[TheSpatialWeeg]

Mari (Here's an invitation to participate in the thread!)

“mOOOOOOOM?!”

Oh boy, Amitie was feeling...things.

Let’s quickly go back and setup the scenery. It was Christmas, a joyous time for everyone, and someone decided it was a funny little prank to hang over a mistletoe over her and Arle’s head. Truth be told, Amitie could not complain, she basically did the same for Isonus and Accord, and really, there was a big difference between these two occasions.

Now, Amitie was no love connoisseur, that was Allie’s thing. But she knew Arle was dating someone already. And really, kissing someone who was already dating someone was not cool with her, tradition be friggin’ damned.

Even so, Arle kissed her. And not in the involuntarily sense, either. She was the one who took initiative, and kissed the blonde! In the lips! And then she took one step further, and flirted with her! Amitie, admittedly, was yelling internally for the past hour or so, because dang it, that moment felt so good! She remembered she only felt this when Raffina did it! Was this a sign? A sign that she actually held some romantic feelings towards someone other than Raffina?? How was Arle not worried about ruining her other relationship?!

After this, her head was a jumbled mess. Too many feelings, too many thoughts! Oh god she needed guidance, clearance, whatever! Help, she needed help!

“MOOOOOMM!!” She screamed, quite literally barging in Peach’s room, breathing heavily and erratically. “MOM, I NEED HELP, I THINK I GOT FEELINGS FOR TWOOOO PEOPLE AND I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT” she talked loudly in between the heavy breathing, flailing her arms rather comically as well.

[Mari]

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A cry from a precious princess, a cry for help!

Peach bevan to get up, only for Amitie to burst in anyway. It seemed like not that long ago that her room was a sacred place no one could enter without her permission. She'd given that up though, in the name of being a mother. ...She didn't regret it, really. Peach walked over, speaking softly and calmly. "Come here, Amitie..." Peach requested, opening her arms wide for a big hug. She pulled Amitie in, inadvertently pressing Amitie's head into her chest due to their rather large height difference. She'd be lying if she ever claimed not to enjoy this. It helped her feel more mature than she arguably was. She hugged Amitie rather tightly, just kind of cuddling her into the warmth of her embrace for a good long moment. It included a lite back rub and perhaps a few hushes. "It's okay..." she softly reassured. She then slipped an arm around Amitie's waist and brought her back to her bed with her, sitting down and pulling Amitie onto her lap, so that she could hold her and dry her tears with a handkerchief as she spoke. "Amitie... You know what 'cheating' is. It's breaking the rules, right? Weeell, ...who makes the rules for love?" Peach gently asked, leading Amitie along on a journey of self-exploration. She gave Amitie a moment to answer, thoughtfully and politely waiting such that she could think things through. "...The truth is, love doesn't have any rules. We're supposed to set our own rules so that we are comfortable with them. Not everyone can be happy following the same rules, so it's important to listen to your heart and be honest with yourself about what you want." Peach continued on to explain. "The truth is... I have feelings for many people. I could never be in a relationship with someone who asked me to stop loving other people, and that's o-kay. Because those that love me for who I am will accept me, like Rosalina did!" Peach added after a moment, beaming proudly down at Amitie.

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[TheSpatialWeeg]

Amitie's freakout was successfully calmed! She softly wrapped her arms around her mother a bit after she did so herself. As she was brought to the bed, she took a couple of deep breaths before Peach threw the question towards her. ...Who did make rules for love? “Well...no one? I think?” She replied.

She kept quiet and let Peach explain the matter further. Once the explanation finished, she tapped her finger onto her chin in pondering. "I...I think I get what you mean. I-it's just that...this is all still rather...new to me and...I dunno, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I love another person, y'know…? Now I've got two people that I love and they love me back, and this is...over...overwhelming."

She lowers her gaze a bit. "I...I just wonder what Raffina would think about this. O-or Ms. Rulue." She mutters, fidgeting slightly in place. "I... It's just that...mm…" she tried to continue, only to falter. Still, it was...probably obvious what she was trying to say. She was...scared. Scared of being shot down. Of losing someone because of her love for another. Poor girl was lost and confused, she had no idea what to do...

[Mari]

Once again, Peach went politely quiet while Amitie explained her feelings. It gave her ample time to think about what exactly she wanted to say, after all! She was not... entirely oblivious to the norms of the dating world. Bowser was not the type to share, after all. And Amitie's concerns were nothing if not valid. She still remembered how scared she'd been when Perry rudely announced Peach's private thoughts at an inopportune moment she confessed her feelings for Rosalina, and that was just over loving another girl! "...Well, I believe that if they really love you for who you are, they will learn to accept you once you show them that you are perfectly capable of loving them both back." Peach thoughtfully reassured, lightly giving Amitie a little affectionate squeeze. After a moment, however, she chuckled at something unsaid. "I do suspect that Raffina has a very 'specific' idea of what love is supposed to look like. ...An idea that does not include two girls. And yet. . . she's hopelessly in love with you~" Peach began, well aware of how torn up Raffina was on the inside. She wasn't very good at hiding it, really. She then hesitated a moment to lean in and speak more softly into Amitie's ear, as if to avoid being overheard. "In fact, I think you could ask her to do just about anything and she'd do it, just to make you happy." Peach remarked in a rather suggestive fashion, snickering at the idea. It was perhaps a selfish idea, but she doubted it would amount to any harm.

"...And while I do not know Rulue very well, if she is Arle's girlfriend I believe she may already have accepted such an idea before you ever came along~" Peach hesitantly added after a moment, trying her best to instill Amitie with a sense of confidence.

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Amitie went quiet as Peach spoke to her. She nodded along to what she had to say, up until Peach coming close to her and whispering something...interesting on her ear. "R-really? Anything?" she whisper-asked back. She never really thought of that. Would Raffina really be that eager to just..whatever she wanted? That sounded...kinda appealing, truth be told, 'cause in her honest opinion, Raffina gave up on a lot of fun things just to keep that 'lady' image she kept talking about. "...do you think I can make her eat chocolate?" she asked. Whoa, Amitie, that's a pretty dastardly scheme ya got brewing there, calm down.

After the small tangent, Amitie slipped back into listening to what her mother had to say. After everything was said, she drew a heavy, shuddering breath. The one big problem lied with Rulue (because Arle already admitted to liking her that way) not being supportive of the idea, and Peach admitting to not knowing her very well made her heart squirm in fear. Guess the only thing she could do was mentally prepare herself for if or when that'd happen.

A bit of time passes with Amitie in silence, taking deep breaths and just mentally steeling herself for the worst scenario...which wasn't exactly 100% successful, because she was still afraid. Why did rejection always have to sound like a natural disaster was coming her way? "U-um...I think I'm ready!" she ended up vocalizing. "M-mom, can you...call Arle, Raffina and Rulue to the castle? Tell them I wanna say something super important!" she said. Well, whatever the case was or what would happen afterwards, she was going to get this done tonight.

[Mari]

Peach giggled. "I do believe you could~" she replied, rather amused by the innocence of the thought. That was perhaps what she'd been expecting, but she found it no less endearing than if she hadn't. To her surprise, however, Amitie expressed a desire to do this... well, now! And that caught Peach off guard. "--Oh!" Peach replied, pondering this for a good long moment. What were the odds that Arle wasn't busy, Raffina was at the lodge and she could get ahold of Rulue? "...Alright. I'll just need a bit to find them all." Peach politely replied. It'd take her a bit, but she assumed if she could find Arle, the rest was likely to fall into place.

A trip to the Life Sphere and back later, after asking Arle to bring Rulue, Peach hopefully returned with the three requested girls in tow! She'd had to ask Arle to help her bring Rulue, and well--Raffina wasn't too bothered about visiting the castle. It was practically her dream to live in one, after all. Peach would arrive ahead of the rest of the group, stepping into Amitie's room to let her know they were ready. "They're here~ You can go out and see them anytime you're ready." Peach encouragingly greeted. She hadn't told any of them much more than that Amitie had something important she needed to tell them. ...And of course she'd offered them food for their time.

Meanwhile, outside, Arle was standing by Rulue and Raffina, just kind of basking in their company. What could she say about being surrounded by intimidatingly beautiful women? ...Nothing, if she were smart. "I wonder what Amitie called us over for." Arle light-heartedly mused aloud. "Probably for our help with something." Raffina replied. Though, Arle had her doubts about that. She questioned why Rulue would've been called if it was about fighting or solving some sort of problem, ...ironically. But then, why?