Phantom could probably feel the sensation of someone watching him. Or maybe not, there are a lot of animals in the forest tbh, like birds and bunnies and such.

Apollo was laying on a high tree branch, watching Phantom with interest. He recognized Phantom to be someone familiar, but Apollo couldn't remember from where (it was from the haunted house), so Apollo decided to follow Phantom around for a while. In his silly little brain, Apollo made it a game to see how long it would take Phantom to catch him.

Or if Phantom would catch him before Ruin did.

Of course, Apollo was somewhat of a trickster, so Ruin was running all over the place to find him. Ruin was pretty far off, Apollo making his own presence hard to trace. Perhaps it was a little mean, but Apollo didn't really intend for harm. He just wanted to play! And that's what he would do.

Apollo shifted on the branch, the branch itself lowering a bit under his weight as he tried to get a better look at Phantom.

"No one!" Apollo replied, immediately shadow-shifting over to a different tree so Phantom wouldn't see him.

Phantom has good priorities! XD

After a few minutes, Apollo gets bored and lightly throws a pebble at Phantom's head. Obviously not hard enough to hurt or anything, just hard enough to be annoying.

Apollo raised an eyebrow, watching the rock yeet through the boy. He threw another rock at Phantom, a bit harder this time.

"Don't ignore me! At least act a little curious of who I am!"

He shifted over to a different spot.

Apollo shifted in front of Phantom. He tilted his head, mostly eyeing the whip Phantom held.

"Hm. You're lucky to have such a cute face, you're kinda boring."

The sun god winked at Phantom, but a bit nervously as he kept glancing at the whip.

"Nothing wrong with picking flowers." Apollo crouched down, picking a flower and twirling it between his fingers. "In fact-" He held it out for Phantom to take. "-These flowers compliment your character."

"My main problem with you is your lack of interest in me. Do you not care for the unknown? Someone was watching you and you didn't seem any interested in figuring out who it was."

"Hm! Perhaps none of them had as much beauty as I?" Apollo leans a bit closer to see Phantom's face better. "...You seem quite familiar. Anyhow, if we know each other or not, I will introduce myself!"

Apollo leans back and flexes, which is rather funny. He's quite muscular.

"I am the magnificent Apollo! The most glorious sun god to exist! What is your name, fair flower fellow?" He pointed at Phantom.

He said his introduction with an attempt at grandeur, but in a way it's childish in a humourous sense.

"I don't think I met a ghost before. You have the honor of being the first ghost!" Apollo grinned. "And I will have the honor of being the prettiest god you've met!"

He crouched down and picked some more flowers.

"Say, do you know what kind of flowers these are?"

"Wonderful! You seem quite informed."

Apollo put the flowers in his braid, flapping his wings a little when he was done.

"Tell me! Don't I look stunning!"

He seems more commanding of it then asking XD.

Apollo smiled nicely and picked some more flowers.

"Now I'm curious, what are you picking flowers for?"

"What a nobel deed! How kind of you."

Apollo put some more flowers in his hair.

XD.

Apollo takes them gently.

"Thank you! Pretty flowers from a pretty man!" Apollo winks at Phantom again before putting the flowers in his hair.

"Hm... You should put some flowers in your hair too!"

Apollo picks some and holds them up to Phantom.