52 Television series

"Do it gentler!" Queen said softly.

"I'm trying." Quince replied.

"It hurts!" Queen whimpered out.

"Hold on for a bit more, it's going to be alright." Quince tried to console her.

"Isn't it enough, I can barely move!" Queen complained without much strength.

"Just endure it a bit more." Quince said softly as he continued massaging her injured foot.

Right now Quince was sitting on the floor as he massaged Queen's foot. It almost healed but since she got the injury at the same spot, it became worse.

Earlier Quince walked away to get the first aid kit and had been massaging her ever since, much to Queen's frustration.

"I'm really alright now Quince." Queen said with tears threatening to spill from her eyes. He swore by his massage method but damn does it hurt!

"2 minutes and it'll be done. If you don't let me do this, you will take almost 7 days to heal instead of 3." Quince said as he continued rubbing her foot.

"Really?" Queen said in a sad voice causing Quince to look up at her. The sight he saw nearly made his heart drop as she looked so desolate like an injured bunny.

Quince was instantly reminded that she was just a little girl and felt his previous irritation completely vanish.

"I promise." He said with a gentle smile on his face, leaving Queen in a daze.

"How do you even know this?" Queen asked after she recovered. Her cat's smile was too cute, she forgot about her pain for a moment.

"One of the various skills taught to young masters of the Estplanadas family." Quince replied shortly and got up to put the first aid kit back at the original place.

"Just how many things do you have to study?" Queen asked as soon as Quince sat on the sofa.

The distance between them could fit at least 2 people in between.

Quince leaned back on the sofa and replied,"Languages, self defense, first aid, dancing, musical instruments..." Quince suddenly trailed off, annoying Queen who was listening intently.

"And?" She prodded and waited for his reply. Quince saw her impatience and almost smiled at her cute expression.

"What about you?" Quince asked instead. "What does the sole heir of the Vancroft family got to learn?"

"Hmmm same as you I guess but other activities like sewing, ornament, jewelries training and various feminine activities were added." Queen replied grimacing at the memory.

This time Quince did smile as he said, "I take it that you didn't like those activities?"

"Like? I hate it! They were so bloody annoying! 'Oh no Miss Vancroft!" Queen suddenly raised her voice higher, trying her best to imitate her strict instructor, "'That was completely unacceptable. Kindly redo the task.'"

Queen immediately rolled her eyes in frustration after telling Quince about it.

Quince couldn't help chuckling at her interesting expressions as she tried to portray her experience to him. Queen looked at him, slightly startled at the sound, but soon felt herself smiling in reply to his joy.

She was reminded once more of how they laughed together a long time ago.

Not wanting to end the harmonious atmosphere, Queen immediately shifted closer to Quince before whispering,"You can tell me if you hated those tasks too, I promise I won't ruin your image or inform your fan club."

Quince abruptly stopped chuckling and looked at her with a teasing glint in his eyes. "You mean, you would announce my secret to the world?"

"I just said I won't!" She looked so serious as she tried to convince him to believe her, he couldn't help chucking once more.

Queen pouted her lips in annoyance when she saw that action of his. She crossed her arms and complained. "You don't believe me!"

"You do realize Miss Vancroft, that you are anything but trustable at this moment?" Quince moved his face closer to hers as he uttered those words.

"What do you mean?" Queen stared at him, with fire burning in her eyes.

"The stunt you pulled at the cruise is still very fresh in my mind." Quince replied.

"That was a test!" Queen said exasperated at this whole situation.

"Regardless, it is the truth that you attempted to cause havoc and confusion on the cruise, wasting time and valuable resources." Quince moved his face away from hers and took the documents on the side table to read instead.

"What...!!!" Queen couldn't help huffing at how unfair he was being. She decided to ignore him and grabbed the remote to open the television instead.

She changed the channels in anger but stopped at one with a disgusted expression on her face.

There was a particularly dramatic soap opera on called, 'Snow love.' The reason Queen knew about it was because her mother loved watching it and 'forced' her to watch it as well.

It was a sweet romance between a poor girl and a rich guy trying to make things work. The girl was thrown into various ridiculous situation and the guy was the one that protected her every time. It was completely cheesy,uncreative and lame.

Queen absolutely hated the series and would complain about it every time. Yet, she never misses an episode making her mother laugh in secret at her contradictory behavior.

Queen started watching the series and was completely absorbed in it within no time.

Quince whom was pretending to read the documents secretly glanced at the girl beside him as she watched the drama.

She had so many expressions ranging from disgust,anger,happiness and so on as she watched the television.

As Queen watched the series, Quince continued watching her instead. Until suddenly, she turned to face him.

She had a very weird expression on her face but soon, determination flashed in her eyes and she pushed her face towards his.

Quince was off guard and was completely unprepared as she suddenly kissed him!