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 Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:25 pm
The prospect of ice cream nearly masked the uncomfortable feeling he had, but not quite. He knew he acted much younger than he seemingly was...he couldn't quite help it though, it wasn't as if he'd been accustomed to regular human behaviour all his life like every other person in the world. Here he was, shuffling next to Shin as they walked through the small ice cream parlour, a stuffed bear in his hand, and of course exceedingly bright eyes and hair as usual. At least Haro knew he would never go unnoticed, he stuck out from the crowd...and honestly, he wasn't sure if he wanted that...
Looking up at the taller teen, Haro frowned slightly in thought, "Uhm...can I get- like... a mix of strawberry and vanilla?" He asked, twirling his finger in a swirly motion.
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"My, what spunk you have, dear boy," Wei hissed right back with narrowed green slits for eyes. It wasn't everyday he was challenged as he was with Liao. It was refreshing almost... And then that spark, that tiny little flare that had ignited something in the boy was gone.
Leaning back into his chair, the man shook his head, "It's fine," he murmured, quirking a brow at the soft grumbly tummy of the boy. Thankfully their pizza seemed to be done, and just in time, too.
"Perfect timing, wouldn't you agree?" He asked with a smirk, thanking their waitress before he took a slice.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:51 pm
He smiled. "I'm sure that'll be fine..." He looked up as the girl behind the counter spoke to him and quickly ordered a cone with strawberry and vanila swirled and a mint chocolate chip cone. After he payed, he handed the boy his cone. "Would you like to sit down or walk?" he asked, gesturing to the last table left in the small shop - all the others were occupied with chattering and happy couples.
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He looked over at the pizza and nodded. "Yes," he mumbled. He served himself a slice with the pie-cutter/pizza server they had been given before unrolling his napkin and setting that in his lap. He picked up his knife and fork and began to eat extremely neatly - it was habbit by now.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:07 pm
Haro looked around, although he was horribly uncomfortable with all the crowds he had seen throughout the day by now he figured it wouldn't be very easy to carry a bear and an ice cream cone at the same time...and poor Shin was carrying his bags, thus he decided the best idea was to simply stay-even if the outside was very tempting. He would've kissed Shin on the cheek, if he could reach that high at least, had not they been in such a crowded area (he wasn't sure if Shin would've liked it), so as he was handed his cone he merely chirped out a 'thank you!' instead.
"Uhm...w-we can stay here if you want," he murmured, licking the tip off his cone with an impish little grin.
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Wei's mouth hung open slightly as he watched the boy take tiny bites of his pizza with a fork. A fork, for heaven's sake what was wrong with the kid? The young man leaned forward, setting down his slice carefully before resting a hand over the boy's which was occupied in holding up the utensil. "Are you insane?" he asked softly, his voice and expression a pure mask of feigned seriousness.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:11 pm
He nodded and sat the bags down under the table before sitting down at the small table with a bit of a grin. "Hmmm... reminds me a little of when I was a kid... I haven't had ice cream in a long time..." he said, licking away an insipient drip of ice cream before licking all around.
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He looked up, half-chewed bite of pizza currently in his mouth. He finished chewing and swallowed before he asked, "What?" He looked so utterly clueless as to anything he might be doing. He glanced down at the other's hand, raising his eye brow a little, but making no comment.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:27 pm
Haro remained quiet for a moment or so, eyes downcast as he tried to keep his ince cream from dripping all over the place. He was doing the best he could but apparently his best wasn't working very well as he kept find little streams of pink and white running down his fingers-which were always gone in a matter of a few seconds of course, the ice cream was much too good to be soaked up by some napkin.
Looking up for a moment, Haro murmured something softly, almost to himself, "I don't...think I...remember being a kid," before covering the top of his ice cream with his mouth once more.
------------- [[ rolleyes Messy kid. ]]
Wei hand drifted up to the boy's face, a look of fake pity overwhelming his usually asmued expression. "You poor, sheltered thing," he murmured while running a finger against Liao's cheek before he swiped the boy's fork away with a rather pleased grin.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:38 pm
"I don't remember my childhood much... just little things, mostly of Dad and things we did together... and bugs..." he added a little thoughtfully. He had been very fond of bugs as a child... He watched Haro's battle with the continually melting ice cream and smiled a little. "Here, want to trade tastes?" he asked, offering his cone to the other.
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He tried to snatch his fork back, but it was in vein. With a scowl, he set his knife down and looked somewhat quizically down at the remaining portion of his slice before he picked it up carefully and took and experimental bite, trying very hard not to get cheese or grease or sauce or anything on his fingers. He glared at Wei over his pizza, but words seemed to fail him.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:47 pm
Swallowing whatever had been in his mouth with a wince, Haro handed his cone to Shin with a sort of squirmy anticipation. He didn't really know what mint would taste like. He was pretty sure the only mint he had ever tasted was this sharply, overly fresh sort of tasting brick that he used to nibble at when he was bored in his cage...
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Wei's amused grin was back in a flash as he busied himself with his own slice. "You're welcome," he muttered between bites as he eyeed another slice of pizza before reaching for it with a flashy smile.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:50 pm
((Last post for the night. ninja ))
He licked at the other's cone and smiled. "Mmm... that's good. Here, try mine. It doesn't taste overly minty - more sugar than anything else," he said with a sight grin.
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He rolled his eyes and finished the slice, wiping his hand on his napkin for the umpteenth time since the new way of eating pizza. He took another slice and began on that one as well, but more slowly. He didn't want to choke, after all. After a moment he asked, "What's so bad about using a knife and fork?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:00 pm
Taking a lick of the teen's ice cream, Haro's eyes widened slightly, "It tastes like you," he murmured, not quite realizing what he had just said as he handed it back with a smile. After a moment or so a heavy blush, far darker than any strawberry ice cream, dusted the boy's cheeks. "Well...Uhm...er- It was good," he said sheepishly, lowering is gaze to the ground.
-------------- [[ rofl I love him, I really do. ]]
Wei looked at the boy with a quirked brow. "'Cause it's weird, duh," he explained with a slight frown as he took another bite of pizza, careful not to drag all the cheese off of the crust.
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:17 am
"Really?" Shin asked curiously, sticking a finger in his mouth to test the other's statement. He shrugged, thinking he tasted more like salt and skin than mint. He removed the finger and resumed licking his ice cream. "Hmm... well, you're sweater than any ice cream I know," he said with a small shrug.
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"it's not weird. Plenty of people do it. And it's neater." He took another bite, frown still wrinkling his brow. "Anyway, you're weirder than any way of eating I could think up," he mumbled through a bite of cheese.
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:02 am
"Yes really, you taste like the cold," Haro said, in an almost intellectual tone, as if everything that came out of his mouth was pure and utterly brilliant knowledge. Biting off the tip of his slowly dwindling cone, Haro attempted to answer, but of course someone with a mouth full of cone and cream could not exactly make much sense. Lowering his cone with a light frown, the boy licked away any remaining stickiness before his expression flickered to a smile. "Well, thank you. You really must not eat much ice cream," he said with a laugh before biting into his cone.
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"No, plenty of people do not eat like that. But by all means, eat with a fork if you really want to," he murmured, handing the boy's fork back with a rather prominent roll of his jade eyes. Wei nearly choked at the boy's next comment. Coughing slightly, the young man stared at Liao with a slightly confused expression. "And you say the oddest things. So, I act weird and you talk weird. We balance eachother out, you and me," he explained with a smile.
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:15 pm
So it was cold - not mint. Strange. How did one taste cold? He grinned and shrugged. "Well, I don't eat much ice cream, that's true." He bit into his cone, licking away a drop of ice cream and began to munch down further.
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"No, you just are weird, which means you balance yourself out." He wiped his fingers on his napkin yet again and took the fork, smiling a soft "thank you" as he began to cut his pizza again.
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:26 pm
It...was just like Wei. One the other side of the spectrum maybe...but it was the same. He supposed he just felt...scared around Shin at certain times...and he figured he just associated fear with cold because he wasn't quite fond of the cold. He had done the same thing with Wei...except Wei was much too hot to touch. Blistering cold and blazing heat... neither of them were good, both of them hurt.
And yet...it wasn't quite the same...
"You're...h-hot, are you...okay?" He asked, pale fingers jerking away from burning arms. Haro looked relatively concerned as he tried turn around in the teen's much too tight embrace. The dark haired teen shook his head slightly, almost laughing as he tried to explain. "You're not hu-" Feeling thin fangs brush against his neck, not hard enough to do any damage of any sort but just enough to prove a point. No, Haro supposed Wei was indeed not quite human right then. He knew snakes, and other certain animals, couldn't regulate their own body temperature... maybe...
"Were you sitting outside?" He asked, finally struggling his way to face the older one. He didn't like when Wei spent too much time in this form. It was...dangerous. Not because he still had less potent poisonous qualities but...but because his body was fighting against his- It was hard to explain but Haro knew Wei couldn't retain this form for very long...and when he tried to test out just how long he could stand it...it worried him.
Green eyes stared into light amber. The boy was always shocked at how different he looked with those eyes. Wei's pupils were mere slits in his eyes...and... watching with relief as dark slits retracted for a moment before expanding to a spherical shape, the boy smiled. "About- about your question. I'm fine."
"...Good..."
Finishing off the rest of his ice cream with a dazed expression, Haro sighed, leaning his head against his hand. [[Yay, random flash back. O_o;]]
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Wei stopped trying to make sense of the boy's ramblings and utterly confusing comments. If the kid didn't want to make sense, by god he didn't have to make sense! It was quite hard trying to squeeze a conversation out of the air when Liao kept saying such dumbs things....and here he thought the kid was smarter than his Haro. Maybe he was, but at that moment Wei wasn't quite seeing it. Resting his hand against his head, Wei sighed through his clenched teeth. One more day...
[[Nnn. x_____x; I was going to go reply to all my role plays but apparently a golf ball got thrown at an 8th grade grad. party that my little sis went to and it hit her forehead right above her eye. x__X;; And my parents won't be home until Tuesday night. -siiiigh-. x_x;; I just hope she doesn't have a concussion or anything. T___T;; -runs off-]]
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:05 pm
((Better than it actually hitting the eye... That happened to me once. =o))
Shin finished his ice cream cone, seeming not to notice the other's distraction. Once the other had finished he stood up, stretching slightly, and reached down for the bags. He looked over at the boy and said, smiling slightly, "I think there's a sink over there..." He gestured towards a corner of the shop.
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((xD Wei tickles me.))
Liao succeded in finishing his second peice and with that, he leaned back in his chair, wiping his fingers and mouth clean before carefully folding his napkin and setting it down on the table. He fidgitted a little as the other continued to eat, sipping occasionally at his water. He felt a little like a child, just sitting and... waiting all fidgitty like.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:44 pm
Haro stared helplessly at one of the windows in the small shop, well, he wasn't quite staring at tthe window or even through the glass...but he was gazing towards that general area with a more than distracted expression.
"You..." Wei attempted to think of what exactly he was trying to say as his too warm embrace tightened- much to the boy's protest. Leaning into the smaller teen, the darker male shook his head gently, "You drive me crazy, you know that?" He murmured with a tiny, teasing smile. Haro wasn't quite sure what to make of the comment. Golden eyes merely peered up into green, thoroughly confused as he tried to think of a seemingly logical answer.
"Uhm...I- I'm sorry, I don't...I didn't mean to," he answered with a slight frown, that hadn't been the best way to respond...or apparently so, because Wei was laughing at him now. "I said...I said I was sorry, I-" Finding that he couldn't quite speak very well with a hand covering his mouth, Haro looked up sharply, only ceasing his glare once the older teen's hand was removed.
Wei shook his head again with a laugh, "Not in a bad way, Haro. Not in a bad way," he reassured him with a sly expression. The boy stared up at Wei with the most pathetic expression, struggling to get out of Wei's tight grasp.
"Y-you're...c-creepy."
Wei smirked, "I've heard worse."
Haro looked up with a confused expression. "F-for...wh- ...what?" He asked, not quite sure what Shin was talking about.
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Wei stared hard at Liao. Was he seriously finished? "That's it?" He asked, pointing towards the nearly half of pizza that was still left. "Okay, I am hungry but even I cannot eat the rest of this," he said with a slight grimace.
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