10.Aug.22, 06:42 AM
When Sironar offered a happy medium to his mate against calling his siblings chunky, Ch'es cautioned Pardrith before he could find a reason to take offense. It's a reasonable suggestion. With a grunt, the dark hatchling looked away.
Knowing there was no pushing the young one on this matter, Ch'es was all too happy for the change in conversation when Pardrith and Chirp stood guard. While Chirp returned to her boy's shoulder to purr and trill against his cheek, Pardrith stretched his nose out to sniff curiously at Fancy. Reading his mate's feelings concerning the blue flitter, he decided his presence was a welcome enough one that he delicately bumped noses before returning to standing guard.
When Ch'es returned with his food, both boy and dragon preened simultaneously at Sironar's compliment. He was quite handsome, wasn't he? Even if he hadn't been mated to him, Ch'es suspected he'd still feel the same regarding Pardrith's rich, dark coat.
Slipping to the ground to eat cross-legged, Ch'es plucked choice snacks off his plate for both Chirp and Fancy if he decided he wanted to get in on the food action the green flitter was definitely enjoying. The boy patted the ground next to him in open invitation for Siro to join him and leaned companionably against the other teen when he was seated.
Sitting there relaxing, weariness dogged Ch'es. It was only in the moments that he stopped moving that he felt the full brunt of how exhausting it was being up and down so frequently. Sensing it, Pardrith walked around to settle against Ch'es's back where he could lean against him, too, if he needed it. Grateful, the boy turned to smile at his dragon and wrapped his hand around the underside of Pardrith's throat to scratch his opposite cheek.
Ch'es found comfort in the easy silence between the five of them, and he watched his fellow classmates mingle with others as he ate his own meal. Unlike the majority of them, the introverted hunter felt no desire to dive into the throng of others and was quite satisfied with his place on the outskirts with the familiar closeness of a friend.
The boy realized he'd almost dozed off in such comfort when Pardrith's grumbling jolted against his back. Following his dragon's gaze, he spotted Tsavoth staring him down. Recognizing him for the brown who'd nearly trampled Sironar that Pardrith had defended him against, Ch'es placed a staying hand against his dragon's neck. Don't start trouble.
Whatever staring match was going on, the tawny brown sibling seemed to think better of it and left the lounging bronze and his Shadow in peace.