[IC] The Making of a New Queen

[tsubasa]

Anastasia smiled happily as Samsul pulled her close and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders as the crowd applauded. She heard a sharp whistle and pulled away from the kiss to look at her father, who had his fingers in his mouth. He winked at his daughter and did it again. She didn't know how Royal weddings worked normally, but from the look of those around them, whistling was not common. She took Samsul hand as Gerald walked to the front, "Ladies and gentlemen, may I announce the proud rulers of Greenspring and ask you to join them in the ballroom."

Anastasia grinned and started to walk with Samsul to the ballroom, "Come along, husband, we ought to go and have our first dance."

[pyroman]

As Samsul kisses Anastasia, he could hearultiple people clapping at the newly weds, and even a person whistling. When Anastasia pulled back, Samsul looked to see who was whistling. He was fine with it, but he just wanted to see who it was. He shot a small smile at Anastasia father and looked at Gerald as he announced Samsul as the king to lead alongside his wife.

Samsul followed Anastasia down to the ballroom and smiled when she called him her husband. "Of course, my loving wife. We shouldn't keep the people waiting."

[tsubasa]

Anastasia grinned at him, "That is a title I'm happy to hear," she brought him into the ballroom, a few of the Royals beat them to the big room that they had her coronation party in. The rest followed behind. Anastasia looked to the minstrels in the corner and nodded. They raised their instruments and began to play for the Queen and her King. Anastasia looked up at Samsul before she rested her hand on his shoulder and raised the hand that she already held. Slowly, the two of them began to dance to the music for the first time as husband and wife. Anastasia rested her head on his chest as they danced and people began to join. She was happy to just live in that moment. She felt as though she could forever just live in that moment. She heard barking and looked around for Melor. She laughed as she saw a very young Princess playing and dancing with him. Anastasia smiled, "How cute...."

[pyroman]

Samsul knew that Anastasia wasn't going to waste time talking to others until she had a dance or two with her husband. With one if his hands now raised as it was joined with hers, Samsul placed his other hand on her waist. When the two began to dance, he felt like he didn't want for the dancing to ever stop. He was more than sure that he could just stay there and dance with Anastasia, but his focus was broken when he heard Melor barking. The lost elf turned to look at the dog and the girl with him and smiled at the two. He nodded to Anastasia with the smile still there. "Yes, they both seem to be having fun."

Near one of the walls, George stood with a frown on his face. It should have been him dancing with Anastasia on their wedding day, not Samsul.

[tsubasa]

Anastasia nodded and looked up at Samsul, "They do... He's always gotten along well with young children... and adult children," she teased. She looked back over to the dog and girl, "Someday that will be our child... Melor is still young. I'd say we still have a few years."

She wasn't sure where she stood on having children now. She knew that not having one, was not an option. After all, the crown was meant to stay in their blood. Not to mention, it would be nice to be able to mould the next ruler in some ways. But she didn't know when she wanted to start that family. Before, she had been thinking years, however, she hadn't expected her and Samsul to get passed the awkwardness so quickly. In the end, it was also up to Samsul and she wasn't even sure if he was ready... They hadn't spoken about it. She looked up at Samsul, "When..." she blushed slightly as she tried to word her question, "do you think... we'll start trying?"

[pyroman]

Samsul blushed immeadietly at the question. Although they had been making quick progress with overcoming the awkwardness, he wasn't really sure what to say about that. He continued to dance, but it took all of his focus to not mess up on his footing. He had no idea what to say. Millie had mentioned it a few times, but it just felt to much different hearing it from his wife. "I..." He failed to say anything coherent as he continued to dance. With a deep breath, he gathered his thoughts and looked at her. "Whenever you are ready, Anastasia..." Was all he could say.

[tsubasa]

Anastasia shook her head, "You have to be ready too, Samsul," she gave him a soft smile, "I'm not ready.... Just because some royals start their families right after marriage doesn't mean we have to... What happens... will happen," She blushed a little, "Maybe we can talk more when we aren't dancing," she laughed and kissed him when the music came to an end. Anastasia stepped away and applauded the musicians as she looked at her slightly flushed husband.

She giggled a bit and took his hand in her own, "I'm sorry, Samsul... I didn't mean to worry you... it was just something... that I thought we needed to talk about," she wrapped her arms around him, "Come, let's get something to drink."

[pyroman]

He was somewhat glad to hear that se wasn't quite ready to start having children. He wasn't quite ready for that kind of thing yet either, and he wasn't really how soon he would be ready for children. He sighed mentally as the music began to stop. Was would be a lot easier to think about such a thing when they weren't dancing they wouldn't have to worry about taking the wrong step and falling over.

He nodded at Anastasia and understood why she brought it up, and the it was always good to get questions like that out of the way first before anything. "Alright." He nodded once more as he stood regularly. "Let's go get some drinks."

[tsubasa]

Anastasia smiled and walked with him over to the edge of the hall where there were drinks and snacks. As they reached it, a woman, Queen Estelle of... Nander, stopped her. She smiled at her, "Oh, you look beautiful, Queen Anastasia. I'm so very happy for you."

From the way the woman was talking, you would think that she had known Anastasia since the day she was born. Which, obviously, was not the case. Anastasia curtsied, "Thank you, Queen Estelle," The Queen pulled Anastasia into a hug as she finished her sentence. Anastasia looked over her shoulder at Samsul, her eyes wide, as she hugged the woman back. After a moment or two, Estelle released her and walked off. Anastasia looked at Samsul, "Well that was... different."

She grabbed a glass from the table and took a sip of what seemed to be white wine. She looked at Samsul, "Are all the Lost Elf traditions done for the day? Other than falling to sleep together with the sun?"

[pyroman]

Samsul definitely not been expecting for the queen of Nander to talk so casually to the queen and hug her like the two have know each other for several years. He should have been expecting it, since he had seen the woman on a few occasions before, but had not met her directly. He nodded at his wife with an awkward smile on his face. "Yes... It was." He said with a small laugh.

Samsul shook his head when Anastasia asked about any other rituals. When it came to which ones they would actually be doing, mainly because they required for both halves to be strong and capable warriors, and most of the other ones here more... Intimate, so he left those ones out as well. "No, no other lost elf rituals today."

[tsubasa]

Anastasia walked tired to their bedroom with Samsul. She had her arm wrapped around one of his and her head resting on her shoulder. She felt as though she might just go and collapse on the bed, if it weren't for the large dress she was in and Millie following behind to help her out of it. The party had been long, Samsul and herself spending much of it dancing and when they weren't dancing, they were conversing with other Royals or their parents. Of course, the amount of wine that was drunk probably didn't help either. When they reached the bedroom, Millie spotted Kala, who seemed to be waiting, and took Anastasia into the room and started to help undress her. She looked over her shoulder when she noticed Samsul did not follow.

[pyroman]

Samsul walked with Anastasia back to their bedroom quietly. The wine was slowly starting to have an effect on him after he had drank as much as he did, and he was actually surprised that it had taken this long for the white wine to start doing something to him. When they reached the bedroom, Samsul looked in the direction that Millie did and saw Kala standing around. He didn't know why she was there by herself, and he was planning on finding out why. Unsteady of going in with Anastasia, Samsul walked over to kala with a curious look. "Why are you over here? I hardly ever mind your company, but I'm curious." Kala said nothing to him as she smirked at him and gave him a direct kiss. After a small moment, she pulled back and simply walked away. Samsul wondered why she had done that, and never knew that his father was watching the scene from a distance before Samsul went back into the room.

[tsubasa]

The dress was easier to take off than it was to put on. They didn't have to worry the same about the delicate lace sleeves and the buttons didn't have to be undone fully. Soon enough, she was out of her dress and Millie grabbed her night gown. They slipped it over her head before Millie took the dress and hung it in the closet. Anastasia looked around and noticed that Samsul had yet to come in. She walked over to the door and opened it to see him standing in the hall, looking a little lost. Anastasia walked over to him and smiled, "Let's go to bed," she said soft as she kissed him before removing the coat to his suit. She turned and walked into the bedroom, "Unless... you plan to sleep in the hall on our wedding night..."

[pyroman]

Samsul wasn't sure what to say to Anastasia, but he simply shook his head at her and followed her inside. "Sorry about that." He said with a small smile as he took his shirt off and changed into a lighter pair of pants. He still couldn't see why kala kissed him, but he only hoped that it wouldn't become problem later on. He pulled the covers off of his side of the bed and lay down on it.

[tsubasa]

Anastasia lay his coat on the couch before she walked back over to the bed. She slipped under the covers and curled up close to her husband. From the extreme fatigue she was feeling from the long day, it didn't take her long to fall asleep after she whispered, "Good night, dear husband."
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Anastasia woke the next morning to a pounding head. She groaned slightly and rose a hand to her head. She spotted two trays of what she assumed to be food sitting on a table before she rolled over to face Samsul. She was only slightly hungry and from the feeling in her head, she really didn't wish to get up. She guessed it was from the amount that she drank the previous day. She didn't drink before she became a Princess and she only drank a little when she did. It seemed like yesterday, everyone was putting a drink in her hand and cheering for their marriage. She sighed and whispered to Samsul, "My head hurts..."

[pyroman]

Samsul smiled as he could feel the presence of his wife right next to him. The whole day had taken a toll on both of them, and in his last conscious moments, he smiled and spoke to her quietly. "Goodnight, my loving wife."

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Samsul woke at the sound of Anastasia's voice, and his eyes darted around the room to see what was going on. His head hurt a little, but with his training he was easily able to push past the pain. He barely heard what his wife had said the fist time, so he replayed it in his head until he could figure out what she had told him. He slowly nodded at Anastasia and smiled at her softly. "Mine does as well. Stay in bed for a little whole longer, then."

[tsubasa]

Anastasia nodded slowly as Samsul suggested to stay in bed a little while longer. She rested against him and sighed, "Someone brought food in this morning... The tray are on the table in you're hungry."

She closed her eyes, trying to convince herself that her head didn't hurt as much as it did. Millie poked her head in the door and smiled at the two of them, "I was thinking the two of you may have been suffering from last night... Thought I'd come help."

She walked over to their trays and transferred the food onto what looked like a mini table. She walked over to them and place it down over their legs, "Breakfast in bed," she walked back to the table and retrieved a teapot and two cups. Placing them on the tray, she filled them, "And some special herb tea for any pains you have from last night... I'll come back later to help with getting out of bed."

She smiled at the two of them and left. Anastasia lifted the teacup and took a small sip, it wasn't a wonderful taste, but if it was going to get rid of her head ache. She leaned against Samsul as she kept drinking, "You are... officially my husband."

[pyroman]

Samsul nodded at Anastasia and turned his head lazily to look at Millie as he came into the room. He smiled at the breakfast in bed and thanked the woman with a nod. He took one of the cups filled with the tea and began to drink the liquid. He could feel his headache going away quickly as he drank the tea, even though the taste wasn't all that much. He smiled at Anastasia as he felt her lean against him and proclaimed him as her official husband. "And you are officially my wife." He aside just before setting the tea down and kissing her on top of the head due to their current positioning.

[tsubasa]

Anastasia closed her eyes as he kissed the top of her head and smiled softly, "I like being you wife... Although, this headache is a horrible way to start it..."

She kept sipping her tea and before she finished her glass, it was gone. She reached forward and grabbed her fork. It looked like the kitchen had used some of Bon's eggs as a good portion of the plate was scrambled eggs. She scooped some onto her fork and began to eat her breakfast. She looked at Samsul as she still leaned against him slightly. She kissed his cheek, "What was your favourite part about yesterday?"

[pyroman]

The more he drank the tea, the more his headache disappeared. Once he finished the cup of tea, the headache was completely gone. His favorite part if the previous day was obviously the kiss, but the first dance was also pretty close. He also liked when he had gotten the band to play the song that had been played during the festivals in fyodor. As he thought about it, he changed his vote and smiled at his loving wife. "I think that the dancing was my favorite part of the day. I did like the kiss just as much, but the dancing lasted longer."