#shalria-mun i also love u

[clione-of-heart]

@heavenlyborne​ said:

“Maybe…you’re not as bad as I thought.”

♠ Enemies to Friends Prompts ♠

“Is that so?” Clione said, focused mostly on the shelf of ingredients in front of him. He had been buzzing around the ship’s kitchen for a while now, trying to recreate a particularly fancy dish he’d once seen in one of the richer parts of an island the Hearts had visited, roughly about a year ago. 

It was a bit funny how he only ever served Shalria his best and most extravagant dishes. Considering her noble origins, such a thing was necessary in order not to be seen as just a ‘lowly peasant cook’, or something. And maybe he wanted to impress her a little bit, while he was at it. 

While he still wouldn’t call the girl his friend out loud, over time he had to admit she’d become more of a friendly acquaintance than not. She wasn’t as bad as she presented herself to be, and Clione for some reason couldn’t find himself truly disliking her, no matter how rude she acted at times. She reminded him too much of his younger self for that. 

He still remembered back when he’d just been picked up by the Hearts, how clueless and insecure he’d been, and how he’d often lashed out in return. It was hard to adapt to new changes, especially so when you’d lived your whole life in a rather sheltered environment. If the Hearts hadn’t taken him in… Clione had no idea what kind of person he would’ve become. He imagined that, while in a different context, Shalria was experiencing some of the same things, after leaving Mariejois.  

“Well… I guess you’re not as bad as I thought, either,” he muttered, answering her while he placed the paprika on the countertop and put back the other spices. He felt a nagging need to change the topic, the air turning a tad too serious for his liking. “So, any food allergies you wanna tell me about before I get started? I imagine you’re a picky eater, too, so let’s get that out of the way.”