1x1 {Kies & MiniTaxiderMiss}

[all_is_lxst]

"whatever, but I did warn you," Jared said, shaking his head as he held up his hands in defeat. He paused before continuing. "It's literally just a gut feeling. Some of the people I'm closest to, or despise the most had the same thing happen to the. When I met them, I got this feeling that we'll be good friends, are that I will never, ever get along with that person, and so far it's held true."

[ShadowHunteress]

Erik chuckled as he looked at Jared, "Well trust your gut, it's a good thing to have." he smiled as he pulled into his parking spot. He got out and opened Jared's door, "Come on, let's go get this over with, so you can run screaming from my place." he said with a chuckle.

[all_is_lxst]

Jared rolled his eyes at Erik's comment. "Not likely," he stated as he stepped out and took Erik's hand. "But I do agree we go should go. I want to see were you live." Jared looked up at him expectantly, practically bouncing on his toes.

[ShadowHunteress]

Erik smiled and hooked arms with Jared and headed in with him, he headed to the elevator, guessing that Jared wouldn't want to take all the stairs up to his room. He entered the passcode and headed onto the elevator and headed up to the penthouse happily with Jared.

[all_is_lxst]

Jared watched as Erik entered the code and pressed the button for his floor. When he realized they were heading for the top of the building he looked up at Erik. "Why am I not surprised you got yourself the penthouse instead of a dorm room like a normal student?"

[ShadowHunteress]

Erik smiled, "Because I am rich?" he asked with a laugh, "I have my own parking space, this shouldn't be surprising." He looked at Jared though, searching for disgust, or envy, things he was used to seeing. As the elevator headed up, he looked at the doors, "My parents paid for this dorm to be built, among other things like the library, and computer and technologies center." he said, "Usually this is for visiting professors or speakers, but they gave it to me because of my parents, "Generosity"." He wasn't sure why he was explaining this to Jared, it wasn't like it mattered, he still was living in a huge penthouse, when most had small dorms. Once they reached the top he entered in another code and the doors opened to his place. It was modern and fancy, the kitchen, bed, and living area were all in the one room, and the bathroom was in the corner, it's own little room.

The floors were hardwood, a large area rug in the living room, with a table sitting on it, there was a tv, but it didn't look well used, and on either side were bookshelves, that held actual books. Near the bed, which was in the smaller area at the back, was an easel, with a canvas, which was partially painted, the rest was just pencil drawings, it looked to be of a field and a horse. against the wall, under the window, were painted easels, stacked against eachother, one was an abstract with a dark background, and soft opaque bubbles of colour. The top of the other stack was a close up of a horse's eye, looking like it was staring into the viewers heart.

On the nightstand beside the bed was a pile of journals, all closed, some were newer then others, others were worn and old. They were full of his poetry, mostly, some were his journals, full of his dreams, fears, ideas he had for art. Which was which, only Erik knew, and he didn't often have guests, so they never were hidden, he had no reason for that. The lights had come on automatically when they entered, showing Jared everything in the large space.

[all_is_lxst]

"Yeah, all that sounds about right," Jared admitted, chuckling along with Erik. Jared's eyes widened when the doors opened and he stood there for a minute, stupidly staring around, taking in all the details of the room as quickly as he could. "That's it, you're never getting rid of me now. This room is bigger than half my house." He laughed and grinned back at Erik to show he was joking. He was just stating a fact and not a shred of distaste filled his expression. He started for the bookshelves, however, he quickly caught sight of the art work and scurried over to check it out before Erik could decide to tuck it away out of sight. "Erik.." Jared gasped as he inspected the half finished painting. Even incomplete it looked like a masterpiece I his eyes. "This is amazing! I don't know why you didn't want me to see it before."

[ShadowHunteress]

Erik chuckled a little as he watched, "Thanks, I am glad you like it." he said warmly as he watched him. He was a little startled though when Jared suddenly ran in and went to his paintings, "It's not even done." he said with a chuckle as he looked at Jared. He walked over to the easel with Jared, "So don't judge me too much, and it'll look different then before." he smiled as he watched, "As you can see, I like horses." he said as he wrapped his arms around Jared from behind, hugging him and resting his head on Jared's shoulder. "But I am not sure what to do this one, I started, but I can't picture it in my head, like I usually do."

[all_is_lxst]

Jared made a startled noise when he felt Erik come up behind him, but he quickly cut it off, pinching his lips together. he turned his head slightly and grinned at him. "I do believe you've mentioned that before, and maybe you need to try something different this time. Maybe try just painting instead of thinking about how to paint it." Jared frowned at his jumbled reasoning. "You know, that made no sense. You should just forget I said anything, especially since I don't know anything about art. You can't follow my advice when I can't even draw a stick person," he said with a huff of laughter.

[ShadowHunteress]

Erik let go when Jared made a startled noise, knowing he'd took it a little too far, he chuckled though, "Sound advice from someone who doesn't do art." he said happily as he looked at Jared, "Now, what would you like to do?" he asked as he watched Jared with a happy smile, although he didn't get any closer, he didn't want to startle Jared again, he knew some people didn't like to be touched too much.