19.Apr.18, 05:45 PM
“What?” R’nd was startled by the comparison and nearly tripped over his own feet with how off guard Indivara managed to catch him. He glanced down at her and grinned at the sly look he was being given. The girl knew exactly what to say to get back at him for teasing her as he was about the subject of love. It’s hardly a secret that you’re afraid of the word as much as you are the actual emotion. Or were, Ayyonth quickly tacked on the last bit before he got blasted for it. R’nd had admitted and accepted his feelings a while ago but it was still hard for him to think on it for too long. He blamed his upbringing and then going into exile for creating weird fears in him that involved losing those he loved.
“No, not all like us,” R’nd insisted as he led them down the street, doing his best to slow his pace so Indivara wouldn’t have to run to stay at his side. He was normally so accommodating to everyone around him but the little detail like length of legs and steps always seemed to escape him. “All right, a little like us since we’re… well, we are,”Oh just say it. It’s only a word. Mated. Rhymes with sated. Like what you and B’jin are each night. Now you try.
“I’m a bit envious of the fact that you don’t have to listen to Ayyonth constantly,” he confessed to Indivara with a sigh. “Fine. We’re mated. Are the two of you happy now? He’s laughing, by the way. I’m a constant source of amusement for him.” R’nd was ready to find a way to break up with his dragon.
He stopped talking for a moment as he led them to a little stall he had discovered a few months earlier. It was a kindly old man that seemed content to just sit and watch the world go by but he also made the best hot chocolate R’nd had ever tasted. It was rich and creamy and just utterly perfect. He ordered two drinks, passing one to Indivara before chatting with the man for a couple of minutes. It was a rather mundane conversation about the weather and health but the old man seemed pleased to talk about it and R’nd didn’t mind what the topics were.
R’nd thanked the man again for the drinks and offered his arm once more to Indivara before leading them back down the street with no real destination in mind now. “Anyway, you and V’ler are like us now. Living together, happy, and having amazing sex,” he smirked as he glanced down at Indivara but kept talking before she could get a word in, “but two months ago you were only two people sharing a living space. You have a real relationship now and I’m happy for you, Indivara.”
“No, not all like us,” R’nd insisted as he led them down the street, doing his best to slow his pace so Indivara wouldn’t have to run to stay at his side. He was normally so accommodating to everyone around him but the little detail like length of legs and steps always seemed to escape him. “All right, a little like us since we’re… well, we are,”
“I’m a bit envious of the fact that you don’t have to listen to Ayyonth constantly,” he confessed to Indivara with a sigh. “Fine. We’re mated. Are the two of you happy now? He’s laughing, by the way. I’m a constant source of amusement for him.” R’nd was ready to find a way to break up with his dragon.
He stopped talking for a moment as he led them to a little stall he had discovered a few months earlier. It was a kindly old man that seemed content to just sit and watch the world go by but he also made the best hot chocolate R’nd had ever tasted. It was rich and creamy and just utterly perfect. He ordered two drinks, passing one to Indivara before chatting with the man for a couple of minutes. It was a rather mundane conversation about the weather and health but the old man seemed pleased to talk about it and R’nd didn’t mind what the topics were.
R’nd thanked the man again for the drinks and offered his arm once more to Indivara before leading them back down the street with no real destination in mind now. “Anyway, you and V’ler are like us now. Living together, happy, and having amazing sex,” he smirked as he glanced down at Indivara but kept talking before she could get a word in, “but two months ago you were only two people sharing a living space. You have a real relationship now and I’m happy for you, Indivara.”