[Poggio]

Robin had a wonderful day but was oblivious to the prince's nervous glances and paranoid movements. He sat cozy by the fire snuggled in his Princes arms. Through the grand double doors of the inn they were staying in, a luxuriously coated woman stepped through. She eyed the young couple turning her gaze from Robin and focused more on the prince. She gestured for the prince. He quickly turned his head way trying to focus more on the fire and the beauty with in his arms.

After some time Robin had fallen asleep and immediately woke up a little startled on the couch. He looked around bewildered and saw that his roommate had fallen asleep in an awkward position. It was nearly the same as the one he had in his dream. Robin tucked the man way in his blanket and hobbled away to his room to finish his homework before his classes.

[littl3chocobo]

though sleep was beyond him dozing was not, he felt himself slide in and out of a dream, he was his roomate's prince he knew that much but something was strange, he was cruel to everyone but robin to the point of tyranny but the other remained oblivious, he knew this was abnormal in the way of dreams where knowing is taken for granted. but he did not know why, no, more accurately the body he was in did not, jerial had no control but was loathe to let this continue, something needed to be done, he could feel snow crowding in at the edges of his mind and knew something would be here soon, something frightening, he panicked and woke. he involuntary twitch as he fell back into reality must have been enough to wake the boy in his arms for he felt the spasm of the other. he hadn't the courage to explain their strange position so he feigned sleep and the other groggy, as he was, did not seem to notice. he felt the afghan be pulled back over him before the other collected his own from the foot of the couch and wobble unsteadily to their room. he breathed a sigh of relief when the door closed. idly he wondered if anyone had noticed he was not in any of his classes today

[Poggio]

When Robin left for class, Jerial was still, what appeared to be asleep. He sniffled and walked over to his roommate, gently putting the back of his hand under his chin. He felt warmer then he should have been. Robin drew back immediately trying to fight off a stray cough. He would get him some soup on the way home. He spent the next few grueling hours fighting off another wave of sleep while continuously keeping up with the power point. Robin returned home with a bag full of canned soup. He spied around the apartment wondering where his roommate had gotten to.

[littl3chocobo]

he spent the rest of the day avoiding class and harassing people for notes he had an entire inbox full of missed work and he had no mind for any of it, between his running nose and pounding headache there was only room for one thought at a time in his head and it kept coming back to his roommate, his cruel, naive, adorable, shy little roommate. he had fallen asleep properly almost as soon as the boy had closed the door. it was a weird dream and one he'd never repeat. he was the prince again only he was naked, running through a forest in a cloak with baba yaga chasing behind him, he fell into a garden of roses with no thorns and sifted through them looking for one as white as snow, when he found one it was in the hair of his roommate and when he went to touch it the other gave his finger a kiss...and he could not bring himself to think about it anymore. and so here he was loitering in the bathroom listening to youtube music and losing badly at mindsweeper. he felt like such a creep.

[Poggio]

Robin peeked around to his roommates room but he wasn't in there. He noticed the bathroom door shut and wasn't aware that his roommate might have lacked the ability to hear him. Pressing one ear against the door, he listened, somewhat immediately mistaking the halfhearted sounds from the bathroom as throwing up. Robin scurried away from the door before his sneeze made his presence known. He returned later when he had not seen his roommate and slipped a note under the bathroom door that read: There is soup for you on the stove. Sorry for making you sick. He scurried away from the bathroom, wrapping himself in a blanket and taking root on the couch. His fingers chipped away at his paper until he grew tired. Eventually Robin found his way to the book that was resting on the coffee table.

Robin awoke with a dreadful start. He shivered uncontrollably. Some one had left the window open. As he sat up, flakes of snow fell from his body piling up on the bed. He pushed the blankets aside to reach for the window latch when a curious sight caught him. The elegant woman from last night was riding off in a sleigh. A gentle hand reached out and caressed the cheek of some one riding in the sleigh with her. He wrapped his fingers around her hand kissing her palm. It was the Prince. His Prince. “JERIAL!”. In his panic, Robin scurried out the window, hoping to reach the two. He did not want the prince to leave him.

[littl3chocobo]

she smiled as her darkness wove itself into the prince. she would not have him turn away a second time. with a flick of her wrist he came, she wrapped his bare shoulders in fur and placed upon his brow two cold kisses, one for pain and one for love. she pulled him into her sleigh and offered her hand, as he laid a warm kiss upon it she hear the child call out

[Poggio]

Robin picked up his speed running as fast as he could, however it was not fast enough. The Queen helped his prince into her sleigh. With one word, mush, the sleigh propelled forward in a blinding blizzard of snow leaving Robin to fall face forward into black slush. Her joyous laughter taunted him as they disappeared. He slumped his way back to the inn but the man turned him away. The prince was no longer his guide and it proved that their kindness was only an illusion. Once young girl was kind enough to lend Robin some fresh clothes. He fought against the cold trying to search for help. He didn't realize how dangerously close his wondering had brought him to the towns edge. He stopped an elderly peddler woman shrouded in a black cloak gestured towards him. She was carrying a basket of blue roses.

[littl3chocobo]

the child grew close to the hag, he was timid but she did not grow offended or turn away. when the other was close enough she pulled from it four roses all beautiful and in full bloom. he tried to show her he had no monies but she shook her clothed head and pressed them deep into his palm drawing blood. "you are our savior. that is enough" she let go of the roses and the boy wrapped a bloody hand around them. he opened his mouth but she held up her hand, halting him. "take two to baba yaga, she will tell you what you need to know. her eyes see farther than the world" she backed away then. slipping into the dark of the woods and becoming shadow. as she faded he could hear her voice though it came from everywhere and nowhere -it all rests on your shoulders-

[Poggio]

The prolific message, left the young lads heart in a terror. And a quick blink jolted him back into the waking world. Swallowing Robin found himself flinging the fantasy tale to the coffee table. He wiped his brows clean of sweat as he moved his hands through the fluff of his hair. For a moment he watched the cascading shadows around his room unable to bring his eyes to the blinking red numbers. His stomach told him that it was dinner time no matter what the hour. Robin decided to check on his roommate first.

[littl3chocobo]

he was stirring soup enough for them both and toasting bread in the oven for jam and dipping when the other came in. with a blush he muttered a hullo to the boy though he was to embarrassed to let their eyes meet

[Poggio]

His heart had calmed down enough to offer the man a small smile. His own eyes lowered to the pot stewing on the stove as he moved across the room gingerly placing a hand on his roommates forehead. “You should be asleep or laying down.” His hand then moved to the underside of Jerials chin where it was considerably warmer. It was his fault his roommate was in this condition and the reminder brought a faint flush to his face. Quickly he retracted his hand, feeling odd that he should touch the other in such a familiar way. He was not the prince of his dreams but his roommate. “umm, if you go lay down I will bring you the soup.” He said looking away and into the boiling brew.

[littl3chocobo]

the touches felt really nice and for a moment he was having a hard time trying not to think about his dream from before. he shook his head, "you bought it i'll serve it, go sit down it will be done as soon as i finish making the toast"

[Poggio]

Robin found himself chuckling. "A Toast to bread, for with out bread there would be no toast." Shaking his fair locks he tried again. "Please go sit..." He gave the other a smile as he nimbly plucked the spoon from the side of the stove. He licked his lips before testing his roommates name on his tongue. "...Jerial" Quickly he peered into the creamy liquid and started to stir it.

[littl3chocobo]

"robin! i-i really li-" he clamped his mouth shut, the use of his own name from his roomate's mouth in a voice too much like in the dream almost made him say something regrettable, he gave a watery smile, "...i would like that... thanks.." saying no more he left the kitchen

[Poggio]

He flinched until he realized his roommates words had died away. Once again he turned his attention towards the soup and began stirring it. There was something oddly habitual about being near the stove. Robin found himself humming as he scurried about, lucidly thinking of a stone hearth instead of his modern day electric stove. His idle musings was paused when he needed to reach for a bowl. His roommates continually placed the objects on the second shelf just out of his reach. Turning off the stove, Robin abandoned it in favor of climbing to get the items he needed.

[littl3chocobo]

he was cleaning the accumulated school junk off of the coffee table so that they would have some place to set the food when he heard a crash and the sound of a body hitting the floor. as quickly as he could manage he ran back in to find his roommate slayed on the ground with a broken bowl by his leg, "robin?!"