@Fraust
Nix closed his eyes, smiling softly as Halm pet him. He turned his ears back, melting into the other's touch.
Nix closed his eyes, smiling softly as Halm pet him. He turned his ears back, melting into the other's touch.
Halm smiled gently. They had almost finished the work anyway. He reached over with his other hand, pulling Nix to himself gently. He picked up the cat, still running his cheek as he stood and picked up the basket.
Nix huddled up against Halm and nuzzled against his cheek, relaxing and getting himself more comfortable in the other's arms.
Halm started towards the river, then paused.
"Nix, I think it'd be best if you closed your eyes for this," Halm said.
"Way ahead of you." Nix had his face buried in Halm's shoulder and was humming to himself, flattening his ears back to try and block some of the sounds of the river.
Halm kissed the side of Nix's head, starting to hum again for Nix's benefit. He knelt by the river, making sure Nix wasn't too close. He slowly started adding the souls, rubbing Nix's back as he worked.
Nix kept his tail curled up tightly against himself so it wouldn't touch the water by mistake. He clung as tightly to Halm as he could, not wanting to have any risk of falling.
Halm had his arm securely around Nix, but he went quickly anyway. Soon, he moved back, the basket empty. He turned, making his way away.
"I'm done," he told Nix gently, rubbing his back.
"Yaaaay…" Nix stayed close to Halm, his voice a bit muffled. "Should we head back to the house now?" He asked.
"It's what I was planning on," Halm said. He wrapped both arms around Nix, the basket gone now. He kissed Nix's head again.
"Sounds good to me… any plans for when we get back?" He asked, looking up at Halm once they were away from the river.
"I'm not entirely sure. I'm not really good at figuring it things to do with others," Halm admitted. He rubbed Nix's back, making his way between the flowers.
"Maybe we can watch TV in your room or something?" Nix shrugged a bit, clinging tightly to Halm.
"Okay then." Halm kissed the side of Nix's head, holding him securely to himself. He vaguely wondered if something was still wrong.
Nix returned the kiss and relaxed a bit when he couldn't hear the river anymore. His tail swayed a bit beneath him.
Halm smiled at Nix's return kiss. He was getting better. He stepped into the house eventually, glad Nix was relaxing.
Nix yawned a bit and rested his head on Halm's shoulder, purring softly to himself. "What can we watch?" He asked.
"Well, we could always check the news to see what they have to say of the murder." Halm picked up the television, retreating to the bedroom with it.
"Sure, sounds good to me." Nix flopped down on the bed when Halm let go of him, sighing softly to himself.
Halm hooked the television up, then sat down with Nix, one arm going around him as Halm turned on the television and flicked it to the news.
Nix watched the screen attentively, perking up when the news anchor started talking about the murder again. "Ooh, still haven't solved it, have they? Not surprised."
"I wanna try a bigger puzzle!" Cas insisted, grinning brightly up at Zachary. "Can we go grab one?" He asked.
"Sure! I'm thinking a 75 piece would work good for you." He stood, offering his hand to Cas with a grin.
"I'd be more concerned if they had. I don't want anyone being blamed for what we did." Halm laughed lightly, kissing Nix's cheek.
"But no one will ever find out what we did."
Cas accepted Zachary's hand and stood up with him, wandering over to Halm's room and pausing at the door when he heard talking.
"Looks like someone saw us. They've got the police sketches." Nix watched curiously. "Oh, come on! That looks nothing like me!"
"Well, they didn't even try to draw me. What a shame." Halm laughed lightly.
"At least the body was found."
Zachary's mouth opened as if to gasp, but no sound came out. He put his arms a bit more securely around Cas. Oh shit oh shit ohshit.
Cas paled, clinging tightly to Zachary's hand. Holy shit. They killed someone. He hesitated, considering whether or not he should open the door, but eventually decided that he didn't feel safe to do so.
Nix laughed a bit as well. "Yeah. Serves him right for what he did to Cas, hmm? I remember him. He was an asshole and he deserved every second of that."
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