The sun was slowly setting on their home, but Aluran did not budge from his spot looking out the window. The Hawkfather gathering had been today, he'd heard, and he had spent the day preparing for Egalan's arrival. Every nook and cranny in their admittedly small house was cleaned, the tub was spotless and stocked with newly made evergreen soap, and aged venison was sitting in their icebox waiting to be cooked.
Tebric had woken up once to water his plants and then fell back asleep.
Now, for the past couple of hours, Aluran had been sitting near the window, waiting for his friend. When he saw that familiar silhouette turn the corner, he smiled to himself and popped his head out the window, waving lightly in greeting before retreating back to wake Teb up.
"Teb," he said, gently shaking his everyn, "Wake up, Egalan's here." Tebric offered no response and only continued to lightly snore, so Aluran shook him harder, eliciting nothing more than a dismissive 'hrmph' and causing him to roll over. "Don't be like that... You don't hate him anymore, you told me so. Get up and cook the venison."
Teb groaned and brought a hand up to his face, pushing his bangs out of his eyes and giving Aluran a half-hearted, sleepy glare. It didn't last long as both of them broke out in smiles, Teb leaning up to give Aluran a small kiss. "Mm. I'm right here though, why don't you do this kind of thing for me?" Teb asked, sitting up and nuzzling his everyn.
"Because I have to deal with you every day. Now stop sucking up to me and get started on the venison, you know I can't cook."
Teb snorted but did as he was told, standing with a yawn and a stretch and shuffling off to the kitchen, still clad in his unnecessarily ornate nightgown.