|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:44 am
"Yes monkey, monkey bars are for monkeys to climb." Donny announced, quite proud of this knowledge. He smirked and swung from bar to bar until he reached Armel, settling down on one and pondering things for a moment.
It was then that he had an epiphany.
"Ooh, Donny gots an idea!" He squealed, moving over to sit on the bar beside Armel. "Armel climb on Donny's back, okay?"
Tybalt had done it with Vidya, and Armel liked the idea of flying, so why not? He'd take Armel flying!
Despite how brilliant Donny felt this was, it is this author's duty to clarify that this was a bad, bad idea.
"Yah, come on Armel we go fly!"
"Donny, what are you doing over there?"
With a big grin he reassurred his father as he called out to him. "Nooothing squisshiiieeee!"
Nio looked back at Pales, taking a deep breath. "Gray hairs..I hear you. Enoh's lucky her hair is already silver. I'm sure I'll be matching her eventually."
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:01 pm
Armel thought about this for a moment. Would it be safe? Would he get in trouble? Trouble...He feared no trouble! It'd be nice to get a start out of the adults sitting not too far a way, but at what cost? Armel didn't want to get Adonis hurt, "Hurt?" He asked with an unusual amount of concern reaching into his voice. He had no doubt that Adonis could support at least himself, but he was most sure that that story would change when his added weight was put into the whole equation. Though the idea of flying was awful interesting.
Pales glanced over and listened to Nio question Adonis. Then broke into a grin after hearing the response, "Squishie?" He chuckled softly, "Cute." He grinned at Nio playfully.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:21 pm
"Noo, no hurt! Donny will make sure you okay." He nodded fervently, though honestly he had no idea what he was doing. Of course, his wings could in theory hold the weight of two children.. he'd done it before when he carried Dice easily enough, though that wasn't on his back. It wasn't the weight that was the problem..
..It was the fact Donny wasn't the best flyer in the world. Certainly not as graceful as Tybalt.
"Come on, it'll be fun!"
Nio groaned when he heard Pales' response to Donny's nickname, and rubbed his face with his forehead. "Not that cute. I have yet to get him to actually call me his father. For some reason he prefers calling me squishee. Of course, he has no problem calling Enoh mommy, but has he ever once said daddy? Nooo."
This fact had always brought Nio just a touch of dissappointment, still waiting for the day he heard the boy call him his father. It meant a lot more to him than it should, just as much as it had meant to him to hear Vidya call him her father for the first time. He was still hoping it would happen.. eventually.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:00 pm
Well, he didn't need much more prodding after that. Not like Armel'd be angry at Adonis if he got hurt. He was ready to accept his own responsibility in this if they did manage to get hurt in some fashion, though Adonis promised. Armel took promises quite seriously. He then went about clampering onto Adonis' back with little problem.
Pales chuckled softly, "Children will be children. They go through phases like that...There will come a time he will call you daddy or what not. Armel seems to call me Da' which is close enough for me." He looked sad for a monent but seemed to brush it off and looked cheerful again, "Your little one is lucky to have someone to call mommy." Pales nodded, he then looked up just as Armel crawled onto Donny's back. It was hard to mistake that occurrance with as different as the two boys looked, "Uhh.."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:07 pm
Okay, so how did they do it.. Donny tried to remember what Tybalt did, holding onto Armel's legs the way Tybalt held onto Vidya's. "Okay yay! You gotta hold on tight though, 'cause no fallin' off! That would be bad, yah."
Nio put his hand on Pales' shoulder, giving him a comforting look. "Still looking?" He murmured, assuming that Pales was single and looking. Which, of course, could be entirely wrong of an assumption, but that was Nio for you. "Don't worry. You're a really great guy. I don't doubt that Armel'll be calling someone mommy one of these days." Again, innocent assumptions, but shh Nio's a dork like that. <3
He turned his eyes upward, following Pales' gaze toward the boys, and his hand fell. His brow furrowed and his lips pursed tightly for a moment.
"DONNY! What are you doing?!"
"Nothing squishee!"
"Then why is Armel on your back?"
"Uh.. um.." Donny giggled innocently, and tightened his hold on Armel. In a quieter voice meant only for the other boy to hear, he whispered. "Let's go show our squishees!" And with that, he vaulted up into the air, his large wings beating heavily. The takeoff was always the easy part..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:18 pm
"K..Kind of have someone in mind. We'll see." He went quiet as Nio addressed the boys again. Though as Adonis took off Pales suddenly stood up with a strangled gasp. All color draining out of his face for the moment.
Armel had accepted what Adonis said as a fact and it was very reasonable, at least that is how it seemed. Gotta hold on to something. He listened to what Adonis said. Squishees? He must mean Da' and that man. Must be his word for Da in general, or so Armel reasoned in his mind. He just gave Adonis a small grin and a nod just before they took off.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:37 pm
Donny thought he was absolutely brilliant for this idea. Look at their squishee's faces! They were in awe! Everyone should be in awe of him, after all.
His wings flapped one final time, before streamlining, sending them zooming off towards the two men. Donny made sure this time that his descent, as fast as it was, was not near enough to the two fathers to crash into him as he'd done to Lance. Instead, he zoomed right past the two, letting out a quick "HI SQUISHEE~" Before they were already gone. Nio reached out to try and grab the boy in mid-flight but he was far too quick, and the man grasped at air.
Donny rose up into the air in a lazy circle, flipping over to do another round.
"ADONIS LOVE, GET DOWN WITH THAT BOY THIS MINUTE!"
"Awww, squishee no fuuun.."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:57 pm
"Whee!" Armel said as they zipped past. It was exhilarating and great fun. Not to forget the look on his Da's face. It will be well worth any trouble they were about to get in, and they would he was sure judging by the tone of Nio's voice. "Fun!" Armel held on Adonis but not enough to constrict or hurt the other boy. Just enough to remain on the back and not fall. It helped that he was held onto as well.
"D..D...D..." Pales said softly, the poor man's heart was thumping in his throat he could swear it. He felt it.
...THUMP
...THUMP
...THUMP
Right there in the base of his throat at least. His mind played all sorts of bad scenarios that could end up with at least quite a few broken bones on both of the boy's bodies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:15 pm
Thankfully, Nio had been through terrors like this already with his boy, and was just a -little- more capable than Pales. Not much.. but a little.
"Donny.." His voice warned, and the boy zoomed past, slow enough for Nio to catch them. Nio's arms wrapped around Armel, plucking him from Donny's body just as he passed, and Donny turned around to see his new friend taken from him..
..only to slam into Pales by mistake.
"OOF!" The boy's wings detracted, their softness softening the blow, but not by much. If Pales didn't react fast enough, Donny would end up flopping to the ground after his impact.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:38 pm
Armel let out a squeak and semi-glared up at Nio's face with a faint pout upon his lips. There went his dose of fun. Oh well, he might as well make use of this, "H'lo." He said dryly up at the man.
It was almost instant. Pales' arms wrapped around the boy just under his wings, the hold was gentle. It was almost as if Pales knew this would happen or he was ready for it, no matter how unaware he appeared. He stared down at the golden haired boy with a small blink of his jade green eyes, "Got ya." He managed a small boy in hopes the boy one scream, flail, or otherwise whack at him. He doubted that would happen, but one does just about anything when their fun is ruined.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:50 pm
Nio smirked faintly at Armel, amused at the little glare. He thought it was cute, it reminded him of Thoreau. They were probably a lot alike.
"Hello, Armel. I'm your airplane's father."
Donny was far from unhappy about the whole situation, despite being caught in Pales' arms. He did flail, but not as an escape. Instead he just lifted his arms up in the air and squealed happily. "Donny LANDED!" Yes, it was Donny's first successful landing, in his opinion. Does this mean Donny didn't expect he would land safely? Hardly. Was this REALLY a successful landing? ...Hardly.
"Dat was fun! Les do it again!"
"Oh, I don't think so Donny."
Donny flopped against Pales, perfectly happy to be in the arms of this stranger seeing as he was his father's friend. He gave his father a pouty face. "But whyyyyy? Donny took care of Armel!"
"It's dangerous, that's why."
"Why?"
Nio gave him a quirked smile. "Don't you start that."
Donny stuck his tongue out at Nio, and huffed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:14 pm
Armel gave a short laugh, "Airplane?" He looked over at Adonis and grinned slightly pointing over at, "Airplane!" It seemed that it would be Adonis' offical nickname everytime the boys would meet in the near future. He was having so much fun it seemed he forgot about being grumpy. His inhibitions and 'better sense' gone for now.
Pales relaxed faintly and laughed a bit at the Donny's antics, "You are a good flyer, but I would suggest listening to your father young one." What would Pales know about flying? Truth was he knew a lot about flying. Pales' lips assumed a faint smile. "Glad you had fun. Flying is great fun." Pales paused faintly at his slip and just hoped Nio didn't catch it and that Adonis didn't understand.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:29 pm
Donny picked his head up slightly and giggled at Armel, amused at the little nickname. "Silly, me Donny, not airplane!" Of course, who was he to tell someone they couldn't call him a nickname? He called his father squishee. He looked up at Pales, sticking his tongue out playfully at him as well. "Flying is fun!"
"Just.. not when you fly away, right Donny?" Nio took a step forward, and gently began to perform the switch between boys, holding his arm out for Donny to crawl into while settling Armel back in his father's arms. Donny crawled up against his father and gave him a sad, puppydog look, instantly regretful. "Donny knows.." He murmured, still sorry for that whole incident.
"Good." He reached up and nuzzled Donny's head affectionately with one hand, while looking up at Pales with an innocent smile. "Do you fly, then?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:50 pm
Armel clung to Pales after they had exchanged children. Mostly cause Pales was awful tall and Armel was awful little, he didn't wish to get dropped. Though, Pales had no intention on dropping the boy.
"Fun." Armel said to Pales, "Donny-plane. Fun." Armel grinned a bit at the last bit.
Pales gave a small chuckle, it seemed that Armel had lightened up somewhat. He supposed that it takes certain people to drag him out of his shell. However, his reverie seemed broken at one question. He looked at Nio with a faint bit of dread. "Uhh...Well..Sort of..I guess..." How much could he tell this man and his son. He didn't want to lie to his new found friend, especially after the kindness that he was shown.
Armel looked at his Da with interest tilting his head. This certainly was new to him.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 6:41 pm
Nio cocked his head, his innocent smile wavering somewhat. "Sort of, you guess?" Now where did that kind of a hesitant answer sound familiar? Oh, that's right. The hesitance sounded all too familiar indeed. A single long cabbit ear perked up slightly in curiosity, but flopped over a few second later, and Nio gave an understanding smile.
"Well, lucky you then. Like Armel says, it'd probably be a lot of fun."
"Daddy no fly?"
Nio looked down at his son, who showed signs of concern. He could fly, but why couldn't his squishee?
"No, silly, daddy can't fly because he doesn't have wings. Well, he can't fly like you fly. I guess... something like that." He let out a soft chuckle at his own hesitance, his voice an echo mirroring Pales' earlier one.
He looked up at the skies, farther than just the clouds above, and narrowed his eyes. Then, as if only noticing the waning sun, he pursed his lips.
"It's getting late. Aren't you hungry, Donny?"
"Donny want ice cream!"
".. That does not answer my question, Donny. You need real food. Then, maybe ice cream." Donny squealed in delight and Nio looked over at Pales and Armel. "Do you guys need to head home, or would you like to go pick up something to eat with us before we go?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
