Rather then directly hitting the floor with her face, Fio was at least a little relieved(if quite embarrassed) when someone caught her.

Unfortunately, the one who caught her was the maid.

And she was already offering to show off her heart again.

"N-no, no, I'm fine!" cried the Sword Witch, waving her hands frantically as she tried to pull away and resume running as quickly as she could. Unfortunately, it was not to be.

For Queen Sorcha was already upon her, grabbing her arm and pratically dragging her up the stairs.

"Y-you-wh-what kind of Queen are y-you?!" cried Fio, frantically squirming, "Y-y-you're pulling to hard y-you... you idiot...!"

But no amount of protest would save her from being tugged right up the stairs and to the Queen's guest bedroom. Before she could even react, she was suddenly in the air, her surroundings whipping past her as she hurtled through the air and landed on something soft. It was with no small amount of concern that she realized the soft landing was the bed.

That in and of itself was worrying enough, but when she sat up and tried to desperately secure her escape, she could see Queen Sorcha shedding her clothing at a rapid pace.

"W-w-wait what?!" she cried, feeling the heat rushing into her cheeks instantly, "S-stupid! I-idiot! P-pervert! Y-y-you-th-this is-y-you can't my h-heart's not r-"

There was a soft thump as the partially undressed Queen passed out on the bed beside her. Fio was far too stunned to manage an escape, however, finding herself suddenly wrapped in Sorcha's arms and pressed to her chest. This was embarrassing in and of itself, but at the very least...

...

...

Fio remained there silently for several moments. Slowly, she averted her blue-purple eyes.

"Hmph... For a Queen, you sure are clingy..." she murmured softly. There was no way she could escape, and she was acutely aware her complaint would go unheard. Perhaps it was unfair to blame Sorcha for actions she undertook directly due to having drank too much trying to win an unbeatable drinking contest engineered by Fio herself, but the Sword Witch was hardly about to acknowledge her role in this outcome even internally.

It had been a long time since someone held her like this, hadn't it? The last time was when she was much younger.

And the person who did it wasn't a half-undressed supposed Royal.

And yet, maybe, even if she'd never admit it, it wasn't the [i]worst[/i] thing that could have happened.

Maybe.

~

Fio didn't remember getting drowsy, but evidently, in spite of her situation, she had at some point. Blearily blinking her eyes, the petite witch pushed up off of the bed and yawned.

Queen Sorcha wasn't there.

Rubbing her eyes and grasping her hat, Fio returned it to her head as she sat up fully and stretched with another yawn. Ah...

She'd slept really well.

She'd never admit that she slept so well after being abducted by the drunken Queen, but she couldn't ignore that fact deep down. After a few moments, she stepped off the bed.

Where was Sorcha, anyway?

A flash of the Queen's hair from the balcony answered the girl's question. After some brief hesitation, Fio approached.

"I'm not some kind of doll, you know," she began, as she approached, "You can't just carry me off like that. Hmph."

[@Rune_Alchemist]