#they def noticed juni and valen flirting at the inn lets be honest with ourselves

[hibischush]

could you write valen and juniper drinking together like they allude to in their conversations? im so gay for valen and juniper but they are gayer for each other

YESSS god they're so cute and hot. I feel like I can't intrude otherwise I break up the strongest power couple in the world.

The summer air was still thick with warmth. The sun lazily fell past the horizon at a snails pace, draping Mistria in a honey glaze that only increased the sticky feeling of humidity. Valen sat in her office, (which really was just her front desk), reading a new medical journal that came from the capital.

Her eyes seem to skip over a few sentences, and she sighs and takes her reading glasses off, rubbing her eyes.

A few months back, her and Juniper's wine sessions seemed to have turned into a different direction. Instead of the hangouts being cordial and filled with laughter, there was an air of...tension to them. Valen has caught Juniper on multiple occasions staring at her wine-stained lips, and at first she blamed it on the alcohol circulating in the sorceress's body. However, the doctor started to notice the way that Juniper's eyes would bore into hers; how Juniper would often offer to pour another glass for her, gently grasping the bottle out of her hands and sneakily brush her fingers against Valen's.

Valen was honest to herself. Juniper's subtle flirting drove her wild.

It was odd for her. Valen hasn't engaged with a romantic relationship for ages now, so at first she wasn't sure if she was picking up her friend's signals correctly.

It wasn't until Juniper gifted her an 800-year-old bottle of Witchvine Merlot that she realized that Juniper was interested.

So, after the poor witch knocked over that priceless bottle of wine, Valen decided to invite her over to break open a red, and that it would "tastes better with company" anyways.

Valen jumped as a loud knocking sounded at the door.

"Come in, Juniper."

The door creaked open to reveal the sorceress, cloaked in the golden light of sunset. Her exposed skin practically glowed like a precious gemstone. She looked ethereal.

"Getting impatient, were you, Doctor?" She teases, tossing her mauve hair over one shoulder.

Valen stood up to approach her, "Not at all. Just happy to have you here,"

If Valen knew any better, she saw a twinge of pink dusting her cheeks. She grabbed her delicately manicured hand.

"Follow me. Let's drink wine in my private study."

The farmer sighs as they sit down by the fountain. The moonlight shone brightly, casting a blue glimmer on everything below it. They could hear cicadas...and high heels loudly tapping on stone?

They looked up to see Juniper stumbling out of the clinic. Her normally perfectly done hair is wild, and her makeup (particularly her lipstick) was smeared to the left of her mouth. The sorceress cleared her throat and attempted to brush back her hair and pull herself together, before turning and looking directly at the farmer, shocked.

Are...are those hickeys?

Juniper glared with a furious blush on her cheeks. "You saw nothing, farmer. You wouldn't want to see your skin turn mysteriously blue the next time you visit the bathhouse, now would you?"

The gays won with this couple guys. I wish they were my aunts.