Lumikki:
Lumi had finally finished moving all the clothing her mother had placed in her room. Sighing she looked towards her phone, call him...or go up to his room. Biting her lower lip she looked towards the door maybe Sin hadn't told him yet. She could surprise him, nodding at that idea she rushed out of her room, seeing Sin with a boil who must have been her boilfriend she started to wave. Stopping herself as she caught a glimps of her face she looked so sad. Looking towards the area they were leaving, maybe Julian had told her about the isles. Frowning slightly she hesitantly knocked on the door.

Julian Thanatos:
Julian straightened when he heard a knock on the door. In his hands were a small brush and a pan full of the shards on one of his teacups, the one Sin had shattered when she squeezed it too hard. For a second he glanced around, wondering if she forgot something. He didn't see anything, but figured there had to be something Sin, or perhaps Rosc, had forgotten.

He set the pan on the table in the center of the room and walked to the door, his footsteps muffled by the layers of various carpets to keep the wood from scratching.
"Did you forget some-" His words ground to a halt when he opened the door, looked up, and saw Lumi standing there, not Rosc or Sin. He started blinking, as if he wasn't exactly sure she was there. His eyes a little red and his cheeks looking like he'd been rubbing at them, Julian stood there with one hand on the door, dressed in loose gray pajama pants and a black t-shirt..
"Lumi?"

Lumikki:
Lumi winced, she knew she should have called. He looked so confused, very cute but visibly upset.

She winced, "uh...uhm...Hi?" She wasnt sure if seeing her standing here was a good thing or not. She noticed that he looked as if he was crying. Had Sin said something? Or maybe it had to do with the isles. "..uhm if..if this is a bad time i..i can come back later..." she had started to back up slightly as if more room between him and her would allow her to just vanish.

Julian Thanatos:
"No, it's..." He looked away for a moment, before shaking his head and giving her a small smile equal parts tired and sad.
"No, it's fine. Please... come in." Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up, his brain tried to catch up with what his heart just popped out of his mouth. His room was supposed to be private! Was he going mad? Julian reigned in the little voice as he stepped back, opening the door wider for her to come in. He needed comfort just as much as Sin and maybe... Maybe Lumi could help with that.

The room was dimly lit by lamps on the walls and the various low tables. Little piles of cushions surrounded a low round table in the center of the room, a huge pile of pillows in the far corner served as his bed where his purple-colored Hazmutt Maggie had retired. Her head rose, but rather than approach like she did whenever Sin came over, she just set her head back down. The Death Elnin Hel didn't even bat an eyelash from her own nap in the glow of the lamp on the table that served as Julian's desk, where his laptop sat closed. Alpha, the Scareon that reminded Julian of his wolf on War, walked forward, though. Mostly because she wanted him to come back and brush her coat some more.

Lumikki:
Lumi bit her lower lip as she watched his reaction. She wasnt sure if her hesitation was due to the fact that he looked so sad, and possibly a bit tired or because he had told her once before about his room being private. "Uh...I...well that is...you uhm...look tired? May...maybe I should leave you be." A part of her was screaming no stay, hug him, tell him you missed him. She could see the minipets moving behind him, "it...it looks like they might uhm want your attention" she tried to keep her tone light but in all honesty she really wanted to do just one thing when she had gotten here, find him and give him a hug. But something in his eyes kept her from doing that at this moment. She reached out and brushed his hair slightly, "..ar..are you okay?" It was all she could manage to say. Without revealing anything else. Was he mad at her for not telling him she was there...had Sin even said anything.

Julian Thanatos:
That small smile dropped slowly into a frown when she hesitated, gave excuses not to stay, questioned the invitation. He did want her to come in, to stay for a bit, but if she didn't want to, Julian wasn't about to make her.
But then Lumi brushed his hair at the side of his face. He closed his eyes and his head tilted ever so slightly towards her hand.
"Not really, but I feel a little bit with you here. Please stay, just for a bit?" Maggie and Hel were both sleeping, or getting there at least, and Alpha was now sitting at his side, her tail flicking back and forth as she studied Lumi's tails.

"I have tea... the water needs reheating, though."

Lumikki:
She felt him lean in to her touch, was she imaging things? She winced slightly when she heard he wasn't okay. But in the same breath he had said he felt better with her there. She felt her breath catch slightly as she nodded slowly, "I...okay I can stay for a little bit...I..I dont want to keep you up too late." Noticing the scareon near his feet she cocked her head to the side, before she could comment on it he made comment about tea. Smiling softly, "..I...I could help?" She still wasn't sure about her not telling him she was here but hopefully they'd be able to talk about things. Stepping in to his room she felt a little sheepish, it was actually very nice but she felt as if she had just crossed a line by coming in to the room. She noticed the shards of tea cup in the dustbin but didn't comment instead she decided to let Julian break the silence since she felt like an outsider in his room, regardless of how badly she wanted to see it.

Julian Thanatos:
He shook his head and smiled at her again.
"It's okay, I just have to put it back on the stove for a bit," Julian replied and moved away from her to take the dark kettle off of the table and take it back into the kitchenette on the opposite side of the room from his nest. He was back in the room a moment later.
"Careful, though. Sin accidentally broke one of my cups, I wouldn't want you to stick yourself on one," he quickly added as he gestured to the spot where Sin had been sitting. There weren't any more shards on the table, but he hadn't thoroughly check the floor yet. Alpha was still watching Lumi, an action he frowned a bit over.

"Not sure what she's looking at, but you seem to be very interesting to Alpha." He moved to Sin's former seat at the table and went back to cleaning up the broken china.

Lumikki:
Lumi had been watching the scareon, Alpha, while Julian had made his way back to the kitchen. Her tails twitched sligtly unsure of the creature, but if Julian was fond of it, it couldn't be bad could it? Blinking as he came back in and mentioned Sin, oh so the ghoul had been here. Her heart sank slightly when she learned that she had been in the room, she chastised herself for being jealous clearly they were talking, and from the looks of it it wasnt a very good one. Forcing a small smile as she looked back at Alpha, "it could be the tails..." turning her full attention back to Julian her ears dropped slightly, "...y...you're upset? Because I didnt tell you I was here?" Well that would explain his mood but not Sin's. "..o..or becuase I'm here?" She asked quietly.

Julian Thanatos:
"Might be. All she's seen are my feathers," Julian replied as he picked up a few of the shards and put them in the bin. That seemed to be the last of them. Which was good, because he wanted to get that over with before he moved onto his next planned of action.
Which happened to be walking over to Lumi, wrapping his arms around her, and pressing his face into where her neck met her shoulder.

"I'm not upset with you, though I wish you'd called me," he said as he hugged her, his words muffled. "I had to tell Sin and Rosciel about the Clans, about her friend Riley, and I..." He shook a little, his wings rustling with the action.
"I thought I had come to terms over it. I haven't."

Lumikki:
Lumi wrapped her arms around his waist as if it was an action that came so naturally to her. She sighed a small sigh of happiness as she felt him close to her again she had been so worried that he hadnt wanted her here. Blinking a few times she hadnt even thought about the fact that Sin might not have known what had happened on the isles. She felt him shake slightly, she wasnt sure what to do her words failed her so she did the only thing she could think of. Pulling away from him very slowly she stroked his cheek, "I..I know I didnt know her very well...but I felt sadness over her death...and over the distruction of the clans," she bit her lower lip as she thought about the last days she had on the isle. Shaking her head slightly; "its..not much but I...willing to try and help..." she couldnt help but wonder if stroking his neck would help she knew when she was upset her mother could always calm her down like that but it just seemed a little intimate at the moment.

Julian Thanatos:
Julian's eyes opened when Lumi pulled back, only to close again when her hand touched his cheek. He even let out a soft twittering sound. It took a second for his eyes to open again, but when they did he gave her that little smile again.
"I know. Just being here helps," he whispered back and almost, almost leaned down and kissed her. But as luck would have it, the tea-pot started to whistle and he had to let go of her to take it off, otherwise it would keep whistling and his neighbors would hate him for forever.

He brought it back in and set it on the tray on the table, sitting down where he had before. He looked up at Lumi and held up a hand, offering for her to take it and sit with him. A part of him worried that she wouldn't like the way his room was, with no proper chairs and tables no taller than a coffee-table. Chairs were just not something he enjoyed much. The impressive wingspans of his family meant most chairs were terribly uncomfortable, so rather than getting chairs from home or getting new ones made, Julian just preferred pulling his bedroom habits into the rest of his living space. Pillows and cushions worked fine as a bed, why couldn't they work as chairs, too?

"Sin said she met you earlier. She didn't... upset you or anything, did she?"

Lumikki:
Lumi watched in fascination as his eyes closed and he made such a soft sound. She felt herself lean closer to him as he was talking. Saved by the whistle, as the whistle to the tea kettle went off she straitened up and dropped her hand. Smiling after him she took the time to look around his room. Hearing him come back in she turned to smile at him, she liked his room it was so inviting. She took his hand and sat close to him, just being near him most of her fears had gotten smaller. Nestling down on the pillows she turned and look at him, "Sin...oh..no she..she didn't upset me. I kind of like her." Leaning her head on his shoulder, "I love...yo...your room its comfortable." She had to stop herself.

Julian Thanatos:
Julian was relieved when Lumi sat down with him. Even more so when Alpha immediately came over and plopped herself, well the front half of herself anyway, onto Lumi's lap. It pleased him to know that his minis liked her. Or, at least that one of them sought her attention while the others weren't hostile.
He poured hot water into his cup and the one Rosc had turned down, filled two metal tea infusers in the shape of bird eggs with leaves from two little jars already on the table, and dropped the infusers into the cups of water.
"Tea's... my mum's cure-all of aches of the body and soul. Though, I imagine Dad's a bit of a help for her in those cases, too." He quirked a smile at that and put a hand back behind himself to keep himself up when she leaned against him. He didn't mind.

"Sin said that, too, but I... Wanted to ask you. She doesn't always notice some things and tends to just barrel on sometimes," he replied with a small chuckle and a bit of a sigh.
"I'm glad you like her. When we first met, she was pushy and I was terrified of the places she would drag me... I'm glad you like it. My brothers tend to hate it, hence why I generally don't like others coming in here. I get enough odd looks and complaining from them."

Lumikki:
Lumi sat back up as she felt Alpha lay her head in her lap. That was interesting she thought. Her ears twitched as she let her hand fall down to the scareon petting her slowly she looked at Julian, "Sin..was nice. I...I think I upset her though." She still felt bad about the mistake she made with Sin about the dance, wincing slightly, "I made the mistake of thinking she was single..." looking down at the tea she smiled it smelt wonderful. "I hope my mother sent over my tea set...I dont know if there is any good places around here to get new tea sets." With one hand she kept petting Alpha, reaching down and setting her hand down to brush against Julian's. "..I...I mis..." she wasn't sure if she wanted to finish that sentence as she looked down at Alpha.

Julian Thanatos:
"She might as well be, sometimes. She flirts a lot, not with me of course, but with less... bookish demon boils. And Rosciel, her boilfriend, is very... closed-doors, if you know what I mean. He doesn't like people, so he tends to stay in the background and grumble about the attention she gets," Julian replied and smiled more. His tea-set was all black china, a practical design not too chunky but not so delicate and ghouly either. The cups and kettle were covered in tiny stars that looked like dust that clumped into shapes of birds and dragons flying across the black china sky.

"They make an interesting couple, but I think a lasting one." Lumi was petting Alpha and her other hand touched the one that wasn't keeping him propped up. He couldn't resist moving it and wrapping his fingers carefully around her hand.
"I missed you." He didn't assume that was what she was saying by adding a too onto his statement, just said what he felt and would let her go with it.

Lumikki:
Giggling slightly at his comment about Sin and her boilfriend, "I saw him in passing. What kind of demon is he?" She had assumed he was a demon concidering that Sin seemed like the kind of ghoul that would have a pure match. "She's a succubus..." it was more of a question then a fact as she stared at his tea set. Feeling his fingers wrapped around hers she turned to look at him a small smile on her lips as she heard him, "yo..you missed me? I...I missed you so much." She turned to look at him a little more fully kind of distubring Alpha in the process. "I...I had so much I wanted to tell you..bu..but I lost all my nerve when I saw you..." she wasn't sure where excatly she stood with him. They had mailed back and forth for what seemed like months, the last time they saw each other she had kissed him and the thought had still burned in her mind. Biting her lower lip she wondered if her sudden out burst would make him look at her like she was crazy.

Julian Thanatos:
Julian nodded when Lumi said Sin was a succubus.
"And Rosc is an incubus, even if he doesn't quite look it," he replied, giving her hand a little squeeze.
"I did. Getting to send those messages back and forth was nice, but I had still wished you were here a more than few times since the trip. And I was really anxious you'd get accepted on top of that." He paused with a sheepish smile. As long as he took her mind away from Sin, he could maybe surprise her by asking her to the dance.

"You had things you wanted to tell me?"

Lumikki:
Hearing Rosc was an incubus made more sense. "Oh..my mother really would love her...except for her pairing up with someone." She listened to him talk, "You were anxious for me to come here really?" Her eyes a little wide as she heard that. Wincing slightly at his comment, "ah...heh not going to let me get away without telling you things huh?" Smiling to show she was only joking she looked back down at Alpha, "I..I wasn't sure...well how you'd feel about me being here really..."

Julian Thanatos:
"I know Sin's parents are married. I bet they worry about how unsociable he is," Julian replied with a little shrug.
"Yeah, I was anxious. People sometimes have trouble getting into this school, so... I wasn't sure how long it would take before you got accepted, or before I could see you again." He caught the wince and took the moment to look to the teacups. The tea was dark enough for him, or at least as dark as it would get. He straightened so that he could still hold her hand, took the infusers out, set them on a small plate on the tray, and .slid her cup towards her.

"Well, a little... disappointed that you didn't give me a call. I wanted to show you around when you got here," he added with a smile.
"Did you find everything all right?" Alpha's ears twitched and she moved, trying to snuggle more into Lumi's lap and get attention.

Lumikki:
Lumi moved her hands to hold the tea cup between her hands, listening to him talk about Sin's parents she nodded. It wasn't something that she was familiar with the idea of having and keeping a mate. Looking back at him slightly, "I...I started to call you...but I got distracted. Uhm Ren? Does that sound right? He showed me around a little. And then I met an Imp in the library...he...was uhm...oh and then Sin helped me to my room. Its just a few floors down actually..." looking down at Alpha she absentmindly went back to petting her behind the ears. "I...I thought about just calling you tomorrow...but Sin made it seem like you would have liked to see me whenever..so I came up..." she didn't add that she was dying to see him since she was accepted.

Julian Thanatos:
"I know Ren, sort of. I don't think we've ever spoken before, but I know who he is. And I don't know any imps. How did Ren's tour go? He didn't show you all of the school, did he? Did you like the library?" He suddenly realized he sounded like he was interrogating her. Julian ran a hand through his hair then took a slow drink of his tea. It warmed him and started calming his nerves.

"Sorry, I'm just excited you're here," he added with a sheepish look. "I'm really glad you came to see me now, I needed something bright to get me out of the darkness I'd been thrown into."
And she had. Lumi, while it wasn't her full name, it suited her. She had come into the room like one of his soft lamps, and her steady silver glow had chased away the dark memories his telling had draped over him. She was, without a doubt, just what he needed.

Lumikki:
"Ren showed me a few places. I really enjoyed the library..." she stopped for a moment, "I think your better off not meeting the imp...he was intresting to say the least." Smiling as she watched him lifting her own tea cup up to her lips and sipping slowly. Smiling even more, before faltering slightly, "Ha..have you been in this mood since the isles?" She set her cup down slowly, she was so happy to be here that she hadn't thought of the pain he might have been going through since the trip. It was easy for her, she had gone back home the long she was away the easier it was to place those memories behind. All except him, he was a bright spot in her mind.

Julian Thanatos:
Julian liked the library, too. He seemed to be drawn to ghouls like him, shy ones that liked books. But Lumi was also rather ghoully, an endearing quality in his mind. It made him wonder what she liked in a boil... Then again, she probably didn't have an idea herself, since her kind didn't seem to entertain those thoughts. He wouldn't ask.
"I like the library, too," he replied and waved a hand at the tall and wide bookcase pressed up against the wall. There were all kinds of adventure books and comics and a few of his table-top RPGs. The RPGs had been collecting dust, though. He didn't have anyone to play with. He'd heard about a club that was going to start up when he first started at school, but though he signed up it hadn't gone anywhere.

Her smile faltered and she asked him about his mood and the islands. Julian looked down, studying his cup of tea.
"Yes and no. When I was awake, talking to you, playing with my minis, I was fine, I could forget. But when that was done... At night..." He set the cup down and ran a hand through his hair.
"I haven't been sleeping well."

Lumikki:
Lumi had looked over at his shelves and smiled maybe he could teach her how to play some of the games he had on his shelf. Nodding to herself as he told her about how he hadn't been sleeping. Her hands still fiddling with Alpha's fur, she finally looked at him, "Have you talked with anyone...I mean other than me." She wasn't sure if there was anyone at the school he could talk with. She had dreams at night that still woke her but she also hadn't told anyone about what happened on the isle. She watched him run his hand through his hair petting Alpha a little harder than she intended to, just to keep her hands from reaching out and hugging him. "I...I feel so useless..."

Julian Thanatos:
Alpha huffed and nipped lightly at Lumi's hand. Not enough to hurt or anything like that, but enough to say that she was being too rough.
Julian shook his head.
"I talked to Sin, but she just got back and..." He looked off, his wings starting to shake a little bit again.
"There wasn't much talking about it, just telling her what happened and how sorry I am." Julian's gaze shot back to Lumi when she said she was useless, a frown on his face.

"You're not useless!" There was more emotion in his voice when he said that than he had intended, but he let it go. He set his cup back on the table lest anything happen to it and looked down at his hands. "At least, no more than I am. I don't know how to... feel better. All of this... A part of me can't get past it no matter how much the rest of me tries to forget."

Lumikki:
Lumi pulled her hands back from Alpha, frowning slightly when she realized how rough she had been. She watched his whole demenor change. Starting to reach her hand out she quickly dropped it, still unsure of how to help him. Wincing slightly at his tone she watched him place his cup down. Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath as she moved closer to him. Placing her a hand on his cheek and pushing his hair back with the other, "I..I don't think you are. I...I don't know how to help...I...I never told anyone about what happened...I" she knew that she was trying to make him feel better but she couldn't help but think she was being a little selfish. Leaning over she kissed him lightly on the cheek.

Julian Thanatos:
Julian's hand rose and gently took a hold of her wrist, the one attached to the hand on his cheek. She didn't know how to help, hell he didn't know what could help, and it seemed like she was in just as much pain as he was, just as troubled by what had happened. So many students had been there, and yet neither of them knew how to be comforted. How funny was that? They needed some sort of support group, and yet he didn't even know how that might help. He just needed to be stronger, to be a demon that could protect his family, his friends, those he cared about. Like Sin and Tahki.
And Lumi.

He pulled her hand down from his cheek and used his hold on her wrist to draw her closer and kissed her lips rather than her cheek. He just needed her there, someone he knew who had felt the madness and the fear and the sorrow, someone who had shared the joys of learning from the clans with him, someone he knew and someone he cared about.
"I... I just n-need you here. It helps," he whispered after pulling back just enough to say it and study her face.

Lumikki:
Lumi's breath caught slightly as she felt him pull her closer. It was just the sadness, the feeling of going through something tramatic with someone thats all it was. She had told herself that ever since he first kissed her, and tried telling herself that again. Closing her eyes as he kissed her, the words she was telling herself left her mind. Her eyes still closed she nodded slowly at his words. "I..I just want to help..." Opening her eyes slowly looking at him through her eyelashes. She was worried he'd see the fear in her eyes but couldn't bring herself to look away. She finally felt safe again, something she hadn't felt since she'd left the isles.

Julian Thanatos:
"D-do you want to go to the prom with me, Lumi?" He hadn't meant to say that. Of all the things he could have said, that should not have been what came out. He should have been... He should have done something creative, dammit! But he needed to ask. Going to the dance with her would take their minds off of it, it would be something pleasant they could do together. He didn't want her to go by herself, he would rather be there with her. And besides, if he didn't, there was no doubt in his mind Sin would drag him to it anyways. And he wanted to dance with Lumi, even if he couldn't really dance that well.

Lumikki:
Lumi blinked a few times her ears twitching, without warning and meaning to she started to giggle. Of course after she started she couldn't help herself, but she wasn't laughing at him. It was her own insecurities and stupidity she was lauging at, "Prom? Wh...why would you want to go to a dance with me? I...I can't even dance...jack I can't even convince myself that I didn't fall in..." she had almost admitted out loud something she tried so hard not to admit to herself. Pulling away from him she looked down at the cup of tea, as if it would vanish if she even blinked. "I...I don't know how to dance...I...I don't have clothes..."

Julian Thanatos:
Oh, Jack, she was laughing, he had screwed up, she didn't want to, he'd been so stupid-
Oh. She wasn't laughing at him, she was laughing at...
"If you w-wanted to go. If you don't, would you li-like to do something else that night?" In truth, he didn't really want to go if she wouldn't be going. He'd much rather spend the dance sharing books with her or watching a movie or something like that. Sin would still try to get him to go, but if he told her he'd be opting out to spend an evening with Lumi, she probably would leave him alone.

"I... guess I just w-want to spend more time with you, and it s-seemed like an appropriate way..." He looked down a little sheepishly.

Lumikki:
"Yo...you want to spend mo..more time with me?" Her hands holding the tea cup a little tighter, as she looked over at him, she wanted very much to spend time with him. "I..I do...would like to go t..to the dance with you...I.." setting the cup back down she whispered very softly, "I would love to do anything you would want..." folding her hands in her lap to keep them from shaking she looked down at them, "Julian...I...ever since the isles...I..I never told anyone what happened. My mother knew something happened but didn't ask, she..she didn't bat an eye when she found out about you. I..I kept telling myself...but when I got the letter. I...I was so excited that that I was going to be near yo...you again." She had left out exactly what she was telling herself to keep her from crying each night she didn't get accepted.