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universestreasures · 2 years

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@enterpainment Sent: A Touching Tenderly Meme (Accepting)

a touch when there is no time left. [Yuri @ Serena, Nobles of Nature au, when visiting hours are over? idk lolol]

Her reaction to the developing situation was unexpected. Ever since the day Yuri had been first assigned as her retainer, Serena has wanted nothing more than to be rid of him. She didn’t need or want someone constantly watching over her, especially when her activities would be reported back to her father. It felt suffocating. At least...at first it did.

Over time, she’s grown to...tolerate him. No, that’s not the right word. Appreciate would be more accurate. He still got on her nerves, that attitude of his always making her short temper flare. However, during her long nights of training, it was...pleasant to have company. Yuri stayed out of her way when asked, lent his ear to her frustrations, and even was a suitable sparing partner. It was if he too wanted to be at her side, for more than just the orders of the head of the Akaba family.

And now...her nights had become quiet once again with him locked behind bars for the time being. Having the heir to the Rainsworth house be poisoned after Ray’s gala was certainly unexpected, and of course, unfortunately Yuri was the prime suspect. Even if his identify as a venomous dragon was kept secret to only a select few, everyone pretty much knew he was the reason poisonous plants now lined parts of the estate. Not only that, he had made a little quip to Lady Rainsworth upon their first meeting, giving him a possible motivation to attack her.

But Serena knew better than to believe he’d do this. In her time with him, she’s seen how he follows protocol to the letter. In fact, he followed it better than some of the staff the girl’s known her entire life. There was no way he’d bring harm to a guest without an order, and her father wouldn’t be so foolish as to try and mess with the Rainsworth house, either. His research relied on the knowledge from their library. If anything, this put the Akaba family into conflict with them, since Sharon’s own retainer Break was the one to accuse Yuri and foster this whole thing in the first place.

Yuri didn’t do it. That much was certain to Serena, especially after knowing exactly where he had been during the entire event. There would have been no opportunity for him to even attempt to strike, and yet no one took her words into consideration. Now, the questions were who did it, and how she was going to prove his innocence.

These questions were what she had been discussing with the prisoner, managing to sneak her way down to the dungeon cell they had trapped him in deep beneath the estate. Seeing him like that, bound like an animal and not a person, felt...wrong. Yuri and his brothers were not human beings. However, they were not mindless animals either. They were individuals with autonomy and feelings. The only difference between them and her family were their dragonic features when the cloaking spell was broken. That was it in her eyes.

As the she feels the time between the two start to fade, hearing the clock strike seven and signaling the end of visiting hours, Serena is caught off guard by a surpassingly gentle grasp of his hands on her own. Emerald hues stare into magenta ones next. His eyes convey more than words ever could as to how he was feeling in this moment, and Serena would respond to those feelings in kind.

“I’m going to get you out of here. Dragon or not, you don’t deserve to be locked up for a crime you didn’t commit.” The girl swears, her own hands moving to clasp his back tightly. “And when I find out who actually poisoned Sharon and put us through this mess, they will experience a pain more devastating than any toxin.”

Serena then lets go of him, standing to her feet to begin her assent back upstairs. With her back turned, she stops before the first step to say one final thing to him. “If anyone is going to dismiss you from your duties, it will be me. Whether I wanted it or not, I’m your mistress and you’re my retainer. That means I have a responsibility to protect those who stand at my side. Just be sure to not die on me until I prove your innocence. You got that, Yuri?”

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universestreasures · 2 years

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@enterpainment Sent:

❝ You know... I could make it look like an accident, Serena. ❞ Yuri muses aloud, speaking out to announce his presence to Serena as she rounded the corner he knew she’d very well be taking. She, as well as the rest of her younger sisters, had just finished their lessons for the day. And he, who had nothing better to do that day then watch them, bore witness to the tiresome methods of their instructor for hours on end. And needless to say it irked him enough to offer his mistress a solution of his. ❝ That instructor of yours... could use a few lessons themselves. Since you continue to subject yourself to unnecessary insults and abuse, mistress, I take it as you won’t silence them yourself? ❞

Today’s full day of dance lessons had been unbearable for pretty much all of the Akaba children, and Serena was no exception. She was someone who never liked holding back her skills. No, in fact she showed great pride whenever she was able to show them off to others. However, that was not the case when it came today. It was sadly an opportunity she had to pass up on, Serena making a fool out of herself in front of everyone on purpose.

Similar to her younger sister Yuzu, Serena possessed a hidden talent she kept hidden from the world. Dancing had come as naturally to her as fighting, and was something she enjoyed practicing in secret as a guilty pleasure of sorts. Only Yuzu and unfortunately now Yuri knew she possessed such a thing, and that’s only because they both walked in on her doing so without her notice. Regardless, it was a talent she was forced to keep hidden to prevent her father from exploiting her more than he already had.

It was no secret that the only reason she was put into the arranged marriage with Shingo Sawatari was because not only did he take a shine to her since they were young, but also was the one her father knew could keep the Sawatari’s under her thumb and thus the thumb of Lord Akaba himself. Yuzu, Rin, and Ruri were all too kind for such a mission, and with Ray set to take over the Akaba House very soon, only left the middle child to be the bride of the blonde noble. Serena can only imagine what else her father would force her into if he learned she was a skilled dancer, thus fueling her desire to keep it secret and not arouse suspicion by dancing as if she had two left feet earlier.

She left the room in a huff, her knees and arms bruised from the amount of falls she took. They would heal soon enough, but essentially allowing herself to be knocked around by making wrong moves and letting the strict teacher scold her was as humiliating as it was irritating. All the girl wanted to do was go vent out her frustrations with some late night training. There were some dead plants in the garden that needed to be removed, anyway.

Though, it seems like Yuri might have other plans. His sudden appearance from behind the corner catches her off guard, Serena taking a light step back in response. Emerald hues then blink for a moment, taking a moment to register what he is saying. Quickly after her teeth grit harshly, the girl grabs his hand, dragging the dragon boy towards her chambers with all the speed she can muster. Serena doesn’t care about the looks others are giving her right now. She had to get herself and Yuri into a secure location. She had to make sure no one was listening or watching what she is about to do next.

“Bastard!” The noble shouts, pushing Yuri into the room with enough force to knock him to the ground. Her feet quickly step on his legs to hold him in place. A flick of her wrist comes next, a blade of moonlight suddenly manifesting that she then proceeds to point at his throat. Serena was thankful that the night was upon them and her magic was fully available for her to use. “I ordered you to never say anything that could give away my secret in a public setting especially something you already damm well know the answer to! I thought I made that perfectly clear the night you found out! I’m this close to slitting your throat!”

Serena then begins to pant then as her free hand curls into a first, the exhaustion of the day and the tension in the air seeming to catch up to her. However, she refused to show weakness towards her own servant. She already had to look pathetic all day already. Though, if Yuri could see it through the darkness of her bedroom, he might find a red blush had appeared across her cheeks.

“And why...why did you call me by my name like that?! You’ve never done so before, not even with my title, and yet you do it in public?! Near my siblings no less!? Is this another sick prank of yours to piss me off, or are you trying to insulate we are on such casual terms with one another, Snake Breath?!”

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