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He seemed to perk up instantly, a race? Oh man, he would love to race someone! He gave a rapid nod of his head, "Yeah! A race would be great!" He said, clapping his hands in a delighted manner. He really did like the idea of that, then he looked a little curious when she mentioned raising the stakes. He listened to what she was proposing and he couldn't help but to laugh, "Your bra? Well... I suppose, though really I would rather just see you in it. Its not as much fun empty." He said, figuring while it might be funny to have one he didn't exactly have the chest for it.

What if she won? His ears flicked back and forth, wondering what he should give her, he wasn't really sure on that one, "What would you want?" He found himself asking curiously, not really sure what she might as for but he couldn't say that he was against anything that a pretty girl might ask him for. Hey, maybe if he were lucky she might want a kiss or something! Though... he doubted he'd be as lucky as that.

Ellie gave a shake of her head, "Its quite alright, its not as though Valens doesn't seem to be enjoying himself... he seems to be having trouble meeting with his girl, so I am sure he likes the attention." She explained, they didn't get to see Damaris and Red as much lately as she would like, a shame since she rather liked being friends with the blue dragon. At least she had Hinder though she thought to herself, tail swishing.

His shirt? His ears gave a little flick before giving a little chuckle, "Alright!" He said, giving a smile, he didn't much mind though he was sure that if he went home without a shirt his father was really going to wonder. Oh well, he doubted losing a shirt would be the strangest thing that he had done in his time he thought to himself, lips turning up into a big of a smirk, "Yeah, I don't mind losing the shirt to you if you win." He didn't mind either way if he lost or not but being a guy a part of him really did want to win! If he lost though he wouldn't find himself heart broken.

Turning toward the bench that the Zyanya was pointing at he gave a nod of his head, "Alright, sounds good." He said, turning around, tapped a hoof against the ground then laid his ears back for a moment as he readied, "Alright? Count of three then?" He asked of her. He was all for races, games, and playing around... and that Zyanya was actually going to play perked him up quite a bit, it helped him to take his mind off any worries that he had, and made him quite happy, "Alright! One... Two... Three... GO!" He called out, pushing forward to run toward the bench that she pointed out, mane and tail swishing along behind him...

Ellie watched the two teens, giving a smile when she saw them playing. It was good to see her boy happy. Normally she preferred him to be serious since he was rarely that but given that he'd been lonely of late due to his girlfriend being missing this was something she would allow. Turning to look at Hinder she gave a slow nod, "Yeah... to a point." She murmured, shaking her head at the thought, "She is a little... absent of late." She said the last part after a moment of thought, needing to really think of the right way to describe it before she turned to look toward where the pair were running. A shame that the mantis was taken... though at the same time Ellie didn't think her the best influence for the easily swayed horse boy.

Valens blinked a couple times, shocked, when Z suddenly lunged forward at such an amazing speed. He nearly fell to a stop from his surprised before he pushed himself forward once more and raced after her. She was a lot faster then he had thought that she would be, to think that she was able to hide so much speed in such a small, thin form he thought to himself as he raced along, trying his best to keep up. She was impressive that was for sure, one he would need to do his best to try to keep up with for certain... and then she seemed to jerk to a halt, nearly tripping over herself, and he went zinging on passed her... though he couldn't help but to worry, sliding to a halt so that he could look over his shoulder at her, wanting to make sure she was alright... and when it seemed she hadn't fallen down or caused herself any injury with her stumble he started to run once more. Perhaps he might actually win this one he thought to himself as he rushed toward the bench... then jumped up and onto it before spinning around to wait for the mantis to catch up, grinning that same big, dumb grin he always had on his face when he was excited over something... which was almost always.

Once Z got closer to him he hopped down off of the bench and easily scooped her up by the waist, not even having to access any of his magic to do so, "Wow! You are really fast for short distances, aren't you? That was amazing!" He gushed, sounding as though he were thoroughly impressed by her skills as he set her down on her feet once more. When it came to personal space, picking people, and sometimes dragons, up, Valens was oblivious as to why he shouldn't do it. Thus far he'd been luck with who he'd picked up though and never had to deal with any consequences and as such would likely keep doing so, "That was fun! We really should race again, next time we don't even have to offer up prizes if you don't want." Racing was something that was just fun to him, then again anything physical was.

The horse boy plopped down onto the bench, tapping his hooves against the cement under them, and then gave a grin, "There aren't nearly enough people that want to run with me other then Ellie, though I guess she isn't exactly people." He said, giving the dragon a momentary glance before his attention was back on his friend once more. Most people seemed to be far too serious, he was glad to see that at least Z was still fun.

Ellie turned to look over at Hinder as he agreed that Z wasn't exactly the best at being a good girl and she couldn't help but to be a little surprised. Shouldn't he be defending her honor? Then again he lived with the girl and knew all her habits, didn't he? Of course he would know if she were a good girl or not. As men mentioned a 'certain green dragon who was free' the silver couldn't help but to give a little giggle, "Is that so? I don't think that you are Valens's type, Hinder." She told him in a joking manner. It wasn't often the silver made jokes but this time... well she just couldn't resist.

Valens's ears turned forward as the girl reminded him that he had won the race fair and square and that it was time for his prize. Oh, yes! The prize... though what exactly he was supposed to do with a bra was a little bit beyond him, not as though he could fit in it even if he wanted to, which he didn't. It was something he'd need to hide as well given that his father would wonder and if Damaris ever visited.... well that would get messy fast, wouldn't it? He somehow doubted that she would believe him that he won it in a race since that wasn't exactly something that happened everyday. Once the bra, a bright one that would draw attention, was presented to him he took it and was quickly stuffing it into his pocket as though embarrassed by the idea that someone might see him holding it, "Thanks." He said, ears flicking back and forth, flushing a bit, though only where his face was white was it easy to see.

"I will treasure my prize." He said, tail swishing against the bench that he was sitting on. He'd treasure it but in secret and because he knew that it was a prize from a race done well. Secret prizes, made it interesting... though where to put it that his mother wouldn't see? He would have to figure that out when he went home for sure, "So! What do we want to do next?" He asked, always eager for more fun. He didn't even care what they did, it was just nice to hang out with her again, it was almost, though not quite, like hanging out with Damaris again. Only he knew, or at least thought that he knew, that this one had a guy already... though given the kiss earlier maybe that wasn't working out? Or she just had an enthusiastic way of greeting people, either one could be right.

As poor Hinder looked a little as though the sudden joke might cause him to keel over the silver smiled a little bit, then chuckled in response to his come back. That was something that she liked about Hinder, he really was quick witted, wasn't he? To make up for the fact that her joke seemed to nearly knock him over she leaned in to give him a little nuzzle against his cheek to make up for it. Hinder really was a nice dragon, wasn't he? At least from what she had seen and that was despite having such a difficult partner. It must be something that he drew strength from perhaps. She found herself idly wondering about what he'd said and how he meant it. A certain green that was free.

"Ahh... I wonder... if I am free. I feel, perhaps, as though it is expected of me to pair with the dragon of the girl my boy is dating... but he hasn't seen Damaris in ages and the same can be said for Red and I." She mused aloud to herself, tail swishing being her in a thoughtful manner.

"Oh." She had to be going, huh? Well he supposed that she couldn't really stand around playing with him all day, huh? She likely had better things to do but still he'd had a lot of fun and had to admit that he would like to try another race against her, especially since she had started out so strongly. When she said that should start training so that she could beat him he gave a chuckle, "I bet with some stamina training you could easily beat me, I mean you started out faster then I have ever seen." He told her, pushing himself up to his full height which left him towering over the mantis girl, stretching out all over.

When she told him that he could walk with her, even waving one of those extra arms of hers at him, he gave a smile, "Really? I'd like that." He said as he moved to fall into step along side of her, "I will walk with you for a while, sounds like fun." Though he was sure he should likely be getting home as well, he had some classes tomorrow morning which meant he would need to shower tonight, all the running around he'd done today left that as the only choice for the night. Turning toward where the dragons were sitting, looking as though they were getting rather friendly with each other, he gave a whistle, "Ellie! Time to go, we are gonna walk with Zyanya and Hinder toward their place." Not all the way but at least partway would be good.

Ellie's eyes went a touch wide as the green explained to her about the others, that there were dragons that paired as they wished and not because their partners had, "I see... that gives me much think of." She said, giving a nod of her head. Yes, there was much for her to think on and to consider, the idea that she might be able to look at the dragons of D-Corp as a whole and pick a mate from the lot of them instead of just going with the one that seemed to have been chosen for her when Valens chose Damaris. It would complicate things more of course but at the same time it would give her freedom to decide on her own, something that she liked the thought of, "Thank you, Hinder, you have opened my eyes and mind to much." She said, giving him a nod and another nuzzle before she heard Valens calling out to her.

Turning to look over at the boy she gave a nod of her head, "It would seem as though we are going to escort the two of you a ways." That would give them more time to speak, something that the silver liked the sound of.

Meet up to go jogging on Saturdays? He gave a bright smile and a nod, "That would be great! I go jogging before and after my classes and do even more on the weekends. I bet Ellie would like the idea of you coming along with me for one day since that would allow her to get a bit of rest." He said, knowing full well that the Silver followed after him half because she wanted to build up her own strength but also half because she knew he would get lost on his own and end up half way across the world trying to find something that should have been ten feet in front of him. He wasn't sure why but when he was born his internal compass was not only busted but seemed as though it were missing vital pieces leaving him getting lost constantly. Still, you found interesting people and places when you wandered in arbitrary directions he thought to himself before his tail set to swishing behind him.

"I think it would be fun, Ellie comes along most days so I will make it to my destinations and because she is doing weight training but I am sure that she would enjoy the ventures more if she had another of her kind to hang out with." Not that Hinder was exactly like the Silver but he was close enough in Valens's mind and the Green seemed to be well liked by the Silver so he figured that the two would have fun he thought to himself, oblivious to any problems that might arise from that.

Ellie couldn't help but to give a bit of a chuckle as she was called 'Lady' finding that she rather liked that, Valens was a good boy but lacked in such manners even going so far as to call her 'El' at likes, shortening her already short name by more then half, "I wonder what they are chatting about." Ellie found herself musing on, watching the two talk. Whatever it was it seemed as though it made Valens happy and while she was all for that she just hoped that the horse didn't get a crush on such a dangerous looking girl... it didn't seem as though that would be a good idea, specially since she knew that the girl wasn't free for such things. She would be sure to talk to him about it later to remind him of such things she told herself, deciding that she would take the role of the responsible one even if she were younger then Valens.

Valens gave a nod of his head, ears flicking to and fro, "I will be sure to carry you if you get to tired." He told Zyanya with a smile, not wanting to leave her too exhausted after one of his exercise sessions which consisted of running, naginata practices, push ups, sit ups, pull ups, and climbing the occasional tree just because it was a ton of fun. He gave Zyanya a glance, curious if she did any of that. She seemed to appear fit enough but he wasn't sure exactly what it was that she might do when it came to her own exercise regiment, as though everyone had one of them.

Turning to glance over at Hinder when the mantis girl spoke of the Green's soft middle he gave a bit of a laugh, "Well he can work out with me, he can get big and tough like me." He said, sounding more helpful then teasing, as though he honestly wanted to help the dragon out. He was a rather cheerful and helpful sort, even when it came to dragons it would appear, "Guys need to be good and strong after all so they can protect their girls." Or so he thought, sure that he could fight off anyone that might come after Damaris or even Zyanya or Ellie. It wasn't that he liked to fight or even wanted to fight, it was that he would do so, pulling no punches, if there was the need for it.

Giving a little shake of her head at her boy's declaration Ellie found herself hoping that never came to pass, "I hope he never has to play hero... I fear me might punch a hole in someone without meaning to." She muttered to Hinder before giving him a smile, "Don't worry about what they said, I don't think you look soft." He appeared rather fit, especially compared to Red who was so big that it was likely the dragon would never get off the ground no matter how hard he tried... not that he seemed the sort that would exactly put to much effort into it should thought to herself, giving a bit of a chuckle as she thought about her rather pudgy blue friend.