#whitefirechain

nope! karmas special! this is actually the 2nd time this has happened to him, and its never happened to any other character (theres been a boys only box and a girls only box but thats it)

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It's time to take advantage of his small stature and slip away from the crowd unnoticed; by no means does Leo hate social gatherings as much as his master, but it does get stifling. 

A quick look around. There are no servants to be seen. That's all the encouragement he needs to pad down the stairs to the reception room.

It is empty, as expected. The windows are wide open and despite the day having been blistering, the night air is chill and in two long strides he's at the window, taking it all in: the countless fireflies in the sky, the minuet drifting from the floor above, perhaps following the trail left by the ivy from window to window to window. 

«♙» Some days the valet had to wonder who kept the busier schedules: those nobles or their servants? With so many guests coming to and fro through the Vessalius doors, seeking audiences with his lord and young mistress, he finds himself meditating upon those differences between the lives they lead--

And it's precisely that contemplation that causes him to fill the cup to brimming with tea.

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—— ✢ "What is thy business with me?"

♠ } Ah, she was pretty! His eyes were captured in a heartbeat. "Hello, miss!" He called out to the girl. How lucky for him to run into someone like this.