She couldn’t help but smile at his comment about tripping, happy to know she wasn’t the only one that fell and also amused by his grumbling. “For now that is, I’m quite clumsy when I’m not paying attention.” Starting up the hill again, She motioned for him to lead, “I have no clue where I’m going, it might work better if you lead.”
He nodded and went a little ways ahead, but not so far they couldn't talk still. "If you're clumsy when you're not paying attention, then might I suggest keeping your eyes off me?" he teased as he looked over his shoulder with an arched brow.
She rolled her eyes and her smile returned, “As clumsy as I am, I don’t really want to get lost. I’ll take my chances.” She continued to follow him up the hill, watching the ground every few steps.
"It'd be impressive if you managed to get lost, as it's just at the top of this hill and kinda hard to miss," Rhydar said with a chuckle and turned back around to keep an eye on the ground.
She stuck her tongue out at him and hoped they got to the top of the hill soon. The sunset seemed like it was going to be cool and she didn’t want to miss it.
"We're almost done," he said, looking back at Jynna. The evidence of his words was the flattening of the hill in front of them. At the top of the hill, there was a bunch of little trees surrounding one very large and old looking oak holding up a semi-large treehouse. The treehouse itself was more like an actual house than most, with a rope bridge leading to another smaller treehouse in a different tree that was slightly smaller than the main one.
She smiled and her focus was immediately brought to the treehouse, her eyes sparkling, “Now that, is cool, I’ve never seen a treehouse that crazy.”
He grinned, saying, "Wait until you see inside," and hurried up the rest of the hill. He and the others (siblings and friends alike) had all worked on the treehouse as a summer project the one year, and it had quickly become a favorite of Rhydar's.
She followed up the hill after him quickly and her smile grew, only stopping when she reached the base of the oak tree. Jynna bounced on her toes and looked over at him, “Can I go inside?” She asked tentatively.
He came up behind her, then continued past as he reached up to uncoil the rope ladder that led up to the treehouse. He smiled at her and gestured to the ladder. "It is why I brought you here."
She kissed his cheek as she started up the ladder, quite obviously happy as she climbed into the tree house and motioned for him to hurry up.
"Pushy pushy," he said with a chuckle, climbing up the ladder after her. The ladder led to a porch of sorts, which had a porch swing and some other chairs with a table stand between them.
She laughed and rolled her eyes, walking over to one of the seats and sitting down. Her eyes went to the sunset and she smiled as she relaxed back in the chair.
Rhydar sighed as he sat in one of the other chairs, leaning his head back and closing his eyes. Being up here was better than nice. He just loved nature in general for some reason. It was probably why he loved being here in the first place.
“Did you build this place yourself?” She asked somewhat softly, looking at the actual house part for a moment before going back to looking at the sunset. Absentmindedly, she brought her legs up to her chest and rested her head on her knees, content and quite happy.
"Not by myself," he said, eyes staying closed. "My siblings and friends all pitched in to build it, but I'm the one who uses it the most." He then tilted his head and hummed. "Y'know…this is technically on our property, so this is a perfectly acceptable place to sleep while you crash here. And you'd get an actual bed, as opposed to a couch."
She looked over at him with a surprised and impressed look as she asked, “There’s an actual bed up here? Like a mattress and everything? Up in this treehouse?” Nodding and obviously impressed, she shrugged, “I could stay out here, it sounds fun and I’ve never slept in a treehouse overnight before.”
"There's a small bedroom of sorts in that little section just across the bridge," Rhydar said, opening his eyes to point to the smaller treehouse in the other large oak, "And this main section has two rooms. One works as a bedroom, living room type deal while the other is a bathroom."
“Wow…” She smiled and sat normally, “Well, I think I’m going to have to go explore this decked out tree house for a minute, I’ll be right back Prince.” Jynna stood up and fake saluted him before bouncing off into the treehouse to look around.
He chuckled and tilted his head back to watch her leave, not getting up himself.
(oh boy, here we go)
The main room was the living/bedroom that Rhydar was talking about, with a cabin-like aesthetic going through the entire thing. The floors were made of polished hardwood floors with some rugs spread out beneath a large couch that could easily double as a bed. A small flatscreen TV was mounted on the wall facing the couch, the wooden panels painted with different pictures made by different people. A small bookcase was overflowing with books, two table stands sitting on either side of it and acting as extra shelving. Simple paintings hung on the walls.
But the most striking part of the room was the tree. It's massive truck stood smack dab in the middle of the room, its branches stooping low and creeping over the arched ceiling.
Her eyes lit up when she went inside and she immediately started wandering from one thing to another, the tree in the center catching her interest the most as she circled around. The pure amount of time and detail it would’ve taken to build something like this impressed her immensely. After a few minutes she decided to check out the extra smaller treehouse on the side he talked about before and found the door to it quite easily.
The door led to a sturdy but still flexible bridge, the rope and wires allowing for violent winds and rains while keeping it safe for a person crossing. On the other side of the bridge was another oak tree, slightly smaller than the other one, that held a single "house" consisting of only a bedroom.
She smiled and stepped onto the bridge tentatively before realizing it was quite safe. Jynna leaned over the ropes and looked for Rhydar, a goofy smile on her face.
((ahh, my cat has blessed me with her presence, and now I'm having trouble typing normally))
Rhydar spotted her and waved, grinning when he saw her smile. "Having fun?" he called, leaning on the arm of the chair he was still sitting in. Taking into consideration the goofiest smile he's ever seen on her face, he was willing to bet that she was having a blast.
(XD just a heads up I’m going to be gone this weekend though I will try to continue this if I get in WiFi any time)
“Yeah, this place is awesome!” She replied, nodding towards the main treehouse and continuing to smile, “How did you guys get all of this stuff up in here anyway?”