Settling In [c]

[Hibiki]

SOMETIMES APPEARANCES FOOL, DON'T JUDGE BY THE LOOKS

It had been a couple of days since Eric had brought the young taguel to the estate and believe it or not this had been the first night she had been able of falling asleep decently -- maybe the bit of drinking the night before helped let her settle in decently into bed. However as the suns rays pushed through the window, the girl grabbed her pillow and covered her face "Hgn... let me sleep sun... go away!" she yelled to nobody. Slowly the amber hues of her eyes peeked out out from the comfort of the pillow as her ears moved a bit. She'd groan and slowly sat up in bed, rubbing her eyes "Mrr... sleepy..." she'd grumble before slowly moving her legs to the side of the bed and sitting on the edge. her eyes closed as her arms reached over her head and she stretched, yawning a bit before covering her mouth with her hand. Taking a moment she'd sigh and pondered something for a bit, her ears flicking. Just the moment after getting here she had been separated from Eric and hadn't seen him since. Then again she figured the young noble was busy with things he had to do so she needed to fend for herself. That said the girl got up and looked over the room. She would need to make herself something better to wear in such a place so maybe requesting some materials to work on things would be nice. Maybe she could make something special for the man that had offered her a job? Well none the less the girl would reach for her bag and went over her outfits, pulling out a long red gown she hadn't worn much since leaving home. And even so it was  brand new, having worn it only once. The last item her mother had made. And Hibiki cherished it. While not overly regal it was enough to make her look like someone presentable and not a mistif of all things. She slipped it on, taking a moment as she fit herself on the form and, with the ingenious help of her tail she would tie up the back before reaching for the mirror the room had, working on tending to her hair. She'd braid her hair all the way today in a single long braid and placed the said braid over her right shoulder, trailing down her front. Unfortunately so the flower scrunchy that matched this red dress had long gone missing. Maybe one of these days she could focus on making a new one. The dress reached for her feet, covering them but that didn't mean she'd go around without a pair of shoes on. And after slipping some shoes on she'd just make her way to the small bathroom and proceeded to wash her face before feeling like she was ready now. Slowly she'd reach for the door of her room and exited, inbound to see about getting herself something to eat.

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[Eric]

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The young man stared at the ceiling, indigo eyes half open as he stared blankly at the ceiling. Morning. He was never a morning kinda guy. Despite having been forced to rise with the sun and go to bed late as a child, he'd never really adapted to the lifestyle. Granted staying up late wasn't a problem, it was just being awake enough in the mornings to not just fall asleep again immediately. Eric rolled over onto his side, curling up a bit as he pulled the blanket closer over his head to block the sunlight. His efforts were to no avail. He couldn't fall asleep but he wanted desperately to stay in bed-- which wasn't a choice. He must have counted down three times before finally gathering the strength in his arms to push himself away from the mattress, his purple hair streaming down to the soft surface as though clinging to it desperately. "I must be getting lazy." He muttered to himself before yawning, arching his back a bit in a stretch.

With the young lord out of his bed he meandered over to the vanity, giving his reflection a glance. His hair was a mess giving bed-head a new meaning. His purple silk pajamas draping loosely over his body with his pants hanging about his hips. Stepping on the pants leggings he took them off getting ready for the day. He opened his wardrobe pulling out his clothes for the day. Without thinking twice about it he pulled on his pants and switched shirts. It was only with his head staring at the hole in it he paused and poked a finger through the damaged clothing. When did that get there? Hmm, he'd have to just wear a different shirt. He tossed the first onto the bed, pulling out a second. This one's damages were much more obvious as the sleeve was just about to fall off from getting it caught on a tree as he'd been riding from a horde of risen. This one also found its way into the pile of damaged clothes. His face dropped as he slowly came to realize that he didn't have any more shirts he could wear. He turned around and looked at himself in the mirror again before sighing in relief. At least his pants weren't ripped in any unseemly places. Still it was quite the dilemma he found himself in.

He tossed the last of his shirts on the bed slightly irritated he'd let the problem get so bad. Well, he could possibly go to town and get a new shirt-- but it was a ways away and he didn't have anything to wear for the trip. It was possible he could borrow something in the meantime but that would mean disturbing his father or seeming unbecoming asking to wear one of the hired help's clothes as if he didn't have the money to wear his own. He frowned as he looked at his body, the collective wounds he'd received from fighting were visible. While healing magic was good it wasn't perfect, white lines being left where he'd once been injured. He ran a finger over a new one that hadn't been there before, one of the scars Dao had given him this one in particular having been left on his side. Truly the young man was an outstanding swordsman. The young lord closed his eyes, he couldn't let the loss get to him, despite losing the battle he was able to lead the defense and thwart the Plegian invasion of Halebend. No. The bandit raid masked to look like a Plegian force.

He let out a small groan. "I need to stop thinking about these things... I'm helping no one by wallowing in confusion." That's right. One step at a time. His first course of action should be fixing his lack of wearable shirts. He'd been so busy over the past few days being tutored by his father in managing the duchy, going over supplies spent in their last tour and ordering more for their next expedition. It wasn't an easy task and he'd found himself busy for every moment of his day. He'd tried a few times to get away to search for Hibiki to see how she was settling in, but he just hadn't a moment. He blinked as the answer stared him in the face. It was a perfect excuse now to find her granted she wasn't still asleep. Without a second thought Eric walked out of his room after running a brush through his hair a bit to work out the knots. Thankfully he didn't have to go far. As he exited his room he noticed a form to his right and turned his head toward the figure.

"Ah, Hibiki. Good morning." The young lord greeted her as though nothing were abnormal about him leaving his room topless. "I trust you've begun to settle in? I apologize for not having to come to check on you sooner--" He paused as he fully began to process how beautiful she looked, it wasn't anything like the way he remembered her from their first meeting-- she looked much more refined and graceful. "Is today a special occasion?" He blinked trying to think of what day it was and why he hadn't gotten the memo to wear more formal clothes... had he been wearing clothes on his top half at all.

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[Hibiki]

SOMETIMES APPEARANCES FOOL, DON'T JUDGE BY THE LOOKS

Maybe she should've worn something else but most of her clothes were in need of a wash for certain and some of them needed a repair. Needless it was to say this was the only thing she could wear right now to look decent. As she closed the door behind her, her ears moved a bit as she heard someone call her out. Slowly she'd turn on her heels and paused for a moment as she just... stared. Well she had wanted to see about catching Eric, that was no lie but the circumstances were a bit odd, especially with how things looked right now, mostly his side of the entire ordeal. What the heck was wrong with her, she had seen guys shirtless before. It was as if she was a bit surprised but none the less she snapped out of it, taking a deep breath and looking up to meet his eyes "Uh?" she'd pause a moment before shaking her head "No." she'd say, shaking her head again and again "No, no, no" she said before taking a moment to look at the ground. She had to remain calm right now, but here was a guy standing in front of her with nothing covering his chest. She had seen those scars but remained silent about it "Its the only article of clothing I have right now that actually isn't dirty or ripped..." she said as she looked back up. Her fur stood on end from the nervousness she felt right now "I only have the basics to fix things right now, I'm pondering at som epoint getting some more things to try and make myself a few more garments..." she said, holding her hands behind her before she looked up "But I've settled in fine. How have you been? It's been a few days..." she said, trailing off a bit.

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[Eric]

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The young man blinked at her fervent response, if not soft and scattered. For some reason the young girl seemed nervous, her eyes lowered to the ground and only briefly glanced up at him once or twice. Was something on his face? Maybe his hair looked weird? He wished he had a mirror or something and raised a hand to scratch the back of his head. Maybe it was because he wasn't wearing a shirt? Not that it wasn't common to see him walking around the estate without certain clothes on, but when he did he wasn't embarrassed about it or nervous about people seeing him do so in his own home. His parents frowned upon his doing this and even more so on the fact that he was constantly going through new shirts. Now that he thought about it, though, it seemed like the most reasonable explanation. Why would she be embarrassed about it? Maybe she was compensating for his lack of modesty in this regard? Well, he didn't want that-- but he couldn't fix the problem without her help to begin with. Still... he couldn't help but think she was being far too cute in the process.

"Yeah, it has hasn't it?" He agreed tilting his head to the side with a sigh, "There's always more to be done and so little time in a day to do it. I wish I'd had more time to see you the past few days but now is as good a time as any. You see, there was something I wanted-- something only you could do for me." He glanced down the hallway for a moment, his face getting a little red. Alright, so maybe there was a line to what he was comfortable with and he was crossing it with his request. "Would you like to-- ah-- come in my room for a moment? I promise to take up as little of your time as possible."

He'd never had a girl in his room before, let alone one around his age. Sure caretakers and such his father had hired came in when he wasn't in and cleaned what he had missed, however the key concept was that he hadn't been in the room at the same time, they hadn't been around his age, and definitely weren't Hibiki. Why did he care so much if Hibiki saw his room or not? Maybe it wasn't so much her seeing his room as it was being in his room alone with him..? He closed his eyes and forced the thought from his head. He needed her now, there was no doubt about it. He couldn't go on with his day without her.

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[Hibiki]

SOMETIMES APPEARANCES FOOL, DON'T JUDGE BY THE LOOKS

Wishing he had more time? He hired her to be a helper, at best she had done her job and learned mostly about the ways around the house, even if she had managed to get lost more than just once or twice. Even so it was the single fact that he was standing there, shirtless. Well it wasn't a foreign thing as her father did it so after long times under the sun but Eric was... Different. A single eligible bachelor, she though. Actually yes he was single, so much so she knew because of the staff's idle gossip had been caught by her ears a couple of times during the past few days. Okay she was starting to loosen up until he said those words 'Something only she could do' he said, also asking her come into his room. Her luck was that her head lowered and he had his back turned to her as they started to walk across the hall slowly, her shoes tapping the floor ever so gently as she walked behind him.  What she hoped was that he didn't seem to think that things could in any way shape or form wrong. But what could he want that involve taking her to his room. A rather awkward image crossed her mind before she'd shiver and shook her head again. No. Bad. She was a lady, thinking such things was wrong. It was surely something else. Then she remembered. It was probably his clothes, that being the reason as to why he was running around without a shirt on... She just hoped it was that.

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[Eric]

I design not in word or talk
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Eric had expected her to have some kind of response for him but instead she just nodded silently and followed a few steps behind him. Well, as long as she was with him that was all that mattered. The soft sound of footsteps on the floor gave tempo to their movement, walking back to Eric's room. He glanced back at Hibiki to notice her head was bowed down toward the floor. He slightly raised an eyebrow, slightly worried about her. She'd been fairly quiet ever since he'd met her this morning. Did she hate him all of a sudden? Maybe he'd said something weird? He looked forward again to hide the slight frown he used when thinking. Well, he'd told her he needed her to come help him with his problem-- maybe it was the fact he was asking her to come to his room? Was this the first time she'd been in a guy's room?

"There's no need to be so nervous about it. I hear it gets better after the first time." He nodded sagely. After all, being in a guy's room was like being in any other room, the only difference was that a person lived in it. After a few more steps they reached the door. Eric grabbed Hibiki's wrist in a hand and led her inside, hoping the action would make her feel a little better about it. "As you can see, there's nothing to be nervous about. Everything's already prepared on the bed." He nodded to the shirts before turning back to her. "Oh, you might need your supplies won't you?" His face grew red, he'd totally forgotten about that. How was she supposed to quickly fix a shirt for him to wear if she didn't have the materials to do so? But, there was something else on his mind he'd wanted to ask her about.

"You've been quiet this morning-- is everything alright?" He asked, his eyes questioning and worried.

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[Hibiki]

SOMETIMES APPEARANCES FOOL, DON'T JUDGE BY THE LOOKS

Why was he saying such things! Hibiki felt on the edge of shutting down with how he was wording such things, her face flushing up uncontrollably as they made their way to the room. Once they were there she stayed at the door, still blushing uncontrollably. Now at most times she'd remain quiet but as she noticed the pile of shirts on his bed she would slowly walk over and pulled up one after the other quietly, accessing the damage they had in them while answering Eric "No, I'm alright Eric. Just interpreted  your words the wrong way. Then again you should just be a bit careful how you word things" she said, not mad or anything, just relaxing a bit as she seemed to tease him a bit about it. Who could blame her for wanting to tease the male after not seeing him for a few days? She had felt rather lonely as all hell until today. That said she'd start separating the shirts in two piles before sighing a bit and leaning down at the pile on the left "Some of these are rather tarnished and torn to the level fixing them would be rather pointless... I'll need materials to fix the others and I can make you more given I have the materials for it" she said, her bright eyes looking over as she smiled Then came an important question "Do you or... your family have a place where they keep things of the nature? I've heard that most nobility has a place where they store materials of the kind... I'm not sure how much access you have to such a place... But I'm certain that your parents would be interested in my seamstress works in exchange to access to such a place. Again... that is if they have one of those" she said before she'd straightened up, her tail swatting behind her a bit and her ears moved.

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[Eric]

I design not in word or talk
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The young man tilted his head. Worded things weirdly? Had he? He didn't understand how anyone could have misunderstood what he'd been saying. Then again, maybe she misunderstood because she was left out on the context in which he was speaking? Even so, that being the case, what was she interpreting his words to mean? He felt like he was getting close to understanding Hibiki, but she continued breaking his chain of thought. So there were some that couldn't be saved? Well, it figured, he'd gotten into some bad tussles and some of his clothes were no more than the rags of what they had used to be.

The young man walked over to stand next to her, crossing his arms and watching her work. She was thorough in her analysis like she had encountered such damage before. He gave her a quick look, noticing she had somewhat calmed down but her face was still tinged with a slight red. The corner of his mouth curved up in a small smile seeing it. How couldn't he help but think it was the cutest damn face he'd ever seen? The way she was completely focused on the task at hand, her almost golden eyes intense. Hmm, that was a strange color for eyes to be, now that he thought about it. Was it common for Tanguel?

He quickly looked away when she looked back to him, trying to cover up the fact he'd spent such a long time staring at her without meaning to. Well, if he had't been feeling as awkward about having a girl in his room before, he certainly was now. The old knot in his stomach returned pulling at him with a new intensity. "Yeah, actually I was wondering about that." He nodded, eager to draw attention away from his social blunder. "There's some cloth in my closet somewhere..." He mused as he opened it, pushing some hanging clothes aside. "Here we are. There's not a lot, but perhaps this might do? Other than this, we do have a storage room with more materials I can show you later-- or rather now if this proves to be inadequate." He offered casually, a little happy to find some excuse to be able to spend more time with her. He knew he shouldn't be showing such favoritism-- but he couldn't help himself.

"If you'd like, we could set aside some time one of these days to go back into town so you can pick out the materials you'd like to work with."

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[Hibiki]

SOMETIMES APPEARANCES FOOL, DON'T JUDGE BY THE LOOKS Hibiki quietly looked over the clothes one last time before he opened up his wardrobe and worked on finding her the fabric. Not entirely surprised as she got some from him, the girl took a soft breath before reaching in and checking the fabric "This will do for now..." she said softly, her lips curling for a smile, seeing as she had a few ideas on something she could secretly make him with the fabrics. that said she'd pull the fabric from his hands and turned around, her tail fluttering over his hand as it rubbed against his skin. It would just seem like a natural motion of the tail but she had actually done it on purpose, wanting to see the reaction before she walked over to his bed and sat down on the edge "With the ones that are old and too ripped for repairs, I say you can give it to the staff to make rags if you want. And at some point, a trip would be nice, i got some thread but it wont be enough to fix everything... but at least it can do for at least three of four repairs before it runs out" she said with a soft smile, her ears moving on the top of her head Eric - 214 WORDS SPOILER: Click to show Hibiki's being a bit sly =P

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[Eric]

I design not in word or talk
but in deed and truth

Eric gave her a small smile, relieved that he hadn't brought her into his room for nothing. At least her being able to manage with what little he could provide made the situation less embarrassing for him. Honestly, typically he was in top form having thought of most everything-- why was it now that he was suddenly slipping? He felt something soft touch the back of his hand. A little confused he turned his hand around to feel it with his palm, his fingers gently tracing its shape as it moved. It was a soft feeling, something that was malleable and felt smooth to his fingertips. Actually, he could feel many strands as though he were touching someone's hair or petting a cat or a dog. That's odd, he didn't think he had anything furry like that in his room... He looked down to his hand as something slipped out of it. The young man's face got red as he realized he'd just felt the length of Hibiki's tail.

I-it wasn't like he'd meant to, but at the same time why was he taking such guilty pleasure from it? Wait, was her tail sensitive? He couldn't imagine what it would be like to have one, but his imagination was firmly fixated on the feeling that was haunting his hand. He looked at Hibiki trying to gauge if she'd felt it. What was he thinking, of course she had! "I'm sorry, that was unprofessional of me." He apologized to her, raising a hand to his forehead, "I don't know why it's so difficult to remain so around you." He thought aloud, more to himself than to Hibiki. Was his throat dry? When did that happen? And what was this weird feeling? That's right, he had to take his mind off these things before he lost it.

"Yeah, we can go on a tail-- I-I mean a trip." Gods, so much for taking his mind off it. And that smile, something about it seemed to taunt him a little too well. "Right, repairs. I'd better not do anything too dangerous in the meantime." He refocused himself with some difficulty. "for now, please see what you can do. It'd be setting a bad example to present myself shirtless." He gave her a small smirk. Could she hear his heart beating from all the way over there? If she could, he wouldn't be surprised in the least. What cruel gods were watching over him and laughing?

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[Hibiki]

SOMETIMES APPEARANCES FOOL, DON'T JUDGE BY THE LOOKS The girl would just slowly grab one of the shirts and held it on her lap as she looked it over and rose a brow "The thread I got is back in my room but doesn't mean we can't talk a bit more before we go back there, correct?" she asked, noticing how he was all flustered up from the situation. Oh so he actually was curious, just as she was. It wasn't hard for her to miss his reactions, especially his quickening breath and overall nervous demeanor. Her tail moved behind her before slowly reaching up and doing a rather straightforward motion, actually reaching up before the tip moved and curled, as if motioning him to come closer. Oh Hibiki was going to just take the opportunity and tease him a bit with this now, her eyes still fixated on the shirt "Hm? Go on a tail what, Eric?" she said , dismissing the afterward words from his part for now. Oh he was curious to know how it felt to touch her tail? She could honestly let him touch it if he wanted to "Curious about it.... aren't you?" she said, slowly looking over to him with her bright eyes with a curious smile "Forget about going on a trip right now, if you want to know how it feels to touch it, you could've just asked me" she said with a giggle, slowly putting the shirt aside as she looked at him with those vibrant amber eyes of hers, sparking with a bit of curiosity. Well guess business was out the window for now, Hibiki wanted to know what just exactly was going on his head and she wanted to see just how much she could get him to tell her. Ah curiosity killed the cat... but would it kill the fox? Eric - 304 WORDS SPOILER: Click to show She's not being cruel, she's just a curious little fox.

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[Eric]

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but in deed and truth

Eric nodded a little considering her words.  It was true, it'd been a bit since they'd last talked.  Then again, something also told him there'd be trouble if things kept going the way they were going.  And why couldn't she just let his slip of the tongue go?  He could feel his face burning against his will.  She was right, he was curious about her tail, but her words of reassurance didn't make it any less embarrassing for him.  I mean, it was a part of her and a part he wasn't sure what the protocol was.  That's right, perhaps it wasn't such a big deal among the Tanguel.  If he was blowing it out of proportion then maybe it'd have been more embarrassing for him than for her and would make her feel uncomfortable.

"It was a mistake to touch your tail without your permission, for that I apologize.  Being a Tanguel there are several anatomical differences between us-- and the protocol for which eludes me.  There are still many things about you that I don't understand." He did he best to explain what he was feeling, but it was hard to put his thoughts together quite right. At the very least, she didn't seem to be nervous about him having touched her nor did she appear to hate him for it. Maybe he was simply over exaggerating its magnitude..? In which case, he could properly identify what boundaries he was familiar with already-- but she would need to fill him in on any others.

The young man crossed the room and sat next to her, he looked at her for a moment before speaking once more. "Do you mind if I hold your tail again?" Whatever traces of embarrassment he had taken from it before seemed to have been dispelled at least for the moment. For now, he was trying to get a feel for what these tanguel differences entailed and how he should approach them.

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[Hibiki]

SOMETIMES APPEARANCES FOOL, DON'T JUDGE BY THE LOOKS He was worried about it being inappropriate? He should know better, if he understood women. Not like he was touching her in specific places he shouldn't have, she would've reprimanded him for it. But her tail was fine, she actually found that people who liked to touch it found it rather soothing to say the least. She watched him cross the room, her eyes looking at him as he sat down next to her and ask that. The girl giggled and reached in, whispering into his ear "Curious uh?" she asked ever so gently bore slowly moving her tail onto his lap and pulled back, her face showing no anger or rage, just the warmth of her smile. As her tail tapped against his lap softly, she would keep looking over the shirts and taking mental notes of things that needed to be fixed in more detail. Last thing she wanted was to disappoint him. Eric - 155 WORDS SPOILER: Click to show Its short, im sorry! Its my fault! ;w;

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