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Juniper sighed as he leaned against to door, effectively shutting it. There was no point hiding it, Nelson was sure to have noticed he was gone by now. ....Probably,

It was fiiiiiine. Everything was fine. He was fine. At least, the iced coffee and ice cream he had for himself and to bribe his boyfriend with, had anything to say about it.

Point was, he wasn't dead. ...Yet.

He gingerly made his way to the bedroom, stopping in the kitchen just long enough to get spoons before hobbling his way towards the bedroom. He the door open and marched over to the bedside drawer where he deposited everything. His leg was singing a song at this point, as he flopped backwards onto the bed rather unceremoniously.

Juniper winced at Nelson's panic, he hadn't meant to scare him that badly. If he were honest, Juni had hoped he was so deep asleep, that he hadn't flinched, but...

Welp, beggars cant be choosers.

"No no. I deserve getting that thrown at me." He sighed, his voice muffled by the blankets, just a bit.

"Went for a walk." Juniper muttered, before waving a hand dismissively. "Well. It started out as me, but that changed into someone else doing it cause I figured I might as well, right." He reached over, plucking one of the ice creams and coffees off the table, before offering to Nelson. "I missed you too. I'm sorry I didn't leave a note, I had planned to be back before you woke up." The could both see how well that went.

"Yes. But also no. Bribes. I am bribing you with treats." He said as he dragged himself up off the bed... Where did he put, ah right. There they were. "You're not allowed to freak out." Juni said, grabbing his night clothes and going to the bathroom to change.

Again, the both knew how that would turn out.

"Or at the very least, you cant freak out... much. Nothing is broken and I'm not bleeding. Believe me, you'd know if it or I was." A few moments later, he came back into the room in an oversized hoodie, and some baggy shorts. "Tell me you like the treats first before I tell you anything. I need some insurance here before you rightfully tell me I was an idiot."

"I'm sorry for scaring you, I should not have just flopped on the bed like that." Juniper made a soft noise. "That... kinda makes sense. Your sleeping habits have been a bit wonky." Though they had done some progress on trying to get it back to a somewhat normal routine. "We've done a lot of napping... Maybe you sensed when I left and just couldn't get back to sleep after that?"

If that was the case, no more sneak out walks for him.

"I'm hurt... kind of? And, again kind of. Someone did attack, but I got caught by their magic, so." Juniper shrugged, pulling up the leg of his shorts, to reveal the rather impressive looking bruise on his thigh. "Ugh... I didn't think I'd got caught that bad.. That's gonna be ugly tomorrow.." He said, making a face. "Some Squire-' He said, putting enough mocking emphasis on the word "Summoned a freaking unicorn. I got caught by one of it's legs. My sleeve got caught on it's horn, but that was a bout it. Like I said, nothing broken. Just my pride, I guess." He'd be feeling it tomorrow though.

"No bandages or Medicine required. Though, I will always take hugs. Kisses are also a good option, but I'll take what I can get really." He said, fixing Nelson with a lopsided grin.

"....If it makes you feel any better, he got a healthy dose of my magic...."

"It was a lucky shot." Juniper pouted. "I technically attacked first. They got their magic off while they were affected by mine. Kid was giving the usual 'Oh you're chaos so clearly means you're instantly evil and up to no good' bullshit." He sighed, leaning against Nelson.

Just because he was chaos did not mean he was evil.

"I'll stay here, no more walks. Promise." Juniper covered the bruise, as if sensing Nelson's distress. He sighed again, before carefully wrapping his arms around Nelson, crossing his legs behind the other. "I'm okay." He said quietly. "You're okay." Juniper turned his head just enough to press a soft kiss against Nelson's hair. "We're okay."

Both tired, but okay.

"The ice creams gonna melt... Do we wanna watch something and eat it, or we putting it all away and taking a nap?" Juniper would likely end up dozing either way, but he would do whichever Nelson chose.

Juniper laughed. "Nap it is. And as much as I don't mind ice cream soup, I'd rather not risk either of us possibly getting sick from that kinda mess." The smaller man hauled himself up and onto his feet, wincing as his leg gave a painful pang. "...Horses hurt. Even if they're magic ones... You stay here, get comfortable. I'll be right back." With a sigh to gather himself, he gathered the ice cream and the ice coffee and made the careful trek to the kitchen.

Juniper hadn't meant to cause the other man anymore distress than he already had to deal with. He would have to find some way to make this up to Nelson. …Maybe they could try going on a date… Even if said date was literally just moving from his bedroom to the living room. Ah well… He’d think of something.

With another sigh, Juniper dragged himself back up to the shared bedroom, where he deposited himself back onto the bed, more carefully this time, so as not to give his boyfriend a second heart attack in one day. Juni laid there for a moment before wriggling up next to Nelson. “Sorry…” He muttered quietly. What he was apologizing for, he wasn’t entirely sure. There was a whole list of reasons he could be apologizing for.