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“Close your eyes, Caeda.”

The words touch to the shell of her ear with love on their breath, a gentle turn of her body that swivels the women around with his chest pressed lightly against her. Marth’s quiet shuffling occurs next, occurring only at the act’s indulgence; slow and meaningful in the drape of a ‘beaded’ texture across her collar bone, then amusingly clumsy with his pending mastery over the clasp on the back- composed of too fine and slippery a mechanism.

The process had gone smoother and easier in practice, though perhaps said practice on a mannequinn as opposed to a living subject had something to do with it. But after securing the hook at last, he clears away an obstructing strand of her hair and bids the mystery of his original request to disappear- gaze simmering with warmth as it lands upon her in the mirror. “You can open them now. Take a good long look if you like; I certainly wish to. It truly places your loveliness on display."

And the foremost observation following this comment attracted the eye like nothing else; a shimmering gold necklace congested luxuriously with pearls all boasting impressive size and a lustrous grade of pallor. A married creation of effort and forethought; each pearl imported and handpicked from a distant stretch of Talysian shore; each one personally inspected by the Hero-King himself for the appropriate conformity to his lovely lady.

As the seconds ticked by a growing shyness commanded the king’s expression, commonplace throughout his offerings for her. Would she find approval or solace in this one as he’d hoped? Would it be enough? “Happy birthday, my love. You often express the enjoyment of my kingdom and company- of being at my side- but I know neither I nor Altea can perfectly replicate the properties of your Talys. I pray these pearls conveyed from your homeland’s shores will comfort you with their memory."

"hehe, what do you have planned?" caeda giggles, closing her eyes as instructed. his breath tickles against her ear, but caeda waits patiently despite it. trust most of all is shown through her relaxed state, accepting without a second of fuss as she feels marth turns her around.

her shoulders flinch involuntarily at the feeling of his fingertips against the nape of her neck, brushing away the many strands of her hair in order to hook something together— a necklace? despite her curiosity she does not open her eyes until marth tells her to do so.

her mouth opens slightly in surprise, gaze falling to the string of pearls now placed around her neck. they hang so naturally against her body, the pegasus knight knows instantly that these are no normal pearls. that marth has not gone and purchased just any old necklace off garreg mach's marketplace.

caeda could recognize the fine quality of a talysian pearl anywhere, the pearls off the coast of talys a unique beauty that even the young tomboy princess caeda indulged in. her fingertips reach to feel a few of the pearls stringed together— just touching them brings her back to when she was a little girl.

homesickness is not a feeling she allows herself to indulge in very frequently. she often missed her home back in talys but it was always when she had other things to worry about. she is as selfless as her marth is sometimes, almost to a hypocritical degree. just as marth is a king before a husband or brother, caeda is a queen before she is a wife or a daughter.

but this? on her day of birth with her most beloved person to herself.. caeda allows herself to indulge in her home— in talys but in marth as well. a soft smile comes to tug at her lips as her gaze falls away from the mirror, turning her body so that she may hug him tightly.

"thank you, beloved. i will wear this with me everywhere." she pulls away enough to comfortably plant an adoring kiss against his cheek. "i will never be lonely again when i have both you and talys so close to my heart."

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