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The Sign Read: Do Not Touch

Fenrir couldn't help but feel a little bit of disappointment welling up in her chest as she starred at the Pocky that was still sitting on her nightstand a few days after she had gotten it from the store... it was still candy... there was nothing interesting that had happened, no magic.

Her large ears flicked forward and back, one small hand lifting up to poke at the piece of candy, "I thought something interesting was going to happen with you." She told it before her ears laid back against her head. She had really hoped that it would, something... special! Something that would prove to her Dad that it hadn't just been a gimmick by a pretty salesman but more then that. She wasn't the sort to say 'I told you so' but she would have loved to have seen the look on his face if some sort of magic had burst forth from the candy.

She gave a little giggle as she leaned forward, "Maybe... you need more time?" She asked of it, tail swishing behind her, "I don't know how magic works, I am not a magician so... maybe time is a necessity to whatever it is that you are going to do?" She reached over to pick up the candy, twirling it between her fingers.

"You look... sorta like a sparkler." Maybe it would burst into a flashing display of bright lights and colors she thought to herself... then laughed at the idea since it was one that was so absurd... candy that was also fireworks... She set it back down on the nightstand before she rose to her feet, "I will give you more time to set about doing your 'interesting' thing and then I will show Dad that you will do more then just get stale or grow mold."

The Eevee girl trotted over to her dresser, getting her sketch book and massive box of crayons before she headed over to sit down on her bed and set to coloring. She had a feeling deep down that if she waited patiently she would see what the man at the store said, she just had to hold out and keep her Dad from throwing away the candy before it could do something special.

It didn't take her long to finish what she was making, a large sign with somewhat messy letters that read: Do Not Touch and it was placed behind the pocky. That might stave off any attempts to throw away the candy she thought to herself with a rather pleased expression on her face. Now... she just had to think of what she would do next if the sign ceased working. She set her crayons and paper aside before she set to pacing to think of her next great plan.

A Pretty Doll

Fenrir came away when she heard a little creaking sound and then a thud from next to her bed... her ears gave a twitch and he slowly sat up looking around with bleary eyes, "Huh... wha?" She lifted a hand to rub it against her eyes to get the sleep out of them before looking around again... at first she saw nothing out of the ordinary until she looked first at her nightstand and the found the candy was missing from it, "OH!"

The little Eevee girl launched herself out of her bed only to end up with her legs tangled up with the form of another person and with a squeak she fell over, squishing the other person, "Ow... ow... what the... who...?" Her dark, chocolate colored eyes met the silver almost white eyes of the one that she had landed on top of before she scrambled backwards, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't see you there... wait..." It seemed to click for her that this person wasn't someone she knew, wasn't supposed to be here... and then she realized something else more important then that.

"AH! You naked!" She squeak, lifting her hands to cover her eyes, "Cover up!"

The boy blinked a couple times before he quickly lifted his hands up to cover his own eyes as she was showing him how to do... not sure how it would help but eager to listen to the one that was sitting there demanding things of him.

"Are you covered?" Fenrir asked, cautiously peeking between her fingers... only to find that the boy was still sitting there sans clothing and had only mimicked her by covering up his eyes when she told him to cover up. She looked up at the ceiling before she rose up to her feet, reaching over to turn on her lamp finding the night light wasn't going to be enough if she wanted to help him in getting really covered up.

"Ahh... its alright... I will find you something you wear, we look about the same size." She said, careful to keep her eyes looking anywhere but at the boy who had rose to his feet and was padding along after her on bare feet, "My name is Fenrir, what about you?"

The boy gave a little smile and shook his head, not sure what he should answer with... he had just been 'born' so to speak and was currently without name.

"No name?" She asked as she dug into her closet, looking through her rainbow colored clothing before she took out a pair of underwear, jeans with lots of embroidered shapes in various colors on them, a shirt with a heart with a smiling face on it and held it out to the boy while looking up at the ceiling, "Here you go, get dressed then we will decide on a name for you."

The boy took the clothing out of her hands, holding them to her chest before he stood there waiting and watching her. Fenrir shifted her ears forward and backwards before looking over at the boy once again, "Huh...? Need help?" She shook her head, reaching out to take the clothing back and set to work dressing the boy in the clothing quickly, like one would dress up a doll and couldn't help but wag her tail rapidly, "This is fun... you know what you need?"

The boy shook his head, "U-Umm... n-name?" He hazzard a guess, his voice a low and soft tone... a little hesitant and unsure.

Fenrir laughed, "Well yes, that too." She said taking his hand and led him over to sit down on the bed before she fetched a tackle box that held all of her hair accessories and her hair brush, "I think that you need to have your pretty hair done." She liked this, he was very pretty and he had nice, long hair!

She wanted nothing more then to dress him up and get to do his hair, "So... a name for you... a name..." She murmured, trying to think of something that would be perfect to him.

The boy gave a smile, sitting in a content manner on the bed while the girl took care of his hair making it pretty for him while she thought over his name. He was very calm, very quiet, and seemed to be happy enough to let the enthusiastic girl take charge.

His name is Kiyoshi

"That's a boy?" It was the first words out of Hari's mouth and not really the nicest thing that he could have said but for the moment his brain wasn't working. A child...? A child had sprung up from the candy that Fenrir had been watching over? Just the idea of it was insane! They had been warned that something interesting might happen but they never mentioned a child would spring up! He started to twitch at the mere idea of it, that someone would trick people into taking in a child.

The young male looked up at Hari with wide eyes, head tilting to the side, the beads in his hair giving a rattling sound before he stepped in closer to his sister who he seemed to see as being his protector.

Fenrir looked over his shoulder at the little boy before giving a little giggle, "Yes, he just needed some clothing so... I shared mine with him." She said, patting the boy on the head in an affectionate sort of manner, "I think that he looks very pretty."

Baldric rose to his feet, to his full height and walked over to the small children that were standing in front of them before he knelt down, "Alright, lets think about this then... you said he was in need of a name, right?" He seemed in all ways unfazed by the new arrival, instead just wanted to help him out. Baldric had always wanted a family and now he had two children a son and a daughter to look after and Hari... so what was Hari, no doubt the wife giving his attitude. He did his best not to laugh at the thought, if Hari had any idea the other man would strangle him.

The boy nodded his head rapidly, "Yes, please."

Hari gave a low sound in his throat similar to a growl, "Aren't you... at all bothered by this? By this... boy appearing here?" He asked.

Baldric looked over at Hari before giving him a smile, "Getting upset isn't going to help us in anyway and it will only upset the children, we need to just relax and think this over is all. What we want to do from here. I think that we need to just see about finding him a name and getting a set of bunk beds for Fenrir's room."

"Bunk beds... so we have two of them now..." He murmured, leaning forward to rest his arms on his lap as he watched the two little ones. Two kids... he'd never even thought about settling down or even having one kid let alone two of them and rather... strange ones. One that had large ears and a fluffy tail that dressed like a rainbow and the other one a boy who looked like a girl that was born from a piece of candy... it was all very surreal.

Fenrir's tail started to wag behind her rapidly, a happy look on her face, "Really? Yay!" She squealed happily, bouncing up and down in place.

The young boy gave a smile too, his happiness a little enthusiastic and loud then that of his sister.

"Now that everyone is in agreement, the name." Baldric said as he rose to his feet and walked over to get his lap top, turning it on and when it was booted up he went searching a name site for a name that would fit the boy before him perfectly. It took a while for him to find one, the look of him, the way he acted, his coloration, everything... and he gave a smile, "Here we go."

He set his lap top down on the floor, closing it before he turned his attention to the boy, "We are going to call you Kiyoshi, its means 'Pure'. Given your coloration I think that its perfect."

The boy gave a nod of his head, "Kiyoshi." He murmured, testing the name before he perked up and gave a bright smile, "Yes, thank you."

Baldric rose to his feet, "Your welcome Kiyoshi, now how about you and Fenrir go back to bed. It's late and we will need to go shopping tomorrow if we want to get you new clothing and find a set of bunk beds for the two of you to sleep in. I will leave it up to you to figure out who gets the top bunk and who gets the bottom bunk."

Fenrir nodded and took Kiyoshi's hand and lead him out of the living room and back to the room that they were going to share so they could rest for the night, looking forward to the morning, "I will make sure to find only the best clothes for you to wear, don't worry little brother."

Kiyoshi gave a nod, trusting in her judgment even though she seemed to be a big fan of the brightest of colors and patterns.

A Tense Situation

Kiyoshi was standing at Hari's side, holding onto his pant leg tightly as though he were half afraid that Charm would get up from the chair he was in to steal him away to be his bride. Hari had assured him several times over that the brute of a man was just teasing and that he would break the man's nose before he allowed anything to happen to Kiyoshi. While he wasn't exactly the best parent in the world that didn't mean that he would let just anyone come near the ones that were dubbed as 'his children' and most certainly not Charm...

Fenrir was sitting on the counter, watching with her usual fascination as the man in the chair got his tattoo worked on. It was a large piece, one that was being worked on piece by piece, a little at a time to allow his body time to heal between each step. He'd already been by a good half dozen times and the picture was coming along nicely. Each time he came by his flirting with Baldric seemed to get worse, the Eevee girl wouldn't be surprised if one of these days the man arrived with an engagement ring and got down on one knee... she glanced to Hari and wondered what her Dad would do if someone proposed to her Daddy... she knew that they weren't a couple Hari was barking it at people all the time but at the same time they seemed close and very important to one another. It was a strange situation to say the least.

Baldric had to be commended for his efforts, the fact that he seemed to be working to the best of his ability on the man's tattoo while dodging all of his advances easily. He didn't have interest in Charm as anything more then a friend and a very good paying customer, he was certain that on some level the man understood as much but seemed to be very determined to sway the tattoo artist to change his mind, "You need to stop moving so much, your going to end up getting hurt." He warned.

"See, your worried for me. Surely that means that you have feelings for me." Charm said with a huge grin on his face that was hidden mostly behind his thick beard... though one could hear it in his tone of voice.

Off to the side Hari stiffened slightly, a low sound similar to a growl escaping from his throat... he wanted to toss the pain in the a** out but Baldric was thickheaded when it came to certain things, his work especially. He started the tattoo and he would be damned if anyone else was going to finish it and take credit for all of his hard work the man had said on many occasions. He was a block head...

Kiyoshi gave a soft tug on his father's pant leg at his growl, hoping to get his attention off whatever terrible thing he was plotting in his mind to do to Charm, "D-Doesn't it hurt?" He whispered, not sure about what he thought about what his Daddy and Dad did as work... they used needles to color on people and to put holes in various parts of them... its seemed a rather violent line of work. What confused him most was that people came in and paid money for them do such things instead of fighting to get away from it...

Hari looked down at him, his attention for the moment off Charm and on the young boy who was starring with wide eyes at the needle that Baldric was holding, "Not nearly enough." He muttered before he gave a little sigh, "Ahh... I mean, no. Most people that come in for such things are tough enough that they can stand any tattoo without to much pain. The healing process is a lot harder since it takes more time then the tattoo itself."

The silver haired boy gave a nod of his head as though he understood... even though he really didn't. He didn't think he would ever get it... but so long as it made his fathers happy then he shouldn't voice his worry he decided, leaning against Hari's side holding onto him tightly again.

"Speaking of healing, you think that you have done enough for today? You have been working on him for a while now." Hari informed Baldric.

The man lifted his needle, checking the time and his progress before giving a nod of his head, "Yeah, your right. Let me finish up this area of color and we will be done for the day Charm." He said, filling in the rest of the red he was working on before he set the needle aside, "The same thing applies, let it heal completely before you come back and if there are any problems let me know. I will check it for any places that need touch ups as well."

Charm gave a nod, rising to his feet, "I will be back as soon as I can." He said, getting out his wallet and held out some money to Baldric, the same amount that it cost for each section of work, "Don't get married before I return." He said before he waved to Fenrir, Kiyoshi, and Hari before heading out.

Hari let out a growling sound when the man was gone, "You had best finish that piece soon Baldric, I don't want that idiot in here much longer." He spat out now that the man was gone.

"Relax, it won't be to much longer. Besides you know he's harmless enough. Maybe a little annoying at times but nice enough I think." He set to gathering cleaning up his area with a little smile on his face. For some reason it always amused him when Hari got jealous of attention other people gave to him, "Once I am done cleaning up we will go and get some lunch."

Hari gave a nod, "Fenrir, Kiyoshi lets get going he can meet us there." He said, taking their hands and led them out drawing another little chuckle from Baldric.

Meeting Puck

X-mas Party

Boredom Grows

Kiyoshi loved his family but there were days that he didn't quite feel as though he fit in with them... he really did try, he went with them to the different craft stores, he picked out random things from the shelves, and those items more often then not sat around gathering dust or he gave them to Fenrir to do in his stead. Sewing, knitting, drawing, making jewelry, making items out of magic foam, painting, making buttons, weaving... all of it. He'd tried less then half of them but had yet to really find something that drew his attention for all that long.

He was wandering up and down the aisles once more, knowing that his sister had come to get some more plain shirts to have her creative way with, to change their design to match with her bright sort of fashion. He was told to find himself something to work on tonight during their family time... and he was dragging his feet. It was all... interesting he was sure, he liked to see what Fenrir came up with but he couldn't really see himself settling down to do the crafts himself. He was currently considering finding something on the shelves that he knew his sister would like and giving it to her later.

He turned down the next aisle, starring up at the baskets full of various sized Styrofoam balls that were in the aisle and gave them a bored sort of look. He didn't know what to do with them aside from the few times he'd seen them made into snow men this winter. He lifted a hand up to poke at one of the baskets full... and they came tumbling down on him drawing a squeak from him as they went rolling off in various different directions. He hurried after them, gathering them up one by one and tossed them back into the basket before chasing after the ones that had rolled off a good distance. It took him a while of gathering and throwing but soon enough he had most of the back in the basket aside from the few he couldn't get to balance inside so he searched the aisle for another basket and tossed them into it.

This was... a lot more interesting to his mind then a lot of the things that he was looking through that were actually on the shelves. He felt some days as though he were missing something that his parents and sister understood, like he was a step away from the core of the family. He left the aisle with all of the Styrofoam and wandered down the next one to where there were various sized wooden poles... what they were for he had no idea but he thought that one of those plus those balls from the other place could be fun.

Use the sticks to knock them into the baskets that they belonged in, that could be fun. He was just considering trying it out when Hari appeared on the other end of the aisle. He turned his attention to his Dad and walked over toward him, "Hello." He greeted the made with the red hair.

Hari looked down at Kiyoshi for a long moment, "You didn't find anything?" He asked.

"Don't want anything." He told him, reaching out to take his Dad's hand in his.

The man gave a shrug and started to lead the way back to where Baldric, Fenrir, and the cart were waiting. If Kiyoshi didn't want anything that would help balance out all of what Fenrir had wanted. When they reached the rest of the family Kiyoshi released his hold on on his Dad's hand so that he could go over to where his sister was standing. She was next to the cart, tail wagging as she looked over what she had in there, already plotting what she was going to do with it.

She looked over at her little brother when he came over to her and she grinned, "Lots to do in here, I can make you look very pretty now Kiyoshi." She chirped.

He gave a smile as he looked into the carts at all of the interesting, colorful, shiny things. He was going to look as bright as his sister when she was done with him he realized. He looked up at her then gave a little shrug. He understood that this was her thing and he didn't so much mind it.

It wasn't long before they were heading out to the car and he looked up at his Daddy, tugging on his hand to get the man to lean over to where he could whisper to him, "Daddy... can I... do something else?" He murmured.

Baldric blinked, "Hmmm? Something else?" He asked, curiously.

"Not art... can I do something else?"

Baldric blinked a couple times, looking surprised as though he hadn't expected such a question to come from the boy as he had seemed to enjoy playing with Fenrir, being a part of her fashion shows... though he was a still a little boy who would want to play outside not just with a sister who always dressed him up in her clothing, "Yeah, sure thing. Just think on what you want to do and we will help you with it."