#remember y'all: Vic was for the women - the men just got to her first

[rosietrace]

『 For you? Anything. 』

Characters featured: Victoria Shard, Victoria Le Fay(@starry-night-rose )

Pairing: Shard x Le Fay

Synopsis: Le Fay got stood up during her date. And it seems Shard came at just the right time.

Warning(s): Potentially ooc, Shard is referred to as “Regina”, getting stood up on a date

{ Apologies for any out of character moments }

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Victoria sat there, impatient and disappointed. And no, this wasn't the Victoria of Pomefiore.

It was the one from Diasomnia. Victoria Le Fay, in all her prideful, confident glory, had been asked out.

And so far? It hasn't been going well for her.

That pretentious snail…. She thought, crossing her arms in annoyance as she felt a vein appearing on her forehead. To think, they'd leave me hanging like this…

She looked down at the ground, barely even bothering to touch the menu. The other people around her looked at her in both pity and slight amusement, depending on the person. Because they all knew what had happened.

Her date had stood her up.

And Victoria knew that as well. She uncrossed her arms, finally beginning to compose herself in an attempt to hide any signs of sadness.

She liked that guy. They were nice, handsome enough, and even went as far as to promise to pay for her meal during this date.

And yet they didn't come.

A waiter nearby soon approached. “Um, miss?” they called. “Have you…. Have you finally decided on what you shall order?”

Victoria pursed her lips, unsure of how she was to answer. She was hungry, sure, but…. There was that hope. That sliver of hope that, maybe, possibly, they'd show up.

As the waiter began growing all the more concerned, a voice was heard behind them.

“She'll have the pomegranate-based cheesecake.”

Both the waiter and Victoria turned to see who the source of the voice was.

Ah. It was the other Victoria, the one from Pomefiore.

Victoria would often call her Regina, in order to differentiate between her and the woman in front of her at the moment.

Regina looked at Victoria, raising an eyebrow. “What?” she asked. “Did you come here for nothing?”

A moment of silence passed between the two. The tension between them was so thick that the waiter between them would have cut it with a knife.

Even so, Victoria sighed, sending a nod. It was unclear if she sent it to Regina's way, or the waiter's.

Regardless, Regina sat across from her whilst the waiter wrote down Victoria's order. They turned to Regina. “And you, ma'am?”

Regina hummed, not even bothering to look at the waiter. “Vanilla and chocolate parfait.”

The waiter gave her a firm nod, writing down their orders before walking off.

Victoria tensed up, narrowing her eyes a little. “Why are you here?” she questioned.

Regina arched a brow. “Do you not want me here?”

“Wha- That isn't what I meant,” Victoria clarified. “I was just…. Surprised to see you here.”

Regina shrugged. “I can see why,” she said. “Let me guess: That date didn't go as planned?”

As surprised as Victoria may have been, she didn't bother to question Regina. Crossing her arms, Victoria allowed herself to slouch in her seat. “I'd barely call it a date.”

“Oh?” color Regina intrigued. “How come?”

Victoria huffed in annoyance. “He didn't even bother to show up,” she told her. The look in her eyes bordered between annoyance.

And hurt.

Regina noticed that, right away. She gave Victoria a look of pity. “Are you sure you're okay?”

There was genuine concern in her tone, so much so that it caught Victoria off guard for a moment.

“Hm. Of course, I am!” she feigned the confidence she had when she first entered the damn restaurant, moments before she realized: she got stood up. “You know me already, Regina, the great Victoria Le Fay isn't one to be so caught up over such frivolous matters!”

As soon as she said that, she knew - Regina didn't buy that little lie one bit. Manipulative as she may be, Victoria knew that Regina claimed to “uphold” one thing.

The truth. And what Victoria said, was far from it.

“Hey,” Regina called out, reaching out to place her hand on Victoria's. “You're lying. I know it.”

“Regina…”

“Victoria.”

“This isn't any of your busine-”

“I can't help you if you continue to lie about your feelings, Victoria,” Regina told her, letting go of her hand to fold her arms over her chest.

Victoria looked away. “This isn't any of your business.”

Regina sighed. “I know,” she replied. “I just happened to be at the right place, at the right time.”

“But….”

From the corner of Victoria's eye, she saw genuine sincerity filling Regina's eyes. “What I can do to help is to at least listen to you let out those frustrations you've been bottling up.”

It was ironic, to say the least. The girl who bottled her emotions the most is telling the girl who is most vocal about her opinions to do just that.

Still, Victoria was touched by her words and took a deep breath. “Fine,” she breathed.

And so, she told her everything.

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That ended up being exactly what she needed. For someone, it didn't matter who, to listen to her voice her opinions with little to no qualms about it.

Regina was quite the listener. A couple of comments here and there, but mostly silent. Letting Victoria take the initiative as her words started becoming all the more frustrated.

And that frustration only revealed itself fully once Victoria had a flavorful taste of pomegranate cheesecake.

“I just can't believe they'd do such a thing,” she continued to complain, taking a bite of her cheesecake with very few complaints about its taste.

Regina hummed. “Yes, a rather ridiculous thing to do, indeed.”

“Admittedly…” Victoria trailed off. Regina stopped any words from leaving her lips, in order to patiently await what Victoria had to say.

“Admittedly,” she began. “I… Actually quite liked them.”

And that's what made it hurt more.

Giving her a look, Regina pursed her lips, possibly thinking of something to say to respond to that.

And she found that reply, almost immediately.

“I see,” she said finally. “I'm not an expert at this sort of thing… But I can at least tell you this.”

Victoria arched a brow, (im)patiently waiting for whatever Regina had to say to her.

“You shouldn't be too caught up on someone like them.”

Victoria became all the more confused. “Why are you so concerned about my feelings? You don't need to do anything for me..”

Regina chuckled so softly that Victoria felt her cheeks heat up ever so slightly.

“For you? Anything.”

Victoria flinched, but allowed Regina to continue with what she told her. In doing so, she attempted to shake off the redness of her cheeks.

“Besides,” Regina rested her chin on her hand, leaning against it while looking at Victoria with a gentle smile.

“Who knows? Maybe the person you're looking for could be right in front of you.”

But, you're the…. As her thoughts drifted elsewhere, Victoria felt her face heat up in realization.

Was…. Was Regina referring to herself?

To be fair, it wasn't like Victoria felt like she could complain about being with Regina. She was poised, beautiful, and intellectually advanced….

Oh. Oh.

Victoria was in love with Regina. Or rather, in love with Victoria Shard.

At that realization, Regina looked at her with a look of concern. “Victoria?” she called out to her, pulling her out of her train of thought. “Are you okay?”

Victoria remained silent, unsure of what to say next. Obviously, she couldn't just tell Regina of these recently realized feelings right then and there.

But….. Y'know what, that was a problem for future Victoria Le Fay.

Smiling, albeit a little more softly than usual, Victoria shook her head.

“I'm fine.”

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