Por Una Cabeza // WMMAP one-shot (Myra x Anastacius)

Por Una Cabeza

  "You know Sir Anastacius, the tango is a form of entertainment for the commoners and it's originated from Argentina," Myra said to the man who was currently her dance partner. The song 'Por Una Cabeza' played from the Bluetooth speaker her phone was connected to.

After she had brought up about how she was in a dancing club at her university during lunch earlier today, Anastacius couldn't help but wonder just how good she was. So, after a few attempts of him shamelessly asking if they could dance together, she finally gave in and said yes.

In reality, Myra was more than happy when he asked her the first time but kept it to herself. She just thought that someone like him asking her if they could dance together when he usually would have the power and authority to do so was cute.

"Is that so?" Anastacius replied, gazing his dark eyes towards Myra while smiling politely at her.

The tango. It was a dance form he was quite unfamiliar with so it wasn't his area of expertise, unlike the waltz which was something every noble and royal were taught at a young age. However, to Myra, it was one of the dances she was particularly good at.

Myra nodded her head. "Their lives were hard, living day to day with their lives on the edge," she explained further as she continued to let Anastacius take the lead in this dance. When he took a step back, she took a step forward. It was not surprising that Anastacius learnt the dance so quickly in just a few hours. "They wouldn't dare to profess their love so casually..."

She glanced over at her stretched out hand that was intertwined with his. "So, they poured that passion into their dancing, and so the tango was invented to..."

Her words trailed off.

Anastacius seemed to have an idea of the reason, though. But he played dumb for her. "The tango was invented for what exactly?"

Anastacius placed his hand at Myra's waist like the gentleman he was but instead of him pulling her forward, she willingly pressed her body against his. It almost left him taking a step back but he regained his balanced in a second.

"Excited now, are we?" Anastacius muttered under his breath while smirking. He still kept a polite distance away from her by subtly touching her with the side of his arm.

A light chuckle escaped Myra's lips.

She craned her head up and motioned for him to lean down for her. Then, she whispered in his ear, sending tingles down his spine.

"The tango eventually became a secret dance between lovers."

...

"Secretive, but passionate."

Myra's smile became more serene the more he stared at her.

"They will dance in the liveliest of places while disguising themselves by putting on serious expressions... And eventually, in the lively crowd, their passion for each other would overflow and be fully bared."

Her warm breath brushed by Anastacius' ear. it only took him now to realise that Myra was dancing on the tip of her toes just so she can whisper those things to him.

"Sir Anastacius, you're blushing."

Anastacius couldn't help but let out a sigh before opening his mouth. "And who should I blame for that, hm?" he replied, his hand on her waist pulling her even closer to him until there was no space between them. "A dance between lovers...," he repeated in a soft voice. Finally, he regained his confident composure. "I have to admit, this dance is a lot more interesting than I initially thought. And it's all because of you acting as a professor by telling me it's history while we're dancing like this."

"Well I am glad that you've learned something from this dance practice," Myra replied. Their steps echoed throughout the empty dance hall and the song was about to come to a close.

Maybe for tomorrow, Anastacius would teach her how to perform the waltz as payback?

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Hey! I wrote this little one-shot on my Tumblr and I loved it so much I decided to post it here :)

I plan on posting more of these short one-shots when I have some free time, most of them being fluff since I'm taking a short break of writing smut since the fasting month is around the corner. 

Hope you guys enjoyed reading this short one-shot featuring Myra and Anastacius, my beloveds!

Ps: Play Tears of Themis. It's a dating sim game with mystery elements and it's really good. This is a one-shot inspired by one of the stories you can access if you get its SSR card.