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@☁ Jessica Baekho stood there for a moment, waving back at her as she looked back. He smiled happily as he turned around, clutching the bag of cookies in his arms. He could smell the heavenly scent oozing from the bag, not managing to contain himself. He unrolled the bag and grabbed one, chewing on it as he slowly made his way towards the hiding place where he had hid away Arrow.

@☾ Baekho Jessica couldn’t help but give a gentle laugh at this point, smiling warmly at him. “Thank you and I will see you tomorrow then.” Pulling back from the hug, she couldn’t help but blush at this point but nodded to him, motioning for him to go. “Go ahead and go alright. Please be careful with the guards.” Waving to him, she walked back a bit before turning around and heading off, not able to help to glance back at him once more before turning around and heading back to the castle.

@☁ Jessica Baekho smiled as she held out another bag of cookies, bigger than the one he had been given the day before. "I'll make sure to share with my friend and we'll see what she thinks, mh?~" he asked with a small smile, accepting the bag before swooping her up in a tight hug. "I'll be safe. And I'll see you tomorrow~"

@☾ Baekho At this, she couldn’t help but sigh but still smiled gently at him. “Don’t worry I will be fine,” she said with a gentle smile. But his next words caught her off guard but she nodded as she slowly stood up. “Alright don’t worry about it and I will see you then okay.” She took out more from her bag and held it out to him. “Some more cookies to cure, I need to see what other people think and not just you alright?” Smiling she leaned in and hugged him before pulling back. “Be safe going back alright?”

@☁ Jessica "I..." Baekho searched for a solution, but couldn't think of anything. His heart sunk as he slowly shook his head. "I don't know... Sorry," he mumbled, frowning a little. He glanced up at her, knowing she wouldn't take it as hard as he would. "Just... be safe, okay? And I'll find you tomorrow."

@☾ Baekho At his question, she blinked a bit and couldn't help but bite her lip a little. Could there really be a way for her to live a normal safe life? Other then running away she didn't know what else could be done. "What else can be done Baekho? Short then running away I don't think there is anything possible for me to do without getting into any form of trouble." She was curious to see what he had to say on this.

@☁ Jessica Baekho pouted. He hated people being forced to do things against their will, seeing it as inhuman to treat someone as your lesser for any reason. "What... What if there was another way? Another way that you could live a safe life, without having to be a slave?" He tried coming up with a way that she could escape in his head, but knew that he probably didn't have the know-how to get her out of there.

@☾ Baekho Just as she was about to leave, she couldn't help but freeze a little and seemed to blush. She slowly sat back down before feeling her heart freeze. Just when she thought she would cry, she was a little surprised before biting her lip and nodding a bit. "I know but...its better then what other people have. Like I said before I have a roof over my head, all the food I could want and good clothes and people to protect me should something be happening that could put me in danger. Though I hate being a slave, I will take it if it means I get to live a safe life."

@☁ Jessica The nomad felt a small rush of panic flood through him as Jessica got up. He shot up, quickly reaching out and grabbing her hand. "P-please... Don't go. I...."He looked at her with pleading eyes, hoping she would sit back down. "A-and I do mind you being a slave. It is horrible and unfair..." he mumbled with a sad pout. "You're a person, not an object..."

@☾ Baekho Jessica couldn't help but blush a brighter red at this point before slowly nodding her head. "Yeah...but that isn't why I help you or anything! I do it because I honestly want to and its what I feel is right...but my feelings are just because you are you and dont mind me being a slave," she said gently to him. Looking to him, she couldn't help but feel worried that the other was mad since he was staying quiet. "Sorry I guess i will go...I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable...I will see you tomorrow then so dont worry."

@☁ Jessica Baekho widened his eyes in genuine surprise. "You... L-like... me?" he stuttered out, cheek blushing up a dark red as stared at her. "Me? You like... Me?" He couldn't believe it. How was he to know that? Had she given him a sign? Well, there had been the kiss, but... That was to hide him from the guards... Wasn't it?

@☾ Baekho At his words she couldn't help but give a soft laugh at this before nodding at him. "You are a little charming so I will you that. I think its just because you are so easy to talk to that I am not afraid to be myself or anything," she said softly to him. Sighing a little, she looked to him a bit before looking at her hands once more. "And I know...I guess you can tell that I do like you and I know I shouldn't push myself to you or anything then I shouldn't but I cant help it. So if I do something that makes you uncomfortable then please forgive me."

@☁ Jessica Baekho brightened up, giving a light chuckle before leaning closer, striking a little pose. "Maybe it's the charming beast inside me that can't help it when I see a pretty lady," he answered jokingly, before bursting out laughing. "No, no, I don't know," he managed to get out under his breath, holding his stomach as he laughed.

@☾ Baekho "That is very much true but I dont have it that bad, at least I am protected to a degree inside the castle," she whispered softly, not even wanting to think about some of the men she tried to avoid at all costs. Shaking her head a bit to get rid of those thoughts, she looked to him with a soft smile. "How is it you can draw this side out of me so easily? No one has ever been able to do this yet you do this so freely...how," she whispered while looking into his eyes.

@☁ Jessica Baekho looked up at her and shook his head. "Wishing for your freedom is never a bad thing to do," he explained, nodding his head matter of factly once. "Every person should get to at least try themselves at a full life before they are stripped of their chance so rudely.

@☾ Baekho Hearing all this she was actually surprised that he wanted nothing, now she felt like she was being selfish. “I still have it so good, I have a roof over my head and food to eat…I don’t starve and I am not beat anymore yet I want much more…I feel like it makes me a bad person,” she whispered with a soft sigh. She looked at him with a sad smile before looking back at her hands. “I guess if I could choose I would want my freedom, being able to do what I want without having a curfew…that way I could truly do more like I would want.”

@☁ Jessica Baekho blinked his eyes a little before his expression became thoughtful. He placed his chin in his hand, tilting his head a little as he tried to think it through. Anything he lacked? Something that he wished he had? It was a hard question to answer, but surely there had to be something...
But he couldn't think of anything. His mind was absolutely blank. With a shrug of his shoulders he admitted to the true, explaining that: "I don't really know. I feel I have more than I should be allowed as it stands already, so I'm really not sure."

@☾ Baekho “Yah…such a flirt,” she teased as she blushed before giving a soft laugh. “Hmm, what else can I ask about you right now.” She starred at him a bit, trying to work out what she wanted to know. “At this moment I want to know what it is you are thinking and what it is that you want,” she said gently to him. “Do you feel like you are lacking something or that you are missing something in life that you wish that you could have?”

@☁ Jessica "I guess so," Baekho answered with a small shy smile, hoping the blush on his cheeks wasn't visible. "Well, I am willing to answer most any question you ask. So... Now's your chance I guess?" He opened his arms, grinning a little as he said his next words: "Take your best shot, Angel." The nickname had become synonymous with Jessica in his mind by now. She brought food, water and shelter. Truly, she had to be as close to an angel as anyone could be.

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@☾ Baekho At this, she only smiled before lightly shaking her head. “No real reason really, I was just really curious about it all.” Sipping on her water, she soon was too full before putting it down. “And sorry for all the questions but I really just am curious about you is all,” she said with a small shrug of her shoulders. “I cant help but just be curious about you is all. I never have met someone like you at all…so different from the little world I am used to.”

@☁ Jessica Baekho humbly accepted the water, drinking it in huge gulps that quickly emptied the bottle. He hadn't realized how parched his throat truly had been until the moment he felt his lips wetted by the water, but the content of the bottle had helped him severely.
He leaned back with a sigh, staring back up at the sky until he heard Jessica speak again.
"If I could settle down? I... Don't really know," he answered truthfully. "I'm not sure I would ever find myself comfortable stuck in one place, especially if I couldn't be out amongst the dunes from time to time."
He glanced over at her with innocent eyes, tilting his head slightly. "Why do you ask?"

@☾ Baekho Jessica couldn’t’ help but give a soft sigh relief when he took it. “I am more then happy to help you at any time.” Going back to eating with one hand, she took out some water and gave it to him to drink. When she was done, she dusted off her hand and drank from her own bottle. Sighing a little at this she watched him and bit her lip some. “Baekho if you truly had the chance to settle down and just…find a home without having to go from place to place, would you ever take it?”

@☁ Jessica "I just... haven't been too hungry," Baekho lied, knowing it was just his guilt eating away at him that made him feel like he shouldn't eat, lest he hurl it all back up. "But... Thanks for always bringing me food." He put the last bite of his sandwich in his mouth, quickly finishing it and swallowing, letting out a content sigh. As she brought out a wrap filled with what looked like cookies, his eyes widened. They looked delicious and probably tasted ten times as good.
"Y-you truly are too kind," he repeated yet again, bowing his head politely as he accepted the offer. "I'll make sure to eat them when I'm out scouting." He tried himself at a small smile, hoping it would help sooth her a little.

@☾ Baekho Seeing him finally eat she was able to relax before helping to guide him to sit. When she sat down, she brought out some cookies that were wrapped and blush. “I hope you will try these and even though I didn’t create this kind but it’s the first time I make oatmeal raisin cookies so I hope that you will like it.” Seeing him eat, she couldn’t help but take out her own and begin to eat slowly. “Have you just been sitting there the whole day? Have you not tried to get food of your own?”

@☁ Jessica Baekho accepted the offered meal, bowing his head politely before pealing the wrapper back, instantly hit with the smell of fresh cheese and meat. He looked at the sandwich, feeling his mouth water before he took his first bite. It had been the only thing he had eaten since the day before, and it finally gave his stomach something to do.

@☾ Baekho “Its not that I mind you sleeping,” she said after the hug before smiling softly to him. “I just didn’t want to leave you last night…I was too afraid a guard would find you by chance and I didn’t want that.” She pouted a little before reaching into her bag and holding it out. “I want you to at least eat this okay? The food you left behind, the animals ate it and left the wrapper so please…eat. I don’t want to worry that you are going to pass out on me from feeling weak or just from being hungry.”

@☁ Jessica Baekho felt a small wave of relief rush over him as he sighed. The energy he had felt that morning had all but disappeared by now, replaced by gloomy clouds of exhaustion. Maybe he had been afraid for nothing, but still... He could never have been sure.
Carefully, he pulled her closer, hugging her tightly to him. "I'm glad you're not wounded," he whispered before letting go of her again. "I... Guess I'll still try visiting... Just... I'll just try not to fall asleep anymore."

@☾ Baekho At his words, she shook her head and let out a light smile. “I didn’t so please don’t feel bad, I could have tried harder to wake you up but a part of me…wanted to stay the night so please don’t feel bad.” She bit her lip and slowly went to him, lightly grabbing his hand. “Are you really not going to come to visit anymore? I thought we were at least…something…I don’t know.” She sighed a little before looking to him. “You really didn’t cause me trouble and I enjoy your company quite a lot.”

@☁ Jessica Baekho raised his eyes just a little as he saw Jessica passing through his vision. He felt his stomach tighten unpleasantly, quickly swinging off the roof and making his way down to the ground. As he stood there hidden in the shadows, he looked at her with saddened eyes, feeling ashamed that his stupid actions could lead to pain.
"i hope you didn't get punished.." he voiced carefully once he had collected his thoughts sufficiently. ]