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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 18, 2011 15:57:19 GMT -5
As it turned out, Minato didn't have a lot of cash. So when he'd dragged Ryoji off to a clothing store at the mall, he'd ended up having to go to a thrift store. A thrift store that, much to Minato's despair, had just the kind of clothes Ryoji would be looking for. Clearly, this was where all of the people from the various steampunk universes disposed of their clothing when they were done with it.
He stepped into the store and looked around somewhat awkwardly. He didn't really need anything new, so he turned toward Ryoji.
"Right, well," Minato said. "Just go pick out something you want? I'll be over here." He was clearly rather unmotivated as far as clothing shopping went.
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 18, 2011 21:16:18 GMT -5
Ryoji had noticed Minato's wallet and considered objecting based on funds, but kept his mouth shut to prevent Minato from realizing he knew. He'd relaxed a bit since the awkwardness at the apartments, and was confident he'd pushed aside any issues and that things were okay again. When they got into the store, he blinked a few times and gave Minato a nervous grin. He knew what Minato had said, so he'd actually intended on at least getting something that was more like what Minato wore, but that didn't look like too much of an option here.
"Ah, are you sure Minato?" Ryoji asked. He gave a halfhearted shrug, "I mean, I know what you said and...."
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 18, 2011 21:59:50 GMT -5
Minato frowned at Ryoji. He seemed really hesitant, so that meant he'd probably noticed how short on funds they were earlier. He took his hands off the headphones he'd clearly been reaching for and put them back in his pockets. He shrugged.
"Well, really we're buying for both of us," Minato pointed out. "Since we wear the same size clothes and all." Though really he was fine with his own clothes. Ryoji could keep any clothes he picked out here.
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 19, 2011 10:26:55 GMT -5
Ryoji gave a weak smile at Minato's words. Buying for both of them really only made his choice harder, as Minato had already said he didn't like the style he wore. Although he supposed this could give him a chance to stick Minato in it? He grinned to himself about being able to dictate Minato's fashion if only for a little bit. The grin was the sort that people got when they were thinking about or doing something they shouldn't, but Ryoji was heading down the aisles before Minato would be able to object.
After a few minutes Ryoji emerged from the aisles with a bunch of clothes spread over his arms. At least three outfits, and that seemed an understatement. He walked over to Minato and nodded his head towards the changing rooms, that grin still present on his face. Oh yeah, he was up to something.
"I know we're the same size, but if we're shopping for both of us maybe you should try the stuff on too anyways?"
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 20, 2011 21:53:54 GMT -5
Minato waited at the front of the store for Ryoji to return. He hadn't liked that grin Ryoji had given before running off. That kind of mischievous grin... he was going to make him regret letting him run off on his own, wasn't he?
Minato couldn't have been more on the mark with his prediction. When Ryoji returned, he couldn't stop his eyes from widening. That was a lot of clothes. Even worse was when Ryoji motioned toward the changing rooms. Minato opened his mouth to object, closed it, opened it again, and closed it again. He put a hand on his forehead. He'd walked himself into a corner, hadn't he?
"Alright," Minato relented. He began to walk over to the changing rooms, expecting Ryoji to follow. He stopped when he reached the room. "Which first?"
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 21, 2011 7:35:20 GMT -5
Ryoji grimaced a bit at Minato's facepalm, and looked down at the clothes considering to tell him it wasn't really that important after all. Minato tended to do that whe he was frustrated and couldn't come up with a solution, so when Minato relented he looked up in surprise and quickly shifted to a grin as he trotted after Minato towards the changing rooms.
He carefully piled the outfits on a bench and pulled out a black sleeveless vest, a long sleeved white shirt, and a pair of black pants. He was walking over to deposit them in Minato's arms when his eyes widened for a moment and he looked back at the clothing pile. He frowned for a moment before continuing with his walk, droppin the clothes in Minato's arms, and then pulling off his scarf.
Instead of dropping that on top of the pile he flicked it up over the top of Minato's head and pulled it forward so that it landed snug against the back of Minato's neck. Well, he certainly seemed in a better mood at least.
"It'll look better with the scarf," Ryoji said, grinning. He hadn't actually let go of the ends yet though, so in a way Minato was trapped unless he made a duck down.
(OOC: Actually, no it won't. XD The scarf will probably look kind of silly with that outfit. Feel free to embellish upon my descriptions as much as you like. XD
...although Ryoji could pull it off, I'm sure. XD HEY LOOK FF. SCARFLESS RYOJI. XD)
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 22, 2011 22:21:43 GMT -5
((OOC: RYOJI WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU PUT THAT SCARF BACK ON RIGHT NOW BAD RYOJI NO.))
Minato found a rather large pile of clothing being rather unceremoniously dropped in his arms by Ryoji, who then decided to remove his scarf and wrap it around Minato's neck. He looked down at Ryoji's bare neck, and then back up at his face. He pulled the ends of the scarf out of Ryoji's hands and wrapped the scarf around his neck. He actually felt rather silly, but he didn't exactly intend on informing Ryoji of this quite yet.
He gave Ryoji a smile before turning around and placing the pile Ryoji had handed him on the ground. He began to pull his clothes off and deposited them in another pile next to the pile Ryoji had given him. He then pulled the long-sleeved shirt on, followed by the pants and vest. He buttoned the vest and looked at himself in the mirror on the wall. The outfit he was wearing would look perfect on Ryoji.
He took his hands and pulled his long bangs up and out of his face. The way they fell back against his head made it look like he had his hair slicked back in the way Ryoji tended to do his hair. In fact, with his hair pulled back and with the scarf around his neck, he looked rather similar to Ryoji, only with blue hair and grey eyes instead of Ryoji's greyish-brown hair and blue eyes.
"Huh."
He tugged on the scarf a bit so that it wasn't so tight around his neck. It felt nice around his neck. Not only that but it smelled of Ryoji. Eau de boyfriend.
He turned to Ryoji. "Yeah, these fit fine. I think you should keep the scarf, though. It looks better on you."
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 22, 2011 22:46:26 GMT -5
Ryoji was actually in the middle of pulling off his own shirt, the suspenders slipped out of, when Minato spoke up again. He tossed the shirt off into a corner and paused as Minato made his comment. He stuck his tongue out in a tease for a moment and trotted the about two steps over to the original pile of clothes and rummaged around in it a bit. He grabbed something dark blue and pulled it out from the pile, the length revealing it to be a flat ended scarf in the same style as Ryoji's in basic construct.
He trotted over and grabbed the edge of his scarf, deftly spinning it around so that it spun off of Minato's and quickly tossed the new one over his head, pulling down so it touched the back of his neck. It was mostly plain blue, although at the ends, on both the front and the back, were large black crosses, with the longer part of the middle beam closest to the bottoms of the scarf.
"If that's the only problem, I've got it covered," he said as he reached over and crossed the scarf over at the back of Minato's neck, pulling back to adjust it from the front so it hung like he usually wore it. He reached up and pulled Minato's bangs down as well, "You look ridiculous like that. Although..."
He parted Minato's bangs at the center and smiled, "You really should let everyone see your eyes."
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Sept 26, 2011 22:10:44 GMT -5
Minato watched Ryoji rummage through the pile of clothes. He blinked at the scarf Ryoji had pulled out, and then rather suddenly found Ryoji's scarf being pulled from his neck and this new blue one taking its place. He held the scarf ends up to look at them a bit closer, and then tugged on the scarf a bit. It didn't have that same scent, but it still felt rather soft.
He smiled when Ryoji pulled his hair down. He did feel rather silly wearing his hair like that. Made him wonder why Ryoji kept his hair that way. Of course then Ryoji decided to part his hair so it wasn't in his eyes.
"But I like my hair that way," Minato said quietly. And then he got a grin on his face. "Tell you what. I'll start wearing my hair out of my eyes if you stop slicking your hair back like that."
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Post by mugenginga on Oct 1, 2011 2:20:18 GMT -5
Ryoji opened his mouth to object to Minato's complaint when Minato grinned and gave his challenge. The brown haired teenager pulled his lips up in a pout. His finger tips remained up in the air keeping Minato's hair of of his eyes, and his own scarf was draped over the crook of his right elbow.
"I just want people to see your eyes," Ryoji said with a bit of a whine. Despite that, he pulled back his hands and wiped his hair forward. It was kind of a complete mess as a result of it, but a bit of smoothing down later... and his hairstyle looked remarkable reminsient of a certain creepy child, "Besides I don't think it would look any good down... Right?"
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Oct 4, 2011 22:24:01 GMT -5
Minato's hair fell rather neatly back into place once Ryoji dropped it. He also noticed that Ryoji made that whine again. It almost made him feel bad about refusing him. He watched Ryoji pull his hair forward, and he nearly choked at the sight of Ryoji with his hair down. That hairstyle, coupled with his face, made Ryoji look like an older version of Pharos.
"A-Actually, it looks good down," Minato found himself saying. However, this presented a crisis. He did not want to be reminded of Pharos every time he looked at Ryoji. It would make making out very difficult, for one thing. "But if you don't like it down, you can slick it back if you want."
Of course, knowing his luck, Ryoji would probably just decide to leave it down.
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Post by mugenginga on Oct 4, 2011 22:45:09 GMT -5
Ryoji was still attempting to smooth his hair down with marginal success when Minato choked, so he missed it. He looked up when he asked his question and gave a sheepish grin as Minato said it looked fine.
"Really?" He looked at the mirror, "I mean, if you're sure... But you have to keep your hair out of your eyes too! That's the deal!"
He gave a teasing grin and turned towards Minato. He seemed rather obvlivious to the problem he'd just created.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Oct 5, 2011 22:40:31 GMT -5
Yep, just as he'd expected. Ryoji had decided to keep the do, despite Minato's uncomfortableness with it. He probably shouldn't have complimented it. Now he was going to be reminded of Pharos at every turn. He was also not going to mention this fact to Souji. It was bad enough when Souji first commented on Ryoji's technical age.
He looked back toward the mirror. He parted his hair in the middle and combed it a bit with his fingers so it fell a bit more evenly. He blinked at the foreign face in the mirror. He certainly looked a bit more respectable looking. Somewhat. The rather choppy nature of his hair meant that without a proper comb and some gel it didn't actually like staying down enough that he could look respectable in the morning.
"Alright, there," Minato said. "Hows it look?"
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Post by mugenginga on Oct 6, 2011 2:31:21 GMT -5
(OOC: In case you forgot he's not wearing his scarf and doesn't have a shirt on. XD Feel free to call him out on not using the comb I just decided he had before. XD)
Ryoji cringed a bit. He bundled up his scarf and tossed it over into the corner here he'd put his shirt when he'd pulled it off and Minato had interuppted his stripping with the comments on his outfit. He reached into the back of his pants, fighting with the hanging suspenders a bit to get into the pocket, and pulled out a pocket comb before closing the distance between him and Minato. He reached up with the comb and paused.
"Uh, you don't mind right?" He sounded self conscious, "I think I can make it look less like you just got out of bed."
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Oct 6, 2011 22:19:22 GMT -5
Minato frowned at the comb Ryoji now chose to pull out. He hadn't even realized Ryoji had that on him. If he had, he would have asked for it while he was trying to part his hair. He shrugged when Ryoji asked his question.
"Go right ahead."
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