Late night crossroads [Rune]

Kai thought quietly while he watched the cat magi work. Definitely not ogling at Rune out of the corner of his eye. Definitely not watching his strong figure, well, completely unashamed that is. Kai berated himself. He really needed to get over this. An old habit of his to be instantly be attracted to any cute face, it was stupid. Although he tried to quit, still trying to quit, he hadn't made much progress. It was infuriating how shallow he could be, but there was little he could do to control it. Thankfully he knew this wouldn't be good anywhere soon. Though he couldn't help but curse when the light caught Rune's features perfectly. Why did he have to be so... sigh. He took a gulp of grape juice. The sweet taste calming his mind somewhat.

He refocused his attention to Rune. “Yea, sorry about that…” His voice apologetic, “I guess I kinda pushed that huh?” Though Kai understood what the barkeep was saying, he wasn’t going to apologize for who he was. Though he kinda did right then so, yea.

Kai looked around to see a lack of other customers, a little surprising. Rune was already cleaning up leaving Kai to his silence at the bar. Feeling somewhat guilty he quickly finished off both off his drinks, though felt a little bloated afterwards. Though not wanting to come off as any stranger than he already was he kept an easy grin of his face. How one could be seen as strange for drinking too much juice he could not tell but it probably had been done before and he wasn’t going to tempt the possibility. His smile stretched just a bit wider when he found Rune back at his side of the bar. He really was sweet man, sigh, Arithelia really outdid herself with this one, Kai could watch him for hours. “Well I’m glad to be so interesting to you.” He teased. “You know it takes a lot of effort to try a look good, though I have to say, you do it so easily.” Kai smiled.

Kai checked the clock. His smile dipped slightly, it was already getting late. He turned back to Rune. His questioning eyes ever curious, slightly saddened. “So Rune it’s getting to that time of the evening.” He said with a sideways look. Straightening toward Rune, he spoke in his relaxed tone. “Since you were kind enough to put up with my antics, I’m… asking-” He cleared his throat mid-sentence. “Do you need any help around? I mean, I’m alright with cleaning tables and dishes, if you need me to?” He offered weakly. Shy but honest.




Note: Sorry for the weak post! Rune’s so adorable. ^_^

Rune Sabatier

Kai smiled, glad that he was allowed to help. He moved eagerly into his job, starting on the table right after the one Rune worked on. Carefully Kai folded the rag once in half and with his other hand spread the cleaner evenly around the table, balancing the pressure he applied to the surface flat palmed. Trying not to waste too much of it, after all he was helping Rune not making a mess of his work. It had been a while since he actually cleaned though. Most of what he remember about cleaning applied to dishes and pots. ‘You can’t be afraid to get dirty, clean with your entire hand, not with just the tips of your fingers.’ Ah. The most irritating lesson of his childhood. Unconsciously he pressed harder as his thoughts began to boil, then eased up when he realized.

He began to fall into an easy rhythm as he scrubbed and swept, polishing the wood until a faint reflection could be made out. He found that he was hard to get into something, especially chores, but that to maintain it could actually be comforting. It was simple which allowed him to slip easily into his content space. (Or a happy place, etc, the name wasn’t all that important).

The fox’s thoughts shifted to the other man at the counter. He pursed his lips, thinking. From what Rune told him, he’s traveled a for a while before settling down. He thought about his brother’s opinion on traveling. “You only travel for a two reasons. One, because you’re running from something. Two, you’re running toward something. Both are pretty bad though.” But then again Jonathan was never really much of an outdoors person and refused to leave the house most times. If he remembered right. Though, Kai smirked, seldom did his memory serve him well. A small huff of laughter leaped past his lips unexpectedly, and went to move onto the next table but when he looked up he realized he had already finished. He shrugged and returned to the bar, careful to keep his tail from dirtying the clean tables.

“Thanks Rune for, well, everything, the food, the tables. I had a great time tonight. Honest.” He added with a slick smile. “Just wondering if there’s anything else you need.” He winked playfully. “If not, and if you aren’t busy or anything.” The fox glanced around. “I might need your help with something. If you don’t mind that is.”


Note: I didn't take a week to respond this time! (Victory!) Take you so much for sticking around, I love your posts, and Rune is just too sweet.