Consulting_Angel and Yellow. one on one

[Yellow.]

Tracking the prince's movement as he closed the door and perched himself on the desk, Lucas took the actions as an invitation to relax his stance, positioning himself on the wall across from the prince. Leaning his back onto the wall with his hands in front of him, Lucas took the moment to study the man in front of him. His nervous talking showing in his body language as well, his eyes cast anywhere but towards Lucas's own as he seemed to try to collect his thoughts. A fine thing for Lucas who really wouldn't know what to say if it was up to him to lead this whole conversation, he wasn't the best conversationalist to being with.

He simply listened while the prince stuttered a bit through his words, finding it a little bit amusing how the other man didn't really know what to do here either because Lucas had not ground to judge here. "I'd like to try and make something work if we can," Lucas started, wanting to make sure the prince knew he did want to try this, because who wouldn't want to try and be with there soul mate. Lucas's parents like most, where soul bonded and all he ever wanted growing up was a relationship like there's, even if it already seemed his wouldn't be just the same. "We were put together for some reason." Lucas added as an afterthought just as much to himself as to the prince, because it was true for some reason they were put together even if they didn't know why just yet.

[Consulting_Angel]

Upon hearing Lucas' words, it was almost as if it was much easier to relax, and not have to muddle through his own words. It was like something clicked in his mind, to tell him that Lucas was just as invested in making this work as he was. At least it would mean he would no longer be uncharacteristically nervous. Ashton smiled warmly towards Lucas. "Good," he breathed out, "that will make things a lot easier," he crossed his ankles as he sat on the edge of the desk, and gently swayed a little bit - almost giddily. "First, I think we'll need to get to know each other a bit more. To show each other that I'm more than a dramatic drama queen and you're more than a quiet, talented stablehand," he started.

Then, he considered the second thing that Lucas said. He hadn't thought about there being a reason as to why the universe chose them to be soulmates. He just thought that it was 'just because'. "We'll figure that out as well, then," Ashton said, confidently. He wasn't quite sure how he was going to approach the subject about his parents, but maybe that could be left to a later time. Maybe for now, the two of them - he hoped - could work on really learning who the other person was, considering they hadn't actually had more than a few short conversations in the past. With a slightly mischievous smile, just like the one from yesterday, when he'd challenged Lucas to a race, Ashton asked, "Soo... how does it feel, knowing your soulmate is a handsome prince that you saved from being killed by a snake?"

[Yellow.]

Lucas was glad when he watched the tension seem to leave the prince's body, knowing it meant for now at least he'd be okay, the prince didn't utterly hate the idea that he ended up bonded to someone like himself. While it was still a very real possibility that Lucas knew could come up at any point, it wasn't one he was going to think about at least not now. Who was he kidding he'd said that about just ever idea his mind had come up with and for some reason, his mind always came back to them, it'd take a little more than a few words before he was confident none of his outrageous thoughts would come true. He just listened to the prince talk at first, cracking a smile at the drama queen comment and having to hold in a laugh at the words used to describe himself.

Just figuring out why they were put together was about all they could do so Lucas only nodded along when the prince said just as much. When a question was tossed his way and Lucas was expected to talk again, he returned the questions with another. "How does it feel to know that you as a prince had to be saved by a stable hand from a snake who just wandered off after?" He asks with a bit of a smirk forgetting who he was talking to for a moment with the tone of the conversation.

[Consulting_Angel]

Ashton raised an eyebrow, then he gasped, placing a hand on his chest, as though he had just been offended. However, his expression made it very clear that he was not actually offended in any way - even if it might have initally seemed like that. "It could have been more heroic," Ashton then answered, with a slight shrug. He knew that there would have been otherwise no chance that he would have left the forest, if Lucas had not found him. Sure, maybe another knight would have eventually found him, but if Lucas hadn't been there, then maybe they wouldn't have figured out they were soulmates. Or maybe he wouldn't have gotten out of there unscathed. He still had a deep fear of snakes, though, and he would be willing to admit that to anyone.

"Maybe that's the reason - because you saved me from an evil dragon," Ashton joked, having to hold back a laugh. He let out a content sigh, and refocused again. It was nice, though, to be able to have an easy conversation like this. "I bet you'd make a great knight, if you had noble blood. Or maybe not... because all the other knights are boring and only want to make sure I'm following the rules. If they saved me, I'd also get a 30-minute lecture about rules and protection measures, y'know." He commented, and he looked up towards the ceiling for a few moments, before looking back to Lucas, making eye contact.

[Yellow.]

Shaking his head slightly at the prince’s reaction, Lucas felt inclined to believe the rumors that he was in fact a drama queen like he’d stated already. ”If it had been a dragon or something larger I might have been more heroic.” he reply’s back with a shrug not sure how he could have made talking the prince away from the snake more heroic. Sure maybe he could have charged off Moonlight and smited the snake, but there wasn’t really a reason to go that far, at the time it probably would have been really weird.

Lucas wasn’t so sure what kind of knight he would make if he could be one, having grown up a rather rational child he’d never thought what it would be like. Like the prince said he wasn’t of noble blood mean that he couldn’t become a knight in the kingdom. ”If a knight had come to save you we’d both be getting a lecture, now I know not to let you out in the forest by yourself. Never know next time you might actually run into something that could hurt you.”

[Consulting_Angel]

"What's larger than a dragon?" Ashton asked, slightly confused. He frowned for a moment, thinking about it, then he smiled towards Lucas again. "Maybe next time," he said. It was interesting to see the stablehand's reactions to his words, and it just made him enjoy the conversation more.

Ashton pouted, hearing Lucas' words. He knew that it was true - they'd certainly both be getting a lecture, had a knight found them. However, this did mean, as Lucas said, he wouldn't be allowed back into the forest on his own. "That snake could have hurt me," he said, then realised that he wasn't helping his own case, so he quickly added, "don't make me beg you. We might be soul-bonded, but I won't refrain from begging. What if I promise not to run into snakes again?" he pouted again, attempting to look sympathetic - although he knew that it likely wouldn't work.

[Yellow.]

”Knowing you I’m sure you’d find something larger then a dragon to run into.” Lucas told him with a shrug because even though he didn’t really know the prince he felt like he could get to know him pretty easily and finding something outrageous definitely seemed like something he could do. ”Let’s hope there’s not another time that I need to come save you.”

Having to hold in a laugh at the prince’s gone when he talked about the snake possibly hurting him, Lucas could only shake his head while listening to the noble. Yes the snake could have hurt him, but on top of the horse it was far more likely the snake would have hurt the horse or the horse would have thrown there rider. ”Goldrush would have come closer to hurting you then the snake. But no I defiantly can’t let you go out alone again, the knights would have my head, I’m getting the feeling you’re not aloud to go out alone anyway.”

[Consulting_Angel]

Ashton struggled to hold back a laugh, and he ended up laughing for a few moments anyway. That was, he had to admit, quite true - he was bound to find some sort of trouble that he'd run into, even if he tried his best to avoid doing so. "With a bit of luck, maybe there won't be," he started, then he teased, "I'll just have to find a brave knight to do it instead," though he knew that it certainly wouldn't be the preferable option. Some knights tried too hard to be overly-brave and masculine, which just came off as annoying to him.

Thinking about what Lucas said, though, he supposed that he was right. Goldrush could have easily bolted or have thrown him off her back - he wasn't that experienced of a horseman to have been able to stay on for long, if she had. Ashton let out a defeated sigh, knowing that he likely wouldn't win this one. He understood that Lucas would probably want to keep his job, and life. "You might be right... maybe." Ashton replied, referring to the fact that Lucas had figured out that he was not meant to be going out alone anyway. It had been worth a shot, though, in his opinion.

[Yellow.]

Unable to hold his laugh in any longer, Lucas ended up laughing along with the prince, cutting his off right before the prince did so himself. ”Good luck finding yourself a knight brave enough to tackle something like that. I haven’t talked to or met many of them but I have a feeling that they act braver then they really are.” Lucas replied before catching himself to late of course. He hoped the prince didn’t take offense to his words about the knights, even if Lucas did think that about them it wasn’t his place to talk down on the knights of the kingdom.

”Guess I should have thought more on it before I let you go out by yourself in the first place. I’d never seen you go out alone before so I was already wondering, but it wasn’t as if I’d been told.” Lucas told him with a shrug. ”If you decide to go out alone again I can’t stop you, although I will strongly suggest against it.”

[Consulting_Angel]

Ashton looked surprised, hearing Lucas speaking about the knights like that. While it was true, in his opinion, it was still quite interesting to hear someone else talking about it outloud. "Well, a fair few of them do like to put on a hyper-masculine front. I'm sure most of them would also give it a go, if only because it's their duty. But don't let anyone else hear you talk about them like that, because I'm sure they won't agree," he said, deciding that it would be best to just warn Lucas of his words. He was sure, though, that he would be careful, but he still figured that it would be worth just warning him anyway. And he certainly didn't need Lucas getting fired... or chucked into prison.

He huffed again, with a pout. "Hmm you probably could stop me, by not tacking up-" he cut himself off, realising that he was giving Lucas ideas, which was the opposite of what he wanted, "wait. Pretend I didn't say anything!" Ashton hurriedly said, and then he slid off the desk, so he was standing. He folded his arms across his chest, trying to make himself seem taller than he really was. "However, they do tend to only tell people like the knights of specific rules, considering they're meant to make sure I'm not in any danger."