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It wasn't quite noon yet, the sun was shining pale through the thin clouds that were buffeted across the sky. It had been a few days since Roux's walk in the rain.. and a thought.. a concept.. had slowly been working it's way around his head.

A method of gratification he could obtain by his own means. He had a slightly uncomfortable inkling that perhaps.. maybe he wasn't doing it just for himself but he ignored that. He would tell himself it was an experiment, and if it was unsatisfacotry then he would never try it again and go back to what he knew worked.

The cold Raeven floated toward Rivener, the dark Frei wasn't paying attention, fiddling with something that involved messy colors that Roux didn't enjoy. He frowned, for a moment considering going away but... Roux paused a moment before reaching out to brush cool fingers across Rivener's shoulder, sliding over his hair in a slightly petting motion.

"Riv'ner." His tone was commanding, demanding attention even as the Frei's eyes narrowed in slight annoyance at how a strange swirl of jittery went through his stomach. Nervous, but why? At times he wished that the vast scale of emotions had never come to him. "Come me yes."

Roux pursed his lips in a slight pout, eyes half-shut as he half turned his head away. He simply motioned for Rivener to follow, heading through the house and eventually outside. The air was crisp, not exactly cold due to the slightly warm breeze that was buffeting the colored leaves of autumn across the ground.

Roux took a deep breath, giving just the smallest smile... he loved winter but he loved this time of the season too.. just before winter, when everything was getting ready for the snow to come and temperatures to drop. Roux paused a moment, grappling with that absurde pride again before reaching down to take Rivener's hand. He pulled him toward the large forest that surounded the house.

He floated silently for a while, simply holding onto Rivener's hand and leading him through the trees. He wasn't completely sure where he was taking Rivener, he just knew that this was a place where they could be alone and out in the weather that Roux enjoyed and thought that Rivener would like as well. He stopped beneath a large oak, it's leaves blazing like flame with reds, oranges, and yellow. He let go of Rivener's hand, turning to look at the other.

Rivener seemed to fit more with the forest around them than Roux.. in blacks and reds.. warm tones. Roux was cool, blue, white and silver.

"Want... to be. With you. Yes." Perhaps one of the more complete things Roux had managed to say, as halting and carefully spoken as it might seem. He let his lips curve up in a smile, tilting his head slightly and letting silken, silvery hair fall over his ice blue eyes. "What happy Riv'ner?"

A small twinge of annoyance ran through Roux as Rivener requested kisses... he didn't always want physical contact but it did make the other Raeven happy.. and besides.. he didn't say -where- he wanted the kisses.

Roux didn't exactly understand Rivener's obsession with kisses... they were nice, yes. They usually meant that Rivener's attention was focused only on him.. that must be why Rivener wanted them all the time. Roux didn't exactly give him the time of day unless he felt like it... at times the Roc Frei could almost seem more feline than bird-like in nature.

Roux floated just lower than the other, moving forward slightly to reach out and take Rivener's hand again, bringing it up so that he could place his cool lips against the other's palm. He looked up at Rivener over the scorpian Frei's fingertips. "Like? Delicious yes." He turned the other's hand slightly so that he could kiss Rivener's wrist as well, soft, fluttering touches of his lips.

Roux was only a tiny bit annoyed when Rivener just took the kiss, settling slightly as the other leaned back and smiled.. and sighed. Roux frowned slightly, letting his head cant to the side with a small sigh of his own.

It was different.. making Rivener happy. Not the same as making Mitya happy, where the happiness that Roux got in return was a.. strange and simple thing, something that made him want to smile out right. Making Rivener happy was a more subtle feeling... an almost confused feeling. There was the pride to work around, for one thing, and for another there was the way Rivener treated the kisses.

Roux gave a slightly puzzled expression to the other before shrugging lightly. "...share yes. Share good, light up smile here." He placed his hand over his chest, feeling his heartbeat. "Feel delicious you me. Share it." He reached up and absently stroked Rivener's hair, one thing that he -knew- made them both happy.

Roux looked warily up at Rivener, finding the other's reactions... less than satisfactory. It wasn't the blissful -happy- of Mitya, it was something more diluted and wary... but that wasn't his fault! He hadn't considered it might seem strange to someone else if he suddenly acted nice. The air grew a tad chillier, frost weaving in small patterns across the red leaves above their heads.

This concept was, he decided, something he didn't want to try anymore. A distant part of him did still want to make Rivener happy but the way it was going now... he'd seen Rivener smile over other things that had brought Roux more gratification anyway. The Ice Frei's expression cooled once more, eyes drooping half shut in an expression of annoyance.

Why couldn't Rivener just given him what he wanted. Probably because he didn't know what Roux wanted but still...

This one last thing, though.. Roux did lean slightly forward, curious as to what Rivener was talking about, and let his cheek press against the other's chest. Warmth spread over his skin, hair brushing against the fabric of the Dark Frei's shirt. Roux placed his palm against Rivener's shoulder, slender, pale fingers slightly curved as his eyes gave a single flutter at the strong sound of the other's heart-beat. Thump-thump

"Mine." He did not know why but he wished to possess this. He pulled away, floating just below the other. He decided he'd let Rivener lead, as he always had, it was easier, and if Roux didn't like where things went he'd always stop it and Rivener would always comply.

Perhaps this thing, was it a friendship? Perhaps it didn't -need- new concepts, it was good as it was.

Roux frowned slightly, straightening and letting his cool eyes slide up to Rivener's dark ones. He reached out to grasp a lock of the other Frei's hair between slender fingertips, stroking lightly down as he considered this. He weighed what it meant to let Rivener say that Roux was his in order to be able to claim the other... decided that there was no harm, and nodded just slightly.

"Like here Riv'ner." Roux said in his light tones. He didn't know why.. the often ended up in one-sided arguments or Rivener would do some tiny insignificant thing to annoy Roux or Roux would do something selfish and make Rivener sad but... they still seemed to be drawn to each other.

Roux sighed, looking upward toward the sky. For a brief moment there was the familiar flash and pang.. the desire to be up there, to fly... He remembered feel the wind rushing and the cold, chilly, thin air...