♦ In the garden of Manor Hunt♦
Alan was visiting Mary, it was nice to just spend time together occasionally. He was looking forward to a nice relaxing afternoon.
"THERE HE IS!! CATCH HIM!!" A certain Albino friend of his ruined his plans with that shout.
Alan suddenly had Maids and Manservants chasing after him with eager eyes. He did what any rational person would do in such a situation, he ran. 'What are you even doing here, Sophia?' he thought as he took off.
1 hour later, Sophia and Mary walked up to the tree he was taking refuge in hand in hand looking disgustingly amused.
"Why'd you run, Alan-sama?" Sophia asked shaking with supressed laughter.
"Anyone would run when 20 people start chasing after them." Alan snarked
"I suppose that is true," Mary said before bursting into a fit of giggles.
Alan glared at Mary for a moment before turning to where Sophia was, only to find her gone, "Wait where did—?" The rest of his question was answer as he heard a rush of wind and saw Sopha landing rather unsteadily on the branch he was on.
"How—"Sophia made the mistake of trying to talk while her balance wasn't steady and thus slipped.
Luckily Alan was there. He caught her and pulled her into his lap before she even dropped a centimeter off the branch. "That was dangerous, Sophia. Aren't you taking after that idiot too much? What if you got hurt?"
"I knew you'd catch me, Alan-sama. Thank you." Sophia said:as she clung to Alan.
"Sophia-sama~!" Mary called out from the base of the tree, "Shouldn't you tell Alan-sama about your proposal?"
"Yes, thank you, Mary-sama." Sophia replied and pulled away from Alan's chest to look him in the eyes. "Alan-sama! I'd like to be your and Mary's concubine!"
"Excuse me?" Alan was confused.
"You're both my type, you're cute, hard-working, smart, and confident. Please consider marrying me!"
"Wait a minute. Aren't we all in love with Katarina?" Alan made no secret of their mutual admiration for a certain idiot.
"We're Nobles and Royalty," Sophia shrugged, because really that explained everything, "And it's not like we can't love multiple people at once."
Alan couldn't fault her logic but he had to hear what Mary had to say, "What do you think, Mary?"
"I see no reason to object," Mary was smiling at them, "This also works as a safety net in case Katarina-sama marries Geord." Mary made no secret of the fact that she had designs for Katarina, "Besides, we will treat Sophia-sama better than anyone else who would marry her if we do take her as a concubine."
"That is true," Alan agreed. "Alright, I guess I can agree to this arrangement."
"Yay! Thank you Alan-sama!" Sophia said and briefly hugged him. Sophia pulled away with a brilliant smile, "One more thing. Alan-sama? Mary-sama?"
"Yes?" They both responded as they wondered if there was anything else of note.
"I want to be the third person you both kiss," Sophia said seriously.
"Okay," Mary agreed immediately. She understood Sophia's intentions well.
"Okay..?"Alan agreed not really having a reason to object.
"... can we get back on the ground now?" Sophi asked Alan as the adrenaline had worn off.
And with that Sophia and Alan defended and joined Mary for the planned tea party.
★the hour before Alan arrived at Hunt Manor★
Mary and Sophia were walking in Mary's Garden.
"Mary-sama?" Sophia asked as she clung to Mary's arm
"Yes, Sophia-sama?" Mary was unphased since Sophia has been getting clingy lately.
"I like you." Sophia said and beamed at Mary
Mary patted Sophia's arm, "I like you too, Sophia-sama?"
"Sexually?" Sophia asked tilting her head.
"Sexually too. You're my close friend after all." Mary responded and patted Sophia's head
"So can I be your concubine?" Sophia asked
"I have no problem with it. You'll have to ask Katarina-sama or Alan-sama, though." Mary said as she spotted a flower that needed love. She separated from Sophia to take care of it.
Sophia continued speaking as she watched Mary tend to her flowers., "I love how caring you are, Mary-sama. I also like your breasts."
"Yes, thank you. I like how sweet you are as well, Sophia-sama." Mary accepted the compliment.
And with that they went off to plan some mischief for Alan.