•E/C: Eye Color
Your POV:
I take a look around at my surroundings in confusion as I scratch the side of my head.
'Why am I in the middle of the woods?'
Little Bean barks in confusion. Looks like we were both stumped. One minute I was out taking him on a walk around the outside of the manor, the next I'm in the middle of the woods. I sigh in frustration.
"Well, s***." I form a portal, figuring it was best not to have the puppy with me when I don't even know what's happening. I usher the corgi through before trudging through the forest. Ash would probably take care of him from there. He rarely let that dog out of his sight ever since we got him. I knew he was at the house...the new one. We moved in a couple days ago, so he was probably still unpacking.
I took note of how peaceful it was out here. I shut my eyes and breathe in the fresh oxygen that the trees provided. The only real bothersome trait was the bugs. I swat a nat that landed on my arm. The little bastards have been pestering me this entire time. I stop in my tracks when my E/C orbs land on a familiar blonde. I almost didn't believe my eyes. He was holding onto a butterfly and sat at the base of a tree, speaking to it.
"I was kind enough to save you, and you repay me by trying to escape?" He angrily rips off a wing from the blue insect. "I won't let you. You won't be going anywhere."
Not bothering to listen to him speak to the creature in a concerning, yandere-like way, I race towards him and lift him up in a tight hug, catching him by surprise. I squeeze him half to death.
"Oh, my sweet, baby boy, you're alive!" I was crying tears of joy as I squeezed the life out of Alois. He kicks at me in attempts to escape.
"Put me down!" He demands, gasping for air. I then realized that I was holding him too tightly. His face was even turning blue.
"Oops." I drop him, allowing him to breathe again. The butterfly somehow managed to remain in his grasp the entire time. "Sorry about that, I was just so happy to find you alive."
"Of course I'm bloody alive! Why wouldn't I be?!" He glares up at me, clearly angry. My expression falls slightly.
'Oh...I went back in time again, didn't I?' I sigh and kick the ground.
"Damn. And, I was so happy to see you again too." I bend down and offer my hand to help him up. He slaps it away and helps himself. I'm not discouraged, though. I expected his behavior to be rude. I do help him dust off, though, much to his dismay. Spider butler walks towards us.
"Your highness." And just like that, Claude and I engaged in a glare battle. I stick my tongue out at the spider in disgust. They didn't have a choice but to let me follow them back to their manor. As we walked through the magnificent rose garden, Alois went on and on about how he wanted a butterfly cage. It was really adorable.
"You want an insect cage?"
"Yes, for the butterfly," he clarifies.
"With or without a cage, I doubt it will be going anywhere soon."
I punch Claude's arm.
"Don't destroy the kid's dreams, you asshat." I wrap my arm around the blonde's shoulders with a large smile. "We can make a whole room for it filled with flowers. How does that sound?"
Alois smiles at me, liking the idea.
"That's just what I had in mind! Claude." The blonde turns to the butler expectantly.
"I shall see to it at once." The spider sets a hand over his heart, or he would have if had had one. The heartless bastard. We head inside, where we find the triplets whispering amongst themselves. We approach them, and I give a bright smile with a wave. Alois clears his throat.
"What is this?" He approaches the three with a smile on his face. "You lot are always whispering. I wonder why that is?"
Claude steps forward to give his master an answer.
"They are ill-bred and foul tongued. I have ordered them to speak quietly, so they need not offed your ears, sir."
Alois chuckles and turns to the butler in black.
"'Ill-bred and foul tongued'? You wouldn't be implying something about me, would you?" He gets on his tip toes to grab Claude's cheeks. I hold in a laugh from how the spider managed to keep a straight face when he was clearly fuming on the inside from his master's childish actions.
"Never. Such a thing wouldn't occur to me."
Alois lets go and stands flat on his feet again, a fake smile plastered to his lips.
"If they whisper, I can't hear what they're saying. I don't like it!" He says in a lower voice, showing it upset him.
"From now on, you will all speak up!" He orders with clenched fists before storming off. I let out a low whistle to break the tension a bit. The triplets whisper amongst themselves again before clapping their hands over their mouths in unison. Once they fall back at their sides, they speak.
"The master has a few screws loose upstairs."
"He's a bit of a head case."
"A dim bulb you might say."
I break down laughing, clutching my stomach as I leaned an arm on the closest triplet. Tears prick my eyes from the hard laughter.
"That's enough. There is work that needs to be done. Carpet the master's chamber with red roses to accommodate the butterfly."
They all bow to the head butler as they continue spewing foul statements.
"The master's clearly mental."
"Who needs a room full of roses?"
"Do it yourself."
"Okay, you guys are by far my favorite people now." I wipe my eyes clear of joyful tears as I regain composure. I'm ignored by Claude, but the others give me secret smirks.
"A proper butler knows to delegate simpler jobs to lower servants." He adjusts his glasses. "Yes. He shouldn't busy himself with menial housework."
"Well, f*** you too, Claude. Do you always have to be such an ass?" You know I always made it a point to reduce my swearing whenever I was in this world because it was considered rude, but this is Claude. I don't give two s**** about this b****. He sends me a sharp glare, while the triplets bite the insides of their cheeks to prevent them from laughing out loud.
"Just get it done. As for you," he looks down at me with hate. "I expect you to stay as far away from the master as possible." He walks away without another word.
"Try and stop me, you stupid bug!" I shout at him with my hands cupped near my mouth.
"Your glasses are fogged up!" One of the triplets yelled in the same way I did from behind me. I turn to them with a grin on my face, and my hand raised.
"Whichever one of you did that should give me a hi five."
They all send glances at one another, not moving an inch. My smile falters.
"Come on guys don't leave a girl hanging."
One of them approaches me and gives me a lousy hi five. Probably because they've never done one before.
"I'll take what I can get." I put my hand down and walk past them to get to the rose garden, going between the other two and patting them on the shoulders.
"Let's go before spider b**** throws a fit."