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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[doc_holi]

While it might have been a bit of a quiet ride, it sure wasn't quiet in Holiday's head. It wasn't so much that she wanted the kid to like her, but that she just completely MISSED ten years of his life. He didn't know her at all and she didn't know him.

That thought really hurt and she really wanted to get to know who he was better.

... For now, though. Food.

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe's head was just as full as Holiday's. He wanted her to like him, too. He was picking up some anxiety from her and really hoped he wasn't causing it.

Almost everyone else at Providence ogled him whenever he went to the cafeteria or the fitness center.

He watched the world go by and leaned towards the window.

There were so many other cars...so many people. He really wasn't used to looking out the window and seeing a majority of people looking like himself. It was extremely surreal.

The buildings were all new.

Everything was mechanical.

Plants, if there were any, were clipped and trimmed to be perfect. It was so unlike Abysus.

[doc_holi]

... "I know it's a lot different here than Abysus, especially more people, but it just takes time to get used to, you know..."

Even though it was still Abysus, it was his home and where he essentially grew up. She could understand that he very could get homesick.

... At least he had Six, but she wondered about who else he would miss from back there. He and Biowulf seemed very close... Maybe she could just ask Six later on.

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe looked over at her and nodded.

"Thanks. It is a lot different. Not..bad...just different. Do I make you uncomfortable?"

He blurted the last part.

It just fell out of his mouth.

He looked sheepish afterwards.

"I don't mean to if I do."

[doc_holi]

She didn't expect that last bit, but she rolled with it anyway.

"No, no. You don't. Why do you ask?"

She didn't mean to give off that kind of vibe.

[wise_lil_wolf]

"Everyone but you keeps staring at me all the time. You don't do that. I don't want you to. That's all. I just want you to like me."

There.

He said it.

[doc_holi]

... If she wasn't driving, she'd give him a big hug right now. For now, he'll just have to settle for her hand on his arm.

"I do like you. Don't worry about what other people think of you. Their opinions don't matter."

She loved him before he was even born...

[wise_lil_wolf]

He took her hand and squeezed it very hard. Her aura was warm and comforting and it was exactly what he needed. It was calm and loving and supportive. With his father back in Abysus, and hurt, and his mother in the hospital wing at Providence, he needed somebody.

"Thanks."

It is all he can manage to say. It is choked and strained.

[doc_holi]

She didn't say anything back to him. Just squeezed his hand back until they got wherever they were going.

Holiday knew this entire thing was hard on him, especially with Six out of commission right now. She wanted to use this trip as a way of distraction from his problems.

[wise_lil_wolf]

He suddenly latched onto her arm and hugged it tightly.

Her arm might be a little damp now.

"Thank You. I know you love Mum. I'm glad you do. I was scared we'd be alone, but we're not. I don't know a lot about things here, but I'm not scared with you around. You feel nice. Your feelings."

[doc_holi]

... Okay. That's it, young man. She is stopping this car. She can't resist not hugging him right now, when he obviously really needs it.

Even she's a bit... shocked at the... loving his mom part...

Holiday still stops on the side of the road, right before wrapping him in a tight hug. Six might not like hugs, but she's not skipping out on him.

[wise_lil_wolf]

He latches onto her, accepting her hug and squeezing her tightly back.
He sniffles into her. Rafe likes hugs.

"I'm sorry."

For making you stop. For accidentally invading your privacy without meaning to. For everything. It isn't fair, all of this. Everything is so complicated that he doesn't know what to think. He definitely needed this shopping trip.

"I didn't mean to look or to feel it. It just happens."

[doc_holi]

She shakes her head, holding him. "No. No. Don't be sorry. It's okay. I have no secrets from you."

She understands that a power like this should be controlled or kept under wraps, but she doesn't want him to feel like he has to do that around her, too. She wants him to know that it's okay and that it's going to be okay...

[wise_lil_wolf]

He sniffs and hugs her.

"Okay. You don't have to keep secrets from me either. Okay? I want to know whatever you want to tell me."

He wipes his eyes.

"It's going to all be okay, right?"

[doc_holi]

Holiday wonders... but she snuffs that down before she can think on that and just smiles.

"I know. Everything's going to be okay."

[wise_lil_wolf]

He nods.

"Okay. I trust you."

His stomach growls audibly then and he blushes a little.

[doc_holi]

She pulls away far enough to look at him, getting some of that hair out of his face.

"Come on. You'll feel better once you eat."

[wise_lil_wolf]

He looks at her, too.

He likes her eyes. They are kind, sweet, understanding, loving.

He blows a loose tuft of hair out of his eyes and wipes his face with the back of his hand.

"Yeah. Thanks."

He squeezed her hand one more time for good measure.

"Where do you want to go? I don't really know any places around here."

[doc_holi]

"Not sure," she answered honestly, about to pull out on the road again. "Anything in particular you hungry for? A burger or pizza or something?"

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe shrugged.

"Pizza is good. Pizza can have anything you want on it. Can we get that?"

[doc_holi]

"Sure. Pizza sounds good."

She started making their way to the nearest pizza place then. Hopefully, this entire trip will make her understand him better.

[wise_lil_wolf]

Rafe continued to stare out the windows. He sees all the signs and store after store after store. So many new things. He hopes he isn't too much of a noob.

[doc_holi]

"We're here," she announces, pulling up to the pizza place. The last time she had been there they had good food, but that had been a while back... She doesn't get out too much.

"Ready?"

[wise_lil_wolf]

"Yeah."

He is back to looking curious and interested. He's really relieved he siesn't bother her. Rafe undoes his seat belt and hops out of the car, closing the door behind him.

[doc_holi]

He isn't a bother to her at all. In fact, she likes his curiosity. Signs of a smart mind under all that dark hair.

She gets out of the car, too, headed inside the restaurant to be seated.