My First blind date - Yuudai

Tid : kl 18.30
Sted : Family Diner
Vejr : Lunt, let overskyet truer med regn
Omgivelse : Forholdsvis fyldt
Tøj :tøjet
Tag: @Yuudai

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Det fandtes ikke noget bedre på denne jord, end at have sin dejlige datter hjemme igen. Det havde været et helvede uden hende, men nu var hun hjemme igen. Hun lignede sig selv, hendes egen lille prinsesse, udover at hendes lange og vidunderlige hår ikke var lige så langt og vidunderligt efter Angels far havde klippet det af hende for at skjule hvem hun var. Gabbie havde lovet hendes datter at sørge for at hun skulle have sit lange smukke hår tilbage og derfor havde Angel også været byen det meste af dagen. Hun havde fået ordre af Luca til at skulle finde noget pænt tøj fordi hun skulle på blind date, mens hun havde været ude og kigge på tøj som havde taget en del flere timer end regnet med, havde hun også købt hår ekstensions til hendes datter sådan at hun ikke skulle undvære langt hår. Gabbie havde været afsted siden butikkerne var åbnet, sådan at hun havde god tid. Hun havde endda valgt at tage forbi frisøren og får ordnet håret det trængte. Heldigvis havde Luca tjansen med at holde øje med Angel, Gabbie stolede ikke længere på andre, der var ingen andre der skulle passe hans prinsesse. De første dage med Angel hjemme igen, havde også været hårde, Angel var vågnet med mareridt flere gange.

Men denne dag og aften, havde Luca stillede kravet om at hun skulle gøre noget godt for sig selv og så at hun lige skulle på en blind date, hun trængte til det… Måske havde Luca ret, og hun måtte da indrømme at hun glædede sig, hun havde også forsøgt flere gange at spørge indtil hvem det var hun skulle møde, både med ticks spørgsmål og direkte men det var ikke lykkes hende at få svaret. Gabbie havde været på badeværelset i godt 2 timer uden at lade andre komme på wc, medmindre det var Angel. Nope Luca havde måtte vente. Gabbie havde for engang skyld virkelig gjort noget ud af sig selv som hun trådte ud af badeværelset for at lade Luca godkende hende. Hun havde godt en halv time før hun skulle være på resturanten som Luca havde bestilt bord ved til hende og den hemmelige fyr. Gabbie var først taget afsted da hun var blevet ”godkendt” af sin elskede storebror. Turen derhen valgte Gabbie at tage i en taxa, ikke fordi hun svømmede i penge, men hvis hun fik noget med alkohol at drikke nægtede hun at køre bil, sådan havde det altid været. Så hellere betale en taxa og ikke risikere sit kørekort, sit liv eller andres liv.

Gabbie anede ikke hvad hendes bror havde fundet på og hun kunne derfor godt mærke at nervøsiteten ramte hende ret hårdt jo tættere hun kom på tiden og jo kortere afstand der var til der hvor de skulle være. Hun betalte taxaen og skyndt sig indenfor, det dryppede lige og hun orkede ikke at blive gennemblødt. ” Der skulle være bestilt et bord til to i navnet Luca?” Sagde Gabbie og så på den unge kvinde som tog imod hende, hun nikkede smilende og viste vejen derhen. Gabbie så sig omkring og vidste ikke helt hvem hun kiggede efter, hun anede jo ikke hvordan fyren så ud. ” Her er bordet, der er bestilt. Vil du vente med at bestille til den partner kommer?” Spurgte pigen med et stort smil. ” Lad mig bare få et glas hvidvin tak” Sagde hun og sendte hende et stort smil, pigen nikkede og forlod bordet. *Tag det roligt Gabbie det skal nok gå godt, Luca havde ikke gjort dette hvis han ikke troede på det, eller hvis det var en skidt person.* tænkte hun for sig selv, som hun ikke helt vidste hvor hun skulle gøre af sig selv.

Well, this should prove to be interesting. Yuudai hadn't been on a date in... Dear God... It was probably fifteen years or so since his last one. He hadn't really dated anybody before Melody... They'd just clicked, gotten engaged, and then married... And after ten years of marriage, he was alone, and had been for the past year or so. He only had his girls to really remind him of her... So when Luca had come to him, suggesting this blind date with the siren's sister, he'd hesitated. At least until Lovelie and Jewelie had pointed out to him that he seemed so sad most of the time, and insisted on him doing this for himself. That even his 8 and 9 year old daughters could see how lonely he was, was really a wake up call for him.

So he'd agreed to this blind date. He had asked Luca to at least see a picture of his sister, anything, beforehand, but all Luca had been willing to give him, was some random note Gabbie had written - simply because the siren did indeed know that Yuudai would catch on to the faint scent left on the paper from when Gabbie had been holding it. And judging from the smirk on Luca's face, he'd liked the slight reaction Yuudai had to smelling it. He didn't know what kind of face he'd made, but it sort of had to be good, then, right?

But today was the day, and he was getting sort of nervous. Another reason he hadn't tried to go out dating, was because of his status,being rather famous often made dating difficult.. So at least it was a good thing he didn't have to find anyone on his own. And he'd felt more at ease when Luca had told him it'd be at the diner. No upscale place, just somewhere you could relax and have a rather casual meeting. When he arrived, he was there just about on time, and, having grown up with the sort of manners he had, he'd bought a red rose on his way there. Just a single one - an entire bouquet seemed a bit too much for a date at this kind of place. When he entered, and one of the waiters came over, he smiled. "Ah, yea, a table reserved in the name 'Luca'...?" the waitress smiled, nodded, and gestured towards the table where Gabbie sat.

He looked over, and a small smile lit up his face. Many people might think she stuck out like a sore thumb with her tattoos and piercings, but he liked it. Then again, half his body was covered in tattoos as well, and he used to have a lot of piercings, so he might be biased. Anyway, he went over there, with a calm, gentle smile on his lips. "Hi. I'm guessing you must be Gabbie? Luca's sister? I'm Yuudai. You can just call me Yuu, though. Pleasure to meet you." he said, the smile widening a bit as he held out his hand, offering the rose to her.

// Clothes and hair

Gabbie havde modtaget sit glas med kold hvidvin, det smagte nu herligt, det havde været længe siden at hun havde fået et godt glas hvidvin. Hun huskede faktisk ikke hvornår hun sidst havde fået et som hun havde kunne sidde og nyde uden noget andet. Med fingeren på kanten af glasset ventede hun spændt på hvem end det måtte være ville komme, hun var lidt bange for at hun ville blive brændt af, hvorfor det vidste hun ikke.

Men da en blid og rolig stemme talte til hende, kiggede hun op og smilte *åhhh damn* var hendes første tanke da hun så fyren står der ved hende. Hun skyndte sig at rejse sig og tage imod rosen med et smil og en blid rosa farve i kinderne. ” Thanks it’s beutyfull, i love roses ” Sagde hun med et smil inden hun forsatte. ” Yir it’s me, Its at pleasure to meet you too Yuu” Sagde hun og smilte roligt, hun gjorde tegn til at han kunne sætte sig inden hun selv satte sig. Gabbie var ikke god til det der med at fyren trak stolen ud og ind og alt sådan noget romantisk halløj, nope hun var mere til at det afslappet.

” So how did you know my brother?” Sagde hun med et smil, inden en tjener kom over til dem og rakte dem to menukort så de kunne vælge. Det kunne da være meget rart at vide hvor hendes bror kendte ham fra, ikke at det gjorde noget for det gjorde det bestemt ikke! Han så brand godt ud og ja, nu måtte tiden vise, hun ville dog ikke afvise det kunne ende godt. Alligevel var Gabbie en anelse usikker eller måske nok nærmere nervøs? Hendes sidste kærlighed, havde nær kostet hende livet og hendes datters liv. ” So are you her from around here? ? Spurgte hun blidt i mens hun kiggede menukortet igennem hun slå om på deres side med burger og var fast besluttet for hvilken en hun skulle have efter kort at have kigget på dem.

Yuudai gave just a small chuckle when he saw the slight blush - well, that really did compliment her complexion rather well. And the dress was really pretty on her, too. Not that he'd expected her to be anything less than beautiful - she was a siren after all. He hadn't ever met a single one that wasn't pretty or handsome, depending on the gender... So with Luca being the way he was, this didn't catch him by surprise at all. "Well, good to know." he then said to her comment about the rose, and sat down when she motioned him to. He'd been just about to do the gentleman-ly thing, the entire pulling out her chair for her... But looking at her, yeah, it was clear that he had to ignore those kinds of manners.

"Oh, we met backstage at the Download Festival two years ago. His band was playing the stage right after I'd been up there. We hit it off pretty well, so, yeah, we just kept in touch since then." he then explained, smiling a little at the memory, but also pushing away the sadder thoughts wanting to be there... Since it did make him remember his his wife had been there with their girls, too.

"And no, I'm not really from around here... I've only been here a year. I grew up in Japan and later on lived for quite some years in the US, though. Before I moved here. From what I got from Luca, you've only been here a few months, right? And Italy all the time before?" he made sure to quikly put the question back on her, simply because he didn't want to linger at the memories of the time in US - it'd simultaneously been the best and worst experiences of his life, after all.

Gabbie smilede til ham, hendes blik hvilede på ham, på en rolig og afslappet måde. Hun var ikke som så mange andre kvinder, som ofte sad og prøvede at se igennem fyrens tøj med et bestemt laserblik. Det var bare ikke særlig charmende eller modent at sidde og prøve at pille tøjet af fyren med øjnene. Selvfølgelig vil hun da gerne vide hvordan han så ud uden tøj på, særligt efter det hun havde set indtil videre. Men det hastede ikke og hun ville gerne være sikker på at der overhovedet var kemi og andet før hun begyndte på den slags. Men smuk det var han helt bestemt og hans stemme var dejlig, hun kunne ikke høre på ham at han ikke var født i et engelsktalende land. ” Thats nice! Just like me and my brother. ” Sagde hun med et stort smil og kunne ikke lade være med kort at tænke tilbage på den dag, hvor Luca og Gabbie mødte hinanden for første gang efter at Luca havde forladt hende i vandet sammen med sin mor og anden bror. ” What kind of music, do you?” Sagde hun stille, inden hun vendte blikket tilbage på tjeneren der var kommet hen til dem igen. Gabbie valgte at bestille den burger hun ville have og pomfritter og en stor øl. Hun havde fået tømt sin glas med hvidvinen, så det var nu turen til at hun skulle have en øl. Det bedste at drikke til det hun havde valgt, var en øl.

Det var alligevel lidt sjovt at hendes storebror prøvede at hugge hende op med en anden musiker, det var sødt og mega fedt gjort. Hun måtte nok også indrømme at hun var spændt på at lære ham bedre at kende og se hvor det ville føre hen, det var ikke til at vide før de havde ladet tiden gå sin gang. At Yuu fortalte hvor han var fra og hvor han havde boet. Smilede Gabbie og nikkede roligt, hun kunne ikke helt lade være med at grine lidt som han fortalte at Luca havde sagt at hun kun havde været i England i et par måneder, hvilket jo var sandt nok, det ville nok også kunne høres på hendes stemme, selvom hendes engelsk var blevet laaangt bedre end det havde været, så var der stadigvæk en ret markant accent og lidt forkerte udtalelser på nogen af ordene. Det generede hende ikke på nogen måde, og kunne folk ikke acceptere det var sådan, ja så kunne de jo bare skride videre. ”Yir I’m Italy, I had met a man, there was the big love… I got a daughter with him, but that’s wasn’t at good relationship.. So I had to escape from him and from Italy.. I had a friend here in England. That helped me and my daughter to get here and get a new life. “ Sagde hun stille, hun vidste ikke hvor meget hun skulle fortælle og om hendes bror overhovedet havde fortalt noget til ham? Men hun ville heller ikke bare sidde og læsse det hele ud på deres første møde, derfor valgte hun ikke at fortælle mere, medmindre han selv spurgte ind til det. At han havde stillet spørgsmålet, virkede også lidt som at han helst ikke ville tale om sig egen baggrund, hvilket der nok var en grund til, hun ville helst ikke ødelægge noget og turde derfor ikke helt spørge ind til det. ” do you have any kids? I have a daughter on 4 nearly 5, Her name is Angellina, but I just call her Angel. She is my little princess” Sagde hun med et stort smil. Hun elskede hende over alt på jorden, og efter alt det der var sket hende, beskyttede hun hende meget mere. Hun havde endda taget hende ud af børnehaven og ikke bare lod folk passe hende, den eneste udover hende selv der fik lov at passe Angel var Luca. Måske hun var blevet for overbeskyttende over for Angel, betyd intet for hende! Der måtte aldrig ske Angel noget igen.

Yuudai smiled softly to himself, nodding to her comment about him being in the same line of work as her brother - yeah, if he hadn't been, he'd probably never have met Luca, after all... Since they did meet backstage at that music festival. But he pretty much lit up when she asked what type of music he made,though. "Well, mainly rock. I do dabble a bit into pop once in a while, but mostly it's rock. I started out as a guitarist though... So I still focus a bit more on that than my singing. But then again, knowing your race, I'm sure your singing voice is much more lovely than mine, at least." he said, with just a small smile and wink her way before he looked over the menu as the waitress came over to take their orders.

He noticed the surf'n'turf they had, so he ordered that plate, along with a lighter beer. Too bad they didn't have Sapporo here, but, well, he really didn't count on it either, unless he went to a sushi place or similar type of Asian restaurant, after all. Didn't stop him from missing his favorite beer, though.

"Oh... I'm sad to hear." he said, furrowing his brows slightly in concern when she talked about her ex. "But at least you got yourself a lovely girl. I'm guessing she must've been what kept you going?" he said, leaning forward just a little, resting on his elbows on the table, head cocked slightly to the side as he listened. But when she then directed the children question to him, a smile resurfaced once more, which probably already gave her some of his answer.

"Two daughters." he said, still with that smile on his lips. "Lovelie is just about to turn ten, and Jewelie is eight. They couldn't be any more different than what they are, Lovelie being so much like their mother and Jewelie so much like me... But I love them to bits and pieces. I'd do anything for them." he elaborated, the smile a bit wider. Even though he'd indirectly mentioned Melody, the memory wasn't as sad at usually - probably because he focused on the thought of his girls, and not her.

Gabbie så på ham, det var virkelig fedt at han lavede samme salgs musik som hendes bror, eller næsten måske ikke helt alligevel?? Men hun kunne godt lide den slags musik han sagde han lavede. Der kom da også et stort smil og to røde kinder ud af at han sagde at hendes sangstemme ville være langt bedre end hans egen. Hun prøvede virkelig ikke at rødme alt for meget, det var virkelig svært for det var virkelig sødt sagt. ” I have never really use my voice to singing, so I really don’t know” sagde hun stille og så på ham efter at have kigget lidt væk da følelsen af hendes røde kinder havde lagt sig bare en smule.

Det var nok ikke været det smarteste at fortælle det hun havde fortalt om hendes og Angel og hendes eks mand, men hun holde heldigvis de værste detaljer fra, dem behøvede han ikke at vide noget om endnu.. Måske en dag men ikke før hun var sikker på at hun kunne stole på ham og at han ikke ville bruge det mod hende. ” Yir she is, she is my princess” Sagde hun og sendte ham et stort smil, hun kunne dog ikke helt lade være med at komme til at tænke på hvad hendes datter havde været udsat for, dog lykkes det hende at komme ud af tankerne som han fortalte at han havde to piger. Hun kunne ikke helt lade være med at grine og nikke. ” Thats nice. Thay have some lovely names. ” Sagde hun og smilte og som maden kom og blev sat foran dem nikkede hun til tjeneren som tak, inden hun løftet sit glas for at lave en lille skål med Yuu. ”I guess that you can speak pretty good English and maybe pretty good Japanese? My English is not always the best, just as you know.. My daughter can’t speak English though that I trying to teach her” Sagde hun med et smil og fokuserede lidt på hendes mad, hun var virkelig sulten.

Yuudai smiled and chuckled just a little - that blush on her cheeks was really damn adorable. He knew many other people might not even consider dating someone such as her, with all of the piercings and tattoos - but he wasn't a two-faced twat, so of course he didn't mind. he might not ever have his piercings in any longer, but he used to have his fair share, and well, the tattoos were still there, over all of his back, most of his chest, and a fair share of his arms and legs, too. So he barely even noticed hers, instead concentrating on the cute smile and even cuter blush.

"Well, even if you haven't trained it much, then really - you're a siren. I'm sure it's perfect without you even having to try." he said with a chuckle. He didn't even know if Luca had disclosed to her just what race Yuudai was - but yeah, even if Luca hadn't told him it was his sister, he'd have seen the similarity, and, of course, he could also smell her race. That really wasn't a difficult feat to dofor any shapeshifter.

"Well, thank you. So does Angel. She sounds just as cute as my girls are," he chuckled, his smile broadening. He knew this was probably one of the reasons for Luca to try to bring them together as well - they were both parents, and really, the dating field could be quite the minefield for any lone parent. So finding another lone parent ready to mingle? That was a treat in and of itself.

He smiled and nodded - almost a small bow - to the waiter when he came with their food, simply a reflex from his Japanese upbringing. manners were quite important in Japan, after all. Even moreso than in England, which was, after all, one of the Western countries famous for manners. Still nothing compared to traditional Asian manners, though. Then he turned back to Gabbie, smiling and clinking his glass with her in a toast. "Yeah... Which those years in the US, you do get pretty good at English. That, and trying to get more English into my music helps a lot, too." he said, and took a sip og his beer, before he had to let go of a small laugh. "I'm just about as good at Japanese as I bet you are at Italian," he then said, winking at her.

Endnu engang måtte Gabbie rødme og prøvede at skjule det lidt, det var som om hele hendes ansigt kogte denne gang, hun kunne ikke styre det! Han var så sød! Og virkede helt stille og rolig nede på jorden, hvorimod de fleste andre mænd hun havde mødt, nærmest havde overfaldet hende og ville i seng med og alt sådan noget. ” Thank you Yuu, yir i’m a siren, but I’m pretty sure that I can’t sing. But if you said so, you could teach me?” sagde hun og sendte ham et stort og kærligt smil, han havde forsat med at mene at hun kunne synge, så det måtte jo være hans skæbne nu at få hende til at kunne synge, som han sagde han var sikker på hun kunne.

” Maybe one day, they could meet each other ? I think they would be good friends?” Sagde hun og kunne ikke helt lade være med at grine af det, hun forstillede sig Angel prøve at forklare Yuu’s piger en hel masse mens de slet ikke ville kunne forstå hende, da hun ikke talte Engelsk, og den smule hun kunne var virkelig begrænset. At Luca havde valgt at Gabbie skulle date en anden single forældre var måske noget af det bedste han havde kunne finde på, altså for at finde Gabbie en mand, for det at skulle være sammen med en mand som ikke selv havde børn var eller slet ikke ville have børn, var ikke noget hun ville.

Gabbie havde maner! Måske ikke altid lige de fineste men sådan var hun og hun håbede ikke at Yuu tog det alt for kritisk, det var jo ikke fordi hun ikke spiste pænt for det gjorde hun. Det med at have de bedste maner havde bare aldrig ligget til hende. Men hun kunne godt se at Yuu havde laaaangt bedre maner end hende selv, faktisk gjorde det hende en anelse usikker på om hun nu også spiste pænt, så hun prøvede virkelig. Brugte kniv og gaffel til hendes kæmpe burger, den var alligevel for stor til at spise med fingrene. ” Yir I could imagine that” Sagde hun og sendte ham et smil. ” I have never really speak English in my life, before I came to England, but I really do my best” Sagde hun og løftede sit glas for at tage en tår af det. Hun kunne nu heller ikke lade være med at grine af hans kommentar om at han var lige så god til Japansk som hun var god til Italiensk ”haha Yir that right” Sagde hun og grinte lidt mere, det var nu alligevel lidt spøjst at hun havde sagt som hun gjorde, for Yuu havde jo ret.

” Would you like to have more children? I mean if you meet the right woman?” Spurgte hun forsigtigt, det var måske noget folk ikke mente skulle være vigtig i søgen efter en ny mand, men det var vigtigt på Gabbie, for Gabbie ville gerne have et barn mere og allerhelst en lille dreng, hun kunne nemlig godt tænke sig at have en af hvert. Ville Yuu ikke have flere børn end de to piger han havde, måtte hun virkelig gå i tænke boks om det så kunne føre til noget.. Selvfølgelig var det ikke det aller vigtigste i verden at få et barn mere men det var et stort ønske hun helst gerne ville have opfyldt og hun måtte da indrømme at få en lille dreng der var halv japaner og halvt italiener kunne var en nuttet lille dejlig dreng. ” i mean
Children are not the most important in a relationship for me, but I would just like to have a child more.” Sagde hun stille og håbede inderligt ikke at det hun sagde nu og det hun gav udtryk for var noget der ville skræmme ham væk og ødelægge det hele allerede på deres første møde.

And her blush persisted - well, that was pretty cute. But maybe also a bit sad - was she really not used to compliments of any kind? According to Yuudai, she should've received many throughout her life... But sadly, it was probably her style that scared people off and made them refrain from complimenting or, or led them to dissing her instead, based on her style. Which was really sad, if that was the case. In any way, good that he was here and could compliment her, then - and mean it.

"Inherently all of you can sing... But anyway, it'd be a pleasure to teach you, I'm sure." he said with a small smile playing on his lips, before he ate a bit more of his food - though all while keeping on casting glances her way. Really, her style just complimented her looks so perfectly... And, well, looking at himself, it was probably pretty easy to figure out he did like alternative styles in general, so it was probably just yet another thing that attracted him to her, too.

"Oh, of course. My girls really need friends over here as well... I mean, they do have friends, but they're in Japan and the US, so not really a viable option for them to visit them while we live here. I'm sure both my girls and Angel could benefit from it, as well." he then said with the charming smile back in place, before running a hand through his hair, and then taking a sip of his beer.

"Well, for one who's only really spoken it for... What, not even half a year, was it? Then you're doing extremely well. I'm sure you'll learn the rest of it in no time at all." he said, his smile turning into a slight chuckle this time, especially when they'd spoken about their respective Japanese and Italian - also, if this lasted, he wasn't at all counting on her learning Japanese, unless she really wanted to. He knew how long it took people to learn it, after all - especially their alphabets. Heck, he had to finish public school before he could even properly read a news paper! So he didn't want to think about how difficult it must be for foreigners to learn Japanese.

"More children?" he raised an eyebrow, then leant back in his chair, thinking a little bit about it - he didn't just want to blurt out his first thought, not when it concerned such an important topic. But eventually, a small smile bloomed again. "For the right person, yes. I mean... My life's just been so much better after my two girls..." - not counting the death of his ex-wife - "... So I can only imagine it being even better with another kid."

Nej Gabbie var ikke vant til at få komplimenter på denne måde, hendes liv havde ikke lige frem været fyldt med det, desværre. Hendes eks mand var holdt med at give hende komplimenter efter de bare havde været sammen 1 år. Det havde nok været der hun burde være smuttet fra ham, men hun gjorde det ikke, for hun elskede ham jo på det tidspunkt. Han havde været hendes første kærlighed og første partner så hun havde jo bare tænkt at det var sådan det var.

At møde en mand som Yuu, som i forvejen vidste en del om sirener og ikke bare sagde en masse ævl for at sige noget og charmere sig ind på Gabbie, det kunne hun virkelig godt lide, det var intet fake over dette, hun havde måske frygtet at der havde kunne være det, men den frygt havde hun allerede pakket væk som de så hinanden og hilste på hinanden. Der var intet fake over ham! Til gengæld var han virkelig sød og hun var vild med at han sagde sandheden om alt, han prøvede ikke pakke tingene ind sig forklare sig uden om. ” Yir I know that, men I don’t think that I’m so lucky. But again only time can show that..” sagde hun med et kæmpe smil på læberne, hun var frisk på at tage det som en udfordring, det var også en god måde til at komme til at lære ham bedre at kende og ikke mindst komme tættere på ham. Gabbie mente der var gode odds her, men det var tiden der måtte vise om det var gode odds eller en fuser. At Yuu havde den stil han havde, var fedt! Det der med at mange mænd bare tog det fineste af det fineste tøj på når de skulle på date med en kvinde og man så efterfølgende kun så ham i jogging tøj, det var en ret stor killer for oddsene til et forhold. Yuu virkede ikke til at være typen som lignede noget han ikke var! Det var Gabbie heller ikke, hun kunne godt gå i kjoler til hverdag men også i bukser og trøjer og stadigvæk gå nok op i sit udseende til at så godt ud og ikke bare ligne noget der løgn og samtidige ikke ligne noget katten havde slæbt ind. Hun havde da også dage hvor hun ikke gjorde det store ud af sig selv men så fortrak hun også at blive hjemme og ikke skulle udenfor.

At Yuu var enig med Gabbie om at pigerne skulle møde hinanden på et tidspunkt var fantastisk. Hun sendte ham et kæmpe smil ” I could imagine that, could be hard for you girls? Do then don’t miss their friends? I mean they are so far away?” Spurgte hun stille, hun ville helst ikke vade for meget i det, men hun var nu alligevel nysgerrrig på det. ”Maybe they could help Angel getting friends with your girls?? I mean they don’t speak Italy, and angel only speak Italy” Sagde hun og sendte ham et stort smil, inden hun kiggede rundt i restuaranten for lige at kigge et andet sted end på Yuu og sin mad, hun tog et par mundfulde mad mens hun smilte stort og en stor tår af sin øl. Det var svært at huske at spise, som de sad der og snakkede, det var jo megaa hyggeligt.

Gabbie kunne ikke lade være med at grine, hun var slet ikke i tvivl om at hun nok skulle blive bedre og bedre med tiden, det handlede bare om at kæmpe for det og blive ved med at snakke engelsk også overfor Angel, selvom det var svært for hende overhovedet at få Angel til at prøve at tale engelsk, men hun kunne nok også godt forstå hende, Angel vidste hvad Italiensk var og det var det hun var vant til og kunne man forvente at et barn på 4 snart 5 år ville kunne tale engelsk på så kort tid? Hun kunne jo ikke engang læse og skrive på Italiensk ej heller skrive sit navn uden at skulle have hjælp til det. ” Yir, your right, one day it will be perfect! And when its perfect I could teach toy Italy?” Sagde hun med et lille grin og kunne lige forstille sig, at Gabbie sad der og prøvede at lære Yuu italiensk mens hun skulle kæmpe for ikke at begynde at grine.. Hun kom kort til at forstille sig Yuu lære hendes Japansk og den forstilling skubbede hun hurtigt væk, det ville blive alt for pinligt! Det skulle ikke ske, selvom det var fristende.. Gabbie havde også hørt noget om at det ikke bare lige var sådan at komme til at lære Japansk, det var vel også et af de sværeste sprog i verden? Hun tænkte på alle de tegn de havde, hun vidste ikke engang hvad de hed.

Gabbie lænede sig tilbage i stolen afslappet og med et smil på læberne, hun afventede hvad Yuu ville sige til hendes spørgsmål, det gjorde hende jo heller ikke det store hvis han ikke ville have flere børn, men så skulle alle de andre odds virkelig være gode hvis det skulle ende i noget fast. Hun nikkede stille og smilte stort som hun hørte hvad Yuu sagde om at få flere børn. ” Same here, i don’t want to get a child with one, just because I want one more, it have to be det right one! I've tried to get a child with the wrong one. And I don’t want to do the same big mistake again” Sagde hun og så ned på sin mad, hun havde det ikke så godt med at tale om det, hun tænkte bare tilbage på det lort der var med hendes eks mand og kidnapningen af hendes datter.

"And I'm sure time will prove you wrong." at least,he hadn't ever stumbled upon a siren who didn't have a magnificent singing voice, so why wouldn't hers be, too, when it was their singing voice and stunning looks that sirens were so well-known for? Anything else just wouldn't make any sense at all.

"It is... I can see it in their faces every time they end a skype call with some of them, or a FaceTime, all of that... They really miss them a lot. It's why I make sure to stay for longer than necessary whenever I go to the states or Japan for tours, too. Just so they can have some more playtime with their friends." he said, rubbing his neck a little. He felt like he was sort of failing as a father by having ripped them away from their friends like that, but then again, he knew that at least Lovelie knew why he'd done it, she could see how much it'd hurt him to stay in their former house after Melody had passed, after all. And she had probably explained t to Jewelie as well, 'cause he'd never heard either of them complain directly to his face about it.

"They might be able to, yeah... I mean, as of right now, they only speak Japanese and English. I'm trying to teach them Chinese as well, but we haven't gotten very far into that yet... It'll come with time, though. But Italian is a bit far from either of the languages after all.." but the smile returned when the talk went back to Gabbie's own English, which he really did mean was rather good, for how short a while she'd actually been speaking it. "Well, maybe... I can try, at least. I mean, at least I already know the Latin alphabet from English... It's got to make it a bit easier, right?" he chuckled, running a hand through his hair. The alphabet had been the most difficult thing to learn in English, after all - that, and the pronunciation of l's, which still buggered him from time to time. but could you really blame him, when Japanese didn't have the L sound???

"I'm sad to hear he's been as much of a jerk as he apparently has... But at least you have a new shot, now? With me it's more like, well... It was with the right person, but she just... Well, she isn't here, anymore." he sighed, and looked away for a short second, trying not to get overcome with sadness, remembering the exact way Melody had died.

Gabbie kunne ikke finde mere at bruge til at sige at hun ikke kunne synge, hun havde ikke flere argumenter eller ting hun kunne prøve at fyre for at forsætte den. ” I will look forward to that” Sagde hun med et smil og kom til at tænke tilbage på når Angel var ked af det, så sang hun faktisk for hende, men det var jo ikke noget særligt bare den eneste børnesang som kunne få Angel til at slappe af og blive rolig på. Den sang hun dog på italiensk, men det havde da ikke lydt perfekt havde det? Altså Luca sang da 1000 gange bedre end hende? Men okay han levede da også af det.

En ting Gabbie var god til, var det at aflæse folk, altså hvis man spurgte hende selv. ” I was close to say I know it, but i don’t. I’m sure that your girls loves you, even if they can’t see their friends everyday” Sagde hun stille. At hun havde været tæt på at sige hun kendte det, var mere med hendes egne venner, hun havde ikke set dem eller hørt fra dem siden hun var flygtet. Egentligt ville hun rigtig gerne men hun havde været bange for hendes og Angels liv men også hendes venners liv, for hvad kunne hendes eks ikke finde på hvis han fandt ud af at hun snakkede med sine venner. Ikke engang på facebook var hun venner med dem længere, faktisk havde hun kun få personer på den, men den var også ret lukket ned, sådan man ikke kunne se ret meget. ” If they one day tell you, that they wanna go home to Japan, will you take them at move back?” Spurgte hun og stille, mest fordi hun gerne ville vide hvor meget han ville gøre for sine børn. Det føltes om at han elskede dem mere end noget andet, men elskede han dem så meget at han var villig til at droppe sit liv som musiker for at gøre sine piger glade? Hvorfor det betyd noget for Gabbie det vidste hun ikke, men hvis Angel en dag kom og fortalte at hun ville rejse tilbage til Italien, ville hun nok også selv være i tvivl, særligt for de havde intet, som i virkelig intet at komme tilbage til, jo hendes mor i havet. Men Gabbie ville ikke tilbage til havet, ikke for en hver pris i hvert fald, så skulle det kun være fordi de ikke havde andre muligheder.

Det var et stort smil som kom fra Gabbie at han virkede til at være enig i at de måske kunne være med til at hjælpe Angel til at tale engelsk. ” before, I had Angel in kindergarten, she wasn’t even trying to speak English. Really I mean they all tried to get her to speak English, I don’t know was wrong” Sagde hun stille og håbede ikke at han lagde for meget mærke at hun før havde hende i børnehaven.. Angel var ikke kommet i børnehaven siden hun var blevet kidnappet der fra, selvom systemet og myndighederne prøvede at tvinge Gabbie til at tage hende i børnehave igen, men hun nægtede! Angel kunne ikke være alene uden Gabbie eller Luca! Og Gabbie skulle ikke prøve chancen engang til! Som i virkelig ikke.. Hun ville ikke miste sin lille pigen. Der kom et lille grin af Gabbie over hans svar til at hun kunne lære ham italiensk, han var nu meget sød. ” it’s not that hard” Sagde hun og spiste det sidste af hendes mad, det havde virkelig smagt godt og var måske også røget en anelse hurtigere end godt var. Gabbie kørte selv en hånd igennem sit hår, det var helt rart at røre ved det særligt fordi det var blødt og tyndede ud og ny klippet.

Gabbie blev helt trist da han fortalte om pigernes mor, det gjorde ondt på hende at han havde mistet sin kone men ikke mindst sine to pigers mor, det måtte være forfærdeligt, hun vidste ikke om hun kunne sammenligne det med da hendes brødre skred fra hende da hun var barn. Det var forfærdeligt, selvom hun jo havde fundet Luca igen men deres mor kom ikke tilbage. ” I’m sorry, i didn’t meant to” Sagde hun stille og tav, hun vidste ikke hvad hun skulle sige, hun ville helst ikke gøre ham ked af det. ” Do you have any plans for to night?” spurgte hun forsigtigt med et smil, hun håbede lidt han fangede den med at hun mente når de var færdige her på resturanten.
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"Well...They make sure to tell me each and every day, as do I make sure they know, each and every day... So yeah, I'm counting on them not lying when they say that," he chuckled, leaning back in his seat after he took another bite, almost all finished with his food, so he took another swig of his beer, before he heard her question... And really, he didn't have to think about it. Of course he liked his life as it was right now with all of the traveling, but for his girls? He'd do anything. Absolutely anything. Including cutting down on the touring and everything. Settling down a bit more properly. He'd do it, if they asked him to.

"I would," he said, barely a few seconds after she'd asked her question. "I'll do anything for them. Anything they ask. As long as they're happy, that's all I could ask for." which was really also the only reason he'd agreed to the blind date in the first place - he'd been inclined to stay away from dating, but when his daughters had pointed out that he did seem lonely, and looked up at him with those damn cute puppy eyes, how could he ever hope to deny them? So he'd gone here, at first just for them - but he was enjoying himself quite a bit more than he thought he would, anyway.

"Really? Well...Maybe she just wasn't feeling calm and safe enough around the people there? Children tend to not be able to, or want to, learn anything unless they like the people they're with, after all..." he said, to everything with Angel not even trying to speak English in the kindergarten. But then he smiled, and rather awkwardly rubbed the side of his neck when she said Italian wasn't that hard. "... Easy enough for you to say. You grew up speaking it. I still have problems just with the English l's sometimes... And Italian is such a... How to say it... 'Smooth' language? Japanese really isn't." he said with a slight chuckle. At least, he was already counting on Italian being more difficult for him than English, it just sounded to be even further from Japanese than English had been!

"Oh, don't worry. I've got to get used to talking about her again sometime, after all. Even if it hurts. Not speaking about her isn't going to bring her back, after all. It's just going to make the pain worse, if anything." he said with a small,but sort of pained smile. He knew it wasn't healthy, the way he was just bottling up all his feelings surrounding her death, but really, he wouldn't ever go to therapy. No. No way was he going to go and tell a complete stranger about it all. "But no, I don't really have any plans for tonight. And Lovelie's at her basketball training, Jewelie's at her ballet training... So I have the house all to myself." he then said, smile a bit more genuine and slightly crooked, now.

Et sted var det rart og dejligt at møde en mand som Yuu, det var så sjældent at man mødte en mand som havde det som han havde med sine børn. Måske fordi hun aldrig havde mødt en single far med to piger være i et andet land end der hvor de var fra og havde opholdt sig mest i deres liv. Faktisk havde hun aldrig snakket med en single far før, hendes eks havde aldrig givet hende lov. ” I don’t think they ever want to lying for you.. I don’t think that’s gonna be a problem” Sagde hun med et stort smil i håbet om at han fangede hvad hun mente med det, altså at det aldrig ville blive et problem at de ville lyve for ham. Hun kendte dem ikke, men at have en far som Yuu var hun sikker på at de aldrig ville lyve for ham. Selvom det var første gang hun havde mødt Yuu så kunne hun allerede forstille sig meget om ham og hans piger, særligt ud fra hvad det var han fortalte om dem og om ham selv.

I definitely think you are the best father in the world” Sagde hun med et kæmpe smil på læberne, der var lidt flirt i smilet, men hun mente det. Selvom hun intet anede om det. Han kunne jo sagens sidde der og sige en masse gode ting og fyre alt muligt af som slet ikke var sandt. Men det virkede så ægte og så ærligt at hun ikke troede andet end at han talte sandt. Det var den måde han udtrykte det på, hans ansigts mimik og udstrålning der bekræftede hende i at han talte sandt.

Jep det var sandt, Angel nægtede at tale engelsk, det var ikke særligt fedt på Gabbie for hun prøvede virkelig at får hende til det. Nogle gange kunne Gabbie godt tage sig i ville råbe ad Angel men hun gjorde det aldrig! Aldrig havde hun råbt ad sin lille pige. Men hun vidste at en af tingene for at kunne få lov til at beholder sin opholdstilladelse og Angels at Angel skulle lære Engelsk og have det som sit primære sprog for kunne hun ikke, ville hun blive erklæret uegnet til at blive integreret i landet. ” The problem is, that she has to learn it! Because if she not, then we can’t stay here in England. The requirement to be allowed to stay in England is that she must learn English and have it as her primary language. For otherwise, the state does’t believe that she can be integrated into the country and then we must leave it. Sagde hun stille og en anelse usikkert, det var sandheden, og hun hadede den noget så inderligt, hun havde ikke fortalt Luca det endnu, for hun vidste ikke hvordan hun skulle gøre det. Gabbie vidst om 6 måneder ca vil hende og Angel blive indkaldt til en indfødsret, og hun vidste at hvis bare en af dem dumpede denne skulle de rejse tilbage. ” I haven't told Luca, I don't know how to do it. I got the letter from them today, with the date of the test. Sagde hun og man kunne tydeligt høre angsten i hendes stemme, at have en datter som pure nægtede at tale engelsk var bare slet ikke noget Gabbie havde behov for og slet ikke nu!

” Yir I did, but I think that you can learn et faster than I can learn to speak Japanese” Sagde hun og hende smil og et lille grin kom tilbage på hendes læber. Det kunne være mega fedt at lære Japansk men hun måtte nok til en start vælge at bruge tiden på det engelske med Angel og hendes selv. Men det skulle nok komme en dag! Det var helt sikkert, hun synes det var spændende at kunne komme til at lære.

Gabbie sendte ham et kærligt smil, hun kunne godt se smerten i hans smil og hun forstod ham også godt. Det måtte være mega hårdt men som han selv sagde så var han jo nødt til at tale om det føre eller siden, det var jo også på den måde man bedst kom igennem sorg, det var i hvert fald sådan Gabbie altid havde fået det af vide. Man kom ikke igennem sorg eller andre svære ting ved at tie dem ihjel, det ville komme og ramme en langt hårdere uden man venter det end hvis man talte om det. ” It’s okay, you can talk about if you want”Sagde han og lagde en blive hånd på hans ene hånd og sendte ham et kærligt smil. At han heller ikke havde nogen planer for aftenen udover at hans piger var til træning og derved havde huset for sig selv. ” maybe we could go home to you ?”Spurgte hun og sendte ham et lidt mere flirtende og kærligt smil, med håbet om at han havde lysten til det, Gabbie ville i hvert fald mere end gerne med hjem til Yuu og hun blev der da også gerne for natten hvis det blev til det sådan, Luca kunne sagens passe Angel til næste dag.

"Well, I hope you're right. I mean... I do everything I can for them, but I still worry sometimes. I guess that's just natural... I just want them to live the best life they possibly can." he said with a small smile pulling at his lips as he finally finished his beer, too, and leant back in the chair, full and content after the meal and alcohol.

"... Oof. Yeah, that's a problem... We haven't gotten any such notice, but I only think it's because they can see we passed the test in America. Both me and my girls have dual citizenship for Japan and the US... We're not applying for anything here in England yet... So that might also be the cause. But really, if I can be of any help, I'd love to try to help you teach her. And I'm sure my girls would, too - they're really selfless. I think they got that from their mother." he then said with a small, reassuring smile - he might not know her that well yet, but she just seemed so sweet, and, well, after all, she was the sister of one of his good friends, which just gave him yet another reason to want to help her with this. "Don't worry too much - six months is a lot of time even for a little girl to learn it, especially when she's surrounded by it from all sides with most people around her speaking it. She'll learn it in time - and you'll get it even quicker than her so you can help her, too." he reassured her, the smile still in place.

"... I gotta agree, there. I've heard it takes anywhere between 6 and 10 years for foreigners to learn Japanese, depending on their original language and whether you're already bilingual or more..." he then said with a chuckle. So yeah, since he himself already spoke 3 languages, and Italian did use the same alphabet as English, he'd probably learn that pretty damn fast compared to how long it'd take Gabbie to learn Japanese.

"I might... But not here. Anyway, thanks. It'd nice to know you won't mind it. I told myself to not bring it up on a first date, but... Here we are. I'm just happy you don't mind it." he then said to the thing concerning talking about his ex wife - it was really nice to know he had someone else to talk about her with, and someone that wasn't his daughters, since he didn't want to rip up in their wounds, either. They'd talk more about it when they were ready to - they knew he wouldn't mind it, anyway. "But yes... of course we can. It's a little bit of a drive away from here, so I parked in the parking lot just around the corner. What d'you say I go pay for us and then we can go?" he said with a smile, and with this, he was of course offering to pay for her food and drink - he had more money than he could use, and he'd like to treat his date a little.

Hun sendte ham et stort smil og lagde blidt sin hånd på hans der lå på bordet. ” I’m sure you do your best, you can’t do it better than you do. none of us are masters of making everything perfect” sagde hun og klemte blidt hans hand, hun kunne jo sagens følge ham, faktisk havde hun det nok næsten på samme måde med hendes lille pige. Gabbie var prop mæt så meget at hun faktisk ikke kunne tømme sin øl, det var sjældent det skete men maden havde smagt virkelig godt! Hun overvejede om hun alligevel skulle drikke resten men efter en tår valgte hun at give op, hun kunne virkelig ikke indeholde mere lige nu.

At han valgte at tilbyde at hjælpe hende med at lære Angel engelsk og at han var sikker på at hans piger også gerne ville hjælpe hende, blev hun nærmest helt rørt af. ” I’m so happy for that, its mean a lot for me.. I don’t want to go back to Italy. “ Sagde hun stille og prøvede lidt at skjule at hun faktisk blev en del rørt over dette, for at skulle rejse tilbage til Italien ville bare være med til at ødelægge hende og Angels liv fuldstændigt, hun vidste godt at det ville ende galt og chancen for at kunne få lov til at komme tilbage til England ville være mindre. Dog kunne hun ikke lade være med at sende ham et stort smil, han var bare så meget mere end alle andre mænd, han var ikke som alle de andre, han skilte sig ud fra normen af mænd hun havde mødt og kendt til og det var noget der virkelig gjorde hende glad mere end hun nok ville indrømme hvis man spurgte hende. ” I have heard that before, but when I’m trying to speak English to my girl, she doesn’t answer me at all, not even my brother she wants to answer if he speaks English to her. “ Sagde hun og sukkede tungt det irriterende hende at Angel lukkede fuldstændig ned når man forsøgte at snakke engelsk til hende og få hende til at svare, hun nægtede simpelthen, indtil man talte italiensk til hende. ” But I hope with you and your girls help it’s will be better and easier for her” Sagde hun og vidste ikke helt hvordan hun havde det med det, faktisk hun var bange for at det var et traume for hende at tale engelsk og det var derfor hun pure nægtede at svare eller tale det, men hvordan skulle hun så få hende til det? Hun anede jo ikke på nogen måde hvordan man gjorde hvis det var et traume? Og Gabbie havde ikke råd til at betale for at få hjælp til Angel. Hun vidste at Angel havde set og hørt ting hun ønskede Angel aldrig havde set eller hørt! Kunne det være det?

” Really?? Dammn, i think I never will learn it” Sagde hun med et lille grin, det kunne være det kunne komme i små bider, altså at hun lærte enkelte ord eller sætninger, mere kunne hun vidste ikke lige rumme at lære for nu, hun kæmpe jo trosalt stadigvæk med det engelske. Dog kunne hun ikke lade være med at forstille sig at stå og lytte til Yuu tale Japansk til hende og hun bare ikke fattede en brik, ja det skulle nok blive sjovt. At han havde sagt til sig selv at han ikke havde ville bringe det op med hans eks kone på første date, kunne Gabbie et sted godt forstå, men hun synes faktisk det var rart at han fortalte hende det og ikke skjulte det og ville ende med senere hen først at fortælle om det. Det betyd en del for hende også at hun ligesom vidste at han eks kone betyd meget for ham og at han virkelig elskede hende og at hun jo også var moren til deres to piger. ” I’m just happy for that you are telling it to me. “ sagde hun med et stort smil og tydeligt var ægt og viste at hun mente det hun havde sagt.

At han forslog at han ville gå op og betale og de så derefter kunne køre hjem til ham og hygge videre, var hun helt enige i og nikkede smilende ” Let’s do that, ” Sagde hun og valgte alligevel at tage en enkelt tår af sin øl mere inden hun rejste sig sammen med Yuu tog sin lille jakke der hang på stolen og gik efter Yuu for at gå med op og betale for maden.
//OOG: laver du time spring til at de er hjemme hos Yuu?

"... Thank you." he said, a small smile tugging at his lips, as he turned his hand over to gently squeeze hers, before lifting it up to add just a small kiss to the back of her hand while maintaining eye contact with her - another way of showing his gratitude.

"I get that... There must be a lot of hurtful memories associated with the place, after all, isn't there?" just like there was for him with certain parts of the US... mainly the places he and his former wife had visited a lot. So many memories that hurt an awful lot. But soon enough the smile was back on his lips as hers resurfaced, too. "... Sounds like there might be something more going on, then..." he then said, furrowing his brows in slight worry. "Can there be anything mentally blocking her from wanting to? If so, she should probably be taken to a children's psychiatrist, just to make sure..." he suggested - knowing just how much that had helped his kids come to term with the death of their mother, after all. If Angel had something equally traumatic to think about, she could very well benefit from it, too.

"Oh, I'm sure you would, but let's not get ahead of ourselves already," he then said with a small smile, winking at her - no promises of anything yet, even with how good it already felt just sitting with her here - it was very rare that he felt like he could just open up to people the way he'd done with her. She just seemed so calm and relaxed and open-minded, that he was sure she wouldn't judge him for anything - and that was really freeing. "Normally I wouldn't... But there's just something about you. You seem a lot more trustworthy than most people I meet. I just had a feeling you wouldn't judge... I guess that's what did it. I don't usually feel this comfortable around someone I've basically just met." he said with a small smile, looking into her eyes as he said so. But when she agreed to go to his house, he nodded and stood up, getting over to pay for them before they got on their way back to his house.

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Approximately half an hour later, and they were there, pulling up into the driveway in his car. He quickly got out, an0 dover to the passenger side, to offer Gabbie his hand, helping her out of the car in a true gentleman's fashion with a smile on his lips. Once she was out of the car, and the door was closed, he locked it, before starting to show her the way up the stairs, and, finally, unlocking the door and stepping inside, showing her into the living room after they'd taken off their shoes and jackets in the quite massive hallway. Everything in the house was, as could perhaps be expected, in a pretty modernistic version of the traditional Japanese interior designs. Up against one wall of the living room stood two guitars, too, and a small amplifier - simply for whenever he felt like strumming a song of any kind, and needed to get it out of his system quicker than he could move to the room that was properly equipped for it.

Hun så på ham som han løftede hendes hånd og gav hendes håndryg en kys, hun endte med at rødme i hele fjæset og genert kigge væk kort. ” your welcome” fik hun frem stammet mens hun prøvede at få kontrol over hendes jordbær røde fjæs.
Samtalen Angel kom ret tæt på, og det var tydeligt at se på hende at hun blev usikker og nervøs, hun havde virkelig svært ved at skulle se tingene på den måde, men han havde ret, Angel var helt sikkert tramuatiserede, han vidste jo heller ikke alt, hun havde langt fra fortalt ham alt om Angel og havde ikke lysten til at sidde der og fortælle mere om det, særligt fordi det var et ømt emne og punkt. ” Can we talk about that home with you, I can’t talk about it here sorry” Sagde hun stille og hun var tydeligt påvirkeret af dette. Og valgte at hun ikke ville snakke mere om det der hvor de var, der var for mange der kunne lytte og hun måtte nok sande at hun jo stadigvæk var en del paranoid for at møde sin eks mand, efter han havde kidnappet Angel hvor de fandt hende men ikke eks manden.

” i won’t judge you at all, I think we are in same boat, you know, its not like the same things. how can I explain it?... This difficult” Sagde hun og prøvede virkelig at finde de rigtige ord, men et sted var jo ikke i samme båd og alligevel lidt var de ike ? Hun vidste jo godt at det slet ikke lignede hinanden det de kæmpede med men alligevel. Hun opgav hun kunne virkelig ikke finde de rigtige ord, og hun var bange for at sige noget forkert. Hun valgte bare at gå med ham op og betale og ud til bilen. Efter køreturen hjem til Yuu var hun spændt på at se hvordan han boede og hvor meget hans hjem afspejlede hans national kultur. Da de kom ud af bilen og op til hoveddøren gjorde Gabbie noget hun nok aldrig ville gøre bare sådan lige. Hun puffede blidt Yuu op af hoveddøren og kyssede ham kærligt og lidt udforderne på munden, inden hun lod ham låse op så de kunne komme ind. At hun skulle smide sine sko, var ikke lige noget hun var vant til, men det hjem lignede ikke et hjem hvor man gik med sko og hun skyndte sig at tage dem af og stille dem pænt. Hun fulgte roligt med rundt og tjekkede alle tingene og indretningen ud, hun måtte give ham at de levede efter den japanske kultur og indret, det var fedt at se og hun kunne alligevel ikke dy sig som hun så bordene ” are you sitting on the floor? Why do you not have any Chairs?” spurgte hun usikkert og lidt usikker på om han ville tro hun var dum ? Hun havde jo set det i film fra japan og sådan men hun havde troet det bare var noget man gjorde i film og ikke i virkeligheden.

He chuckled slightly at her cute stammering, and the way her cheeks reddened. He figured she wasn't too used to men with proper manners, or getting compliments - at least, that's what her blush told him. But when the subject had turned back to Angel, it was very clear to see she didn't want to discuss it further out here - and he respected that. So, he simply smiled and nodded. "Of course. We'll wait until we're alone." he promised her, gently squeezing her hand before letting go of it as they got going towards the house he shared with his daughters.

He sort of got what she meant - both of them had obvoiusly had a lot of struggles, and didn't really have anyone to talk about it with... At least not someone who could imagine how much harder it was with children in the picture, but here they were, both now single parents after Yuudai had lost Melody and Gabbie's ex-husband had been quite the bastard, apparently.

As they had reached the front door of the house, he was busy finding his keys - just as the siren suddenly pushed him up against the door, and before he knew it - they were sharing their first kiss. He didn't get to think about it, his body reacted on pure instinct - returning the kiss, before it broke, and he was looking sort of dumbfounded at her... Before a smile lit up his lips, and now, it was his turn to have some light pink dusting his cheeks in a faint blush.

He quickly got the door unlocked to let them in, closing and locking the door behind Gabbie, too - before taking off his shoes, and continuing on socks over the tatami floor. He chuckled at her question - one he could clearly hear and see was meant purely in jest. But also, he wouldn't be surprised if most Westeners thought it was just for the movies, and not how you actually sat, traditionally, in Japan - but it was. "Well, this is cozier, don't you think so?" he just said with a grin and a wink at her, before guiding her over to sit in the couch, and then turning to open one of the side cabinets, revealing some liquor in there. "You want something to drink?" he asked, letting her have a peek at what he had to offer, while taking out one of the good sakes for himself.

Der var tydeligt forskel på hvilken kultur Yuu og Gabbie kom fra, dog havde Gabbie haft en helt anden kultur og levemåde mens hun voksede op, de boede jo trosalt i havet og ikke havde møbler og andre ting lige som man havde når man boede på land. Men det var alligevel fedt at se forskellen være så tydelig, udover det var lidt underligt og at hun nok skulle vænne sig til det på et tidspunkt, dog kunne det helt sikkert være sjovt for Angel skulle sidde på gulvet og spise aftensmad og de andre måltider det var så sjældent at hun kom til dette normalt. Year it’s. It’s just so different, from what I come from” sagde hun med et stort smil på læberne.

Gabbie lod sig følge med rundt for at se det Yuu viste hende, det var virkeligt en smukt hjem, man kunne ikke helt se at det var et hjem hvor der boede 2 unge piger alene med deres far, Yuu virkede til at være typen som virkelig havde styr på sine ting og ikke mindst gerne ville bo pænt og præsentabel overfor sine gæster. Der havde Gabbie alligevel lidt at lære, men mon ikke det ville komme, hvis dette blev til noget seriøst? Gabbie satte sig roligt ned i sofaen og kiggede sig omkring, inden hendes øjne landede på Yuu igen og hvordan han åbnede en rum der var i sofaen, hvor der stod alkohol? ” Woow i haven’t never seen that before? sagde hun og så på ham med et pænt overrasket blik, at man ligefrem havde et alkohol lager i sin sofa? Det var fedt, hvorfor havde hun ikke set det før? Gabbie rystede kort på hovedet for kun at grine kort, hun studerede kort hvad han havde og smilte ” have you some japanese alcohol?? ” spurgte hun og kiggede kort på flaskerne for at studere dem nærmere, det kunne nu alligevel være awesome hvis han havde alkohol fra japan? Hun havde aldrig prøvet noget af den slags det var jo ikke lige frem noget man bare lige kunne gå ned og købe i det lokale supermarked?


//sorry det blev lidt kort

Yuudai simply smiled lightly to Gabbie, shrugging a bit at her comment about this being so far from what she was used to. After all, with how well he knew Luca, he knew that they had grown up underseas, so simply the change from sea to land was something he could guess had been quite the culture shock - and even then, she'd been in an Italian household, which was probably almost as far away from a Japanese one as you could get... Or, well, generally just Asian households, he guessed.

As they got over to sit in the sofa, and he got out the alcohol, he couldn't help but chuckle a bit at her reaction, and simply shrugged. Cabinets were too easy for the kids to get into, after all, and this tiny space was easy to hide and lock off for the children, so they wouldn't get their hands on the stronger alcohol he hid in there.

"Of course I do. I have some of my favourite sake right here..." he said, and gestured to the bottle he'd just pulled out. "Want to try it? If you haven't heard of it before, it's rice wine. I do have some good plum wine down here, too, but sake's probably the most classicaly Japanese alcohol you can get your hands on, just like soju is to Koreans."

// mit blev ikke meget bedre XD

Det var vitterligt en genial opfindelse at have sit barskab i sofaen hvor børn måske ikke lige frem ville tænke at det var, måske det kunne overvejes hjemme hos Luca? Altså Gabbie havde da flere gange måtte tage Angel væk fra alkoholen, hvorfor Angel fandt det spændende, vidste hun faktisk ikke på nogen måde? Måske bare fordi Angel var en pige der var nysgerrig på mere eller mindre alt, udover at hun nægtede at lære engelsk.

Hun grinte lidt som han fortalte om hans yndlings sake? Men hvad var sake? Hun havde aldrig hørt det ord før? Det måtte helt klart være noget japansk måske det var et ord for alkohol på japansk? Hun kunne ikke helt lade være med at kigge underligt på ham efter sit lille grin. ”Sake? Hvad det? Er det en japansk ord for alkohol?” Sagde hun og kunne ikke helt lade være med at grine over at hun ikke anede hvad det var og måske der også kom en lille flov rødmen i hendes kinder. ” Helt sikkert, skal da så meget prøve det, det kan vel ikke være så stærkt kan det? Altså jeg kan godt drikke Vodka og sådan noget rent så mon ikke også at jeg kan gøre det med denne?” Sagde hun og sendte Yuu et flirtende smil og blik. Alkohol var mere eller mindre den bedste måde at kommer over generthed og tilbageholdenhed. " har aldrig hørt om det før? Jeg er helt lost på hvad du snakker om ? Risvin? kan man drikke ris? Vidste ikke at man lavede vin på ris? Eller har jeg helt misforstået noget?" Sagde hun med et lidt usikkert grin.

Yuudai didn't really think about the thing with having the alcohol in the couch anymore - it had been that way right since he'd bought the house, so of course, he'd simply gotten used to it... It was just part of everyday life, and an easy way to hide the alcohol from his girls, too.

"Like I just told you... It's rice wine. And yes, of course you can make wine from rice. And really, it was just the natural choice - Japan didn't have much barley, wheat, potatoes, anything really, except rice, back in the day, so it's just natural that we found a way to make it into alcohol." he said with a small shrug and smile. Really, it was just as simple as that. "And vodka's way too strong for me, so yes, this will be easy to get down for you when you can handle the vodka." vodka just had way too sharp a taste for him - he liked how smooth sake felt and tasted compared to it, and you rarely ever found a sake above 18% alcohol, just like most normal wines.

Calmly, he took out the sake cups from a cupboard next to the tv, too, and poured some of the sake for both of them, smiling and lifting his cup in a small toast, before simply knocking back the alcohol with a pleased sigh. Also,now that they were in the couch and chilling a bit more, he got rid of his jacket, leaving him in his dress shirt and pants.

Gabbie havde aldrig nogen sinde haft i tankerne at man kunne lave alkohol af ris, faktisk vidste hun slet ikke så meget om Japan, slet ikke at de ikke havde samme muligheder for at lave alkohol som så mange andre lande. Det var faktisk ret spænde, tros hun intet anede om det. ” Its sound cool, like really cool” sagde hun med et stort smil og afventede at Yuu ville hælde noget af det op i de glas han havde taget til dem. Hun ville ikke sige at hun var ivrig efter at smage det, og alligevel lidt. Hun lod sit glas ramme hans og så hvordan det blev drukket og hun valgte blot at gøre det samme. ” have you never drink a drink with vodka?” spurgte hun forsigtigt, hvis han ikke havde prøvet det, eller måske prøvet det og ikke havde kunne lide det? Ville hun lave en drink han med sikkerhed vil kunne lide, hvor man ikke kunne smage vodkaen.

Hun rettede lidt på sig efter at have tømt glasset for risvin, dog måtte hun give at det smagte lidt underligt, men faktisk var det godt, hun ville helt sikkert gerne have mere af det, men lige nu ville hun prøve noget og se hvor langt Yuu turde gå og gerne inden hans piger kom hjem. Hun glædede sig til at møde pigerne, men det var ikke lige det hun havde i tankerne endnu. Hun valgte at sætte sig henover ham og vippe hans hoved lidt bagover for at kysse ham på munden, kærligt samt pirrende og udfordrerne, efter at han havde smidt trøjen. Hun ville så gerne se mere af den krop og valgte at tage chancen og tage fat i t shirten for at hive den af ham, nu skulle hun se hvad der gemte sig under det tøj.