ɪᴋ ᴢᴀʟ ʜᴀɴᴅʜᴀᴠᴇɴ.

erik moved poppy to his other arm so he was able to reach out and offer his hand to markus. “nice to meet you as well,” he offered, giving the other the warmest of smiles he could give. “you said you were allergic?”

Markus grabbed the other’s hand, and shook it lightly before letting go. A smile played on his lips, even as his thoughts floated around his head at the other’s lack of recognition, but it wasn’t like he was just going to blurt out the fact that they were going to be married, especially since the other didn’t seem to know. Light laughter escaped him, as he nodded his head softly. “Yes. It’s not just dogs, it’s cats as well. It’s kinda why I have turtles, and not a four legged kind of pet.”

erik’s jaw dropped. “she is not an it,” he said, looking past markus to see poppy, and an instant sigh and relief came over him. he moved forward, going to pick up his dog. “what were you thinking, pop?” he asked her quietly, kissing her head before he looked back to her. “thank you, I’m erik by the way.”

An apologetic frown played on his lips, before was lightly shrugging his shoulders. “Course she’s not, sorry for call her an it.” His apology was sincere, even as he sneeze in the middle of it. “Maybe she thought my bed was comfortable, and just decided to take a nap.” Markus laughed, before it quickly faded when he heard the male’s name. “It’s was nothing, honestly. Nice to meet you Erik, I’m Markus.”

“Cruel and unusual punishment.” Kamaria replies before she walks past him into the room. Her eyes grow wide and she immediately takes to the bed, snuggling down on the animal that lays there. “You’re allergic? That’s so sad! How do you live this life?”

A laugh escaped the blonde’s lips as he followed her into the room, before he was letting out a sigh at her question. “Yeah, that’s why I haven’t really been getting close to where they are, and why the windows are open.  I’m fine around like birds and every other type of pet but cats and dogs.”

Amelie raised her eyebrows curiously, “You do realize we are allowed pets right?” She asked curiously.

“Yeah, I know. I have my turtles, but someone knocked before about a cat, and that I do not have.” The prince shrugged, as he gestured towards his turtle tank.

erok let out a rather overdramatic sigh at that response. he went to lean against the door, looking to the man. “have you seen a small dog then?” he asked, he was getting rather worried about his small dog.

“It’s yours? They’ve been making me sneeze for the past hour.” Markus snuffled, before pulling open the door more so the other male could see in. “They are, um.” Brows scrunched over, as blue hues scanned the room, before a relieved sigh escaped him. “There they are. They blend in.”

“You might as well not even bother hiding it from me.” Kamaria pursed her lips. She knew what she heard and she came to investigate. “I just want to love on it. Come on, please.”

“You sure? I can try harder to hide it from you.” The blonde teased, before opening the door wider for the brunette to come in. “She’s on the bed. You can have her if you want, I really am allergic to animals unless they are aquatic or birds.”

erik: kinda looked run down

Markus: Yeah? Where?

Ever would admit to everyone that he wasn’t so excited about having to be in Greece. If he had to get to know his betrothed he would have much preferred to be in Brazil to do it. Still it wasn’t the coffee’s fault despite what his current gaze said as he glared down at the cup. “I wonder when we get to know the real reason we’re here and not the PR bullshit,” he grumbled. 

“I doubt we’ll find out, it seems to be under wraps or something.” The blonde replied, while removing his headphones from his ears and placing them around his neck, while a slight frown played on his lips. “I think we’ll just have to wait and see, but so far the only reason we’ll ever get is “it’s for peace,” or something along those lines.” Markus shrugged, as he remembered his parents words.