[Evil Tink]

Artemis blinked in surprise feeling his arm tighten around her. She rather liked the feeling, but had no idea he was going to do it. She couldn't help but turn a slight pink as he moved his face to just next to her shoulder. "But, if you let me go to do that, I still might slip away to that comfy couch. It calls to me, you know. 'Come, sleep!'." She laughed slightly, quietly taking a swift sniff. William always smelled pleasant.

[Honor]

William laughed. "Oh, I see how it is. You'd choose the couch over me. Your poor lonely best friend, who would end up just lying here. All alone. But that's okay. I understand." He said with extremely dramatized and fake anguish in his tone. Whatever he said about understanding, he wasn't about the loose his hold. He liked holding her, and wanted to keep doing so.

[Evil Tink]

"Aw, well if it means that much to you, I guess I can stay here." She smiled brightly, pondering if she dared to do what was in the back of her mind. His forehead, after all, was just right there! Asking for it! She could sense it...but, she knew she couldn't. Most of the vampire world was not okay with her simply being friends with him and anything else would endanger them both. She didn't care if she would be at risk, she could survive well enough on the run, but she would never dare submit William to that.

Although, after some rapid back and forth in her mind, she decided against it with a frown. At least, he still had his arm around her. She could just force herself to live with that.

[Honor]

He chuckled quietly, so quietly that it was more a vibration going through him than a sound. Closing his eyes her closed the distance of his face and her shoulder. It wasn't a romantic gesture, not really anyway, but one of contentment and just a bit of possessiveness. He wished at that moment more than he ever had before that he had not become a slayer. If he wasn't a slayer then he would not hesitate to make his affections known. Slayer's weren't allowed to have any close ties. Even this friendship was more than he should have.

This wasn't to say that most slayers were celibate in order to avoid temptation. Quite the opposite, actually. They were rather famous for one night stands. Anything more than that, however, was strictly forbidden. William wondered what it would have been like if he had pursued Artemis for such a purpose. He frowned. Then they never would have been friends, and as much as he wanted her, he couldn't imagine not having had her beside him all these years.

"You're my best friend Artemis." He said. 'I want to be more than friends.' He thought.

[Evil Tink]

Artemis smiled, "Well you're mine as well..in reality though, you're like, my only friend." Her expression became surprised as this realization came across. "Now that would be depressing, but this is William we're talking about here. The best friend anyone could have." She chuckled slightly, placing her palm to her forehead with a roll of her eyes, "I can't believe that I only have like..one friend."

[Honor]

William laughed, moving his head from her shoulder in order to look at her face. "Though that's probably because I steal away all of your free time." He said with a wink. "I'm selfish like that." He propped his head op with the arm that wasn't around Artemis. "Though, you don't see me hanging around with a bunch of friends, either. Not that I care. I prefer your friendship, to having a bunch of friends."

[Evil Tink]

She smiled, "Aw, well aren't you just sweet?" Damn. His face was so close and she was so tempted to just flat out kiss him, even if she lost her guts and ended up kissing his forehead. She bit her lip slightly, trying to hide the fact she was doing it while she continued to mull it over. Finally, she let it go, not really willing to figure out how awkward things would get if she did. "You should have more friends..low social interaction is very bad on a teenage boy's psyche." She laughed a bit, "Not that you're already way past recovering from that sort of damage."

[Honor]

William's eyes crinkled as he smiled. "I don't particularly want more friends. Too much work. I'm lazy." He gazed at her eyes, loving how close they were to him, wanting them to be even closer. Wanting his lips to be on her's. He looked away quickly for a moment banishing the fantasy before it could make him act. "My psyche is far from saving, trust me." He said with a grin. "Besides, haven't you heard? Most teenage boys only want one thing, and as far as I know, making friends isn't it."

[Evil Tink]

Artemis raised a brow, a curious expression on her face as he stared at her before he looked away. She could tell he was in the same emotional distress as her, but she could never act on it. Endangering him like that was not fair to him and his soul. "But you're not like most teenage boys though. You're a lot more..grounded and sensible. I'd say that's one of your more important qualities."

[Honor]

William burst out laughing. Perhaps she saw him as more sensible than other guys, but he was still most certainly a guy and was bound to act like most of them every now and again. "Perhaps I am, but however grounded and sensible I might be. I'm still a guy, and therefore on occasion I think about... what most makes my age think about."

[Evil Tink]

Artemis rolled her eyes, "Oh please, don't make it seem like such a taboo thing. Really.." She laughed slightly, poking his forehead lightly with her slim pale fingers, "Either way, you don't act on it like most guys try to around me. I cannot tell you how many I had to scare away in High School." She shook her head with a disgruntled sigh. Boys.

[Honor]

He laughed. "Well my dear Artemis, that is because you are beautiful. My guess is you had to beat them off with a stick." He said in a matter-o-fact tone, smiling playfully. He used his free hand take a strand of her hair and play with it.

[Evil Tink]

"A bat to be precise.." She tilted her head to the side a bit as she reviewed his words. She couldn't recall him ever stating that she was beautiful so bluntly like that. She couldn't suppress a small smile to her face at the thought. Next thing she knew, he was twiddling with her hair. Had her heart had been beating, it would be racing, as it would've been all night. With all her thinking, she barely noticed that her eyes had changed to a lighter shade of their traditional red-brown, and were even glowing just ever so slightly. Even if she had noticed, it was doubtful he'd see, were he a 'normal' human.

[Honor]

"A bat? Those poor guys. Though I bet some of them deserved it." He laughed, imagining it. Reluctantly he let her hair fall from his hand, savoring it's softness as it left his hand. He gazed into her eyes for a moment before his expression became confused. Her eyes looked a tad bit lighter... and as if they were glowing. "You're eyes... seem different. It must be the lighting." He said, though he knew that didn't explain it, considering he had forgotten to turn the lights in his room on. The only light came from the other room through the doorway.

[Evil Tink]

Artemis smiled a bit "A few of th-" she suddenly cut herself off, noticing his comment. She held her hand to her face, the soft glow cast from her eyes lit up her hand ever so slightly. She tensed, "Must be..." She turned her head to allow her hair to cover her face while she quietly dispelled the glowing. She would have to be careful, William was very observant and if she slipped up again it could mean something disastrous. She would have to keep focused to prevent her eyes from giving her away.

[Honor]

William frowned. Her reaction to his words disturbed him more than her eyes had. If it really had just been the light then she would have laughed and acted like it was nothing, he was certain. But what could the glowing mean? The only creature he knew of that had eyes that did that were vampires. There was no way that Artemis was a vampire. It was simply impossible. The suspicions ran through his head, but he wouldn't give them heed. He needed to lighten the moment.

So he did the first thing he could think of, and instantly regretted it. "Well... they're very beautiful, either way." Instinctively his hand reached out to cup her face, almost caressing it. The touch was brief however, as he knew to touch her anymore would be unwise.