!” Soma was almost crying out of happiness.

Agni, relieved, was running his hand through prince’s hair, smiling softly.

“Jo Agya.”

But once Soma let go of his beloved’s neck, he reeled backward sharply.

“Prince Soma?! Are you alright?” Agni, being sensitive, as always, immediately caught him.

“Y-yes… just… I am a little light-headed…”

“It will be better for you to lie down”, Agni carried him to his bed carefully. “There you go…”

With visible delight, Asman laid down onto his silk sheets, smiling.

“What are you going to do now, Agni?”

“I think I’ll bring these lilies to my room, otherwise they would wither.”

The servant rose from his master’s bed, but Soma immediately grabbed his arm.

“Agni… stay here.”

“Prince Soma…”

“Please.”

“Jo Agya.”

Agni barely had time to sit down, when Soma pulled him closer.

“Lie down beside me.”

Agni shrugged. His cheeks blushed, but the Indian, having miraculously coped with his shyness, lay on the bed near the prince. The distance between them was so short that he barely could hold all the inappropriate thoughts. Soma, without knowing it, leaned closer and smiled, looking at Agni and hugging him tightly.

“Agni?”

“Yes?”

“Why lilies?”

“Well… they remind me of you”.

“M-me?” now it was Soma’s turn to blush. “Why do they?”

“Lily is a symbol of purity. Before the death and even after it. I’ve never seen anyone more pure and beautiful. That day you were descended from heavens, like the god himself. Pure and incredible… You’ve given me clemency – despite everything that I had committed…”

Agni was realizing that he’s acting wrong. Not just wrong – this is a sin – but he couldn’t do anything anymore. His hand cupped the prince’s cheek, pulling his face closer. Agni mentally cursed himself when dared to touch Soma’s lips with his own. And only having felt resistance, Agni collected himself and jumped back. Soma was watching him in amazement, blushing rapidly. Arshad was ready to fall down straight to hell right here and now.

“P-prince Soma, I… I didn’t want to!.. Forgive me, I…”

Agni jerked away, already wondering how badly he’d be punished, but Soma didn’t let him go, having hastily caught him, dragged him back and locked their lips together. After the couple of seconds he pulled away and blushed, just like Agni. Then he buried his face in his khansama’s chest, embracing him.

“Happy Valentine’s Day, Agni…”

The prince immediately fell asleep, squeezing the fabric of Agni’s clothes in his hands.

“Happy Valentine’s Day, my prince…”

Agni kissed his little sun in the top of his head and held him closer.