please tread softly as you go

*Elijah Piers* · August 14, 2014, 06:08 AM

Sorry for the wait, baby <3

Of course, normally Elijah wouldn't be doing this. Sure, he was a nice guy and this is how he acts around his buddies and the people he knows. But this was a stranger. It was only because something in his gut told him to trust this guy – that he wouldn't hurt him. If he did, the feeling of betrayal that he'd feel would be terrible and intense, but alas, the lad was relatively calm about this. Elijah inspected him like he was a fascinating creature that he'd never see before. His ears were perked forward – blue eyes narrowed slightly in focus with his tail wagging behind him. He grinned widely the moment the guy chuckled at him.
He had a nice laugh. Eli liked the sound of his voice, and it was always nice to hear someone happy. It made Elijah happy, too, like his goofy personality was good enough to make someone's bad day a bit better. He knew it would be worth it, but he felt fulfilled. His chest puffed and he took in a deep breath – wiggling happily with his expression softening. Eyes drooped – although he was quick to tilt his head the moment the guy spoke. He had this accent of sorts. Maybe that was why Eli liked his voice. He sounded different, just like how unique he looked. He was special. He was kind. He didn't attack Eli, and could have easily snapped at his face – done some real bad damage there.
The lad was cocky and seemed full of himself, taking Eli's movements as compliments. Something about that made Eli happy – glad that he hadn't taken his actions as something negative. This guy was proud of being different... something that the agouti male could admire. The tanky lad watched him carefully.
“You're cute,” he bluntly stated – grinning wide and only pulling his lips closer together as the dark grey lad booped his pink nose to Eli's.
“I'm Elijah, or you could call me Eli! Nice to meet you, Leon!” So Leon was his name... It sounded easy to say, unlike Tuwawi's. He quite liked simple names – they made it harder for him to screw up and made it easier to remember. Although, he had to say, he thought he'd have an overly complex prince-ly name to fit his appearance. Head tilted as Leon moved away, angling himself and wagging his tail. Eli flashed him a grin in response, obviously looking confused and clueless about what Leon was planning.

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