Hawke planted his hand on Dawn's back, rubbing it slowly. He always liked close contact, something about a close embrace made him feel safe and happy.

Problem was eversince he met Dawn he had been even harder on himself. Worried that he was boring the hell out of the small energetic male or simply being too weird about anything. A few minutes went by and Hawke's eyes started to get heavy.

He let out a comfortable sigh, he refused to fall asleep...

Eden was stuck working his slow shift, barely anyone had showed up today making him bored and slighty annoyed. Of course his day did feel better when a girl hit on him, because it was always funny telling someone he was gay and them thinking that they were the ones to change that.

It never worked, but some girls really did try.

The landline randomly started ringing. It wasn't from Dawn so that was good, but still who would be calling a gas station?

"Hello, Enpose gas station?" Eden said, but it come out as more of a question

"Is it though?" Rhett's smug voice came through the phone.

He had then realized what he done and braced for the call to be abruptly ended.

Eden let out a dry chuckle, "So funny. How'd you even find this number?"

"It was on the fridge..." Rhett said lowly.

"How cute, little baby saved the number. If you wanted to talk to me that bad I would have gave you my actual phone number." Eden teased.

Eden heard the snake hybrid sigh over the other end of the phone, "Uh-huh yeah. I would hang up on you but I'm not gonna give you the benefit of teasing me about that too."

Rhett turned and looked out the window of the large industrial window. This building had been the tallest out of all the ones in the city, if he looked below he could see the smaller ones sprinkled around. Even a hotel with a wide penthouse.

Eden let out a chuckle, "are you that bored that you wanted to call me or did you actually miss me?" Eden teased yet again.

"I'm honored your majesty." Eden said, watching someone walk to the door. "Hold on." Eden spoke, placing the phone down, waiting for the customer to get their items and leave.

The cat hybrid walked right up to the counter, making Eden believe she was just getting something to smoke, but he was wrong so wrong.

"I heard you're the guy who keeps rejecting beautiful girls." She said.

Eden looked kind of confused, "um what?"

"You're the talk of the town, as the huge faggot."

Eden let out a loud laugh. "Sorry, what?"

The girl smirked, "so it's true." Was all she said, before leaving the store.

Eden shook his head, grabbing the phone again. "I swear, this town is crazy-" Before he could finish a brick got thrown threw the glass window, shattering it.

Eden dropped the phone, running over to see a group of teenagers laughing and running away. He picked up the brick seeing the word faggot written across it.

Rhett couldn't make out anything that was being said but he did hear the shattering glass, his eyes widened.

"Eden?..." he called out, there was no response.

"Eden? Eden!" He called out still no response.

"Dammit, " he said getting up and walking out the door.

"Hey Janet... get the police on the phone..." he says holding the phone still to his ear.

"W-why? Is everything OK mister Stevens?"

"Yes, just phone them up and tap it into my line..." he says walking back into the room.

He grabbed the landline and placed it to his ear, setting his cell phone on speaker phone.

The responder answered the call and he gave the coordinates to the location. By the time the police arrived the teens had already escaped, after talking with the male they had one of the officers phone Rhett.

"I'm sorry sir but they were already gone by the time we got here, there isn't anything we can do."

"Bullshit that's vandalism," Rhett hissed.

Eden had talked to the cop who could only recommend  cameras to help catch the people who did so.

Eden sigh to himself, grabbing his phone and calling his boss to explain everything. He was surprised he wasn't fired, but he was inform that his pay would be lower to help with fixing the window.

Eden put his phone away and began cleaning up the place, trying to fix up all he could. The bell on the door rang as he was sweeping the glass out of the way.

The well known throat clicking sound plagued the air. It was louder and more obnoxious than normal. Rhett had just got done with talking to a cop and he had to walk in the store before he said some things that would get him thrown in jail.

He folded his arms across his chest, taking in a deep breath as he slowed his rattling sound.

Eden looked up at the male, "are you okay?" He asked, after hearing the loud sounds.

"Yes, are you?" Rhett asked.

"I'm not fired if that accounts for anything." Eden spoke, shaking his head. "I guess people really do get mad when they found out that they can't have any of this." Eden laughed, gesturing to himself.

Rhett's arms dropped to his sides, biting down on his lip thinking.

He nodded, he then looked across the way at the slightly shorter male.

Eden watched the male, "I'm fine. I'll be better if you would help." Eden spoke, sass lacing his voice as he went back to sweeping.

"What would you like me to do Eden?" Rhett asked through his teeth.

"Me, but as of right now, there's a broom and dust pan in the back, go be and good little snake and fetch it will ya?" Eden spoke stepping aside for Rhett to walk through.

Rhett's whole demeanor changed, his shoulders stiffening and his fists clenching. He glared at Eden, stalking past him. He grabbed the broom and dust pan. Immediately cleaning up the place, he kept his mouth shut. Cleaning up the rest of the glass before discarding it properly.

"Are you actually upset?" Eden asked, "I was only teasing."

Rhett finished what he was doing before walking into the back to wash his hands. He walked back out and glared at Eden.

Staring into his eyes, his throat automatically clicking again. He sighed. He shrugged, the frustration automatically leaving his body.

Eden watched, tilting his head. "Do you wanna go out and get something to eat or drink? Maybe that will help calm you down. The last thing I need is you to bite me without me asking for it." Eden winked, going to the back and coming back out with a large piece of wood, using it to cover the hole from the broken glass.

"My boss is coming soon to fix this anyways, so I'm free for the rest of the day."

"If I bit you, I'd kill you. So no, it's just as dangerous as Hawke smiling... but sure," Rhett said leaning against the wall.

Eden shook his head, "I know that, I'm not dumb. I was joking, now let's go snake boy before I change my mind."

"You have some kind of kink with testing me?" Rhett hissed.

Eden raised a brow as held the store door open for Rhett, "hmm, to be or not to be." Eden said, chuckling.

"I swear, I'm shedding scales every single time I'm around you. You stress me out that much," Rhett sighed walking out.

Eden smirked, smacking Rhett's butt on the way out, before bursting into a fit of laughter.

In a rage he slammed Eden against the truck by his throat.

His forked tongue sticking out as he hissed and the rattling sound made an appearance again.

Eden's eyes widen at the sudden movement, staring at Rhett who was clearly no longer having Eden's shit, being unable to form words from having this male so close to him and holding him in such a dominant way.

Rhett's head tilted to one side, eyeing Eden. Switching his head tilt to the opposite side, looking him dead in his eye like when a snake is gawking at it's prey.

He drummed his fingers lightly against Eden's neck.

His shoulders sinking low and Rhett's slitted eyes narrowing back to normal. He released Eden from off the truck. Walking around to the driver's side like nothing happened. He got in, switching on the ignition.

Eden stood froze for a moment, before collecting himself and getting in the truck, not saying anything to Rhett.

Rhett waited for Eden to buckle in before he pulled out of the parking spot. Not knowing where he wanted to get food, he remained silent too. Keeping his eyes on the road, "So I'm sure Dawn will be happy to see you. I won't keep you out to long," he finally said.

Eden just let out a huff of air, crossing his arms over his chest.

Rhett's eyes wavering over at Eden, liking the fact the male seemed bothered. He rested his left arm against the window, continuing to drive with his right hand. His attention immediately going back to the road.

"Next time, I'll remember to tease you if you're going to treat me like that." Eden said, his voice low, not even meeting Rhett's eyes.