years I've walked in the coldest winds
from sorrow and pain I find my strength
the more I hurt, the clearer I see.
It was curious to the Were-King, that any individual soul would go through the effort day after day to ensure there was a basket of muffins on his nightstand to wake up to. It made him question exactly why she desired to do something for him, particularly when the pair were not terribly close to begin with. It seemed the sort of task Raven might have done and likewise, he had assumed it had been her. That insistent line of questioning, however, seemed to prompt an internal glimpse of indecision within her, as if Calliel was unsure if she wished to voice the truth behind her reasoning. That final shrug he was given caused his eyebrow to raise before her brown eyes turned ever intently to meet the emerald hue of his own irises. Her voice was particularly candid, though he had come to expect as much from the woman. What he didn't anticipate, however, was her assurances that he seemed sad. For a moment, those emerald eyes simply stared at her blankly, as if he didn't quite comprehend that answer he was given. It wasn't till several moments later that a snort left his nose, the very sound followed by a subdued chuckle. She brought him muffins because she thought he was sad? If that wasn't the richest thing he'd ever heard!
His suggestion that she had been easier then he had anticipated to get into his bed seemed to prompt a warm simper upon her features. The very melancholy that had moment's ago afflicted her replaced with an almost sly look to her youthful features, the very kind that prompted his eyebrow to rise almost wearily. He watched her as her hand lifted to entangle in his locks, her eyes staring up at him as she so offered him a challenging word, only to withdraw ever so suddenly. For a moment, Tetradore watched her, merely considering those options before him. It would, after all, be easy to take advantage of that position she had placed herself in. It would be easy to return that flirtatious advance and yet....she was so...young. She was so naive. And, most importantly, she was Frost's Vector. The last thing he needed, on top of getting involved with anyone, was to get involved in someone of Frost's, even despite the tentative peace and equally as uncertain friendship the two men had found in one another. He let his gaze turn towards the ceiling, purposefully letting that moment pass before she inquired after his day.
He took the now empty wrapper from her, placing it on his bed stand table as he commented on those shipping manifests that required his review. It was hardly fun but owning the businesses he did generally weren't to begin with. His inquiry of her day, however, resorted in her assurance that she had the day off - and free of any further baking. He hardly expected the way she turned to him so abruptly, only to inquire with far too much seriousness then he was sure was necessary if he wanted to be her friend. It was, by far, the most bizarre morning he'd had in a while. Who asked to be friends anymore? This seemed like such a childish thing that, for a moment, he was unsure of how to respond. His tentative acceptance of that friendship hardly seemed satisfactory to the girl as she impressed upon him the importance of that relationship, one he was, admittedly, unlikely to follow through on.
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