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 Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:53 pm
The kitsune, as well noticed the lovely kimono. An intricate pattern, and obviously very expensive. Of course, money wasn't an issue for the boy, as he was rather rich by human standards. He also did believe that he owed the other boy. This would be a nice gift, certainly. "Beautiful, isn't it?" the red-head asked, a smile on his lips. "Would you like it to be yours?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:09 pm
Hiei nodded to the first question, but hesitated at the second one. He glanced at Kurama wondering what the other was planning. The fox was a sneaky one, he knew that. Hiei also had the basic concept of human money. He knew was the bigger the numbers were, the more money had to be given. He wasn't stupid either, that lovely thing in the window cost a ton of money, more than many of the rings on display around it. "But it's expensive isn't it?" Hiei finally stated. "It'd be greedy of me to ask for something like that."
He was only being truthful. Kurama's money was earned through hard work. Thus, Hiei would feel wrong if the other spent so much on just himself.
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:36 pm
"I'm offering, so you aren't being greedy," the fox replied. In truth, he fully wanted him to have it. It certainly looked nice, and was worth the price. It would be, to him, worth buying it just to make the other boy happy, to see his smile. There wasn't a need to say all of that, though. "I insist that I get it for you, Hiei," he said, finally. Kurama knew that the boy would keep trying to find some reason that he shouldn't have it, or didn't deserve it, or something like that.
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:35 am
Hiei gave in, the last comment was in one of those 'and that's that' tones that Kurama had. He nodded, submitting to what the other wanted to do. He followed the other into the shop, trying to hide behind Kurama as best he could.
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:40 pm
The boy purchased the item, but the storekeeper apparently thought they were both women. Kurama by his looks, and Hiei by the tunic he wore, which somewhat resembled a dress, as well as his manner. He didn't bother to even correct them, seeing as how chances were that he wouldn't see them again. The red-head did mention that it was a gift, when they asked. Basically, they didn't spend too long in the store. The other wasn't comfortable around others; that much was obvious, and he wanted to keep the now-human pleased. The fox carried the kimono for now, since that was polite. He did want to see him wear it, but they still planned to go to the park, so...
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:12 pm
Hiei seemed relieved that no one was at the park currently. He hadn't spoken since they had left the shop, he wondered about the kimono for a moment. "Did he say who made it?" Hiei finally questioned.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:46 pm
Why did the boy ask that? Maybe he was trying to start a conversation? The kitsune didn't quite know, though he had a few ideas. "I don't see why he would. I'm curious as to why you would ask that," said the fox. "Care to enlighten me?"
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:17 pm
"It's just a really beautiful kimono, that's all... And- I was just curious as to how they made something like this and how long it took. And- well, how do they keep from becoming entranced by the patterns?" He wondered.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:01 pm
"I am sure that it took much time and skill, though I know nothing further than that," the boy replied, answering the question to the best of his ability. It wasn't like he knew much of anything of making clothes, especially something as intricate as that.
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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:47 am
"I know that... But the style seems familiar to me." Hiei commented. "And the kimono that reminds me of this one..... They.... killed the one who made it for me."
He looked away, ashamed of having said something so bluntly like that.... But.... What else could he say? The kimono Kurama had bought for him seemed to be the very last of that particular artisian.
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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:01 pm
Kurama had sort of figured that, but wanted to know what the other had to say about it. It'd prolonged the conversation better, and he wanted that. It would help him become more like what he once was, if he talked more openly and not like he was a slave, as he apparently had been. "So it has more meaning to you than just being beautiful?" the fox asked, hoping to maybe gain a bit more information on who this person was that he had known.
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:32 am
Hiei nodded. "While he worked on my kimono, we were permitted to talk to one another... He told me stories about human slavery, he knew I hadn't been a human for long, I never asked how he knew," Hiei commented. "He taught me how I could close my mind off from my body, taught me how to focus on the patterns in my kimonos... And other objects around me."
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 1:21 pm
"So he helped you survive, in other words?" the red-head asked, sort of wishing that he was alive to be thanked. Obviously, he had been the closest thing to a friend Hiei had there. "Why was he murdered, then?" That didn't make much sense, why he would have been killed. He had seemed nice, from what little the other boy had said.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:00 am
"I was still being stubborn in their terms..... His death was my punishment." Hiei was being truthful there. "He was killed right after he finished the kimono... I was there to witness it. And they just laughed."
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:52 pm
This new information did make him slightly wish that he hadn't killed them, but rather had tortured them, made them suffer for what they had done to the other, both physically and mentally. Mentioning that would hardly be tactful, though. He couldn't put his sympathy for the boy into words, and even if he had been able to, it wouldn't have done much to help him. "I'm just glad that you are away from them, now."
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