#what if I gave her an accidental harem but shes too awkward and too aro to realize it was happening

[voidedleylines]

FFXIV Write 2024 Day 19: Taken

In which common interest are discussed

Rating: G || No CWs apply || Post-HW setting || Thancred Waters & Yugiri Mistwalker

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Yugiri watches from above the Stones as Freyalin interacts with F’lhaminn and the Doman children. Her face from any outsider is stoic but there’s a light smile that plays on her lips.

It’s been awhile since she’s seen her or any of the Scions, after the business with the Crystal Braves…ending how it did, Yugiri will admit she didn’t know if she’d see anyone again, but she was heartened to know most had survived.

She spares a thought for Minfilia, she was a kind woman who took her and her fellow countrymen in when no one else gave them a second glance. She was strong yet gentle and she will be missed. She looks towards Freyalin again at that thought, musing that she most of all knows that.

“Well, it seems my hiding spot has been discovered,” a voice rings out. She jumps and looks to see Thancred there, sly smirk on his face.

“Apologies,” Yugiri bows, “I did not mean to invade. I can take my-”

He waves his hand to get her to stop, “Nonsense, ‘twas merely a jest. It’s not surprising a woman of your skill set wouldn’t also want to take in the views from up here.”

At that she watches in mild embarrassment as he follows her line of sight. He does not react at first and she goes to rebuttal but he just gives a small laugh, “Taken with her too are you?”

The ‘too’ in that sentence reveals much about the state of personal affairs between the Scions. Thancred’s face however does not give much away, as he looks at her from the corner of his one uncovered eye.

Yugiri shakes her head, “I…she has changed much since last I saw her.”

“Indeed,” he says. “Even I am not privy to all that happened in Ishgard, but I can tell enough through the whispers that it wasn’t easy.”

Yugiri nods. They both watch her in silence. She wonders how he could’ve caught her red handed so quickly, but she figures she already knows that answer.

“She is strong,” she says.

He smiles and nods as he closes his eye and brings his arms across his chest, “Aye. Stronger than she even knows. And growing stronger still I suspect.”

Yugiri shifts her focus now to the Doman children as they run and play. She thinks of her home and the feeling inside her grows. The feeling that soon, the winds will turn and they will see their land free again.

“I hope so,” she says, partially to herself.

Thancred glances at her again and nods in understanding. “First. The Griffin must be dealt with, or all this newfound peace will be for naught.”

Yugiri nods, “Right.”

The two stand there in silence for a little while longer as nothing more needs to be said. A mutual understanding falls between them instead, as the sun sets over Mor Dhona.