Hawke noticed the flustered elf scurry out of the kitchen. He wondered if he had offended him by his horrid jokes. He cleaned off his hands and walked after Dawn. Fixing his mask he peered down the hallway.

"Hey Dawn... you alright? I didn't upset you did I?"

"Oh, um, I - I," Dawn didn't know what to say, his face was redder then normal and he couldn't dare to meet Hawke.

He rubbed through his hair and got in front of him, studying his flustered face.
He tilted his head at him, he noticed that Dawn was now avoiding his gaze completely.

"I'm f - fine." Dawn spoke, his eyes now watching his feet.

"Should I phone Eden?" He asked. He knew that he was the most comfortable around the male, so his priority was to make sure he was happy and safe.

Not letting another second go by he pulled out his phone and dialed a number. He sat in silence listening to it ring.

"Hawke?" Rhett's voice called out.

"Yeah are you still with Eden?" He asked, standing against the wall.

"Uh yeah," Rhett responded.

"Put him on the phone please."

Dawn watched with his wide eyes, watching Hawke.

He waited for the response. "Hey, uhm he's fine I just believe I upset him. I want him comfortable and I know he trusts you... alright. Here he is," he says handing the phone to the little elf.

After Dawn answered the phone, he walked out of the room in order to give him his privacy. He made his way back into the kitchen. He stared at the messy workspace and began to clean up a bit. He tossed the pale dough into the air as the timer on the stove beeped, indicating the oven was preheated.

After a couple throws in the air he placed it on a baking stone and put it in the oven. He washed his hands and stood against the sink, wondering if the elf was feeling a little better.

"Mhm, it - oh, li - like ears?" Dawn said, making Eden let out a sigh.

Eden met eyes with Rhett, before telling Dawn what to do, "Excuse yourself from Hawke, say you're going to lay down and do what I did with you."

"O - Okay." Dawn said.

"Bye baby." Eden spoke.

"Bye bye!" Dawn said back before the call ended.

Eden felt Rhett cock a brow. Then it occured to him what was going on. He nodded his head.

"Well I assume all is well," Rhett said rubbing the back of his neck.

Eden laughed, "He doesn't understand much, but with someone like Hawke in the same house it makes sense."

He nodded and eventually chuckled. "I second that vote, Hawke is truly something else," he met Eden's eyes.

His throat started to make that rattling sound again, "Well I put money in the register for the drinks and all that. Imma head off, let me know when you get back to the house and I'll come get gorgon boy."

"Gorgon? He's a gorgon?" Eden said, he's eyes widen.

He looked back at Eden, "Yeah... that's why he wears the mask. It's to keep him from smiling. Not exactly like his mom Medusa, his smile turns one to stone..." he looked away remembering back when he found the young boy in the garden.

"So, I left a gorgon who can kill someone with a single smile with an elf, who literally makes anyone smile?" Eden said, panicking.

Rhett's attention went back to Eden. "If something were to happen to Dawn, Hawke wouldn't be able to live with himself."

He looked down, "It's heart breaking but I'm the only one who has seen him smile the last 10 years. I think Dawn is safe with him..." his eyes met Eden's again.

"He doesn't smile at all?" Eden asked.

"Around me he does, he tells me it makes up for lost time throughout the day," he grinned biting his lip, thinking about the beautifully crafted gorgon he gets to go home to every night. He noticed a confused Eden looking at him and his face straightened. His throat began to click again as he shuffled in his shoes.

Eden laughed, "I get it, those small motions make you feel special, which you are. Don't feel embarrassed." Eden said.

"I'm not embarrassed, just not comfortable talking about my sex life with a guy I barely know."

"Sex, I - Oh." Eden said, his face flushing. "I didn't know you were referring to that."

He chuckled, he looked at Eden. "I'm starved, wanna get food?"

Eden looked at the clock, "It's my lunch break," he said, "as long as you don't eat rats, okay."

"Don't be crazy, I wouldn't make you do that on the first date," he says shaking his keys, waiting for the male.

Eden laughed, "This is a date, snake brain?"

"Maybe, perhaps I'll buy ya something nice too," he grinned and shook his head. "Come on now, I'm sure you only got what 20 minutes?" He said walking out the door holding it open for Eden.

Eden nodded his head, "By something nice I hope you mean some hot pink panties." Eden laughed, walking by him and out the door.

"I have the ass for them." He joked.

Rhett licked his lips with his long tongue. "Mm-hmm I can see that," he says hanging back. He took a good look at the male's back side and nodded in approval. When Eden caught him, he took off to the truck.

Eden quickly got into the truck, not wanting his ass on display for Rhett anymore.

Rhett placed his hand over his mouth, hiding his laughter. He closed his eyes trying to calm down. He breathed out and then looked at Eden, "You a meat guy or... wait please..." he stopped.

"You aren't one of those salad eaters right because I will gag..."

Eden glared at Rhett, obviously not happy with his teasing. His tongue run over his bottom lip, "I definitely love meat," he spoke, his voice holding a different tone.

"Don't start now, I will have my way with you in this gas station parking lot," he hissed, tongue slipping out a little more than normal.

Eden let out a laugh, "Cute." He said.

He glared at Eden then just put the truck in reverse and backed out the parking lot. After pulling out on the main road, he kept his attention on the road.

"I like your tongue." Eden said, "It's different."

He looked at Eden from out the corner of his eye. "Sure."

"You don't get compliments a lot, do you?" Eden asked, looking at the snake hybrid.

"Nope, even as a child I was singled out by my... condition," he says putting some music on for some background noise.

"Just to be clear, that isn't me telling you to shut up. I'm just used to Hawke.doing it... habit," he shrugged.

"It's not really a condition, you should embrace who you are." Eden said, holding out his palm, a small flame hovering over it. "Plus, you have it easy, if I'm being honest. Since snake hybrids are looked down on, you never have to worry about people hanging around you for your protection or looks."

He noticed the bright light that flickered out the corner of his eyes. He shrugged again, merging over on the road. The only thing filling the air was some music, until Rhett spoke over it.
"What are you?"

Eden shook his head, "For my safety, I can't tell you. My kind is highly valuable and rare. My breed is looked at like yours." Was all Eden said, "So trust me, being unique isn't always a good thing, but that doesn't make it a bad thing. You deserve to hear compliments of your beauty all the time."

He scoffed "Beauty," he says pulling into a parking spot. He unbuckled and unbuttoned his shirt, showing off the slimy scale patch on his right side.

"Right..." he says his fangs extracting. Before the poisonous venom tsked out his mouth, he buttoned his shirt back up. He got out of the truck, closing it hard with his back. His throat annoyingly clicking again and he hissed, getting even angrier.

Him not taking compliments well because with the exception of Hawke, he was frowned upon his whole life. Not helping was his bad temper. He sighed and looked down at the pavement.

"This is why people fear you..." he mumbled to himself and walked around to the front of the truck. He looked at Eden who was still in the passenger's seat.

Eden got out, a clearly annoyed look on his face, he slammed his door and walked over to Rhett. "I am not those other people who have made you feel worthless and like a freak. Those people are small headed idiots, who value normal over different. Being different doesn't make you fucking ugly, what makes you ugly is how hou act about it. You are so much more then your snake side, you are so much more then what those small minded people said about you." Eden said, his face turning a darken red from the anger and his eyes twiching to a flaming orange.

Eden's hand reached out placing it on a covered scale patch, "You are who you are and you can either live with that or spend your whole life hating yourself."

He looked down at Eden's hand placement. Then met his eyes. He placed a hand over his, Eden expecting him to push it away. He didn't, instead he kept it there for a moment.

"You're very attractive when your flustered... now come on before I get your ass fired," he says coiling their hands together and walking into the restaurant. Upon getting to the counter, he got lost in his thoughts. Something about Eden made him feel worthy, of course Hawke made him feel loved and appreciated. However, something was different with Eden... he looked over at the male who wasn't that drastically shorter than him in ratio.

He smiled to himself. Of course he would never tell him that he had that effect on him, atleast not yet.