Title: favorite dance
Rating: G
Fandom: Octopath Traveler
Relationship: H'aanit/Primrose Azelhart
Wordcount: 300
Short summary: What is Primrose’s favorite dance, H’aanit has asked. Well, her favorite is…
“What is it, H’aanit?”
After months of traveling with H’aanit alone, Primrose is used to asking H’aanit to ask her question with a gentle urging. H’aanit is just a quieter, more contemplative person than most others, doing much more observing than talking. Primrose is not quite her opposite but the amount she speaks in comparison is well… It’s not that H’aanit’s contemplative gaze upon Primrose makes Primrose uncomfortable, but rather Primrose enjoys sharing conversations with H’aanit, as someone she trusts and wants to deepen her bond with even more.
“Do you have a favorite dance?”
“Hmm?”
The question is a bit of a surprise, for Primrose hadn’t been doing anything remotely close to dancing nor is she currently wearing her dancer’s outfit. Perhaps this has been in the back of H’aanit’s mind for a while, though. Primrose had been humming a tune played at the last pub they visited for information, and it was an upbeat piece. But she hadn’t thought about dancing to it…
“I don’t know. I never really thought about it.”
It’s not that Primrose doesn’t enjoy dancing. But for a long time it was her primary means of survival, so she didn’t think about it in such depth emotionally. She needed to perform any and every piece with as much skill to earn her keep. But if she thinks harder, maybe…
“I think any that you can do is my favorite.”
H’aanit’s cheeks turn pink. “That’s flattery.”
“It’s the truth.”
For being able to dance with H’aanit is more enjoyable than any solo dance. To share in the fun, to be connected with the one she loves dearly…
H’aanit moves closer to where Primrose is sitting, takes Primrose’s left hand in hers. Primrose smiles. She knows what H’aanit is asking without words this time.
“Let’s dance!”