Aria had never treated her like a servant, not once, but she hadn't gone out of her way to bridge the gap either.
She was a quiet, friendly presence in the hallways, sometimes jealous when Alexandra got too close to Kaiden, sometimes very yandere about the whole situation, yes, but never outright hostile. Never cruel. Just... Aria, being Aria.
And now she was standing here telling Alexandra she wanted to see her happy, and the blonde's composure cracked before she could stop it.
"T-thank you, Aria," she managed, blinking fast, and her voice wobbled on the name in a way that made the Moon Valkyrie's silver eyes soften.
Alexandra's hands dropped to her sides. She glanced between Aria and Kaiden, and while the blush on her face had not faded, the set of her mouth had changed.
"B-but, you know," she muttered quietly, "while you were all out fighting... I wasn't just cleaning and cooking. Not in the past few days."
The room went still.
