Snap…shot-Draco
Author: Antonya Mcclelland
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Today Io will receive the drawing that is a snapshot in time. I try to picture what her facial expression will be like when she sees what it is. As I sit on this bench waiting for Huli I imagine that it would be shocked at first but turn into extreme joy. I wish I could be there to see it.

“Hello Draco” Huli greets as he takes a seat next to me.

“Hello Huli, how are you today?” I ask politely.

“I am well. Thanks, but I can see from the tapping of your fingers you are anxious to hear about the girl” he says with a smirk. I blush and rub my hands on my robe. “It is okay brother; your courted woman is doing well. She looks much like the day I met her and is in good health. She is always excited to receive her gifts. I did leave the last without talking to her first. My father was insistent that I come home right after studies” he admits.

I have never met either of his parents. He does not mention them much. I smile at the news of how Io is. “I am very appreciative
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