[Poggio]

He placed one of his hands on the others shoulder. “You are not being executed, you are going home.” he tried to sound excited about it despite the others long face. He led the other to one of the more well known 'secret' passages through a tunnel that brought them immediately back up through the garden of the castle. Ree grew more nervous now. He turned to say his good bye's and flee wondering if a hug was appropriate. He realized then he was still holding the others hand.

[littl3chocobo]

he managed to keep his spine straight and his face blank until the guards had left. letting his face fall into a frown he dropped onto the soft mattress and breathed in the familiar stifling smell of his ancestral home. already he wanted to go back to the loud squalled ramshackle building the thief called home

[Poggio]

He had not forgotten about Kais, but it felt as if their brief time together was merely a dream. The reward he had gotten had afforded him a lot of things that the small shack needed. Not only that but Ree bought himself a book intending to learn to read it. A day after the royal returned home, Ree learned his friends were still alive. He spent hours planning a rescue with oddly included a visit to Kais whom he secretly named friend. In the dead of the night, Ree used a passage that was mostly hidden finding his way into the castles cellar. He freed his after they all promised to scatter to the winds. Ree then snuck through the shadows into the upper floors wondering how to find Kais again since the first time was purely by accident.

[littl3chocobo]

his moodiness from the day before had turned into a restlessness that could not be assuaged by his usual roaming of the halls and though he knew nothing could be done to free him a second time he still wanted it. the sights and sounds of children hustling about, the smells and feel of a crowded market. he didn't mind being dirty and hungry because it filled a different empty space that was more in need of food than his stomach, a hole inside that was only tickled at when he was away in arborak. taking a sharp turn he headed for the kitchen, he was going to run away

[Poggio]

Ree got distracted sneaking among the halls seeing all the various shiny that he could stash. He soon found himself near the castles expansive kitchen. He peeked in to see if there were any staff but they all seemed to be resting for now. He moved into the room seeing the silver cutlery and put some in his bag.

[littl3chocobo]

he was in the cheese cellar grabbing small wheels and jars of preserved foods when he heard the footsteps overhead and froze. several heartbeats passed before the feet tapped into the silver closet and he silently went back to packing his bag

[Poggio]

His bag had gotten heavy and he had gotten lost. Strangely Ree found himself in a familiar set of rooms. Ducking between the thick folds of curtains he stumbled into a room with a large four poster bed. The expansive space was walled with books maps and many items of the worldly traveler. He walked over to the bed touching the silk threads before falling into the blue waves. The late night adventure was taking its toil on Ree, he wanted to sleep on the soft billowy fluff.

[littl3chocobo]

when his bag was nearly filled he snuck back to his room to back a change of clothes and enough silver to buy him passage across the sea thrice over. he was so close to being free. without a sound he slipped back into his room and quietly closed the door so that no guards would hear, with a soft sigh of relief he headed for his desk

[Poggio]

It only took a matter of seconds and comfort to over come Ree. He snored lowly on the unknown bed, with his feet dangling off the edge.

[littl3chocobo]

as he passed by the bed a light snuffling snore issued from the gauzy curtains and he jerked away dropping the food. "who is there?!"

[Poggio]

Ree opened his eyes lazily at the sound of the others suspicious voice. "Kais...?" it sounded like the alabaster whiny noble that haunted his dreams for the previous two nights. He yawned deciding that if he could he would take the sheet with him. He rose from the bed rubbing his eyes.

[littl3chocobo]

when the blue form rose from the bed his first instinct was to attack and rearing back he hit it as hard as he could before falling back a step. when all he received was a somewhat familiar sounding grunt he leaned in curiously

[Poggio]

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[Poggio]

Ree pat his chest rolling over defensively. Briefly he wondered if he had been caught by the guard but when the punches stopped, and he was blinking into the grey eyes. He wheezed out a laugh. “You certainly are quick like a whore.” He relaxed bouncing on the bed and patting the bed with faux seductive look on his face. “Was that a love tap or do you hit hard beneath the sheets too?”

[littl3chocobo]

at the words he thought about hitting the boy again but he was grateful enough of the other's timing to forgive the trespass. "you are back! why did you come, have you been stealing more spoons?" he turned just enough to sit by the other. "i keep thinking about two days ago, i was happy when i was free and unknown"

[Poggio]

Ree grinned, now was not the time for bowing or any other formal greeting. He reached out and pulled Kais into a hug. He did not admit it as audibly as the other but it was nice having some one his own age to talk to instead of being nearly 10 or 12 years their senior. “Would you like to be happy again?” He asked. “You can come with me.”