Some Recollection - Hans and Anna
Hans had decided some time back he quite liked this simpler life. Sure, it wasnāt exactly a princely position, but it was better than the stress at home. Besidesā¦. He was far enough down the line that he couldĀ āvanishā and remake his life as he wanted to.
How he never thought of that before, actually? It seemed so obvious now. He could travel, or return to the navy. He had enjoyed the sea after all. It was a sense of freedom.
But for the first timeā¦ There were things he would lose if he did that. Would he see Anna again? (Would she even mind - no, put that worry aside for now). She has done so much for him, he shouldnāt vanish in return. He could apply to help protect the royal family, work his way up the rankings. He had military experience. That wouldnāt be a bad idea. He had read enough books to know how best to hold a guardian-like position, how to prevent anyone from shutting her out of anything -
A windowsill. Night time. Anna sits in front of him, dressed like true royalty. She looks lonely.
ā-But then, one day she just, shut me out andā¦ I never knew why.ā
It sounded so familiar and yet so different, but he couldnāt help it.
āI would never shut you out.ā He placed a hand on hers, as though confirming a promise.
Images flash in his mind. Luckily, Hans manages to sit down before hurting himself.
They explore the castle, talk, dance. Hans felt less of an ideal talking partner and more like himself again. This girl, someone he literally bumped into, is perfect. Heās only here for a day and yet he wants to see her again. And for some reason, his normally logical mind comes up with only one solution -
Work abandoned, Hans rises to his feet and hurries to the castle as fast as his legs can carry him. Heās sure the servants are giving him strange looks but he just has Ā to find Anna and ask her. Thereās no way he would be so illogical, right?
Luckily, he finds her in the library, where he gracelessly stumbles in. Not exactly a āpicture of sophisticated graceā, especially given how their last conversation went a few weeks previously.
Probably not the best way of sayingĀ āhey, I got some of my memories backā, but he is kind of in shock here.
