Aludra and Noah By'arre's Log

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To put it plain and simple, Aludra was a spoiled brat. A beautiful metallic forest-and-olive green motorcycle sitting in the By'arre's parking spot, whatever food he wanted, and a room decorated with everything that his heart desired. The new addiction to this collection was seated comfortably in the greed spawn's lap as he glanced between a computer screen and his fingers, humming softly to himself as he hesitantly strummed the chords to Come What May on his army green Normandy guitar, keeping one of his ears close to hear whether or not he was getting it right, as plugging in the amp would mean that the entire house could hear him.

"Never thought... I could-" a pause as he switched to the next chord awkwardly. "-feel like this... Like I've never seen the- -sky- -before..." Despite the awkward pauses and the hesitantly played melodies, Aludra actually had a surprisingly good voice, something that neither he nor anyone else would know given the fact that, as the self-loathing humility child he was, he wasn't about to torture people with his 'terrible' voice.

Lirona was humming to herself as she walked to the kitchen to find something sweet to eat, in a relatively good mood for once. She'd spent the entire day ordering new dresses online, and now was simply filled with the excitement of the consumer. And in Noah's house, that excitement was frequent, at least in Lir.

However, she was distracted suddenly by the tune of one of her favorite songs, coming oddly from Aludra's room. Stopping, she listened gently at the door, a delighted smile growing on her face when she heard her crush singing. And singing well. At this point, most everyone in the By'arre-Lorcalle household knew that Lirona possessed an amazing voice, but to hear it out of Aludra was a very pleasant surprise! She stood as quietly as she could outside the door, wanting to hear more but knowing that he'd stop if she made her presence known. Still, she couldn't help from half-whispering the next lines of the song. "Wanna vanish inside your kiss, every day I love you more and more..."

Aludra grumbled to himself as he continued to mess up the song and instead switched to something that he'd actually memorized, smiling softly to himself as he tapped rhythmically into the song before playing the first chord to the song, humming the music until the singing started, at which point he was much more in rhythm than he had been before, only further emphasizing the fact that since he'd grown and developed the ability to speak full and proper sentences, any singing voice he'd had previously had to have improved.

"Live in my house, I'll be your shelter, just pay me back, with one thousand kisses," he sung quietly to himself, making sure that he wasn't completely overpowering the sound of the unplugged electric guitar. "Be my lover~ And I'll cover you~"

Lirona blinked at the change of music, and not recognizing it immediately, frowned slightly and listened closer, pressing a gentle ear to the door while her tentacle circled the doorknob longingly. When the familiar bars came through the wood, she smiled widely, wiggling happily to herself. She couldn't believe that she hadn't known that Aludra could sing so well! Well, actually, that wasn't such a surprise, seeing as Aludra was... well, Aludra, but still!

Her delight betrayed her, however, as it made her lose just enough of her common sense to sing loud enough to be heard by Aludra. "Open your door, I'll be your tenant, don't got much baggage to lay at your feet~ But sweet kisses I got to spare~ I'll be there and I'll cover you~" she sang in her lovely soprano voice, swaying happily.

It wasn't so much the sound of another singing voice that took him off-guard, it was who it was. Not who he was expecting, nay, imagining singing that portion of the song. It had been Aden's voice that he would have denied wanting to hear, though it was written all over his adorably distant face, smiling into the empty air and humming before he started at realizing who his singing partner actually was, jumping to his feel and then crashing to his knees to rescue the guitar, panting in surprise at the happenings before gently propping the instrument against the wall -rather than the fancy little stand he had to hold it- and went to the door.

"Lirona," he stated, sounding more confused than he did angered by her presence, glancing at the tentacle wrapped around his doorknob, giving it a gentle stroke on what he assumed would be its head, looking back up at Lira with a nervous smile, obviously praying that the transgirl hadn't heard his singing, yet being absolutely sure that she had. After all, how else would she have known what he was singing. "So... um, any particular you've spent a portion of your evening hovering outside the entrance to my bedroom?"

"Eep! Oh, dear..." Lirona whispered to herself as the sounds of crashing came from within, hands shooting up to cover her traitorous mouth. She could predict what was going to happen next, and to her credit tried to leave before she was found out, only to have her tentacle stubbornly refuse to leave the doorknob. She whimpered and tried to pull the disobedient appendage away, but to no avail, and so was blushing very heavily by the time Aludra greeted her.

"H-hi. Hi, Aludra," she said with a sheepish smile, relaxing just a little as her tentacle was stroked. The limb itself did finally let go of the doorknob, but then chose to butt playfully against Aludra's hand, giving Lira no room to escape. Playing with her hair awkwardly, she glanced to the side, quickly decided that lying would be both ineffective and stupid. "Um... L-L-Listening t-to you s-s-s-sing," she stuttered out in a low voice, blushing growing deeper. Looking up at the teen, she flashed him a hesitant but true smile. "You have a very good voice, Aludra. A-And I didn't know you could play the guitar. You do that well too." She winced slightly, knowing she had already complemented the humility spawn too much. Oh well, can't take it back now...

Aludra was honestly engrossed in playing with the friendly tentacle, wondering why he had scorned the poor thing for so long given how cute and friendly the thing actually was. Of course, he'd once been completely against any form of direct contact with any other person. That had definitely changed, the main hand in it being Aden's, who'd taken him through the closest and most personal contact that anyone could experience. Maybe that's why he suddenly seemed to like the adorable little tentacle. It was, after all, the personification of lust, and lust had changed his way of thinking for the past while after what happened. That was practically all that he was able to think of anymore. He finally knew what the big deal was about; and why it seemed to be the only thing on the minds of other kids his age.

"Were you?" he questioned rhetorically, occupied with his new friend, taking a while before he looked up to smile gently at Lira. The compliments made his finger twitch, and a certain type of snarl attempt to break from his throat; but it didn't. It didn't and he told himself that everyone had an opinion. Even Lira. He wasn't going to beat his humility into the b- girl. It was his opinion, he could have it, he was not going to force it onto other people. Thinking about it that way made everything a lot less difficult. Compared to his previously violent reactions, the response would almost definitely take Lira off-guard. "Thank you for thinking so. I'm still learning how, though. I only know a few songs, as you likely noticed, listening and all," he said, a faint blush coming to his face at the thought of Lira listening to him, that for some reason embarrassing him just a little bit.

"It would certainly be nice to be able to perform a duet at some point," he offered, a faint smile coming to his scaled face. "With you, I mean. After all, I did hear your voice just now and have heard it a few times before. It's amazing." Yet somehow the boy was of the impression that he didn't have feelings for Lira. He couldn't even read his own emotions properly.  

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[Valentine's Wedding Extravaganza!! - Everyone & Their Dog]  

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Aludra had managed to attract the attention of someone who wasn't Aden outside of the Facility, for once in his life. It was a tech, and with a few little white lies, he managed to get into the building itself, holding a balloon tied to a humorous Valentine's Day card. It was all that he could get last-minute after literally running from the socializing part of his guardian's wedding. When he reached the hospital wing area, he poked around in his nicely tailored and tailcoated white suit, trying to find his own Valentine amidst the fluttering white coats of those around him.

Aden was leaning way back in his chair, arms crossed behind his head, feet up on his desk, and looked as though he may or may not be sleeping. It had been a very busy time around the Labs in a way that he didn't really like. While he loved to help out, loved to make sure that people were whole, healthy, and safe he didn't like to see them injured and in need of his skills. It was the hard part about being a Doctor of his variety it would appear. He gave a little yawn that showed that while he looked to be sleeping it was more that he was sleepy, not sleeping since he was still yawning. At least for the moment he didn't seem to notice that he had company though it was sure to change once Aludra got closer to him.

Finally, tri-coloured eyes fell upon their target and Aludra's face lit up. Dodging a person who nearly ran him over and barely pulling the balloon out of harm's way, he made his way over to the doctor's desk. His hair was in a ponytail instead of its usual braid, a tired-looking, pale pink rose pinned to his lapel, he gently laid the slightly weighted card on the desk, a faint flush dusting his cheeks. The card bounced for a moment in response to being left to the helium balloon, and he smiled. "H-happy Valentine's Day, Aden..."

Aden opened one eye hearing the familiar voice and gazed up at the spawn before he lifted a hand up to stroke his cute, cotton candy hair, "Happy Valentines? Is that today?" He murmured, dragging his feet off his desk the doctor turned so he could slid an arm around Aludra to pull him closer, "Its sweet of you to come to visit today, how have you been?"

Aludra smiled happily at the petting of his hair, nuzzling gently against Aden's hand as his tail flicked back and forth in that happy way that it did around the doctor. "It is today," he replied, nodding simply and allowing himself to be tugged closer, half-resting on the arm of the chair the man was sitting in. Part of him wanted to deny it being sweet of him to visit, that one part of him that prettymuch wanted to deny everything but insults, but it was the truth, in a way, it being Valentine's Day and all. "I've been... busy, really. My guardian was married today," he said, nodding firmly. "Huge ceremony with a whole slew of people I don't believe any of us have ever met." He smiled weakly. "But otherwise good. How have /you/ been?"

Aden listened as Aludra told him what was going on, "Wow, a wedding that is something big." He wouldn't be caught dead at one of those... well at least not at one that he was the participant of at least. It was good for some people he supposed, "I hope that things go well for them." He might not like the things but other people loved all of that flash and fanfare he reminded himself.

"I am glad that you left all of that to come and see me." He murmured, finding that he felt a bit lucky to be chosen over his parent's wedding. He lifted his head to brush a kiss over Aludra's cheeks and then his mouth, "Me? Eh, all the same stuff really. Being a Doctor and patching up fools." He murmured, thinking on those he'd fixed up recently then shook his head to clear the thought.

Aludra nodded. It was definitely something big alright. All of the kissing and the hugging and the fact that his niece and everyone else seemed to have a date only made him miss Aden more. The fact that his 'parents' had stumbled out of a tent looking like they'd just starred in a bad horror movie called 'Attack of the Fans' didn't help. He couldn't help but snerk softly at the idea that he would /ever/ choose something like that over being around Aden.

"Trust me, you were quite the welcome excuse to get away from the cameras and congratulations and the fact that I was forced to wear a suit and stand in front of a mass of people," he explained, shaking his head and sighing. Not his favourite experience. 'This, on the other hand~' he thought idly at the kisses that he recieved from the doctor, blushing faintly and kissing him back sweetly. "Oh? Well, certainly sounds fun," he said with a slight dusting of sarcasm, smiling as he moved himself to take a seat at Aden's feet, holding onto one of his legs and resting his chin on his thigh in what he didn't honestly mean to imply what it likely did in Aden's mind. "Would you mind if I helped you out with... well, whatever it is that needs help? I haven't got any place to be today... or tonight. Or tomorrow." Alright, that part he meant to imply.

Aden starred down at Aludra as he lowered himself down and rested his head on his leg, he gave a little smile as he lowered a hand to sooth it over his hair, "I would rather enjoy you staying here, there isn't to much going on currently other then keeping an on my current patient." He said, "I would like you to stay around though just for the company." He got a bit bored with nobody to talk with for long stretches.

Aludra's tail flicked gently across the ground behind him for a moment or two before an unfortunately sharp heel stepped on it, causing the boy to jump and wrap his tail around himself, growling softly at the passing woman, who predictably didn't notice. From that point, his tail stayed wrapped around him like a snake's, tapping the ground gently. The teen nuzzled into his lover's hand softly as it pet down his hair, head finding a nice spot on one of Aden's legs and tri-coloured eyes falling shut, the boy showing very little concern for the fact that he was probably getting that white suit of his dirty.

"Alright then. I don't at all mind staying as company," he said agreeably. After all, there was no company better than Aden's. Funny how it was only moments ago that he was doing whatever he could to avoid the company of the wedding-goers.

Aden gave a low sound in his throat as well, displeased at having one of those techs wandering into the space that he considered his. He really had thought he finally got them all in their place, to know that they were unwanted unless he called. He guessed that one must be new and would need to have a talk with her he told himself as he stroked his hand down along Aludra's hair once more, "She didn't hurt you, did she Alulu?" He murmured to the Greed Spawn.

Still a little preoccupied with the hand petting his hair, Aludra looked up when he was asked that question, flicking his tail out and raising it up toward the doctor for inspection. "It doesn't really hurt, no," he said softly. Truly, it wasn't a lot: A bit of a scratch and what would likely turn out to be a bruise, but it was only enough to sting, not to bleed. "It certainly won't kill me."

Aden took the tail in his hand gently and looked it over, running his thumb over the little scratch before he lowered his head to give the little wound a kiss, "It looks alright. They really need to watch where they are going though, such rude people." This coming from someone flirty like Aden was a rather deep insult, that he didn't even look upon any of them with a kind or appraising glance as he did with most others. Of course at the moment he saw no reason to flirt with others since he had such a cute spawn in his lap.

The tip of the long tail flicked a bit when it was kissed, a happy gesture, before it slithered back to wrapping around him and making the short boy take up less space than he thought possible. "It's not a huge surprise," he said, voice still kind of quiet, as though he felt that speaking any louder was inappropriate with how close he was to the man. "Not to... 'boast' of my humility, but I've gained the ability to be little more than invisible to people. Magically, I mean." He nodded a few times. He wasn't going to make any comment about exactly what he used this talent for, but it was a talent worth sharing.

There was a soft chuckle from the doctor as the idea of boasting about humility was quite amusing really, "I see... well she still shouldn't be in here, this space is for me and my patients unless I invite them in." As though they were vampires or something and needed a invitation before they could come into the room. He shrugged a shoulder then lowered his head to nuzzle against one of his horns in an affectionate manner.

Aludra nodded in response to the idea of the woman not being allowed -or, well, not being wanted- in the area. "Probably a good idea to say something about that, then," he stated simply. When the man nuzzled against one of his overgrown horns, of all things, he jumped a bit in surprise, making sure that he didn't somehow wound the other in the process. Frowning softly, he lifted his arm to touch at the horn gingerly, surprised at how long they actually were. From that, his hands travelled to also-overgrown ears and then to the once-itchy scaley patches on his face, perplexed and frowning softly as he looked up at Aden in confusion. "What is it you like about me?"

He tilted his head to one side before giving a bit of a smile, "What do I like about you? Thats tough to say, probably how friendly you are with me. Not many people are so happy to come to visit me or talk with me since I am a bit of a to friendly person." He explained to Aludra, "It helps that you let me get away with so much as well." He said that part with a bit of a chuckle.

Aludra watched the man intently, as though his life would somehow depend upon the answer, though the actual reply made him blink curiously a few times. From that, he smiled and got back up, putting his hands on the armrests of the chair and leaning forward to steal the older male's lips in his own before pulling back and smiling placidly. "It's because I'm so commonly anti-social. Your being this 'too friendly' nonsense balances it out," he replied easily before kneeling back down and leaning against his chair.

Aden seemed quite happy with the kiss that he was given, a smile touching his lips, "Mm, I see. So we fit well together." He murmured, rather liking the sound of that. The pink haired spawn could say some rather cute things now, couldn't he? Things that made the doctor smiled in a pleased sort of way before he went to fiddling around with the silver ring he wore on his pinky finger, a wonderful gift given to him by this particular spawn along with something else quite important.

Aludra curled up comfortably back where he had been previously, laying his head down on Aden's lap and letting his eyelids flutter closed for a moment or two. When he looked up, it was to see his love playing with what was once a purity ring, cheeks flaring up as he tried and failed to repress a huge grin at the memories. Instead, he ducked himself down further, hiding the smile and a majority of his face behind Aden's knees, only his two eyes visible over the man's pantlegs.

The man's hand soothed over Aludra's hair and he seemed quite content for the pair of them to remain just as they were, it was a comfortable feeling to have the boy resting on him in such a manner and he seemed a lot more laid back now then he had when they had first met. Despite him having accidently shared a bad habit with the spawn he was sure that over all his well being had improved at least a bit since they'd met, "Your are to cute, Alulu." He murmured to the spawn.

The blush on the boy's face only continued to grow with the compliment, a stark contrast to the snapping or other forms of anger that it would earn most people. He rolled his eyes at the idea of himself being cute before swallowing his... humility? and lifting himself up, crawling from the floor onto Aden's lap. From his new position, he smiled a bit, blush making him embarrassed enough to hide his face in the crook of the man's neck. "And you are by-far the most attractive male I have ever so much as made eye-contact with," he half-teased, kissing at Aden's neck a couple times. "But I attempt to say that less than... you do," he finished lamely, pouting at himself.

There was a happy sort of sound that escaped from Aden at the manner in which Aludra crawled up into his lap for affection and cuddling, it was something that he returned by sliding an arm around the young man to snuggle him closer, "You really do know how to stroke a man's ego." He murmured, 'the most attractive male', he rather liked the sound of that he thought to himself in a pleased manner.

Aludra snuggled himself gently into the most perfect place that he could find in Aden's arms despite the stiffness of the suit that he was wearing, letting his eyes fall shut for the moment. "Mm... something that you grow in the habit of doing when you're born of humility. It detracts from the self to inflate the ego of another, after all," Aludra explained idly with a soft smile as he purred gently in the male's arms.

Aden gave a bit of a grin, that made sense he supposed and he slid his arms around the boy more tightly, "Well feel free to use that trick as often as you like." He said in a joking fashion. He rather liked having Aludra right where he was and if it made him more comfortable to be there by getting the attention off himself by giving Aden compliements well... he wouldn't complain.

Aludra chuckled softly at the joke, nuzzling against Aden's shoulder and smiling to himself. He really, really liked it here. This was the Facility, a place he hated, run by a man he hated, and yet it was also probably his favourite place in the world, just to be curled up right here, and all thanks to Aden. He moved up slightly, pressing a kiss to his lover's cheek as his tail made to wrap around Aden's lower leg. "Let's see... you have wonderful hair, amazing eyes, you're one of the most intelligent people I know, though that isn't saying a whole lot, you're the best conversationalist I've met, and you are all-around the most amazing person that I have met in my entire life. There. Ego stroked to contentment yet?" he teased lightly, gently poking at Aden's cheek.

Aden gave a purr, "Mmm, yes, you have me quite content and very, very happy." He said, sounding as happy as anyone couple possibly be. At this moment there were likely only two people with more inflated egos then him, the Boss and the Pride demon, that was it.

Aludra smiled at the feigned purr and nuzzled against Aden as best as he could with those ridiculous horns poking out of the top of his head. "Good," he stated simply, yawning quietly to himself and letting his thoughts drift, where they found themselves landing on the wedding that he'd only recently come from, something that felt as though it had happened in a completely different universe. His thoughts jumped about the people there, about the way they acted, and finally landed on the entirety of the thing, the celebration of love and the promise of an 'eternity' together. He frowned softly to himself, looking up at Aden and feeling like a child with the question that he posed. "Hey Aden?" he prodded cautiously, glancing up at the man before flushing faintly and resetting his gaze to the man's shirt. "What does it feel like to be in love?"

Aden tilted his head to one side as he gazed down at him, "Love?" He murmured, then seemed to think about that question "I suppose... its an overwhelming feeling from what I have gathered, you want to be with your 'loved one' at all times, think about then when your not with them, things like that." Though he supposed that love and obsession could come pretty close to being similar, couldn't they?

Aludra couldn't help it as he looked back up from Aden's shirt and toward the man as his question was answered. The tip of his tail gently tapped against Aden's leg as he listened to what he was told, then biting at his lip and frowning to himself, glancing away and then adjusting himself into a more thoughtful pose, gnawing gently at his fingertip and kind of wanting a cigarette. See, that didn't make any sense. If that were the case, that would mean that he was in love with Aden. But... but all the other couples he'd seen acted nothing like the two of them. For example, Silas and Noah, who seemed to practically hate each other, with Noah mocking Silas and Silas constantly spurning the older one's affections... Aludra made an irritated, confused noise. "Then... then why do people who claim to love each other act like they can't stand each others' company? And if they really can't stand each other, then why do they get married?"

"I suppose its for the same reason why people love people that are completely wrong for them, one can't help who they fall in love with." He explained, glancing toward the door of the hospital ward for a moment then back again, "The one in charge of this place, Vampy, did you know that even he has someone that is in love with him? It goes to show that love is... a very strange sort of emotion."  

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Aludra frowned softly and laid his head back down on Aden's shoulder, wrapping his arms around the older male again, hands clutching the others shirt and tightening a bit this time. Part of him regretted bringing up this conversation and part of him thought that it was exactly what he should be thinking about right now. Did that mean that it was okay for him to love Lira, or that it was just all wrong and would never be right? And aside from that, what about his feelings for Aden? What was it if he thought about Aden all the time, wanted to be with him all the time? The boy groaned softly and buried his head in Aden's shoulder, tired of thinking.

But, no, thinking wasn't going to stop. When Aden made the comment about someone loving Vampy, he made a face. "That's weird," he mumbled softly, tail flicking around a bit. He didn't know what anyone could see in Vampy. Ever. No matter what. And more thoughts, of course, were wondering whether or not Silas and Noah were right for each other, whether or not their marriage was going to fall apart... he didn't like that thought. He didn't really like any of these thoughts. Whining irritably again, he adjusted himself just slightly, pressing his lips against Aden's. There. No more thought.

"Your young yet, I am sure things will become more clear as you get older." He said in a reassuring manner as the boy gave that sad, whining sound, hands stroking over his back. He hadn't meant to make whatever was bothering the boy worse but he felt as though perhaps he had. He blinked when Aludra was suddenly kissing him and he couldn't help but to smile, rather enjoying the bit of affection he shared with him, "Mmm... you really are a good boy, aren't you?" He murmured against lips before he returned the kiss.

Aludra was happy with the vacancy that took over his mind when his lips were pressed so perfectly against Aden's. The fact that the only thoughts that he had involved the man and, in rare instances, himself. He loved the way that his stomach still filled up with butterflies, his heart started pounding, and goosebumps rose up on his arms. When the other pulled back he laughed softly, reconnecting the kiss and then pulling back for half a centimeter, for half a second to smirk softly and make a wonderful comment before he kissed Aden once again. "I'm whatever kind of boy you want me to be."

There was a little chuckle from Aden at such a statement, "Isn't that quite a tempting thing for you to say." He murmured, giving him a tighter squeeze, "If only I weren't on duty... not that I am ever off duty though..." He looked and sounded as though he were almost tempted to abandon the place he was hanging out but knew he shouldn't. He was looking after things after all.

Aludra smiled coyly at Aden, tail flicking a few times before a frown slowly overtook the smile when he remembered that the doctor was working right now. And he was at said doctor's work. And that meant that he would have to shove his teenage libido to the back of his mind and shove it in a little iron box. Though, once again, given he was a teenager, that was an extremely hard thing to do. "Right, right. I should cease being so tempting, shouldn't I?" he teased, though what could have been a compliment to himself was only being used to tease Aden. He pouted softly and nuzzled against his doctor. "It's unfortunate that I'm no longer a patient of yours. It was so nice to be the top of your priority list," he added, feeling that there was nothing better to do than joke around, given he didn't want anymore deep discussions.

"I have been on the busy side of late but you are still high on my priority list, Alulu." He murmured, hugging him close, returning his nuzzles, and gave him random kisses here and there. He didn't want for Aludra to think himself unwanted just because he was a bit busy with his seemingly never ending job.

Aludra smiled despite everything, trying to match at least a few of Aden's kisses back. "Don't worry, I'm well aware that I'm still high. I'm just a bit beneath work," he said, holding his fingers only a couple centimeters apart. "And despite the lot of that, I would be unable to do any of those things with you at all if I were still a patient of yours. Being of a lower priority is completely and totally worth that," he said, snuggling against his lover happily. "That established, is there anything that I can do to help you? Really, as much as I love sitting here, I'm starting to get a bit antsy; it's like watching people do the dishes for you when they won't allow you to help them," he commented, chuckling softly. It made him feel like he wasn't making up for his presence.

"I am sure that I could figure out something for you to do if its really that important to you." He murmured in a thoughtful manner, he didn't much want to put Aludra to work since that meant that the cutie wouldn't be perched on his lap clinging to him anymore. Oh well, if it was making him uncomfortable to be able to do anything to help out he would allow him to do just that. He just had to figure out what Aludra could do.

Aludra nodded happily in response to the returned offer of work being found for him. His tail flicked gently before he realized that working meant that he would have to get up off of Aden, blushing faintly and slipping off of the man's lap with a cute and awkward smile. "Sorry. So, work; do you have any ideas of what I could do to help you?"

He seemed to be thinking on it, "I am sure I can think of something, if your able to handle other people, the potential for blood and injury, as well as Vampy randomly showing to throw out orders I can always hire you on as an assistant." He said after a moment of thought.

Aludra stood practically at attention in front of the doctor, thinking over each one of the stipulations for little more than a second, nodding to all of them until the Vampy one came up and he blinked slowly, biting at his lip and glancing to the side. Sure, he would love to work beside Aden, to help people instead of hurting them, of learning to talk to them and interact with them properly. He frowned softly to himself and gave a slow shrug, feeling awful for the fact that he really didn't think he would be able to stand being around Vampy. "I... could deal with the rest of what you suggest, but on the topic of Vampy I'm... not completely sure. I don't quite get along with the man myself, all things considered..."

"Heh, I don't think anyone really does get along with that man very well but its completely up to you, Alulu. If you don't think that you can deal with Vampy I understand. He can be a bit hard to deal with if your not used to his ego and posturing." He said with a bit of a chuckle, not sounding as though he were to worried about dealings with Vampy. He didn't have many fears in the world and Vampy was not one of them, he just had to obey when he was barking out orders and things went pretty well.

Aludra chuckled slightly at the comment about no one getting along with the man, shaking his head and smiling just faintly. He nodded a couple times, still disappointed with himself, which wasn't really anything new to him. One hand wrapped around his own waist to take hold of the other arm, nails digging only gently into his half-scaled skin. "I suppose then that I'm not one of those people who's accustomed enough with him to be even semi-comfortable around him." The boy took a breath and then sighed, forcing a smile. "I guess I should probably avoid keeping you from your job, then, even if you're not doing a whole lot," he said with a slight falter in that smile of his, stepping closer to give his Aden a soft kiss. "Regardless, it would be good of you to call me if you get too bored, or when you're finished with your sitting and waiting." He giggled softly before adding, "Or if the Facility suddenly undergoes a change in management."

Aden set to chuckling and nodded, reaching a hand out to ruffle his hair gently, "Your welcome back anytime that you want to come and I will be certain to call you when I am free." He murmured, rising to his feet, "How about I walk you out? Unless your alright on your own?" He asked of him, wanting to spend as much time as he could with the pink haired spawn.

Aludra smiled at the ruffling to his hair, ducking down just a little bit and peeking up through his overgrown bangs. His tri-coloured eyes followed Aden's motions as he stood and smiled, shaking his head gently. "No, it's quite alright. I'm a big boy, and I wouldn't want to keep you from your job in the case that you are needed," he explained, turning to walk away before pausing, biting his lip in a brief moment of thought, before turning around again and throwing his arms around Aden's neck, pulling himself up on his tiptoes to press a kiss to his lips before a real smile erupted on his face to match his blush as he giggled awkwardly and dropped back down to his feet. "A-alright. Now I think I can leave - after all, a kiss for luck and all that, right?" he asked, smiling as he turned and waved. "Goodbye, Aden. I-" he paused once again, as if contemplating his next words, sighing softly as his smile died down just a bit. "I'll miss you." And with that, he left.  

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[META] A Trade for Freedom  

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Aden Boggs was the last man that you would think would end up with the title of 'Daddy' unless the protection he was using the time were to fail... and yet he found himself thrown into that position by his Boss who apparently figured that it would be quite amusing... He wasn't in anyway amused about it thought. The child was an exciteable creature, he moved nonstop, ate more in a single meal then Aden did in a day... he had looked up his DNA and was wondering if the Boss had giving him such a mix on purpose, to drive him mad. Gluttony and Diliegence... it was crazy.

Once they were outside and within the yard that was surrounded by the high stone fence and iron gates Aden unclipped the leash from the harness the boy wore at all times and he went racing off as though the demons of Hell were at his heels. The Doctor gave a sighing sound as he reached into his pocket to get out a cigarette, lit it up, and took a long drag off of it, "Thought I was a good enough employee... was this because I was hitting on Almas that one time. What a pain." He muttered, blinking in surprise when Beryl came around from the right side of the building indicating that in the short time it took him to get his cigarette out and lit the boy had already made one lap. Oh yeah, that kid was going to be trouble...

A picnic. A picnic implied that one would be expected to bring food. Or was that a potluck? Ugh, social cues were overrated. No, no, he was going to bring food, it was decided. But... but what if Aden already had all the food that he needed and what Aludra brought would just be wasted? Well, then, uh-oh!, a minuscule, unnoticed, and unimportantly tiny amount of his father's vast fortune would be gone. Well, that certainly put everything into perspective.

It was a little bit before Aludra actually left, waiting until his guardian had finished making lunch before he stole two portions of it, packed it up in tupperware containers, tucked it into his saddlebags [while simultaneously throwing out a bunch of things he didn't need or want and would probably retrieve out of the garbage later], and finally drove himself down to the Facility.

He was on time, but as usual felt late, jogging up to the gates with his helmet under one arm and his saddlebag clutched in one gloved hand. He leaned against the gates and peered through them for that lover of his, tail wagging behind him, the scent of burning tobacco telling him that Aden was definitely outside, and only making him wish that he could actually LIGHT a cigarette what with his lack of current hand-space. However, what surprised the spawn was the sudden appearance of an odd-looking harnessed child, who his tri-coloured eyes locked onto and followed curiously, wondering whose that was and why it was outside.

Aden lifted his gaze and when he spotted Aludra he pushed away from the door he was leaning on, hurrying forward toward where he was standing, "Alulu." He greeted him, giving a smile as he got his keys out and unlocked the iron gate, pulling it open so that he could let his guest inside, "Welcome back." He murmured, sounding so happy and relieved to see him here. A friendly face to help him through this trying time of his.

Aludra smiled even brighter at the appearance of his doctor, tail scraping back and forth on the ground as he tried not to bounce in excitement. He wiggled his fingers in reply to the man's greeting, despite the nickname adding a faint red hue to his cheeks. He hurried in through the gate when it was opened and didn't hesitate to wrap his one free arm around Aden's shoulders, lifting himself up to kiss the man square on the lips, smiling as he got back to his feet, smacking his lips.

"Hm. Tastes a bit fresher than last time," he said thoughtfully, not thinking about whether or not Aden knew what he was talking about, before looking back at the running child, tail flicking gently as he gestured toward it as best he could. "Whose rugrat?"

Aden smiled, arm sliding around him and hugged him closer, breathing in Aludra's scent before he smiled, "Is that so? Glad that your enjoying my kisses more now that they are fresh." He teased, then turned his head to look in the direction that the small spawn was racing around in before he shook his head, "That's Beryl." He said, giving a loud whistle that got the boy's attention on him. He reached a hand out to him and motion to him to come over.

Beryl seemed to show only minimal interest until he spotted Aludra and more importantly the thing he was carrying. He raced over to him, eyes wide as he all put attached himself to Aludra's leg with one arm before reaching out in a grasping manner at what he had, "Oooo! Oooo! Gimme!" He squealed in delight.

Aludra chuckled at Aden's interpretation of his comment and nodding, nuzzling his head against the man's neck happily, glad that he was with him again regardless of small, running children. "Beryl?" he questioned, looking down at the young one and wincing a bit at the whistle.

When the child ran over, Aludra made sure to dislodge himself from his boyfriend, raising both his helmet and the saddlebag as high as he could, not much considering his height. He blinked at the child in a mixture of fear and worry, looking over at Aden with a bit of a pleading expression on his face. "Please tell me that this child isn't in your care..." Because that meant that there was something else that was in the way of him having a private audience with Aden. And this one wasn't going to be gone once it got better, oh no.

This one was as good as permanent.

Aden gave a soft, sighing sound, "The Boss thought it would be amusing to dump him on one." He muttered, watching the manner in which Beryl seemed to be trying his hardest to get at the saddlebags, "Mine! Gimme!" He squealed louder. Aden gave a sigh, using his foot to shove the boy away from him.

"Please forgive him, its genetics." He explained, doing his best to keep Beryl away from his cute lover, not wanting Aludra to accidently get scratched or slobbered on.

Aludra's brow wrinkled in a frown, glancing back up at Aden and shaking his head, a soft sigh falling from his lips. "The things adults such as yourselves will do to keep your jobs," he mumbled quietly. Why would someone continue to work for a person after said person dumped a CHILD on them of all things?! Of course, it was Vampy, and that man was frightening in a way that would make Aludra afraid to quit his own job, but Aden had never seemed afraid of the man. Why didn't he quit...?

"Genetics...?" Aludra questioned, frowning and looking between the boy and Aden, mentally trying to figure what that would mean. He couldn't be Greed, not looking like that, but... from what he knew of them, gluttony children didn't quite look like that either. Handing his helmet to Aden, he reached into the saddlebag, taking out one of the tupperwares filled with ravioli -thank you, completely uncreative father figure- and handing it to the boy, half-expecting that he wouldn't get the container back. "...gluttony?"

"Its a good job, one I want to keep for... personal reasons." He said, watching the way that Beryl set to circling around them like some sort of brightly colored, undersized shark, "Beryl..." What an embarrassing little critter he was he thought to himself, wishing that there was a way to transport the tredmill the boy normall ran on outside. He hadn't thought that food would be brought along with Aludra so he didn't expect the older spawn to get pounced in such a manner.

The moment the container was relinquished to the boy Beryl ran off a few a short distance before plopping down, container was torn over, and he set to wolfing it down with his hands.
Aden gave a chuckle, "Pretty sharp, Alulu. Yeah, he is a Gluttony spawn. Mixed with Diligence to make it that much more interesting..."

"Personal reasons?" Aludra questioned almost impulsively, looking up at his lover with a cute, confused expression on his olive-toned face. It was only a moment before he realized how pervasive a question that could be, face flushing slightly as he glanced in the other direction, looking awkward and sheepish. "Apologies. You're not obligated to answer that question if you do not feel that you need to," he said quickly to cover up his mistake, still the sheepish little preteen he had been under all his false bravado.

Aludra smiled faintly at the compliment and nodded. "I've only ever seen one other child clamor for food so... voraciously, and that was the boy who is now my niece's boyfriend - another gluttony spawn." He shook his head at the idea of it only being combined with diligence. "That seems a little extreme..." he grumbled, thinking of what would happen if Adelle and Fitzroy ever had a child. Ack. That would be scary. He looked back toward the little boy and frowned softly, tipping his head to the side. "But... the two gluttony children whom I can remember meeting were more of the green variety rather that the... aquatic sort. Why is that?"

"If you really are curious I could tell you, though I would need to swear you to secretcy. After all even Vampy doesn't know the real reason why I work in this place." He said as he trusted Aludra with such information. He turned to watch the boy as he wolfed the food that was handed to him, "He is a bit of a pig, I think its because everything that he eats he ends up running off fairly fast. His metabolism reminds me a bit like that of a humming bird."

"The old Gluttony demon, Kerylia, was killed in a manner that doesn't need describing." He said to his young lover, not wanting to share the details of that situation, "There were a few spawn that were kind enough to lure another demon of the same blood line here to the Labs. His name is Torekane and he is... quite an amazing creature really. Beryl gets a lot of his looks from the guy actually... not to terribly much from his angelic mother though aside from the way that he never slows down."

Aludra batted his eyes innocently at the offer, though he was unaware of the stereotypically 'who me?' expression on his face, honestly just that naive at times. Smiling faintly, unable to help the greedy portion of himself wanting to get his hands on something so interesting, he lifted his index finger, drawing an imaginary 'x' over his heart. "Cross my heart; I'm sworn to secrecy," he stated with a nod, looking up at Aden with intrigue, curious to know what this big secret was. It had to be something good for him to work here of all places especially to keep him here after a child was forced onto him.

The young spawn's tail flicked as he watched the boy, frowning with a bit of interest as he looked the younger child over and nodded idly. "You're quite correct; knowing two other diligence spawn, he resembles neither of them in the least," he mumbled, frowning a bit. It always tended to upset him when a child almost didn't resemble one of his DNA donors, whether it be the angel or demon. The same happened with biological human families, though, such as Noua - he looked nothing like his dad, and was practically a mirror image of his mom. Aludra could only imagine what it would feel like to be the parent that the child didn't look like. It was an upsetting thought.

He watched as Beryl seemed to be licking the container clean before he pushed up onto his little clawed feet and raced off once again, abandoning the container which relieved Aden sincd he'd seen him chew on containers before due to his anger at them for being suddely empty. It must be the fact that they were outside that he was in a better mood at the moment, "I came here because of my older brother." He said, giving a little sighing sound, "I was approached for a job here and it seemed as though it would be the perfect way to attempt to help him... though it would involve finding him again after so long." He sounded as though he was hopeful but as though that hope was starting to wane.

Bright, tri-coloured eyes had abandoned the sight of the young amphibious boy to turn fully onto Aden, a certain sadness flickering across them. Not enough of the story was given for Aludra to confidently make any out-of-the-way assumptions, but it was easy to guess what little there was to go off of. He tried his best at giving Aden a positive, hopeful smile, as though he would actually be able to do that and pull it off well. The smile that ended up on his face was an awkward half-thing that he gave up and instead hugged Aden around the waist. "You'll help," he stated, the comment based on nothing less than wanting to make his love feel better. "You are one of the smartest people that I know, which means something even if it's not saying a lot. I believe that you'll be able to help your brother." A firm nod followed that statement. As though somehow his belief would change things. As though everything would be made right immediately.

"I hope so. He was always the good boy of the family, the opposite of me in all ways... I mean Hells, the guy was a damn Priest... well until that woman came alone." He shook his head, and then wrapped his arms loosely around Aludra, snuggling against him, nuzzling his hair, "It was my first run in with something... like that, seeing her with her claws in him. Literally." He muttered the last word, giving the slightly shiver as though he were suddenly cold all over.

Those big eyes stayed glued on Aden, Aludra hanging onto every word that fell from the man's mouth, trying to delve as deeply into his world as he could. Their moments of privacy, after all, were less than minimal. It was only the rare times like this he would actually be able to properly see Aden the Person, Aden his Lover, instead of Aden the Doctor, the flirtatious man who was little more than a pervy doctor when he was in the Facility. He nuzzled back against the brunette, inhaling his scent deeply and letting his eyes fall half-shut as he rested against him, letting his vision fall out of focus with nothing of importance to look at.

The tremor seemed contagious, running through Aludra's lithe frame as well at the way that the statement was phrased. Now he was almost sure that he didn't actually want to understand the whole of the story and curled tighter against his older lover, hiding his face against his shoulder. "I'm... sorry," he murmured, the only words he could find that were even semi-appropriate at the time, feeling as though it would be better if he hadn't spoke, yet he felt that he wouldn't have gotten away with something like that. Awkward silences tended to have a little too much influence on him.

Aden gave a smile, deciding that he should continue, didn't want to scare Aludra anymore. He wrapped his arms around him, cuddling him close, "Shh, its alright." He murmured, "My brother is strong, if anyone can deal with his decision it would be him. I just want to find him, to help him is all and I will one day." He nuzzled against Aludra's hair, hands stroking up and down his back in hopes of soothing him and making him feel better. The last thing he wanted was to make him afraid after all.  

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With the closer contact, Aludra let his eyes even fall shut, letting his saddlebag down gently so he could properly wrap his arms around the man's shoulders and be held tightly and comforted, a smile coming to his face now that the story was finished, though his fear over it made him feel like a child. He nodded, adjusting himself to more comfortably tuck against Aden's chest, feeling even younger with the large gap in their heights. Then again, that was probably the one time that he actually liked his height - when it was the reason that he could fit perfectly into his lover's arms, wrapped up and protected on all sides. "I'm sure you will," he murmured softly, smiling into Aden's jacket as he just stayed close for now, sure that the moment would be ruined by something in the near future, and glad to soak it up while it was still there.

"Do we want to set up our picnic? I left the food just inside else Beryl would already have been into it." He said with a little chuckle, the child was a handful but at least he'd thought ahead so he was able to protect the meal that he had prepared for his lover and himself. He kept one arm around Aludra as he led the way over to the door where the things were waiting for them, all of it wrapped up neatly in a cloth that they needed only to untie and lay out on the grass so that they could sit down on it.

Aludra's eyes opened only slightly when Aden spoke, and he looked up at the male with a dreamy smile followed by a matching sigh. He nodded simply, giggling a bit at the thought of the little boy getting into their food and the mess that he would likely make of it and himself, shaking his head. The spawn allowed himself to be led across the courtyard-of-sorts, tail flicking lethargically behind him in a contented weariness, remembering at the last moment to retrieve both his helmet and his saddlebag.

He reluctantly dislodged himself from Aden's side -stealing a quick kiss first, of course- when they reached the door, lifting his saddlebag as a means of gesturing to it. "I brought along food as well, in case you were expecting me to do so. If not, I could definitely live without eating another meal's worth of my father's ravioli and we could simply give the lot of it to Beryl," he said with a small smile, propping the bag with his helmet against the wall before setting to work helping his boyfriend set up the picnic.

"It was sweet of you to bring some food as well, Alulu. I would love to have some of what you brought." He said, spreading out the blanket before he motioned for the pink haired spawn to sit down with him as he settled down himself. The moment everything was set up they were instantly being circled by Beryl who had smelled the food and had come running. Aden looking at him before reaching over to pick up one of a large pile of apple before he gave it a throw. Just as a dog would do with a ball, Beryl gave chase.

Aludra blushed faintly at being called sweet, shaking his head in a stubborn fit of denial, something he figured that he was never going to truly get over. "I was simply doing what I could to be considerate," he said quietly, smiling at the man who pervaded his thoughts at least seventy percent of the time. And that was only when he was awake. It was while he was unpacking his saddlebag that Beryl returned, and he gave the toddler a bit of a smile before he suddenly ran off. The spawn looked around in confusion before seeing the apple bounce off in the distance, causing him to laugh aloud.

"You certainly seem to have him trained well," the male teased softly, sticking his tongue out at Aden before pulling out the foods that he'd brought from his home. "I didn't bring a whole lot, as I don't believe that my guardian was expecting to make food for more than his already large family. In combination with what's already here, however, I'm sure that shouldn't make much of a difference," he said with a smile, placing the tupperware containers on the blanket - one left that was filled with ravioli, two with some fancy organic salad, and a single, slightly larger one filled with ambrosia salad that Aludra had made himself. After all, he couldn't expect Noah to make something so obviously unhealthy by how good it actually tasted.

Aden whistled as he looked over the fare that Aludra had brought with him, "Looks far better then what I brought." He said, motioning to the sandwiches that he'd made for them, a large bag of chips, and a bottle of soda to drink. It had been things he could snag from the break room that looked like it would make good picnic food, "Glad that you brought better stuff along with you, I got what I could steal from the techs." He told Aludra before chuckling in amusement. The freshest thing he had with him with the apple that were meant for distracting his son with.

Aludra couldn't help laughing again, the blush on his face only darkening at further compliments to his food and the fact that he brought it. To retaliate, he rearranged himself, moving to sit next to Aden and burying his face against the man's collarbone, shaking his head defiantly at the idea of having somehow brought better food. "This is a picnic," he said, peeking up at Aden with only his eyes showing. "You brought honest picnic food while what I chose to bring may as well have been derived in an organic restaurant, courtesy of Noah By'arre," he grumbled, peeking up more to n** gently at Aden's earlobe, turning his attention back to the picnic blanket.

"Besides, gourmet food gets old when it's all that you ever eat," he stated simply, taking the tupper of ravioli and thrusting it at Aden, taking one of the sandwiches for himself. He sniffed it gently, not trusting himself to pull it open without somehow breaking or ruining it. So he would only do that if he absolutely had to, which meant asking Aden: "What were the ingredients used in these sandwiches. Th-that is, not the ingredients, but what's between both slices of bread."

Aden made a happy sound when the special food was handed over to him while Aludra grabbed himself a sandwich, he took a couple bites with his fingers before looking over at him, "Ingredients?" He asked, looking it over then peeked between the bread, "Ham, turkey, and cheese I am pretty sure, looks like there is lettuce, tomatoe, and mayo on it too." He said before he returned to happily eating out of the bowl that was handing to him. It was really good!

Aludra wasn't hesitant to offer the sandwich over for inspection, though when Aden didn't seem to know what was on it, he laughed behind his hand, a sly grin on his face. "Aden, you didn't happen to steal this from a co-worker's lunch, did you?" he asked with a falsely parental tone of voice, unable to keep the giggles from his voice as he slipped the ham off of his sandwich. He thought a moment before leaving the turkey on it - there was a first time for everything after all, right? He offered the limp sandwich meat to Aden with a cute little smile on his face. "Want ham?"

Aden chuckled, "Maybe?" He said, looking as innocent as possible but seemed to be failing pretty badly before he leaned forward to take the offered food from Aludra's fingers, pulling it into his mouth before he set to chewing on it, "Thanks." He murmured once he'd swallowed what was in his mouth. He grinned before going back to the ravaoli's that were in the container he held. They were so tasty that he couldn't seem to slow down in eating them, looking for a moment almost like Beryl but with a lot more chewing involved.

Aludra could only grin and shake his head at the doctor's antics, taking a bite of the pilfered sandwich and chewing it thoughtfully. It wasn't bad by any means, but he had to admit that he'd had better vegetarian sandwiches. Hell, what was he saying: With his dad's money, he'd had better /AIR/ than everyone else for his entire life. Honestly, the mediocrity of the food he was eating now was the whole charm of it, and was what spurred him to taking another few bites of it before deciding that he would allow the turkey to stay.

Looking over his boyfriend, he raised an eyebrow at the way that he was devouring the food. "So, considering that school will be out for the following twelve weeks, I take it that you wouldn't voice any kind of opposition if I started bringing you lunch each day, would you?" he offered. 'Course too much of it might have some kind of adverse effect but... wait, no, this was Noahfood. There were no adverse effects beyond the possibility of becoming a yuppie.

Aden's eyes got a little wide before his lips turned up into a smile, "I think I would like it if you came by to share lunch with me." He murmured, looking as though he mere idea that Aludra would go out of his way to feed him was the nicest thing he'd heard for some time, "Its very kind of you to offer me something as good as that, Alulu. Thank you. It will certainly give me something look forward to each day as well."

Aludra smiled at the same time that Aden did, his tail flipping back and forth on the lawn. He was definitely glad that he now had an excuse to see Aden every day. Extremely glad, actually, especially since school had him seeing the man only a few times in a month. This summer would be one to remember and cherish, that was for certain. He blushed further at the praise and leaned in to press a kiss to the doctor's cheek. "I'll pretend that you mean that you'll be looking forward to the food and not my company," he half-joked, smiling sweetly at the male as he took another few bites of his sandwich.

There was a bit of a chuckle from Aden, "Yes, yes. Its the food that I am looking forward to." He said, giving his lover a little wink before he finished off the bowl of ravaolis. He leaned back on his hands, patting his stomach when he heard an awful crunching sound that drew his attention over to where Beryl was sitting having broken into the bag of chips, succeeding in getting them all over the blanket, and he was happily picking them up and eating them. The Doctor gave a sighing sound, "Well at least hes working on building up a good immune system." He muttered to himself as he watched Beryl eat a few ants along with his chips.

The wink certainly didn't help anything as Aludra felt the blush on his face darken even further, shaking his head and hiding once more against Aden's chest [which was good place to hide... and a good excuse to be pressed up against Aden's chest]. As the older male leaned back, Aludra leaned with him, arranging himself to snuggle against him more comfortably. The little wings on his ankles fluttered in a displeased way at the noise and he grumbled softly, looking over at the little boy and smiling rather fondly before leaning back down, nudging Aden to lay back on the grass as bluntly at he knew how. He chuckled at the comment and nuzzled up against Aden even more. "I'm sure that he shouldn't have immune system problems, that's for sure. Doesn't seem like a problem that gluttony children would have often."

Aden found himself on his back in the grass before his lips turned up into a bit of a smile as he looked up at Aludra before he wrapped his arm around him, pulling him close for a snuggle, "That's true enough I have think that kid could eat a tire iron and be fine." He said, nuzzling against his lover's soft, cotton candy hair before he allowed himself to relax and enjoy the sensation of the other being in his arms in such a manner. He let his eyes close and he smiled, "This is nice." It almost felt like they were in a normal, comfortable situation instead of being curled up on the lawn next to Aden's place of work which was run by a demonic slave driver. He could ignore all of that for now and just enjoy the warmth of his lover... and as it was Beryl was completely distracted with the fact that he had free reign over the food that was laid out in front of him while the other people hugged.

Aludra muffled his laughter against the back of a hand at the idea of the small boy eating something like that, grinning up at his lover. "Gluttony kids are like that. I'm pretty sure that Fitzroy actually would enjoy eating a tire iron..." he mused quietly to himself, nuzzling back against Aden and giggling out of nothing more than happiness. His tail curled around Aden's ankle and he nodded slowly in agreement with the comment, smiling happily. "Yeah... this is very nice..." he murmured happily, almost amused by the child's voracious eatings. He kissed at the closest part of his boyfriend and smiled only further. "Can we stay here?"

Aden nodded his head, "I would love to stay right here for as long as we can, Alulu." He murmured, nuzzling against Aludra's hair, eyes closing, and now he was more then a little comfortable right here. For as long as he was allowed to do so he planned to lay out here just as he was now, enjoying the closeness of his cute companion. He was sure that some emergency or another would call him away at some point but until that time Aludra had his almost complete attention.

"Good..." Aludra murmured quietly, smiling into his lover's clothing, letting his eyes fall shut. He hadn't had a chance to sleep next to Aden for a long time now... And it was so nice out in the sun, all warm. The slight shade cast over them only made it absolutely perfect, nothing glaring through his eyelids as he nuzzled gently against Aden's collar. "I'll stay here, to..." he mumbled with a soft smile, trying to resist the pull of unconsciousness but failing with how comfortable everything was and how, for once in his life, the world seemed to be at peace.  

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[Lost and Found - Aludra, Lirona, Gabriel & Damien]  

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[Mine, mine, MINE!! - Aludra, Lirona, and Tykier]