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 Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:14 pm
Both Donny and Nio went wide eyed as they watched Armel pour milk over his father. Nio clapped one hand over his mouth, while Donny keeled over and flopped onto the seat in ripples of laughter.
"Donny stop laughing, that's not funny! Oh Pales I'm so sorry, I swear, he's not normally like this.." He started pulling out napkins and handing them to the man while using a few to wipe the milk off of his shoulder.
And then of course the food came.
Nio took one look at the food, then at the boy rolling in laughter at his side, then at Pales, and sighed.
"You know what? If you don't mind, I think we're going to take ours to go. Donny's caused enough trouble today, I'm going to have to take him home and have a long talk with him. I hate to cut out on you like this, but I'm pretty sure you'd rather go home and get changed than sit here any longer than you have to."
Nio quirked a smile, one corner of his lips turning upward. No, NO he wasn't going to laugh. But it was tempting.
"Can you wrap that up for us?"
Donny fell off the seat and onto the floor with a solid *thunk*, still reeling with laughter.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:24 pm
Pales sat there for a moment, and it was like he couldn't hear Nio before he gave out a light laugh, "So this is what it is like to have children younger than nine or ten." He said ruefully.
Armel just looked quite proud of himself for what he had done.
Pales looked at Nio and smirked, "I think I shall teach my son a lesson right now."
Armel suddenly looked worried at this, his superior expression slipping away as if it had never existed.
"You see, Armel has a secret." He said as his tone raised a little louder for all to hear.
"No!" He moved over to clap his hand over his father's mouth.
Pales gently removed it, "He likes to snuggle up to a teddy bear when he sleeps."
"..." Oh that was cruel. Armel flopped there looking quite upset about this.
Pales stared at Armel with a small smirk, "It doesn't feel good to be embarrassed does it?"
Armel shook his head a bit his bottom lip quivering. The waitress blinked at him having not yet left, "Yah, pack ours to go too."
Pales gently pulled the by to his lap sitting side ways in the booth so he could do so, "Now now. Don't cry.." He soothed.
Armel sniffed and then looked at Adonis as if checking if the boy was okay after his fall, as well as trying to distract himself from the disgrace of crying in front of everyone.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:37 pm
Donny climbed back up into his seat after his laughter had stopped, and flopped down just in time to hear that Pales had to say about Armel, and both the fact he'd used it as revenge, as well as Armel's reaction, made Donny go through a small range of emotions. They went from confusion, to uncomfortableness, to sadness. He looked up at Nio, his gaze serious.
".. Is it bad to sleep with a bear, squishee?" He asked quietly, almost in a whisper. Nio put his hand on his son's face, which elicited a squirm from the boy to be able to see again. "No, Donny, it's not."
Nio looked at Pales with a knowing smirk, nudging his head towards Donny to indicate that the boy did the same thing.
Adonis looked at Armel once more, and his gaze turned to worry. He slid off his chair and back under the table before Nio could reach out and stop him, and a moment later his head popped up on the other side. He scrambled up beside Armel and Pales, reaching out to flop one arm around the boy who was still in Pales' lap.
"Donny has a bear too, 'Mel! It's shiny and yellow and squishee and has wings just like Donny!" He wiggled his wings for emphasis, and Nio idly wondered how he had managed to squirm down under the table with them.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:44 pm
Pales nodded lightly to Nio to show he understood. Though the next part that happened seemed to make him worry if the lesson would sink in as Adonis pretty much showed sympathy and admitted to his own teddy bear cuddling addiction.
Armel seemed to feel a bit better, and if it had been anyone but Adonis or Pales touching him, Armel would have likely thrown a fit just then. Instead he sniffed, "Mel?" It seemed to amuse him that the bear's name rhymed with his, at least the last part.
Pales just sighed and shook his head, maybe it was the wrong way to teach a lesson, but it was the only way he could think of considering the on the spot attention this sort of behavior seemed to need. Of course there could be spankings but he never quite felt comfortable with hitting any of his children no matter what the cause was.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:02 pm
Donny hadn't named his bear, actually. He'd just shortened Armel's name when he hugged him. Though, the way Armel said the name made it sound like he thought otherwise, and after a moment's thought, Donny decided naming his bear after Armel wasn't such a bad idea after all.
"Yah! Mel." He chirped out happily, grinning up at him. "Come and see him one day, okay?"
The food containers were placed on the table, and atop it was the bill, which Nio snatched up quickly. He pulled out his wallet and put enough in it to cover the entire meal plus tip, and handed it back to the waitress. After all, he felt completely responsible for the milk issue, since Donny had started it.
"Dinner's on me to make up for all this. Come on back over here Donny, we're going home."
Donny made a whine of a sound, before sliding back under the table to crawl over to his father's side.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:12 pm
Armel nodded in agreement, he would come see him one day. Even if he had to sneak out to do so. Forget that he didn't know how to get to Adonis' house. He'd figure it out.
Pales blinked as the bill was snatched up before he could offer his money into the pile, instead he also left a bit of a tip, mostly cause it was polite, "C'mon Armel. We go outside, you two can say your goodbyes and we go home. I need a bath and so do you."
Armel cringed a bit at the word bath, "No." He pointed at Adonis signaling that he wanted to go with them.
Pales shook his head, "We will visit them sometime soon, maybe after their wedding." He thought on it some more, "Maybe even after the wedding itself because we are going."
Armel looked confused, "Wedding?"
The man gave a nod, "Yes. I'll explain it while we go home."
The boy sighed at having to wait. Pales got up and Armel slid out after firmly clasping a hand unto the man's jacket as if refusing to be left behind.
"Ready?" Pales asked after making sure all the food was put in appropriate containers.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:32 pm
Nio picked up the two containers and shuffled out of the booth, gesturing for Donny to follow.
"So you're coming? That's great! I'm sure Enoh and I will be so glad to see you there." He shuffled Donny outside after waiting for Pales and Armel to exit, and the boy hopped up and fluttered to grab his father's back.
"Well Pales, it was really nice to meet you and Armel, and I'm glad you're coming to the wedding! Sorry again about the mess.."
Donny gave Armel a wide grin as he rested his chin on his father's shoulder. His grin said it all.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:40 pm
Pales collected his food containers as they began to exit. Then Pales and Armel soon joined the other two outside.
Pales gave a nod to Nio, "I hope I can meet Enoh there. She must be a wonderful girl for you to wish to marry her." He said happily. Armel scrunched his nose at all the weird words flying out of the adult's mouths.
"Oh no, it's all fine. It's ... A stage I think." He blinked down at Armel. A long continuous stage.
Armel grinned a bit back at Adonis, having caught the other boy's expression upon seeing him peek over Nio's shoulder.
"I'll see you then." Pales smiled and gave a small wave.
Armel sniffed as he was starting to be pulled away.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:24 pm
Nio grinned proudly at the mention of Enoh. "She's.. well there's no word. Wonderful just isn't enough to describe her in my opinion." A faint blush crossed his cheeks for a moment, but it was gone as quickly as it came.
He waved back, nodding politely. "Take care!" He called out, and Donny crawled up to hover over her father, covering his ear this time before yelling out quite the loud, "BYYYYYYYYEEEE MEEEEEEELLLLLLL~!~!~!~!"
".. Even when you cover my ear, that's too loud."
Donny just giggled as they turned to walk away.
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