Zoruna<br/><br/>Vince cheered because he wanted to get out of the club. Plus he hadn't been to the park in awhile. He did wonder where Chris was. Maybe he was having those isolation periods he did where he trained nonstop. The guy told him sometimes he trained all by himself to remember things he didn't really remember. Still he was happy he had friends like Chris, Brian, Aki, Reno and the others. He followed Aki and let him pull him along. Waving to Arnia and the others. He followed Aki outside and got in. Not noticing the arm draped over the seat. He looked out the window listening to Aki talk. "Yeah. I could tell. Brian hasn't ever kept his gaze on anyone, man or woman, for that long." He fell silent after a moment. "Might be why Brian doesn't really date anyone else. He is a loyal friend and I'd imagine if he loves someone he'd be loyal to them even if they are far away." He looked at Aki. "What does Elizabeth do? Is she like over a carnival or something?" He at first had a hard time connecting Brian with the name Brivariith. However the more he heard it the more he was realizing Brian was just an alias. "I wonder if Brian will still be dancing or if he will be doing something else from now on." He looked back out the window. "Hmmm...they opened a chinese place near the northern edge of town. Its out of place and different. Why don't we go there?" He asked. He liked trying different things.<br/><br/>Arnia looked a bit puzzled about Elizabeth and what that did. She looked from Reno to Hikari. "Oh. I've never been to a circus. I think dad was afraid I'd run away if he let me go to any place without him or my older or younger brother." She shrugged a bit. "What is it like? The circus I mean." She asked. She was really excited because everyone else's happiness and excitement was intoxicating. It was catching.<br/><br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Reno just laughed, "You'll see! You'll see! We need to get together with everyone to pick a good day to go. I know we have a few coordinated breaks coming up."<br/><br/>Hikari giggled and nodded, "Un. We have one in a week and five days. The circus is really fun. There are a lot of cute animals and amazing people."<br/><br/>"You've got that right, Hi-chan." Reno chuckled and Rude nodded.<br/><br/>Aki hummed, "She is a circus owner. They use my places around the globe as they go place to place and perform. Last I heard she was branching out and planning on staying here for a while and making a base camp. I think it may be because of Brivariith." Aki glanced at Vince when they stopped at a stop light, "If it works out that way then I'll be happy. And chinese sounds good. I've heard of it." Aki pulled into a parking spot and stopped the car, "And we have arrived." Aki got out and opened Vince's door. After Aki locked the car he took Vince's hand, "Lead the way, I'll follow." Aki smiled down at Vince.<br/><br/><br/>Zoruna<br/><br/>Vince looked at Aki. "Wow. Sounds like fun. Last time I went to a circus or event of traveling people was with Chris. Eighth birthday I believe. Chris got kicked out when he got into the fight with a lion tamer over something he said about a friend of his. Not sure what it was all about but Chris won. In fact any time I've ever caught Chris fight he has never lost." He shrugged a bit. "I'm not much of a fighter. Chris taught me but I'm better at defense and evasion than offensive fighting." He smiled a bit. "That be good for Brian. Probably won't see as much of him for a bit though. He looked willing to follow her to the ends of the earth if she allowed him to do so." He looked back to Aki. "I hope it does work out that way. For both of them." He got out of the car when they arrived. He blushed when Aki took his hand but soon led the way inside. He hadn't really seen anything like the interior design of this place before. They were seated and he ordered tea. Looking at Aki when the guy sat down. "So...I'm trying to figure out what to do until I go back to work. Between school I mean. I can't let myself get into a bad habit of over sleeping and lazing around. So I have to figure out activities I can do. I know I'll work on sculptures some but I need to get out of the apartment also."<br/><br/>Arnia looked at them.  Listening to both of them. Biting her lower lip. Oxford was probably going to get into trouble. He had sent her a message with a friend of hers telling her he was putting her stuff together for her. She hoped he didn't get in too much trouble. However, she was happy to be able to just be herself. To not have to be afraid anymore. Plus she loved her new sister Hikari. "I can't wait to go to my first circus." She looked at Reno and Rude. "My middle brother is getting my stuff together. He said he needs to arrange a way to get it to me without seeming like he is getting it to me. Do you have any suggestions?" She hoped they did because she didn't have any ideas how to do that. It wasn't a lot of stuff. A little bit of clothing and her stuffed animal Aki gave her for her fifth birthday.<br/><br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Aki chuckled, "You can work at the bar if you want. I'm sure Hikari wouldn't mind an extra hand or you can DJ with Reno. Everyone has loved the time you spend at the bar with them so I'm sure if you continue to do just that, everything will be fine." Aki ordered some Jasmine tea.<br/><br/>Reno just smirked at Arnia, "Who do you take Rude and I for? We are the go betweeners. Tell him to set a place and time, we will be there."<br/><br/>When their tea came out a booming voice called out, "Is that Akihiko? In my shop?" Aki looked up. "Byran. A pleasure. I didn't know you owned a Chinese establishment..."<br/><br/>"Just bought the place a few weeks back. Your meals on me. If you don't like the service, just tell me alright?" Byran laughed and left the shop.<br/><br/>Aki sighed and looked at Vince, "Sorry about that." Aki reached over and squeezed Vince's hand gently.<br/><br/><br/>Zoruna<br/><br/>Vince looked at him. Blinking a bit on what he was being told. Yeah. It sounded like fun. He just also wanted to be independent. He really enjoyed all the time he spent with Hikari and Reno even Rude though he hardly said anything. Plus Arnia was a really cute kid. He smiled a bit at the offer. "That sounds like a nice idea. I'm just trying to think of things I can do to be independent of people I care about. I love spending time with everyone there including you. I know I'm going to end up doing that anyways but I want to see if I can think of something outside my figurative box to do." He blinked as he heard another's voice.  He was rather caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the guy he had seen come into the club a few times. He smiled happily when his hand got squeezed. It meant he could feel that awesome warmth that Aki had. "I was thinking about seeing if I could find something helping people learn to dance. Like as a choreographer." He said honestly. "However, I think I'll just stick with spending time with everyone else. I don't know anything about DJing though. The only things I really know how to do aside from school work is dancing and sculpting." he looked at the menus they had been handed. "Mmmm...shrimp and rice sounds yummy. Especially since it comes with broccoli and mushrooms." He loved that combination of food. "What are you going to have?" he asked curiously. "Some day I'll show you my sculptures in my apartment. Some of them are kinda out there and not all of them are stone or wood."<br/><br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Aki smiled and twined their fingers loosely, in case Vince didn't want to hold hands with him he could easily get out of the hold. "I'll get medium rare steak and fried rice with broccoli." Aki gave their server the menus with his other hand when she came back and gave their order. Aki looked back at Vince, "I would love to see your sculptors and if you want to do the choreography I have a few vacant lots you could choose from and make into a studio... If that's not still under the scope of being inside the figurative box... Because I'd know your in a safe place and you wouldn't have to worry about bills."<br/><br/>Aki smiled at Vince until their food came. Aki didn't release Vince's hand even when they had to break chopsticks. Aki grabbed his with his teeth and broke them. "Wrong language, but Itadakimasu." Aki bowed a little over his food then began to eat.<br/><br/><br/>Zoruna<br/><br/>Vince had no problem holding hands with Aki. His friend's hand was warm. Plus when he was with Aki he felt much safer than when he was on his own. He looked thoughtfully around the restaurant until Aki spoke to him. "Sure. Some day I'll show you them. I have one made out of spoons and forks. Its a really cute sculpture." His eyes went wide in surprise as Aki spoke. He'd let him have a vacant lot to make a studio??? Why? Whatever would he give him something like that? Especially without having to pay anything to do it. "No...I think that counts as outside the box. I'd be doing something independently of my friends. Yet it wouldn't be every day. Just two or three days out of the week. I'd still want to spend time at the club. Spend time with everyone because I like spending time with all my friends. Speaking of friends I wonder where the other guys I hang out with have gone. Especially Leonardo...he hasn't come by in a little while. Usually see him at least once a week." He shrugged a bit then looked at him. "Though why would you let me have someplace free like that? It doesn't make any sense." he was smiling even though his eyes looked confused. "Yes...I'd be in a safe place and I'd be doing something independent. It is the perfect scenario." He said happily. "Thank you Aki." He took the chopsticks and had to figure out a way to break them. He ended up angling it on the edge of the table in the middle and breaking it by pressing until it snapped apart. He then picked the other one up with some effort and began to eat. "Still it works. This food is really good." He said with a smile. Putting the chopsticks down to take a drink then resumed eating. He did wonder in the back of his mind though why Aki need to know he was in a safe place. Sure they were friends but that didn't make much sense to him. Still he appreciated the concern even if it was a strange and foreign concept for it to matter to someone other than Chris where he was at.