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Who: Erebos, Royce, Phaeton [closed]
What: Erebos attempts to help Royce
When: December 1st
Where: Royce and Phaeton's apartment

Erebos was bored. That was never a good thing. So he bounced up from his position on the floor and over to his and Royce's room. Erebos hoped that Royce would be willing to entertain him for a bit, or he'd just go out on his own and look for something fun to do.

Erebos knocked lightly on the door, raising his voice slightly, "Royce~? Are you in there~?"

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[transfrmingwind.livejournal.com]

Erebos fell back against the bed, panting heavily now. Even as he began to regain his senses, he found he didn't really have any idea what to say or do...

... So he just lay there, panting.

[ashadowedwind.livejournal.com]

Now would seem like the perfect time for like, cuddling or other such things for afterwards but fate isn't quite so nice. As heard easily over the two young men's panting is the sound of the door knob of their room being turned and then the door opening as... Phaeton came in.

"Royce! Erebos why don't w--" she had started to say, cheerfully, before she actually saw them. And well... There was a very brief flicker of something in her expression before she quickly squeaked and left the room and closed the door.

"I... I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

[transfrmingwind.livejournal.com]

Royce's eyes widened, and he pushed Erebos away. Scrambling out from under him (which would be rather awkward), he made a grab for his pants and began throwing them back on.

"Phae... Phae, wait...!"

[cheerfulshadow.livejournal.com]

Erebos blinked, eyes wide, before he drooped and started collecting his clothes.

""

[ashadowedwind.livejournal.com]

Phaeton was staying out of the room and was trying very hard to sound cheerful.

"I'm sorry! Y... you were having tea, like my papas, I should've knocked," she was doing a reasonable job of keep her voice steady, even though inside she wanted to cry and she wasn't sure why. "I'm sorry."

[transfrmingwind.livejournal.com]

The door opened and Royce just... stared at her. He frowned, and... honestly felt like beating his head against a wall.

"Phae, don't be... you didn't do anything wrong..."

[cheerfulshadow.livejournal.com]

Behind him, Erebos was tugging on his shirt, his face carefully blank. Once finished dressing, he stared at the floor for a minute before moving towards the window.

"I'm sorry, Royce. I didn't mean to mess things up between you two."

With that, he slid the window open and jumped to the ground below. Once he landed, he'd be gone and heading toward the lightpost. Ren, having been listening, would be after him soon enough.

[ashadowedwind.livejournal.com]

Phaeton blinked at Erebos, what he said and him leaving since she was trying to not look at Royce.

"I..." Then she took a deep breath, looked Royce right in the eye and smiled. "If Erebos makes Royce happy, then I'm happy."

[transfrmingwind.livejournal.com]

Royce blinked, and just... stared at her. He cursed Erebos inwardly, but he was more angry with himself.

"Phae, it's not that," he said, looking away as well.

"I... that was...

[ashadowedwind.livejournal.com]

Phaeton shook her head, still smiling.

"You don't have tea if you don't like a person, Royce." she said, matter of factually, as she moved to leave.

"I'm going to go buy stuff for dinner, okay? I'll see you in a bit."

[transfrmingwind.livejournal.com]

"Phae...!" he exclaimed. "It's not always that... always that simple..."

He looked at her rather desperately. "Let me get my shirt... I'll go with you..."

[ashadowedwind.livejournal.com]

"I can do this myself, Royce! And you should stay here so Erebos isn't alone when he comes back."

Then she moved quickly, bumping into Piyomon before grabbing one of the bird digimon's wings and saying "See? Piyomon will be with me!" before quickly leaving the apartment.

[transfrmingwind.livejournal.com]

Royce let her leave... but he would get V-mon and follow her in secret.

He couldn't just let her go off on her own.