walks over to Soren's house with a box, Mr. Puffin sitting grumpily on his shoulder.
Søren
was
sitting on his back porch, sharpening his axe.
walks around to the back when he hears something and just slowly pokes his eyes out around the corner to watch.
hummed quietly as he worked. It was getting a little tiring though, since he had been covering for his boss more lately.
blushes and keeps staring at him.
could feel someone staring... and turned his head, smiling when he saw who it was. He instantly got up, putting his axe against the
house and walked over to him.
blushes even deeper and fidgets before stepping out. "Hei..."
smiles more at seeing the others blush. He then went to go pet Mr. Puffin.
Mr. Puffin turns his beak away. "I thought we could go looking for baby puffins today..."
blinks a little. "Why?"
blinks at him. "I... I thought you wanted to...."
watches him for a bit longer before flailing a bit. "Ah! Ja! Ja... I want to." He smiled at the other.
pauses before nodding and wiggling the box a little. "I've got everything..."
nods and goes to put his axe inside, and grab Eya. Who was sleeping peacefully, and was now still peacefully sleeping in his arms.
blushes and smiles when he sees her.
smiles more at him. "I'm ready. And she'll wake up when we get there or somethin'."
nods. "She'll probably hear some and wake up."
wiggles a bit and holds her close. "It'll be so cute... I wonder how she'll act~"
laughs faintly. "I don't know..."
smiles and starts walking. He couldn't wait to see cute little baby puffins... He loved when Eya was little, so he thought he'd enjoy this.
walks with him, handing the other a flash light. "You may need this."
nods and carefully takes it. "So~ What's in the box?"
"Blankets."
smiles and nods some more. He was getting excited for this~
"When we find them, we'll put them in this box and take them home and take care of them."
... would flail if he wasn't holding a sleeping Eya. "Ye're so sweet to them~"
blushes deeply. "It's what we all do."
still thinks it's really cute...
keeps blushing...
Søren
thinks
that's really cute too~ Not that he'd say it though.
would smack him if he did.
knew that. Which is why he kept his mouth shut. He hummed quietly as Eya started to shift and wake up in his arms.
glances over at her and smiles faintly.
smirks as Eya gave a small yawn before fluffing up her feathers and cleaning herself a bit. "Mornin' sleepy head."
laughs under his breath while Mr. Puffin growls faintly.
- Eya looks over, noticing Ari instantly and chirps happily before trying to get over to him.
smiles. "She's cute..."
nods before offering her to him. "She really likes ye too."
holds his box out for her.
- Eya shifts before hopping onto the box and looking up at Ari, tilting her head a bit.
smiles and laughs faintly.
smiles and pets her, loving how she chirped. "It's a good thing we're doin' this... I think she needs to see more puffins."
nods. "It will be nice." Mr. Puffin grumbles.
- Eya glares up at Mr. Puffin before sticking her tongue out at him a bit. She knew she was the centre of attention right now.
smiles at her. Mr. Puffin fluffs up and glares at her.
laughs a bit as Eya nuzzled into Ari. "I guess I should bring her more often to visit ye..."
nods slowly. "That would be nice."
laughs as Eya tries to pull at Ari's clothes before taking her back.
smiles. Mr. Puffin grumbles and looks away.
shakes his head a bit at Mr. Puffin. "Such a jealous puffin~"
sighs quietly. Mr. Puffin glares at Soren.
sticks his tongue out at him, with Eya copying him.
Mr. Puffin growls and narrows his eyes.
just smirks as Eya continued to stick out her tongue at him. He thought this was quite funny.
sighs and pets Mr. Puffin to try and calm him down.
flicks Eya's beak lightly. "Okay, enoughs enough, Eya. Don't be so mean."
Mr. Puffin sticks his tongue out at her.
keeps Eya's beak closed. "No more, missy."
frowns but grabs a flashlight for himself. "They're might be some around here..."
blinks and puts Eya on his shoulder, away from Mr. Puffin, and turned his flashlight on. "Where should I look?"
glances around. "Look around in dark corners, storm drains, anywhere a baby puffin could hide..."
nods and starts looking in little areas. He was dedicated to finding some..
looks around as well. Mr. Puffin hops off and starts looking as well.
- Eya stayed on Søren's shoulder, not wanting to get too far from him. He just hummed and continued to searc.
*search
checks behind a few boxes.
hears a few quiet sounds, and notices Eya chirping quietly. He walked a few more steps before crouching down and shifting some
things, finding two little puffins.
Mr. Puffin hears them and makes a small noise. Ari looks up and walks over with his box.
almost flails at how cute they are. He moved out of the way for Ari to get to the little ones.
carefully picks them up and sets them in the box, making sure to tuck them in the blankets.
crouches down and watches them, smiling. "They're so cute!"
smiles faintly and nods. "Ja..."
quickly gets up and keeps looking. He wanted to help all the puffins he could~
watches him and smiles a little more, finding it cute how eager he was to help them.
didn't like the thought of helpless little puffins being all alone... He knew what it was like to be alone, so he wanted to help!
follows him, wanting to watch.
got to some points where he was on his hands and knees looking for them... And managed to find a few more under a small dumpster.
holds out the box for them.
very carefully gets them out and places them in the box. "So what happens when this box is filled...? Are we done then?"
blinks over at him. "We won't find that many..."
Søren
was
a little glad about that. He didn't like to think they'd miss any...
didn't mean it that way... He starts to look on his own again.
used Eya to try and find more, hoping she'd hear them chirping... He didn't want to get too far from Ari though.
stays near enough to him, looking around.
pets Eya a bit as they walked. "So... once we find enough, what do we do?"
glances at the box and looks at the puffins staring up at him. "We feed them and take care of them and in a day or two, we take them to the
sea and set them out so they can find their way back home."
smiles and looks over to him. "And how long have ye done this?"
pauses. "As long as these cities have been here."
smiles wider and keeps looking. He thought that was great...
blushes faintly and stares at the box.
pats his back a bit before crouching down and looking through some drainage pipes.
blushes even deeper and pouts quietly.
just likes how much Ari cares for the puffins...
might be a little embarrassed...
Søren
wonders
why? It was a good thing!
thought it was something that just kids did.
Søren
thinks
it would be better if a lot of people did this besides just kids... which was why he was helping Ari now.
thought that too.
Søren
thinks
Ari is making a great example then... and will help him with this every time from now on.
would like the help...
could treat it like a date or something~
would get even more embarrassed...
doesn't think he should be. It was all for a good cause~
gets embarrassed a lot.
finds that some what cute. He kept looking... but kept getting distracted by Eya who was watching the little puffins.
Mr. Puffin kept staring at them as well.
found a few more little puffins after a while of searching and carefully put them in the box, making sure they were comfortable.
laughs under his breath. "They are cute..."
nods. "Mhmm... I can't wait to feed 'em... 'nd take care of 'em..." He was a bit worried he'd not be able to let them go though.
might have been worried about the same.
figures that as long as the puffins are in good health... that's all that mattered.
pauses. "Eya's probably a year old now..."
blinks and looks over to him. "Really?" He looked down at her, and she just looked back at him.
nods. "I found her about this time last year, took care of and set her free but she showed back up at my house a few months later."
smiles a little and petted her. "Aww... She liked ye~"
blushes and glances away. "I guess."
hums and looks at him. "Or is there somethin' else I don't know 'bout?"
glances at him. "What do you mean?"
shrugs. "I dunno. Do puffins normally go back to random peoples houses?"
shrugs. "Sometimes, I guess..."
nods a little. "I wonder why she came back to ye..."
glances at her. "I don't know..."
- Eya just makes a few sounds and nuzzles into Søren. He smirked a bit and petted her.
smiles faintly.
looks over to him, smiling. "How much longer should we search?"
looks at the box. "I think this is all we're going to find, tonight..."
nods. "When do we come back? 'Nd... what'll happen to the ones we don't find...?" He frowned a bit.
"They'll get found by other people..."
"Are ye sure...?" He didn't want to leave any puffin behind.
nods, he knew they wouldn't be able to help all of them.
Søren
hopes
that none are left to starve... He'd feel terrible. Puffins were too cute to suffer..
tries to count the puffins in the box, but they keep wiggling around.
smiles and laughs a bit, watching them. "I guess this'll be it for tonight, ja?"
nods and starts to walk towards his house.
follows him closely, petting a few of the puffins lightly.
smiles faintly at that.
thought they were adorable... And Eya seemed to like keeping an eye on them, since she hadn't looked else where.
Mr. Puffin was watching after them carefully as well.
petted Eya as they walked back to his house, opening the door for him once they got close.
steps inside and walks to the kitchen, setting the box on the table. Mr. Puffin hops up onto the table and stands next to it.
follows Ari, and watches as Eya does the same. She chirped a little at the smaller puffins.
Mr. Puffin steps between Eya and the box protectively while Ari walks to the fridge.
Eya squawks at Mr. Puffin and tries to get closer to the box again.
Mr. Puffin steps in front of her and growls faintly.
Eya just squawks again and hops to another side of the box.
Mr. Puffin follows, wanting to protect the box.
Eya wanted to too! She leaned in to slightly nuzzle one of the puffins.
Mr. Puffin scowls and tries to nudge her away, afraid that shed hurt them. Ari walks back over with food for them and starts feeding a baby.
frowns a bit and tries to take Eya away, but she just starts to flip out.
Mr. Puffin growls at her and keeps trying to push her away. Ari frowns and starts to pull the babies away. "Maybe Eya and Mr. Puffin should
stay in the other room..."
frowns a bit. "... together?"
sighs. "I don't know... just away from the little ones..."
nods, taking Eya and Mr. Puffin and puts them in seperate rooms before going back to the kitchen to look at the babies.
puts some back in the box and feeds them carefully.
smiles a little and watches them. "So cute..."
nods and pets one. "They are..."
carefully pets another, making sure they al get the same treatment.
smiles faintly.
frowns a bit and turns his head to where he had put Eya. She was chirping loudly.
frowns. "Maybe she's still a little too young to be careful around them..."
sighs and nods. "She looked quite happy looking at them..
nods slowly. "She'll have to be more calm around them... they're too young to play..."
nods at that. "I could talk to her... and then bring her out, and see if she's calm around them.."
sighs. "She's a puffin...."
shrugs. "It's worth a try, ja...?"
"I guess..."
gets up, petting the little puffins carefully before going to get Eya. He held her closely, muttering to her in Danish.
sighs quietly and lets Mr. Puffin out of his room.
Eya flaps her wings a bit, but Søren kept her close. He put her on the table after and she just hopped to the side of the box, watching.
Mr. Puffin watches her carefully. Ari finishes up feeding the puffins and pets one.
Eya crouches down and just watches them, keeping a very close eye on Ari.
keeps an eye on her as well.
Eya was just protective of them... maybe a bit over protective.
wished she was just a bit more calm about it...
did too... he didn't want her hurting the babies.
pets another before glancing at him. "Maybe we should let them sleep so we can set them out at the sea tomorrow."
frowns a bit but nods. "Ja..."
sighs faintly. "It'll be best..."
nods, he understood... he just thought they were so cute.
thought so too and wished they could keep them but knew it would be better for them to find the other puffins.
knew it was best for them too... He was understanding of it. He smiled a little when Eya chirped quietly to a few of the babies.
A few of the babies chirped quietly back.
smiles and watches them closely, ready to take Eya back if she got too hyper.
laughs under his breath.
pets a few himself, Eya watching him closely still. Even though she trusted him, she was still being careful.
Ari
is
glad that she's being more careful.
Søren
thinks
she was just not wanting Mr. Puffin to hurt them..
didn't think Mr. Puffin was going to.
Eya kept an eye on him too... but mostly on the chicks.
Mr. Puffin watches her, not wanting her to get too close to them.
Eya hopped a bit closer, just to better watch the babies.
pets Mr. Puffin to try and calm him.
Eya leaned in and nuzzled one of the babies carefully.
Mr. Puffin watches very closely and the baby chirps quietly at her.
Eya chirps back at the baby happily.Søren smiled and paid close attention to both of them,ready to take Eya away if she got too upset again.
pets Mr. Puffin to try and keep him occupied.
Eya almost tries to get into the box and join the babies... She wanted to keep them warm and give them company.
Mr. Puffin growls faintly at her, worried she'd squish them.
Eya wouldn't squish them. She wasn't fat. She was just acting motherly...
Mr. Puffin didn't want to risk it. He didn't trust her.
Eya didn't trust him. Which was why she wasn't letting him near.
Mr. Puffin was staying away on his own.
Eya was glad... she wanted the babies all to herself.
Mr. Puffin didn't want her near them! He wiggles away from Ari and growls at her.
Eya glares at him, some what putting her wings over the babies to protect them.
frowns. "Maybe we should let the babies be by themselves..."
sighs and nods. "Ja... they're both too jealous to be near them it seems..." He went to grab Eya but she his growled at him.
reaches out carefully to pet Eya to try and calm her, the baby puffins panicking.
took Eya out soon after and held her tightly. He tried to talk to the babies, trying to calm them a bit.
sighs and pets them carefully, rearranging the blankets so they could hide.
keeps Eya in her lap, petting her. She chirped angrily and just pecked at Søren's shirt.
sighs and picks up the box, making sure Mr. Puffin stayed where he was before starting towards his room with it.
puts Eya down and follows him.
sets the box down and starts to shut the door before glancing over at him.
sighs. "Those two really need to learn how to be civil..."
nods and glances at the box.
sits beside the box, watching the little puffins hide.
frowns. "They're scared..."
nods. "I can tell..." He sighed and closed his eyes. "M'sorry..."
glances at him. "It's fine... even if it weren't for the puffins, they'd be scared..."
nods. "Ja, but it's my fault for letting Eya get so close..."
frowns. "That's probably not why they're scared at all."
looks over to him. "Then why are they scared...?"
"Cause they're away from home and confused and two strange creatures keep staring at them."
frowns and hides from them. He didn't want to scare them.
laughs under his breath. "It's okay..."
pouts. "I dun wanna scare them though!"
"I was teasing you..."
pouts at him, glaring ever so slightly. "Meanie."
pokes him.
... goes to bite him.
wiggles away.
smirks a bit. "So, did ye feed 'em enough?"
huffs. "Ja, of course."
nods. "Now we just gotta make sure they dun get hurt, ja ja?"
tilts his head. "You're not going to leave?"
raises his brow. "Why the hell would I?"
pauses. "I thought you would go home and I would take them to the beach."
shakes his head. "Nej... I wanna be here with ye..."
blushes. "O-oh."
smiles at him. "Besides, I've not seen ye in a while. Or been here."
frowns. "Sorry..."
shakes his head and gets up, hugging him. "S'fine... I've been too busy to visit ye anyways..."
blushes deeply but hugs him back. "Still sorry..."
smiles and nuzzles the side of his head. "Don't be~"
huffs. "I will be."
rolls his eyes and steps back to glance over at the puffins. "Should we sleep, or stay up to make sure they're okay?"
sighs and glances at them. "They should be fine..."
nods a little and looks over to him. "So, when we wake up tomorrow... we set them free, ja...?"
looks back at him and nods. "Ja..."
smiles a bit. "That'll be so cute..." He looked over to him. "Ye wanna sleep now?"
shrugs. "I guess..." He glances back at the box.
jumps onto his bed and wiggles around.
crouches down next to the box and rearranges the blankets.
peeks over the edge to watch him, smiling a bit. "They're adorable..."
nods and watches the puffins curl up in the blankets.
smiles and kicks his feet back and forth a bit.
pets one puffin before looking up over at him.
smirks. "I like how ye care for them so much..."
blushes deeply. "Everyone does..."
shrugs. "Ye're the only one I care about..."
glances away and looks at the puffins, embarrassed.
smiles. "It's true, and ye know it~"
huffs. "Plenty of people like puffins..."
nods. "Ja, I'm sure. But like I said..." He smiles and pets him. "Ye're the only one I care about~"
blushes and reaches up to straighten his hair.
leans his head on his arm as he watched the other. "Ye're awesome."
glances back at him and blushes even deeper.
continues to smile at him. He liked this kind of setting...
liked it as well even if he was embarrassed.
thought the other was being sweet... and very mother like right now.
felt very motherly right now, too, which is why he was embarrassed.
thought it was really, really cute...
blushes even more and pays attention to the puffins.
watched the little puffins. He wished he had a video camera or something to record this moment...
might be getting attached.... He always had a hard time taking them back.
would be with him this time to make it easier... Even though he was some what attached to them as well.
fidgets. "Maybe I could keep one...."
frowns a little. "Ari... ye knew they gotta go back. And what about Mr. Puffin...?"
sighs and nods. "You're right....."
smiles a little. "And if by any chance, one decides to come back to yer house... then ye can keep it."
glances back at the box and nods. "Okay..."
laughs a bit. "But no encouragin' them. They gotta come back on their own will."
frowns. "Alright..."
leans forward and kisses his head lightly. "Be happy... they'll be goin' home tomorrow..."
nods, blushing. "Ja...."
smiles and rolls onto his back, looking at the other upside down. "And then we can search for more~!"
laughs faintly. "Ja."
smiles at him still. "And besides... we have Mr. Puffin and Eya.. we gotta get those two together before thinkin' 'bout bringin' in a baby."
nods. "Ja, I guess that's true..."
pokes his arm. "So don't look so saaddd..."
rubs his arm. "Okay...."
smiles. "Now, come to bed..."
blushes but stands up, walking over.
smiles and holds out his arms for him, still looking at him upside down.
rolls his eyes but sits next to him, blushing.
hums and wraps his arms around his waist.
lays down next to him and manages to blush deeper.
smiles and pulls him closer. "First thing tomorrow we'll take 'em out, ja?"
nods. "Ja... I wish we could keep them...."
sighs. "Ye really want 'em, eh?"
frowns. "I just worry..."
blinks. "Worry 'bout what?"
pauses. "They'll be fine, I know...."
sighs. "Why're ye so worried, Ari?"
fidgets. "What if they get lost or don't have enough strength to swim back...?"
sighs again and holds him close. "If they get lost, they'll come back here... and I'm sure they have enough strength to get home..."
nods against him. "Okay..."
smiles a bit at him. "But... how 'bout, if they don't leave, we take care of 'em a bit longer...?"
frowns. "It'll be better if we let them go sooner..."
nods. "Ja, but... if they don't seem ready. We can make sure they're strong enough to go home after another day..."
nods back. "Okay..."
closes his eyes and yawns. "Tomorrow... that's when we'll decide things.."
glances at him. "Tired?"
nods. "Ja, a bit... I also just want tomorrow to come."
sighs and nods. "Ja..." He cuddles into him.
smiles and loosens his arms around him a bit. "Godnat, Ari... and puffins..."
smiles a little back. "Godnat..."
kisses his cheek before drifting off.
blushes and smiles wider, curling into him and closing his eyes.
couldn't wait until tomorrow...
looked forward to it as well..
shifts a bit when the sunlight came through the window. He might have been sprawled out on the bed...
clings to him in his sleep.
looks over to him and smiles. He liked the warmth the other had...
always curled up to anything warm in his bed and that was Soren right now.
still thought it was cute, and welcomed. He nudged him a bit. "Ari~" He whispered into his ear.
groans and clings tighter to him.
laughs a bit and wraps an arm around him. "Mornin' sunshine..."
huffs. "Nei..." He didn't like waking up...
could tell. He just continued to nudge him. "Ari, Ari Ari Ari~"
grumbles. "Nei...."
laughs a bit. "What 'bout the puffins~?"
yawns and mumbles unintelligibly.
... starts to tickle him.
's eyes go wide and he tries to wiggle away.
smirks and keeps tickling.
starts to laugh and wiggles more.
laughs in response, and keeps at it.
tries to push at him.
lets him go, just wanting to get him more awake.
huffs. "Mean."
shrugs and sprawls out on the bed again. "Got ye up, didn't it?"
pouts. "But I'm tired...."
sighs and sits up. "So? What if the puffins want to go home now?"
sighs and follows suit. "Fine...."
ruffles his hair before rolling off the bed and crawling over to the puffins.
pouts and straightens his hair before getting out of bed.
smiles and watches the puffins. "They're so cute.."
nods. "They are..."
pets them carefully, smiling when they chirped quietly.
laughs under his breath. "They're happy..."
nods. "Mhmm... I wonder if they'll still be happy when we get them to the water."
frowns. "I hope they will be...."
looks over to him. "Wanna go now?"
sighs. "If we have to..."
nods and stands, stretching and yawning a bit.
frowns and starts to walk downstairs. "Let's at least feed them a little more..."
nods. "Should I bring the box downstairs, or should we feed 'em here so the other two don't bother them?"
glances back at him and fidgets. "I'll bring the food up, I guess...."
nods and sits with the puffins. "I'll keep 'em company then~"
smiles faintly and walks down to get the food for them.
happily pets the puffins, and talks softly to them. They were so cute~
The puffins blink up at him sleepily and yawn.
flails at how cute that was. He leaned in close to watch them closer.
One of the puffins crawls up on the others to tilt his head at him.
laughs faintly and moves him off of the others. "Careful now, ye silly..."
The puffin chirps loudly and squirms, trying to stay close to him.
smiles and pets him to keep him calm. "Shh... ye're all right."
He wiggles happily and chirps at him.
scratches him lightly under the chin. He was starting to get attached to him...
The puffin closes his eyes and leans into the touch, the other puffins watching curiously.
pets the other puffins with his other hand. He didn't want anyone to feel alone.
A few of the puffins squeak and hide in the blankets.
frowns a bit, but continued to pet this other one. "Scardy cats... er, puffins..."
The puffin coos a little and nips at his hand.
laughs a bit and lets him. He just smiled down at him more.
walks back upstairs with the food and walks in.
smiles over to him. "Hey. I think this guy likes me..."
laughs faintly and watches. "He's cute..."
nods. "Mhmm. He's not scared of me either..." He kept petting him.
smiles and crouches next to the box, starting to feed some.
moves back a bit to give Ari more room.
glances at him and smiles as he tries to coax a few puffins out of hiding.
looks over. "They're pretty scared... or nervous..."
nods. "They've never seen humans before."
smiles a bit. "Well, hopefully they won't get too use to them... I don't want them getting hurt by humans..."
sighs and nods. "That's why we can't keep them long..."
nods and watches him feed them. "Once ye're done then... we'll go.."
frowns but keeps feeding them.
notices him frown. "... How 'bout we get some ice cream once they go."
glances at him and pauses. "Okay..."
smiles a little. He hoped that'd cheer them both a little up after this.
smiles faintly back.
rubs the others back lightly. "I bet they'll be happy to go home..."
sighs and nods. "Ja... they will be..."
puts an arm lightly around him. "Don't be so sad, Ari..."
frowns. "I hope they'll be okay..."
nods. "I'm sure they will be. We can watch till we can't see them anymore..."
nods and glances at him. "Okay..."
leans against him a bit. "Ye're doin' good..."
blushes. "With what?"
shrugs. "Just with takin' care of 'em. And just how ye're handlin' it."
looks away and blushes deeper. "Oh..."
smiles and holds him closer.
pauses before leaning into him.
sighs. "They're so cute... I can't get over that."
nods and glances at them. "They are..."
hums. "Should we bring Mr. Puffin and Eya?"
shakes his head. "It'll probably be a little easier without them."
nods at that. "Okay. We should give them a treat when we get back then."
nods. "Okay, that will work..."
nods and gets up after. "We should go soon, Ari."
sighs. "Ja, ja....." He stands up with the remaining food and starts downstairs.
carefully picks up the box, making sure the puffins are all safe.
puts the food away and glances back at him.
held the box close. "Ye ready?"
nods slowly. "Okay..."
smiles faintly and walks to the door to get his boots on. Eya followed after him, curious about the babies.
follows him and slips on his shoes, glancing down at Eya. "They'll be fine..."
nods as he walked out, telling Eya to stay. She frowned a bit and chirped at him.
frowns and crouches down to pet her softly before starting out.
looks over to him. "Lead the way~"
nods and starts walking to his usual spot.
follows him closely, talking quietly to the puffins in Danish.
smiles faintly and glances back to watch him.
laughs a little as he saw some of the puffins squirm.
The brave puffin chirps up at him and tries to climb to the top again.
laughs some more and shifts him so he wasn't trampling the other puffins. "I told ye to be careful."
glances back to see what he was talking to and laughs faintly.
smiles down at the little guy. "How far is the place we need to go?"
shrugs. "Not too far."
nods a little. "Good. 'Cause I think this little guy is eager to move around."
laughs faintly. "Is he?"
nods. "He keeps tryin' to climb on top of the others..."
smiles and glances over at them.
hums and continues talking to them.
watches, glad to see that he liked them.
really did... They were cute~
"That one seems to really like you..."
nods. "Ja..." He smiled at it and petted it lightly.
smiles faintly. "It's cute..."
laughs a bit. "It is. But it's kinda dangerous..."
raises an eyebrow. "Why?"
looks over to him. "M'startin' to get attached to him..."
laughs under his breath. "Cute..."
shakes his head. "Neejjj... It'll be hard to see him leave."
finds it cute that he's attached. "He'll be fine."
sighs and nods. "Ja, I know..."
walks next to him.
sees some water up ahead and sighs again.
frowns faintly. "They'll be fine..."
nods and crouches down as he puts the box down. "How do we do this?"
A few of the puffins eagerly try to crawl over each other to get out. Ari laughs faintly and picks up two of them. "Just set them carefully
in the water one at a time."
nods and picks up two as well, bringing them to the water and carefully put them in.
sets them in the water and watches as they swim away. The brave puffin wiggles in the box and manages to sit on the edge, watching them.
smiles as he saw the others go off. He comes back to pick up the brave one, then put him in the water too.
The brave one chirps sullenly and tries to stay with him.
frowns and shakes his head. "Nej, ye need to go home..." He stepped back and picked up the box.
The brave puffin cries and sits on his foot, trying to crawl up his pant leg.
blinks down at him and frowns more at hearing him. "Ari, help me."
frowns and crouches down to grab the puffin carefully. "Come on... you have to go home..." He sets the puffin in the water.
waves a little. He wanted him to be okay..
blocks the puffin's way back to shore. The puffin keeps crying as he's swept away by a current.
... really hates hearing the cry. He was so tempted to go after him..
sighs quietly and waits for the puffin to go out of sight before glancing at him.
couldn't help but look sad. He knew this was for the better though...
pauses before walking up to him and hugging him.
hugs him back. "Tak..." He looked out to the water still.
hugs him tighter. "They'll be fine..."
nods. "Ja, I know." He smiled at Ari. "Time to get ice cream?"
glances up at him and nods. "Okay."
smiles and starts heading to a shop.
walks with him, blushing before reaching out to hold his hand.
smiles more and takes his hand happily. He was feeling better now.
blushes deeper and glances away, glad the other was happiet.
hoped he didn't get attached to more puffins in the future...
Ari
thinks
he'll be fine...
figured he'd be fine. He just liked puffins...
liked that he did. He liked puffins, too.
knew he did. And he thought it was cute~
would get embarrassed if he knew that.
figured as much, which was why he didn't say anything.
appreciates it.
holds the door open for Ari when they get to the ice cream shop.
blushes and steps inside. "Thanks..."
nods and walks up to the counter. "Do ye know what ye want?"
glances over the flavours. "Not yet...."
nods and looks at the flavours as well. He was in the mood for something very chocolatey...
sighs. "I'll just get chocolate."
looks down. "Ja? Just chocolate? Or do ye want somethin' else with it?"
shrugs. "Just chocolate..."
nods and orders a chocolate one for Ari, and gets himself a double chocolate with chocolate chips.
laughs faintly. "Like chocolate?"
nods. "Mhmm. I'm just in a sugar mood.." He paid for the ice creams and handed Ari's his.
blushes and takes it. "Thanks..."
smiles and nibbles on his happily. "Velkommen~"
starts to eat his own.
hums. "Do ye wanna walk outside, or eat in here?"
"Let's eat outside." He wanted to enjoy the weather while it lasted.
nods and holds the door open for him before following him out. "Do ye want a bite of my ice cream~?"
pauses. "No, it's fine...." He kind of did want to try it...
could tell. "Arriii~" He smiled and leaned the ice cream towards him.
blushes. "Fine." He reaches over and takes a bite.
smiles and watches him. "Well~? What do ye think~?"
nods slowly. "It's good..."
smiles. "Glad ye like it." He continued to happily nibble on his. He loved chocolate.
smiles faintly back. He liked it as well...
would let the other have more free bites if he wanted~
Ari
was
fine with his own.
would still let the other have a few bites if he wanted. Cause he was a nice guy.
knows he would let him have some but he really was fine with just the little bit.
shrugs then and continued to eat. He hummed a little as they walked, enjoying the weather.
keeps eating and glances at him every once in a while.
glances back at him, smirking.
blushes and looks quickly away.
laughs a bit and puts an arm around him.
pauses before leaning into him.
hums happily. "So, when's the next puffin search?"
shrugs. "Whenever we want. Probably in the next week, though."
nods. "I can't wait..."
smiles faintly. "You really like them, huh..."
nods. "Mhmm! They're so cute and fluffy.."
laughs under his breath. "I'm glad you like them."
smiles. "I like helpin' 'em..."
smiles back. "I'm glad."
hums and looks up. "It's just... a nice feelin' knowin' ye helped somethin' that was in some distress..."
nods. "Ja, it is."
laughs a bit. "It just... makes me feel great. I feel better about myself."
smiles. "I'm glad."
holds Ari closer. "Besides... I like watchin' 'em swim around.
nods. "That last one was really cute."
laughs a little and nods. "Ja... he really didn't want to leave..."
glances at him. "He seemed attached to you."
nods. "Don't remind me... he was tryin' to keep my attention from the others when we were in yer room too."
laughs. "That's really cute..."
sighs and nods. He couldn't help but miss him...
frowns. "He'll be fine..."
smiles a little at him. "Ja, I'm sure. He looked like a strong little one..."
nods. "He was swimming well..."
smiles more. "Then that's all that matters~"
nods. "He'll do well."
hums and nods. "Ja. I hope we find more like him, that way we're reassured that they'll be fine."
laughs. "But it will be harder."
nods. "Ja... which is why we must promise ourselves not to get attached."
nods. "That doesn't always work..."
frowns. "Why not?" He nibbled on his almost done ice cream.
tilts his head. "You didn't get attached to that puffin at all?"
shakes his head. "Nej. Not one bit."
just stares at him.
looks back. "What? S'true!" Liiiiies.
laughs faintly.
pouts. "Whaattt?"
"Nothing."
pokes his side.
squirms and moves to poke him back.
laughs a bit as he finished his ice cream. "Mean."
huffs and finishes his own.
licks his lips a bit. "Ye wanna go home now?"
shrugs. "I guess..."
turns a bit to start towards his house again.
walks with him.
hums as they walked. He couldn't wait to see Eya.
pauses before reaching out to hold his hand.
looks down at their hands and smiles before holding the others tightly.
blushes deeply but walks with him.
swings their hands a bit. He was pretty happy.
swings his hand with him.
smiles more at that and looked down at him.
blushes and looks away.
laughs a little and continued to swing their hands. He missed Ari.
blushes even deeper but swings his hand with him.
hums happily. "Ye make me happy."
nods, blushing as red as possible. "You make me happy, too...."
smiles widely at hearing that, and squeezes his hand a bit more.
squeezes his hand back and mumbles something.
looks over to him. "Hmm~?"
looks away. "Iloveyou...."
smiles and pulls him a bit closer, kissing his cheek. "I love ye, too..."
blushes even deeper but turns to kiss him.
returns the kiss happily... He loved Ari so much.
pauses before hugging him tightly. He loved Soren a lot.
laughs and hugs him tightly in response. He was glad Ari loved him just as much.
nuzzles into him.
hums and lets him. He kissed the top of his head lightly.
blushes but clings to him happily.
wiggles a bit. "Ye're amazin'."
blushes. "Nei..."
nods and kisses his head again. "If ye can handle me, then ja~"
rolls his eyes. "It's not that hard."
chuckles. "Sure sure, ye say that now..." He took his hand again and continued towards his house again.
blushes and takes his hand.
hums happily as they walked again~
leans against him as they walk.
loved spending time with Ari.
loved spending time with Soren as well.
walked up to Ari's house and could hear Eya chirping.
smiles faintly. "Someone missed you..."
nods and walks in, picking her up and petting her. "She always chirps for me.."
pets her as well.
smiles at him. "She doesn't seem to be upset that the babies are gone. So that's good."
nods. "That's good."
nods and sets her down. "Do ye have treats for them?"
pauses before walking to the kitchen. "I think I have some nice fish..."
nods and follows him. "I think Eya would like some... she's not been given many treats lately."
pulls some fish out and glances at her. "Does she like raw fish?"
looks over at her and nods. "Ja. She's a bit picky though, and likes when they're cut up..."
nods and starts to slice up the fish for her.
smiles. "She'll really like ye for that~"
laughs faintly.
watches as Eya tried to climb up onto the table. He helped her a bit, watching as she stood on the edge towards Ari.
finishes chopping it up and grabs a plate, putting the fish on it and holding it out to her,
laughs a bit as Eya eagerly nips at the plate, before getting some fish and downing them.
sets it down for her and smiles faintly.
Eya flails a bit and happily eats the fish. She was happy, and didn't even think of the baby puffins right now.
laughs faintly. "Cute..."
nods. "She's a pig some times... I've caught her in the fridge once, eating the fish I was going to have for dinner."
blinks in surprise. "How did she get in there?"
shrugs. "She probably got in without me knowing when I got a beer..."
laughs faintly.
pets Eya as she finished up. She still licked at the plate though.
smiles a little. "Cleaning up?"
chuckles a bit and takes the plate from her. "She loves treats..." He brought the plate to the sink, and she chirped at him.
fidgets. "I can take care of the plate."
looks over to him and shrugs. "It's fine. It's only one plate..." He quickly cleaned it.
nods slowly. He didn't mind the other doing the dishes.
finishes soon enough and turns to look at Eya, who was still chirping at him. "Ye're such a pig, Eya."
pets her happily.
smiles as Eya leaned into Ari. "I'm glad she's not worried about the baby puffins anymore..."
nods and blushes faintly. "Ja..."
still couldn't get that brave puffin out of his head though...
knew he had gotten attached to him.
wasn't attached! He was just... worried...
knows he was attached.
didn't want to admit it...
knew he wouldn't admit it.
kind of worries for him... He couldn't get the image of him crying to him out of his mind.
glances at him and smiles faintly.
looks at him, frowning a bit. "What?"
shakes his head. "Nothing..."
pouts. "Tell me..."
looks away. "You're cute...."
pouts more and looks at him. "Nej! Why would ye say that?"
laughs faintly. "How you were with the puffins."
sticks his tongue out. "They just needed some help and attention. That's all."
laughs. "It'
s still cute..."
pouts still and crosses his arms.
pauses before hugging him.
smiles a bit and hugs him back.
blushes but keeps hugging him.
rubs his back lightly.
turns more red.
kisses the top of his head. "Tak.."
glances up at him. "For what?"
shrugs. "For comfortin' me~"
blushes. "Thought you said you weren't attached..."
huffs a bit. "M'not. But it's always nice to be comforted."
laughs faintly. "Okay."
sighs a little and hugs him a bit tighter.
hugs him back, smiling faintly.
really did miss that puffin... He was having trouble taking his mind off it..
thought that was cute....
didn't. He was worried now!
Ari
thinks
it's cute that he was worried....
doesn't like it... "... What if he had trouble swimming, and that's why he was cryin'...?"
sighs faintly. "He'll be fine...."
nods. "I hope so..." He held Ari a little closer. Eya just tilted her head and watched them.
pats his back. "I'm sure he will be."
nods and slowly lets him go. He then went over to pick up Eya and pet her.
watches them, hoping he wasn't too worried...
wasn't... not really... well, maybe a little tiny bit.
sighs faintly. "He'll be fine, don't worry."
sighs and nods, putting Eya on his shoulder. "Ja, and besides... I gotta worry 'bout this one."
nods. "She's enough of a handful."
nods to him and pets her a bit. "Ja. She's a little terror at times too..."
laughs faintly.
smiles at her as she made a few cute sounds. "She means a lot to me. I don't know if I could share the attention."
smiles back, blushing. "I'm glad you like her."
smiles at him. "She keeps me great company when I can't visit ye. And she reminds me of ye..."
glances away and blushes.
laughs a bit and pets Eya some more. "It's true~"
blushes deeper. "Okay..."
laughs more and ruffles his hair.
turns as red as possible and reaches up to straighten his hair.
smiles down at him. "Ye mean so much to me."
glances away, embarrassed..
Søren
likes
when Ari is embarrassed.
doesn't like it...
Søren
thinks
he looks cuter...
doesn't agree, he just thinks he looks dumber.
Søren
wonders
how?
doesn't like being embarrassed...
knew he didn't... but he still thought it was cute.
doesn't see how it is.
just likes to see the other flustered and that.
doesn't like being flustered.
laughs a little and looks around. "Where's Mr. Puffin?"
sighs and looks around. Mr. Puffin glances over at them from his favorite spot on the couch.
smiles a little at him. "He doesn't seem bothered by the lack of babies either."
laughs faintly. "He's used to this."
nods. "Ja, I guess so..."
"We've been doing it for years...."
hums. "I hope Eya gets use to it. I don't want her getting attached to every puffin she sees..."
nods. "It's cute, but it does make it harder..."
sighs and nods. "Ja.. I'm just worried she'll go all motherly at one point."
laughs faintly. "That would be very cute..."
nods. "To watch, ja. But... I don't want to see what'll happen when we take the babies away from her..." He frowned.
frowns. "Ja, that's true..."
sighs and puts Eya down, letting her run around. "I don't want to see her after that..."
nods. "Ja..."
fidgets a bit. He wanted to go looking for more puffins now... even though it was too soon.
knows they at least have to wait until night...
sighs. He didn't like waiting.
knows he doesn't.
looks around for something to do.
watches him, wondering what he is doing.
Søren
is
just trying to keep from getting bored.
keeps watching, wondering how long it would take for him to get bored.
Søren
is
already bored. "Do ye got beer?"
shouldn't be as surprised as he is.... He shakes his head.
frowns. "Any alcohol...?"
shakes his head again.
pouts. "Ye should know better, Ari.."
rolls his eyes and starts to say something but quickly closes his mouth.
looks at him. "Hmm~?"
shakes his head and tries to act casual.
steps closer. "Tell me~"
huffs. "Nei!"
smiles and gets closer. "Ja~"
crosses his arms and glares at a wall.
puts an arm around his waist. "Tell me, Ari~"
tries to squirm away.
pulls him closer, looking down.
blushes and looks away, not wanting to admit that he was going to say that he was only just old enough to buy it...
smirks a bit and kisses his nose lightly.
blushes deeper and grumbles.
laughs a bit and lets him go. "Do ye wanna go get some booze?"
sighs. "If you really want...."
nods and heads to the door, bringing him with him.
rolls his eyes. He should have known he would want to...
Søren
thinks
Ari should have a supply.
doesn't think so...
Søren
thinks
he might have a bad day and he could have some...
doesn't really want any...
doesn't think having some would hurt... he happily walked into a store and looked around.
doesn't want the other to get drunk at his house...
won't get drunk. Just tipsy at most.
worries that he will get drunk...
won't... Ari just had to make sure he didn't go over the limit.
would make sure of it.
Søren
thinks
everything will be okay then~ He grabbed a few cases of beer before looking down to him. "Anythin' ye want?"
shakes his head.
nods and goes to the cashier, paying for the cases before walking out.
follows him and glares a little at the cashier who was eyeing him with suspicion.
just chuckles a bit, carrying the cases with ease.
shoves him lightly, annoyed.
looks over to him. "Whaattt~?"
rolls his eyes.
sticks his tongue out and kept walking.
huffs and follows him.
happily gets back to his house and puts the cases down just after he walked in the door. "Those are kinda heavy.."