A Promise Kept

[by_my_will]

Who: Selphie & Tieria
Where: Tieria's apartment
When: Early evening.
Style: Prose? I'm flexible.
Status: In progress, closed.

Tieria was almost ready. After resolving the little issue with the magic spells and whatnot, Tieria remembered that he had told Selphie, or rather, she had talked him into cooking for her. So, here he was, working on a simple dinner of penne a la vodka. He hadn't even considered dessert, so here was hoping she either brought some or wasn't expecting any. At least he remembered to have drinks?

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[booyaka_boom]

Selphie finished her drink and put the glass down, "Definitely. I wasn't affected at all, that time." If she had been, she might have said a bit more on how she felt about Tieria's views on magic.

[by_my_will]

"So perhaps he just wasn't willing to say anything," Tieria wondered. He wasn't sure. The look he'd been given, though, had been so disturbing.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie could see how much it was troubling her friend, and she tilted her head while she ran a finger round her glass, "Hmm... If it's bothering you, why don't you try getting in touch?"

[by_my_will]

"I am not sure I want to speak with him again," he said. It was a strange admission, but he had been unsettled by the man's expression. His instincts wanted to avoid him as much as possible.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie frowned a little at that, giving her a more serious expression, "Do you wanna tell me what happened? Did that person bother you?"

[by_my_will]

Tieria shook his head.

"Not so much that he did anything," he said. Really. Stein had just sort of leered about it. He hadn't actually bothered Tieria about it, and, in that, he was sort of relieved. "I just hope he does not go spreading it around."

[booyaka_boom]

"Hmm..." Selphie folded her arms across her chest - she didn't like seeing her friends being made to feel bad or awkward by anyone.

"Would you tell me who it was...?"

[by_my_will]

Well...

"He seemed to enjoy experimenting on... squittens?" Was that what they were called? Tieria hadn't seen them outside of Vatheon. "Grey hair, glasses... a large screw through his head." That sounded so strange coming from his own mouth. Either way, Tieria had never gotten Stein's name.

[booyaka_boom]

Okay, so that suddenly made everything a lot clearer. And sorry, Tieria, but Selphie really can't help that smile from creeping over her lips. And it eventually turned into a small laugh, "Stein! He's harmless!" Okay, he wasn't really, and Selphie shook her head at that. "Just..ignore him."

[by_my_will]

Don't laugh at him! He looked a bit chagrinned.

"Oh... well, that is good to know." Harmless? Tieria wasn't entirely sure about that, but if he's only going to experiment on animals, then Tieria's unadmitted fears of being kidnapped in the middle of the night and finding himself on a lab bench were hopefully unfounded.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie sighed a little and shook her head, "I dunno... Me and Stein used to be pretty close friends. I got kinda pissed when he started messing around with experiments with the chocobos... I guess.. I dunno. We don't talk much any more."

[by_my_will]

"Experiments..." But, Selphie... that was Tieria's fear! He didn't want Stein coming after him in the night! "What kinds of experiments?"

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie just shakes her head, looking a little more concerned now at the thought of such things. "I don't know... I always tried to sneak in... I'm still so sad that he made all those multicoloured chocobos - it's not right..."

[by_my_will]

"Like what he did with the squittens?" Nope... not nervous at all. Completely forgot about dinner, by the way.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie frowned hard and shook her head, "I don't know anything about that. I don't wanna know." And she didn't. She probably couldn't tell anyone what a squitten was. She was just...disgusted.

"So, how bout that dinner, huh?"

[by_my_will]

"Mm." Then he would refrain from discussing it further. And, right. Dinner. He nodded. "Yes. It should be ready now." He got up, dismissing the topic quickly, and headed into the kitchen. "The table is already set."

[booyaka_boom]

"Great!" Selphie was more than happy to get up from where they were, and she clapped her hands together on getting to the table. "You're so organised, Tieria!"

[by_my_will]

That was the first time someone had brought that up as a compliment. Usually, his tendancy to be over organized was a source of light, but goodnatured teasing from some of his teammates back home.

"I am used to being in a small amount of space," he said. "Organization was important."

[booyaka_boom]

Aww, poor Tieria! Organisation is an important skill, and one that Selphie isn't exactly famous for. "And it's good! It totally shows, Tieria." She's always happy to compliment her friends, and she smiled as she plonked herself down on a chair.

[by_my_will]

He nodded, almost a little shy about the compliment.

"Thank you," he said, not sure what else to say, really. Instead, he just set about serving dinner. He was awkward when it came to compliments and praise.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie watched with wide eyes as he set out the dinner, and she clasped her hands tightly together, "Oooh! This looks and smells so good! I can't wait!"

[by_my_will]

He might have blushed just a little bit at her enthusiasm. Sitting down with her at the table, he nodded.

"Thank you."

The taste would be subtle, but there, and very normal, like he had definitely followed the recipe to the letter.

[booyaka_boom]

And she wasted no time getting into the food, though she was definitely polite about it, but clearly enjoying herself.

"Mmm! Tieria! This is so good!~"

[by_my_will]

"Thank you," he said, glad she was enjoying it. He had been very careful this time to do everything just right. He'd probably make an excellent baker... or chemist.

"Do you and your friends cook for each other often?"

[booyaka_boom]

Or househusband! Yup, that's definitely what Selphie was more thinking as she continued through her meal. She paused though and shook her head, taking a sip of water.

"I'm a terrble cook! And back home, we just never had the chance. I'd like to try, though, to make a real meal for someone sometime..."