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Continuation to my Downton Abbey AU again. There's a fair in town~
Jesse/Taiga + some Juri & Shintaro | PG | ~1,400 words
“Lord Taiga is going, too, did you hear?”
“No way!”
Everyone downstairs was talking about the fair happening in the village on Saturday. Mr. Inohara had, after some persuasion, agreed that most of the servants could have half-days then and go to the fair in the evening. Somehow, the word had spread about Mr. Taiga going as well. Jesse had no idea how it had happened, but the maids’ fussing did amuse him a bit.
“It's gossip downstairs,” Jesse told Taiga later that day, when he dressed the young lord for dinner.
“Don’t they have anything else to gossip about?” Taiga asked, amused.
“You’d be surprised...”
Jesse took Taiga’s tailcoat from the hanger and helped it on him. He brushed the shoulders clean while Taiga checked himself from the mirror.
“You’ll accompany me to the fair, won’t you?” Taiga asked, meeting Jesse’s eyes through the mirror. “It’s been years since I’ve been there, I don’t want to go alone.”
Jesse couldn’t help a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. “Of course.”
–
“What do you mean you can’t come with us?” Juri demanded the next day when Jesse finally had the guts to break the news to him and Shintaro.
“It means I’ll have to go with Mr. Taiga,” Jesse said and tried to look as vexed as he could.
“But surely he can’t tie you down the whole evening?” Shintaro wondered. “All others get free time.”
“I’ll try to slip away at some point and join you,” Jesse promised, though secretly wondering how likely that would be.
“You better!”
–
In the evening, after the servants’ dinner, all the younger folk hurried to change out of their liveries and into their own clothes, and started towards the village in a jolly mood. Jesse watched how Juri and Shintaro left in a group with Mina, Sana and Momo, chattering cheerfully. Meanwhile, Jesse climbed the stairs to the first floor and the entrance hall, where he met Taiga.
The young Kyomoto was wearing a modest dark suit and a simple hat, like he didn’t want to stand out too much. During their walk to the village, Taiga was also weirdly talkative, blabbering away about different things, and Jesse wondered if he was a bit nervous about the fair visit. It was mostly common folk going there, after all.
Once they got closer, they could already hear the music and clamour carrying from the townsquare. Jesse felt his excitement rise upon seeing the colourful tents and stalls, the pennons and lanterns hanging from trees. He and Taiga hurried their steps and joined the steady flow of people walking into the fair area.
They’d passed a couple of snack stalls, a fire eater and a puppet show, when Taiga suddenly gasped and grabbed Jesse’s arm.
“They have the same game stalls as the last time I was here. I always liked the tossing game where you could win toys or candy.”
“Shall we go and play?” Jesse asked at once. He, too, liked those games.
“I’m pretty bad at tossing...”
“It doesn’t matter, come on!”
Jesse ushered Taiga to a stall where one had to knock over tin cans to win a prize. Taiga gestured that he’d pay for their games, but after searching through his pockets, he threw an alarmed look at Jesse.
“My wallet... I don’t have it with me. It’s in the pocket of my other jacket!”
“Oh,” Jesse said. “Well, I’ll pay for this one. I have some coins.”
“I feel like an idiot…” Taiga muttered when Jesse paid the stall keeper and received balls in return.
“Nonsense! Now win yourself a prize.” He handed the balls to Taiga.
It turned out Taiga had been right about being bad at tossing. He missed all the cans with his five balls and huffed dramatically when he was done. Jesse, on the other hand, concentrated on his turn and managed to knock down four cans out of five while Taiga was cheering beside him.
“Congratulations, sir. Here’s your prize,” the stall keeper smiled and handed Jesse a nice wooden toy car and a bag of hard candies.
“Here,” Jesse offered the car to Taiga once they were walking away from the stall.
“I can’t take it, you won it.”
“I won it for you,” Jesse said in a low voice. He held it up until Taiga finally took it, smiling a bit while glancing at him.
“Thank you.”
“And you really do suck at tossing, sir,” Jesse couldn’t help adding teasingly, and quickly dodged Taiga’s half-hearted punch aimed at him.
They had a good time at the fair. They tried a couple more games and bought cups of punch until Jesse ran out of coins. After that, they were walking around, drinking and eating the candy, watching the people and enjoying the atmosphere. A couple times, Jesse caught sight of Juri and Shintaro and other servants through the crowd and remembered his sort-of promise. He felt a bit bad for his friends, but he couldn’t and wouldn’t leave Taiga alone.
Taiga seemed to have quickly gotten over the first nervousness and was now relaxed, chatty and in good spirits. There was this adorable child-like excitement in him when they explored the fair, and looking at him made Jesse smile.
Jesse enjoyed Taiga’s company, more than he could ever say, but he also tried to remember to act like Taiga’s valet. A couple times he thought Taiga got a bit carried away with the lack of personal space and overly friendly touching, and Jesse had to take a step back. Not because he didn’t enjoy it, but because he worried the surrounding people could get the wrong idea.
When it happened the third time, Taiga turned to him, looking puzzled.
“Is everything alright?”
Jesse shrugged. “I suppose...”
Taiga didn’t look pleased with the answer, and he pulled Jesse with him behind one of the tents, to the shadows and away from people.
“What is it?”
“I’m sorry,” Jesse said instantly. “I just... I think we shouldn’t act too friendly in front of people like that. So that there won't be any misunderstandings.”
“Oh,” Taiga muttered, looking a bit taken aback. “You’re right. I should apologise. I was being careless.”
“It’s alright...”
“No,” Taiga cut Jesse off. “It’s not, and you shouldn’t have to apologise for that. But oh, how I hate it here! We should go away somewhere.”
“W-what?” Jesse wasn’t sure he’d heard right.
“I’ve been thinking of going to London, it’s been some time since I’ve been there. And you should come with me.” Taiga took Jesse’s hand in his, smiling at him knowingly.
“There, no one will know us. There’s a lot to see. And do. What do you say?”
He didn’t even have to ask. Jesse had never been to London so he wasn’t sure what to picture in his mind, but Taiga’s tempting smile and low voice were enough to raise his heart rate.
“Of course I’ll come with you.”
Jesse leaned closer just a bit and just for a moment, since they were hidden from the sights of others. He wanted to feel Taiga’s warmth against him, no matter how quickly. Taiga leaned in, too, and pressed a quick, light kiss on Jesse’s lips.
“It’s settled then,” Taiga said, smiling. ”Pack your bags, Mr. Lewis.”
—
Shintaro and Juri were having a break, sitting under a huge oak tree and eating pieces of apple tart. Mina, Sana and Momo were stuck playing a string pull game a couple stalls over.
”Looks like Jesse can’t get rid of Mr. Taiga after all,” Juri mused between mouthfuls. ”Poor him.”
”Well, I don’t know...” Shintaro said. He had spotted Jesse and the young lord by a game stall a bit farther. They were laughing together, and Shintaro noticed how Mr. Taiga nudged Jesse’s shoulder in a weirdly familiar manner.
”Jesse seems to be having a good time,” he said to Juri and pointed at the pair.
Juri’s brows furrowed at first and then rose almost comically.
“Well, isn’t that curious.”
“Maybe he’s not as bad as we make him out to be,” Shintaro said and turned his attention back to his tart.
“Maybe not...” Juri trailed off but kept eyeing Jesse and the young Kyomoto, who really seemed to be having fun together. Juri watched as they disappeared behind the stalls. Very curious, indeed.
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Jesse/Taiga + some Juri & Shintaro | PG | ~1,400 words
“Lord Taiga is going, too, did you hear?”
“No way!”
Everyone downstairs was talking about the fair happening in the village on Saturday. Mr. Inohara had, after some persuasion, agreed that most of the servants could have half-days then and go to the fair in the evening. Somehow, the word had spread about Mr. Taiga going as well. Jesse had no idea how it had happened, but the maids’ fussing did amuse him a bit.
“It's gossip downstairs,” Jesse told Taiga later that day, when he dressed the young lord for dinner.
“Don’t they have anything else to gossip about?” Taiga asked, amused.
“You’d be surprised...”
Jesse took Taiga’s tailcoat from the hanger and helped it on him. He brushed the shoulders clean while Taiga checked himself from the mirror.
“You’ll accompany me to the fair, won’t you?” Taiga asked, meeting Jesse’s eyes through the mirror. “It’s been years since I’ve been there, I don’t want to go alone.”
Jesse couldn’t help a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. “Of course.”
–
“What do you mean you can’t come with us?” Juri demanded the next day when Jesse finally had the guts to break the news to him and Shintaro.
“It means I’ll have to go with Mr. Taiga,” Jesse said and tried to look as vexed as he could.
“But surely he can’t tie you down the whole evening?” Shintaro wondered. “All others get free time.”
“I’ll try to slip away at some point and join you,” Jesse promised, though secretly wondering how likely that would be.
“You better!”
–
In the evening, after the servants’ dinner, all the younger folk hurried to change out of their liveries and into their own clothes, and started towards the village in a jolly mood. Jesse watched how Juri and Shintaro left in a group with Mina, Sana and Momo, chattering cheerfully. Meanwhile, Jesse climbed the stairs to the first floor and the entrance hall, where he met Taiga.
The young Kyomoto was wearing a modest dark suit and a simple hat, like he didn’t want to stand out too much. During their walk to the village, Taiga was also weirdly talkative, blabbering away about different things, and Jesse wondered if he was a bit nervous about the fair visit. It was mostly common folk going there, after all.
Once they got closer, they could already hear the music and clamour carrying from the townsquare. Jesse felt his excitement rise upon seeing the colourful tents and stalls, the pennons and lanterns hanging from trees. He and Taiga hurried their steps and joined the steady flow of people walking into the fair area.
They’d passed a couple of snack stalls, a fire eater and a puppet show, when Taiga suddenly gasped and grabbed Jesse’s arm.
“They have the same game stalls as the last time I was here. I always liked the tossing game where you could win toys or candy.”
“Shall we go and play?” Jesse asked at once. He, too, liked those games.
“I’m pretty bad at tossing...”
“It doesn’t matter, come on!”
Jesse ushered Taiga to a stall where one had to knock over tin cans to win a prize. Taiga gestured that he’d pay for their games, but after searching through his pockets, he threw an alarmed look at Jesse.
“My wallet... I don’t have it with me. It’s in the pocket of my other jacket!”
“Oh,” Jesse said. “Well, I’ll pay for this one. I have some coins.”
“I feel like an idiot…” Taiga muttered when Jesse paid the stall keeper and received balls in return.
“Nonsense! Now win yourself a prize.” He handed the balls to Taiga.
It turned out Taiga had been right about being bad at tossing. He missed all the cans with his five balls and huffed dramatically when he was done. Jesse, on the other hand, concentrated on his turn and managed to knock down four cans out of five while Taiga was cheering beside him.
“Congratulations, sir. Here’s your prize,” the stall keeper smiled and handed Jesse a nice wooden toy car and a bag of hard candies.
“Here,” Jesse offered the car to Taiga once they were walking away from the stall.
“I can’t take it, you won it.”
“I won it for you,” Jesse said in a low voice. He held it up until Taiga finally took it, smiling a bit while glancing at him.
“Thank you.”
“And you really do suck at tossing, sir,” Jesse couldn’t help adding teasingly, and quickly dodged Taiga’s half-hearted punch aimed at him.
They had a good time at the fair. They tried a couple more games and bought cups of punch until Jesse ran out of coins. After that, they were walking around, drinking and eating the candy, watching the people and enjoying the atmosphere. A couple times, Jesse caught sight of Juri and Shintaro and other servants through the crowd and remembered his sort-of promise. He felt a bit bad for his friends, but he couldn’t and wouldn’t leave Taiga alone.
Taiga seemed to have quickly gotten over the first nervousness and was now relaxed, chatty and in good spirits. There was this adorable child-like excitement in him when they explored the fair, and looking at him made Jesse smile.
Jesse enjoyed Taiga’s company, more than he could ever say, but he also tried to remember to act like Taiga’s valet. A couple times he thought Taiga got a bit carried away with the lack of personal space and overly friendly touching, and Jesse had to take a step back. Not because he didn’t enjoy it, but because he worried the surrounding people could get the wrong idea.
When it happened the third time, Taiga turned to him, looking puzzled.
“Is everything alright?”
Jesse shrugged. “I suppose...”
Taiga didn’t look pleased with the answer, and he pulled Jesse with him behind one of the tents, to the shadows and away from people.
“What is it?”
“I’m sorry,” Jesse said instantly. “I just... I think we shouldn’t act too friendly in front of people like that. So that there won't be any misunderstandings.”
“Oh,” Taiga muttered, looking a bit taken aback. “You’re right. I should apologise. I was being careless.”
“It’s alright...”
“No,” Taiga cut Jesse off. “It’s not, and you shouldn’t have to apologise for that. But oh, how I hate it here! We should go away somewhere.”
“W-what?” Jesse wasn’t sure he’d heard right.
“I’ve been thinking of going to London, it’s been some time since I’ve been there. And you should come with me.” Taiga took Jesse’s hand in his, smiling at him knowingly.
“There, no one will know us. There’s a lot to see. And do. What do you say?”
He didn’t even have to ask. Jesse had never been to London so he wasn’t sure what to picture in his mind, but Taiga’s tempting smile and low voice were enough to raise his heart rate.
“Of course I’ll come with you.”
Jesse leaned closer just a bit and just for a moment, since they were hidden from the sights of others. He wanted to feel Taiga’s warmth against him, no matter how quickly. Taiga leaned in, too, and pressed a quick, light kiss on Jesse’s lips.
“It’s settled then,” Taiga said, smiling. ”Pack your bags, Mr. Lewis.”
—
Shintaro and Juri were having a break, sitting under a huge oak tree and eating pieces of apple tart. Mina, Sana and Momo were stuck playing a string pull game a couple stalls over.
”Looks like Jesse can’t get rid of Mr. Taiga after all,” Juri mused between mouthfuls. ”Poor him.”
”Well, I don’t know...” Shintaro said. He had spotted Jesse and the young lord by a game stall a bit farther. They were laughing together, and Shintaro noticed how Mr. Taiga nudged Jesse’s shoulder in a weirdly familiar manner.
”Jesse seems to be having a good time,” he said to Juri and pointed at the pair.
Juri’s brows furrowed at first and then rose almost comically.
“Well, isn’t that curious.”
“Maybe he’s not as bad as we make him out to be,” Shintaro said and turned his attention back to his tart.
“Maybe not...” Juri trailed off but kept eyeing Jesse and the young Kyomoto, who really seemed to be having fun together. Juri watched as they disappeared behind the stalls. Very curious, indeed.
rin_aokuro, your turn! :3