this is so sad knowing she's gonna end up falling for a guard :")

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Ella nodded in agreement, standing herself up and starting off towards the house. She let the warm, weak breeze and the smell of pollen engulf her as they walked, thoughts running through her mind. "So..are you okay?" she asked politely, doing her best to make conversation as if the kiss never happened, though that clearly wasn't going to be the case.

(lol yeah. They'll have to figure it out eventually)

Sage scrambled after her, a grin still spread across his face. "Yeah," he chirped, nodding and then shrugging. "But I could use a good dinner," he admitted with a sheepish chuckle, slipping into the house and bouncing ahead of her into the kitchen, rummaging through the fridge as if something good would magically appear. "I think we need to send the guards shopping," he mused after a moment.

hopefully)

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Ella raised her eyebrows at the food selection, nodding in agreement. "Definitely. I'll go and talk to them about it, seems better now than them putting it off for days on end" she offered, picking up an apple as she spoke. She twisted the stalk off the top of it, took one bite and chucked it in the bin, somewhat a. force of habit. "i'll be back soon?" she added, her tone showing the question.

Sage hummed lightly in response and nodded, shutting the fridge with sigh. "As long as they get something decent I don't care what they get," he told her with a shrug, moving to flop down on the couch and nodding in response to her last comment. "Yeah," he agreed, still thinking about why she'd kissed him. Half of him didn't care...he just liked having her here even if she was just playing. The other half was screaming though, and while he had thought it was overall a good thing, eberything in him was warming him that hope only ever got him hurt. WHy should that change now? But he trusted her.

Ella nodded, gave Sage a quick hug and made her way out the door towards where the guards pitched their tent, slightly nervous. She had plans to just walk in there, ask, leave, but she couldn't help but shake off the feeling of slight fear. Like they would hurt her. Obviously they wouldn't, she was the queen, they worked for her, but it was still unnerving. She made her way in, catching the eye of a tall brunette guard, and started to speak. It took around ten or so minutes before she had finally asked, seeing as she had sat and conversed with him for a little amount of time, and as she entered the house again she gave an apologetic look. "Sorry. They're going now" she said with a smile.

Sage had sort of just started at the ceiling while she talked, more than happy to just relax more and wait for her to come back. He lifted his head to peer over the couch when he heard the door open, and when she came back in and spoke he just shrugged and made room for her on the couch. "It wasn't that long," he mused. "I'm hungry, not starving to death," he chuckled lightly. He really didn't mind her taking her time. The guards were probably bored out there too, anyway.

"I guess so. Still, I missed you" Ella said playfully, settling down on the couch, staring over her shoulder to look at Sage. "What do you wanna do while we wait?" she asked politely, fiddling with her dress. She was in a..good mood, having not expected one of the guards, miguel, to be so hospitable when sat out in a tent for months on end. Plus, it was a nice talk.

Sage rolled his eyes at her comment but gave her a grin anyway. "You're with me literally every second of the day. I think you can candle a few minutes away from me," he teased her right back. Then he shrugged slightly in response to her other comments. "Dunno," he hummed, looking over at the boxes and shelves and everyhting in the corner. "Do they have any games? It might be fun." he was fine with just staying sprawled on the couch, but he could play a game or soemthing too.

Ella shrugged, tracing patterns on the couch in thought. "Alright, next time i'm gone i'll never tell you i miss you again" she joked, flashing a playful smile. "No, i don't have any games. But we could always think one up. Or just..play I-spy. Anything" she said, her words a little rushed. She was terrible when thinking up ideas, she hated the thought of i-spy completely but at least they'd have something to do.

Sage chuckled lightly on response to her comment and then nodded. "Good, gives me some peace," he joked right back. Then he wrinkled his nose at her suggestion. "I'm awful at I spy," he admitted with a slight laugh.

(Short I'm out lol)