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 Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:27 pm
Marc stooped down, matching the soberity and somberness in Haki's eyes with his own. It was not uncomfortable to do, and so he held the position for a little while longer then necessary, dragging the tension out. The man was a sucker for melodrama.
"You remember everything I told you?"
No. But Haki nodded her head with a look of serious concentration that only passed when she was in thought about her future world. Yes, she remembered the important bit.
"Alright. And no matter what he bribes you with, you can't tell him it was my idea."
Her eyes lit up with mischief then. How often was it that her father would stoop down to childish immaturity and play with her?
...
Actually, more often then you would think. But that wasn't the point to this.
"Daddy." she said, sweet. Sweet because otherwise it would have held a note of annoyance. Of course she knew. She wasn't a baby, after all. Toddlers are mature people, people!
Marc grinned. Getting up and petting his daughter's head (her hair had taken a while to smooth down like that. He wasn't going to be the one to ruffle it and mess it up.), he looked around the room, making sure it was clean.
It was time to play with Hadrian.
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:36 pm
((XDXD I know what you plan~ ninja ))
Hadrian was quite unsuspecting, as he walked into the apartment; he had long since ceased to knock upon entering, since he stayed there as often as he did his own place. It made no sense to knock when you went into a place where you lived, after all.
As per usual, he was holding a folder with some paperwork in it; it was relatively thin for once, even. Normally he came home with a very large stack of things to work on; he called in an improvement, since the workaholic used to just stay at his office till the small hours of the morning to finish it.
At least he actually did come home, now.
And either he had an unusually light workload today, or he had decided to (shock of all shocks) take a bit of a break. Either way, he seemed in a decent mood as he spotted Marc and Haki, smiling at them.
"Evening."
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:39 am
Marc eyed the folder with a gleam of expectance. Post couples might complain about work being bought home, but Marc liked it. It meant he had an excuse to get creative in order to distract Hadrian. See, all in all, they fit.
The workaholic and the pervert.
See?
"Work, again? Have you had dinner, or are you expecting me to look in the kitchen?" there was a mild note of distaste there-- the cleanig woman had taken a fancy on the idea of a couple living under her watch, and Marc was sit of finding heart shaped food. Tangerines, ketchup, wierd things that made him uncomfortable, knowing that his cleaning woman was imagining his Hadrian.
Yes. Oh, the logic of the man.
"Evening mommy." That is what would have been said, except it came out a bit more garbled and with the accent of a toddler still grasping words longer then money.
But the mommy bit was definite. Haki had been forced to practice THAT for an hour.
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:38 pm
With a chuckle at Marc, Hadrian prepared to deliver the 'bad news' that they'd need to get dinner from the kitchen; unless they wanted to run down to his apartment, anyway. He probably had something down there - although it would be in the form of tv dinners.
He'd gotten past the not eating because he was too busy, thing...he brought his work home with him now, so he had time to eat. The mage was still a bit thinner then he should be, but was much better. The slightly-too slender build was probably something he'd always have.
His bad news froze on his lips as Haki spoke, however. And for a few moments, he just gaped at her.
Then began to turn red. Mommy? Oh gods..
"Ahh...Haki...I'm not a 'mommy'."
Oh please, don't let her think that he was a female. He didn't think she thought that, but he could see how a child's logic might come to that conclusion...he had long hair. He lived with them. And he slept with her dad.
It made sense. But it was also horrifyingly embaressing. He wouldn't have minded her calling him by any sort of endearment - it would have just made him feel pleased - but...mommy? Couldn't she have picked something like 'papa', since daddy was Marc?
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:19 am
Marc tried very hard to suppresss the snicker, and he succeeded-- for now. Just don't let this be a long term thing! Frankly, he was proud knowing that his kid was a good actress. (Just wait until THAT sinks properly.)
"Mommy~" Haki cooed, batting her eyes and working every charm she could think of. Opening her arms wide and demanding to be picked up as nicely as she could, she nodded.
See, it made sense to her too. Hadrian smelled good ALL the time (Marc had periods when he smelled bad) and he was always nice to her. And if watched tv, all nice smelling nice things were mommys.
And what was with this 'not'? Her daddy was bribing her with a pretty new doll. Objections were not allowed when prettiful dolls were involved.
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:22 pm
Hadrian was stuck between melting at Haki, and being mortified at his new title. Picking up Haki as she requested, he sighed and attempted to explain to her.
"Mommy's are girls, Haki...I'm a boy, like your daddy."
At least he didn't have to worry about her being confused from other kids; most kids, if they grew up in a typical 'mom and dad' household, would be confused at the idea of two men. But he didn't think she was old enough for that sort of confusion, yet.
"You can still call me something, but hmm...how about something like papa, or...well, something for boys rather then girls?"
Caught up in trying to coax Haki into calling him something other them 'mommy', he didn't even notice Marc's failed snickerings. He might have noticed something strange in the expression, but he was too busy looking at the little toddler.
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:20 pm
Haki beamed. Oooh, did she have an answer for this one!
"Mommy pretty." she reasoned. "Haki pretty." Well, she knew THAT for sure. Dammit. "Haki girl!"
Maybe not necessarily in the whole sugars and spice way, but the logic worked well enough. Petting the man who was carrying her, she nodded her head.
Her mommy wasn't allowed to argue something like that.
"Well." Marc turned around, heading towards the kitchen because his expression wasn't something he wanted to have Hadrian catch-- yet. "You _are_ pretty." with a little smirk in his voice though, because he wasn't so good at hiding things yet.
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:06 pm
As flattering as it was to hear that he 'pretty', it was also somewhat disturbing. Because he was prettier then the average male, he was now classified as 'female' by Haki. Of course, the anatomy was obviously wrong - but he was not going to get into an anatomy lesson with a toddler.
Or with Haki at any time, he hoped. He'd leave Marc for that pleasant job.
Hadrian's expression was one of dismay - until he heard Marc speak, and turned to face him. And delivered a half-hearted glare at his lover's back; but luckily for Marc, he didn't catch that tone. Or if he did, he didn't make anything of it more then the other man's amusement at Hadrian being mistaken for a girl.
"Just wait until she gets older, and you have to explain the difference between boys and girls to her...
Aha...revenge!
"Oh, and while you're in there - I think the cook might have left something for us in the fridge. Why don't you get it for us?"
Marc was amused at making fun of his, he'd get his revenge, all right. Marc could get that treat which he'd been avoiding, now...
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:12 pm
Haki beamed. "Mommy." she emphasized, petting her pretty servant person. Everything else flew over her head-- although she did hear the word boy. Boy and Girl. Like Mommy and Daddy!
Yeah. Suuuure.
Marc however, didn't see it like that. "No I won't." he said, somewhat darkly. They had schools to teach kids things like that. And the other stuff? Well. If all men thought about sex as often as Marc did (and they did. Really!) then he was going to put a stop to all this before Haki reached The Age.
"She's going into a nunnery the day she discovers boys."
Or boys discovered her. Whichever was faster.
"I don't want to." the tone came out slightly more whiny then he had intended, but he was over there anyways, uncovering a plate of heart sharped tomato and mozzeralla slices, and plates of cold cuts in various shapes and sizes of..
"I'm going to kill that woman."
Who the HELL would carve up mini sausages to resemble that??
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:18 pm
Shaking his head in amusement, Hadrian could just imagine what it was going to be like when Haki brought her first boyfriend home.
'Daddy, I'd like you to meet my date -
Wait, stop strangling him!
*gurgling noises*'
As an aside, he made a mental note to be there whenever that happened. It wouldn't do to have his lover be put in jail for attempted murder, or try to explain to the boys parents, for that matter.
"Her...gifts are a bit on the embaressing side, but they do taste good."
And they provided perfect fodder for teasing Marc with, since the man was even more embaressed bythem then he was.
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:28 pm
Picking up two of the plates and walking towards the dining table, he decided to leave the more graphic one til last. It wouldn't do to ruin the fun for Hadrian either.
"It's immature, thats what it is." he responded, conveniently forgetting that he could be worse. Heck, he was worse.
Placing two of the plates on the table, he glanced over at Haki. "Haki, let mommy use his two hands, okay? He needs to help me set the table." smooth. See? He could use the M word without laughing.
Too hard.
Unable to stop the snicker this time, he carefully, carefully avoided Hadrian's gaze.
"I'll get the cups."
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:31 pm
Giving Marc another dirty look for calling his mommy, he blinked as he caught a snicker and noticed the other avoiding his gaze. And as Hadrian placed Haki on the ground, his gaze narrowed on the other.
"Marc..."
Marc really wasn't good at keeping secrets of things he found funny; the mage had been with him long enough to learn that. And he was showing the classic signs of it now.
Following Marc into the kitchen, suspicion clear in his voice, he spoke again.
"...did you tell Haki to call me mommy?"
He was going to get Marc back if he did. There was no way he was going to let this pass unchecked...
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:38 pm
Marc promptly used this opportunity to hand Hadrian That Plate. Without stopping, he moved over to pick up the cups that had been left (was that a heart shaped sugarcube he could see, at the bottom of each glass?) on the counter as well as a jug of water.
How well Marc balanced the cups!
"You should really consider talking to the housekeeper about the food. Because she won't listen to me." and he pointed. "This will give Haki ideas, you know."
And Haki was never allowed to have ideas. Not this kind, at any rate.
"We should eat."
Was someone avoiding a question? Naaaah.
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:43 pm
"Marc..."
The look Hadrian was pinning Marc with was growing increasingly grumpy, and his voice had become somewhat reminiscent of a growl. And as much as Marc may hope, it was unlikely for him to be distracted so easily...
No, with the mage, the best way of distraction was something that really shouldn't be done in front of Haki.
"I can't believe you're confusing her like that. She's a toddler!"
His voice was affronted, astonished - and behind it all, hidden as carefully as he could, was a tinge of amusement. It was embaressing, but...well. If Marc thought he was actually angry about it, maybe he'd try and make it up to him.
And that could be...nice. It'd be entertaining, in the very least.
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:32 pm
Marc paused, blinked. Wow, Hadrian was taking this a lot more strongly then he had expected! "She's smarter then that." he said lightly, except for the slight tone of wariness in his voice. He was going to treat this all as a joke, kind of.
Treading almost, almost lightly.
"Besides, you are really pretty." he grinned. So what if he was starting up on the 'let me make it up to you' plan? It's not as if Marc minded. He _liked_ makeup sex.
Look at the noise levels rising from that direction! Haki always found the nuances in their conversations fascinating-- and it was this in mind that she strode over.
As much as a toddler could stride.
"Haki?" well, that was her favorite topic. So people should feel better when she conversed with them about it.
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