Inside the Woods (Zidane&Garnet)

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Her voice echoed.
She did not sing in a large volume.

The song that she sang was merely for one person.
But in the quiet garden, that voice seem to resonate to somewhere far far away.

Inside the Woods
~one peaceful day..~

With the russtles of the wind and the chirpings of the birds playing as the background music, the voice rang.

The transparent voice.
There was still a slim sign of youth.


While the ears were filled with the clear singing voice that sounded like it came from heaven, the young man twitched his face gently.

The enormous tree above his head shrouded him from direct sunlight.
The blong hair danced in the hair and landed on his face.
And those hair were brushed away from his face by a tender hand.

As if enjoying this, he buried his head into the pillow.

A complaint entered his ears as soon as the song stopped.

"Hey, Zidane!"


Opening the eyes which were closed until now, Zidane gazed straight forward without moving.

From the snow white face that was colored by the black hair, those tea colored irises stared at him.
The face was a little pink from embarassment, and her face contracted from pouting.

Watching her, Zidane honestly thought she was "cute" and regarded her back.


"What's wrong, Dagger?"
In reaction of Zidane's smile, Dagger pumped her face with air once again.

"You know what's wrong."

Zidane's grin deepened more towards his lover's cute expression.

"Just saying "You know what's wrong." doesn't tell me anything"
"Zidane!"

Dagger blushed as he responded teasingly.
She twisted her head away from Zidane's amused face.


The wind strummed their hair.

Dagger's luminous hair played around on Zidane's face.
The sweet fragrance tickled Zidane's nostrils.

"It tickles."

Holding the hair back with her hands, her pupils focused on him again.

"It's me that tickles. You just lay on my leg and went to sleep."

"I wasn't sleeping."

Zidane replied, twirling her long black hair in his fingers.


"I was listening to Dagger's voice."


Saying those embarassing words, Zidane chuckled.

If he said the same thing in the past, she would certainly turn scarlet. However throughout all this time, Dagger got used to it.
After the fake furrow, Dagger retorted.

"I want to hear Zidane's stories."

It was only for a short time that Zidane-who was always voyaging from here to there-could return and visit Dagger.
Dagger, as a Queen, had plenty of work to do. She was always looking forward to hear his stories since she was not able to get out herself.

"Dagger's song first!"

With he shaking his head, Dagger protested softly.
He knew moving his head on her lap would tickled her.

"Didn't I just sing that song?"
Zidane, who abruptly showed up in her reading time without a warning, made her sing the song.
She was a bit angry, but blushing, and sang the song as he climbed between her lap and the book in her hands.

"No, I want to hear more."
She shook her head, smiling at his childish answer.


"Zidane you are so selfish."
"Oh, you just noticed?"
"No, I knew it very well."

Exchanging a crooked smile with each other, Zidane parted his lips again.

"Hey, let me hear it. I want to hear Dagger's song."

Before she shut her eyelids, Dagger beamed.
Her long eyelashed made a shadow to her skin, embellishing her appearance to a higher level.

Although she would get mad if he stares at the trace of her face, the shape of her eyes, and her lips too much, he could observe the beauty that she could not see.
She is really beautiful, thought Zidane.

Opening her mouth, the clear notes overflew.
While listening to that song which both him and her knew well with tilted ears, Zidane once again closed his eyes.