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Dysmas stared at the crown-like object he had found during the diving expedition on his 'vacation'. It was sitting upon a shelf, looking radiant. He was trying to work up the courage to bring it to the queen. Would she even care about such an object? He sighed, rubbing the slight pink scar that remained from his attempt to get it. Not today. He rolled over in his bed, being lazy. In truth, he hadn't slept well since he had been rescued so he spent most of his time in a half-awake daze. The only time he was more then half-awake was when he went out for his swims.

He thought about her a lot, the faun he had been stuck on the island with. He might have attempted to swim home if she hadn't been there with him, but Dysmas didn't want to abandon her. He wasn't a full naiad either so he probably would never have made it.

His mother had been doting on him so much more since he had returned, he had really scared her with how long he had been gone. It was strange... when he left for the trip he had still been like a child in many ways, then when he was on the island, taking care of himself and someone else, he felt like an adult, and now that he was home he almost felt a child again. It left him feeling conflicted.

Dysmas walked out of his mother's hut and dove into the lake of his father. The cool water, it made him feel alive again. He shut his eyes as he dived through the water and then returned to the surface to float on his backside. For a moment he pretended he was back there in the ocean water on his own private island. Dysmas had wanted so badly for that rescue boat to come, and when it finally did he only went on out of obligation. He wouldn't have really wanted to stay anyways, Sweetie wouldn't have been there anymore.

Dysmas' body folded inwards as he flailed and sunk into the water. He quickly shot up so that he was standing and looked around him to make sure that there were no naiad laughing at him. Phew. That would have been embarassing. It was strange though, he had been day dreaming about being back on the island, and he heard Sweetie call his name. It had sounded so real... too real. Dysmas did another 180, this time focusing on the shoreline instead of the waters. Sweetie? Dysmas winced, certain his eyes were playing a trick on him.

The male quickly began to swim to shore. It wasn't long before he was walking out of the water, is long ponytail flowing behind him. "Sweetie?" There was more he wanted to say like: is that really you, or what are you doing here. But one was rude and the other implied that he didn't believe that she was really there... and if she was really there, that would make things interesting.

[Dysmas:]

She was running towards him, Dysmas grinned. He braced himself, it look like she might run right into him... or perhaps straight through him. Dysmas suddenly knew why he hadn't been able to sleep well, he had gotten so used to her being there... the accidental cuddles. It had been new and comforting to Dysmas, and it was gone now. It made him feel lonely. Dysmas blushed when she reached out to touch him, suddenly feeling shy and self-conscience.

It was different being home, not being focused on survival, but they had spent so much time together... how could they not grow close?

"It's good to see you again," he said softly. "I have been wondering about you. How have you been doing since you got home?" He felt somewhat satisfied with what he had said, not too distant, not too desperate. Or so he hoped.

Dysmas' heart pained inside of his chest, all tight as if it was... breaking? He didn't know a heart could feel that way, simply by the words that she spoke. So much for trying to act like he wasn't missing her like crazy, that he actually wanted things to go back to the way they were. "I've missed you too," his voice sounded solemn, serious. "Really, I've been worried about you, but I didn't really know much about going to the tree and all." Dysmas eyes dropped, it was a horrible excuse, but could he really have walked up to the entrance of Laisidhiel and call upon her?

"Really?!" his voice sounded almost ecstatic when she said she wasn't sleeping well. "Me either!" he sounded way more excited about this then he knew he should. His voice returned to a normal tone. "It's just been hard going back to life before all this happened."

Dysmas smiled, warmed by her hug, though it probably did not have the same effect on her. She had hugged a pae that had only just come out of the water from his swim. "I guess so..." he said as he hugged her back and then realized he was getting water on her and released. He had never admitted to her that he knew she was cuddling with him, mostly because he didn't want to have to explain why he never put a stop to it. Looking sheepishly at his hut just a short way up the shore, it wasn't a good excuse for why he wasn't sleeping, the hut he lived in with his mother was in much better shape then the make-shift one they had made together.

Dysmas shook his head, "Nothing, I just got out of the water... I wouldn't want to hug me." he kind of chuckled before slowly nodding. "Yup... this is where I grew up." The whole of it, the water and the land. Though it certainly wouldn't look abnormal, there were plenty of pae who lived on the beaches. "You can see it if you like... my inspiration for where we slept. They are nothing alike." He gave her a lazy smile.

Dysmas squeezed his hair, to let most of the water that was left in it ring out. "Yes, it is a lot better then what I made for us." Though that statement did not do a good job of explaining why he wasn't able to sleep anymore. "This is my mother's home," It sounded embarrassing saying it to Sweetie though he had never thought anything of it before. The place had been built just so that he and his brother could live closer to their father, so it wasn't the most elaborate of places, but it was home. He thoughtlessly grabbed her hand to lead her up the shore to slightly higher ground the hut rested on, far enough away from the water that his mother felt safe.

[I'm not actually sure if Dysmas' brother lives with them anymore or not, and Mene's not online for me to ask so I just won't mention him]