17 Time to control some emotions part 3 (2/2)

When she found what she was looking for, she closed her eyes, took another deep breath, and without opening them, she moved with lightning speed, leaving nothing but dust behind.

When she opened them, she found herself standing before a smirking prince, holding her sword in one of her hands to his throat, and a dagger in her other hand to the back of his neck.

She smirked, it worked according to her plan, she sheathed her weapons and took a step back.

”Well done, you learn quick” he complimented Snow to which she smiled shyly, ”thanks, I have a great teacher” and then it was Noctis' turn to smiled, not a small smile, or a fake one, a real, genuine smile.

”We're going to go again, but this time, I'm going to be blocking your attacks, so be ready” Noctis told Snow to which she gave a short nod.

They both took their places across from each other, and Snow repeated what she did last time, but instead she attacked him directly.

Noctis saw her coming but before he could register what was happening, theywere rolling a few times, ending up with Noctis on top, both swords were drawn at each others throats, just like last time they were in this position.

Noctis then started figuring out what happend. When Snow came directly at him, she gave him the illusion that she was coming head on, but instead, she moved to the side and tripped him to give her the upper hand.

Unfortunately, her plan didn't work out perfectly, because when she tripped him, Noctis grabbed Snow and took her down with him, causing them to roll a few times, but he got lucky landing on top, otherwise she would have beaten him again.

”Nice move, except it backfired” Prince Noctis said jokingly, ”well, if you didn't have such good reflexes, it wouldn't have backfired” Snow fired back with equal tease in her voice.

He smirked at her and just when she thought he was going to stand up, he leaned in.

”Oh, so you think I have good reflexes?” He whispered in her ear which made her shiver when she felt his breath so nearby.

”I-I-I didn't mean it like tha-that” she stammered, trying to contain her emotions.

The prince liked teasing her, especialy when he could see her blush, she always looks so cute when she's flustered.

Noctis got up, and they started training again, every day Snow would come and they would train the whole day, taking a few breaks in between. Sometimes Snow would win, other times Noctis would win. Of course they weren't serious all the time, they would make jokes here and there, tease each other and sometimes just make each other laugh.

After a few months of training Snow mastered her ability to control her emotions and learning a few tricks or two, and in that time, she and the prince became very close.

Someone of course saw this, but they made sure not to reveal anything of what their thinking, keeping their expression neutral.