Ryan had texted his cousin to go for a run with him tonight, citing they needed to talk, now knowing the other was a night time runner, he decided to join in. He didn't actually want to go running, but instead to let his cousin know that he knew the other’s secret. He was tempted to toy with his cousin a bit to make him sweat, but in the end decided against it. He stretched while he waited for his cousin to show up, pretty sure that at first they would certainly be running.
Eli thought it was slightly weird for Ryan to run with him all of a sudden, since he was usually attached at the hip to his children [rather in the case of Nikie and little Silas it was more like they wouldn't let their daddy out of their sight. Livvie was more attached to whomever held her at the time.]. Not that he was going to complain to his older and much sassier cousin, that was like asking for a mouthful and frankly he didn't feel like listening to that tonight. Eli made it to the meeting spot, seeing Ryan stretching from where he was at.
Welp, here goes nothing.
"You called Ry?" He too began to stretch. He wasn't a triathlete like his cousin but that didn't mean he didn't do some form of workout.
Ryan looked up, not bothering to stop stretching and nodded, “yes, it's been a while since I got in a really decent jog and I wanted to talk to you.” He stood up straight and waited for his cousin to get stretched. He didn't want to talk about it until he and Eli were running because he figured his cousin wouldn’t go along with him.
“You're lucky, you know. Colin is easy. Nikki is a sweetheart, but he’s not overly fond of being not in the same room as I am, and Silas is a nightmare. I bet they are giving Dmitry the blues right now.”
Eli chuckled and shook his head, "Well they have to get used to being around just dad every once in a while. Don't get me wrong, Colin has his bad days too, terrible twos and all." He started jogging in place while he waited on Ryan, wondering what this talk was going to be about. As far as he knew, Colin was very well behaved whenever he went to go stay at any of their friend's houses. "Ready?"
Ryan nodded and started to jog, knowing he was going to have to put in a little work because his cousin was so much taller than him. He had those long legs going for him and while Ryan wasn’t short at 5’10”, all the guys were pretty much taller than him, he was barely taller than Lily only getting her by two inches. Not that it mattered if she put some heels on.
He turned around jogging backward, “they do, but mine haven't even made it to two … the twins just turned one.” He groaned and shook his head before looking at his cousin. “Speaking of Colin, he was happy as a clam after I brought that flamingo back … but cuz … I one hundred percent followed you because you were acting mad sus. You literally disappeared, weird huh?”
Eli raised an eyebrow, "That is a bit strange, I just went around the corner into the trees." Granted, he couldn't reveal to his cousin the reason he was out that night, or could he? "Not my fault you didn't see me…" a bit sassy? Yes. But hopefully Ryan wouldn't probe any further.
Ryan raised a brow at his cousin and shook his head before laughing, “that’s a lie, I ran all around that building there weren’t any trees and I would have seen you if that was the case. What are you hiding cuz, because that a piss poor attempt at lying.”
Ryan veered off the path heading into the woods Eli ran into that night, taking the same path and clearing heading toward that building.
Eli sighed, "I'm not…." He tried to explain himself, following his cousin as they ran. He was getting a bit frustrated, so once they were deep enough, he stopped. "Look…." He sighed and transformed, giving him a bored expression, "I'm an alien or whatever….I spit black s**t out of my mouth."
Ryan wasn’t surprised at all when Eli transformed, just confirming what Ryan already suspected and pretty much knew. “Ugh, a senshi, a damn magic slinger … well at least you're on our side.” He frowned deeply, “loose the rags, we can patrol later, it's a bit early for that and you would stand out … you dont even have shoes.”
Ryan frowned deeply, “why don’t you have ******** shoes?”
“I’m Captain Witherite by the way, I’m under a general named Benitoite. Let's keep jogging, less some heads this way because you decided to presto chango.”
Eli frowned, the ******** is wrong with being a senshi? "Why do I gotta be called a magic slinger?" He didn't understand the slang, but figured it wasn't meant to be nice. He transformed back, shrugging at the shoes question, "******** if I know….If I didn't go out for pedicures with Lily, my feet would be in rough shape." He was about to jog when what Ryan said hit him, "Wait….YOU'RE a negaverser?" And a captain at that?! What the ******** did that happen?" He started jogging, looking at his cousin with disbelief. Granted Ryan can protect himself, but he doesn't seem like the type of person to go around taking starseeds and draining energy.
“Sorry cuz, I’m not overly fond of magic … it's usually being used on me, in the worst way, hence the term.” He started to laugh when his cousin seemed to catch on to what he said about him being a negaverser, “trust me. I didn't go out trying to get inducted into this war … I happened to accidentally see Bossman houdini and well then the negaverse was forced upon me. It happened before I even met Dmitry. It's why I take muay thai, because Dmitry thought someone was bullying me since i was always covered in bruises.”
He laughed thinking back to that before they were even barely friends. “I’ve been inactive for a while, because of marriage and kids, but Silas is sleeping through the night, so I’m dipping my toes back in. It's not really expected of me though, I guess I hit the General jackpot.”
Ooooh alright, that made sense. "I was inducted too. Stupid cat caught onto the fact that I had a starseed and decided that I was “good enough” to be pulled into this s**t…” he wanted to laugh at the fact that Ryan didn't have to really go out and do his duties. It's not that Rak was going to really push him to do anything, but he did feel obligated now that he was inducted and he knew some things. It's weird thinking that there are potential senshi out there, fighting for the wrong ideals and destroying the got damned planet in the process, while they are trying to keep that from happening? At least that was how he understood it.
“You really did. I'm still getting to know my general….His brother on the other hand is annoying.” As most children are at that age [or rather young adult. Diesel was 19]. “How are your hellions?”
Ryan gave a slow blink at his cousin and raised an eyebrow …, “I'm not sure what you mean there, everyone has a starseed cuz. I’ve not spent a lot of time with the cats though so I’m not sure exactly the mechanics.” He hadn’t bothered to try and seek any out either.
He turned and jogged in place, waiting for his cousin to get the message before he took off again. “Healthy, and growing … What more can I say? We are definitely done for now though. Three, this young, is a lot to undertake.” He laughed lightly and wiggled his eyebrows at Eli …, “you and Lily’s birth control must be fantastic … I thought you would have another by now.”
Eli almost choked, “I mean it's not like I have super sperm like some other people. Lily wants to wait till Collin is older before we have another.” And while he definitely would not mind giving Lily another kid, respecting her wishes is something he prioritized. Well, since he now knew his cousin was on the same side, he felt like he could relax a little, “Do you want to do this patrolling thing with me today? I don't mind doing it by myself but I would like to see how you do things.”
He just somehow knew this would be the start of something wonderful.
Viva Viola
