11 sTrainings (2/2)

Snow took deep breaths as she was trying to get her breathing under control. Noctis was good, she didn't expect anything less from him, she just thought because it would be his first time in a long time to train, he wouldn't be this good already, but she noticed his movement and speed, in the begining it was slow, but as they advanced he suddenly changed, and it was as good as hers.

She wonderd why he suddenly changed, then it occured to her, maybe he was testing her to see how much strength he can use. But why? Is he afraid that he would hurt her? She immediately felt her heart flutter at the thought.

She stood up from her crouch position after regaining some control over her breathing.

When she posistioned her sword in her right hand, she looked at Noctis, she could read nothing from his face, he had no expression, and his eyes showed no warmth in them, almost like he didn't know who she is, but just a person who should be beated by him.

Suddenly there was a gust of wind and in a blink of an eye he was in front of her. Sharp gasps were heard from the crowd.

A flash of surprise crossed Snow's face.

She barely blocked him.

She realised that he ment business, and from the looks of it, he's not going to hold back any more.

Ice coldness were then found in Snow's eyes, even the little bit of warmth that Snow appeared to have, has disappeared.

If he wanted to play like that, what's stopping me from doing it, Snow thought.

When Noctis saw that Snow's expression changed to something he never have seen before, he was surprised. He, of course knew about the coldness in his eyes, but he thought it always was there, never once thinking that every time he looked at her, that very coldness would turn into warmth.

When Noctis looked into Snow's eyes again, it was like something has changed, when he looked more carefully he saw, that Snow's eyes didn't have that beautiful ocean blue colour anymore, but instead, an icy blue colour over took Snow's eyes, the green in her eyes were lighter, you have to know how to look to see it, otherwise you wouldn't even know it was there.

For the first time since Noctis saw her, she was truly frightning, if he was someone else, he would have run for the hills, but instead he stayed, because the more he looked, the more beauty he saw in her eyes.

And in that moment he knew, that this was no ordinary girl.

Snow could feel something was coming alive in her, something she has never felt before, something cold, almost like a storm was going to explode from inside her at any moment, but not just any storm, it felt like a snow storm, cold like ice, but also beautiful.

Feeling this new energy, she pushed herself away from him, onto the wall behind her.

Everyone was shocked to say the least, including prince Noctis. Everyone wondered where this new found power came from, was it the same power she used at the summit? If so, and why was it appearing again only now? All of these thoughts were running through their minds.

”Rrrraaaaaahh!” Snow lunged at Noctis with such speed both of them was nocked to the ground. They rolled a few times before stopping, Snow was sitting on top of Noctis, each others swords drawn at each others necks.

Everything was silent for a moment.

Snow's eyes turned back to normal as they both lay there, stunned with what just happend, both trying to get their breathing under control.

Snow lowered her sword seeing Noctis's eyes. Suddenly she became very aware of how close they were, her cheeks turned into a light shade of pink. She also saw that her left hand was next to his head supporting her, whilest her right hand was holding her sword.

Embarrassed, she quickly climed off of him, looking at the crowed that was gathered here, she saw out of the corner of her eye prince Noctis also stood up, when everyone saw the fight was over, they immediately began to clap hands, like it was a show especially made for them.

Snow turned to the prince and said, ”I'm sorry, this shouldn't have happend, I don't think it's such a good idee anymore that we train together, and you are already good, so you have nothing to worry about.” She felt so guilty, it wasn't supposed to happen. She can't even look him in the eye right now. She lost complete and utter control.

He smiled, ”What are you.....” before he could say anything more, she interrupted him, ”I am sorry.... your, highness” she then bowed and quickly walked off, she couldn't stand to be near him a second longer, she felt ashamed. What if she couldn't stop herself and hurted him, or worse...

She gathered her things before heading of to her room. Her friends who saw this, went after her.

As for prince Noctis, he was shocked, was she really that ashamed of beating him? Or was she scared because she may have lost control and could have hurted him? Why would she even think that, is it because she has feelings for him?

He knew she had feelings for him, from the day they first met, and he also knew she had been trying to ignore those feelings. It irked him, and he wondered why.

He isn't use to these feelings, and without noticing it, Snow had become a big part of his life.