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Orpheus flew around for a little while, trying to waste time as he thought of something clever to say to Aoi. Should he greet him with a joke? "What does a horny frog say?" No, that won't do, he only knew dirty jokes because of Verdant. Ooh, a dirty limerick- wait, that was practically the same as a joke. Perhaps a kiss? No, no, that was far too forward, wasn't it? Plus, Rhian was here, as well as this Lauss-teacher he heard Rhian mention just now. No, a dirty joke or limerick would NOT be advisable.

Maybe a song? Yes, a song would be a great way to greet Aoi- if this was the Renaissance era. Hell no, he was a Rhapsodist, but even that was kind of a lame way to greet someone. A hug was almost as bad; how vanilla could he get? "Oh, hey, Aoi! Here's a hug because I'm a Plain Jane!" If he had hands, he'd *facepalm* right then and there.

"Ah, screw it..." With a bit of disappointment quite evident in the way he flapped his little wings, Orpheus made his way over to the others.

"Hey, everyone. Hi, Aoi."

*facepalm* *facepalm* *facepalm* *facepalm* *facepalm*

Dammit, she’s already picked it up off me! Was Aoi’s only thought for the moment. And…there was Orpheus, just hovering there in all his unbelieveablebeautifulgloryoggodmusthavehimnow- wait. No. No.Must not think about yesterday evening. Yeswe’lljustrepeatlastnightinstead- Gah, he just couldn’t stop thinking about that…And there he stood. Silent.

Silently looking like an idiot, that was. He simply stood there, a deep red blush having already consumed his entire face. Not even thinking about Rhi’s evident knowledge of his feelings. No, nope, there was only one thing in his mind, a deliciossliceofwyvern-
Dammit!

Okay, let’s clear our thoughts of doing various things to Orpheus that make him squeal shrilly and get back to reality, yes? “Oh...h-hey Orph..." And with that Aoi promptly walked over to the wyvern, picked him up in his arms, and rested him around his neck, scarf-style. Let’s avoid the whole awkwardness period and get right to using each other as clothing, yes?

Wait...that didn’t really make sense, did it...Well, to Aoi, in Orpheus-brain-fuzz-mode, it did. Never mind that he was absent-mindedly stroking Orpheus’ back/spine with one hand without realizing it, nope...

Orpheus made an odd squeaking sound when Aoi plucked him out of the air and wrapped him around his neck. Oh, and that felt so good, the way Aoi was stroking Orpheus' back! The wyvern soon forgot his embarrassment and nuzzled Aoi affectionately. Well, until Rhian shot up out of the air and flew around like a hummingbird high on nectar that was way, way, way, way too sweet. Seriously, he was having a difficult time watching her. He had to give her props on her acrobatic abilities, Orpheus was still having trouble with one loop-de-loop while Rhian had managed two without even breaking a sweat! And then she crashed into a tree like some jungle man who found out too late that someone had greased up his vine as he swung through the trees.

"Whoa, that has got to hurt! Rhian, you okay, brah?" Not that it was needed, but he nudged Aoi forward in a "Go help her up, please!" manner.

His face deeply red as his wonderful wyvern nuzzled close to him, Aoi seemed…possessed by a strange calmness, his eyes level, relaxed. His expression was serene, with a touch of bliss, his body was at peace with itself as well. He simply watched calmly as his sister spun in the air…Once, twice; it really was quite impressive, these loops. He had steadily moved from stroking to gently massaging Orpheus’ back, and…uh oh, impact.

In an instant, he ran over to his fallen fellow, his tree-smitten sister…she wasn’t gruesomely injured or anything, but that looked like an incredibly painful hit, there…Sound, sights, clarity, it all slowly returned to him as he approached her; he hadn’t even noticed how they’d gone missing when Orpheus arrived, but…more important things were at hand, here.

“Rhi! …are you okay? I’ve…been practicing my magic to do some healing, just a little bit, at least enough to soothe pain, here, hold still, I’ll help you…”

A thought occurred to him; he ran back to the wheelbarrow, with Lauss still sitting within, and wheeled it over to Rhian. It would be cruel to deny Lauss the chance to come over and see her, after all, and likely the best thing for her right now was someone she cared so much about. As he wheeled Lauss over, he began covering the flutterby’s vibrant form with a glowing jade mist that was so epithetical to him by now, slowly focusing to make the mist numb her pain. He’d begun learning this semi-medical stuff for the simple reason she seemed to injure herself every time she came here, after all.

“Sis? It should be dulling the hurt, now…I’m gonna go ahead and lift you up into the wheelbarrow with Lauss. That okay?” His voice still seemed oddly calm, his blush still spread across his face, but in a lighter hue of pink than before. His left hand was still massaging Orpheus’ back, for whatever reason, but left the wyvern for a moment, somewhat unwillingly, to start to scoop up the fallen Proto alongside his right.

Orpheus craned his neck to get a better view of Rhian; she looked alright now, but the fact that "everything's all spinny" meant she was still damn dizzy. He had to admit, it did look like a bad crash landing; he'd half-expected a booming ball of flame to erupt on contact... though that is so morbid, what the hell?

"Rhian, brah, you'll feel better if you close your eyes; it helps me when I'm dizzy." Then again, the only time he remembered being dizzy was when he'd gotten himself jammed in the toilet after a shower. Needless to say, he'd needed another one after that incident. "Oh, and hold your breath or you'll get nasty toilet bowl cleaner breath."

Aoi softly placed his little sister in the boyfriend-barrow, his hand immediately returning to massage Orpheus’ back the instant it was no longer needed to support Rhi. He found it…soothing, in a way. What he didn’t quite notice was the fact he was gently nuzzling the wyvern’s belly with his head, mostly with the back.

Hmmm…this outside environment was perhaps a bit too dangerous a setting for the flutterby. Perhaps they’d best relocate, likely inside, maybe. Less trees to smash into, and there was fresh carrot cake inside, if he recalled correctly. “You guys…wanna head inside? There’s cake, I think…”

Orpheus purred quietly, nuzzling Aoi's cheek with his own. That's not to say he wasn't worried about Rhian, oh no, he was quite worried. He just... couldn't really show it right now with Aoi making him feel so good and tingly all over like that.

The wyvern's attention was piqued quite quickly at the mention of cake, however. He was certain that it was somethign they could all enjoy safely and within the confines of Elst and Aoi's home. "I vote for cake," Orpheus quipped.