Day Two - Pairing #13 – Mitch & Oma

Prompt: Cafe AU

Mitch stared at the quiet, younger girl, trying to imagine that they were related. Not by blood, of course—realistically, she'd probably never know anything about her actual bloodline—but if what Mother had told her was true, this young woman was the closest thing she'd ever had to family besides Mother herself. If she squinted, she could almost make herself see similarities in their faces.

Apparently feeling Mitch's stare, the girl glanced up from her untouched tea uneasily, and then immediately dropped her gaze to the steaming liquid again, her face flushing as though she'd just done something of which she was ashamed. Mitch felt anger rising up through her solar plexus. Mother had told her some of what this girl had been through, and Mitch had seen with her own eyes the cruelty that she endured with that horrible princess she served.

"Aren't you going to drink your tea?" Mitch asked gently.

"Oma shall drink when Her Highness chooses to drink," the girl replied.

"But your princess isn't here right now. Your tea will get cold. Go ahead," she coaxed. "I'll watch for Princess Whatsherface and Mr. Tall Guy. They'll never know."

"Oma shall drink when Her Highness chooses—"

"What about a shaler?" Mitch picked up one of the colorful sweets and held it out to Oma.

The girl continued to stare into her cooling cup of tea. "Oma shall eat when Her Highness chooses to eat."

"Suit yourself," Mitch said, shrugging. She popped the shaler into her own mouth and shook her head, taking a second look at the slave's face.

This time she could imagine no resemblance at all.

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