It is early afternoon on February 13th, and Kage is dressed in a dark red suit he somehow manages to pull off without it looking tacky.
Kage does not do tacky.
He also has two ridiculously soft little stuffed white dogs holding big red hearts begging "Be Mine". He doesn't really want the intended giftees to be his, of course, but the dogs are
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Considering how things have been lately, if he thought there was anything to the writing, it would be hard to keep the door open. As it is, there's just a small twisted smile. "Cute. How many of those things did you get the littles?"
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Cin's on duty today again, and with a smile she'll take those. "I'll see that they get them. And we'll ask about the littles. Although really, only about fifty of them are young enough for that sort of thing."
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Once inside, he heads towards the part of the house that doesn't see much activity: The Theater. It's in the basement, and as they enter, he hits a button, causing a huge flat-panel TV to rise from an opening in the floor at the front of the stage. In addition to the reclining theater-seat couches, there's a bright red popcorn machine in the near corner, smelling of fresh, hot buttered popcorn.
"How much do you know about television and movies, Gorgeous?" he asks.
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For now, anyway.
One button lowers the lights, another turns the TV on, and a third starts the movie. "I thought a double feature? If there's a problem with either, let me know. The first one is a musical about the chaos surrounding a popular musician going off to fight in a war. The actual war isn't really important to the plot, just that he's leaving."
And Kage is going to snuggle against you while the movie plays, and the popcorn is eaten. He's probably going to tease you with a little heat, too, but this movie is mostly for laughs, so the teasing will be minimal.
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But he'll snuggle down with Kage and snacks pleasantly enough, and try to keep up with the cultural differences enough to appreciate the story.
And also, movies are one department taht tends to send the Aristan hands-have-a-mind-of-their-own tendency into overdrive, there's a lot of kneading into Kage's shoulders, etc.
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He enjoys the snuggling, and explains as briefly as possible the relevant cultural quirks. He's hoping Phil enjoys the singing and dancing, at least.
As for Phil's hand having a mind of it's own, Kage is hardly complaining.
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"Well, that was nice," he says at the end.
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