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"Ren?" a beat, and then again, "Ren...? Relax, man, calm down," when his hands were freed from the gryphon's grasp, Gabrian went as far as stretching himself under him, almost as if trying to work out the kinks that his earlier performance (and subsequent tackle) had created, "Whatever made you think that I wasn't as perfectly capable of teasing you as you are me?" after finishing the stretch, he pushed himself back up on his elbows, and seeing as how his friend refused to er... relocate himself, pushed himself back up into a seating position, which effectively left Ren straddling his lap, "Honestly though. Demon," he motioned at himself, "Turn about is fair play. You can't possibly believe that I was just going to allow myself to just take it without retaliating, did you?" he 'tsked' again, but he didn't look particularly upset. In fact, his triumph over the other boil left him calm and very much on top of the situation, "I'd figured the bathroom incident would have warned you of that."

The situation was just so over the top childish that Gabrian couldn't help but snort in amusement; this wasn't his typical derogatory snort that he liked to use when he was trying to tell people how stupid they were. This was quite obviously, an attempt to stop himself from laughing out loud, which ended up in a snort, a hand coming up to cover his mouth as he regarded the other boil, "Seriously, Ren?" he paused and lowered his hand, the grin having turned into a good natured grin, "How was that any different? I might've chosen to kiss you, but you didn't have to deepen it like you did, nor did you have to n** my lip as I retreated. I distinctly recall you initiating both of those," his eyes strayed over to his hair and he closed his eyes, shaking his head with a sigh, "Your hair is just fine. I'm just teasing you at this point. Which by the way, you completely and entirely deserve."

When the gryphon's hiss came, Gabrian lifted his hands in mock defense. Rather than answer Ren's question, he decided to offer one of his own, "Are you going to get off me?" he reached up with a hand and gave his friend a small pat on the shoulder, "I don't do blackmail, Ren," this was in reference to what he'd learned before, "A joke's a joke, but blackmail... that's something else entirely," retreating his hand from the other boil's shoulder, he reached up to grab the lapels of his jacket again, and this time... the gesture seemed entirely different, "Relax, you look fine. We can continue this conversation later; do you really want to be late to the ball? LW is pretty understanding, but Alessa's a touch more strict about these things. Besides... what are you going to tell her as an excuse for getting there late?" no, no, it was just better to go now, "Come on now," a mild shove at Ren's chest slipped the other boil off and Gabrian finally stood up, flattening his clothes back into place.

Then, after a beat, he turned to look down at the gryphon, smile still in place as he offered him a hand, "Besides, the freckles are doing a fine job of hiding the blush."

His fingers curled around Ren's hand and the demon tugged him up to his feet, "No, no you didn't," he arched a brow as he brushed off his clothes, turning a critical eye on his friend's own set, a hand reaching up to rearrange the bow tie and other things they'd messed up in the uh... rough housing, per se, "Actually, I'd like to note that you were the one that kissed me the deepest out of all the people I kissed that night, Ren. Also the only one that dared n** me, and I kissed a whole bunch of people during that game," when he was sattisfied with how the bow tie looked, he lifted his hand just a moment and then brought it down to pat the gryphon on the shoulder. Despite his best efforts to keep the whole situation as normal as possible, Gabrian just couldn't help one last comment back at him, "You think I'm stubborn but attractive?" he turned to smirk up at his friend, obviously amused before giving him another pat. This time though, it was almost a small push as he brushed past him in the direction of the bathroom.

A chuckle was heard from within as he retrieved the brush, and he passed the item from hand to hand while emerging, "Yes well, as I said earlier; you'll retaliate, then I will think of something else to get back at you with and we'll come full circle," something about the way he said it though seemed to indicate that he didn't really hate this game all that much. In fact, if his expression was any indication, the nix got some sort of a kick out of it. He'd never had the oportunity to befriend someone he was so comfortable around that he could open up in this way. Revenge wasn't always a physical, hurtful thing. It could very well be a game; it all depended on the intentions of the other party and he knew Ren well enough to know that nothing the gryphon did was intended to be done in a hurtful way.

That made all the difference, as far as Gabrian was concerned, "I'll fix your hair; just turn around," the way he handled his friend had changed from before quite abysmally. The touch was still gentle, granted, but it was clear he was not aiming to make the other boil feel uncomfortable. Amusingly enough though, he was doing most of what he'd done earlier; when the brush passed through the strands of hair, his free hand's fingers followed, soothing out any knots they might have created during their little tiff, "You're... welcome," his hand stilled in Ren's hair as he answered, but soon enough kept moving, "I know cute and adorable, Ren. That purring was rather near the top of my list, you know. I'd never heard anyone purr," he didn't sound teasing now, his voice having gone back to normal. When he was sure the hair was correctly brushed, he set a hand on top of the gryphon's head, "You know, we all deserve a good brushing every so often. We all deserve a good ear scratching when things go wrong; if you don't want to tell Alessa about it because you're embarrassed... when you're having a bad day, come find me," he knew the pressure Ren was under due to his family, after all, "You know where to find me," he reached up to rub the other boil's ear briefly like he would have a loved pet's and then lowered his hand down to his side, "You're like the brother I never had."

The way the other boil relaxed as he brushed his hair was quite... well, Gabrian wasn't sure what it was; there were no words that he could think of, off the top of his head to describe it. Pleasant seemed to come near, but it didn't quite reach the level of innocent intimacy the situation seemed to radiate, "Maybe you were," he drawled out as he brushed the hair, "Maybe you weren't. I believe LW topped you though, I'm sorry to burst your bubble. Granted, she did it outside the game, but still," a low chuckle and he lowered his voice, a teasing tone to it, "You came in a close second," it was thanks to him being behind the gryphon that the nix missed seeing the renewed blush but at the same time... he no longer needed to see it to know it was there.

After a few beats, during which he'd fallen silent, choosing to listen to the rather adorable purr Ren was allowing himself to release, Gabrian spoke up, "Hmmm... you'd be surprised how deflated my so called ego is, for the most part actually," there was a moment of hesitation, during which his hand stilled in the gryphon's hair and the demon was glad the other boil was facing the other way, "Yes well... if I were into boils, which I never said I was," he murmured, "I'd probably pick someone just like you," and this was starting to sound way too awkward for him to take (He just hoped he'd done a better job at fighting the blush than Ren was). As such, he gave his friend's hair one last brush, allowing the strands to fall between his fingers one last time before taking the ribbon he'd previously used to tie his hair in the bathroom. He reached up and redid the pony tail, tying up the ribbon into a small bow before pulling away, offering his friend's back a small pat on the back, "You're all done."

He noticed the fact he'd caught the gryphon off guard, and for one short moment, Gabrian couldn't help but feel a small swell of triumph; he was not nearly as untouchable as he liked to think himself to be, and this never ceased to amuse him, "You're welcome," he said simply, allowing his previous comment to go unanswered for the time being, figuring the other boil would address it once he'd had a good ponder. As Ren left his side to fiddle with his cufflinks, the demon reached up and arranged his own hair into the neat pony tail he'd sported upon entering the dorm room; it had become undone too and honestly... he didn't want to have to explain to LW why he looked like he'd just jumped out of bed after fetching Ren, "Yes," he drawled out as he finished messing with his own hair, his own ribbon tied in place, "Yes we are," and that said, he moved for the door, making a show of opening and bowing slightly for his friend, smirk still in place, "After you, my dear," the teasing tone was back, "Let me escort you to the ball."