The Prince and the Assassin (closed o/o)

“No need,” Felix replied, “We’ll keep a brisk, constant pace for now, and we can eventually stop and rest if need be. If you have more wounds, I can help.”

Felix chuckled. “Well, if that’s the case, I don’t feel so bad.”
He shivered a bit.
“Wish this damn rain would stop. I have a change of clothes, but it wouldn’t even be worth it.”

“No, that’s okay,” Felix said, a little tense.
He didn’t particularly want to be that physically close to Eclipse, even if it was entirely for convenience.

Felix, too, was quiet as they continued. He was cold, uncomfortable, and generally could not wait to get a few towns over so they could rest. Inside.

Felix looked Eclipse up and down. He was definitely restless, but he dismissed it as general shock with the whole situation. After all, he had been ready to just end it all.
“Why would they treat you like that? Aren’t you supposed to be royalty or something?”

“Sounds dumb on their part. You seem alright to me, princey,” Felix sighed, wringing a bit of water out of his hair.
The rain still came down, but it was letting up slightly.

“What? Don’t believe me?” Felix asked.
He walked directly beside Eclipse.
“I can see why. Even you were probably tricked into hating yourself. But I don’t hate you. I would’ve just let you die if my feelings on you were indifferent or worse.”

“There’s not really any rhyme or reason to it. I just do. Yeah, sure, I get hired to assassinate people, but that doesn’t mean I feel nothing. Usually I’m lucky enough to be hired to kill scumbags, but I don’t know… something about killing you just didn’t sit right with me. Perhaps you would just call it intuition, but I think you’re a pretty good guy at heart, you’ve just never been allowed to exercise autonomy,” Felix replied.
“Besides, you…”
He stopped. Was it okay to say he felt sorry for him and wanted him to have another chance at living a full life?

"I don't really believe anyone is nothing," Felix replied, "It's just the circumstances that can make it seem that way. And trust me, it certainly feels that way for a lot of people sometimes. Maybe not for their whole life, but… Those thoughts even get to me sometimes."

Felix frowned.
“C-come on, now,” he said softly, “It’s alright… at least it will be now.”

“Why did you come with me then?” Felix asked, “You believed that this would be a better way out, didn’t you?”

"Or maybe you were scared, but that's reason enough. No one deserves to be treated like they're nothing," Felix sighed.
He was getting very cold and tired, and his limbs were starting to ache a bit.
"Hey, how much further do you think we'll need to go?"

"If you say so," Felix replied with a short sigh following.
He needed to rest, but he didn't want to if it meant the other would just insist he ride him in wolf form.

"Right…" Felix murmured.
He tugged at the rough binding from the outside of his clothes. The water that had seeped through made matters worse, so he really needed to stop, rest, and fix things, but obviously that wasn't anything that Eclipse intended on doing. He didn't blame the guy for wanting to put as much distance as possible between himself and the castle, but he figured that since there was so much going on at the castle at the time, it would take a while for anyone to notice he was missing to begin with.

After stretching a little bit, Felix started forwards at a leisurely pace. He drew his hands into his cloak and closer to his body to warm them.