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Spei was never one to turn down an invitation from a friend, especially not a fellow Moon Knight. So when he received the glittery message from Nectaris, he ceased his patrolling and made his way over the rooftops to the park. Seemed like all kinds of things started at the park – his romance with Holland (who turned out to be a Senshi, Gault) really took off there, for one. He was on his own tonight, though, as Holland had some late-night studying to do. So adventures in the park it was.

It didn't take him long to get to the park, and once he got there, it didn't take him long to find Nectaris; her aura was strong, that of a Knight, and her pink outfit stood out markedly amongst the trees and snow. The Moon Squire leapt down into the park near her, landing gracefully and sweeping a bow to her.

"Nectaris," he greeted with a small smile. "Fancy meeting you here. I got your invitation – you want to go to the Moon tonight?"

"Yeah, it's been awhile," Spei nodded in agreement. "Thank you for thinking I'm charming. That's a very high compliment." Tilting his head, he ran his hand over his tailcoat. "Yeah, I'm a Squire now. Pretty amazing."

A trip to the Moon sounded like the perfect thing for a quiet evening. He hadn't visited his own Wonder in a week or so – he'd been so preoccupied with Holland and their blossoming romance. It had actually been a relief that his boyfriend turned out to be a Senshi.

"My Wonder isn't exactly fancy either, remember? Though I have cleaned up the place more, added some more plants… I think the inside is about done, so I'm working on the gardens outside. It's coming together," he shrugged. "Slowly but surely. I'll have it back to itself in no time."

He reached out and took Nectaris's offered hand. "Ready when you are…"

Spei looked around at Nectaris's Wonder. "It's beautiful. Sometimes life happens and you can't do the things you should be doing. I understand that." Between Holland and his DJ career and at first trying to hide he was a Knight from his new boyfriend, he'd hardly had time to power up, let alone visit his own Wonder. But that would be changing, hopefully soon.

He sat down in the patch of grass they were on and looked at the little flower. "It's a lovely little flower," he nodded. "That's a really good sign, I think – it shows you still have that connection here." He wondered if it was time to start working on the gardens outside his Wonder.

"I've been… busy. I have a partner now, a boy named Holland." Spei blushed a little as he spoke, thinking of the past month or so. "He… I… He's my first boyfriend. A really wonderful guy. I've been busy with work too, actually. Things are picking up for me both professionally and personally. It's kind of exciting, but doesn't leave a lot of time for… you know, this."

Glancing over at the buildings, he smiled at Nectaris. "Shall we go see what we can do here?"

Spei blushed again. "Yeah, he's… really very nice to me, very sweet, very cool. And very, very cute." He could feel the blush intensifying and tried to hide it by flipping his shaggy blue fringe over his face. "I haven't taken him to my Wonder yet, but it'll happen. He's a Senshi, so maybe someday I'll get to see his world."

He raised an eyebrow at Nectaris's mention of her boyfriends. Negaverse? She had been Negaverse herself not so long ago, a General if he recalled correctly. Wasn't that taking a tremendous risk? "I, uh, completely understand if you don't want to talk about it, but…" He sighed. "Yeah, boys can take up a lot of time."

Then her mood brightened, and so did Spei's. "I would love to see the greenhouse," he said with a small smile. "My greenhouse-sunroom place is my favorite spot at my Wonder. I love a good greenhouse."

Getting to his feet again, he held out a hand to help Nectaris to hers. "I can't wait."

Blushing yet again, Spei smiled – a real, genuine smile, not one of his little half-smiles. He was glad he told Nectaris about Holland; he wanted to sing it to the universe, actually. Of course, the best he could do was write music about and for his relationship, but that was plenty good enough, knowing the effect his music could have on his boyfriend.

"No judgment from me," he nodded. "Whatever makes you happy is good as far as I'm concerned." Even if the situation sounded a bit difficult, he felt certain Nectaris could make it work somehow. She seemed scary competent.

As they approached the greenhouse, Spei marvelled at the delicate architecture of the building. The sheer artistry that would have gone into designing such an amazing structure was astonishing to him, and he had to wonder about the ancient Moon Kingdom and how they would have done it. Almost certainly magic had been involved; he understood that much about the Silver Millenium. The colors that matched their outfits were just as delicate as the design; he could appreciate the beauty of it, even though sections of the stained glass were broken.

The Moon Squire pointed at his boots. "I think I'll be okay. Still, I'll be careful."

The crunching of the shattered glass underfoot as they entered the greenhouse was mildly distressing; stepping on such ancient beauty seemed almost sacrilegious. "This place is beautiful," he said, voice soft and low as he looked around. "Are you going to use it as a greenhouse once it's repaired?"

Spei looked around at the prevailing butterfly motif of the glass and raised an eyebrow. "Ohhhhh… Yes, of course it would have been used for butterflies. I'm clearly very observant," he quipped, poking fun at himself. He kept close to Nectaris as they walked through the ruined structure, though the only danger would have been falling glass. "It's still beautiful."

Testing the structural integrity of one of the benches, he brushed bits of glass off of it with one of the tails of his coat and sat, looking around the place. "I've found that the more you come to visit, things start to heal themselves. Like some of the cracks in the walls of my Wonder have begun to close up. Which is weird to me, but you know, Moon magic," and he made a little handwave gesture. Not dismissive, more magic woo. It was something he still had trouble with sometimes, accepting that magic happened.

"Also, plants do seem to come back first. My own solarium is doing great – the plants in there seem to be waking up," Spei added. "I haven't seen any bugs yet, but then I've been… a little busy and haven't made it up to my Wonder in a while." Which reminded him that he should start seeing to the gardens outside the building, now that the inside was tidied up and looking good.

He patted the seat, indicating that Nectaris should sit too. "If you want any help getting the plants in here back again, let me know. I'd be happy to help."

"Yeah, it sounds to me like cleaning up should take first priority," Spei nodded, watching Nectaris perch on her toes on the bench. "Next time you come up here, bring a broom and stuff for sweeping up all the broken glass. That's what I did at my Wonder. I brought up some plants too, to kind of encourage the plants in the solarium, and that actually worked, to my surprise. That and music," he smiled wryly. He'd actually made a mix for his Wonder, ethereal downtempo trance and chillwave music with hopeful lyrics.

"But it sounds to me like you have a potentially reliable resource for helping restore this place, in your brother. If he's got animals, he knows what he's doing and how to get life happening again. I mean, I'm still more than happy to help you. I'll bring the music and my cleaning supplies."

He looked around at the glass-littered ground, then up at the ruined stained-glass roof. It was going to take a lot of work, and numerous visits to her Wonder here, but Spei felt hopeful that Nectaris would be willing to put in the effort to restore the place.