RuddyPuppie (11:14:13 PM): With a good chunk of his savings in his wallet, Lit drifted between the racks of shorts and shirts in some random store at the mall. It was nice to be able to buy his own stuff, and definitely gave him a sense of achievement to know it was with money he'd earned on his own. Idly he thought of getting a job somewhere when a pair of swim trunks caught his eye - black with orange and red tribal looking flames - and he perked. "Wow, those are awesome," he muttered to himself as he slowly started making his way towards the rack.--
AssimilatedUnaru (11:20:31 PM): Dane had been mulling over a few different pairs of swim trunks. The boy was standing on the front side of the rack he had been wanting to pick out a new one for some time. With the ammount of times he wore his trunks it only made sense that he had a few pairs. He was currently flipping back and forth at the rack between a black and silver vector design pair of trunks and a pair of hawaiian print trunks, he was a little surprised he didnt have a pair of those yet. He was actually dressed in something other than just a shirt and swim trunks. Dane felt rather awkward wearing jean shorts but he didn't have time to swim today so why bother. At least he had his favorite jimmy johns t-shirts on. It was one of his favorite restraunts, quick, big portions and generally pretty healthy.
RuddyPuppie (11:31:12 PM): Litural was half way to the rack when he saw a familiar looking head bobbing around. Immediately he felt a bit of annoyance surge through him, from that all too familiar pit in his stomach....but it was quickly doused in something similar to shame. He remembered the last time he'd seen the other boy; not too long ago, but long enough to go through some interesting changes. Running a hand through his new short and spiky hair, Lit took in a deep sigh and prepared himself for a confrontation that wouldn't be too entirely unjustified on Dane's part. Having made it to the clothing by now, he stepped around the side...half hidden by the merchandise, since after all he was a little bit bigger now. "Hey...I know you," he said, his voice still sounding a little flat, but at least it wasn't threatening.--
AssimilatedUnaru (11:36:14 PM): Danes ears twitched as he picked his head up and looked over at the voice. It was that boy, the one from the beach a while ago. He remembered the boys outburst, but what he remembered most seeing his hair was the comment that he had made about his hair, "Oh, hi." He said feeling it was slightly awkward considering last time they met they basically just bickered. Dane also remembered the countless fat jokes that he threw at him. He hadn't just gorged himself on food but he had never been skinny, and he actually thought he put on a little weight recently. He sucked in his stomach some, he really didn't need his mind falling back to the glutton demon now. He had just stopped dwelling over it recently.
"You cut your hair," He commented, not snide, not excited just, guessing. It sounded like he thought it could have been because of what he said but he wasn't sure.
RuddyPuppie (11:52:35 PM): He wasn't one for being humbled...really, this was an entirely new thing for him, and he wasn't sure where to look or what to say. He did take a moment to really look at Dane now, and realized that the other spawn wasn't nearly as pudgy as he remembered. He actually looked a little on the trimmer side, which made Lit feel even more like a heel. "Oh, uh...yeah..." he said, running his hand through his hair again and feeling it shift between his fingers. Yeah, how to explain that one? Did he really want Dane to know the comment had gotten to him that much? "It was time for a change," he said...looking at the other boy again. "You're...looking good," he offered, a peace treaty. "You really like to swim if you're buying new trunks..."--
AssimilatedUnaru (11:59:55 PM): Dane felt a little squirmy at the compliment. He knew it was just because he was making himself look thinner. Did this other guy just have something against chubby people? His head spun a little from over thinking such a trivial statement, "Uhm, thanks," He said looked back at the rack to put the trunks back for the moment and stop straining himself to look thin. It wasn't even really that big of a difference, he had a little belly but it was hardly huge, at most it looked like a beer belly, but in Dane's mind porportions had been warped for a while since his meeting with kerylia. He turned back to the other boy when he was done placing the trunks back, "You're looking nice too," He commented figuring it was the polite and honestly truthful thing to say.
"Yeah, I swim every chance I get, it's my...stress release," He explained. He felt a little awkward, "I don't think I caught your name before, I'm Dane," He offered looking at Lit squarely for the first time since he had walked over.
RuddyPuppie (12:08:55 AM): "Litural," he responded, meeting Dane's gaze...main eyes a little wide and nervous while his third eye looked positively bored. It hated these stupid sappy moments that Lit seemed to be getting himself into more and more these days...what happened to the anger? The rage? It missed picking on people and tearing apart Santana's apartment. And Lit, knowing that misplaced eye gave off the worst of impressions, looked down at the trunks first. "Look, I'm...s-sorry for all the s**t I said to you...the last time. I was being an immature jerk..." Again, this was Lit for you...so many experiences in his short life, he often acted older than he looked. "You're not fat. You're chubby, but there's nothing wrong with that." Open mouth insert foot syndrome...but at least he was trying.--
AssimilatedUnaru (12:14:55 AM): Dane had a strange squiggly feeling in his stomach for a moment that made his cheeks burn for a moment, "I-It's alright...I'm sorry too...you didn't really look like a girl," He said, "Though I don't mean you look bad with short hair either! I mean, you look good, I mean it looks good er well I just mean you didnt look bad with long hair either..." He stumbled over his words completely, "Uhm thanks, I-I know I'm chubby...but I'm glad you don't think that's bad." He said. His cheeks were starting to burn again. He didn't understand why he was feeling so...squirmy.
RuddyPuppie (12:23:04 AM): "It's ok...I...I d-deserved a lot of what you said." Lit had never really felt...squishy before. He didn't really understand what it meant to be attracted to someone or find them appealing. Most of his early years had been spent so angry at the world and just learning to respond to things without rage that he...hadn't had the time to think about people. Pair that with his Chastity DNA and sex was a very far thing from his mind. So it confused him, very very much so, to see Dane looking shy and find himself feeling...really warm. Not the same warmth of anger, it made his skin feel clammy. And somewhere, deep in his stomach, he could feel a little sickness there as well...something he knew to belong to his angelic DNA as something wrong. Hefting a heavy sigh, he shook he his without really thinking and muttered something low to himself. "You ever wonder what it'd be like to be...a normal person?" It was rather out of the blue and blunt...but that was how his mouth worked more often than not.--
AssimilatedUnaru (12:28:19 AM): Dane was utterly surprised at the boys random question. Not surprised at its randomness but because it was on his mind almost daily, "Yes...all the time..." He admitted dropping his hands to his sides, crossing them, putting them behind his back, what did he normally do with his hands? He couldnt remember, but they were just there and he didnt know what to do with them, "I...I wish I could be a normal person a lot...it looks...so much nicer. Being...me, I know, how much I'm influenced by, those, two...others that helped make me...it makes me feel kinda helpless about choosing who I am..." He said looking down at the ground and watching his feet shuffle around. He didn't know anyone else thought about that...
RuddyPuppie (12:46:32 AM): While Dane fidgeted, Lit was still almost statue like. He contemplated the other spawn's words, wondering what it would be like to *look* human. But then again, he wouldn't have these kick a** wings or be able to fly...or have such strength or anything cool like that. "I want to be normal just so that I can understand what the hell is going on with my life..." he said rather absently. Suddenly, there was another person in the area...and Lit's head snapped in her direction with a glare that knocked her back a step. It was just a sales woman, confused by the two young men standing around in the department. Sighing some, feeling his wings shift against his back, Lit looked back to Dane with annoyance still flickering in his eyes. "You wanna go to the food court, or something? These women are gonna think we're crazy standing around talking like this."--
AssimilatedUnaru (12:49:15 AM): "Uhm, y-yeah..sure," Dane said nodding. He felt even more embarressed now that they were making a spectacle of themselves. Dane jammed his hands in his pockets and began heading out of the department store with Lit.
RuddyPuppie (1:15:48 AM): The walk was short and pretty much silent on Lit's part. When they got to the court, Lit would look around with mild interest...he was hungry, but not starving...maybe nachos? At least a drink would be nice. "You gonna get anything?" he asked, tugging on the chain that looped into his back pocket for his wallet. "I'm probably gonna get something to drink from the smoothie place down the way." To pay for it...to not pay for it...outside of Auryn, the thought never really crossed his mind that he should share his money with anyone else, but it seemed like a good thing to do for Dane after all the s**t Lit had caused.--
AssimilatedUnaru (1:19:27 AM): "Oh, uhm...a smoothie sounds good," Dane nodded more to himself. He looked less nervous but more like he had just been shaken out of a deep thought, "I'll pay for yours," Dane offered as they headed through the court.It was hard for Dane to spend money solely on himself. His liberality side made him constantly more than willing to pay for others, get them things they say they like, give them things of his own. He would be an easy person to take advantage of in that sense.
RuddyPuppie (1:29:45 AM): "Nah, I got it," he protested...not because it was some deep seeded need, but because he actually felt bad. Man, that was so weird to feel *bad* about something he'd done in the past...to someone other than Santana or Auryn. Really, could he think of a time he'd felt guilty? For a moment he zoned as they headed down to the shop...realizing that no, he really hadn't apologized to anyone before the current times. "I owe you one, really," he stated...guess that choice had been made for him. Ordering his smoothie, he turned to let Dane order for himself.--
AssimilatedUnaru (1:33:21 AM): "Are..you sure? I can cover it no problem..." Dane said unsure. He always felt awkward accepting things from other people. Though at Lit's persistence he nodded.
"Uhm..." He looked up at the bright board above the counter, "An extra large mango peach smoothie please," He said to the clerk after deciding. Yeah, he did like his large portions, but only because his stomach tended to feel empty most of the time. He thought he was being good about it, he used to order two.
RuddyPuppie (12:20:23 AM):
Litural paid for their smoothies - his own a heavy citrus mix, good for the immune system with all the Vitamin C - sipping his as he walked off towards a table and sat down. Well, now what? He seemed to space for a moment until Dane sat down, and when he looked up again, it was suddenly...just being pulled out of a dream. "So...what are you?" Sip, siiiiiip. He nursed the smoothie, knowing better than to give himself a brain freeze.--
AssimilatedUnaru (12:23:05 AM): "E-Excuse me?" Dane replied confused, "What do you mean?" A lot of things could be taken from that broad question. Dane wasn't sure what Litural was refering to. The boy had trouble connecting his eyes to the others, everytime he did he got that weird squiggly feeling again. He sipped on his slurpie rather absent mindedly, one of the few times the food didn't have his attention while he was eating.
RuddyPuppie (12:30:42 AM): "Your DNA...what're you?" the older spawn repeated, not batting any of his eyes at the confusion of the other. He was known for catching people off guard, and explaining himself was something he'd gotten used to. "You're not Wrath or Chastity based...I've learned to recognize that on sight by now." He looked Dane over, eyes appraising, trying to guess...but he didn't know his sins very well, and he knew even less about the virtues.--
AssimilatedUnaru (12:33:50 AM): "Oh. I'm Liberality and, gluttony," He admitted. He wasn't sure if that would start a new onslaught of insults. He was still a little wary of the other boys intentions...he was being really sweet, so much different from when they first met, so different. He also wasn't very happy about his DNA ever since he met Gluttony.
"I'd guess you're Chastity and Wrath then?" He deduced from Lit's statement. It made a little sense, the wrath part anyhow
RuddyPuppie (12:38:56 AM): Lit nodded behind the straw of his smoothie, a droplet of the orange slush landing on his lip as he pulled his mouth away...which then had to be licked off. "Yeah...there's a shitload of Shar's kids around. Makes me wonder what the hell they were thinking, letting that guy have offspring," he said with a bit of a snort. He was amazed at how normal this conversation felt. He'd never really had one with anyone other than his guardian. "Have you met both of your 'rents yet?"--
AssimilatedUnaru (12:43:24 AM): "No, just one so far..." Dane said slightly distastefully, "I was surprised...to say the least," He commented shaking off the thought of Kerylia.
"I'm supposed to be meeting the other one soon though...the virtue, or thats what my dad says. Can't be any worse than that bastardous hog," Dane muttered half way to himself. The subject of the glutton demon always put a sour taste in his mouth.
RuddyPuppie (12:52:40 AM): "The angels are much easier to get along with," Lit said with a smirk that was all too knowing. "Well, at least mine was...though, I had too many questions to ask her, so I wasn't trying to be a shithead." He sipped the smoothie. "When I met Shar, I tried to provoke him into attacking the glass at us." Setting down his drink, he looked curious about the bitterness in Dane's attitude. "What, did he try to eat you or something?"--
AssimilatedUnaru (12:54:54 AM): "...Yes," Dane said flatly. He knew that Lit was being sarcastic but it was the truth. Dane had been more than excited to see one of the people who helped make him, but all he was interested in was thinking of him as a meal.
RuddyPuppie (12:59:03 AM): Lit's main eyes popped...while that third one smiled devilishly. Yes, the Gluttonous one...Shar and he were great friends, weren't they? Ironic that their sons would end up talking to each other, also. Lit opened his mouth to say something, and then shut it again. "Wow...well, that sucks..." he stumbled a bit with the words. Yeah, it was that whole eating one's own foot thing again. "Damn..." He didn't have anything else to say...what else was there to say, really?--
AssimilatedUnaru (1:03:20 AM): Dane scratched at his ear a little nervously and then sipped on his slushie again, "Yeah...well, I just don't really think about it much anymore," He said, "It just made me understand things a little better I guess," He shrugged.
"So, what were you looking for at the mall anyhow?" Dane asked switching the subject.
RuddyPuppie (1:13:09 AM): Taking the hint, the subject of parental units was promptly dropped. Litural felt almost like he'd been enough of a pain in Dane's a**, he didn't need to further push a nasty subject. "Same thing you were, I'd assume. I needed new shorts. I may not go swimming, but I'd feel stupid walking around the beach with my jeans on, yanno?" He sipped his smoothie, narrowing his eyes as he found it almost gone. Peering down into the cup, he snorted...swirling it around to try and get those last bits close to the straw in order to be consumed. "Those ones you were looking at were really cool...you should buy them." Sluuuuuuuurp. "Dammit...stupid smoothie."--
AssimilatedUnaru (1:16:20 AM): "I can't imagine what it must be like not able to swim...I mean, I know it's not your fault but...I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't swim." He said a little sorry for Lit.
Dane looked down at his half empty smoothie, "Here, you can have the rest of mine," He offered sliding it across the table at Lit, "I'm not really thirsty," He said. He was a glutton, of course he was thirsty and hungry all the time. But the subject sort of threw him off his kilter plus, he wanted to give Lit his smoothie. It was also in his nature.
RuddyPuppie (1:02:29 AM): He tilted his empty cup in the direction of Dane's wings. "S'ok, I know what you mean...I don't fly often, but when I do, it's amazing. I don't know how I went so long without it. Must be frustrating as hell to not be able to get any lift with those things," he commented, before looking down at the offered drink. "Huh, oh...no, it's ok. I'm good." He attempted a smile then...and honestly, it looked a bit awkward on his face. His eyes were much more suited for smirks and grins...and and honest to goodness smile was just rather strange. But nice, too...Santana told him often that he needed to smile more, so that it didn't look so weird. "Thanks for the offer, though..." And he moved to push the drink back towards Dane as it was offered to him.--
AssimilatedUnaru (1:06:03 AM):
"No, really you can have it I don't-," Dane said as he went to stop Lit from pushing the drink back towards him, accidentally brushing his hand over the other boys as he went to do so. The touch sent a weird shiver down Dane's back and right back up into his cheeks causing them to redden, making him look like some bastardized christmas advertisement.
He froze with his hand over Lits for a few moments before drawing it back realizing he hadn't moved it.
RuddyPuppie (1:18:48 AM): When the contact happened, Litural shrank his arm back on instinct - nearly knocking over the drink in the process - but then paused as the feeling lingered strangely. It had been a snap of warmth at first...and now that it was gone, his hand felt cold where they'd met. That...that was very unusual, and confusing for the teen. Normally his skin felt hot, itching and uncomfortable after being touched...it was really something he didn't like. But this...this hadn't been all too entirely unpleasant. It almost ached...and with that ache, came a very sick feeling from the pit of Litural's stomach. Chastity? Why would his DNA be acting up about this? "Sorry," he said, his voice low and almost hushed when Dane pulled his hand away. "I...have issues...with being touched..." He really should see a therapist, he thought. He was getting too old to be dealing with this s**t.--
AssimilatedUnaru (1:21:55 AM): "N-no, it's alright...I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable..." Dane said averting his gaze and itching at the back of one of his ears.
"H-Hey...I should probably get going...I've got a lot of stuff to do back at home..." Dane said wanting to get away from the awkward feeling that had been in his stomach since he had been around Lit.
RuddyPuppie (1:26:53 AM): "No, it's not you..." Litural started, but stopped when Dane went to excuse himself. Did Lit actually feel sad? The feeling in his stomach got worse at the prospect of missing the other boy. "Yeah, I should probably be going, too," he said, standing up from the table. He was quiet, thinking...glancing up at Dane. "We...should hang out sometime, yanno? I'm not a great swimmer, but I like wading in the water. Maybe we can go back to the beach?"--
AssimilatedUnaru (1:29:28 AM): Dane nodded quickly, "Yeah, th-that would be great...we should definitely hang out some time," Dane agreed as the two boys stood up to part their seperate ways. The thought of seeing Lit again made the squigglies come back to his stomach.
RuddyPuppie (1:56:10 AM): Litural rummaged through his wallet for a piece of paper...looking around, he went over and borrowed a pen from one of the food places to write down his phone number before coming back over to where Dane was. "Here...just, uh...give me a call, I guess, ok?"--
AssimilatedUnaru (2:00:52 AM): Dane took the piece of paper and looked at it briefly as if it were a hundred dollar bill, "Alright, I'll be sure to," Dane replied with a nod before placing the paper in his pocket.
"I'm, really glad we bumped into each other," Dane commented before they had to part.