the entirety of her lighthearted scolding is reduced only to the rakish joke plastered to its end , capturing the brunt of francescaโs attention and earning herself a one - worded scolding of her own .
mouth spreads into an accomplished , widely amused grin . . . until her
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โ michaela! โ
the voice escapes louder than she expects, causing her to close her eyes for a moment due to the slight headache ; โeavens!โโ cheeks almost flush at that very moment.
still cannot quite accustom herself to her sense ยป
whereabouts the previous night are questioned .
that smile falters slightly as she attempts to brandish an excuse . โ oh , here and there , tending to some matters . why , were you worried about me .แฃ โ itโs typical of her to reverse the focus from herself onto francesca .
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disrupted , i would suggest quit telling them to await my every late return . unless , of course , ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ want to be the one to help me out of my gowns at night . โ
playful eye squint .
too much time has been spent studying francesca , learning her quirks , adapting to her ways , all so that she may stay on the path that is least bothersome to her host . that answer does not fool anyone .
the correction was anticipated .
โ i do not need for them to assist
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shoulders tense slightly, she averts her gaze, fingers lower slowly as she realises her own words. โ no. โ
she hurriedly murmurs, her voice trembles a little.
โ actuallyโโ yes. โ ยป
my every move . i have already made it clear that i merely require one set of helping hands to help rid me of my dresses , and yet that is never the case . โ slouching back , there is an almost smug , accusatory tone to her words .
โ if you do not wish for them to be
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those wandering digits are subjected to a heavy gaze , eyes alight as if each stroke bears something worth noting โโ sheโs just thankful that there is something distracting enough to which she can turn her sight .
a pianistโs fingers are always fascinatingly nimble .
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โ โ i see .. โ fingers twitch
โ on the armrest, timid when
โ tracing the edges and each
โ wooden divot.
โ โ i confess, โ apprehensively
โ lifting her head, โ now that
โ itโs just the two of us, i
โ hoped to be worthy of
โ your confidence. โ
โ and yet that is the very reason why i cannot bring myself to involve you . โ her words are softly spoken , the crackle of the fire before them almost successful in engulfing the murmured sounds .
โ you are all i have now . i am to be certain
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โ i know that . โ
the rapidity of her response stems from her desire to reassure francesca โโ reassure her that their newly established โ friendship โ title is not one she takes lightly .
โ and you as well , of course . โ she offers , allowing her tentative feet to reduce
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โ eyes are swift in
โ recapturing the dancing
โ flames; wild andโ rippling,
โ much like the heat that
โ spreads along her chest
โ at just a moments eye
โ contact.
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TEMPORARY PINNED โโ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก ! books & show canon divergent, written by margaux , + 25 , very open to OCS & duplicates.
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brows knit together in a visible display of the wonderings within her mind โโ what could possibly be the correlation between her late arrival and francescaโs seemingly sour mood .แฃ
hand drops to her lap . โ i apologise , did i awaken you with my return .แฃ โ