Musebox: 6 1/2 Verse: Shopping with Holiday

[wise_lil_wolf]

Who: Rafe and Holiday
What: Shopping for clothes post lift from Abysus and a few exams later.

When: A week after arriving at Providence
Where: Providence HQ/Holiday's Car/Shopping!
Warnings: Possible mention of slash and MPREG
Rafe sat, arms wrapped around himself in his room.  All things considered, there wasn't much of his in this room.  It was all white and sterile.  It was more like a hospital than a young boy's room.  Still, this was his assigned living quarters for the next well...until they figured out what to do with him. 
He sighed, blue eyes looking over the door that connected his room to his mother's apartment.  His mother wasn't there of course, he was still in intensive care where he needed to be.  Getting better slowly, but surely.  It gave Rafe a lot of time to himself. 

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[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe frowned.

"Oh. I'm sorry it had to be like that for her. I know things don't always turn out well with nanites. I'm glad Mum was able to help her get back to the way she was supposed to be. Broken packs aren't good."

[doc_holi]

"It's alright now." But... no. Broken packs weren't good. She still hated herself for those years, but... there was no place for that right now. Not with his kind of powers.

"I'm grateful to Six for what he did for her. He almost lost his life right there... But we're all okay now."

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe opened his mouth to say something, but he stopped because the waitress was back with their drinks.

[doc_holi]

The waitress placed of their drinks down and when the woman asked for their order, Holiday gladly gave it to her.

It wasn't long and the woman was away again.

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe's eyes never left the two women as they talked. He watched their mannerisms, their actions, everything. He needed to see how things worked here. This was his world now. He was a part of it. He didn't want to look like some noob.

But...but he'd just played with a candle. Did kids do that? Did anyone do that?

He shook his head.

"Doctor Holiday? What all do I need? I mean, like, for clothes and my room and stuff."

[doc_holi]

She shrugged to him.

"Whatever you want. I want things to be comfortable for you and help remind you of home, if you want that. Being issued clothes and having to sleep in a sterile black and white environment would drive anyone nuts after awhile."

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe mulled the idea over in his head.

"Okay. So...I guess we'll see when we get there. What kinds of stores will we go to?"

Please say toy store. Please say toy store. Please say toy store.

[doc_holi]

"Well..." She gave that one a little thought first.

"We can always go by the mall and do some window shopping. See what kind of stuff you like and don't like and buy some things there. If we want some more after that little adventure, then we can just base the other stores from the ones we went in there."

AHA! Science, sort of!

[wise_lil_wolf]

"So...we'll go exploring. I like that. Dad would...sometimes take me exploring around...Abysus."

He mentally face palmed at that. Normal people didn't want to hear about his weird EVO upbringing. Well, Holiday might, she was a scientist, but but but...still.

[doc_holi]

"Really?"

Well, Holiday isn't exactly normal, anyway. She wouldn't mind hearing about some good things he did while in Abysus. Just the thought of him being that close to Kleiss terrifies her, but she knows that there had to be some good moments. He's had to have had a good life so far.

"What did you do out there?"

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe was glad he could be open with her.

He could sense her enthusiasm and curiosity.

He liked her a lot.

"Dad showed me all kinds of neat things. There's a hot springs in the mountains, you know? He found it. He'd take me there sometimes. He showed me all the safe caves and taught me which wild EVOs were friendly and which ones to leave alone. He told me stories about the stars and what they mean. Taught me how to climb trees and catch fish and all kinds of cool stuff like that. He always said having the right knowledge was sometimes more important than being the strongest."

Rafe, obviously, was not the strongest EVO in Abysus.

[doc_holi]

"He's right," she nodded, "That's how I got where I am. Being the strongest doesn't always mean you're going to be the best." Or the one that survives.

[wise_lil_wolf]

He smiles at her, it is nice to hear his father's opinions validated by someone who, well, isn't his mother.

"Mum says there are different ways to be strong. He says you're the strongest woman he knows. I used to think that meant you were a super hero or something."

[doc_holi]

She was almost shocked by that bit and that twinge of guilt that they only JUST got him out came back again, but she couldn't help but feel a lot of good come out of that compliment. That was a long time ago when he said that and for him to still think that way is... nice.

She smiled softly all the same.

"Well I don't know about strong, but I am pretty smart and I do tend to have a stubborn problem."

[wise_lil_wolf]

"Stubborn is good sometimes."

Rafe nodded matter of factly. He had been informed that he himself was stubborn by both I his parents on numerous occasions.

The pizza arrived then and it smelled amazing. The waitress brought them plates, napkins, and silver ware, along with two small jars, one filled with red flakes and another that looked like it was filled with white powder of some kind.

Rafe was quiet and watched Holiday to see what he should do.

[doc_holi]

... Holiday is more hungry than she thought, it seemed. That pizza looked great.

"Go ahead," she told him, taking a slice for herself, "Dig in." She even bothered to put some Parmesan cheese on hers.

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe pulls a slice with a large amount of sausage and pepperoni off the main dish and onto a plate. He in turn takes the second shaker full of red flakes and shakes it on. A few seconds later, he sneezes, and realizes that he better not put too many of those flakes on it.

He carefully blows on on his slice to cool it down before he practically inhales it.

He was hungrier than he thought, too.

[doc_holi]

She gives a little chuckle at his sneeze (shush it was cute) and watches him... wolf down the pizza. Right. Young boy. Garbage disposals. Best get in some eating while there's still pizza left.

You remember what Rex was like, Holiday. Don't forget those days.

[wise_lil_wolf]

Be prepared for many other days like it. He is finally starting to feel at home, with Holiday at least. With that, his appetite returned. He'd been peckish for the past few days.o
A second piece disappears and he takes a third one, starting to slow down with it.

"So, where do you want to go first after this?"

[doc_holi]

"I think we should try the mall first," she answers, only just starting on her second piece. Slow down, child, you're going to choke like that.

"It's only a few minutes away from here. And from there we can just work our way around to different places."

[wise_lil_wolf]

He slows down on the third piece and listens attentively.

"Okay. Sounds good to me. I think it'll be fun to work our way around things."

[doc_holi]

She nods. "Mmhmm. We can find out what kind of things you like. What kinds of things suit you.

"Is there anything in particular you want?"

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe pauses to think.

He chews slowly as he ponders before answering.

"I definitely need clothes. The ones aren't very comfortable and I only have this outfit that's really mine. Maybe a swimsuit. The fitness center has a pool. Maybe a blanket, too. Things like that."

[doc_holi]

She nods to all of the things he lists off.

"Yeah, we'll get all of that. Don't worry about it."

[wise_lil_wolf]

"Okay."

He finishes his last slice in silence, taking in the pizza parlor, the other customers, the lights, the dark carpet, everything. He looks out the window and watches cars whir by.

There are so many people.