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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[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..."

[by_my_will]

Well, if she was a terrible cook, then she probably wouldn't notice some of the things that the better cooks on the Ptolemaios might have caught wrong with Tieria's cooking.

"We did not have much of a chance, either. It is hard to cook normal meals in outerspace."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie continued eating more than happily, but she stopped for a moment and put down her cutlery. "Did you live in outerspace? Was that your home?"

[by_my_will]

"Yes," he said. "We were on a ship, and spent much of our time in Earth's orbit." He preferred it up there. Being on the ground too long bothered him after a while.

[booyaka_boom]

"That's pretty cool!" Selphie smiled and finished off her meal, licking the last of the sauce from her fork. "Was that your job? Doing stuff in space?"

[by_my_will]

He nodded. "We were involved in military exercises." It was vague, sure, but true. Armed interventions against battles were military in nature, after all. But, Tieria could drone on about details he was willing to share, and something told him that, even if he was willing to share, Selphie might get confused if her world wasn't used to the technology his had.

[booyaka_boom]

"It does sound kinda like my job I guess... Only, we're more like mercenaries. Do you do that kinda work too?" Selphie had finished her meal and was smiling like a woman happily sated. She placed her cutlery down gently on her plate.

[by_my_will]

"I suppose," Tieria said. "Some might consider us that, as we are a private organization and not affiliated with any government." He was a little slower with eating than she was, so he still had some left.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie nodded and picked at a little bit of something that she had left on her plate, munching the morsel thoughtfully, "In a way, I guess I kinda like having a break here. At least, there's something to do when the crazy stuff happens."

[by_my_will]

"That is true," he said. "Though, I would appreciate a little less of the abnormal issues." Though, for him, abnormal was probably normal for a lot of people around here. He just didn't know how to deal with them, and that bothered him more than the issues themselves.

[booyaka_boom]

"Is there something here that bothers you?" Okay, so it was actually a pretty stupid question. There were probably a whole lot of things that bothered him, because there were a lot that bothered her. "You know, it's okay to want to talk about these things too."

[by_my_will]

"I am not used to things like special powers and curses," he admitted quietly. "It is not something that happens on my world. We have science and solid facts that prove what is going on. Yet, here, people get changed into animals and float in the air and other things that I have not seen before." It was a little difficult for him to accept. All of this defied logic, something he deeply relied on.

[booyaka_boom]

"Yeah. Me too. But still... In my world, there was a lotta stuff that's scientifically possible that some other worlds would never dream of. And I bet it's the same with you too."

Selphie glanced around, like Haro was one such thing she was talking about.

[by_my_will]

"I would imagine so," he said, thinking about Zelda's reactions to some of the things he had talked about, and Selphie's own reactions to Haro. He nodded. "It is still an adjustment for me." He was new at this place, and adapting was harder when he had no logical explanations. He would get it eventually, but today was likely not that day.

[booyaka_boom]

"But don't worry about it! We've all been there at some point, and I still meet new people who are so completely weird to me, y'know? It's always gonna happen. But that's what makes this place interesting, I guess. You're just a super enigma to some people, that's all!"

[by_my_will]

"Mm." He nodded. It was a good way of looking at things, at least, right?

Oh... "Did you want dessert?" They could wait, as Tieria wasn't all that hungry after such a filling meal, but he thought he'd at least offer.

[booyaka_boom]

"Did you make dessert too?" Selphie sat up, looking happy and impressed, but she placed a hand lightly on her stomach, "But I'm kinda still quite full."

[by_my_will]

He nodded.

"That is fine. It can wait." He worked then at cleaning the table for the time being. "I thought it would be appropriate to have dessert after dinner."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie laughed, "A man of many talents!" And she began helping to clear up, lifting to the dishes to carry them to the sink.

[by_my_will]

That got a small blush... very small... very faint.

"What makes you say that?" he asked, a little embarassed.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie smiles openly, not mentioning that she's noticed, "We-ell... You can cook and you clean, but you're clever too with all your technical bits and bobs and your robots and things. It's cool!"

[by_my_will]

"I suppose," he said quietly. "I had not considered that." Though, cooking wasn't one of his major strong points. However, it also wasn't a very important skill for him back home, so again, not something he had thought about. If she knew what other things beyond the technical knowledge had had skill in, she'd probably be even more impressed.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie smiled brightly before tapping her chin in mock-concentration. "Hmm... and you're pretty cute too. It's a wonder you haven't got yourself a girlfriend yet, Tieria..." Oh, she was teasing, of course. But still, for serious, she really did think it was quite a wonder.

[by_my_will]

"A girl friend?" Yeah. Tieria didn't get it entirely. The idea of him being in a romantic relationship had never really occurred to him. Of course, that might even be the answer to her question.