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 Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:46 pm
"And an artist, too," Cody stroked Dari's cheek and smiled. "I'm glad you liked it! How about I do the background and you draw us?" he suggested. "My people always look all goofy."
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:51 pm
"Your people are cute!" Dari said, "I like how emotive they can be, but if you want, sure." He flipped to a new page and began to doodle, the front cover lifted up so Cody couldn't see in the meantime.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:29 pm
Cody was smiling as he took out a piece of paper and began to draw. "I like drawing cartoons," he said, "But yours look like they could come to life."
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:35 pm
Dari shook his head.
"You should see how I started out." Fingers were incredibly difficult to manage when you'd never had them before, so they'd had Dari coloring and drawing basic shapes. He'd gotten bored and decided to try at people, and with revision and practice he had gotten here. He could never forget a face, so it came in handy.
"There's a lot more freedom in cartoons. People can't do everything a cartoon version of them can do, or at least not drastically.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:43 pm
"Like a heart popping out of your chest but still surviving," Cody shook his head. "They're fun. More dramatic. I used to doodle in class when I was bored." He was sketching out a park scene, complete with a squirrel carrying an unrealistically large acorn.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:45 pm
Dari wished he had a mirror. He wasn't 100% with his own face yet, even if he had spent hours staring at it when he'd first gotten it. oh well. He was still recognizable, right? He held his sketchpad out at a distance, made a face, tilted his head, and went back to it.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:59 pm
Cody finished the park scene and offered it to Dari. He tried to peek over the cover of his sketchbook. "Keeping secrets?" he teased.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:16 pm
Cody stared at the drawing he was just handed, the tops of his ears pinkening before his cheeks did. He looked to Dari before slipping it into his sketchbook. He stood and went to kiss Dari's cheek.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:17 pm
"To keep you company when I can't," Dari said, and then chuckled when Cody began to draw a background. He started on the pair of them himself, and the fluid splash of coffee. He grinned and accepted the cheek-kiss.
"You're welcome."
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:37 pm
The following weekend Maia had planned to take everyone out to the lake. She'd packed a picnic basket full of sandwiches, a bag of marshmallows to roast when it got dark, and some peanut butter cookies. She'd also packed a cooler filled with drinks; mostly sodas.
"Do you think Cody's excited to come with us?" she asked, looking to Toby. "Did Lori say when he'd get here?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:43 pm
"That depends on how much Dari's told him about Lori, I'd bet. Or if he hates me or not," Toby said with a shrug, "We're already probably the strangest family he's ever had to contend with. I feel bad that we might have made him think Dari's from crazy inbreds or something." He pulled out his phone then and checked Lori's last text.
"Honestly they have to have stopped somewhere between there and here because it's been enough time."
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:50 pm
"No one could hate you," Maia assured Toby with a hug. "Nah. I bet he's dealt with worse. He's a teacher at a public school. Who knows what kind of crazy parents he's had to deal with." She leaned up and kissed his cheek.
"Has it? Maybe they stopped to get something."
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:57 pm
"Ohoho, you haven't met enough people with me around, obviously," Toby said, wrapping his arms around Maia and lifting her up. He spoke with his teeth gritted for only a moment. "Oh, no, we're not the worst, but we're also not parents."
A knock at the door signaled guests. Toby released Maia with a kiss on the temple to answer it. Unsurprisingly, he found Lori and Luca on the other side of the door, as well as a happy Rosie.
"Hello, hello!" Toby chimed, and gave both men a hug, "Congratulations!"
"Thank you," Lori said. He had something in a shopping bag. Toby couldn't quite see what.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 7:05 pm
"Crazy siblings are more fun," Maia said, grinning at Toby. She followed Toby to the door to see who it was. When Toby had finished greeting them, she hugged each of them in turn. "I'm so happy for you both! And you brought Rosie!" She bent down to greet the dobie as well. "Are you coming to the beach with us Rosie?"
Luca returned Toby's hug, beaming, and then Maia's. "Thank you," he said, happily. It still felt like a dream. "Yeah, she's coming. Seamus didn't seem to like the idea. I asked him."
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 7:10 pm
Lori kissed Maia on the cheek when she hugged him. "Thank you too," he said, and then looked down to Rosie who happily wagged her tail and licked Maia's hand. "Yeah, I couldn't leave her in for so long on a weekday. Where's the boyfriend? Tied up in the basement?"
"Nah, Dari went to go get him," Toby said with a smile. "What've you got?"
"A beach ball and a watermelon."
"Ooh, nice."
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