"I never said which side I was on." He scoffed, rolling his eyes but unable to wipe his smile. Her apology was a bit of a surprise. He tilted his head back a little. "It's okay..I..'m sorry I snapped at you." He mocked Castor again because he could.

"Its alright. I deserved it." She just couldnt wipe the smile that was spreading slowly across her lips either. She looked between Castor and Ethan. "Now, now, boys. Theres enough of me to go around, I promise." She chuckled, shaking her head. She scratched Castor's chin gently so the dragon took his focus away from Ethan and stared at Asta obediently.

He watched her smile, trying not to show that he was kinda staring at her. He fidgeted with his hands while she tended the golden and black dragon she now had made quite good of friends with. That brought him back to Zeus. Usually he responded to mental calls.. "Have you flown with him yet?" His sentence starting out unsure, his worry weeded out by the third word.

"A few times. What are you worried about? Im still alive, arent I?" She asked, standing up and taking a few steps closer to him. She must've thought his worry was about her, which she thought was quite sweet, but something in his eyes told her it wasnt quite that.

"I wasn't worried about you.." He said with a small grin. Looking away from her. Was he worried about her? Maybe. "I don't know where Zeus is. Haven't seen him since this morning." He looked in her eyes, fidgeting his hands.

"Its alright. We'll find him. Do you wanna go looking now or wait a while?" She grabbed one of his hands gently to stop him from fidgeting,' keeping his gaze to show her sincerity. She gave his hand a gentle squeeze while she waited for an answer.

He narrowed his eyes and their hands, her touch tendering his thoughts useless for a moment. He looked back at her eyes. Remembering she'd asked him something. "What? No, he'll be fine. He's a dragon." His accent getting a lot heavier there. "He'll show up eventually.."

"You dont sound very confident in that. Are you sure? I mean, I wont judge you." She rubbed her thumb over the back of his hand, hoping he would spit out whatever she could do to make him feel better.

"I'm not worried about being judged. I think he'll be alright that's all." He huffed, almost pulling his hand away but she seemed to prefer doinng that. If he's not back by nightfall.. He took a deep breath, keeping himself calm. "Sorry I disturbed you from reading,."

"Its alright. The book isnt that good anyway. You wanna go for a walk or are you gonna be moody and want to be all alone for the rest of the day?" She tilted her head up at him, slowing her thumb till she was just gently holding his hand, letting him pull away if he really wanted to.