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The milk pocky boy was sitting up on the shoulder of his giant of a father as they made their way through the mall. They had left the shop that Baldric and his partner Hari worked in with the mission of picking up lunch for everyone that was left behind in the shop. The small boy was glad to be out and about, away from his sister who had been trying out a new style of hair on him... currently he was doing his best to undo the rainbow of beads that had been braided into his hair.

"You have a whole lot of patience don't you Kiyoshi." Baldric said with a little laugh as he watched him picking the beads from his hair, "Always letting her do such things to you."

Kiyoshi gave a little shrug of his shoulders, "Its alright." He murmured, tucking each bead he freed from his hair into his pocket so as not to lose them. When they reached the food court Baldric lowered Kiyoshi down to his feet and moved to get into line leaving his son to wait by the koi fountain that was nearby. The silver haired boy watched him go before he went to sit on the edge of the fountain, lowering a hand to tap his fingers against the surface of the water summoning the fish over to him causing him to giggle softly, "Cute."

Kiyoshi gave a little jump at the voice behind him, turning to look over his shoulder at the one who had approached him, "Huh?" He lifted a hand up to his hair then gave a soft groan when he found a bead that he'd missed and set to undoing it from the lock of hair that it was attached too, "Thank you."

He tucked it away into his pocket along with the rest of them, "My sister likes to do my hair." He explained quickly, not wanting for the boy to think that he'd put the beads into his hair of his own volition. He'd done so because he had a hard time tell her no about any of her fashion advice... if nothing else as least he'd been able to dress himself today. As such he was dressed simply in black pants, a deep blue top, and black boots. It was due to his overly simple outfight that Fenrir and her bag of beads had attacked him...

Kiyoshi gave a bit of a flush and nodded, "She has an interesting idea about... well a lot of things." He said, thinking of some of the rainbow colored outifts she'd put him in over time. He shook his head not wanting to think about that right now, it was almost painful to think on given some of the blinding colors he'd worn...

"Thank you." He said, "That's so nice of you to say, Fenrir really hates my mode of dress." It made him quite happy to see that someone liked his shirt and his boots both. Looking the boy over made him realize that the compliment really meant a lot as this boy seemed to be quite fashionable from the looks of what he was wearing.

He almost wanted to hug this new kid, "My name is Kiyoshi." He introduced himself excitedly.

Kiyoshi reached out to take his hand, shaking it. He knew the motion well as he'd seen his Daddy and Dad do such a thing often when they were dealing with their customers, "Its nice to meet you to Kabocha." He said with a smile, realizing when he was close enough for them to shake hands that he smelled nice, he had a scent around him like pumpkin... so nice. It took all of his willpower to keep from leaning forward to sniff at him, not wanting to creep him out.

"Ahh, yes. Sort of." He lifted a hand to point over to where his giant of a Daddy was standing in line at one of the restaurants, "We are getting lunch for everyone back at the shop. Daddy and Dad are both working there today and its lunch break." He explained.

Kiyoshi nodded, "Yep, that one over there is Daddy. Dad is back at the shop with my sister." He explained. It was a little strange, made even more strange by the fact that they were a couple, they were just good friends... having two kids call both of them 'Daddy and Dad' always helped in the misconceptions about them.

"The shop is called Steel Soul." The white haired boy said, "Daddy and Dad are artists. So is my sister." He looked almost a little put out by that, everyone was an artist but him... he just didn't understand art like they did. It wasn't that he didn't like it but at the same time he didn't want to devote himself to it.

"Yeah, they both do amazing work." He said with a smile sounding quite in awe of their talent, "The hardest part of their job is interpreting what the customers want them to do. Sometimes they just show up and go: I want a rainbow or I want a flower and my Daddy and Dad turn that into a masterpiece."

Kiyoshi flushed a little bit at the question, "No... I can't. I have tried but it was really my thing..." He murmured, "Hard when everyone else in the house can do it but I can't." It was a bit of a pain but at least he'd finally found what he was good at, it had just taken him a while of wandering around aimless to find his path.

"I like archery myself. What about you? What sorts of things do you do Kabocha?"

Kiyoshi gave a smile and a nod, "Its very relaxing." He murmuring having found the sport of archery to have been exactly what he needed. Kabocha's next words surprised him a little, "Really? You should meet my sister, that is what she likes to do... though... if what your wearing is a hint I think I like your designs better."

He wrinkled his nose a little at the thought, "Her style is called Decorer. Lots of bright colors, she doesn't always match, and lots and lots of accessories... like the handful of beads she'd weaved into my hair."

Kabocha seemed to have a nice style, elegant really. He wore suits! He wondered if two clothing designers with such different tastes would get along or argue.

Kiyoshi nodded, "Yes, always interesting." He agreed. That was one word that fit Fenrir down to the last detail, interesting. He gave a smile then looked up as he saw his Daddy coming their way, "It looks like he has the food." He was a little disappointed, the conversation with this boy was so interesting!

He turned to Kabocha quickly, "Do you think you could come to the shop to visit? Or are you busy with your shopping?" He asked, wanting to keep talking with his new friend so the best way to go about it seemed to be to invite him along back to Steel Soul.