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Herryk couldn't bring himself to pull away from Freya, but he did give himself enough room to speak. His words were soft and his voice shook.

"Freya... Freya... should have... Freya should have," he lifted his face and his eyes were full of tears, "Freya should have seen the look on Sif's face when Herryk asked Sif how it felt to be second choice."

Herryk burst into laughter.

"It is a good thing that something bit Sif's wing because Sif would have punched Herryk in the nose."

His upset had diminished (for now, at least), and with it the extra feet that Herryk had grown in height and width.

The way she so comfortably hopped into his arms, the way her legs wrapped so easily around his waist ... these gestures caused the smile on his lips to falter. Even when she pressed her lips to his for the briefest of moments... the simple actions made Herryk pause as Sif's words came rushing back to torment him. He could sit and let it fester. He could let it eat him alive.

Or he could bring it to the table, listen to what Freya had to say and let it all go because it didn't matter what she'd done before she became his ghoulfriend.

Herryk regrouped and brightened his smile.

"Herryk wonders where Mot and Hel disappeared to," he cleared his throat. Maybe he'd bring up the painful things that Sif had said later tonight.

...maybe.

Herryk chuckled, tamping down the emotions that roiled around inside of him. He didn't want to ruin the mood by bringing up ugly topics. Maybe he'd even wait until they got back to school before talking to Freya about it. More than anything he didn't want to fight with her or be upset with her -- he had little doubt that she'd be truthful to him, and maybe he really was better off not knowing. If he did anything stupid, if he lost her... Herryk couldn't picture himself with any other ghoul. Not ever.

"Herryk saw them together," he grinned, reaching forward to trace his finger against the curve of her ear. "Herryk thinks that if anyone can make Hel as happy as Freya, it will be Mot. They are just ... taking things slow."

Unlike Freya and himself. It was a good thing that Herryk was trying to remedy that.

Herryk shook his head with a grin. The draugr freed one of his hands from hers, reached forward and tapped her nose with a finger.

"Herryk will do whatever Freya wants." He shrugged. If she wanted cake, then she would have cake. If she wanted to find Mot and Hel, well, they'd go find Mot and Hel. He didn't much care what they ended up doing -- though if he had to see Thor again he would probably just end up punching the fool in the face.

"Herryk likes this shirt," he added absently, running his fingers across a button. He liked the pants, too, but the shoes? Well, Herryk would rather go without them, honestly.

"Of course anything Freya wants. Cake, or a walk, or finding Hel and Mot," he blinked at her a few times, the grin on his lips growing wider.

"Yes, Herryk likes this shirt! It is soft. And see, these buttons? They are so shiny. Herryk likes these pants, too. They are nice to wear and they are a good fit." He pointed to the button on his slacks. "This button, it matches the ones on Herryk's shirt." He was actually pretty proud of that fact. Why?

"Herryk picked out these clothes by himself without help." He almost beamed with pride.

Herryk rubbed his jaw with his hand, peering down at Freya with a half-smile when she mentioned that she liked the way he normally dressed. He'd been a little self-conscious about it in the beginning -- and maybe even a little now -- but hearing her say that she liked how he dressed, well. Herryk would wear whatever Freya liked.

"Ehmm.. meat?" He had pulled her away from the table when they were eating, and Herryk knew how much she liked her food. "If Freya likes, Herryk will take her back to the tent so she can keep eating?" He smiled down at her, tugging gently on the lobe of her ear.

Herryk took a moment to stare at Freya. He knew that look.

"Anything but that," he grunted, a sour expression on his face. "Not here at Freya's parents house. Maybe when Herryk and Freya are back at school, but not here."