[ Mitsuru finds herself quietly admiring the way Nami looks with her hair so wind-tousled, accompanied with that confident smile on her face. She really does look in her element and her companion can't help but be charmed by it.
Not that she could ever really help but be charmed by Nami whatever the circumstances. ]
Perhaps I should take your advice then. I just find it odd ordering around what I suppose is essentially a fan club... Just having them around in general is weird enough.
[ She had actual maids back home. But this is different, these people aren't on her family's payroll. They're following her around, wanting to cater to her every whim voluntarily, as if they have nothing better to do.
She returns the clink of the glass with a smile, ]
To suitable matches.
[ Nami had reached queen now too and unlike Mitsuru, she didn't just show up and have that status handed to her. The younger redhead had known from the start that there was a game to be played here and that her friend was too savvy not to get to the top. They had made an arrangement with one another and the question yet remains in Mitsuru's mind: what was keeping Nami around? Specially around Mitsuru... she didn't need a more privileged, higher status companion anymore.
In the short time she had known her, she had learned that the pirate played her cards close to her chest, didn't let herself become too attached to those outside of her crew. She was too smart for that - admittedly something that Mitsuru found all too alluringly attractive about her. ]
Are you setting your sights on an even higher rank next?
[ The question is said teasingly but there is genuine curiosity behind it. Perhaps Nami's ambition scaled higher than Mitsuru realised, that she wasn't done yet. But then she still didn't need Mitsuru for that. The darker haired redhead can't remember the last time she felt this nervous wondering about how another perceived her... ]
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Not that she could ever really help but be charmed by Nami whatever the circumstances. ]
Perhaps I should take your advice then. I just find it odd ordering around what I suppose is essentially a fan club... Just having them around in general is weird enough.
[ She had actual maids back home. But this is different, these people aren't on her family's payroll. They're following her around, wanting to cater to her every whim voluntarily, as if they have nothing better to do.
She returns the clink of the glass with a smile, ]
To suitable matches.
[ Nami had reached queen now too and unlike Mitsuru, she didn't just show up and have that status handed to her. The younger redhead had known from the start that there was a game to be played here and that her friend was too savvy not to get to the top. They had made an arrangement with one another and the question yet remains in Mitsuru's mind: what was keeping Nami around? Specially around Mitsuru... she didn't need a more privileged, higher status companion anymore.
In the short time she had known her, she had learned that the pirate played her cards close to her chest, didn't let herself become too attached to those outside of her crew. She was too smart for that - admittedly something that Mitsuru found all too alluringly attractive about her. ]
Are you setting your sights on an even higher rank next?
[ The question is said teasingly but there is genuine curiosity behind it. Perhaps Nami's ambition scaled higher than Mitsuru realised, that she wasn't done yet. But then she still didn't need Mitsuru for that. The darker haired redhead can't remember the last time she felt this nervous wondering about how another perceived her... ]