Markus shuddered softly at the gentle touch. It was really nice, and he enjoyed it very much. He stayed quiet though now, since he didn’t want to make himself or Bing feel bad about anything like this.
Arthur looked into the living room, smiling lightly as he watched the two. He was glad Markus felt comfortable with Bing, safe enough to let him close to him.
“Up there?”, they curiously looked up, to the sky. “Oooh!”. They stood on their tippy toes, reaching up. Giggling, they looked to Quinton again.
“Up up!”, they smiled brightly. That was very high up! And they knew someone from so high up! And he could do such cool tricks too! They were amazed already.
“Quinton from up there! Me from tree!”, they giggled happily, hopping up and down slightly where they stood.
Markus blushed at the question, surprised. “Uh-uhm..”. He wasn’t sure if he wanted Bing to, but he also didn’t see the point of why not.
“Sure..”, he replied quietly then. He knew Bing just wanted to feel his hair, and not anything else, so he would let him.“Just be gentle please..”, he mumbled softly.
Bing nodded before carefully getting up and kneeling in front of Markus. He hummed softly, and gently ran his fingers through Markus’hair, smiling when he felt how soft it was.
"Your hair is really nice,“ he mutters softly .
Markus was tense at first, before he relaxed at the gentle touches. It felt really nice, to just have his hair played with.
“It feels nice..”, he mumbled softly. He was glad he had let Bing do this, it felt really nice. He was repeating himself, though it was just how it was! He liked it, it was gentle and comfortable.
Elvin was surprised by the hug, but happily hugged her back, smiling.
“Oh! I would love to see them!”, he replied, curious what she might have brought him. He didn’t know a lot of things, especially from the villages. Sometimes people gifted the forest things which he took -and trinkets which he decorated his branches with.
“I’m very curious.”, he said and chuckled softly.
They squeaked when their hair was ruffled, but they smiled brightly at the action. That felt nice! It must be a nice gesture! They really enjoyed it, and they were happy that Quinton had done it.
“See something?”, they asked, curiously looking at Quinton. They wanted to see many things! They liked new things! They were very excited to see something.!
Q was glad the reaction was accepted. The texture not all that unplessent despite not being silky smooth. Letting his hand fall when appropriate to remove it.
“Something speical.” He said with a nod. He debated for a moment about which thing to show, and after a moment he held his hand out towards the younger. Pointing to it with his other hand. “Watch.”
With a gentle snap of his fingers, a soft blue flame appeared in the centre of his hand, small and whispy, dancing as all flames did. “You can touch it if you’d like, it won’t hurt.”
They curiously watched, looking at Quinton’s hands. They made a surprised sound when a flame appeared in his hands, and they hopped up and down excitedly. That was really impressive!
Curiously they reached out to touch the blue flame, giggling. It was so nice!
“You’re not tree. You’re?”, he looked curiously up to Quinton then, wondering what he was. He wasn’t a tree spirit like him! So what was he?
Markus blushed at the question, surprised. “Uh-uhm..”. He wasn’t sure if he wanted Bing to, but he also didn’t see the point of why not.
“Sure..”, he replied quietly then. He knew Bing just wanted to feel his hair, and not anything else, so he would let him.
“Just be gentle please..”, he mumbled softly.
Markus waited patiently, curiously feeling the clothes. He wasn’t the biggest fan of jeans, but he wasn’t going to complain. He got clothes, and he should be thankful for that.
“Thank you.”, he said softly, lightly shaking his head.
They squeaked when their hair was ruffled, but they smiled brightly at the action. That felt nice! It must be a nice gesture! They really enjoyed it, and they were happy that Quinton had done it.
“See something?”, they asked, curiously looking at Quinton. They wanted to see many things! They liked new things! They were very excited to see something.!
“Quinton!”, they repeated again, giggling. They pulled themselves up before letting themselves fall from the branches and back onto his bare feet. Big amber eyes looking curiously at the other.
“You alone? You not with tree. Me are tree!”, they exclaimed happily. They had a lot of fun learning to talk, and using these new words to communicate with Quinton. It was really fun!
“Yes.” He agreed again, it seemed he couldn’t not be smiling with the bubbly energy the young tree being emitted. Watching them land and grinning all the while.
He nodded softly along to their words. “I’m alone, I don’t have a tree.” But, he wasn’t entirely, at least, he never felt alone. Though he wasn’t about to confuse the child with things about his mutation of a soul. “You are the tree?” He prompted, it wasn’t entirely a question, he was just making sure he’d gotten it right. Plenty of creatures had ties to nature, but this was certainly one he was intrigued by.
“Can you go far from your tree?” He asked curiously. Wondering how deeply the bond went, and if the little one had enjoyed the wonders of the lake yet.
The little spirit shook their head. They went two steps away from their tree, and taking a third one they seemed to vanish. Just to step out of their tree again, shrugging.
“Not far from tree.”, they said, patting the trunk of their little tree. They were tied closely to their tree, but they were content with just being able to be outside of their tree at all. Being in the tree was like sleeping -not that they knew what that was.
“Quinton not alone! Have me!”, he said then, smiling brightly. Though he was pretty sure that Quinton would leave again, right now he wasn’t.
Arthur hummed lightly and nodded. Doing other things than reading sounded like something he would’ve thought of. He himself took walks when he couldn’t stand words anymore, or he listened to music, or podcasts.
“Can.. can we bake together.. sometime?..”, Markus asked quietly, shy. He wanted to bake together with Bing. Then he could do something good finally.
Bing tilted his head at Markus before nodding and smiling.
“Of course, any time you’d like to bake, we can. Just as long as you get enough sleep too, I don’t want you falling asleep standing,” he said laughing softly. He would be more than happy to bake with Markus, with Arthur’s permission of course.
Markus smiled softly and nodded. He was glad Bing would want to bake with him some time. He was very glad that Bing seemed to like him somewhat.
He finished his food soon then, thanking Arthur when he took the plate from him again. Arthur took Bing’s as well when he was done, going to the kitchen to clean them.
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