they'd just defeated the big bad of the island, she'd be safe without him watching over her whilst the town continued to celebrate. He didn't even try to find Bunches to let her know. That was the final straw for Malroth, and he downed what was left of his drink before storming out of the bar. Or at least he'd been trying to before he overheard Odelia say something about his eyes being scary, then adding that he looked like he'd lose control at any moment.
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Otherwise he mostly glared into his drink, trying to figure out how to make the feeling stop before Bunches noticed and started worrying over him he knew he'd already scared her before they'd set sail for the island, and knew she didn't buy his excuse about it just being headaches the way Lulu had.
Of course he'd mustered a smile whenever the builder had glanced his way, but since the townsfolk were all clamouring for her attention, Malroth was spared having to force his face to cooperate very often. So he'd nursed a drink in a corner of the Golden Bar for as long as he could, not able to enjoy the celebration or Bunches' magnificent design, or even the high that usually lingered after an exhilarating fight. And now that Malroth knew the blacksmith was coming back to their island, he'd felt more put out than ever. Whenever they'd been in town, instead of delving the mines or cautiously exploring the desert, Magrog had always sought her out and the pair ended up practically joined at the hip. Something he didn't have words for, something that got worse every time he saw Bunches and Magrog working in the smithy together, or overheard them talking about plans and designs. because they'd been the ones who'd breezed into town and in Bunches' usual style, had wasted no time in trying to fix the place up in spectacular fashion. It wasn't the type of feeling that made him roll his eyes, not like all the times he'd watched the miners and Goldirox chase after Babs, and it wasn't like the annoyance he felt when someone tried to hint that Bunches was also after the barmaid seriously, it didn't take many braincells to realise Babs only gave the builder food.
Malroth wasn't sure if it was the heat of the desert getting to him, but whenever he saw Bunches and that blacksmith together he felt.