 Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 9:04 pm
Returning Home
It was getting rather on the late side by the time Tadej got to getting home, with three flits now flying around him all of them, all of them quite pleased to be going home since there was a promise of food and rest once getting there. It had been a rather long day for everyone involved, Tadej since he'd had to work before the hatching, then the hatching, and then the time waiting on the bronze to come out of hiding. Here they were now on the way home and it had long since gotten dark. Not a good thing he was sure, his father was sure to be displeased with him for being so late, probably even more so for bringing home the firelizards since the man so disliked them, but he couldn't say that he was sad that they had bonded to him. The three of them were so amazing and the difference between his bronze and the two new flits was adorable. He just had to talk to his father was all and maybe he would be able to get him to understand? He could only hope so.
He was proven wrong with that false hope though as a moment after stepping inside the man had hold of him and giving him a shove into the house, "Where have you been?" He demanded of the boy, not at all happy from the looks of him, "I told you to make it a quick run, that you had other deliveries to make after the first one and..." He paused for a moment in his lecture when he realized that there were more of those little flits about at the moment. He blinked for a moment, then whirled around on Tadej once more, "You skipped work to get more of those?" He demanded of his son before giving him 'the look'. It was a sort of look that could cause a person to freeze in their tracks and then just break down a bit, it was that look that said that his father was completely disappointed in him and what he'd done... and he instantly ducked his head. Above head, having flown up to the rafters of the house to hide, eyes whirling in annoyed colors.
Einion was looking the most angry, hissing at the man, never having liked him. Then again it was probably due to the fact that Tadej had impressed him and the man had been even less happy then, saying that it wasn't the place of his friends to bring him to such events, to let him get unwanted flits, or anything of the like. Tadej had been dressed down tha time too, being told that they didn't need useless things about the house and the boy knew full well it wasn't only Einion that the man had been referring to. It had been him as well, the man was always quick to remind him that he was his first son, heir and apprentice to the family and the business, and that he had to work twice as hard as anyone else to be able to prove himself worthy of what all was being given to him. He got a lot of lectures and really the only thing that made it easier was having Einion around to comfort him after his father left his side to let him mull things over. He had a feeling he would need him, as well as the other two, for just that reason tonight.
"Forgive me, I stumble across the hatching and meant only to stay for a few moments to watch." Which was partially through, he hadn't really thought that he would get as caught up in it as he was. He didn't think he would end up with a flit of his own, let along two, or that he would get distracted waiting on the bronze to come out of hiding. Glancing up overhead he motioned a hand to the three of his flits to go up to his attic room, they didn't seem as if they wanted to and only did when Einion led the way... though even they only went as far as the entrance to the room and watched from there, eyes still whirling. It was more then obvious that, if Tadej hadn't sent them up to the room instead, that they might very well have thought to swoop down at the man. At least the two new ones would have tried to, Einion learned some time ago that hissing at the old man was no way to make friends, "I will keep them under control and I will buy their food myself, so they won't be a burden on you."
The man starred at his son for a long moment, arms crossed over his chest, and he nodded, "Yes, I think that it would be best that you do see to their care. I don't care for those creatures, not at all, and I refuse to pay for your entire clutch of them." Tadej decided not to say that a clutch was far more then three, not wanting to get himself in trouble for having a smart mouth. Instead he merely nodded his head. The man rolled his eyes then pointed at Tadej's room, "Go to bed, you are going to wake up extra early so that you can make all of your deliveries before you get to work on your daily work, got it?" Tadej nodded again before turning and fled over to the ladder, up into the attic, and out of sight of his disappointed father. He could only take so much fo that before he felt like he might crumble. Inside his room the teen crawled over to his mattress and flopped down on it face down.
"That is always exhausting." He muttered to himself, then gave a bit of a smile when he felt the three flits as they came to land on his back, walking up along him to his head, and nuzzled against the back of his head, "I'll be alright, he just isn't all that big a fan of you guys but it's alright, I take good care of you." He said in a gentle manner, lifting a hand up to give each of them a gentle scratching, "For now though let's get a bit of rest then I will get us some food in the morning." He told them, the group of them curling up to get some sleep since tomorrow was going to be one busy sort of day.
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