From: mightbeclever	Date: November 19th, 2010 12:48 am (UTC)		(Link)

Leon had decided to get away from campus life for a while, if for no other reason than it was driving him crazy. But since he was out and about, he'd also decided to go ahead at get Addy's Christmas gift, a pair of snake earrings that he swore she'd better love. At least he hoped he hadn't shelled out the money in vain.

Still, it wasn't as if he'd been honed in on Michi when he stepped into the cafe. He even failed to notice her until he put in his order and was finding a place to sit and read while he waited. It was when he accidentally bumped into the new mum's table and turned to apologize that he'd realized just who it was...

"Uh, sorry..." he muttered, scrubbing the back of his head and wondering if it would be considered rude to just up and flee at that point. "That your son?"

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: November 19th, 2010 01:25 am (UTC)		(Link)

Michi looked up when she heard that distinct accent among the many southern drawls. She grinned brilliantly. "Is that a salmon colored shirt?" she teased.

Addy was pretty adamant about dating this guy wasn't she? She sighed inwardly and told herself to be nice about a million times before she offered him the seat across from her. "Yes, this is Isamu," she said, her voice taking on a softer quality. "Izzy, this is Leon, your Auntie Adelaide's boyfriend." It took all the will power in her to keep from saying useless boyfriend. She was going to be nice damn it. "Would you care to join us for a bit?"

	From: mightbeclever	Date: November 19th, 2010 03:02 am (UTC)		(Link)

Auntie Adelaide. That was a strange thing to hear as he sat down a bit dumbly. He really didn't know if he should have taken her up on the offer, it wasn't as if he couldn't have found other places to sit. Though, also, he was supposed to try to get along with his girlfriend's friends, right?

Yeah, done a smashing good job of that one so far.

"Uh, sure...But I was going to leave after I got my order." He offered up, letting her know that they honestly wouldn't have to keep this up for long. He pulled his bag off his shoulder and sat it down, before checking for the hundredth time that the box with the earrings was still there.

"He looks like you," Leon said after a moment of awkward silence on his part. "Bet he'll be a looker when he grows up."

There, that was polite and nice, right?

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: November 19th, 2010 10:20 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Michiko grinned, she couldn't help but smile when she talked about Isamu. "Yeah, he doesn't really look like his daddums at all, but lucky for him he's got Eli's temperament. He's a very sweet boy."

She laughed at the second end of his comment though and took it as the best compliment she would probably get from Leon. "Thank you," she smiled. "I think he'll be a handsome boy too."

Michi could talk about her son all day if someone let her but she was sure that was definitely not on Leon's list of favorite things to talk about. "So... what brings you downtown?" she asked. "Surely not just the coffee, it's good but not walk downtown good."

	From: mightbeclever	Date: November 19th, 2010 10:36 pm (UTC)		(Link)

He wasn't sure how he felt about babies, to be fair. He sort of just stared at Isamu until she asked him about why he was down here, and shrugged.

"Wanted time away from campus," he admitted before chewing on his bottom lip a little. Then he leaned down and picked the box out of his bag to put it on the table, opening it up for Michi to see. "Decided to do a bit of Christmas shopping. Found these for Addy, and thought she'd like them."

God knew his wallet hadn't been a fan of it. Thankfully Leon didn't actively spend money of many things, and so his living allowance (given to him by his parents) usually just sat around until he was ready to use it.

"Usually not very good at the gift buying thing. Gael's better. He always picks out the things we give mum and dad." And well...everyone. Probably wouldn't have been good to have your twin pick out your girlfriend's present though.

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: November 19th, 2010 10:44 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Yeah, sometimes it's nice to just get away from campus," she said with a nod. She peaked over into the box and her eyes went wide. "Ooooo! Preeeettty," she said her eyes going wide. "Now Addy will finally have something nice to wear," she grinned.

"If you think this isn't good, then I'd like to see how Gael does," she laughed. "Speaking of... has he... um... you know... said anything?" she asked shyly, finding the coffee in her cup very interesting and exciting as she stared into it.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: November 20th, 2010 01:28 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Heh." Leon just shrugged, "he has better taste." What irony that was, really.

"Huh?" Oh, that was right. Gael and Michi had gone on a date. "Yeah, he's been wondering if he should ask you out again. He's not too sure how much fun you had."

He shrugged, "he's also gotten himself all stoked about Sonnier's winning streak."

Staring the box a few more moments, he wondered if he should get up and leave now. Looking to the side he frowned a little, before licking his lips. "So....why are you interested in my brother anyway?"

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: November 23rd, 2010 03:33 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"He should," she replied quickly and instantly blushed. "I mean, yeah, that would be nice," she laughed nervously and sipped her coffee before answering Leon's next question.

"Because your brother is... he's... you know... a nice boy. I've had a fair share of bad boys and girls," she said nonchalantly. She didn't care what he had to say about that, it was who she was and she wasn't going to hide it. "Gael is sweet," she offered him a goofy grin. "He doesn't treat me the way other people do."

	From: mightbeclever	Date: November 23rd, 2010 05:09 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Gael's better than anyone you'll meet," if there was one person Leon had no issues with calling better than himself, it was Gael. Even if he was a bit dense sometimes. "And he is a good guy, which...means that if something starts, you know, he'll jump in feet first."

And unlike him, Gael had never been in a relationship. Why start with the teen-mom? That didn't make any sense to him, but his brother was....well Gael.

"He's never dated anyone before, you know. Don't go an ruin him for anyone else," unless you meant to keep him. Which was a scary thought, honestly. Michi as a sister-in-law? God, that would be worse than Addy's parents for in-laws.

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: November 23rd, 2010 07:48 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Her eyes narrowed. "What the fuck is that supposed to mean? You think I don't take relationships seriously? You don't think I don't dive into them too?" she tried to pull her temper back into check but the next thing she said set her off.

"Ruin him? Are you kidding me? I would never... how would I even? What the fuck is wrong with you?" she was tempted to throw her coffee in his face. "For two seconds I was delusional enough to think we could have a decent conversation, my mistake."

	From: mightbeclever	Date: November 23rd, 2010 08:23 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Oi!" He exclaimed, eyes narrowing darkly. Fine, apparently he was simply unpleasant period. "You're the one with a bleeding track record. And for the record, Ididn't mean it like that, you bloody..." He trailed off when her son stared up at him, as well as others turning to look at them.

Standing he snatched up his bag, "What Imeant, you crazy bint, was that you could be too good for him. So before you go snapping off my head, why not ask what I meant next time, yeah?"

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: November 23rd, 2010 08:30 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Track record?" she asked lowering her voice to a dangerous level. "Two of my exes are my best friends, one is the father, and one isn't even worth my time."

Michi sat back. She regretted snapping but she couldn't stand the thought of someone saying she had a track record. "I'm sorry," she said standing. The baby started fussing. "It's just when someone says you're going to ruin someone..." Michi snuggled Isamu in an attempt to stave off his crying. "It's just... give me a chance with him before you go getting all bleeding bloody hell on me."

	From: mightbeclever	Date: November 23rd, 2010 09:53 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Why does everything have to be a fight with you?" Leon rolled his eyes before he sighed and leaned against the table, lowering his voice in an effort to sound more calm. "What I mean, regardless of what you mean to put out there for everyone, or how great of friends you and your ex's are, Michi, is that you still have a history. You can't change it, you've always going to be aware of it."

He stood up again, turning to leave the cafe then, without his food and coffee. And without the earrings he'd just bought addy.

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: November 24th, 2010 06:00 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Are we talking about the elephant in the room?" she asked, Isamu was finally starting to settled down since the arguing began.

Michiko was going to let him storm off but she looked and saw the box still on the table. After sighing loudly and rolling her eyes she grabbed the earrings off the table and followed after Leon. For fuck's sake... "Leon wait," she followed him, her heels clicking against the pavement as she power walked to get to him. "Leon! The earrings," when she did reach him she put her hand on his shoulder to turn him around.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: November 24th, 2010 06:44 am (UTC)		(Link)

He almost snapped at her when she touched him, but managed to rein it in as nothing more than a mild glare. He even managed to not snatch the box out of her hand before glancing down the street.

"Merci," managed to grit out, taking a deeper breathe as he looked back at her. And for a moment he thought of leaving it there, but then that was too much wisdom for his teenage brain to handle.

"If you hate me so much," he started, "do you bother?"

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: November 24th, 2010 06:54 am (UTC)		(Link)

"De nada," she said with a shrug.

"You know Leon, I don't hate you. You just... you don't seem to care about the mean things you say or the way that sometimes something that supposed to be nice sounds mean," she shrugged again.

"I'm not trying to argue with you over the fact that I do have a history. We all have a past and we've all made mistakes. My mistakes have made me who I am and I wouldn't change a damn thing, but that doesn't mean I'm still the same wild party girl I was before. The least you could do is wait to see what happens."

"I get it. You're worried about your brother getting hurt. Well I'm worried about Addy getting hurt. Maybe we should just have a little faith in other each other."

	From: mightbeclever	Date: November 26th, 2010 01:17 am (UTC)		(Link)

He stared at her for a long moment, frowning deeply as he scrubbed the back of his head for a moment. He was an asshole, hell, even he knew that, was she really willing to have faith in him? He was skeptical when he looked at her.

"You have faith in me, I'll have faith in you. We'll make it simple like that, yeah?"

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: November 26th, 2010 06:37 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"We can try," she said adjusting the baby and offering him her hand to shake. "We'll only piss each other off if we keep questioning each others motives right?"{

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 4th, 2010 03:04 am (UTC)		(Link)

"...Yeah. Guess we should." He was still grumpy, though. Even as he put the little box away and stared off for a moment or two. He took her hand, though, shaking it lightly as he sighed.

	From: gimmeskittles	Date: December 4th, 2010 03:08 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Okay," she nodded firmly. "Well... I'll see you around," she waved to him and turned to walk back to the cafe, hopefully her coffee would still be there and her table still open.