ᴍᴏᴏᴅ: irritated
ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ: my room then the
kitchen
ᴡɪᴛʜ: no one
ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘ: engaged to liam...
ᴡᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ: an ocean blue dress
The outside wind rattled her windows which would have sent a gust of air and swept up her papers scattered across her room if Mae mistakenly left them open. Mae was generally considered a neat girl, a neat freak if you really wanted to say, and she was precise and detailed with everything. However, she never managed to fix her habit of leaving her photographs and sketches all over the place. At night, Mae would often wake up and underneath her wide open window and sketch the beauty of the night. Sometimes, she would sneak out of the palace in the middle of the night, too, and wander outside the palace grounds with her camera held in the gentle grip of her thin, delicate fingers. Then, Mae would snap pictures of the wildlife, stars, and wherever she explored, really. Once she finally cuddled up in her bed, she would toss the photographs and pages of light shades of pencil marks on the floor and never clean them up until her parents eventually asked the maid to do it. Then, Mae felt bad and ended up shoving thumbtacks into the wall to hang up all the drawings and photographs. Alike her difficulty with cleaning up the haphazard of papers concealing her flooring, Mae could not manage to fix her coffee brown hair flying in every direction. It was her fourth time attempting to tie her hair in a bun. A little while ago, she had settled for a messy bun but even that did not work out. Giving up entirely, Mae let out an agitated breath as she angrily pulled out the bobby pins randomly thrown into her tangled along with the hair tie that took a few seconds to get out. After, she rapidly ran a brush through her hair and decided she really did not care what she would look like.
Sure, Mae was getting married, but it was not by her will. It was by her parent's will, and the fact changed her whole perspective on marriage, something she used to believe was a beautiful fairytale where princesses dressed up in an elegant gowns and fell in love. Unfortunately, nothing of the sort was going to be granted to Mae, even if she could receive almost anything she wanted with the snap of her fingers except love. Well, the slight resemblance to a real wedding was her dress, and it certainly was a sight to look at. Turning away from her mirror, she caught a glimpse at the gorgeous sapphire blue dress lying on her bed. It was obvious that it was gingerly ironed and chosen from the thousands of dresses stored in the palace. Once her gaze landed on the gown, a soft smile appeared on her lips, but it was a sad one. Melancholy from knowing what her duty was and how not even one of Clara's genius ideas could get her out of. But why did she deserve this? Hadn't Mae been quite an angel? Miserably puzzled, she shook her head and reassured herself in a unconvincing mumble, "Just today and a few months on the island. Then, I'll be free." With this feeble attempt at trying to sound brave, Mae changed into her dress and stared in the mirror one last time. There was no point in procrastinating anymore; it was going to happen sooner or later. Therefore, she turned away from her vanity and headed down the palace steps in her silver high heels, causing her to trip once or twice on her way down in the least graceful way possible. Once she got to the bottom of the steps, her gaze swept across the room, and she suddenly felt overwhelmed. She was not near ready, and she knew she would probably have some form of a breakdown without her sisters. Biting her lip, Mae stepped into the kitchen and politely asked the cooks as she had been taught to do for so long, "Can I have some M&Ms from my chocolate stash?" This was a time of crisis, so there was nothing better to do than curl up and eat chocolate from her secret stash reserved for the worst of the worst situations.