(OOC) Child!Mina
Another of these ficlets. This one is child!Mina for frivolous-jo. This is just...sweet.
“Daddy! Daddy!” Mina ran out the door and down the street as soon as she saw her father coming through the window. She was normally quite calm and collected, at least for a seven year old, but whenever her father came to visit all that was gone. He, too, looked excited to see her. When he reached her he picked her up, twirling her around as she giggled. As he put her down, holding her hand as they walked back to her aunt and uncle’s house, Mina’s father said to her. “I have a new book for you today.” She looked at him with childish admiration. “You do?” He nodded, smiling, and took out a copy of “The Canterbury Tales” from his bag. Her eyes lit up. “Thank you!”
Her father watched, bemused, as Mina ran to her bedroom and put the book on a small shelf where she had been keeping all the books he gave her. She looked up at him and grinned, her eyes full of innocent adoration.
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Mina arrived in the park, and there, in their favorite spot was Jonathan. He was eight, and nearly a whole year older than her, but they had been friends for as long as she could remember. When he saw her he smiled and waved. She waved back and hurried to where he sat, clutching her notebook and pencil to her. Almost as soon as she sat down next to him, crossing her legs, a slightly younger girl with wild blonde hair ran towards them. Mina smiled and stood up to hug her as she reached them. “Mama had visitors,” said Lucy, slightly out of breath, “I had to stay and have tea with them.”
“Let’s play Kings and Queens,” Jonathan said suddenly, “I can be the King, and Mina can be the Queen.”
“I’ll be the Princess!” Lucy piped up.
Mina looked down at her feet and mumbled. “I’m not pretty enough to be the Queen. Lucy should be the Queen.”
Jonathan got to his feet and put an arm around her. “That’s nonsense. You have to be the Queen. After all, we are going to get married.”
She smiled shyly. “I suppose you’re right.”
“Daddy! Daddy!” Mina ran out the door and down the street as soon as she saw her father coming through the window. She was normally quite calm and collected, at least for a seven year old, but whenever her father came to visit all that was gone. He, too, looked excited to see her. When he reached her he picked her up, twirling her around as she giggled. As he put her down, holding her hand as they walked back to her aunt and uncle’s house, Mina’s father said to her. “I have a new book for you today.” She looked at him with childish admiration. “You do?” He nodded, smiling, and took out a copy of “The Canterbury Tales” from his bag. Her eyes lit up. “Thank you!”
Her father watched, bemused, as Mina ran to her bedroom and put the book on a small shelf where she had been keeping all the books he gave her. She looked up at him and grinned, her eyes full of innocent adoration.
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Mina arrived in the park, and there, in their favorite spot was Jonathan. He was eight, and nearly a whole year older than her, but they had been friends for as long as she could remember. When he saw her he smiled and waved. She waved back and hurried to where he sat, clutching her notebook and pencil to her. Almost as soon as she sat down next to him, crossing her legs, a slightly younger girl with wild blonde hair ran towards them. Mina smiled and stood up to hug her as she reached them. “Mama had visitors,” said Lucy, slightly out of breath, “I had to stay and have tea with them.”
“Let’s play Kings and Queens,” Jonathan said suddenly, “I can be the King, and Mina can be the Queen.”
“I’ll be the Princess!” Lucy piped up.
Mina looked down at her feet and mumbled. “I’m not pretty enough to be the Queen. Lucy should be the Queen.”
Jonathan got to his feet and put an arm around her. “That’s nonsense. You have to be the Queen. After all, we are going to get married.”
She smiled shyly. “I suppose you’re right.”