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 Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:20 am
"H-ha...." Came the plea from the small boy as once more he lightly tugged at the man's pantleg.
Haruki himself was deep in a report regarding something about rockets. Why he needed to know about that god only knew. He flipped the page trying to ignore the boy as he'd been doing for the last half an hour, or was it more? Revon had been begging to go out for quite a while now. Not simply out thuogh, he wanted ice cream.
It was a warm day, and the boy was naturally dark skinned, perhaps that made him a little warm, but the every concealing clothes he kept on didn't make it any better. Still he'd refused something less than the cream toned outfit, and he'd made sure to put on that cross of his. He really did seem to like that thing.
Another tug finally got the red head to sigh and put down the book. "Fine, fine..." Came the defeated reply, followed by the snapping sound of the book closing. "We'll go out, but only for a minute."
A quick joyful nod accompanied by a bounce brought the boy to the door, where his hands reached up to cling to the small cross on the string wound so many times in the collar of his shirt. "Ice... Cuh--cuh--crea-...muh.." He smiled brightly before slinking into the collar of his shirt again, bi-colored eyes following the man's form as he moved to the door, and opened it. Then pattering after him as both exited. The click of the door closing, and another as it was locked. Then down toward the exit of D-corp.
It didn't take too long to walk ot the ice cream shop, nor was it hard to spot it. A bright pink sign that Revon adored. Sadly the peole ont he street seemed to adore the little bird as well. He was fairly shaken from the number of coos, and 'what a cute little girl!'s he got on the way. Girl, girl... People seemed to mistake him for one a lot, he didn't particularly mind. It was easy to correct. That was... if he could bring himself to talk. His voice caught so often almost causing him to cough as he tried to speak. It was Haruki who saved him with a quick push to usher him on, and they wordlessly escaped.
Revon didn't particularly feel comfortable around Haruki yet, at least not completely. Though being stuck near the older man had caused Revon to become more accustomed to him, and thus he'd become more used to the other. Thus why he'd been able to muster the courage for the request.
Which was doing well, he was now standing on tiptoe his face pressed against the glass of the window that separated him from the cool colorful gallons of icecream. "W-want... th-t-..." He paused trying to prepare himself better as he peeked up at the woman who was looking down at him expectantly. It only made things worse, and he ducked his head down to direct his finger toward one of the brighter pink ones. He couldn't read the label yet, but it was pink. It had to be good.
"Strawberry? Alright!" Came the cheery voice, and the woman got to work putting a scoop on a cone for the boy.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:28 am
Aiden was anything but annoyed by being out with his two girls. It was a nice day, and though he had been missing his lover like crazy, now that he had two little girls to take care of it was there only in the back of his mind. Emi was currently insisting on being carried everywhere - protected by her father's arms.
And Khalindra was not taking to sharing her father very well. He'd been hers first, and now she had to walk beside him instead of in his arms. Not to mention her attention had been dreadfully diminished with the new addition to the household.
And she had to share her room. Granted the room was fairly large and there was plenty of room. It was hers though. NOT the swan's.
"Daddy?" Emi's soft voice came, "Can we have ice cream?"
Ice cream? Khalindra perked at the mention of sweets. Maybe Emi wasn't THAT bad after all.
"Yes, daddy, can we? Please?"
Aiden hesitated, eyeing the shop quietly, "I don't know, girls, you know how I feel about sweets...."
"But..Please?" Emi's shy voice came, her eyes lifting to look pleadingly up at the blonde young man.
He couldn't resist that look.
Sighing, Aiden caved, "One scoop each."
The med student was rewarded with twin cheers as he steered himself into the ice cream shop.
"What would you two like, hmm? Vanilla?"
Khali made a face, "Strawberry!" she insisted. Vanilla was too bland.
Emi looked over the selections, unable to read quite yet - but the white one with the chocolate dots looked yummy, "That one, please?"
Aiden nodded and set Emi down gently, ordering the ice cream. It was then that the swan saw another child. One like her.
He had wings!
Carefully she crept up to him and tapped his shoulder, gathering the tiny bit of courage she would need to speak, "H..Hi."
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:42 am
Shloop. plop.
The woman made the cone while Revon qatched quietly. His head was ducked into the high collar of his shirt, the two black wings upon his back delicately folded. They where kept in such a way as to minimize viewing of the dark skin where the cloth was cut to allow the wings through. Then the cone was offered to him, and he released his clutched hands to hold them out and take the scoop. The lady went away then to deal with his keeper which left Revon quite happy. No one was looking at him, and he had ice cream. Pink ice cream. All it needed was pretty pink flower sprinkles, and for his brother to be here. then it would be perfect.
He drew the cone up to his face taking a lick of it. It was sweet and tasted vaguely like the fruit it was named after. A small smile drew along the dark bird's face before quickly dissapearing with a single timid word. 'H..Hi' It was said in a similar fashion to how he might have spoken, but that didn't register to the bird, he simple turned partially trying to see what it was that spoke. What creature the feminine voice belong too. His chin sunk into the collar as much as he could, the cone still clutched between his fingers as he caught sight of the pale swan.
He exact opposite. Perfectly white like the flowers, and delicate.
He bit at his bottom lip nervously, though the cream cloth hid the action. Before taking a step back. "H-... h--- hi..." He managed very weakly, turning his gaze to searching for Haruki. He needed something to hide behind, something that didn't think he was useless. Something so pretty would certainly think that of him.
As for where that keeper was at the moment? Haruki was finishing paying for the ice cream, and quickly losing interest in staying here any longer. He disliked crowds and he'd been reading, why would he stick around? He dropped a bit of a tip into the jar as was considered proper manners before turning from the counter to spot Revon doing something he knew the boy disliked. Confronting a new person.
So the question was... Save him and risk having to deal with the people himself, or waiting for it to end as he knew it would. Option B sounded better at the moment,which meant Revon was onhis own beyond scambling behind the tall man's legs. Haru wasn't doing the talking for him this time.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:54 am
Emi, momentarily forgetting her family, shyly offered her hand. It was something big for the young swan child to do, but the other seemed just as quiet and shy as she was. Maybe a friendship could be built on that common trait. Heaven knew she needed friends.
"My...My name is Emi," she offered the young boy, her wings twitching somewhat nervously. She wasn't usually one to go out and introduce herself...But...Against socializing with her elder sister, it was a far more pleasant choice.
Aiden turned to look at his daughter and smiled. Socializing. Already? Well, then, he wouldn't interrupt but to hand her the ice cream (place in a cup, since the cones were FAR too much sugar!) before doing the same to his other little girl.
"I'll be over here with Khali."
"But daddy I want to - "
"I'll be over here with Khali," he repeated, dragging a protesting star princess with him to one of the tables in the corner.
Emi took the ice cream gratefully and gave a tentative lick. It tasted good, and a smile soon spread across her features, causing her feathers to floof up ever so slightly.
Gathering her courage, the mute swan took a deep breath, "What's yours?"
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:45 pm
Emi... Emi was a pretty name for something all white and delicate like a flower. He liked the name. Not that it showed, as he seemed to shrink away all the more at her words, eyes still hunting for his keeper. When he did spot the older man it was obvious he wasn't allowed to bring the problems over. Revon might not have been with him for very long, but he'd quickly learned Haruki didn't like talking and he liked people even less. Or so it seemed anyway. He wasn't about to bring about the other's tempter either, he didn't hit him, but he'd definitely lose his ice cream.
So it came down to this... Ice cream, or escaping the girl.
His gaze focused back on the pale winged girl as he once more bit at his lip. She was being handed a bit of ice cream too, her's was brown though. He didn't know the flavour, he didn't know any of them to tell the truth. He'd guessed on getting the one he had, which made him lucky since it was rather tasty.
Thankfully the two people, one older like Haruki, and the young girl who didn't seem to pleased soon left. That was better, ice cream wasn't worth messingup in front of three people, even really good ice cream. It even seemed as if it would be possible to say something that made sense to the girl as she grinned at the flavor of her own delight before speaking again.
That meant he needed to speak. He glanced down to the pink colored cream in his hands stalling as he quickly licked up a drop that was melting and threatening to slip down the cone. Then turned the oddly colored stare back to the girl. She didn't seem so bad really maybe he could try? "R-re.. Reev...." He paused a moment. "Revon." He said it quickly as if it had been a cough, before trying for another set of words. "It... it's guu-dah?" He smiled softly, partially veiled by the color before licking his own pink treat happily.
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:49 pm
Pleased that her family was leaving her be, even though she was nervous and twitchy and wanted to hide behind her Knight's legs, Emi smiled shyly at Revon and nibbled at her own white and brown ice cream.
The silence that stretched only served to make the pale, delicate girl a little more nervous and she was debating retreating behind her father's form - but Khalindra was not worth braving at the moment. Daylight time was dangerous.
At the introduction, Emi seemed to relax a little, "Nice to meet you," she murmured, giving a little courtsey like she'd seen her sister do. It seemed to be the proper thing to do in the situation, though her feet got slightly tripped up and she almost fell. Relying on the grace that she was gifted with, Emi managed to make it look like a rather elaborate, deliberate movement.
The question was answered with a bright smile - Yes! It was good!
"Yes," she answered, offering her cup to him, "Would you like a taste?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:41 pm
 Too bright to happy. The boy shank back again lifting the ice cream before his face. Even though she seemed pleased it worried him. Was is fake? That was it, she was faking it all. No one really liked him. Well save for his brother, oh how he wished Keivlos was here now. Then he could escape behind his brother and he'd be safe there. Instead he was still here with this girl trying to decide how to go about dealing with her changing from the quiet murmuring to the sudden bright smile. It didn't seem natural.
He shifted his wings uneasily lowering the cone to lick it once as the cup was offered to him. A taste? Well Revon was certainly one for sweets, but the idea of it was rather questionable. Should he dare to take a taste, and if so... The right thing was to offer one in return. After a moment he nodded faintly managing a tiny smile. "O-ohk-ay..." He mumbled quietly holding out his own cone to her in the process. "Y-you can t-t-trai m-mine too." He was attempting to be hospitable in the way people should be. He could only hope he was doing it right.
Moving the cone so it was only in a single hand he tucked his face into the collar of his shirt as he reached out and carefully took the cup before using the spoon to take a taste. Germs weren't something he was old enough to worry about much. The thought never occurred to him, though he quietly found himself agreeing with the girl. "It... it is good." He replied quietly as ever before offering the cup back to her. "T-thank you, E-emi."
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