Mogeko Castle: Wanna some frozen yogurt? [eng]

 

He followed her in silence, trying to avoid make any sound. Doing that was usually easy. General knew how properly took steps without been noticed. Normally he didn't make stupid mistakes, but this time…

"You can stop hiding, my general."

He squealed, jumping in fear while he heard Moge-kov voice. Then he blushed in embarrassment.

She slowly turned away. Her ice-cold blue eyes looked exactly at the place he was hiding. Trying to make his best to pretend everything is alright, Mogekov came out from behind the tree. The snow crunched under his feet.

"Did something's wrong?", she asked, tilted her head.

"O-of course not!", he huffed, looked away. "I just… strolling."

"Oh, okay."

General knew she didn't believe him. Moge-kov knew him too good, and that was the problem. She perfectly pretended she didn't notice his strange behavior, but Hashasky knew she did. Maybe she just didn't care, or she was trying to make him comfortable.

She always did that. He could only guess why, but his subordinate supported him whatever he did. Whenever he was scared, Moge-kov was there, closing her eyes at how pathetic he was. She came to rescue him after he was kidnapped by Moge-ko and since then…

Oh, something was different. Or maybe he finally noticed things, which were obvious from the very beginning.

"Hey… We could… stroll together", he said. Or rather tried, because his voice seemed to be so weak and silently.

But she heard him.

"Indeed, my general."

So they did. Walking side by side, they were strolling through the snowy forest. General stared at the ground, too nervous to looked at his companion. It was enough for him to know that she was there. He could feel her warm. In the corner of his eye, he observed her gently movements. The way she lightly stepped on snowy ground, somehow reminded him of a falling snow. In the good way, of course. Her ice-cold eyes seemed to be warm and gentle whenever he looked in them.

"My general…", she said suddenly. He tensed by hearing her voice. "May I ask you something?"

"Y-yeah… Why not?"

Why he needed to sound like a scared mouse?! Blushed again and cleaned his voice, trying to calm down.

"Did I do something wrong?"

He stopped that suddenly that he almost fall. What…?!

"Why did you…?"

"I don't know. You're just looking at me that strange way since we back to Kremlin", she confessed. With a sigh, she closed her eyes. "I was thinking about that earlier. And maybe I deserved it. I truly apologize I wasn't able to protect you when you needed."

Okay, that was too much. He was looking at her with his jaw dropped. When he realized that, quickly shuts up his mouth, but still wasn't able to control his thoughts.

What nonsense she was saying? General tried to deny, but he was out of words. So he just stared at her, blushing and shaking his head.

"It's… I mean… How did you…?"

Moge-kov narrowed her eyes.

"My general?"

"Aaaaaagh."

He turned away, hiding his face in the hands. Like a coward, but who cared? Gasping and trying to catch his breath, he stayed still for a while. Hashasky was able to feel Moge-kov gaze, but not to look at her. Her ice-cold eyes somehow were making everything harder.

"It's just…", he mumbled, rubbishing his face. "I mean… It's not your fault at all. You came."

"But…"

"Wanna some frozen yogurt?"

Oh, well… He didn't mean to said that, really, but that was the first thing he was to come to his mind. Next to: do you wanna build a snowman with me?

I'm the snowman. For a god sake.

They stood in silence. He still wasn't able to look at her, even if everything started to be… uncomfortable. Why did he say that? And how she could think that she…?

Suddenly Moge-kov laughed.

General froze. Slowly looked behind, truly confused. He raised an eyebrow, looking at his companion curiously. She didn't laugh often. Not that way, so cheerfully and innocent.

"Wha…? What is so funny?!", he groaned, shaking his hands.

"I… I'm sorry! It's just…" Moge-kov covered her mouth, still giggling. "I couldn't stop myself. I guess what are you doing, my general."

"You are?"

"Maybe", she answered more seriously. She was quickly back to her normal self. "I appreciate. And yes, we can get some frozen yogurt if you want."

"R-really?"

She smiled with her usual distance.

"Of course.", she said, and just gone away.

General gasped and in rush run for her. What did just happen?, he thought in disbelieve, but that wasn't important.

Moge-kov was smiling. And seemed to know she was precious from him – almost that much as frozen yogurt he was cherishing.

That was enough. At lest for now.