Mike
*In the coming weeks, Alde would spend much of his free time with Katherine, or at least, as much as she'd like to spend with him, he didn't want to feel like he was pressuring her by being around her a lot. Though, he would check in on his campsite everyday. And he tended to spend at least an hour back at his campsite a day, usually hiding himself into his forge tent, to make something. At least, that was what he did the first two weeks or so. Then he kept his trips to his campsite rather short, and just did things around his hometown of Arquenay.*

*Of course, being the uneducated man he was, he had missed valentine's day, by several weeks now... Which he felt guilty about, since, well, he hadn't really ever had a relationship before, where it was even remotely like what he was in now. But, better late than never he supposed, and finally took Katherine out to his family's farm, to introduce her to them, and well... Something else, he had planned.*

"Its not much of a place, but... I hope you like it."

*He said, glancing towards her with a soft smile. In hindsight, he realized he really should've introduced her sooner, but oops. Least he was now.*
Andrew
*As Katherine stood in front of Alde's farm, she couldn't help but be nervous. The meeting with Ale's aunt and uncle had gone... Not so well. It's not like she was wearing anything nice either. Then again, these __were__ farming people, and she wasn't a vampire anymore. Perhaps this one would be fine.*

*Though that didn't stop the worry, and she grasped Alde's hand, rubbing her thumb along it.*

"So uh, I finally get to meet Mom and Dad Glydenstier... I really can never get that name right."

*The Captain didn't mind that her blond boyfriend has forgotten Valentine's. Truth be told, each one had left an ache in her heart, all but this one. For once, she had someone she could look forward to seeing over and over and over again.*
Mike
*He would pause a moment on the walk, when he noticed she was a little nervous, and he gently squeezed her hand reassuringly, as he had a little, laugh hearing her still struggle with his name. He would think of the right thing to say, and his smile grew when he had the words formed.*

"Well, my mom, my dad, and probably my brothers. But... They'll like you. You're one of the best people I know, and you've helped me a lot. I'd even bet you'll be like family."

*He tensed a little, at his last comment, his cheeks burning, as he got a little nervous, and scratched the back of his neck, feeling a little awkward.*

"I mean... Like, you know uh... If you want."

*And, he started to walk again, the farm steadily coming into view. It was about 1200 square foot, with plenty of land set ripe for farming, In the center was a little house, probably not much bigger than what was needed to raise Alde's four brothers, and his still MIA sister. Maybe a little worn down, from hard times, but still thriving in a way.*

*In fact, looks like his parents, and presumably a few of his brothers were working the field today, preparing it for the season's harvest as a whole.*
Andrew
"Thanks, Alde."

*Kathy gave him a reassuring squeeze. Everything would be fine.*

"So they're like you huh?"

*Katherine began to walk with Aldeberto, completely oblivious to his comment about being like family. Her inexperience with romantic wording certainly wasn't helping. The captain instead focused her attention to the land around her. A small house, surrounded by a sea of farmland. The woman stared in awe. She had never really seen much farmland; after all, her family was noble, and most of her hunts were in the woods.*

"Woah... Is that your family right there?"
Mike
*He smiled back when he felt her reassuring squeeze in return, and nodded, as he looked at his old home, with a soft, sigh of memory searching as a whole. He would clear his mind of the past, and felt happy to see Katherine looking at his home with awe.*

"Yeah, welcome to the Seidel Farm. It was one of the few things my Grandfather kept hold over, from before... Whatever incident he had. This was my whole world for most of my life. Well, that and Arquenay, but that was on holidays mostly."

*He glanced into the field, with a small smile, and nodded. He immediately recognized at least two of them, as his parents, and had a rough idea who else was there.*

"Yeah, that looks like my mom and dad from here."
Andrew
"What are they harvesting now? Wheat?"

*Katherine raised her hand to wave, then decided to refrain from doing so. She wasn't even sure if Alde had told his family about her. How would they receive her? Would she be what they expected? She __was__ 5 years older than he was, after all.*

"I don't think you've told me about your family too much. Who else is there?"

*The captain dragged a hand through the stalks, like soft feathers flowing through her hand. She smiled, looking at the golden grass part in her hand.*

"And to think that this is what makes bread..."
Mike
*He glanced at the field, for a moment, to confirm that, yeah they were harvesting wheat this season.*

"Yeah, that'd be wheat."

*He thought about the fact he hadn't really talked much of his family and he felt a bit bad about that. His memories of childhood popped up again, and he took a moment to describe everyone.*

"Well... By the looks of it that'd be my brother, Kristopher. Looks like Klaus, Gustav. Klaus is the oldest of my brothers, and Kris is the youngest, after me of course. Guess they stayed in town, after I left."

*He'd think a little, seeing if he directly recognized anyone else, but it wasn't ringing any bells. So he figured, maybe they were hired hands. He just smiled, and watched as Katherine ran a hand through the stalks, and he shook his head playfully.*

"Yeah, its pretty interesting."