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Cole sat on his bed, leaning against the wall with his legs hiked up close to his chest. He worked on homework in silence, but music playing in his eyes.

Flint walked up to the door, somewhat nervous. He knew he had definitely gotten closer to Cole. And that's what he wanted in the first place. But maybe not by that circumstance. He sighed and knocked on the door lightly.

Cole's ears twitched and he looked up, confused. He stood and put his homework on his side stand, taking his earbuds out. He walked over and opened the door, his heart wanting him to smile, but didn't. He instead blinked. "Flint? What's up?"

He smiled. "Cole. Just wanted to check up on you. Make sure you are okay." He had a bottle of herbal spelled vitamins in his pocket along with some digestive relief. All from his royal healing witch that his parents worked with. Some dragons could be gifted with healing, but none had offered to serve Flint's family so they outsourced to a great coven of healing witches. He shifted a bit. "And to um, give you some things to help?"

He hummed and moved so he could walk in. Not many...well, no one, came over to his dorm, it was a bit weird. "I'm fine." He said simply. He wasn't as cold with Flint as before, but his statements were still short as always.

Flint slowly walked in and hummed, looking around his dorm room before turning to him. He pulled the two bottles from his sweater pockets and waited for Cole. He had observed Cole's behavior to have returned to normal, which made him kinda sad he didn't want him close, but he shrugged it off. "I.. Uh. Brought you some remedies from home. To help you be able to eat."

Cole looked at the bottles and closed his door. He took them and looked at the contents. He gave a small hum. "Thank you, I owe you...so much." He said, secretly greatful for Flint's help, and simply being there for him.

Flint frowned and took a step towards him, shaking his head. "You don't owe me anything, Cole. Just letting me help is enough." He gave him a small smile, his eyes bright as he looked at him.

A small frown came onto Cole's face at his words. "You're helping me with a disorder I've had since I can I remember, I owe you something." He said, and walked b over to his bed to place the bottles on the stand beside of it.

Flint followed him, pausing just behind him. He resisted a whole bunch of instinctive things: touching his head, wrapping his arms around him, grabbing his hand. He swallowed it all down, focusing on not doing any of the. without him being comfortable with it. "No, you don't. I volunteered because I wanted to. You didn't make me, I did it at my own free will, so it's fine." He smiled reassuringly.

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"Yes I do, you're not changing my mind." He said, turning and facing Flint. His smile was comforting honestly, and gave soft eyes to him. "You're getting something in return, so just choose what you want."

Flint hummed and thought for a moment. "Well, give me a hug and I'll have the service witches bring down a bowl of soup. Get those vitamins and digestive remedies in and we'll call it even. Sound good?" He smiled at the softness in Cole's eyes, hands tucked into his pants pockets. He didn't want anything from Cole, just for him to be okay and help him.

Cole blinked at the request, and then sighed. "Sure." He said simply, but didn't move to him. Hugs weren't something he did regularly, or at all even, couldn't remember ever getting one. The most affection he ever got was Aston's head pats.

Flint frowned and pulled out his phone, sending a text to the kitchen for some soup to be taken to Cole's dorm. He got a response immediately back and he gave a big sigh. He looked to Cole before stepping forward more and taking Cole's hand gently. "Good. Here."
Flint reached for the two bottles and took out a tablet from each, placing them in his hand. "You can chew them, so you don't need water unless you want some." He looked at him intently.

Cole's hand twitched at Flint grabbing it, but simply stayed still, watching him. He looked down at the pills placed in his hand and gave a small nod. "Thanks." He said, then lifted his hand and placed them in his mouth, chewing and swallowing them.

Flint hummed "You're welcome." He finally broke, placing a hand in the middle of Cole's back and bringing him close. His other arm wrapped around him loosely, letting him have room to leave his arms if he felt too uncomfortable. He met Cole's eyes, asking with them as he moved.

A small sound of surprise left Cole's lips. He blinked up at him, then looked away, slowly wrapping his arms around Flint in return. He actually enjoyed it, and rested his head on his chest gently. His cheeks were tinted pink and his fingers light clasped his shirt.

Flint flushed and smiled happily down at Cole. He held him close, his hand ghosting up and down his back in comfort. He couldn't help the small happy noise coming from his lips at the reaction from Cole. His other hand came and cupped the back of Cole's head, his fingers shifting through his hair. He hadn't seen Cole's matching flushed cheeks and simply enjoyed the moment.

Cole simply stayed there, breath even as he hugged Flint. His mind for some reason went back to the other day at the market, the encounter with Adam. His mind then went to after he woke up for the first in the nurses office. His cheeks warmed more and he tried to figure out why he's done everything with Flint, why he's letting him hug him right now.

Flint rested his head atop of Cole's, eyes closed in content as he hummed. He kept his hand running up and down Cole's back, fingertips brushing along his spine. He placed his other hand on Cole's hip and tipped his head down to press his lips to Cole's head. He hoped Cole wouldn't pull away, he really was enjoying this, the contact and the response.

Cole blinked at the kiss, but didn't reply to it much. He blinked though, remembering something, a word that could possibly fit? What was it? It was said in a class last year, history, right? Hm. He wasn't sure, and figured his mind would drop it for now.

Flint went to pull him closer when a knock startled him from the door. He had been so wrapped up in the moment and holding Cole in his arms he forgot about the soup he ordered. He whined at having to let him go, looking down at him as he hesitated. "Dang it."

Cole looked to his door and pulled away from Flint. He looked up with a questioning hum. "What?" He questioned, and headed to his door. He opened it and took the soup handed to him. He gave a quick thank you to the person, who gave a welcome before walking away. Cole then closed the door and walked back over, placing the bowl on his stand.

Flint whined more. "I didn't want to let go. It was so comfy." He huffed a pout, his arms warm from being around Cole. He missed it already, wanted him back in his arms to hold. He watched him get the bowl and raised a brow. "You might wanna try eating it while it's still warm. " He suggested, going to stand by him as he couldn't help himself to just want to be close.

Cole looked up at him at his words, and gave a small frown. He honestly didn't want to let go either. He mustered up his courage and simply walked closer, wrapping his arms back around him. "Later" He muttered, and rested his head on his chest once more.

Flint flushed and smiled with a happy noise, wrapping his arms around Cole. He kissed his head again and nuzzled the spot, rubbing his back again. "You still have to eat even if I don't wanna let go." He settled his hands on Cole's waist, putting his cheek against Cole's.

"Shut up, I will." He said, and clasped his shirt in his hands. He just wanted to be close to Flint. He didn't know why, but he did. He relaxed in his hold, looking up at him.

Flint went a deeper pink, showing on his skin. He pressed closer to Cole and wrapped his arms around his waist again. He looked down at him and rested his head against his, eyes slipping closed. "Okay."

Cole gave a bit of a happy sound, not registering it. He noticed his reddened cheeks and lightly raised a brow. "Why are your cheeks pink?"

Flint's cheeks went red at Cole catching it and he smiled, lopsided and nervous. "Well, for one, you were sure demanding to stay where we are. And two, you're too adorable to resist." He brushed his lips over Cole's cheek, not even registering he may react differently to it. But when he did, he paused. "Sorry, I should've asked." His cheeks stayed their red tint.

Cole huffed and frowned at the observation, but felt his cheeks warm up more. He swallowed and leaned up, hesitently but quickly pecking his cheek. He didn't say anything, but pulled away after a moment. "I best eat."

Flint swallowed and smiled happily with a happy noise to accompany it. "Aw! Yes, that you should." He hesitantly let go with a small whine and handed him the bowl of soup with the spoon to go with it. "Try eating it." He gazed at him with bright eyes as he held it to him, his cheeks a barely noticeable pink now that he had calmed down.

Cole took it and sat down on his bed. He took a spoonful of it and slurped it. It was good honestly, so he continued to slowly eat it.

Flint slowly went over to the bed and watched him for a moment. He glanced around for a moment before he broke. "Can I sit?" He didn't want to press his limits but he wanted to sit next to him as well. He gave him his amber eyes, bright and gazing at him.

Cole looked up when he asked, and gave a small nod, swallowing. "Yes." He replied simply, and scooted abit more to the head of the bed.

Flint sat down and laid his head by Cole's hip, looking up at him before turning his head to the side. He hummed and closed his eyes as Cole ate, his hand on his stomach. "Is it going down okay?" He asked, nuzzling into Cole's pillow, smiling a little at his familiar scent.

Cole looked down at him, blinking at the closeness even with Flint laying down. He knew that if it were anyone else, he would've complained, and yelled. But he hasn't said anything since the other day at the store. "Um, yeah. It's going down fine."

"That's good." He peaked at him with a smile, turning on his side. He closed his eyes again, snuggling into his pillow. He hummed and his breaths evened out. "Cole?" He clutched the pillow, at ease with Cole close to him.

Cole hummed and went back to eating, side glancing Flint. What was it about him that made him so calm and comfortable? He'd have to think about it later. "Yes Flint?"

"Have you ever dated someone?" He asked, curious. He stayed cuddling the pillow, eyes closed and all curled up into the sheets. He was lulled by Cole's warm natural scent, much sensitive to him as one, he was his mate, and two, his dragon senses.

Cole blinked at the question and raised an eyebrow. "No. Why do you ask?" He questioned back, confused. He never really been asked much about his life.

Flint felt his cheeks heat, but luckily the pillow masked his response well. He shrugged. "No reason. Almost done eating?" He took a deep breath and sighed. This was nice, he could feel Cole's heat, he was surrounded by him and he loved it. It made it seem as if he was cuddling him, but unfortunately he wasn't. The thought almost made him pout.

Cole simply hum and looked to his bowl. It was about jalf way gone, but he shrugged. "Yeah. I'll try and eat more later." He said, and placed the bowl on his stand. He turned on the bed and crossed his legs indian style. "Flint, why do you hang out with me? Besides to help."

Flint opened his eyes and looked at Cole. He wondered if maybe telling Cole about the mating bond was okay but... Then it would make it seem that was all he was there for and that was not the case. Without the bond, before he even knew it was there, he had found Cole attractive and had wanted to hang out with him because he felt like Cole understood what no one else did. He had been that way once and had wanted no one for their help or their sympathy or their presence. If they weren't Lucas, he didn't want them around. Cole made him move on from that feeling. Cole had made him realize how that looked, and he wanted to be there for Cole. He wanted to be someone for him to turn to as well. He opened his mouth and swallowed before speaking. "I found you attractive. I didn't know it at first, because I was still caught up with Lucas, but you were the first person that had me interested. But then it was more than a crush. It was me wanting to be a friend. I wanted to befriend you because I had been wanting to be alone too, and maybe I could be alone with you, was what I think I was thinking. Either way, it made me want to talk to you more. And then I was more drawn to you the more we talked and went back and forth. I realized you made me move on from somewhere I was stuck and couldn't leave behind myself. After that, the more we hung out, the more I also wanted to help you, and... some other... things but, yeah. Plus, I love hanging out and learning more about you. It's nice." He smiled up at him, his cheeks slightly warm at the long explanation that was patchy at best, missing the whole 'mate' part.

Cole listened and felt his cheeks warm. He wasn't sure how to reply to this, but laid down beside of him. "You...make me feel comfortable honestly. It's weird, but nice. I feel like I can trust you." He admitted, laying his head in his other pillow, laying face down.

Flint smiled and couldn't help bringing an arm around Cole's torso, sliding him the short distance to him. "Aw. That's good. I find you comfy." He chuckled before he swallowed a bit, wanting to tell him, but not wanting to scare him. What if telling him allows him to see the bond? Flint paused at the thought, resting his head beside Cole's.

Cole blinked, cheeks warming. He relaxed oddly quickly and rested his head on his shoulder, arms pulled into his chest. "I can say the same." He muttered, and closed his eyes.

Flint shifted to bring him closer, a hand on his hip as well. He looked down at him, swallowing again as he watched him close his eyes. He took a breath. "Cole, have you ever heard of a mating bond before?" He flushed as he spoke, realizing he said it out loud and there was no going back now.

Cole's brows furrowed at the question. He hummed, realizing that's what he was thinking about earlier. "Yes. I'm not too educated on it though." He said honestly. He half slept during the lesson.