The Archer

“Mhm. its the third building on the left side of Shibuya station. its a house where I rent the ground floor. the owner is on the first floor.” he murmured locking his fingers together.

       coffee colored eyes widened slightly, he definitely wasn’t human. it was painfully obvious but, centaur? those were only from fairy tales, right? she wasn’t in one of those - no matter how much it felt like one. chapstick coated lips pursed for a few seconds before she hesitantly began to make her way down the slope.

    she was mindful of her step as she didn’t want to slip, that’d be extremely embarrassing. she was bewildered, now that she could get a better look at him. “you..” a brief pause, a lump being swallowed. “you look so cool.” to say the least. “uhm, it’s okay, i-i’ve never seen something like you before. oh! i’m maddie by the way.”

He was amazed to see a centaur, you barely saw any in these parts, as he approached, the sheeptaur stood to his feet, still standing a little tense, though it didn’t seem like the stranger would mean him no harm.

“What?..” He put a hand over where he was gesturing to and, felt his bloody, bruised lip “Oh! No… No, I’m fine! Just a spar, is all….“

Terrance squinted his eyes at the centaur, he looked to be in some kind of pain “But… What about you? You don’t look so good…”

“mhm, its fine. could you give me a hand. im not really athletic as you can see. “ he hummed still way too captured by the way the others fur felt. getting on he slowly snailed his hands around the others waist leaning against his back and inhaling his scent.

“fuck…. you smell so good. “ he whispered between the broad shoulder blades.

The shaking wasn’t unpleasant, eyelids fluttering just a bit to wake him up but it was difficult to keep them open considering just how exhausted he was. Touch to his forehead bringing his alert up but he remained relaxed, just assuming that he was actually at home and being checked on by someone there. Nothing more was said. Jun remained where he was, just trying to keep awake for the time being and not able to answer properly. All he could do was nod a little but getting up was going to be a struggle. It took enough time for him just to gain some consciousness. His blurred vision not even allowing him to address the form of the person infront of him.

"I can … go myself. Thank you …“

“but isnt that disrespectful or something? i mean to ride you… I wouldnt mind tho i was riding horses when i was little. “ he hummed stroking along the coat of the others side.

he looked intently at the other completely charmed by the smile. he even forgot his anger for being left hanging dry by his date.

【IX】“Only disrespectful if you kick me in the sides.”

He teased in return. As the hand slid down his side he felt sparks, it had been a long time since someone had stroked his so carefully. His body turned slightly so he could pat his dark hide and peered over at the male.

    strands of dyed salmon pink hair would sway, dancing in the faint breeze. like grass in a field or shaking leaves - attention was zoned in completely on the creature before her. she’d never seen anything like him before, even though he waved, she was frozen like a deer in headlights. shoes were planted firmly on grass, hands at her side, gripping the fabric of her dress.

    would it be polite or right to think this was a dream? perhaps next time, she’d reconsider visiting her friend. the breath that had been hitched in her throat for what felt like hours, finally leaked out in the form of a gasp. “what.. who are you?” definitely not the best response to his invitation but she was pretty shocked and her mind was definitely all over the place.

【IX】Had he scared her? That of course was not his intention, he stood still at the bottom of the hill and his arm slowly fell back to his side. The pinkette’s voice was quiet and if he hadn’t been paying attention he would have probably missed it. The centaur spoke back to her, making sure his tone was gentle and less intimidating.

”My name is Nox. As for what I am, that depends whose asking.”

The smile remained on his lips but didn’t seem to move. He didn’t want to scare her anymore that he already had and honestly she looked like she was about to bolt at any moment.

He had been beat again in a sparring match and it resulted in a nice new bloody cut lip, but thankfully, that was the only wound he’d received in that match, thankfully, it wasn’t the serious stuff… After going to the healer, they told him to go out and forage some honey or a flower nectar that could help and bring some back in the process.

He preferred working as a healers apprentice, though his family probably wouldn’t be that proud if he did. He let out a frustrated raspberry and flopped down in the middle of a field.

It was then he heard signs of stumbling hooves head towards him and his ears twitched and a hand went up over his head to block out the sun. His eyes squinted to see a bigger centaur head towards him.

“H-Hello?!” He called out, nervously and raised a hand in cautious greeting.