Crown prince Shoto Todoroki had to stop himself from grimacing as your gilded, decorated carriage pulled up outside the palace.

It was like you.

Trying too hard to be pretty.

Well, Shoto didn't know exactly how you were. He didn't even know how you looked, actually. But he assumed you were like every other prince and princess he had met.

He smirked slightly as he was proved right when your carriage door opened.

Look! You're already shivering! Did nobody tell you that the beautiful kingdom of Athervyth had harsh winters? He wasn't going to tell you the beautiful, proud-standing palace behind him was the opposite. Let you think your time here would be miserable.

Shoto let you sit there awkwardly in the open door of your carriage before stepping forwards to take your hand and help you out of your pretty little under insulated carriage. He pulled his hand back the second your feet touched the ground, silently hoping you would slip.

He bowed to you, of course, with his tail wrapped around his leg--he wasn't totally without respect, he knew his manners. He also knew the guards behind him would tell his father if he "mistreated" you in any way.

.. hypocrite.

"Welcome to Athervyth. Do be careful not to slip."