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 Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:59 am
*Click* *Click* *Click*
Night had already fallen over Hachiko Square, but it didn't seem to matter since the lights continued to illuminate the streets without the sun's help. Dante smiled to himself as he continued to take various pictures of the bright buildings and signs around the area with his camera phone. It had been a while since he had talked to his cousin and he was sure that she'd want him to at least send him a text message or some more pictures he'd taken while staying here in Japan.
Though it wasn't the smartest thing to do when walking in a crowded area at night, Dante kept his attention on the light screen of his phone. Only once in a while, when he looked up was to make sure he didn't walk into a pole (which almost happened but he managed to stop himself when he had reached a centimeter away from having his face collide into it).
Although he couldn't really say the same for when it came to bumping into people. But of course being the polite young man that he was, Dante did apologize to them in both Japanese and English before he continued on his way, only to bump into more people again. It was much like a never ending cycle for the poor kid.
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:40 am
Ashton didn’t really know what he was doing, his father hasn’t called in a week. Not that isn’t normal he has gone for further stretches without contacting him. But something was itching him in the back of his mind and he was too restless to stay in the apartment. He even yelled at Finnegan and was an a** all of yesterday, and Ashton felt like crap because of that.
This is why he was walking around Tokyo in the dark by himself, if he stayed still for much longer he would do something stupid, like call his father and tell him about Finnegan or tell Finn about his father. Neither of those were a good idea.
Keeping secrets never hurt so much. Maybe that is why his dad isn’t calling? Maybe he can tell in his voice that he is keeping something from him?
Ashton closed his eyes and sat down on his heels as he thought about what would happen if his father found out about Finnegan. He wouldn’t hurt him of course, quite the obvious actually. His father would just send someone to check up on him and he would want to meet him, it wasn’t every day that his only son fell in love after all.
Smirking humorlessly at himself Ashton looked out and realized that he wondered all the way over to the Square. He was just about to get up and leave when he recognized one of the people stumbling around.
Dante?
Ashton decided that he would go and talk to the kid, he really shouldn’t be wondering around all by himself this late at night. Not only were the gangs staring to gain ground in the actual city, but Dante was something that people wanted to break. His beauty and innocence called to people. Dirty, dangerous, and vile examples of human beings.
Picking himself up and trying to smile a little less sadly he jogged up to where the little man was bumping into people and taking pictures. Ashton had to laugh at that and stopped a little ways away from him.
“Isn’t it a little late to be taking pictures?” It wasn’t the most intelligent thing to say, but he didn’t want to tell him to go home where he was safe, Ashton didn’t really want to left alone with his thoughts again.
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:55 am
Startled by having someone speak to him so suddenly, Dante let out what seemed to be a yelp or a shriek of fright causing his cellphone to slip out of his hands. He yelped again and quickly bent over to catch the device, although due to his current state of clumsiness, the cellphone constantly slipped through his fingers. It took a while for Dante to calm down and gain a good grip on his phone before straightening himself up to greet whoever had addressed him.
Dante's eyes widened to see a familiar face. "A-ah..." He started nervously while rubbing the back of his neck and faking a cough into his fist from showing such a embarrassing display.
"I'm just taking these pictures for my cousin. Y-yeah, I know I could have taken them earlier in the day, but the city always looks a lot better during the night." He explained and offered a small smile.
"E-erm...what brings you around here?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:02 pm
Ashton was totally not going to laugh when he startled the poor boy into dropping his phone but as he couldn’t get a good grip on it he started to feel horrible. Did he really freak the kid out that much the other day while he was working? He really didn’t mean to. Ashton couldn’t help flirting while Finnegan was around, maybe he should hold back on it for the time being?
Hopefully Dante wouldn’t be scared of him for too long, or he was totally going to go get drunk, the little guy was all Finn would talk about anymore. Ashton wanted him to have friends, and he really didn’t want to be a downer on their relationship.
“Sorry for startling you.” Ashton couldn’t help the sad smile. “I just wanted to make sure you were alright and stuff.” He shrugged. “It isn’t too safe to wonder around at night, even with all the lights around.” Indeed it seemed like with all the lights that the darkness seemed even deeper and more sinister then just pitch blackness.
“Your cousin?” Ashton nudged standing back a bit and putting his hands in his pockets to give Dante space if that was what was bothering him. “I just have my dad back home, but he would much rather have videos of things then just pictures. He gets bored really easily with still things.” He smiled a bit as he talked about his dad. He really did miss him a lot.
“Oh. Um.” The smile disappeared as he was asked what brought him outside in the night. “I had a little spat with Finnegan and thought it would be best to walk out a bit of my nervous energy before I messed up his project even more. I seem to get snippy when I am restless.” Ashton still felt like an a** and gave a self hating smile as he looked at all the other people outside. They seemed to be stay away from them. Good. At least he could keep Dante under the radar until he got sick of him as well.
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:41 pm
"Oh no, it's okay. I'm just really jumpy sometimes, so it isn't your fault at all!" He took a brief moment to actually look around his surroundings and realized that perhaps Ashton was right; it was pretty dangerous to wander around the streets. Especially since he was alone. "W-well, I didn't have anybody to hang around with tonight. I definitely didn't want to ask the person I'm currently staying with to wander around the streets with me." Right, because if Victoria was around, he wouldn't be allowed to have much fun.
Dante's eyes lightened and his smile grew wider at the thought of his cousin. "Right! She still living in New York so there is a major issue concerning time zones. I call her when it's most convenient for her, especially during school days..." He shrugged his shoulders lightly but the smile never left. "She still needs to get her education and well...I'm here doing my own business."
He tilted his head curiously when Ashton mentioned his father. "It must be nice to have a dad. What happened to your mom?" But he bit his lip realizing he might have asked too much of a personal question. Dante waved his hands in a frantic and panicky motion. "A-ah, sorry. If it's a touchy subject, then there is no need to answer!"
Honestly, even Dante wasn't sure why he was so nervous around Ashton. He knew that the other meant no harm. He frowned upon hearing Ashton's reason for being out. "O-oh, I'm sorry to hear that." The boy could only give Ashton a small hopeful looking smile. "But you guys are close friends right? I'm sure you two can patch things up without a problem."
Since Ashton was much taller than Dante was, the boy stood on his toes to be able to place a hand on his shoulder and smiled widely. "I know that we haven't known each other for long but that sad look doesn't suite you in the least bit. In fact, I'm feeling totally motivated to cheer you up right now!"
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:06 pm
Ashton smiled a bit at Dante’s explanation for being out late, at least he hadn’t scared him too much? He couldn’t it as a win. His smile turned genuine as Dante talked about his cousin, his face seemed to light up, the little kid seemed to really care about her.
“Time zones are kinda a b***h sometimes, my father lived in London, which isn’t as huge a jump as it is to the US, but it is still a lot.” Ashton laughed a bit at Dante’s horror, “I don’t mind at all, I was really young when my mother was killed by some rouge gang members on the street. My father took me in and I have been happy since then, so it doesn’t really hurt that much.”
Ashton laughed at Dante’s simple answer. “Yeah we are a bit close,” He ignored the pain that went through his chest when he thought that they would never be like he wants them to be. “It is just a stupid little fight, maybe I’ll grab him something while I am out. As an apology of sorts?”
Blinking as Dante placed his hand on Ashton’s shoulders, he wasn’t all that surprised and he didn’t tense up like he would with anyone else, Finnegan trusted Dante. That counted for a lot. He then let out a burst of laughter at Dante’s statement. Was this kid for real? No matter Finnegan loved him so much, he was too cute for words. “Then cheer me up little man.”
Ashton might be a little happier just seeing Dante so determined to make him smile and the smirk on his face showed that.
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:34 pm
"You used to live in London? I've traveled to a ton of places in my life but I've never been there before. I should definitely put it into consideration on visiting good ol' England during the summer" Though the excited smile on his face didn't last much longer upon learning what had happened to Ashton's mother. Dante could only smile sadly since he could somewhat relate to him.
Dante did a "thumbs up" gesture at Ashton's suggestion. "Right! I'm sure we we'd be able to find something for you to get him." He finally pulled his hand away from Ashton's shoulder and dropped back flat on his feet. He flipped open his cellphone again to pull out the built-in map device to list some locations they could head over to. "You'll definitely feel better once I'm done with you!"
The minute he found a place they were currently the most closest too, Dante immediately grabbed onto Ashton's arm and pulled him towards thier new destination.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:54 am
“Just tell me when you are going and I might be able to take off of work here to go visit the folks and give you the grand tour.” Ashton smiled down at the little guy, “Maybe I might be able to drag Finnegan with me. He has lived in Ireland and never set foot on English ground, that needs to be remedied.”
Ashton wrinkled his nose to attempt to resist the urge to not squish Dante, he was just too cute to exist. And Ashton kinda didn’t think that he wanted the little guy to walk around by himself at all. Maybe he could call in some favors to make sure he wasn’t hurt at all.
He blinked and laughed as he was pulled off in a direction, there were a few places that Dante could be taking him, but he really just wanted to follow the kid and see what he was going to do. Ashton had the feeling that he would be having a lot more fun than he thought he would when he went he saw the kid standing there.
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:13 pm
Dante had seemed to be swooning over the idea over the idea of going to London for sight-seeing with friends rather than for work purposes. He coughed into a fist a moment later after realizing that he was probably making a fool out of himself in public.
His eyes scanned around the busy and crowded area until he finally found their first destination. "There! We should go there first!" He exclaimed out loud pointing towards an arcade full of photo booths called "Purikura" where masses of teenagers were coming in and out of the entrance.
"I've seen this on the internet before and I've always wanted to try them out but it's kind of embarrassing if I took them by myself..." Dante chuckled a little nervously.
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:03 pm
Ashton was really feeling better when he saw Dante physically light up at the thought of London. Finnegan always got twitchy and quiet when he brought it up to him, he didn’t think that his roommate liked England all that much. He would just have to change that, and bringing Dante along would totally help that. Finnegan looked so happy after he hung out with the little guy.
“I love these things.” Ashton grinned widely when he saw the teenagers giggling over what their pictures looked like. “I used to go in these all the times back home with all my friends.” Ashton didn’t add that most of his friends worked for his father and were more often than not a few years older than himself.
He smiled down at Dante and led the way to a free booth. “I will try to make your first time exciting then, these things are really awesome, even if they cost a fortune.” Ashton couldn’t wait to tell Finnegan all about his adventures with Dante even if he will get accused of accosting the younger man again. It would totally be worth the trouble.
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:43 pm
"Well, since it was my suggestion to come here, I'll pay for it" Dante says as he unclips the chain of his wallet that was hanging from his pocket. Before there was any objections to be made, Dante quickly inserts the necessary amount for the fee. The screen of the machine switches from previews and samples of past pictures to a start menu.
The youth taps the "start" button where a selection of photo sizes, for the print-out sheet, is presented. He picks one that could fit four medium sized photos. The screen then switches to a selection of borders for each photo.
Dante turns over towards Ashton while scooting further into the booth to give the older male more space. "I don't exactly want to take total control over this. Do you want to pick out the borders for us?"
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