One of the innate fears placed upon you as a human was of the fae and Prythian as a whole, so it was still daunting to think that you were now living in the Night Court amongst them. It was a long story how you ended up in the Inner Circle of the High Lord of the Night Court, but you were seen as their equal even if they were hyperaware of the fact that you were physically weaker and there would be many other fae who wanted to hurt you. For most of the time you were to stay under the watchful eye of at least one of them, and today it happened to be Azriel.

Although you enjoyed spending time with everyone in the Inner Circle for their own reasons, but Azriel had easily become your favourite. It wasn't as though you had ended up spending more fun in your time with him but throughout your time in Velaris you had begun to fall in love with Azriel, even though you couldn't read his emotions nearly well enough to tell if he felt anything for you.

You had asked to go for a walk today as you had spent more time inside than you were fond of and just escaping out to the beautiful views of Velaris was definitely your favourite thing to do.

"The way they spoke of Prythian, I would have thought that it would be far more horrific," you said. "Everywhere I have seen thus far has been beautiful, especially Velaris, we have nothing like this."

It had become habit for you to have a generally one-sided conversation with Azriel. He didn't say much to you in response, but he had made it previously clear that he did listen to you and cared about what you had to say.

"I understand why there is a divide between our people, but it still baffles me how different your world is to everything we are told. I'm also aware that not every fae will be as nice as you guys, but we are always taught that you are all monsters, but you are the furthest thing from it."

You stopped walking when you reached a spot that was quiet and beautiful, and you needed to take in the view before you would continue on your walk and turn back to where you called home. You weren't sure what came over you, whether it was the happiness that your new life gave you or just seeing the gentle smile on his face, but confidence rushed through you, and you decided to go with it. You didn't hesitate in fear of the confidence disappearing and leant up onto your tip toes to press your lips to his in a quick kiss.

Instantly you felt regret. You had no idea if he liked you in return and you were terrified of what he would say or do from you expressing how you felt.

"Did... did you just kiss me?" He asked, shocked by your action.

"I'm so sorry," you croaked. "I didn't mean to overstep... I just... I don't know what I was thinking... I have liked you for a while and I was stupid... I'm sorry."

You continued to ramble out an apology, only being stopped when he rested a hand onto your shoulder, snapping you out of your panic.

"You have no reason to apologise," he said softly. "I have wanted to kiss you for the longest time."

Your cheeks became red as he leaned in to kiss you once again.

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Written by Charlotte.

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