“Very well, I guess I have nothing better to do.” You said as you sighed and put your hand in the bag Prince Soma laid out in front of you. Your hands brushes all kinds of stuff, which you think you could already guess what they are. A chain, ball, butter knife—probably that cursed butler—and… Hmm. What’s this? Something with a bristle-like structure strokes your finger. It tickled you at the slightest touch, as if beckoning you to guess what it is.

Unexpectedly, Soma pulled the bag down for he was getting impatient. Your hand revealed a white, immaculately clean feather. You wondered why that it still remained straight and untouched in the crammed, crowded bag with all the knick-knacks and stuff in there.

“My, my… I guess I’m up next.” You heard a voice say beside you.

You turned to see a beautiful, tall man standing up to take your hand. You’ve got to admit, that feather made a pretty good resemblance to him if thinking figuratively.

“Alright, you guys… 7 Minutes.” Agni says as he looks at you once more before closing the door, which his master ordered him to. The man wasted no time with the introductions.

“I believe we haven’t met, I’m Ash Landers…” as he said his name, the lights suddenly turned on. But what’s puzzling is that Ash was nowhere near the light switch, which was right beside you. “I know that we have limited time together and we’ve known each other just now…. But….”

You tried to back away as his sentences turn senseless but the door halted you. He noticed this and his face slowly turned into a playful smirk. “Oh, no, no, I’m not going to hurt you like what that other butler might do… “

And instantly, within a gush of wind, he’s already surrounding you. His hands are on either side of your head and his face was close. So close that you could swear you could see your own reflection in his glossy, amethyst eyes.

“7 Minutes is all we need, my lady.” He whispers in your ear as his voice sends an unexpected shiver down your spine.

You could feel his hair brush against your face as he nibbles on your earlobe playfully. Then after he’s done with that, he leaves a trail of kisses from your ear to your collarbone, then he stopped as his lips was in line with yours. He paused for a moment, as if waiting for your permission to do so.

“How silly of me… I… I haven’t introduced myself yet… I’m ---“ you were about to say but he interrupted.

“Lady ________.... Yes…”

“H-How did you—“

“Oh? Let’s just say the Queen isn’t the only person I’ve been watching…”

With that, not that you both know something about each other, you did not hesitate for him to steal your first kiss away from you. Wait, by the thought of it… Now you did. You just gave it away to a complete stranger!

You forgot about what all your friends told you about relationships and years and bonds. It didn’t matter. You hadn’t felt anything like this before. But when you were with Ash, everything just changed. He has an aura that you just can’t deny, more or less pass by. You felt like you can do anything for him when he’s here with you.

You finally wrapped your arms around his torso, deepening the kiss you two shared. He smells of lavender which intoxicated you badly. Your hands cannot control themselves as they rub on his back up and down. There was something peculiar about his back. His clothing, maybe. But it wasn’t anything like satin, or clothes with ruffles. It had.. bristles. You gently broke away as you had caught something between your fingers since the kiss. You brought it to your view to see that it was a feather. But not the feather you were pulled out of the bag. This one’s different. You remembered you placed the feather down before you went in the closet with him.

“You ruffled my wings… I guess you might have to pay for that…” he says as his purple eyes stare hungrily into yours.

Wait, did he just say ‘wings’? Unfortunately, you hear footsteps getting closer from beyond the door you and Ash were leaning on. He pulls you away from the door before it opens. With the sudden force of the pull, you were left with him cuddling you closer as you had your hands on his chest with your head nuzzling on his collarbone.

It must be an adorable sight to see as you saw Finny, Meirin and Bard smiling with their eyes near to being closed, looking sympathetic. Ash breaks the hug, leading you away from the closet but he soon lets go of your hand as he sees his mistress calling for him.

You were left in the middle of the room, longing so much more from the man you’ve spent your heart-pumping 7 minutes with. As he turned around, you could see a faint, smoke-like mist hover just on the surface of Ash’s back. You could see through the gray mist, an outline of possibly 4 feet long wings.

I guess he didn’t get the one you got in the bag from a Quill store.

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