As Gunner lay on his back on a bed carved out from the tree he glanced around the room he was in. The entire place had been carved purely out of the trunk of the massive tree. What pieces were not still built into the trunk itself was still carved from the wood itself or built from scratch from other things. The blanket that was keeping him warm was even hand made from animal fur. There was no mattress on the bed below him because the people of the Abaron Tree did not use them. What made the bed comfortable to sleep on was the thick layer of furs that was hand sewn together to give it a soft but firm and warm layer to sleep upon.
"Are you comfortable enough?" Apollo asked as he stepped into the room holding a wooden mug filled with freshly made tea. It was till warm enough to see the slight steam floating up into the air. Sitting the mug down on a small table next to the bed for Gunner he slipped himself into a sitting position on the bed beside the man with one of his legs crossing over the other as he leaned back on his arm.
"Yes. This place feels rather comfortable actually. It's a bit surprising." Gunner said as he reached out and grasped the mug of tea. After removing the muzzle from his face and placing it down on the table in order to drink he began pulling it up to his lips to take a drink he could still feel a slight burn from how fresh it was but at the same time it felt comfortable with the way it hit his stomach on the way down.
"I'm not sure if that's suppose to be a compliment or not." Apollo smiled as his tail slowly wrapped upward against his leg so that the tip of his tail was curled against his lap. Closing his eyes he thought for a moment to himself in silence. He could hear the man swallowing the tea as he thought it would help him fall asleep in the unknown place to him. His long pink hair slipping from his shoulders causing Gunner to glance down at his neck to see the chained necklace the man had stolen from his pocket before being worn.
"Isn't that mine?" Gunner asked as he sat the mug down and reached out to wrap his finger around the chain necklace and tug at his slightly. Apollo's face being pulled right towards him with a smile still painted across his lips his tail dropped downwards.
"It's a fair price for all the favor I've given you, is it not? Besides it was your gift for meeting me." Reaching up as he spoke Apollo gently grasped hold of Gunner's wrist that held onto the necklace. He did not so much enjoy being yanked around like Gunner had just done and he had to bite back his urge to scold the man.
"Not so much a gift as you stole it from me." Gunner smirked as he pulled at the necklace a bit more causing Apollo's eyes to widen a bit at the rough treatment.
"Alright, fair enough.. But it's mine now." Apollo knocked Gunner's hand away before massaging his throat a bit with his hand to rid himself of the feeling of being tugged like that. His ears pinning backwards against his head. It looked as though someone had insulted the man by the expression on his face.
"You alright?" Gunner asked him as he could tell that the man had suddenly got irritated at his teasing.
"Yes." Apollo's gaze shifted away from Gunner as he stood up to leave the room. With his ears still pinned back and his tail held high behind him as if to display his own dominance his purple eyes refused to glance back in Gunner's direction. It almost felt as though he was suddenly shunning Gunner for his rough treatment and yet in his chest Apollo could not calm his beating heart for the strange man that Prince Clyde had taken claim over.
Is he seriously ignoring me now? Gunner thought as he could not help but chuckle under his breath silently at the fact that Apollo was acting so childish. The action almost seemed cute in it's own way. He had the urge to tease him further as he grasped him by the arm and pulled him down onto his lap. His body landing with a thud above Gunner on the bed as his ears perked up from the sudden shock. Never in his life had someone treated him in such a way.
"Enough. Let me up." Apollo started to feel frustrated while his face could not help but gain a faint blush as his legs were straddling atop Gunner's lap. His hands were flat against the man's chest as his weight was pressing the man down while holding himself up. Those red eye's of Gunner seemed to be lost in his own. Flicking his tail about in the air for a moment it slowly wrapped it's way around the man's thigh as he leaned downward. Their face's nearly touching as their lips breathed calmly against one another.
"I don't think you needed my permission for that." Gunner smirked as he could feel the man pressing against him through their clothes. It was obvious that Apollo was feeling more at ease with the situation then he wanted to admit to himself.
"I wasn't asking for permission." Apollo retorted back at him as he attempted to lean in further and plant his lips against Gunner's but before they could touch he found a hand covering his mouth. Gunner had reached up and blocked him before he could land the kiss. As he gazed down at the man all he could see was him smiling up at him. Releasing their hold on each other Apollo quickly fled the room with a lump in his throat. He could not even bring himself to speak a word to the man as he fled and closed the door behind himself.
Ba-Dump! Ba-Dump!
Apollo stood outside the door to the room holding a hand over his chest as he tried to understand what was going on with himself. The man was only meant to be a way to enrage Prince Clyde originally and yet he could not stop his heart from pounding.