Duo
Citizen
Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.
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Post by Duo on May 21, 2012 14:29:18 GMT -5
With Mitsuko's advice echoing in his mind, Duo tries to get himself in that self-appreciation mood of his. This mood rarely comes along, or actually almost never pop in ever since Solo came in his life.
So Duo smiled down to the children, completely masking his inner doubt and nervousness. Duo's great at masking his inner turmoil, anyway. Now remembering that the class was supposed to be held in Mitsuko's room, Duo then lead the children upstairs from their snack time and stepped back at the door frame to allow the children (and Zero) to enter first.
When Zero shot him a glance, and something resembling a scary grin, Duo stood straight with a shocked expression near the door. "E..E-eh?" He let out, truly surprised. "W-well, I'll pitch in per order...I guess..." He blinked and made way for Zero to fetch the kid who plays under the rain earlier.
Making his way around the children, Duo then sat on the bed beside Mitsuko. ".....Why do I have a feeling that he's going to literally throw me around when I play the bad guy..?"
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Seance
Citizen
Won't stop, won't slow down, this is pursuit.
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Post by Seance on May 21, 2012 14:35:59 GMT -5
Sean jumped at the sound of knocking on the bathroom door. After shuffling around with his shirt and pants a bit, he then unlocked the door and stepped out, his face down and waited for the person to give him way.
From the voice, he can recognize it's the same man who had found him in the kitchen earlier. He's the one who mistook him of being a part of whatever class that's going on here. In truth, Sean doesn't want to praticipate, but since it's raining outside and there's nothing else that's better to do, he allowed himself to be dragged around of whatever's happening.
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Zero
Citizen
Frosty on the outside, that is.
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Post by Zero on May 21, 2012 14:56:42 GMT -5
"Oh.." On normal terms, when he brings a drenched kid in the bathroom, he expected all the wet clothes to be on the floor, which is why Zero was ready to get inside the bathroom to help in cleaning up.
It surprised him however to see the kid fully ready and the wet clothes neatly hanged already. Zero stepped back after he realized the boy is actually waiting for him to move, and then closed the door as he lead the boy back to Miki's room.
On the way, he eyed the kid from the corner of his eyes. This is actually his first time meeting a boy that age who's an expert in frowning. "So..... Sean, right? Do you live in Veyyard?" That's probably the reason why the boy looks so glum all the time, Veyyard can suck out any bit of happiness in a person.
Once reaching Miki's room, the first thing Zero notices is Duo sitting beside the angel, on her bed. Eyelids lidding over half his eyes, Zero briskly made his way across the room and quickly, almost unnoticably, smacked his hand behind Duo's head.
"First rule in Miki's room; do NOT get close within two feet of her." He smiled as he stated that, bringing his tightening fist to reach Duo's back collar and dragged the man a few feet away from Miki.
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Seance
Citizen
Won't stop, won't slow down, this is pursuit.
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Post by Seance on May 21, 2012 15:04:16 GMT -5
Sean was met with confusion when the man asked him such a strange question. He didn't even know where Veyyard is, much less knowing where he currently is. "No," he blunty answered, still keeping his head down until they reached the room.
Entering after Zero does, Sean slowed down his steps a bit. He has never been in a room filled with kids his own age before. It makes him feel uncomfortable that he doesn't know all these people, and it worries him that he wasn't educated in socializing. His eyes darted quickly to everyone present in the room, making note in his head to not get too worked out by this.
Celeste's still there on his shoulder, so Sean just stopped walking and stood still, wondering where he should go and what should he do. He feels like an outsider, shifting his steps back a bit and grabbing hold of the hem of his shirt in awkwardness.
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Duo
Citizen
Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.
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Post by Duo on May 21, 2012 15:14:32 GMT -5
"OW!!" Being smacked around the head all of a sudden, of course Duo bellowed that out in pain. Swinging his head aside, he could see a looming figure of a very pissed off husband, stating out a rule he never knew existed.
"O-okay! Okay!" Duo brings up both his arms in a defending position, scooting further from Mitsuko as Zero pulled the back of his collar away. "Oww....that really hurts.." Duo rubs the back of his head, then turns to Zero.
"Could you please warn me first if I did anything wrong, so I won't get smacked around all of a sudden?? ..Jeez, talk about a violently desirous-owning husb-- OW!!"
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2012 22:41:57 GMT -5
“Zero while I appreciate your protectiveness Duo would never hurt me, and he is just my friend so relax. I’ll handle this Duo. Go get yourself an ice pack and place it to where Zero smacked you, I’ll speak with Zero.”
In the background you could hear the kids going in awe at Zero’s strength, but after Mitsuko scolded Zero as they were in a place of learning the kids started to chant: Uncle Zero is in trouble~. Mitsuko took Zero outside to speak with him. She cleared her throat looked at him seriously.
“Now Zero you know I love you, but you know better then to behave like that in front of the kids. Children this young pick up on what adults do because they think it’s okay. Now here is an example… let’s say you and I had a son. You wouldn’t behave like that in front of our son would you? No~.
Because of your behavior today I’ll give you detention, but not just any detention. I would like you to assist Sean to the best of your ability. That child needs like a big brother, and you are best suited for the job. As he is new to the class he would need someone to look out for him. I sense he may get overwhelmed a bit by his surroundings but you can ease that since you are good with children.”
Mitsuko smiled at Zero, kissed his cheek.
“Don’t worry I am not mad at you, I just have to do my job as a teacher.”
The angel went back inside the room and started the class. The angel noticed Sean and how uncomfortable he but with her hands she tried to do a motion to encourage him to join everyone. Even though he wasn’t a part of this class originally Mitsuko didn’t treat him as such. She treated him as if he has always been there.
“Now today we have a new teacher. His name is Duo and he’ll be your music teacher! So please treat him with the same respect as you have shown me and uncle Zero okay? We also have a new student in class today and his name is Sean. Please help him feel welcomed.”
And with that said the children clapped for Duo and Sean for being two new people in the class.
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Post by NPC: Female on May 21, 2012 22:49:53 GMT -5
There was a little girl named Sean, his age and she greeted him with a smile. She was a little shy so she didn’t say anything, but she did give him a piece of her sandwhich that she didn’t finish earlier. Maybe Sean would make a few new friends in class and maybe smile more.
Eventually the little girl said something to Sean.
“You know auntie Mitsuko always says if you frown too much your face may stay that way, so try smiling~ Like this!”
And the little girl smiled more to Sean.
“Smiles can be contagious~~”
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Duo
Citizen
Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.
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Post by Duo on Jun 10, 2012 13:02:08 GMT -5
With his head still throbbing, Duo whimpered in pain while standing up from the bed he's sitting on. His hand is stuck holding that pounding spot of pain behind his head and walked off downstairs to get some ice.
"Dammit, that boy has a strong arm.." He whispered to himself while heading towards the kitchen in search of a fridge. Once he found one, he's quick enough into wrapping a number of iceblocks inside a cloth, since he can't find any plastic wrappers.
Climbing up the stairs again, he could hear Mitsuko's voice scolding Zero at the hallways. Taking a deep breath, Duo clambered up and quickly made his way inside Mitsuko's room as to nt disturb those two. He sat on a chair, leaning on it as he adjusts the ice right on the painful spot behind his head.
"Ow...ow-ow-ow.." Groaning lightly, Duo stayed in that position for a bit, despite having a lot of children staring at him. After a few minutes, Mitsuko returned in the room with Zero, so Duo puts his ice pack down and stood up, flexing his neck a bit.
He waved to the kids once he was being introduced, internally unhappy of the first impression he gave to the children of him being smacked silly. "Thanks, everyone. Hope we'll be doing great music together~"
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Zero
Citizen
Frosty on the outside, that is.
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Post by Zero on Jun 10, 2012 13:09:33 GMT -5
"I know he would never hurt you, but he hurt me in being so close with you..." Slightly pouting at being lectured, Zero dragged himself out of the room when Miki ordered him to. He was shuffling his foot like a little boy caught in the act, but he can't keep quiet of the things he wanted to say.
"Hey, I hit him quiet enough that the kids wouldn't even notice. It was HIM that screamed so loudly." Cornering his eyes away, Zero could see a shadow hurrying up the stairs and went inside Miki's room. "..And he screamed like a girl too." Zero continued when Duo wasn't within earshot.
His eyes brightened considerably though when the angel gave him an example if they had a son. At the thought, his lips grows into a wide prideful smile. "If we have a son, OF COURSE I'd show him every trick that I have, so when I can't keep an eye on you, I can rely on him to protect you."
He's already fantasizing a little boy with golden hair kicking Duo on the shin for being so close to his mother. Zero is grinning ear to ear at the mental image, but then his thought bubble popped when he was sentenced to detention. "What?!"
Though, as his detention happened to be helping the strange new kid, Zero's eyebrows stopped creasing. "Oh. Yeah, sure I can do that. He's pretty weird though, he won't talk to me earlier.." As he's thinking ways how to make the new kid talk, he was surprised by a kiss on his cheek.
"Heeeyy, what was that for..?" Immediately, his hand flew up to touch his cheek, a smile automatically curving up his lips. He knows Miki won't ever be mad at him, so he just grinned at her before following her back into her room filled with children eager to learn.
Scanning the whole room, he can spot the new kid easily with how still the boy is standing, unlike the rest of the hyperactive kids in the room. So Zero made his way to Sean, but kept his distance when noticing a little girl trying to talk to him.
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Seance
Citizen
Won't stop, won't slow down, this is pursuit.
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Post by Seance on Jun 10, 2012 13:12:17 GMT -5
Being very uncomfortable and jittery, Sean's eyes stay focused on the floor, and only darts up when he noticed there's a shadow approaching him. A little girl is greeting him, and even gave her a piece of unfinished sandwich.
Sean honestly didn't want to take it, but Celeste is crooning at him for him to do so, so he took the sandwich and ended up staring at it instead of eating it. "Thank you," unlike how he acted, his voice is firm, almost business-like.
He stayed quiet for a good few minutes until the little girl commented that he should try smiling. Sean stared at her as if what she said was something strange and stepped back a bit when the girl smiled at him.
Honestly, he had forgotten how to smile, since he had lost the reason to do so. So when the girl smiled at him, Sean immediately looks away, having no idea how to respond to her. "Uh... Th-that's alright, I... I'm sorry, I can't."
Quickly, he turned away from her, but ended up bumping onto Zero.
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Zero
Citizen
Frosty on the outside, that is.
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Post by Zero on Jun 10, 2012 13:17:52 GMT -5
Zero stares tediously at how the kid interacted and had to shake his head at what transpired. When Sean bumped into his leg, Zero crouches down so they're at eye-level and said, "You're a really weird kid."
Turning to the little girl from before, Zero smiled at her. "Hey now, it's okay, he's just really shy. You go ahead to Auntie Miki now, class is starting." And after he said that to the girl, Zero then turned back to Sean.
He scrutinized how the boy looks up close and sighed. "Weird, but cute. Now finish the sandwich she gave you and get ready. Class is about to start." He wanted to offer a small smile to the boy, but based on the kid's reaction earlier, Zero just stood up and lead Sean to the center of the room.
Though, he stopped mid-way and turned back to Sean. "My name is Zero, by the way. And I'm your new big brother here. So c'mon, I'm not letting any little brother of mine getting left behind."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 0:59:45 GMT -5
“Be as patient as you can with Sean okay? He’s very fragile, so we’ll have to be slow with him and let him get comfortable all on his own. I’m sure he will though the more time he spends time with you Zero, thank you for accepting to help him. You know that technique I just mentioned to you about being slow and patient? That was how I was with you. I had to let you get comfortable around me, and eventually you started to talk more. See if that helps.”
Mitsuko smiled at Zero as she offered some advice to him, now certain advice doesn’t always work for everyone, as people are different, but it was worth a shot as you won’t know what will work if you don’t try it. Once she went back in the room and told everyone to give Sean and Duo a warm welcome, rolled over a chalkboard and on that chalkboard there were the four seasons.
“Now everyone can someone tell me what these four seasons are in order? Here is a clue for the first one. This is a season where there is a lot of rain, but when flowers bloom.”
The children who were excited to learn quickly put up their hands and started to shout out the answer.
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Post by NPC: Male on Jun 11, 2012 1:02:07 GMT -5
“Oh oh! I know the answer is spring auntie Mitsuko! That’s when you usually do your planting of flowers right? Are we gonna do that too? Because that looks like a lot of fun! You always grow your own garden! I want to grow my own garden some day too!”
This child was very excited and it showed especially when they can go off topic a little bit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 1:03:32 GMT -5
Mitsuko laughed a bit but smiled.
“Yes that’s right the answer is spring. Good job! You have earned a golden star sticker for getting the answer correct.”
Mitsuko walked over to a special section of the room and on another board all the children’s names were listed, and a majority of them had golden stars next to their names. The reason for this is because it would help these children work towards something they really want, and while these were just stickers to an adult, this meant the whole world to these children because it made them happy.
“Now can anyone else can name the second season for me using this clue? This is the season when school’s out for vacation and the weather is very hot, that children like yourselves need to get ice cream to cool down.”
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Zero
Citizen
Frosty on the outside, that is.
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Post by Zero on Jun 15, 2012 2:54:39 GMT -5
Zero frowned, but nodded at the advice that was given to him from Miki. He looked back at the strange kid and blinked at the boy. Come to think of it, he's acting almost exactly like how Zero was when he was a bruised child back then.
'But...getting him comfortable with me IS the problem, he won't even talk to me..!' Now looking down at this kid worriedly, Zero then inhaled deeply before crouching down again to speak with the boy. "..Is something bothering you..?"
If this kid acts exactly like how he expected to act, then for sure Sean is like a rebirth of Zero's past self in a nutshell.
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