24.Jan.19, 03:19 AM
Nerreh choked on air the same moment Faxxonth — true to form — squeaked in surprise, both staring wide-eyed at Edath. Well, fuck. That was a bridge she hadn’t wanted to think about crossing just yet. Judging from Faxx’s speechlessness, Nerreh’s little girl hadn’t thought about it either. Well, maybe that meant they had some time yet, so Nerreh tried to brush off that particular fear about the future by teasing her friend. Really, she hadn’t expected R’dal of all people to get so blushy.
“Sure did, buddy,” Nerreh said with a pat to the back of R’dal’s shoulder, “Loud and clear. Tell me, is Edath usually a cradle snatcher, or should Faxx feel extra special?” With a grin she wiggled her eyebrows at him, trying to make light of everything. Instead of dwelling on the fact that dragon shenanigans may end up in sex with childhood friends who were most definitely not into you. Probably because he was strictly into men — which was a whole ‘nother set of complicated feelings Nerreh would like to ignore as long as humanly possible — and not because R’dal had any particular problem with her personally, but still. Felt weird. Teasing him was easier.
Faxxonth took the opposite route — overthink everything. She blinked at Edath, not sure how to respond. This aspect of being green just hadn’t been on Faxxonth’s mind before; it hadn’t been important, so she hadn’t thought about it. But now it seemed she was going to have to think about it, if blues were going to be flirting with her. Expecting her to fly. Oh, dear. Did she even like blues? Faxxonth didn’t know. She hadn’t thought this far ahead. She didn’t have to figure it out yet, did she? She was still all splotchy, no matter what Edath said. And unless she was very mistaken she wouldn’t be Flying any time soon. So she didn’t have to worry about it! Or would her new hide color force her to address it… Everything was far too complicated. Faxxonth had just wanted confirmation that she didn’t look silly! She pressed closer to Nerreh, wanting reassurance from her life-mate, even if she was keeping most of her current thoughts from him. It would be fine. Nerreh stroked her neck softly, still focused on teasing R’dal for his dragon’s words.
Overthinking done for the moment, Faxxonth decided that she liked at least some of what Edath said — she was pretty and other dragons would like her. That was good! She rested her head against Edath’s shoulder for a heartbeat in thanks for the compliment before pulling it back — wouldn’t do to give him ideas.
“Sure did, buddy,” Nerreh said with a pat to the back of R’dal’s shoulder, “Loud and clear. Tell me, is Edath usually a cradle snatcher, or should Faxx feel extra special?” With a grin she wiggled her eyebrows at him, trying to make light of everything. Instead of dwelling on the fact that dragon shenanigans may end up in sex with childhood friends who were most definitely not into you. Probably because he was strictly into men — which was a whole ‘nother set of complicated feelings Nerreh would like to ignore as long as humanly possible — and not because R’dal had any particular problem with her personally, but still. Felt weird. Teasing him was easier.
Faxxonth took the opposite route — overthink everything. She blinked at Edath, not sure how to respond. This aspect of being green just hadn’t been on Faxxonth’s mind before; it hadn’t been important, so she hadn’t thought about it. But now it seemed she was going to have to think about it, if blues were going to be flirting with her. Expecting her to fly. Oh, dear. Did she even like blues? Faxxonth didn’t know. She hadn’t thought this far ahead. She didn’t have to figure it out yet, did she? She was still all splotchy, no matter what Edath said. And unless she was very mistaken she wouldn’t be Flying any time soon. So she didn’t have to worry about it! Or would her new hide color force her to address it… Everything was far too complicated. Faxxonth had just wanted confirmation that she didn’t look silly! She pressed closer to Nerreh, wanting reassurance from her life-mate, even if she was keeping most of her current thoughts from him. It would be fine. Nerreh stroked her neck softly, still focused on teasing R’dal for his dragon’s words.
Overthinking done for the moment, Faxxonth decided that she liked at least some of what Edath said — she was pretty and other dragons would like her. That was good! She rested her head against Edath’s shoulder for a heartbeat in thanks for the compliment before pulling it back — wouldn’t do to give him ideas.