Tick tick tick tick tick.
That what Avid's past hour has been full off. A clock counting off her moments of an unsteady heart.
Today was... okay. Pretty okay, same pattern, same times, little breaks for talking to new guards...
Still flirting with the King.
Of all things- sure Frith could've easily swept Avid off her hooves at any second. Or maybe any brawny, harsh sounding stallion can lure her from the soft spoken King. It was pretty obvious how different the high ranking Unicorn was to any other wife searching stallion was in this kingdom.
He was like water and any other guy to avid was like- her favorite fizzy cider.
It was bubbly, and exciting at first. But then it'd go flat and she'd find a new one. While water was water. It was a good clear hydration that was cold and refreshing after given some time to breath, warm when you wanted to splash some flavor into your palette. Only misuse and abuse of such a wonderful substance would dirty it.
And from there, she knew.
Sekr was water, the kingdom was that flavor. And she was going to dirty him.
She's the problem in this kingdom.
She was always the problem.
...
Knock Knock
This was bad.
"My... My King?"
My love? Crush? Flirt?
"Are you... awake?"
She can't do this.
Avid steps back, hopeful her nervous knocks were too soft to wake Sekr.
"... A-Apologies..."
She took a deep breath.
"I shouldn't be plaguing you with my existence..."