Macy ran down the hall with a jacket in her mouth, Mathew ran around the corner, “Macy! Bring it back!” He doesn’t see hemlock
-(@mathew-arcrov )
*Hemlock watches and laughs* "Need help Mathew?" *He yells*
He pauses and looks around, “what?” Macy disappears around a corner
*He walks up to him* "Need help catching her?"
He pauses, “no…” (he clearly did as he was slightly out of breath)
"You do, let me help" *He smiles, leaning down a bit*
He glares up at him, “alright” he grumbles
"Okay, did you see where she went" *He stands up straight again*
He looks down the hall, “down that way, towards the royal wing I believe” he groans, ‘that’s gonna be fun to deal with if she ran in there’
"Let's go then before she gets in" *He starts jogging*
He nods, jogging along with hemlock
*They get there fast* "Now where is she?"
There’s a crash and Mathew groans, you can spot snow falling nearby. Mathew jogs over to it
*Hemlock does too*
Macy is sat in a pile of snow, laying on hemlocks jacket. Mathew sighs, he’s gonna have to dry that later, “macyy”
Hemlock smiles and crouches down* "Little menance"
She looks up at him and barks loud, *arff*
"Hello" *He lets her sniff him and pets her*
*rrruuffff!* her tail wags, her barks are loud. Mathew sighs, he’s gonna tries reaching for the jacket
*He keeps petting, trying to distract her*
Her tail keeps wagging, a fresh pile of snow falls on them. Mathew gets the jacket
"Bribing with pets hm?" *He stands up again*
*braff!* the bark is muffled by the snow, “yeah, it’s how I get her to sleep usually” Mathew sighs
"Atleast she does sleep. Foxglove sometimes doesn't"
He nods, “yep, she gets so much energy when it’s dark” he sighs
"It'a hard. Want me to help you dry the jacket?" *He looks down at Mathew*
“… sure…” he looks down at Macy, the only thing of her visible was her wagging tail
"I didn't know other animals could have magic"
“Me either” he shrugs, taking a step back as another layer of snow falls on Macy
"Let's go? I'm sure she'll follow" *Hemlock turns around*
Mathew glares at the pile of snow till Macys head pops out, *arff* “yeah, let’s go Macy” he sighs
*He chuckles and starts walking*
Mathew follows behind him. Macy bounds ahead of them, snow flying off her back as she does
*He chuckles again, smiling bright. It's a little adorable*
She turns around and wags her tail
*He smiles at her*
She runs at Mathew, trying to get the jacket again
*Hemlock stops her and picks her up* "No"
*rrufff* she barks at him
"Why do you even want it that bad?"
*errfff* ‘need to wash, wear to much’ she barks at him
"Can you not go that next to me ear please?"
She rumbles lightly in apology
"Thank you, your dorm isn't far right?"
“…no.. I don’t think so” he shrugs
"Then we can go to yours"
“Alright..” he nods, ‘oh man why did Macy have to get energetic and find out about ice stuff’ He starts walking
*Hemlock follows, still holding Macy*
Macy falls alseep. Mathew readjusts his jacket slightly
*He smiles at him* "Cute"
He turns back slightly, “huh?” He tilts his head slightly, confused
"That was an inside thought sorry" *He blushes slightly*
“Um…. Alright?” He gives a confused look and turns around to keep walking
*Hemlock lets out a breath and smiles again*
Macy looks up at him sleepily
"Hi" *He smiles*
She tilts her head. Mathew glances over his shoulder and almost tumbles down the stairs, but catches the railing
*Hemlock immediatly holds out a hand to catch him, holding Macy with the other* "Carefull please"
He stares at the ground, “I’m alright….” He grumbles
"If you say so. But please be carefull"
“I’m… careful” he straightens up slightly
"Mhmm" *He smiles and keeps walking, missing Mathews hall competly*
He pauses at his hall, “um… you went past my hall…” he chuckles
*He turns* "Oh! Pff" *He laughs as he walks over*
He giggles lightly and starts walking down the hall to his room
*Hemlock follows, still laughing slightly*
Once Macy sees the hall she jumps from hemlocks arms and runs over to Mathew’s dorm room
"I'm guessing your dorm is there?" *He looks at Mathew*
He nods and opens the door for Macy bounds into a small bed and curls up
*Hemlock follows and smiles at her*
Mathew had set his bag down and was climbing up the ladder with ezerick to the second layer to put it to sleep likely
*He sets his bag with a sleeping Foxglove beside the bed and sits down*
Mathew climbs back down the ladder, “hungry?” He looks over at hemlock
"Yea" *He nods*
“Alright… anything in mind?” He looks over to the kitchen area
"No.. really? No" *He looks at the kitchen with slight hatered*
“Um… alright? Spaghetti it is…” he walks over to the kitchen
*He watches Mathew cook with an intensenty only someone who was poisoned would have*
He dances slightly as he cooks, humming a small tune. He starts cutting up carrots to add to the sauce
*He relaxes slightly and smiles, still watching*
He starts humming as if he were alone, dropping the carrots into the sauce and mixes it them in, the humming gets a little louder, and a few words mix in
*He's still watching, humming witg him softly*
He turns around just as he starts singing cohesive words, “ack!” He jumps slightly, having forgotten hemlock was there
*He's smiling and chuckles when Mathew turns around* "Forgot I was here?"
He starts nodding then shakes his head, “n-nope! I-I knew you were… there” he looks at the ground, cheeks a little red
"Alright" *He's laughing slightly*
He turns back to the stove, and keeps cooking in silence, finishing it quickly
*Hemlock seems a little sad that he didn't resume, but is still smiling*
He plates the spaghetti and hands one to hemlock, sitting on the ground next to his bed
*He smiles at him* "Thank you"
“Yeah” he starts eating his spaghetti
*Hemlock does too* "Is good!"
“Thanks” he says through a mouth full of spaghetti
*He smiles and keeps eating*
He just stares at the floor, not really knowing what to say
"Lets wash and dry that jacket now hm?" *He sets his plate in the sink*
“Hm? Oh yeah” he nods, placing his plate in the sink then turning and looking up at hemlock
"The jacket needs a specific temprature or it shrinks, unless you want that?"
“…no, I like how big it is…” he fidgets with his shirt sleeve
"Okay, so the dishes and then the jacket" *He smiles*
He nods, “I can do the dishes” he suggests
"No, I'll do them" *Hemlock smiles* "You cooked"
“…but I offered to cook, and you’re my guest…” he’s a tad confused and it shows on his face
"You cooked for me. So it's only right that I do them to show thanks.... right..?"
“But, you’re a guest in my dorm…?”
"Yea, but that's how it's supposed to be, right?" *Hemlock wasn't sure anymore*
“… I’ll just do the dishes” he starts running the water to do dishes
"Alright.." *Hemlock was now rethinking his life*
He washes the dishes quickly and gets them put away, “and done” he fidgets with his sleeve and looks at the ground
"Okay, let's warm the water for the jacket" *He was clearly still a bit confused*
“Um, yeah?” He nods and starts boiling a bit of water, also confused and forgetting he has hot water here in the kitchen
"Do you not have hot water here?" *He leans down a bit*
He pauses and then just stares at the pot, “that… would be faster I guess…” he empties the pot and fills it with hot water
*Hemlock tests the water, having to basically dip his whole hand in* "Yep, that's right"
He panics slightly, “is… your hand alright?” He looks at hemlocks hands
*He looks at it* "Yea? Right I didn't tell you" *He sighs*
“Tell me what?!” He looks up at him in shock
"I lost feeling in my fingertips and most of my hand's nerves are damaged"
He stares up at the other, “… right…. That’s.. normal” he looks back or hemlocks hands and the water
"All the poison unfortunally" *He shrugs slight, clearly bothering him*
He pauses for a moment before coming to a decision, he hugs hemlock, resting his face on the others chest
*He's slightly shocked, then relaxes and hugs him back*
“I’m sorry you had to go through that” he grumbles slightly