#anouke

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Glue for ceramics that will be safe to drink from?

Gamal would normally be delighted to have his picture taken, especially from Anouke, but did they just say he was their second autograph? Not even the first?! Of course Lothaire was the first - he was the favorite, after all. It seemed like he was everyone’s favorite nowadays. He stared at the photo, wondering if he should even give Anouke the satisfaction of signing it, but in the end his pride got the best of him. He took the quill, quickly scratched his name onto the top of the photo, and handed the quill back. “Oh, I don’t know, I’m sure you can make all kinds of new friends.” There was no way he was hiding the bitterness in his voice. “Ask Lothaire, he knows all kinds of people.” He glanced away, an obvious and bitter frown on his face. He grumbled under his breath, pissier than ever, his blackened heart aching with jealousy.

Lothaire was sure this was some kind of joke, but when the flash hit his eyes, he blinked rapidly and his confident smile transformed into a look of surprise. Did that really work?! Sure enough, there was a picture, manifested out of thin air for him to see and touch with his own giant hands. He took the quill, staring at it as if to see if that, too, was made of magic and glitter and pixie dust. He shrugged his shoulders - magic was magic, he had to learn to accept that! He positioned his hand over the picture and one giant hand glided over the surface, making a big, loopy signature that was surprisingly beautiful even with his peculiar monster appendages. “There!” He dotted his ‘i’ and crossed his ‘t’ with a proud smile. “Here you are, your grace. It’s an honor.”

The last thing Lothaire wanted to do was to help his cousin continue his deceitful ways, but even he couldn’t deny that he knew the truth - Gamal had a horrible soft spot for Anouke, and sometimes, even demons could be hurt. He cared far too much for them. “I know he abused your trust.” Lothaire began, gesturing with a monstrous hand as he paced back and forth slowly. “And it was wrong of him. So very wrong of him. I cannot condone his activities and I most certainly don’t agree with what he did. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you should lose hope in all people. Gamal is…well, he’s a trickster demo. Lying and deceiving is what he’s supposed to do, and he does it very well. But, though it kills me to admit it, I will say that I believe he regrets hurting you from the bottom of his heart. I’m not saying he deserves a second chance. He doesn’t. Just know that he hurts too…”

“Don’t listen to him.” He rolled his eyes with a loud groan. “He’s young. You know he’s only a few hundred years old, right? He doesn’t know anything, he’s just blowing smoke as usual.” He reached over, lightly grabbing one of Anouke’s little braids between his fingers and turning the end to tickle their face like a long black brush. He may not have been planning on taking advantage of Anouke’s trust, but annoy them? Most definitely. “Besides, if I mistreated you, you’d kick my ass and my ass is too damn pretty to get kicked.”

Ah, yes, they were crawling right into Gamal’s innocent little trap. Though he enjoyed bothering Minkah the most, mainly because their reactions were always gold, that didn’t mean he wouldn’t pick on Anouke now and then. “Here, come closer and I’ll show you.” he whispered, cupping his hands together as if holding something still so it wouldn’t escape. He put his hands up to Anouke’s face and opened his palms, revealing…nothing. But while their face was so close to his hands, he pinched their nose with an annoying ‘honk’ noise, laughing like an asshole immediately after. “Hah! Funny every single time.” he said, reaching beside himself to pick up a lovely hibiscus he found near the river. “But in all honesty, here you are. Your rare flower.” He put it in their hair as a kind gesture, surprisingly gentle with friends even after being a complete pain in the ass just moments earlier.

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