"Talking"
'Telepahically talking'
Arceo's thoughts
The scars on our hands are caused by multiple things.
One of which is glass cuts, which most of Arjen's scars are made up of.
Even if I treated our minor injuries, the bigger ones were a pain to heal even if we use rely on our healing powers.
Arjen had to suffer through a high fever for several days after using his power.
Luckily, we can quickly heal small injuries now.
'Arien, Arceo, I'm okay.' Arjen assured his siblings, snapping Arceo out of their thoughts.
'Calm down Ari. Is it ok if I answer him?' Arceo asked.
Before the two can answer them, there was a loud clank that made the triplets flinch in surprise.
"Did Rurahel do that?" The emperor asked, impatient at the lack of response. His face contorts to one of anger as an intimidating aura that reflects his eye color surrounded his body.
"..." Arceo subtly took a breath in and out.
"Hm? Yes she did," Arceo suddenly spoke. They sounded so nonchalant that it strangely broke some of the tension.
"And my apologies for answering in brother Arjen's stead, your majesty." They apologized, feeling as it was a must.
"..." The emperor opened his mouth to say something but couldn't get the words out so he opted to wave his hand signaling that 'it was fine' and ... 'sorry'?
Sorry? For asking such an insensitive question or for fucking neglecting us in that hellhole?... Arceo instinctively narrowed their eyes a bit before opting to calm themselves down.
Arceo themselves knew that they should've been angrier but they also knew that calming their siblings down is the priority.
Arien is like a ticking time bomb right now. She might've burst out on him if I didn't answer. We need to be rational when dealing with the emperor.
'Let's calm down big sister. You don't have to finish your food, yeah? Do you want some milk?' Arceo softly said to Arien.
'Arcy...! Yea, that would be nice.' Arien answered, visibly more relaxed.
Arceo faced Arien and smiled at her, trying to reassure her that the three were going to be fine.
'Okay, just try to relax big sister. By the way, big brother! Do you want milk or juice? Since, you know, you spilled yours.' Arceo popped their head out behind Arien to look at Arjen.
Intentionally making their face cheerier to lessen the awkward tension around the room after the interaction with the emperor.
'Juice will be fine, Arcy.' Arjen answered with a smile.
'Aight!' Arceo jumped in their seat, facing the table. They grabbed their glass of juice and slid it over to Arjen.
They then looked at the nearest servant, signaling that they wanted something. The said servant stepped forward to them.
"Could you get me a glass of warm milk?" Arceo asked them.
The servant was hesitant about carrying out the order, so they turned their head to the emperor, asking for permission.
The emperor was silent as if lost in his thoughts but still nodded.
The servant quickly bowed and went to get the warm milk as soon as they saw the nod.
I suppose we have to get permission for the things we're going to do. Arceo observed.
The servant was quick and brought back the glass of warm milk to Arceo.
Arceo mindlessly slide it to their sister.
[The next couple of paragraphs will be the emperor's thoughts.]
Illegitimate children can only be an emperor's weakness, but I couldn't bring myself to kill them.
They were royal babies with my golden hair. They were all so small and light.
I concluded that if I couldn't kill them, then it'll be best to hide their existence forever.
and 5 years later, I got a report saying that Rurahel had died. Which led me to meet those three children who just turned 5-years-old.
They were so small that it seemed like they would break if I held them incorrectly.
I couldn't help but question myself. Did I...do the right thing?
As the meal came to an end, the triplets then got sent back to their rooms.
Upon coming back, all the built-up stress crashed on Arien as she passed out on the bed, but not before getting washed up and changed.
Arceo and Arjen had a talk about what had happened during the meal before they also rested beside Arien.
As morning came the three took their time with their breakfast and had to stay in their room.
They sat on the couch and mostly talked with each other and read books.
They moved around the room and ended up on their bed. Arjen was laying on his back with his hands behind his head, Arceo and Arien was both laying on their stomach.
Arien was using her elbows as support as she swung her legs up and down with a bored expression, while Arceo was burrowing themselves further into the bed.
'Arjennn, Arceoo' Arien said, dragging out the last letter of their names.
'Yeah?' 'Hm?' Arjen and Arceo replied simultaneously.
'Just how long do we have to stay in this room? And with all of the servants too.' Arien whined.
'I mean, we could just ask to go out y'know.' Arceo said as they lift their head up to meet their siblings.
'Do you think we could do that?' Arjen asked. He too, like his siblings was bored out of his mind and uncomfortable with the extra people present with them.
"Imperial prince, Imperial princesses. We can escort you to the backyard if you want." As the servants glanced at the children's state, one of the maids spoke up.
The three quickly sprung up from their positions as soon as the maid finished the sentence.
Arjen and Arien were quick to reply as Arceo nodded vigorously.
"We'll go!!"
_____
Welp this chapter is short :looking away:
but I think there will be angst in the next chapter [if I can managed to pull that off]
ANyway! Here's a scene that I couldn't pitch in this chapter :D
---
Arceo reached out to grab the teapot as they have finished their tea and wanted to pour more.
Once the liquid reached the cup, an aroma reached Arceo's nose and they visibly lit up.
As they finished pouring, they quickly took a sip of it with a flowery aura surrounding them as they also swung their legs under the table.
The aura surrounding them seemed to also have an effect on the people around them as they all either stare at them or have a slight smile on their faces.
Some wanted to pat the little royal but suppressed doing so as it would seem improper.
But the sister of the said royal got the privileged of patting their head, a smile adorned her face as she watched her little sibling sip of their drink.
It was quite uncommon for Arien and Arjen to see their little sibling genuinely happy.
The teapot that Arceo grabbed was actually filled with coffee.
It brought out some nice memories for them as they drink the coffee giddily.
---
:>
There you go. My attempt at writing slight(?) fluff :D
Anysewayseses ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ bye-bye now :wave:
~Coffé