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Hypatia took Clara's hand and Erin looked up to the young girl sleeping in the tree. Hypatia looked back at Erin. "Aren't you coming?"

"The plants need tending to," Erin replied, and with a shrug, Hypatia continued to look for doctor Hughes.

He was in the infirmary, bandaging a student's shin. He must have come to doctor Hughes crying because his face was red and puffy. It didn't seem like that bad of a scratch though, and this was a warrior academy. Perhaps he was crying about something else? "There you go. Now remember what I said, and try to be careful with yourself from now on. Its okay to take a break once in a while."

"Thank you, doctor," the boy replied sullenly, and got down from the bed. The boy took a glance at Hypatia as he passed them and a light blush was seen on his face. Wow, she was so beautiful...

Hypatia seemed to pay no mind, and went right up to the doctor. "Dr. Hughes, you should take a look at Clara. Erin and I suspect she's seeing things."

"Oh, is that so?" He looked at Clara with a bit of worry. "What have you been seeing, Clara?"

Clayton chuckled a bit nervously, "I hope so, I don' think I made a good first impression on tha guy. Usually I only make good first impressions when- oh, I got a good idea!" He cried, taking a bite of his food and then a swig of his drink. "Do ya wanna meet Luca? I bet he'd love ta meet you."

Nathan had taken a glance at it, and with a blush he turned away angrily. "Don't be ridiculous," he snapped, "Luca left this sitting around and I'm about to throw it out. It's Luca's fault for being such a messy layabout." He tried to keep his back turned to Jin, trying to keep from looking his way, and it took some strength and courage to throw away the magazine. "There, now I can get back to work."

Nathan felt a chill go up his spine when he was kissed, and then he suddenly backed away and swatted his hand around like Jin was a fly. Then he looked right at Jin, his defenses honestly weakening, but not about what Jin might hope. "Look you, I don't know who you think I am, but I'm not like Luca. He's a promiscuous, immature little boy. He may have sex for fun but I'm a one man-... Woman... Person, man! I only have one partner, alright? ONE. That's it. That kid likes to get whatever he wants, and though he might be able to order me around to do almost anything, he can't force me to love him, and I'm not prepared to have sex with every man I meet... Not that I would. I like girls. That's the end of it."

Nathan spoke level-headedly for most of it, though he raised his voice when Luca came to his mouth. It was some sort of mix of love and pure hatred. "I'll ever forgive Luca, and I'm not about to put myself in an uncomfortable position just to make people happy." It was almost as if there was something Nathan was hiding... Something that Luca did to him.

Jin was now interested obviously Nathan still wanted him but well, he didn't really like the change in Nathan's picture right now. "Nathan talk to me please?" He asked softly now. "I would never do anything you didn't want. Nathan I know Luca well enough to know I'm not what he really wants. Maybe a bit but he wants you." he hugged Nathan suddenly just holding him. "You CAN talk to me I'm not the enemy hear please?" His voice was calm and gentle. He was doing his best to soothe Nathan he knew Luca wanted Nathan more then him he could feel it a little bit. He was wanted enough to stay strong though and now he wanted Nathan to feel better.

Jin called out to Luca. "Bye dear see you when you get back." He however did not leave to talk to Luca. "No Nathan. I am not going to hear your story from someone else. I want you to tell me when you are ready. I won't understand unless you tell me." he told him softly. It was clear Jin was actually concerned and he kissed Nathan's forehead gently. "I can wait I'm not going anywhere after all." he said with a small laugh. He was not faking Jin really hated the color blue it was his least favorite color. Luca's blue was rather easy to chase away Nathan's was obviously a challenge but as long as he was here he would help him too. When Jin truly wanted someone enough he could be quite tender it just rarely happened. Actually he was surprising himself boy did he feel like a hypocrite. Here he was so angry that the false black one let people change his pallet and these two people had caused him to do a complete 180. He wasn't sure what to think about that but he really liked the feeling of being wanted and needed so greatly he was practically high off of it.
Jin's wrapped his arms around Nathan for a moment before letting him go. "Luca is not the only one I...care about here Nathan." He said trying to put what he was actually feeling into words. It was kinda like 'caring' wasn't it. He really wasn't sure if he cared or he just really liked the wanting and needing that he seemed to be getting quite high off of.

Jin looked at him and just held him again. "Did you ever think, he is just afraid you will leave him?" he asked. "Maybe he just doesn't want to lose you. People do very selfish things when they want someone." he said wiping the tears away a bit. He paused for a long while and looked deeply in Nathan's eyes for a moment before talking. "Listen I've lied, I've stolen and I've killed to keep what I want with me." he said but it was very flatly there was little color to what he was saying now. "I've always lost it in the end because I'm a creature with no heart. I can not love I can only want. I want both you and Luca very strongly. That doesn't mean I don't..care. I can be quite protective of what I want. I am protective of Luca and I am protective of you. I understand you now but also, I no longer have anything to gain by lying to either of you as a matter of fact I only have everything to lose." he spoke out but it was apparent he was very passionate about what he was saying. "I WANT to stay here with both of you I WANT both of you to be happy. I can never NEED anyone or anything but I can WANT very strongly and I promise you I have never wanted anything as strongly as you two." he confessed pouring his heart out. He finally stopped looking at Nathan before faltering. This was a new feeling he was little...he didn't know what he just felt very exposed suddenly. He had just spoken the whole truth and wiped away all the paint covering up his canvas. He had never revealed to anyone his true nature and honestly he was..well he just wasn't very comfortable right now. It was making him really dizzy. His pride was falling rather suddenly this would either make him or break him so to speak. He ended up plopping down on the floor looking rather sick.

Jin stabilized rather quickly since he wasn't outright rejected but he was weaker then normal. "Hey hey don't worry about me beautiful." He said with a little laugh. "Sorry my confidence level took a bit of a plunge so I got sick." He explained. "Sweet of you to worry though." He smiled now the concern for his health also making him feel better. He paused and looked at him. "You two are both interesting you know that? Little Luca appears to have an odd way of expressing himself." He mused softly. "Nathan some people especially people like Luca who have slept around a lot, don't know what to do once they actually care for someone. I've seen plenty of them freak out about it. It so foreign to them they just don't know how to act." he explained now. "But I suppose I'm going to have to see the rest of the story myself. I'm very good at reading people but I still don't have the whole story of little Luca yet." He seemed to be deep in thought about this. "So am I getting laid now or what?" He said now breaking into a huge laugh teasing Nathan a little. "Sorry couldn't help myself." He leaned back a bit staring at the ceiling. "Hmmm you are not the toy here Nathan pretty sure that's my job right now." He said softly sitting up now and moving because his tail feathers were getting pinned against him causing a little pain. He laughed softly as he said so seeming to not be bothered by that at all. "I'm a damn good looking one though. A regular collectors item."" His strength was growing every second. He could care less about being a toy as long as he was wanted. He was damn sure he was a pretty special one plus Nathan cared about him now another thrill for him. Maybe Luca would too but that wasn't necessary. "This is our little secret Nathan I'll tell Luca myself when the time feels right." He said playfully but also he was serious.

Jin laughed. "If you screw me I won't be sick for long." He said with a big laugh. In all seriousness being praised for his sexual exploits would do the trick. "You are rather blind aren't you. Dear Nathan people who seem the most shallow often have the most secrets." He said with a great deal of curiosity. "I'm sure Luca has secrets when it comes down to it everyone does. Even the simplest creations have great depth if you look at them the right way." Well, now his age was showing he sounded like a wise old man. Honestly he was old he had been around the block a few times and gotten to know many different types of people. He learned to never judge someone at face value often times there was a deeper hidden picture underneath all the paint. When you peeled it away you found something new. What was under all of Luca's bright colors he wondered. It was like the false black one. He had black yes but underneath all that black was a caring heart. It appeared he had tenderness under his black too but that mostly came from him being fiercely possessive and rather overprotective of his 'paintings'. Judging by what Nathan said about Luca it was bound to turn into a problem. "Nathan I forget to ask you where the washing machine was." He said with a small laugh. "I'm doing the sheets and once I put the wash in I will help you clean too." He stood up and grabbed Nathan into strong hug nuzzling him playfully. "I'm sure you would appreciate the help yes? Oh and I need to go look through the clothes as well. Hm, won't it be nice I will get be Luca's model. I'm sure I can take some of the pressure of you in many ways." He could take the 'pressure' off in other ways too but Nathan was a hard nut to track. He was getting there though but it wasn't really about sex. He lived of pride not lust after all he just wanted to make Nathan feel special. The poor man needed a ego boost he was rather pathetic. He was ready to work though he did enjoy being waited on hand and foot but only when people were doing it by choice. He was not the kind of person to force anyone to do that for him. He seemed to be lost in thought suddenly. Well all the rumors he heard about the Order seemed to be a little perhaps exaggerated. Maybe it was because he had yet to harm anyone but he was expecting some form of at least curiosity about the presence of a strange unknown creature in their midst. He actually pouted a little. He rather did not like being ignored he thrived off of any attention even bad. For being as old as he was, he was rather like a spoiled child in some ways.

((Jin is probably the only person who feels insulted when the Order does not try to question him or kill him lol. He still has yet to actually refer to Caleb by his name in his thoughts and probably never will)))

Jin was greatly amused about riling Nathan up. He made sure to listened to what Nathan told him and plus he had already intended to wash them twice. He could feel the jealously a bit it kinda made his pride swell so he was back to full strength now. He headed back upstairs seeing Nathan look distressed and concern was etched on his face. "Nathan are you ok?" he asked softly his voice calming and soothing. He went over and hugged the male tightly. He used his aura of pride to project a feeling of safety like as long as he was here nothing could harm Nathan. Which was completely true by the way he was never going to let anyone or anything hurt his lovelies. Peacocks can be quite aggressive actually.