Your grace part 13
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Nino opened his eyes as the sun was just poking through the hole in the top of the tent. Phoenix was curled up beside him with his scally beak was pressed to his nose and his wing was stretched out covering over both their faces though Nino’s eyes were uncovered. He couldn’t help but smile as he touched the silky wings moving them aside so he could sit up and look around the room flushing when he saw Aiba standing at the bottom of the bed with a fluffy white baby rabbit in his hands and two grey foxed standing behind his legs. They were about the same size as a dog but stockier with deep grey colouring over their backs with white and black tails, collars and cuffs around their paws. Their eyes were both red but their tongues were out panting lightly looking like friendly.
“…Morning…” Nino mumbled stroking his hair down so that it wasn’t sticking up and out around his face. The elf smiled bobbing his head a few times coming closer to him holding out the rabbit
“Hold?” He said in an attempt at the common tongue and slowly Nino reached out and took the small ball of fluff in his hands giggling a little at how feather light it was and the way that its ears twitched and he kicked around tiny little claws cutting into his hands. Aiba gave a whistle and the two foxes came forward and nudged at his knee with their cold wet noses. “Fee…” Aiba said slowly touching the head of the fox on the left before turning to the one on the right “Swift…”
“Fee and Swift?” Nino repeated and Aiba nodded taking the rabbit back and tucking it into a fabric bag that was attached to the front of his tunic. From the glimpse he got of the inside Nino saw that there was straw and fur creating a little nest as snug as a bed.
“Stroke…” The elf animal trainer told him and with more hesitation than he had shown over the rabbit Nino reached out and stroked the tops of the foxes’ heads. Their fur was coarser than he had been expecting and thick but it felt clean and he gave a gasp when they both lapped at his wrists with hot wet tongues. Aiba let out another whistle of a sharper tone and the two foxes moved back together and then ran from the tent their tails twitching happily “Sleepy…” Aiba explained and Nino nodded remembering that Ohno had said they would be on duty last night.
“They are beautiful…” Nino smiled hoping the elf would understand him and apparently, from the way he grinned widely and nodded, he did.
“Very…Bootiful!” The elf cried enthusiastically before heading over the tent and bringing a try with what Nino guessed was meant to be his breakfast. He hoped that he didn’t have to eat it all the whole thing was brimming with fruits and nuts and even smoked fish. The enthusiastic elf dropped it down onto his lap and then motioned for him to eat before going and mixing up the mealworms and seeds for Phoenix who had just opened his beetle black eyes and was stretching his wings. Nino turned to the tray gulping a little as he picked up the fish by the stick that was poking out the mouth relieved when Aiba said “King soon back…Him eat too…”
“Ah…Okay…” Nino mumbled with relief glad that he didn’t have to eat it all alone. He bit slowly into the soft flesh of the fish and chewed pleasantly surprised by the smoky taste that filled his mouth. “Ah so nice!”
“Jun will be glad you like it” Ohno said entering the tent and Nino looked up flushing brightly when he saw that the elf king was only wearing a pair of cropped trousers which clung to his form. He hung his head averting his gaze quickly while trying to remind himself that the king had been wearing a lot less in the bath last night.
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Ohno chuckled at the cute reaction of his beloved and grabbed the drying cloth from the side covering his body as moved closer and took one of the fish and drizzling it with sauce before taking a large bite. He had caught the fish himself that morning but it had been Jun that had cooked it and he was thankful his own experiences with cooking had been mixed at best. In their clan only his mixed pots were received with great delight and that was only because there was very little that could go wrong with them.
“I wasn’t sure of the foods that you would like…Jun cooked the fish…I…Would burn it beyond recognition and that would be a sad end to a life given for our hunger ne…” He said slowly and Nino frowned his eyebrows knitting together as he rested the fish against his mouth. There was a question in his eyes and Ohno waited for him to ask sitting down beside him on the bed and taking more of the sauce.
“Um…How…You…You only take what you put back so…How do you eat animals?”
“Ah...We eat fish only…And Aiba runs a fishery…” Ohno said looking at the Ru’inwë who was trying to get the reluctant Phoenix to eat from his hand. The bird was pecking at it but only very quickly before hurrying back to Nino’s side and honking loudly if Aiba got too close to his little half-blood “There are many meals you can do with a fish beloved…”
“Hmm…” Nino hummed lightly breaking off the tail of his fish and holding it out to Phoenix. Ohno was going to protest but Aiba shook his head and he stayed silent watching the bird bob his head backwards and forwards eyeing the fish before opening his beak and pecking at it his feathers ruffling like ripples.
>The bird likes the low king, ne?< Aiba asked with a chuckle and Ohno nodded with a smile eating his own fish as he watched the bird happily eating the tail end of the fish. >They have a good bond already!<
“He’s saying that you have a good bond…He’s impressed…” Ohno said explaining to the half-blood who looked nervous like he was doing something wrong “Come beloved we have to eat and then we have to get ready to start our journey again…”
“Okay…” Nino nodded letting Aiba finish feeding Phoenix as he picked at the food in front of them. The boy ate only a little more of the fish before moving on to some of the fruits and Ohno guessed that his beloved would need time to adjust to eating healthily he didn’t imagine that he would have been allowed to eat his fill with the Draven’s. He didn’t force him to eat though knowing that that could have an adverse effect on him and set about eating his own fill before saying;
“You should go now with Aiba and Phoenix to find your sister, beloved I have to dismantle the tent and then we shall leave…”
“All by yourself?” Nino frowned looking around the tent with a cute pout on his face and Ohno shook his head quickly saying;
“No, I will have help and in future you may help me but Aiba will show you how to set Phoenix away for travelling, thank-you though for your concern my beloved…”
There wasn’t actually that much to do, their lives were so well organised for travel that everything was made to drop down and slot away before being put back up again. He watched his beloved being tugged out of the tent and then quickly dressed his fingers ghosting over the pillow that Nino had slept on before shaking his head and stripping down the bed as more of the clan came and dropped down the tent around him.
TBC
A/N: Boring chapter ne…>.< I’m sorry…I promise something will happen in the next part J