"How could anyone think such a thing when we're so gorgeous!" He did an exaggerated pose.

Apollo grinned and slowly joined in laughing too.

Suddenly he stopped and tilted his head.

"Oh shoot! Tell him I wasn't here!"

Apollo jumped up and settled himself high into a tree.

There were footsteps coming close by.

Out came running a young man, a hand on the hilt of his sword. He paused his steps and turned his body towards the direction of Phantom, his tail swishing in irritation.

"Have you seen a man come through here? Very loud, very social?" Ruin asked.

"Well, duh, dumbass! Why else would I be asking?!"

Ruin's tail swished harder and his ears pulled back slightly.

"That being said, you do know something!" Ruin unsheathed his sword, pointing it at Phantom's direction.

"Tell me where my Lord has went!"

This kid isn't playing around, huh.

"I sense you're a spirit of some sort, a ghost. As a spiritual deacon, I can use many spells to harm you if you do not 'fess out a word!" Ruin threatened, stepping closer. He seems very sure of himself.

"So tell me where he has gone or what you have done with him! If I find that you have harmed him, I swear on my honor that I will find a way to cut you down!"

"Then where do you hide him?" Ruin commanded, slowly getting even closer.

"Why so secretive if you are without guilt?"

Apollo jumped down from the tree, yelling out, "Ta-da~!" Promptly stumbling and nearly falling on his face right after. He wiggled himself into balance, placing his hands on his hips triumphantly once done.

Ruin kneeled down, putting away his sword. He faced his head towards the ground.

"My Lord, please do not run away so freely!" Ruin said, sounding a little bit exasperated. "You could be harmed!"

"What did I tell you about being so formal?" Apollo frowned, helping Ruin back up to his feet. He turned to Phantom and said, "This is my little brother, Ruin! Isn't he cool?"

Ruin mumbled something about not being little nor being Apollo's brother, and he grimaced when Apollo introduced him as such, although his tail slightly wagged.

"I'm not cute!" Ruin whined rather childishly, his face flushing. His tail wagged a bit harder.

"Aww!" Apollo ruffled Ruin's hair, laughing heartily as Ruin swatted at his hands.

Ruin is 18 while Apollo is 19 (physically, anyway. Apollo is probably in his twenties chronologically, and mentally he's probably 16 or 17).

"S-Shut up!" Ruin growled. "I do not wag my tail!"

XD.

"I said shut up! Who even are you, anyway." Ruin crossed his arms.

"I mean your name, idiot."

Apollo reminded, "Ruin, be nice to our friend."

"...My name is Ruin. Pleased. To. Make. Your. Acquaintance."

The words came out forced, and by the look on Ruin's face, you could tell he was not pleased at all.

Ruin scoffed, "Whatever." In that normal grumpy teenage attitude he had.

"Ruin! There's some flowers here! You like flowers, right?" Apollo smiled.

"...I guess..."

"Wh-What are you doing?!"

Ruin swatted at Phantom's hands.

Reminder that Ruin is blind and only sensed with consistent magic that Phantom had done something with his hair and was holding something small.

Ruin became very still, as if expecting Phantom to do something else. He seemed very tense.

Apollo smiled, "We're all matching now, Ruin!"

Ruin still didn't move, but he made a sound that would be of agreement.

Ruin hesitated, considering the question. He crossed his arms and answered with, "I guess that's fine." He's tried really hard to not show excitement over flowers, but his tail's slight wagging movement gave him away momentarily, if Phantom caught it.

There seems to be more butterflies and bees in the area now. Actually, the sounds of birds singing has gotten louder, closer. If Phantom looked around, there was in fact more birds in the trees, watching the three curiously.