Neko stretched her arms a bit, leaning back on the couch just enough to crack her back. There was annoying racket outside that had woken her up, and things smelled awful as gunpowder smoke slowly drifted into the house through the open window. Hmph...why was the window open, anyway? Maybe Domonic opened it before he left...he DID say he'd be out until the evening.
Scratching her head for a moment, the demon hanyou lazily stood up, her ears drawing back slightly as the loud cackles and booms started up again for a moment. Who the hell was setting off fireworks in the middle of the afternoon? And for God's sake....WHY?! Running a hand through her short flipped red hair, she stopped at the window, golden eyes sleepily (and angrily) glancing outside. The sun was high, still...so it couldn't be past 1pm, perhaps. Nonetheless, she glared at her slightly pathetic neighbors, who only offered a smile and a wave, before she slammed the window shut.
"Baka..." Neko muttered quietly, her tail lashing with annoyance for a moment before she turned and started back towards the couch.
"About time you woke up and closed the window," came a complaint from the couch, possibly about as annoyed as the demon was. The tiny male feien opened one eye, keeping his other two closed. "What...what were those sounds, anyway? Is there some sort of war starting?"
Of course, Neko was rather surprised at seeing Merrimack curled up on the back of the couch, not being used to the feien being anywhere near her. "No, not a war," she yawned, moving back to the couch to sit down. "Those are fireworks."
Merrimack's eye twitched slightly, watching his bond. "Who in their right mind would set off fireworks in the middle of the day?"
"I like how you think," Neko smirked. "Maybe when you get bigger, you can play some pranks on the idiots."
"Please don't put ideas in his head," Ares called, gliding out from around the corner of the stairwell. Tahki wasn't too far behind, apparently having snuck in sometime during the morning. "I'd rather my son not be blown to bits. If anything, maybe Mika could but a damp in their afternoon."
It was obvious that none of them were too happy about all the noise. Well, except for Tahki, who had immediately flung herself against the window as crackles and pops filled the room once again. "Ooooooo!! SHINEY!!!"
Neko decided not to ask where the little cold feien was all night, since she appeared to be fine. A scolding may come later, but...right now, she looked to happy.
"I'm gonna be hearing that all night, aren't I?" she sighed, placing a hand against her head. "Mika, you heard the lady. Ruin their fun so I can have peace for at least an hour...just long enough for us to get out of here."
The little water nimue looked almost too happy to skip over to the window, and start climbing up the curtain. Stepping onto the windowsill, Mika cackled, placing her tiny hands upon the glass, and making her magic go to work. Neko smiled as she began to hear whining coming from outside, the neighbors wondering why their fireworks wouldn't light.
"We're going somewhere?" Ares finally asked, touching down onto the back of the couch, red eyes peering up at the demon hanyou.
Neko simply nodded, standing up again. Reaching an arm out to the end table, she picked up her leather collar, the little silver cross gleaming a little in the light. "Yep...we're gonna have a girls day out!" she declared, smiling happily. Merrimack coughed an "ahem," glaring at the bond. "...Oh, you know what I mean."
"YAAAAY! Where we gonna go, Neko? Is there gonna be ice cream? I feel like ice cream! Will there be games? What are we gonna do??" Tahki cried, zooming over to the little group by the couch.
"Well, first, I think we should pick up some fireworks before we do anything. Then, I thought maybe we could go out to eat...ya know. Domonic gave me a ticket to a concert that's in a couple of hours, and I figured Ares and Merri might like that."
"A...concert?" the little male feien inquired.
"Classical, even," Neko smiled, hoping to coax the feien into going. "I knew you two liked that sort of music...and...well...since I missed your one month summonday..."
Merrimack blinked a few times, wondering why someone would celebrate such a thing. No matter...but, she was giving him a gift?? And a rather nice one, at that. He finally sat up, and crossed his arms over his chest. "Well, I suppose that's fine," he said quietly, this own way of thanking her.
"And for Tahki, I thought we'd go to the ice rink near by."
"Ice rink??" the cold feien asked curiously. "What's that?"
Neko thought for a moment, flicking her tail as she tried to figure out how to put it simply. "Well, it's kind of like a really big freezer, with a thick sheet of ice in the middle for people to skate on. You know, like how you skate around on some of the ice in my freezer. Just...this one is big enough for people."
"REALLY?!?!?! YAY!!! Lets go now!!"
"Tahki..." Ares sighed, shaking her head lightly.
Neko giggled a little bit, rubbing the back of her neck. "And...well, I missed Ares' third month, too."
The black and blue feien blinked a few times, her wings folding down over her shoulders. Her tail flicked a little, curious. "Excuse me?"
"I'll give you your gift later tonight, if that's alright. Maybe tomorrow...because I know you wanted to visit Arturo tonight. Anyway, I'm gonna get ready, and then we'll be off."
Neko yawned lightly as she walked towards the stairwell, and bound up the stairs.
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"Ooooo!! Aaaaaah!!" Tahki cried with wide, bright yellow eyes as she sat on the grassy hill with the others.
Ares refrained from twitching, her tail cringing with annoyance. "Tahki, they haven't even started yet," she sighed, her hands grasping onto the strap of leather around Neko's neck, trying to seat herself better on the demon's shoulder as she leaned back a little.
"I'm practicing!"
Merrimack grunted, much like his father's snort, as he was perched reluctantly on Neko's other shoulder. His orange eyes were fixated on the lake, watching the reflection of the horizon as he waited for the "show" to start. Domonic was the one lighting the fireworks, as Neko wanted to be with her feien to keep them safe.
"Oh, I don't think you need practice," Neko finally retorted, watching Domonic get things ready. "You're a master already."
Tahki flitted up off the ground, and promptly perched herself on Neko's head, carefully grasping onto a tiny handful of locks as she laid down. "Are they ready yet??"
"Almost. We got quite a few of them, and he's setting them up so that they'll, theoretically, go off one right after the other."
"I think he's ready..." Ares said quietly, noticing the man waving before spotting a flicker of light.
For a moment, there was only orange sparks, flitting slowly by in the air before they disappeared, and a loud poomf! shouted from the ground. A tiny object flew up into the air with a tiny stream of smoke, and within about 3 seconds... POW! crackle fizzle sizzle crackle... A beautiful shower of purple, green, and red light sparks floated into the air as it lit up the sky, fading away into nothingness. Another poomf! shooooom... POW! sparkle crackle crackle..., and then another...
The small group watched in awe as they watched the beautiful lights, not only from their display, but from others as well. Neko could only smile as her three feien rested on her, unable to turn their little eyes from the bright attraction. Only one thought ran through the demon hanyou's mind as she watched with them, her tail flicking happily.
It's so good to finally be a family...
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