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Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope shot Olivia an annoyed look as the other female knight went ahead and asked the question. As Crow finally admitted that there was one, she shifted a bit uneasily and looked over at him as he went on to surprise her by saying how he had planned to ask her to marry him two years ago. She felt a small stab of guilt, still having a bit of regret over her past mistakes, and she already had a guess as to where in Farhill he had been planning to ask her. The knight easily recalled the spot by the lake where he had taken her during her stay with him and the other thieves.

As he went on, her guilt over the past quickly became drowned out by a burst of affection for the thief as well as bashfulness. She smiled softly to herself as she looked over at him with a blush on her cheeks. Though she already knew they had plans to get married after the war, hearing him reaffirm that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her made Penelope warm with affection for him. The knight would have kissed him if not for the other two being right there so instead she settled for giving his hand an affectionate squeeze. She glanced towards the other two knights and noticed that Gavin moved to sit back down while Olivia remained nearby with a hint of amusement in her expression

"How sappy." Olivia mused with a smile as her excitement died down. However, a look of interest still lingered in her gaze and she turned to look over at Penelope questioningly. "Two years ago in Farhill, huh?" her smirk returned. "If I remember correctly, didn't you say that you two parted at the border because you had to 'give him up'? At least, that was the story I was told from back then."

Penelope blinked and looked over at Olivia. So much had changed that she had forgotten that she had told Olivia a lie about what had occured between her and Crow those two years ago. She had stuck to the story since, at the time, she didn't want her comrade knowing how close she had been to running off with the thief, especially when she had thought she had lost that future. She gave a sheepish smile and scratched the back of her head with her free hand. "That..may have been a small lie." she admitted slowly. She shrugged her shoulders. "I was planning to meet up with him once the mission was over and the king had the staff but," she paused and lowered her gaze going on in a quieter tone. "everything went wrong and a war started so I couldn't."

Olivia listened quietly before giving a small nod and moving to take a small step back. "Well that was fun while it lasted I suppose." she sighed crossing her arms over chest. "But deal's a deal. I'll stop now."

"Good." Penelope mused with a hint of relief. As Olivia stepped away, she shifted a little closer to Crow and leaned down to press a quick kiss to his cheek. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you too." she whispered softly to him before standing up straight again. "I just hope this painkiller wears off before Olivia gets bored of waiting around."

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Honestly xD
Poor Crow's going to have a lot of regrets when the medicine finally wears off lol

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

As Crow went on to answer Olivia's question, Penelope gave a look of mild surprise. Though she hadn't been sure about his companions not knowing him as Collin, the knight had thought that perhaps Rikki had known his real name too, especially after hearing her mention that she knew things about him that others didn't. It was surprising that two years later, she had still been the only one that knew his real name. Or at least, I used to be.. She thought with a concerned glance towards her two friends. The thought of Crow coming out of his delusional state and realizing what he had told them made the knight cringe.

"Impressive." Olivia grinned. She looked over at Penelope and chuckled. "Unless that means you're next on the hit list."

Penelope rolled her eyes at Olivia. "Are you done?"

"What? We're just getting started!" Olivia giggled. "I still need to find something that even you don't know."

"You have no sense of respecting other people's privacy." Penelope frowned and shook her head. "I think you should stop now. You got a pretty big secret out of him isn't that enough?"

Her friend pouted, seeming to realize that Penelope was determined to shut the questioning down. "Just one more question and that's it I swear. Please?" she begged.

Penelope gave a disapproving look. "What would you even ask him?"

"I'll ask him what you don't know. Come on, that'll be interesting right?" Olivia said and gave her a sly wink. "Don't you want to make sure there aren't anymore secrets he's hiding from you?"

"I'm sure there aren't." Penelope muttered with a bit less confidence. Though she had forgiven Crow for everything that had happened, she certainly hadn't forgot it yet. It wouldn't surprise her if he still had a few that he was keeping from her. All she could do was hope they were small ones. She felt a bit of temptation suddenly rise in her but she quickly shook her head. Even he did have secrets from her still, this wasn't the way she wanted to find them out.

"I say we ask it." Gavin suddenly piped in making Penelope frown. He looked over at her and shrugged his shoulders. "Just to clear the air, I mean. Then we'll be done like Olivia said."

"Two against one, Penelope, sorry." Olivia smirked. She turned to Crow again before Penelope could argue against them. "Alright last question since someone's being a stick in the mud." she shot a an accusing glance towards Penelope before looking back to him excitedly."What secret does Penelope not know?"

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

That got Gavin interested now XD
Penelope's struggling to get the situation under control lol

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope shifted nervously at Olivia's first question. The knight prayed that his alias was deeply rooted enough in him that he'd answer with the name everyone knew him as or that he'd he get distracted by some other hallucination. Unfortunately neither of those came true as she heard the name 'Collin' come out of him. She paled slightly as one of the thief's biggest secrets came out to the other two knights. Quickly trying to recover, Penelope let out a scoff and folded her arms over her chest.

"See? He doesn't even know who he is." she said to Olivia, who had a look of surprise on her face, and hoped it would be enough to throw the female knight off.

Olivia suddenly broke out into a victorious grin again as she turned to looked over at Penelope. "Are you so sure? Because I think I just uncovered something you didn't know about."

"No you didn't." Came the deep voice of Gavin before Penelope replied. She felt a swell of hope that the male knight would side with her. Surely Gavin wouldn't trust the words of a drugged man-even if said man was actually telling the truth. However, her hope began to decrease as she noticed the male knight studying her with a hint of intrigue in his gaze. "She already knew that was his name. I saw that expression you made when he said it." Now clearly interested in the questioning, Gavin rose up to his feet and stepped a bit closer to the bed, shifting his gaze away from Penelope as he eyed Crow for a moment. "No wonder you trusted him so much knowing sensitive information like that..." he mumbled as if things were finally making sense to him.

Penelope opened her mouth to argue but her words fell short. After all, what could she say? Gavin had called her out on lying and Olivia was already convinced. She let out a small sigh before shooting her friends a stern look. "Alright, alright. Yes that's his name but keep it to yourselves." she said with a hint of protectiveness. "I don't know who knows it aside from myself... And that includes his friends." She shifted her gaze to narrow in on Olivia. It was bad enough Crow had spilled his secret to the two knights, she didn't want it going out any farther.

"Our lips are sealed." Olivia promised with a grin. "Right, Gavin?"

"They have been for a while now." Gavin mused as he glanced towards Penelope. She noticed the corner of his mouth briefly twitch upward into a smirk before he looked down towards Crow again.

"Besides we can find out who else knows." Olivia giggled excitedly, clearly encouraged by her discovery. Her gaze focused back on Crow. "Alright then Collin, next question. Who all knows your name?"

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope tried to stop Olivia but it didn't work out very well xD
Olivia may have also went for like the worst question to start off with lol

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope relaxed a little as Crow agreed to her words. She still held his hand, worried that letting it go would cause him to try and pick at his bandages again. As Olivia spoke up again, she rolled her eyes at her friend insisting on questioning Crow. Her gaze shifted over to Gavin and she raised an eyebrow at him as she noticed him hesitate to reply. She didn't like that the male knight seemed to be considering Olivia's words. As Olivia tried to convince them into finding out Crow's secrets, the female knight shifted her weight uneasily. Olivia seemed pretty set on asking Crow questions but Penelope was reluctant to out of worry what the other female knight might just be able to get out of him. Crow did have a lot of secrets, most of which she believed to already know, so it was a bit concerning.

"What would you even ask about, Olivia?" Penelope said with a sigh.

"Well there's plenty of options!" Olivia grinned. "How he became a thief, family matters, friends, Jaxon.." She glanced towards Gavin, who quickly shifted his gaze away, before looking back to Penelope. "Come on, surely you must be curious about something! I mean you're with this man and he's the most infamous thief in the kingdom."

"Not really." Penelope shrugged.

Olivia eyed her for a moment before crossing her arms with a huff. "Oh I get it... You think you already know everything, don't you?" she challenged with a smirk. "Fine! We'll change the game up a bit then. I bet I can find out a secret from him that even you don't know about. It'll be fun!"

Penelope rolled her eyes. "He's delirious. Even if he does tell you something, that doesn't mean that it's completely true, you know."

"You think?" Olivia smirked. "I think we'll get enough of the truth. I'll even start with easy questions to prove it!" Excitedly, the other female knight turned back to Crow with a bright grin. "Alright Crow, we're going to play a game. I'm going to ask a question and you answer it! It'll get harder as we go so try your best to focus." she giggled. Penelope opened her mouth to object to Olivia but didn't get a chance to as her friend quickly hurried on to the first question. "First question, what is your name?"

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Poor Crow lol
Olivia's pushing boundaries again XD

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope let out a sigh at Olivia's words, shooting her friend a look of disapproval. As Olivia and Gavin began to bicker, she heard Crow mumble her name. Turning to looking back over at the thief, she blinked as she noticed him beginning to mess with the bandages around him and quickly shook her head. "No, you can't take them off Crow." she mumbled softly to him. Knowing he wasn't in a clear state of mind, she wasn't sure how much of her words would get through to him but she couldn't have him picking at his wound or the dressing around it.

She reached to take his hand in hers, guiding him away from the bandages. "You got hurt so you can't take those off." she told him in a sweet tone. She wondered if the medicine was beginning to wear off since he became more aware of the discomfort of his wound. Penelope glanced over her shoulder at her two friends. "I might actually want at least one of you to stick around until his medicine wears off enough to get Jane. That way I can stay with him while one of you gets her."

"We already decided to stay anyways." Olivia grinned.

"We?" Gavin snorted and rolled his eyes. He let out a sigh and looked over at Penelope. "I don't mind sticking around.. It might be a good idea. Just in case your brother decides to come back." The male knight moved to take a seat in Jane's chair while Olivia remained near the bed with Penelope and Crow.

"Soooo what questions should we ask?" Olivia asked Penelope with a mischievous smirk.

Penelope raised an eyebrow at her friend. "What are you talking about?"

"He's loopy and admitting things he would never say out loud. Sounds like a perfect opportunity to ask any burning questions you may have." Olivia winked slyly then turned to Crow. "Like... Is Penelope the best you've had-"

"Ok we're not doing that." The female knight grumbled quickly cutting of her friend as she felt her cheeks redden at the question. Penelope shook her head and shifted her gaze over to Crow before giving his hand a small squeeze. "Just ignore her and don't pick at your bandages, ok?" she mumbled keeping the same soft tone she had been using with him.

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Gavin's truing to act like he didn't hear anything xD
Olivia plans to make the most of it lol