love, love, love

Ty pursed his lips, a little irritated to find the other boy was correct. He probably wouldn't toss him through the window, as much as he'd like to. He almost felt pleased when the boy retracted his cute comment, only to be replaced with beautiful. If anything, he thought that adjective should be limited to princesses, unicorns, and other such fairytale creatures — but certainly Tyberius did not fit into that category.

Ty stared down the boy, suddenly feeling rather exposed. He didn't like the way he was being examined, and made an unhappy noise in his throat. His eyes lit up, an idea coming to him. His eyes gleamed fiercely, and his mouth bunched to the side in a crooked smile. "You're wrong, of course. I wouldn't expect a goat like you to know appropriate adjectives for a creature such as myself. I forgive you, though, I didn't really expect you to have very high intelligence, anyway. It really is a pity." Tyberius gave Levi an honest sympathetic look. It really was a shame that no one could meet his intellectual level.

Ty's nose scrunched in extreme dislike. He was awfully narcissistic, but it was different when someone else called you that. "Birds do too have defenses. Beaks, for one." They could peck pretty hard, and an angry beak that was directed at you could hurt. Claws, too. Tyberius deepened his frown in a rebellion of the request. He would not smile more, and now he would make an extra effort to frown even harder when the boy was around. "Good. Warmth is for the weak. You can go have fun by yourself, though. I won't stop you."

"Okay." He was beginning to grow bored, especially now that he was the one being attacked. Feeling the conversation needed immediate redirecting, Tyberius made his way back to Levi, latching back onto a horn once more. "You're still hungry, right? We can go now." Tugging Levi out of bed, Tyberius dragged him a little ways before releasing the boy. "It really is convenient, that you've got built in handholds. I wish everyone had these little horns. You're right, they are awfully useful." Patting Levi's head affectionately, Ty made sure to give him a condescending smile.

Tyberius held himself from flinching. Emotions were weak, and innocence didn't belong in this world. Instead of saying anything, he held his tongue. At this rate, if he revealed anything further about himself, Levi would surely turn it into a way to poke at him. Realising that the boy looked like he enjoyed being petted, Tyberius resolved to chip away at this boy's defenses. It wouldn't do to become attached. He could already feel the annoying little sprout of affection deep within his chest.

Retracting his hand, Tyberius wiped them quickly on the front of his pants, trying to get the feeling of touching the other boy off his skin. As he rubbed, he stared fiercely at his hands, hissing quietly under his breath, "I'm not pretty." Sensations had a strange way of lingering on one's flesh, and the last thing he needed was to have Levi uninvited on his body. Pulling a face, Tyberius resumed his common frown, suspicious and put off by the sudden mumbling. On the defensive, Tyberius edged towards the door, somewhat unwilling to turn his back to Levi. Pulling it open, he fixed his stare on his roommate, stiffly swishing his arm in an after-you motion. "Whenever you're ready, then."

Tyberius gave Levi a curious side glance. He had never been told that his face looked sculpted before. He didn't know what to say, and quickly settled the matter by ignoring the comment. "You like me?" Tyberius made a quick disapproving noise. It confused and disoriented him to have someone say too many nice things. He knew that liking people only got you hurt, and no one was worth that. Weak boy.

"I... Have never had a nickname before." He wasn't sure if he would like one, especially with all the ridiculous nicknames he had heard for other people thus far. "It's ... Good to meet you too. Levi." Was that the first time he had actually spoken the boy's name? He had only called him goat princess or other variants of that. The moment was starting to feel a little too friendly and unfamiliar, so Ty quickly thwacked Levi upside the head. "Bug. There was a bug." Striding out quickly, Ty began his journey towards food, slowing down a small bit to make sure Levi would manage to catch up.