TW: Another boring "normal" ship ;)

Title: ~Flowers~

Toby looked down at the creature. “Hello?”

Startled, the blonde scrabbled to his hands and feet, slowly backing towards a tree. His eyes were wide, a beautiful shade of green that Toby couldn’t help but associate with the emerald forests. The creature opened and closed his mouth a few times, gaping like a fish.

Holding his hands up, Toby stayed frozen on his spot. “I’m not going to hurt you.”

Relaxing slightly, the other took a cautious step forwards before tensing again. In a hoarse voice, as he stared into Toby’s eyes, he spoke. “But, you’re a hunter?”

"I refuse to kill anything without a reason." At those words, the blonde smiled.

"I wont give you a reason then," he said. "My name is Martyn."

Toby grinned. “And mine is Toby.”

From that day onwards, the two teen’s - for that was all they were - remained inseparable. Toby still entirely didn’t trust Martyn, but the feeling was mutual. Neither could shake off the fact that they were the other’s natural enemy.

One morning, as Toby stepped into the usual clearing, he was shocked by the clear lack of the other sprite. “Martyn,” he called out. “Where are you?”

He felt the air change behind him, and something was placed softly on his head. Alond with the feeling, a soft thud could be heard. Like a leaf slowly falling the the ground, Toby reached up to feel what it was, resting upon his unruly mop of brown hair. His fingers caressed petals and his other hand reached around to pull off the beautiful mess of red flowers to examine.

"This one, is happiness. And this, adoration. This is desire and this, faithfulness and joy. And - what is this one?" Toby pointed to the last few flowers that he had yet to recognise. During the months that Toby had spent with the sprite, he had learnt many things, the most prominent being the language of the plants, namely flowers and trees. The knew a lot, but not all. Martyn had purposely not taught Toby this last one.

"This one here is meant to symbolise love. It means, ‘I love you’. Toby, please, I love you."

With a wide grin upon his face, Toby turned around to face Martyn, falling right into his open arms.