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 Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:19 pm
Nero was quite happy to be back in Selena's car, enjoying it's pleasant effect on his senses. He could not help but think how it would be at her house, in her room even. His mind had time to wonder on the car trip, and he could not avoid thinking of them being together at her place, probably alone, able to work on whatever they wanted to, relax and share their time. Overall, just so nice.
When they arrived, Nero spent the time it took them to get to the door, and for Selena to open it, just observing the house in front of him. It was a nice place, quite big apparently too with two stories. He wondered if she stayed with her family, she had mentioned her parents earlier, would only be natural. Even at the base, Nero personally kept to himself a lot.
The offer of ice cream really drew his attention though. The brown haired boy grinned and nodded eagerly. "That would be nice." He agreed to the idea. Ice cream and Selena, he was happy in most possible ways with that.
With the door open, Nero noticed her letting him go first and thanked Selena, smiling at her, as he entered. His emerald eyes scanned the scene around him with interest. It was Selena's place. Stuff that daydreams were made of, but this time completely real. He stood out of the way for Selena to get in, and waited for her to give him some indication, perhaps lead him to, her room - or wherever they might be working. It was obvious where he would prefer to work though.
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:35 pm
Selena walked into the house after him. There were a few things lying about, but the house wasn't a complete stye. The mess was mostly in the form of a few magazines laying about, carpentry magazines that belonged to her brother. The fair eyed female nodded towards the staircase, which was nearby and led him up it. There were about fifteen steps leading up. Her room was the third to the right. "Excuse the mess," she said before she pushed open the door. There were a few clothes on the floor, but they were mostly in the form of blouses, skirts, and pants. Luckily there were no undergarments laying about.
She turned the light on revealing her room decorated in a bright lavender and eggshell white colors. It was a truly feminine room. She hoped Nero wouldn't feel too uncomfortable. She walked towards her closet, leaving the door open for him. Opening her closet door, she went inside and was gone for a few seconds, only to come out, carrying another chair. "You can sit in this if you want," she said as she placed it near her desk beside the other chair. She set her stuff down on the ground beside her bed. "Stay here if you like," she said. "I'm going to see about those bowls of ice cream." With those words, she turned and headed out of the room and down the stairs towards the kitchen.
There were still a few dishes in the sink, but she wasn't bothered with those. Instead, she pulled two bowls from the cabinet and set them on the counter before going to the freezer and opening it up. She pulled out a large one gallon tub of chocolate chip mint ice cream, which was still mostly full. Usually, she ate it directly from the tub, but she wasn't sure if Nero thought it sanitary. She placed some well sized scoops in each bowl and made sure that each had a spoon to go with it before putting the ice cream up and grabbing the chocolate syrup from the refrigerator in case Nero wanted some. The young woman then carried both bowls up the stairs and into her room, balancing the desserts in one hand while she opened the door with the other.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:16 am
Nero looked around curiously, following her close, while Selena led him up to her room. What did strike him first, as was expected, was her scent as they went in. Nero closed his eyes for the first moment, his head swimming, as he tried to get used to it. It was like she was everywhere. Nero's cheeks brightened up and he struggled to slowly get a grip on his senses. He nodded shyly with a small mummer in reply to her pointing out the mess. There were Selena's clothes laying about, and he steered his gaze from them to look about the room. It was an easy guess it was a girl's room, but it just made it more apparent that he was in Selena's personal space, he had been allowed in here by her.
"Ah, thanks." Nero spoke up softly when she offered him the chair. He put his bag down to the side, not wanting it to be in the way so that nobody would trip up on it, and sat down. "Alright." Nero agreed happily when Selena stated she was going to get the ice cream. Such a pleasant offer, he would have to come over more if that was at all possible. They did not exactly serve ice cream regularly at the base.
Nero had an everlasting, gentle smile on his face. He observed the littlest details of Selena's room from his vantage point, where he sat patiently as he waited. Selena's bed was there, it looked so very comfy. What might it feel like if he could spend a night in it, with her... N-not that it meant there would have to be any funny business! Just... resting, beside Selena.
Nero looked up when the door opened, and Selena was doing a balancing act with the ice cream bowls in one hand as she opened the door. He stood up out of his chair and went over. Nero carefully took one of the bowls and smiled at the woman. "Thank you." Nero looked hungrily down into the bowl... Mint with choco chip! It's like she knew just what he wanted. So far, it really was the best day ever.
Nero returned to his seat and took up his spoon, with which he poked the ice cream just a little to see how hard it might be. Ice cream could be quite tough when frozen. It was easily edible and Nero smiled up at Selena, also taking note of the chocolate syrup with her. To say the least, he really would not mind some.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:58 am
Selena was grateful when Nero took one of the bowls from her partially relinquishing her from the cold burden. She had only been moments from dropping everything. She set her bowl down on the desk and saw him eying the chocolate syrup so she slid it over to him. "Have as much as you like," she said as she removed her pink sweater to reveal a white tank top underneath. She tossed the sweater on the bed before going to her closet and looking up on one of the shelves for her architectural supplies. There were a few roles of large graph paper and some rulers and straight edges. She set everything down on the desk.
"I'll probably need to go to the supply store and pick up some more graph paper. I'm almost out here, but this should be enough to start on," she said as she picked up her own bowl of ice cream and savored a few quick bites. It was then she remembered something. "Oh, right! I almost forgot." Pulling the spoon from her mouth and setting it and the bowl down again she began looking around her room, bending down and kneeling as if she was looking for something.
Finally, she looked under her bed. In the very back was her wallet. Wondering how it got all the way over there, but not questioning it as she was always losing things and having them turn up in the weirdest places, she knelt down on her hands and knees and reached under her bed, stretching her arm out far enough until her fingers could grasp the soft material of the wallet. She pulled it out from under the bed and stood up, her knees popping rather loudly as she did so. She opened her wallet and pulled out a few bills. Walking over to Nero, she held the bills out to him. "Here, this should cover my half of the meal today. I promised I'd pay you back didn't I?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:57 pm
"Thanks." Nero said quickly and took in hand the syrup. He opened up the cap and poured a moderate amount on his ice cream. It smelled and looked really good already. He stomped the syrup bottle gently back onto the desk and picked up his spoon. Nero took the first bite, or would have, but just then Selena took off her sweater. He blushed a little and could not help but stare, at least a little. The tank top complimented her well developed upper body nicely. He was able to get into eating his ice cream when she disappeared into the cupboard, and tried hard to not lose his mind.
The cold treat was beyond delicious, it was absolutely magnificent. The inventor of ice cream must have been some sorta dessert-God. Nero ate happily, steadily, till Selena came back. He swallowed, clearing his mouth, so that he could speak. She sure was very well prepared, though the whole class should have all this material after last year he figured. Nevertheless he was impressed, they could get a lot of work done with this.
"I wouldn't mind coming along." Nero pointed out when she said she needed more materials. There was enough paper to get started of course, but depending on how much they worked they would indeed need more. If they happened to pop down to the store, Nero felt he could also buy some supplies himself in preparation for class. Also, he would be accompanying Selena the whole time.
Nero had dug back into his ice cream and the tastiness was melting in his mouth when Selena perked up, stating something she almost forgot. His eyes followed her curiously as she searched all over the room, kneeling, peeking, bending over... Nero looked away and took another spoon full of ice cream. If she found it, she would point it out anyway and he did not want to be caught staring.
The evident stomp and extra movement made him look back at her as she got to her feet. Nero smiled, realizing what it was about. He felt a little awkward, but did not wanna start anything. It was nice of course, he needed the money, and if he really wanted to give her presents without obligation he could do it on her birthday, whenever it was. "Thanks Selena." Nero said politely and took the bills. "It's more than enough." It was Nero's turn to leave his cream on the desk and get down to his bag. Out of the bag he searched for his wallet for a few moments till he caught it. Nero put the money in, stashed the wallet away and returned to his seat.
His emerald eyes observed Selena with a quick glance before concentrating on the paper. "So, you wanna start on the first one?" He asked about the designs. They had the materials, just needed ideas. They were just houses in general, nothing too extravagant, though they could probably see about drawing a few manors.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:52 pm
Selena took a seat beside Nero and spread a piece of graph paper out, using two ornate light pink paper weights in order to allow it to lay flat. Using her straight edge and ruler, she began to sketch out the first design. The design was simple, a three bedroom, two bathroom home. As she worked, she continuously ate her ice cream. "I'm thinking that we should keep it simple on the first few houses. I mean, if you think about it, not all houses in a neighborhood are big an elaborate. We could mix it up a bit, you know?" she said as she worked, chewing on the end of her pencil in thought. She finished off her ice cream and set the bowl aside, licking the sides of her mouth, which had a bit of chocolate stuck to them.
Soon, her design was finished. Selena sat back admiring her work. She looked up at Nero. "So what do you think?" she asked. "I know it's not very fancy, but I think it would make a nice home for a family that's just starting out. She began to calculate the dimensions of it, writing them down in their correct corresponding places. Still feeling the need for something sweet, she dug into a small bowl on her desk, which was filled with many assortments of candy and pulled out a sucker. She nodded towards the bowl. "Take whatever you want," she said as she unwrapped the sucker and stuck it in her mouth. Selena was the kind of person who would rather pig out on candy than eat a real meal.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:43 pm
Nero observed Selena take charge of the work once more. She was really dedicated when it came to this, just like in the classroom. It was nice seeing someone working so hard. He felt a lot of the time many classmates just chatted along while he worked throughout the whole class time. It was nice getting to draw, but also getting to draw something as significant as a home. To think if you designed a building, and it was used, people and their families would likely live there. So much life would be experienced through something you essentially created.
Nero completely agreed with her thoughts and eagerly watched the design come to fruition. Nero nodded in agreement to her thoughts while she was working. "That's perfect. I think we can start with lots of basic home designs for a variety of environments. A house out in the country has more room to spread than one in the city, for example." Nero replied gladly. She had the right idea. Anything too fancy would be a pet project, something to see how much fun they could have with a big house idea and maybe not too serious. It was not like people needed big housing.
Nero had continued eating while she worked and was done quickly. He set the empty ice cream bowl aside and rested his elbows on the desk while watching Selena work. When she finished, he sat upright and got a further look at it as well. Nero lifted his hands, giving a small applause to her. "It's excellent. If I ever want a house, you better design it for me." He joked happily. He looked in surprise as Selena then brought out more candy. He grinned happily, finding it a pleasant surprise. "I'm fine, thanks." Nero insisted politely, not wanting to take advantage of her good nature.
"I think that's the first one done. You might as well be teaching our class with that level of skill." He chuckled softly. That was quite a nice idea. Teacher Selena in her work uniform, able to help him and praise him for his work when appropriate.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:05 pm
Unlike what Nero thought, Selena was quite a slacker. Sure, she had designed one house and Nero would probably design another, but it probably wouldn't be too long before she became distracted by something else, namely that new video game she had been itching to try. She rolled up the finished sketch and set it aside before sliding the next large piece of graph paper towards Nero. "If you want to start on the next piece you can. I'm going to take these bowls down to the kitchen and see about getting us something to drink," she said as she took the empty bowls of ice cream and carried them out of the room.
Once down in the kitchen, she set them in the sink, but didn't bother washing them. She would do that after Nero left. Of course, she hoped he would stay for awhile. Maybe she could convince him in playing a game with her. Of course the most comfortable place to sit while playing games would be on her bed. Her cheeks tinged pink as she imagined him sitting beside her on her bed. She could almost feel his arms around her as he pulled her into a laying position, not doing anything other than holding her close to him. With a sigh, she retrieved two glasses from the cabinet, which she filled with ice from the freezer and brought a jug of iced tea out.
Inside the jug was not store bought iced tea, but home-made iced tea that she had made the night before. She just saved the plastic jugs that had once been filled with water. After pouring two glasses, she walked back upstairs towards the room. However, one might have forgotten about Selena's blatant clumsiness. As she opened the door and stepped inside, her left foot got tangled with her right foot and she began to fall once again. The glasses of tea flew out of her hand. Where they landed, who knows?
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:36 pm
"Sure." Nero agreed when Selena offered for him to do some work. He was more than happy to, eager to contribute his share to the project. Selena would probably not take very long, he expected to hear her ascending the stairs soon after she had descended them, but he tried to get as much done to show to her before she was back. Nero had a quick idea, most of it coming to him in the midst of putting it actually down on paper. His building concept was halfway through, with a few hurried lines, when Nero heard Selena returning. He looked up when she was at the door, and to his shock her feet caught each other. Nero had been trained to react quickly, his hands had to move fast in a dire situation and strike true, yet iced tea was a foe he had yet to contend with. The young man flew out of his chair, reaching out for Selena, and was hit by two glass fulls of the cold drink. His eyes were quickly closed and he struggled through the moment.
The moment after when Nero was returning to his senses, he slowly opened his eyes to find some weight on his hands. He had reached Selena, barely, and his hands were locked under her arms. Not exactly enough to have stopped her from falling. Nero looked in misery down at his front and.. well, there goes his shirt. He groaned quietly in discomfort as he stood up, having to let go of Selena. The two glasses were on the floor, apparently unharmed, but empty.
Nero did the first thing one has to do with soaked clothing, and was swiftly without his shirt on. It hung by the tips of his gloved fingers, the liquid dripping off it slowly. "Ah, sorry Selena. Do you have a towel, or something..." His voice trailed off, he was quite embarrassed, but not even nearly as much as he came to the realization he really was without a top on, in front of Selena, in her room. Nero struggled to stay in the moment, the mess had to sorta be cleared up before he got lost in his thoughts.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:54 pm
There was that familiar sensation once again as a pair of strong arms enveloped her, this time looping through her own arms in order to prevent her from fully falling for if she had, she would have landed on one of the glasses and crushed them under her and would most likely have been stabbed by a few pieces of glass. When she regained her balanced, she stood up straight again, her cheeks painted a rosy pink from embarrassment. There she went again. Couldn't she be just a little more graceful? There were a few small specks of iced tea on her top, but it wasn't worth changing over. However, upon looking at Nero, she saw that his shirt was completely drenched.
"Oh, s**t! I'm so sorry! I--" Yet she was cut off because Nero swiftly removed his shirt. Damn, he had a body on him. His build was more lean than he was broad. She could see the muscles clearly in his arms. He even had a rather nice six pack upon his torso that was barely prominent, but could still be seen. She guessed that perhaps he worked out. Her own brother was a bit more broad shouldered, but Cyrus worked with construction. His build would of course be a lot different. Nero's build was reminiscent of someone who took some form of martial arts. She began to stammer, her entire face reddened now and very warm. "I'm so sorry! Er....you said a towel? Right...a towel."
She began to look around the room frantically all the while thinking. There is a half-naked man...in my bedroom...and he's gorgeous. Wait...what was I looking for again? Oh right...a towel. She walked into the adjoining bathroom and into the closet that was built into the wall. She pulled out a large fluffy light blue towel and came back into the bedroom. "Here, you can dry off with this. I'm really very very sorry. Is that shirt machine washable. Will the stain come out? If not, I promise I'll buy you a new one...Crap crap crap!" Maybe her brother wouldn't mind too much if she took one his shirts for Nero to wear. "I'll be right back."
She left the room once again and went down the hall to Cyrus's bedroom. If she remembered correctly, all of his casual shirts were in the second drawer of his dresser. Walking towards it and opened it, she found an assortment of regular t-shirts. They'd probably be a little too big for Nero, but if she had to see him without a shirt on much longer, she could not be held responsible for her actions. Grabbing the first t-shirt, she saw, she closed the drawer and left her brother's room closing the door behind her before she went back into her own room where Nero was. "Here, it's one of my brother's shirts. He has a lot of them so I'm sure he won't miss it," she said holding the shirt out to him. Hurry up and put it on, please, she thought trying her best not to look at him.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:22 pm
Nero sighed, slowly getting used to the scenario. Just a bit of a bother really. The room was warm so he was not exactly cold anyway. What worried him most was the iced tea ruining Selena's floor as it dripped off him and his shirt. Selena reacted quite strongly herself and Nero gave her a weak smile. It was odd hearing her curse, but she stopped quite quickly and ... well apparently she took a moment for herself to just state.
Nero felt a little self conscious. Pretty girls did not happen to usually be around to stare at his bare torso. It was of course developed to the point that it was after rigorous training. His power was only usable in a fight if he could use his hands, so his body needed to be strong and quick. Martial arts was his second biggest pass time back at base, in between study and gaming.
"Yeah." Nero agreed quietly when Selena came to remember what he had said. Hopefully she at least liked what she saw. If he wanted anyone it was Selena to approve of his looks. It was a little humorous and Nero smiled pleasantly. When she returned with a towel, he thanked her calmly and took it in his right hand. In his left he still held the wet shirt, a little unsure where he might put it. Well, the bathroom seemed like an ideal start if it could dry up. "No worries, if you could just let it dry at least though." Nero spoke softly, yet off she was again out of the room. He wanted to help her calm down. It would be easy to get it washed back at base.
Nero scrubbed his upper body with the soft towel, getting whatever liquid was staining his form out. He looked curiously at the shirt when she returned, feeling a little awkward just putting on something of her brother's. It really could not be helped given the situation though. She was still quite a bit flustered and Nero felt a little bad for her, it's not like he was harmed after all. He dropped the towel first, and then the wet shirt on top of it so it would not go anywhere else.
His hands free, Nero took in hand the shirt on offer and nodded. "Thanks." He said, and then hesitantly yet surely, hugged her. Nero's arms embraced her form, wrapping around her, and his chin raised over her shoulder. He could smell her really well up so close and she was very soft against his bare skin. Soothingly cool too. Maybe that could help her relax a bit.
Nero stepped back and turned around, pulling the t-shirt on. It fit quite well, maybe a bit bigger than him, but no complaints. Nero turned back to Selena with a smile. "It fits. But what shall we do about the soaked one?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:39 pm
By the time Selena walked back in, Nero was mostly dry. She stepped back, her eyes traveling from him to the floor, then back to him. Yet, it was then she felt his arms around her once again, but this time it had nothing to do with her falling. The embrace was a brief one, but she could feel his warmth, quite a contrast to her cool body temperature. Damnit, why did he have to feel so good? He smelled good too. Her arms rested at her sides as she was unsure of how to react.
There was a flicker of disappointment in her eyes when he let go of her, but she replaced it with a cheerful smile after he put her brother's shirt on. Selena picked up the soaked shirt. "I can go throw it in the dryer. Maybe drying it will be enough to get the stains out...hopefully," she said before leaving the room once again and going downstairs towards the small laundry room.
Once inside, she tossed the shirt into the dryer, made sure there was nothing on the lint filter, then turned the dryer on. Yet, she didn't leave just yet. Instead, she hugged her arms against herself, embracing herself. She could still feel his warmth enveloping her. She had wanted to embrace him as well. Why did she have to choke like that? Then again, it was just a hug. It would probably never go further than that. He was most likely just trying to be nice and apologizing for causing her to panic like that. Taking a deep breath, she walked out of the laundry room and back up the stairs to her room.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:57 pm
Nero nodded to Selena, hoping that was enough as well. He did not want to force her to go to any great length to make sure the shirt was fine. Meh, he'd get a nice fresh top back at base anyway. He looked around the room now, the small incident was over and they could relax. He looked over to the desk with the work on it, keen on finishing. First and foremost, he went and picked up the glasses, placing them safely on the desk. They seemed fine, not at all harmed.
Nero sat down and picked up the pencil, starting to continue from the point he had left off. There was not too much left to draw, the idea was already in his head, it just took time for the precise points to go from hand and pen to paper. Nero was finishing it when Selena finally returned and he looked over to her with a smile. She seemed more relaxed as well. "Hey." He greeted her softly and turned back to the piece of work.
When finished he put down the pencil and looked at Selena. "What do you think? It's a bit rough. A small two story idea." Nero explained it very briefly. The thought of taking a break, especially after that, did not really occur to him. When put to work, he was quite happy to keep going.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:11 pm
Selena's nerves were slightly more calm when she walked back to the room. She saw that Nero was at work once again on the second houseplan. Approaching the desk, she took a small tootsie roll from the candy bowl and unwrapped it, popping the entire thing in her mouth. As she chewed, she spoke. "I like it. It's very nice and simple for a two story home. It has a certain charm to it." She lifted her arms to the ceiling and stretched out her stiff muscles, her top rising just a few inches and showing off her midriff and bellybutton. When she allowed her arms to drop down to her sides, her top dropped too.
"Hey, listen...you want to play a video game? I have Mario Kart for the Wii. I really can't work on a project for more than an hour or so." Truth be told, she was already getting bored. She had been itching to get in front of her television and play video games. Besides, they had an entire school year to finish the project. She was sure that they could put it off for a little while. Her lips curled into a challenging smirk. "Come on, I want to see what you got," she said teasingly as she grabbed his arm and tugged on it lightly. "We'll work on the project at a later time. Come on." She tugged on his arm a little more.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:28 pm
With the plan finished, and Selena having judged it as good, Nero was quite pleased. "Thanks Selena." He said happily and added minimal dots of pencil marks to perfect it. He tapped the end of the pen to his chin then, thinking what would be next. Selena did not seem as enthusiastic, particularly with her yawn. His mind did freeze shut completely when he took the moment to stare at her bare midriff. Nero turned back to the paper swiftly, having lost the idea he just had. Did he need to design anything when there was perfect right by him?
He was taken a little aback by Selena's actions then, but only could snicker when she pulled on his arm. So insistent. Nero could do nothing to resist the charm her actions had, as well as the suggestion to do a bit of gaming. "Sure sure." Nero agreed calmly and dropped the pencil on the graph paper. Got out of his seat and grinned at the girl. "You're on." Her challenging tease was cute and taken in good spirits. He had not played an extreme amount on the Wii, but he would sure try his best. Selena was not gonna totally beat him, that he promised himself.
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