01-31-2018, 10:29 AM
"Hmm?" He drew out his hum, amused. "Are you truly sure?" He asked again, having stopped to look at him with a question in his eyes. "I don't believe I've ever extended such an offer to my servants to bathe in the royal bath." He said, clearly intent on persuading him. He probably just wasn't used to be told no after having lived with Tiberius for so long.. But he'd gotten his way even before he lived with the emperor.
He went back to bathing, a little more gentle with his growing belly. He seemed ruthless, but it was a guarded secret that he was quite soft with his children. He couldn't help it. He had such a strong instinct to protect and care for them despite the fact that he didn't love their father.
He rose a brow at Arias upon hearing his question. "You wish to call me by my name them?" He didn't seem angry. He wasn't. He turned away, contemplating as he rubbed the clothe across the taut skin of his belly. "Perhaps I may permit you to merely call me by my name." There was no harm to it he figured. Of course, he could just be saying this cause he wasn't in the mood to be as hostile as he usually was.
He went back to bathing, a little more gentle with his growing belly. He seemed ruthless, but it was a guarded secret that he was quite soft with his children. He couldn't help it. He had such a strong instinct to protect and care for them despite the fact that he didn't love their father.
He rose a brow at Arias upon hearing his question. "You wish to call me by my name them?" He didn't seem angry. He wasn't. He turned away, contemplating as he rubbed the clothe across the taut skin of his belly. "Perhaps I may permit you to merely call me by my name." There was no harm to it he figured. Of course, he could just be saying this cause he wasn't in the mood to be as hostile as he usually was.