Sneaking Around (Elayne)

[Jay]

Rosa frowned and deflated a little before shaking her head when Elayne spoke. "He was up so late last night..." she mumbled frowning considerably. "When I went to his room and knocked, he didn't even come to the door..." She sighed shaking her head. Though she didn't understand all the situations, Rosa knew that Felis had been considerably busy....well...running the Spring Festival was certainly a chore for anyone....er...right? :/

Haiiro listened mostly to the listing out of food and nodded his head a little at the answers but said nothing after that. As Rosa spoke, the dark haired man looked back towards Elayne in a slight questioning look though not really demanding in any respect.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne looked thoughtful for a moment after Rosa spoke and nodded,"We should probably let him sleep for a little while then ... what would you like to eat Rosa?"Elayne replied kindly before standing and sipping her coffee. Looking back at Haiiro just as he looked at her, Elayne gave him a small smile,"Felis has been busy with the Spring Festival and from the sounds of it stayed up late ... probably like Elly and Rai did actually,"she explained, laughing softly as she gestured to where the two Espeon were sound asleep curled up next to each other back where the couch was.[/scrolly]

[Jay]

Hai blinked at Elayne's answer but slowly nodded his head in understanding. "......Must be a big job," was all he answered back with before sipping his coffee again and finishing it then. He could only vaguely imagine what running an entire event like this could be like. He doubted he would be able to ever pull something like that off and wasn't about to try any time soon either, heh.

Meanwhile, Rosa put a finger to her chin and looked thoughtful for a moment as though this would somehow affect her deeply and she had to make sure that she made the right decision. After a few seconds, her eyes lit up and she clapped her hands together. "French Toast!" she proclaimed adamantly shortly after that.

Looking sideways at the young girl that had just made a decision, Haii slowly nodded and looked back towards Elayne. "Probably easier to make when in an actual kitchen," he mumbled to himself before standing up fully. "Guess I can cook," he stated a bit louder. At this, Rosa blinked rather surprised but seemed to giggle to herself at the idea of someone outside of the castle making something.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne nodded at Hai's comment and finished her coffee before Rosa said what she wanted for breakfast. Smiling at Rosa, Elayne nodded and started to get things ready when Haiiro said that he would cook, looking back at Haiiro, Elayne blinked. "If you're sure you wouldn't mind, I wouldn't have a problem with it ... ,"Elayne replied kindly,"Would you want some help?"[/scrolly]

[Jay]

Haii looked sideways at Elayne for a moment before nodding his head. "Ya.. sure...Can you get out the eggs and bread?" he mumbled a little before nodding. Slowly looking up at the cabinets, he wondered momentarily where the pots and pans that he needed would be. However, luckily for Hai, his head had turned after a moment and he found himself staring at the ones that were hanging above the island. Looking for one of the leaner pans, he succeeded in finding one and found himself reaching up to get it. Upon taking the cooking utensil of choice, he began to look through the drawers in question before taking out what he wanted. After a minute or two, he had set up and sprayed down the pan.

Rosa watched all this for a few seconds before quickly rushing over and pulling up a bar-like stool and sitting on it before continuing to watch Haii and presumably Elayne work.Haiiro's movements were far from Joel's or even Feliciano's but they seemed to get the job done.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne nodded at Haiiro's words and spun to get the eggs out of the fridge before setting them on the counter next to the stove. This done, she turned towards the pantry to get the bread and set it by the eggs where it could be easily reached when needed. "There you are, is there anything else I can do?" Elayne asked feeling out of place just watching someone else cook. Of course Felis cooked all the time before Joel and then after Joel left it was either Miguel or Felis ... all the same, Elayne had never quite gotten used to someone else cooking for her and thus had always helped Joel out when she could. After all she had been living by herself with no one around save her Pokemon for quite some time ... it took some getting used to to have practically everything done for you.[/scrolly]

[Jay]

As Elayne got things out, Haiiro had started things up. Pulling out a dish, which was considerably easier to find than the prior cooking equipment, Hai made a motion to it. "If you crack a few eggs in and then stir it around...." he mumbled a bit before starting to search out and eventually locate the pan spray before spraying it down and starting up the heat. "Then... if you'll find a fork and stick it through the bread and dip it in the eggs and uhm..." Haii stopped a moment and looked back at Elayne before nodding at her as if that would be it. Thus, things continued like this rather well. Soon enough, the rather familiar smell of french toast was coming to the air, and a few slices were already stacked now on a plate as Haii continued to cook. Rosa perked when the first few were put onto the plate, and she quickly slipped off the stool and walked over before hesitating a little and wondering if it was too hot.

The smell actually started to move through parts of the castle, and the general taste of french toast forming in his mouth was oddly what finally woke up Feliciano. Sitting up in bed, the blond haired man rubbed his eyes and looked around before slowly getting out of bed and starting to go through his clothes. Guess Miguel got up early .... was the thought that came from Felis as he continued to get ready to go down.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne nodded at Haii's response and broke the eggs into the bowl before opening up a cupboard that held the spices. Pulling out some cinnamon and nutmeg, Elayne added the spices and replaced them back in the cupboard before stirring the eggs and blending the spices in it. This done, she took a fork and dipped one of the pieces of bread in the mixture before dropping it on the pan Haii had just sprayed. Elayne continued in this manner until all the egg mixture was gone, after putting the bowl in the sink and filling it up with water to let it soak for a little while. After this was done, Elayne went to the fridge and pulled out a carton of milk and some orange juice that had already been made, setting these on the island, Elayne spun to the pantry and pulled out Rosa's (and her own) favorite syrup, knowing that the young girl would no doubt ask for it. Setting the syrup on the island, Elayne walked over to the cabinet and pulled out a few plates for them plus a few extra in case Felis or Miguel should show up, though Elayne wasn't certain if they would at this early in the morning. Setting the plates on the island, Elayne grabbed a few glasses along with some forks and placed them on the island as well. "Anybody want orange juice or milk?" Elayne asked as she moved over to where both drinks were so that she would be able to pour them.[/scrolly]

[Jay]

Rosa perked considerably when Elayne had turned around and had her favorite blueberry syrup in hand, and a quiet giggle of sorts escaped from her and she did her best to scoot her chair closer to the island without actively having to get off of it. She managed it rather well and finally found her legs up against the bottom part of he island. "Oh! I want milk!" she grinned rather easily.

Haii looked backwards from where he was cooking for a brief moment and seemed to be thinking that over before looking forwards again and continuing. "Can you just pour me another cup of coffee?" he asked after a moment.

Upon finishing the remainder of the french toast, Haii turned off the stove and flipped the last piece onto the somewhat tall stack of them that had formed on the plate. Picking it up, he walked over towards the island and set them down roughly in the middle. Looking around the kitchen, Hai walked over towards the bar and pulled two other chairs up before setting them on either side of Rosa. Sitting up into one of the chairs, he leaned back in it and had to fight off the urge to shut his eyes least he fall asleep right there.

After dressing, Felis had started down and off towards the kitchen. However, upon entering, he found himself stopping to stare at the black haired man who was sitting at the island. Looking to Rosa and then back to the man before finally looking at Elayne, Felis stared for a few seconds. "Well good morning," he called after a moment causing Haii to jump slightly and look over at who had called him. Upon finding himself staring at Felis, Hai raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything just yet.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne nodded at Rosa's response, smiling at the girl as she slid the glass of milk towards her. Hearing Haii's response, Elayne nodded,"Of course, it sounds good to me too actually"she replied kindly before pouring herself a glass of orange juice and walking over to where the coffee pot was. Picking up the still full container, Elayne poured Haii a cup before refilling her own mug. Replacing the coffee pot, Elayne then moved to the fridge to get the chocolate creamer she enjoyed and poured that into her mug, stirring it with the spoon she'd used earlier. This done, Elayne replaced the cream in the fridge and sat down on one of the chairs Haiiro had brought over. When Elayne heard Felis, she turned towards him and smiled,"Morning Felis! How did you sleep?" she asked kindly before noticing Haiiro staring at Felis,"Oh, Felis this is Haiiro, he's one of my friends I met when I was travelling ... he kinda surprised me this morning, but then you have Elly to blame for that. Of course when Rai ... that's Haiiro's Espeon, and Elly get together they don't want to separate, they're passed out in the other room on a cushion right now actually. Oh, Haiiro, this is Felis,"she explained before putting some french toast on another plate and sliding it to the place next to her and in between Rosa. Elayne knew she had kind of rambled on there but then again she had a tendency to do that when she was nervous and ... Elayne didn't really know if Felis would welcome a stranger into his house so readily. Pushing this thought aside for the time being, Elayne placed some french toast on her own plate as well as on Rosa's and Haii's before taking a sip of her coffee and waiting to see what Felis had to say.[/scrolly]

[Jay]

At the question, Felis smiled a little. "I slept alright... I would probably have stayed in bed longer if not for the smell of food," he laughed a little. Rosa looked back and gave Felis a teasing smile. At least he was honest. As Elayne began to explain who Haiiro was, Felis slowly looked over the man again and turned his head slowly to one side. Elayne hadn't ever mentioned this friend, and then there was the matter of him being male >>....... "I see..." he hummed rather slowly before smiling a bit. "Alright~ Well if your boyfriend does anything suspicious, just let me and Miguel know..."

The sudden choking sounds that suddenly echoed into the air was enough to cause Rosa to jump startled and look back towards Haii who was now in mid gag before finally coughing. Standing up, Haii wrapped fingers around his mouth and leered sideways at Felis. Continuing to cough, Haiiro shook his head a bit.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne nodded and laughed softly when she heard Felis' response before taking a bite of the french toast. Closing her eyes briefly, Elayne hummed in enjoyment before swallowing the bite and moving to take a sip of her orange juice, however no sooner had she done this that Felis made the remark about Haiiro being her .... boyfriend .... . Elayne froze, the juice glass still poised in front of her mouth. Elayne could already feel the heat coming to her face ... in fact it felt as if her entire face was burning just by that simple comment. Slowly setting the glass down, Elayne stared at the french toast on her plate blankly for a few moments before she was able to find the words to speak. "He's .......... not my boyfriend ......... ,"Elayne said quietly, her voice sounding more like a squeak then anything else. Elayne could still feel her face burning and by that time she thought she would do anything to just disappear ... of all the things Felis could have said, that had certainly not been one of them. Sure Haiiro was kind and thoughtful and .... what was she even thinking there could be no way that they would ever be together ... right ... right ... or at least so Elayne thought.[/scrolly]

[Jay]

"We're just friends," Haii snapped a little more than he had meant to, and after a few seconds, he sighed raising a hand to his temple and rubbing it slightly. "And I ain't suspicious." he grumbled a bit after that as if this somehow had the same weight as the prior statement.

Feliciano turned his head slightly to one side at the reactions that had transpired. Woops, made a mistake, it seemed. However, after a few seconds, he just smiled and rubbed the back of his head. "No I meant friend that's a boy... 'guy friend' there that better?" he teased if only slightly. Haiiro's eyes continued to leer at Felis regardless causing the blond haired man to sweat drop slightly. Well he has no sense of humor, it seems... the blond thought to himself smiling and sweat dropping a bit more.

Rosa, who had finally caught on to what had been said suddenly broke into a series of giggles. "Haiiiiro and Elaaaaaayne sittin' in a tree," she started only to suddenly get a hand over her mouth as Felis reacted rather quickly. Mumbling for a few seconds, Rosa fell silent and ended up frowning. Green eyes scaled around the faces before suddenly finding dark blue ones leering at her as well. Haiiro was not amused.

"Now Rosa..." Felis laughed a little as if his own intentions hadn't been bad enough. "Ah but yes... my name is Feliciano Rossi, a pleasure to meet you," Felis said recouping rather quickly. Stepping forwards and producing a rose, Felis held it out towards Haiiro who ended up blinking in confusion and just staring for a few seconds. A hand had hesitantly raised before setting itself back down in Haii's pocket as he turned his head and looked away.

"Haiiro Navi," Hai stated flatly. Blinking a little, Felis slowly retracted his arm and held the flower to his chin. Looking back only after Felis had retracted, Haiiro sighed before nodding his head and slowly edging his way around the table as though to distance himself from Felis.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne smiled slightly at Haiiro's last comment and closed her eyes briefly, breathing out quietly as she heard Felis clarify ... or rather amend his previous statement. Looking up at Felis when she felt the heat in her face finally fade away, Elayne nodded slightly and gave her best attempt at a smile, of course hearing Rosa giggle caused Elayne to smile more genuinely ... only to turn red once again as she heard Rosa's words. Still, Elayne was quite relieved that Felis had stopped Rosa as quickly as he did, though the embarrassment at the misunderstanding making things a little awkward to say the least. When Felis introduced himself to Haiiro and gave him a rose, Elayne had to fight the urge to laugh and covered her mouth with her hand, though the amusement was still rather apparent in her eyes. Elayne still remembered the time Felis had found her and had given her a rose as well, it seemed he did the same to other people no matter if they were a man or a woman and this was something Elayne certainly found hilarious and of course Haiiro's movements certainly didn't help matters. Elayne was finding it harder and harder to hold back her laughter and as a result was beginning to turn red once again. Finally just giving up, Elayne began to laugh, this whole situation was awkward and yet at the same time hysterical, in fact Elayne was laughing so hard that she was finding it difficult to breathe and on top of this her side was starting to ache. Elayne put her arms around her waist in an attempt to ease the ache, but it still didn't solve the problem of breathing which she was only barely managing to do in between boughts of laughter. By the time Elayne managed to calm down enough to breathe, she was beat red and had tears running down her cheeks. Taking a drink of orange juice, Elayne shook her head and smiled,"Sorry ... it's just ... this whole situation is so hilarious ... ,"she managed as an explanation of sorts after drinking the juice, though her voice still sounded like she was about to laugh and was still breathing rather hard in order to catch her breath.[/scrolly]

[Jay]

As Elayne began to laugh, Feliciano found himself laughing as well. Rosa just broke into another round of giggles once more. As all this laughter flooded the room, a somewhat confused expression came to Haiiro's face. Though he was somewhat irritated, he couldn't quite scowl and ended up sweat dropping instead. Looking away, he rubbed the back of his neck trying to fight off a twitching smile that was coming to his face. There wasn't anything to smile at, damn it. It was just laughter and...

Felis cooled earlier than Elayne did and wiped a side tear away while Rosa just continued to giggle for a few seconds after her brother before cooling as well. When Elayne calmed enough to speak, Haiiro looked back though his face was still holding that tentative smile. Shaking his head, he dismissed the 'sorry'. "You're silly," he stated.

Upon noticing the smile on Haiiro's face, Felis found himself smiling as well. "Well now, that's a better expression on you~" Felis called causing that smile to vanish as quickly as it had come. Looking down, Haii slowly edged his way back to his seat and sat down again. Blinking, Felis turned his head to one side and sighed a little. "Hmmm so what's for breakfast?" Felis asked changing the subject.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne smiled sheepishly when Haiiro said that she was silly and stuck her tongue out at him before shaking her own head. She was about to mention something about Haiiro's smile but Felis beat her to it, making the smile vanish completely ... oh well, that didn't mean Elayne couldn't say something about it still. "Felis is right you know ... ,"Elayne replied in a kind voice, smiling at Haiiro as she did so,"You have a nice smile." Falling silent for a short time after this, Elayne drank some more of her orange juice until she heard Felis speak again,"Oh, there's French Toast that we made and orange juice, milk, or I could make another fresh pot of coffee or perhaps hot chocolate if you'd prefer,"Elayne explained before taking another bite of her French Toast which was still quite warm thankfully.[/scrolly]

[Jay]

Haiiro looked towards Elayne for a brief moment before shaking his head a bit but not saying anything. Feliciano perked a bit at the thought of different foods and then found himself taking up one of the extra plates and putting a few onto it. "Ah...coffee if you wouldn't mind," he smiled after a moment before pulling jut a chair and sitting next to Rosa. Looking towards Haiiro again, Felis offered a smile. "So are you sticking around for the spring festival?" he asked. Haiiro hesitated a moment but nodded his head. Felis beamed a little. "That's good~ You should try and enter my cross dressing pageant," he laughed a little causing Haiiro to nearly spit what he had been eating.

"No thanks," the dark haired man answered back quietly before actually chewing again and swallowing. Feliciano frowned but laughed a little after that. "Not my thing..." Haiiro mumbled a bit more. Felis just laughed more. "I heard you the first time~" Felis reassured.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne nodded when Felis said what he wanted and rose, not noticing Haiiro's slight shake of the head and started to make a fresh pot of coffee while the others talked. For once Elayne was glad her back was turned when she heard Haiiro all but gag on his food when Felis asked if he wanted to do the cross dressing pageant. Truth be told her reaction had been about the same when Felis had asked her the same thing, but then again Elayne wasn't about to let Haiiro know that ... as it was, she was finding it difficult to stiffle her giggles but thankfully the sound of the coffee being made covered most of them. After the coffee maker had finished, Elayne placed a mug in front of Felis, took the coffee pot from it's place in the coffee maker, and poured both Felis and Haiiro a cup, refilling her own as well. Replacing the coffee pot, Elayne once again took her seat and started to eat more of the French Toast that was still on her plate. "Don't worry about it Hai, he asked me the same thing a while back ... ,"Elayne said after she had finished her mouthful,"Though I think you handled it more .... gracefully than I did," she continued, her cheeks reddening slightly at the memory.[/scrolly]

[Jay]

Haiiro had to stop the urge to roll his eyes as Elayne sat down and spoke again. Focusing on his plate at the moment, the dark haired man was rather quiet before raising his eyebrow more questioningly than not. "Trying to get everyone?" he asked. Was that a tease? Somewhat, really. With the way his tone was, it was hard to tell, but the words themselves didn't seem as threatening as one would imagine.

Taking it as a tease, Feliciano laughed a little and shook his head. "Not everyone~ We just need a few people here and there, you know," the blond haired man answered back rather lightly. Rosa, who had been too focused on her food to register what was going on, finally finished what she had and sat back a little feeling more than just a bit stuffed.

"Mmmm..." was the residual hum that hit the air causing two sets of blue eyes to look towards her. Felis just smiled after a moment.

"Well that was certainly fast~" the older brother teased a little.

Haiiro just rolled his eyes and looked back towards Elayne silently but in more of a questioning expression that asked 'how to you deal with this?' if not in those exact words, of course.

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elayneposttable1-1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 black none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:62px;margin-left:211px;color: #feb859;)]Elayne smiled when Haiiro seemed to tease Felis and focused on finishing her own plate of French Toast for the time being as she listened to the conversation. No sooner had she finished her bite that Rosa's hum broke the silence that had seemed to settle. Looking at Rosa, Elayne smiled at the girl's general demeanor and laughed softly at Felis' comment, taking a sip of her coffee as she did so. Looking back at Haii as he gave her a look that might as well have read 'they're crazy,' Elayne smiled and shook her head before giving him a look that read 'you get used to it.' "Did you like it Rosa?"Elayne asked, turning back to the girl as she spoke before taking another sip of her coffee.[/scrolly]