Raylin looked up at Azrial. His cheeks flushing as Azrial was naked again. He was so shy around the nakedness of his friend. The tear slowly made its way down his cheek. Feeling him kiss away the tear. Blushing a bit more from the kiss to his cheek. Watching him covering his eye. Confusion and worry on his face. "Are...are you okay? Why are you covering your eye?" He asked in worry. He studied him as he spoke. A sigh of relief as he spoke. "It looked like you were going to make a fatal blow on my bestest friend." He said softly. Sniffling and leaned into the stroking of his hair. Wrapping his arms around the mans neck. Letting him go as he picked him up with the chair. "You do?" He asked softly. He heard Ricardo merely grunt in answer. He wasn't always a talkative guy. He looked to see Ricardo nodding his head and go yeah whatever and walking away. Watching him stop and look back. Hearing the words will do before he shifted and flew off. He knew Ricardo would never admit he was in pain. He merely heard a growl which interpreted to the same and accepted.<br/><br/>Raylin looked from the two males. Watching Ricardo fly off to go do royal guard stuff. He started to doze off due to the stress for the hour until they got back to the castle. His eyes opening in time to see the hot springs. He shyly looked down as he was stripped down to his panties. Sitting on the waters edge. He heard him hissing and looked up to see him hissing. His hand raised and the healing orb began to form in the center of his palm. He shot it from where he sat to hit the injuries one at a time. Orb after orb went around Azrial's form. The warm orbs sinking into the flesh and speeding up the natural healing. The only injury it wasn't able to do more than heal over was the eye. The one that he wasn't sure why Azrial was covering it from him.<br/><br/>He looked down at his hands after he finished speeding up the healing. Looking at his hands that he folded into his lap. He looked up as Azrial started speaking. His eyes wide and shimmering. Remembering the conversation from earlier made him hurt and be sad again. He listened as Azrial continued. Listening and looked up at Azrial. He wasn't going to go away? His eyes started to light up as Azrial said he was going to stay here so that he could help with the baby. That made him happy. Listening to the DNA. He was its biological mother? Listening and felt bad that Nicki's DNA was only in there a little bit. He could remember the pain Azrial had from the subject about his last mate.<br/><br/>He looked down until he spoke. Bonded...like the bond that had formed between him and Azrial. He was starting to understand but it was still strange to him that people could be bonded in this way. He was his mate? His cheeks flushed even more as did the rest of his form. It taking on a rosy red hue. He bit his lip as he remembered earlier. That had hurt him greatly when Azrial had made it sound like he wasn't enough to stay. He closed his eyes. Listening as the man continued. "It hurt...when you said those things." He said softly. One tear trickling down his cheek. He wiped it away. "It hurt so much. I thought I was going to be abandoned again. Like...like the last guy I let close did. I thought you were going to leave me because I wasn't good enough for you." He said. The pain in his voice evident.<br/><br/>He looked up at him. "I can be patient and understanding with you but you have to be the same with me. You are used to being naked in front of others. I'm not. I've never even taken baths with Ricardo when we were kids. My mother raised me like I was her daughter and my father allowed it. So such a thing was inappropriate even at a young age. You are the first one to see me outside of my clothing." He looked down at his hands. "I understand how you feel but...it hurts...it felt like your anger at Ricardo was being taken out on me. That because Ricardo was being over protective like always you weren't going to stay. That I didn't mean enough to over ride what he said and did."<br/><br/>He lifted his gaze. "He is over protective because the last guy who said he cared about me left me. Hurt me really badly. Broke my heart and left me in the dust when he promised to stay by my side. Then a year later a traveller almost raped me. You have to understand that Ricardo was only worrying about me getting hurt again. The man who almost raped me had...had done naughty things to me and was hurting me. Ricardo just doesn't want me to be in pain anymore. He went about it the wrong way but he was just being like a brother. Wanting to protect his family from further harm. I know this does not excuse him but those things are the reason he was so instantly hostile. It wasn't just because you were two strong male personalities. That played a part in it but the greater part was just wanting to protect me from getting hurt. From getting my hopes up that you would stay because I was enough to have you stay...only for the to get crushed. It took me two years after almost getting raped to speak again."<br/><br/>He lifted his gaze and looked at him. "I don't want you to leave. I want you to stay because I feel happy when you are near. I feel like I am not alone and that I am strong. That even though I'm willowy I could take on the world if I needed to. I feel....special. Like I'm special." He said. His cheeks flushing even more. "I'm really happy you won't leave. I want to help you as much as I can with this baby. I don't want you to leave...promise you won't." He said. Lifting his gaze to look at Azrial's back. "I need to know that....that you think I'm enough to stick around for." He said. "I believe what you have said but...I just don't want to be alone anymore. When you are near I feel immense happiness. Like....like I'm protected from the harshness of the world around us. I know it is wrong and that I won't ever replace Nicki but I hope to one day be as important to you as he was. That I can mean just as much to you as he did. That might be selfish wishing but it is what I want. You are important to me...really important." His words shy but honest.