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He laughed a bit constantly dodging it. Though one of the hops she made managed to accidentally knock them both down... her being on top of his stomach.. the picture triumphantly in her hands.

He tried hard to hide the tinge of pink, because he did enjoy having her close to him. Trying to play it off he laughed smiling once more. "Aww.. looks like you got it back. I was hoping to see how much longer it would take."

After a moment he sat up and gave her a hug. "I guess you can keep it."

"Ah!"

Shin toppled over him though she had forgotten the picture in her hand. She stared down at him for a bit blushing. Her mind rifling through thoughts a mile a minute. Suddenly he laughed and sat up and she snapped out of it immediately pouting.

"Damn skippy I did!" She straightened up the picture and slide it into her back pocket. "Next time I'll just go for your legs." She joked laughing along with him. She hugged him back suddenly feeling her heart skip a beat. She had cherished and hid away the picture from him since it was taken, it wasn't just for blackmail. She sat beside him on the floor letting her head rest on his shoulder and her hand playing with the pendants dangling around her neck.

"...You know what happened by now don't you?"

Shin nodded. She'd figure so. He was always a bright one anyways. She noticed a small change in his voice but didn't look up in fear he'd see her as well. A tear dropped from her cheek and she nodded in agreement.

"Good idea..." She laughed a bit wiping the tear away She finally looked up at him and smiled. The smile was pained yet truly happy as she leaned in to give him another hug. "...I think we deserve it..."

Rajossi scratched his head. Glancing at the weapon store, he was concerned so far he had only seen body-builder type warriors going in.

He sighed, well it looked like he was going to have to bite the bullet per say, go in and just stick out like a sore thumb.

He gently pushed open the door, aggressive stares met him along with more than a few muffled sniggers.

He ignored then as best he could, the colour rising in his cheeks not just at the chuckles but at some of the impossibly well built guys he passed, those thoughts soon evaporated from his head however as he went hurtling over his own short feet, a giggle rising up at the back of his mind, somewhere between his left and right ear, kind of a bit to the front as well...

Great, just ******** great, first he was forced to leave the beach, now he couldn’t even check out people without Kormea going all vindictive and causing him to fall flat on his face or arse.

He got up and flinched at the sudden un-comfortable question to himself about whether Kormea could make him s**t himself in public.

Laughter ringing around him like at one of the bullied kids in the school playground, he walked towards the end of the shop where the shopkeeper was standing.

"Excuse me, could you tell me a little about this please?" Rajossi asked politely flicking his wrist to bring out the twin blades of the gauntlet and offering his hand towards the blacksmith.

The blacksmith grunted, seeing Rajossi's hand with enough force to almost rip it form it's socket.

"Looks like a pretty damn nice Katar to me kid.
Looks like it the type of metal typical used by the smiths in Dalton.
Tell me how did a scrawny little thing like you end up with something like this?"

"erm... family inheritance" Rajossi replied knowing he was lying.

Well look after it kid it's not half bad.
Anything else you need?" The smith enquired in a bark of a interrogative.

"Well I was wondering about this tournament so many people have been talking about."

The other customers snorted, again taking in his minute size in comparison to themselves.

"Well, that would be erm.... the annual warrior’s tournament, it's gonna be held in Ivory del Sol this year, so everyone is staying here in Costa Del Sol before it starts, we would hols it here, but as it can get pretty intense, and we don’t wont bits of the ton being smashed up we are holding it in the fields of del ivory. Though, unless your a bloody good Mage I STRONGLY advise you against entering unless there is more muscle to you than there appears to be. Oh and if you gonna insist on entering, its going to be held tomorrow at sun up"

Thanking the smith, Rajossi left the weapon store in a hurry, knowing he would be entering that tournament tomorrow whether he wanted to or not...

Chris nodded a bit keeping her close, his eyes closing. Though this time he nearly did something that would have sent him to all sorts of embaressment. He nearly let himself kiss her... true he wanted to for years... but knew that it wasn't proper. At least not right now.

Instead after the next hug he let her stand before he stood himself. Softly he set his weapons to lean against one of the walls in her room. And piece by piece removed his gear, until at last he was just in black jeans and a white muscle shirt. For the most part he just kind of piled it, without letting it get in the way.

"Shin... lets go ahead and get some rest." He said nodding a little bit. It was her choice on the side of the bed, either way they would end up rather close. Thankfully it wasn't so small that his legs would be hanging over the sides.

Chris took the side closest to the wall which he was most comfortable with. And he felt the creeping touch of drowsiness hit him harder than he expect. It sent him to sleep within minutes. His face truly looking relaxed and tranquil for the first time in years.

Though during his rest... his arms managed to find themselves embracing her in his sleep. And in spite that it may end up leaving him in an awkward position.. but for now it was alright.