After spending the whole day nervous, Sophie was finally done with everything. She took deep breaths as she slowly approached the street under Yoko's window. And she wasn't just herself either. She strode forward on horseback, rented from a nearby stable, her mount moved forward calmly with the girl on top. Since it was already getting late Sophie met few people on the way, but even so, she earned several odd glances. As Sophie was wearing her wrestling outfit, except instead of her usual skirt she put on a pair of riding jeans to protect her thighs.
FInally, Sophie reached under Yoko's window. She took one final deep breath as she looked up the girl's window. The window was dark, Sophie's heart sank a little, but she went too far to not even try. Maybe Yoko was just testing her. She cleaned her throat and at first quietly, due to her nerves, but started singing. As she went on, thanks to the many hours she spent practicing, she slowly warmed up more and more and her voice got lounder enough to wake Yoko from her slumber.
To keep faith,
To guard your honour,
To seek peace,
To obey,
To fear, to serve
And to honour –
[All these] I wish to do for you until death,
Peerless lady.
For I love you so much – it’s no lie! –
That one could dry up
The high seas
And hold back its waves, before
I could hold back
From loving you,
I do not lie,
For my thoughts,
My memory,
My pleasure
And my desire
Are endlessly
In you, whom I cannot abandon
Nor drive from my mind.
To keep faith,
To guard your honour,
To seek peace,
To obey,
To fear, to serve
And to honour –
[All these] I wish to do for you until death,
Peerless lady.
There is no joy or enjoying
Nor any other good thing one could feel
Or imagine
Which does not seem to fade
When your sweetness chooses
To sweeten my bitterness.
Therefore to praise
And adore
And fear you,
To suffer everything,
To enjoy everything with you,
To endure everything,
[all these] I wish more than I desire
To win reward.
To keep faith,
To guard your honour...
You are the true sapphire
Which can cure all my ills
And end them;
An emerald to enjoy,
A ruby to brighten my heart
And comfort it .
Your words,
Your look,
Your bearing
Make us flee
And hate
And defy
All vice, and all good things hold dear
And desire.
To keep faith,
To guard your honour,
To seek peace,
To obey,
To fear, to serve
And to honour –
[All these] I wish to do for you until death,
Peerless lady.
And soon Sophie's beloved burst forward from the window, but not anything like Sophie wished for. The girl yelled down at Sophie, threating to smite her and waving her large rifle around. Sophie yelped quickly, the redhead with the gun being a somewhat threatening sight and in her shock, she fell right down from her horse, landing on the ground beside it with a grunt. At which point Sophie's mount decided it had enough to crazy night and turned around, running off into the night, leaving the stunned girl there to be recognised by Yoko.
Sophie was in shock for a bit, dishertened by Yoko's inital reaction then confused as the girl's tone changed upon noticing her. "
Did.." She didn't have the power to make her voice loud enough to have any chance of reaching Yoko so she swallowed and tried again, this time managing to put a bit of power in her sentence. "
Did you not get my letter?" She asked, before pushing herself up to be sitting on the ground, looking up at Yoko, still with a slightly scared expression.
