hums as he opened the door. He smiled when he saw it was him. "Ari~!"
fidgets and blushes. "Hei..."
blinks at the blush on his cheeks. "What's up?"
blinks before laughing. "A-ah, I guess it is isn't it..."
tilts his head. "You guess?"
nods and looks down a bit. "So... is that all?"
steps back inside and slowly starts to close the door.
looks at him, frowning a bit too. "What what?"
shuffles. "Th-that wasn't all...."
looks at him and opens the door a bit more. "There's more...?"
frowns and looks at the ground, nodding slowly.
opens the door a bit again. "What's left?"
passes him a wrapped gift. "It's not much..." He mumbles.
blinks and slowly unwraps it.
had wrapped up a bag of licorice for him.
smiles and opens it, happily eating some.
looks down before opening the door for Ari to come in.
steps inside and pauses before hugging him.
smiles a little and hugs him back. He had missed Ari...
blushes and hugs him tighter, feeling guilty for not being around as much.
doesn't mind, he knew the other was busy... Eya had been keeping him company anyways~
still feels bad about it...
doesn't think he should... he hadn't missed anything.
still is. He didn't like doing work anyways.
still doesn't think he should feel bad... He hugged him a bit tighter before pulling back and smiling down at him.
pokes his nose before eating a bit more licorice. "So, ye got any other plans for today~?"
hums. "Then do ye wanna drink with me~?"
sighs. "Sure... Just because it's your birthday."
nods and quickly goes to the kitchen, pulling out two cases of 24 bottles of beer before going to the living room.
stares at them. "That much?"
smiles and nods. "Ja~ Don't worry, I'll try not to drink all 48 this time..."
"What do you mean, 'this time?'"
laughs a bit. "Well, last year I got a little carried away..." Scratches the back of his head before sitting down on the couch.
frowns slightly. "You shouldn't drink that much..."
shrugs. "It's also Fathers Day today. Not only did no one visit me for my birthday last year, but no one also visited me for Father's Day."
"You don't have any kids."
shrugs. "I took care of everyone when ye were all younger... I had some fatherly senses." He did kinda feel like a father to them...
huffs. "You didn't take care of me...."
shrugs and looks away. "I kinda maybe did just a little..."
pouts. "Fine. But I still kinda felt like a father."
frowns. "You were never like my father...."
frowns and looks at him. "What did ye see me as back then?"
doesn't like talking about that...
... really wants to know now.
"Tell me what ye saw me as back then."
fidgets. "Not as a father..."
frowns. "An intruder...."
frowns a bit. "Really...?"
shrugs. "I guess I was, wasn't I..." He couldn't deny that.
pauses before nodding slowly.
shrugs. "Ah well, all in the past now... can't change that." He sipped his beer.
pauses before kissing his cheek.
smiles a little and looks at him. "Tak."
smiles faintly and blushes.
pats the seat beside him as he finished his beer.
smiles and grabs another beer, drinking it. "So..."
shrugs and drinks more beer. "M'probably just gonna drink all night. So I dunno if ye wanna stay."
raises an eyebrow. "You don't want me to help celebrate your birthday?"
shrugs. "I've never really found it as a celebration in the beginning..."
nods. "Mhmm..." Kept drinking.
shrugs. "Well, it's technically the day when Denmark was constituted as a country."
nods. "So it's your birthday."
shrugs. "It's the official day I lost everyone..."
frowns and looks at the ground. "It was the official day I was alone.. it hurt..."
frowns more and nods as he sipped his beer.
fidgets. "Well... it hurt us when you refused to let us be on our own...."
looks down. "I know... I just... wanted us to all be together."
"You didn't have to force us...."
nods a little as he finished another beer. "I know..."
sighs. "We would have on our own anyways..."
nods some more and leans more back into the couch.
pauses before leaning against him.
sighs and puts an arm around his waist.
sighs. He opens another drink and sips at it.
stares at the wall and finishes another beer.
shakes his head. "Nothing..."
tries to ignore the staring.
stares at him more intently.
"Nothing." He just didn't like his birthday
frowns. "Anything you want to do?"
shakes his head. "Just sit here and drink..."
fidgets. "We could take a walk... or go see puffins..."
shrugs and drinks more beer.
frowns. "Come on, let's go do something."
looks at him a bit. "Why?"
just sulks and drinks more beer.
stands up and tugs at his arm.
rolls his eyes and finishes his beer, getting up.
sighs and puts on his shoes. "We're going for a walk."
shrugs. Whatever. He slowly put his boots on, sighing again.
follows behind him, pouting a bit at the beer that looked lonely now.
sighs. "Alright. I'm up and out. Now what?"
sighs. "Do we have any destination in mind?"
nods a bit and put his hands in his pockets as he walked.
just walks, hoping that it will keep the other occupied by something besides beer.
just stares down at the ground as they walk. He wasn't really thinking of anything.
doesn't really know why the other bothered with him today...
didn't know the other would be so grumpy.
isn't used to him being grumpy at all so assumes that he is being very grumpy.
sighs. He'd try to cheer up then for the other.
stops looking at the ground, and looks up to the sky. It was an okay day in his mind.
watches him, a little worried.
doesn't think he should be worried. He was fine.
worried about him a lot more than he let on.
really doesn't think he should... Nothing would happen to him.
knows that lots of bad things happen to him.
can't think of anything recent.
doesn't think the other has any reason to worry then.
knows that there are plenty of reasons to worry.
Søren
wonders 13 years ago
what they could be?
really wants to know though.
didn't even know them himself but he knew that there were reasons.
can't think of any reasons... so he doesn't want the other to worry.
worry as long as the other worries.
doesn't like it when he worries about him either.
still won't stop worrying for him.
still doesn't approve of this. He hummed a bit... He wanted something sweet.
wouldn't complain about sweets. He glances at him when he hears the humming. That was a good sign...
turns and goes into a bakery.
follows him, wondering what he's doing.
just looking for something sweet...
turns to look at him. "Do ye want anything?"
smirks and rolls his eyes. "Anythin' else?"
decides to get a few danishes, paying for them and carrying them out.
follows him. "Maybe we can have a picnic."
"I meant with the danishes. Now."
blinks. "Oh. Okay... I guess we can do that. Do ye know any good sittin' places?"
shakes his head. "Not around here."
Søren
thinks 13 years ago
for a moment. "There's an okay place around here." He started walking towards it.
walks until they get to the top of a hill, and sits under a tree. In front of them was a small lake.
smiles and sits down next to him. "This is nice..."
nods. "Mhmm... anywhere near water is nice really..."
nods back. "Ja, it's nice and relaxing."
holds the bag of danishes over to the other.
takes it and pulls out a danish before passing it back.
takes out a danish himself and nibbles on it.
starts to eat, staring out at the water.
does too. It was a nice calm day...
pauses before leaning against him.
puts an arm around him. Even if he wasn't that happy, he'd not push the other away...
wished the other was happier...
would be... eventually...
wished he was happier now.
rubs his arm lightly and goes back to looking at the water and nibbling on his danish.
eats his own and cuddles into him.
smiles more and holds him closer.
"I'm glad ye got me out..."
smiles and kisses his cheek.
pauses before kissing him on the lips.
smiles a little and returns the kiss, leaning into him.
pulls him closer. He kinda liked how he could taste the sweetness on the others lips.
blushes but leans in closer.
smiles as he leaned back a bit. "Tak... for visiting me today.."
smiles more and hugs him tightly. "Still... it means a lot..."
sighs. "Not really but I... I'll always be there for you."
looks at him, smiling a little. "Really~?"
smiles and pulls him into more of a hug.
hugs him tighter. "Ye dunno how much that means to me..."
wiggles and smiles happily.
blushes deeply and hugs him tighter to try and hide it.
chuckles and closes his eyes. He was very happy right now.
smiles faintly and nuzzles into him.
wiggles a bit before kissing the side of his head. "Tak, Ari..."
blushes but nuzzles into him.
laughs a little and rubs his back slightly. He was amazed at how easily the other got him back to being happy.
smiles faintly up at him.
kisses his nose and stares into his eyes, smiling happily.
just smiles more at that. "Want another danish?"
pauses before nodding. "Ja."
pulls another out and holds it in front of the other.
smiles and gets another for himself, nibbling on it
smiles and looks out across the water. "We should get some fish for our puffins after this..."
"Mr. Puffin likes getting his own."
frowns a bit. "Ah... I dunno if Eya likes getting her own. I just knows she likes it when I feed her."
nods. "She might still be a little young to get her own..."
nods a little. "I plan on taking her to lakes more often..."
smiles ever so slightly. "I'd like to go with..."
smiles at him and nods. "That'd be fun! Maybe Mr. Puffin could teach Eya how to fish properly..."
nods a bit. "We could do that today actually.."
smiles. "That'd be fun! Maybe they'll finally get together."
shrugs. "I don't know..."
shrugs himself. "We'll see~" He finished his danish and licked his lips.
finishes his own and brushes the crumbs off himself.
smiles at him. "Wanna go get Mr. Puffin now?"
nods a little. "If you're sure."
nods and gets up, helping the other up as well.
blushes but lets the other help him up.
starts walking to Ari's house.
walks with him, pausing before reaching out to hold his hand.
blinks and looks down at him before smiling.
looks away but slides closer, bright red.
smiles and squeezes his hand lightly.
pauses before squeezing back.
smiles widely at that and kept walking.
keeps walking with him, maybe smiling faintly...
got to Ari's house and walked inside, still holding his hand.
keeps blushing. "Mr. Puffin?"
looks around a bit and listens for any chirping sounds or anything.
frowns and starts looking around. "Mr. Puffin...?"
follows Ari, not wanting to let go of his hand. "Does he normally hide from ye?"
shrugs. "He just shows up..."
pouts a bit. "Mr. Puffin~?"
frowns and starts to look around.
sighs. "He'll... he'll show up."
nods a bit and kept close to Ari.
sighs. "Eya never hides from me. Every time I come home she's eager to jump on me."
huffs and ignores him and keeps looking.
shrugs. "Whatever. If he doesn't show up Eya can get all the fish in the lake."
frowns a bit and rubs his thumb on Ari's hand a bit.
blushes and glances away. "I'm sure he'll be fine..."
nods a little. "Still... it's worrisome."
frowns. "He's gone off on his own before...."
frowns a bit. "Really...? I try not to let Eya out of my sight..."
sighs. "You have to let them do stuff on their own..."
"And when they come back you know that they really love you."
smiles a little and looks at him. "Like ye?"
blushes and looks away, shuffling.
smiles and hugs him tightly.
sighs before hugging him back.
wiggles a bit. "I'm glad ye came back to me..."
blushes and pushes him lightly.
laughs and lets him go. "Really~ It means so much to me." He patted him on the head.
huffs and tries to push his hand away.
laughs and lets him. He looked around the area a bit more. "So Mr. Puffin is a no show?"
sighs and glances around. "I guess he isn't around..."
pouts a bit. "Well, we can get Eya and take her to the lake for food."
nods slowly. "Okay, probably for the best..."
nods and started walking out of the house.
follows him a little glumly.
frowns a bit. "What's wrong?"
frowns more. "Are ye sure...?"
keeps frowning but starts walking home.
walks with him and pauses before taking his hand, blushing.
looks down and smiles, squeezing his hand a bit.
blushes deeper and looks straight ahead.
chuckles a bit but keeps walking, swinging their hands ab it.
swings his hand with his and tries to stay stoic.
doesn't think it's working.
may be smiling the faintest bit....
tries to act like he isn't.
knows he can and doesn't mind too much.
glad. Or else he'd bring it up just to bother him.
would try to insist that he wasn't smiling.
would just prove to him that he was.
smiles and looks down at him. "Ye should smile more."
smirks and rubs his thumb over the back of the others hand.
looks away. "I wasn't smiling..."
hums. "Sure sure~ Of course ye weren't~"
looks down at him, smiling. "I could see it."
nods. "Mhmm~ I saw it in her facial expressions~"
twitches. "I'm not a girl!"
((... Aw crap. I'm totally out of it tonight. I don't know how I said her when I meant yer... XD ))
nods and holds his hand tighter. "Ja~"
smiles at him. "Ye don't gotta deny it, Ari..."
rolls his eyes and keeps looking away.
hums as he walked up to his house, opening the door. "Eyyaaa~?"
follows him and blinks around, looking for her.
shakes his head as Eya stumbled down the stairs once more. "She's gotta stop doin' that..."
laughs faintly. "It's a little cute...."
nods. "It's adorable. I just hope she doesn't stop doin' that when she learns to fly."
smiles and leans down to pick her up.
smiles at them. "Ye ready to take her to the lake?"
nods and pets her happily.
smiles and holds the door open for them before locking it and walking towards the lake.
blushes and pets her as they walk.
puts his arm around Ari and looks down at them. "Ye two are cute."
blinks at him and blushes very deeply.
smiles and pulls them closer. "S'too bad Mr. Puffin didn't show up. This could have been a family outting."
sighs. "He would have just been grumpy...."
shrugs. "Ah well. More food for Eya. Right girl?" She chirped a little.
laughs faintly and pets her more.
hums as they walked. Eya kept rubbing her head against Ari's hand. She liked him~
smiles and kisses her head softly.
how Ari took care of Eya...
her nearly as much as he loves Soren.
does love him more than Eya.
Søren
wonders 13 years ago
how much more?
pauses before leaning up and kissing his cheek.
smiles at him before kissing him lightly.
kisses him back. "I... I love you..."
smiles more. "Tak, Ari..." He held him close as they walked.
leans against him. "What for...?"
smiles at him. "For sayin' ye love me..."
huffs. "You don't have to thank me...."
shrugs. "I wanna though~" He smiles and rubs the others back as they got to the lake.
rolls his eyes and sets Eya carefully near the water.
watches Eya as she walks up to the water. She leaned down to drink a bit before diving in.
smirks and puts his hands in his pockets. "So she'll know what to do out of instincts, ja?"
nods and sits down, still watching closely.
keeps standing and looks into the water, watching for her.
stares at the water, hoping she does well...
does too... He smiled when he saw Eya start to come back to shore, with a few fish in her mouth.
smiles, glad that she did so well.
claps and leans down to pet her. "Good girl~" She shook some water off before eating the fish. She was happy.
stands up and walks over to her. "She's growing up."
nods. "Ja, I can tell... she's still as cute as ever too!"
sighs. "She's grown so much lately... I can't stop poking her beak too~" It was getting pretty~
laughs faintly. "It's almost hatching season... it'll be interesting to see if she meets any other puffins."
smiles. "Can we bring Mr. Puffin and Eya to a puffin outting? I'm hoping she's gotten more social..."
nods. "It might help them be more friendly..."
nods a bit. "It'll be good for the both of them..."
blushes. "So... so you would like to go with me...?"
smiles down at him and nods. "Of course."
chuckles. "I wouldn't want it any other way..."
"But puffin outings are for kids...."
rolls his eyes. "Have I ever been 100% adult before in my life?"
smirks. "Besides, I like puffins. They're cute."
nods and pets Eya. "They are..."
nods and smiles as Eya nuzzled into Ari's hand. "I never knew how cute they were before her..."
blinks up at him. "Why not?"
shrugs. "I just didn't really pay much attention to them.."
nods and watches as Eya hops back into the water and swims around again.
smiles. "I like how much she's grown... so different from when she was a chick..."
nods. "They change a lot."
nods a bit. "I can tell... her beak is so colourful now... and she's bigger and everythin'..."
"And soon she'll be flying."
smiles and nods. "Ja. I'm excited for that..."
laughs. "It'll be cute..."
nods. "Mhmm! She'll be flyin' all over the house 'nd everythin'... She'll be so cute..."
smiles. "It'll be really cute..."
nods and ruffles Ari's hair. "I can't wait..."
smiles as Eya returns, more fish in her mouth.
pets her happily. "Such a big girl..."
laughs a bit and watches her eat the fish. "Ja... I just hope she's healthy..."
smiles. "I'm sure she is."
smiles back. "Really? I hope so. She's been active and runnin' around a lot..."
nods. "She looks very healthy."
sighs. "I'm glad. I've been tryin' to take care of her well..."
glances up at him. "You've done a very good job..."
wiggles a bit. "Tak..." He smiled more as Eya chirped at them and shook water off herself.
laughs faintly. "I think she's part dog..."
chuckles. "She might get it from me..."
"You shake yourself off after you swim in the lake, catching fish in your mouth?"
laughs a bit and shakes his head. "After showers... I just shake to get excess water off."
blinks at him. "What? It's effective!"
smirks and watches Eya some more. "Maybe I'll help her learn to fly..."
frowns and looks at him. "Why...?"
"If you teach her in any way similar to the shaking off the water, I dread to see what would happen."
rolls his eyes. "I'd do it professionally!"
grumbles. "Just let her do it on her own..."
pouts but nods a bit. "Okay okay... I'll let her figure it out..."
watches as Eya went back into the water.
turns to watch her as well, glad that she was doing so well.
too... He would flip if she was sick or anything.
meant how well she was doing with catching fish, but he would be upset if she got sick.
very proud of her either way... She had gotten so strong since he first had her.
leans against Soren, blushing.
smiles and puts an arm around him. "Too bad Mr. Puffin isn't here..."
nods slowly and wraps and arm around him as well.
pulls him closer. He frowns a bit when Eya came back with only a few fish this time.
smiles. "She must be getting full..."
nods. "Ja... it's cute to watch her swim around though, I almost wanted to see her more..."
laughs faintly. "You'll see it plenty, trust me."
smiles and nods. "Ja... I guess I will. I'm glad there's a few lakes around my place..."
pets Eya when she comes close, not caring that she's wet. "Who's a cute girl~?" Eya chirped happily at him.
smiles more and laughs a bit. "We should start goin' home soon... I wanna give her a bath."
glances up at him, laughing faintly. "A bath?"
nods. "Mhmm. She likes the warm baths I give her, and I figure it'd be nice after swimmin' here."
smiles. "That sounds cute."
smiles and nods. "I tickle her too some times, and it's funny to hear her laugh..." Eya nuzzles up against him.
laughs faintly. "Mr. Puffin doesn't laugh..."
frowns and looks at him. "Really?"
nods. "He used to, but not anymore."
frowns still. "I wonder why he stopped..."
shrugs. "I don't know..."
shrugs. "Ye can enjoy Eya's laughter with me~"
laughs faintly. "It is cute..."
smirks and gets up. "Wanna go do that now then?"
blinks at him. "Do what?"
smiles. "Give Eya a bath at my place~"
smirks and starts walking, Eya happily hopping by his side, looking forward for her bath.
watches her as they walk, laughing to himself.
Søren
thinks 13 years ago
it's cute~
"I can't believe she's so excited about it."
nods. "Ja, she loves the baths I give her..."
laughs. "That's so cute..."
nods. "Ja~ She's adorable during bath time..."
smirks as Eya chirps up at them both and hops up ahead of them.
laughs faintly and walks after her, crouching a little to act as if he was chasing her.
laughs as Eya squacks and starts running.
chases after her happily.
laughs more as he sees his house. They were cute together...
keeps chasing her, trying to catch her.
chuckles and shakes his head. "Come on ye two, Eya needs her bath now!" He walked inside.
laughs and scoops her up, walking inside.
goes right to the bathroom, rolling his sleeves up and smiling. "Ye two are great together..."
blushes and brings her in. "Ja..."
turns the water for the tub on, making it a bit warmer than normal.
sets Eya down in the water, laughing faintly.
smirks and covers his face as Eya splashes around, before going to the faucet and biting at the water coming down.
(( XDD My cat does that. If there's any water on in the house, she'll go running towards it just to do that ))
keeps laughing, watching her and splashing some water at her.
smirks and turns the water off after a while before starting to pour it on her. He wanted to get her extra clean~
(( As soon as she hears it in the pipes, she goes nuts XDD ))
sits back to watch, smiling faintly.
hums as he poured water on her, then got some special shampoo and washed Eya with it. She was so happy.
"Mr. Puffin wouldn't be too happy if I gave him a bath."
chuckles. "Really? Eya LOVES them."
smirks. "These two really are different, eh?"
nods and pets her a little.
washes his hands a bit as Eya nuzzled into Ari's hand.
smiles and keeps petting her happily.
laughs and holds out a bottle of conditoner to him. "Do ye wanna wash her? Ye seem to be havin' fun too."
blinks at it before looking at him. "Ja?"
smirks and puts some conditoner on Eya. "Just make sure ye get her wings... and her head. She gets pretty dirty there."
nods and glances at her before reaching in to rub the soap onto her.
smirks and leans on the edge, watching them.
smiles faintly as he washes her.
smirks more as Eya wiggles. She loved this.
laughs faintly and starts to rinse her off.
helps him a bit. Eya splashed around and made some cute sounds as they worked.
finds this all incredibly amusing.
does too. He likes how Ari is enjoying it almost as much as Eya..
finishes rinsing her off and smiles.
starts to drain the tub, getting up and getting a towel for Eya. "Watch out, she might try to jump out and she'll shake everywhere."
nods and holds her in the tub, petting her to distract her.
gets the towel ready and holds it up just outside of the tub. "Okay, ye can let her go now~"
nods and lets her go, sitting back to watch.
gets ready as Eya scrambles onto the edge and jumps at Den. He laughed as he caught her and held her close.
smiles and stands up, watching them.
brings her to the living room and sits on the couch, putting her in his lap and ruffling her feathers gently.
follows them and sits down, watching happily.
hums as Eya chirps and nuzzles into Den as he dried her. "She's so cute..."
smiles and leans into him to get a better look.
moves the towel on Eya to show Ari. "Ain't she cute~?" He smirks
nods and stares at her happily.
sighs as he takes the towel off Eya. She then quickly hopped over to Ari and nuzzled against him.
smiles and pets her. "So cute..."
nods and puts his arm around Ari. "She likes ye a lot~"
blushes and looks at him. "Ja?"
nods and leans into Ari a bit. "She loves both of us, it's really cute..."
smiles faintly at her. "It is..."
kisses the side of his head. "Ye gotta visit more often..."
smiles and holds him tighter. "Good~"
leans into him and pets Eya.
smirks as Eya closed her eyes and nuzzled more into Ari. "She's probably exhausted from today..."
nods. "She had a big day..."
pets her belly. "And she's got a lot of food to digest." He smirked.
closes his eyes a bit and leans more on Ari.
smiles and leans against him as well.
nods. "Mhmm. Seein' ye two have fun was just somethin' I needed to see."
blinks up at him before blushing and looking back at Eya. "Oh...."
smirks. "S'just been too quiet for me lately.."
frowns and pets her. "That's a shame..."
nods. "Ja... I need to get out more~"
blinks at him. "What does that have to do with it?"
shrugs. "I might get to see somethin' interestin'~"
shakes his head. "I meant with Eya being quiet."
nods. "Ah~... Ja. I dunno. I was considerin' takin' her and I on a cruise or somethin'... on my yacht, of course."
pauses before nodding. "Okay."
smiles a bit and looks at him. "Do ye wanna coooome~?"