He wasn't too sure what to think of the place. Yes, the café was quaint and tiny and in the middle of no where (how ever did it manage to stay in business?), but…

"Hey… Cal… Love struck or what?" His friend's tease snapped the light-haired man from his thoughts.

"Over what?" Calix threw back in something of a slightly harsh tone. Ciro immediately backed off.

"Whoa man, don't bite my head off."

Frowning, Calix set his dark green eyes back onto the contents of his cup. "Sorry," he apologized dully. "You… surprised me…" Looking up and now around, the dark-skinned man quickly changed the subject. "I didn't expect a place like this to be all the way out here… Who in the world would do something like that?"

Ciro, the blonde, grinned. "Two very lovely women, that's who," he answered slyly, his grin widening when he saw that this caught Calix's interest. Both men were single. And Ciro, who had been coming to the small café for a few weeks now, was quite certain that the two female owners were as well.

"Alright, let's see… They're usually pretty active, so it's rare to come by without seeing them…" The blonde commented to himself as his own blue eyes scanned the small room for the familiar redhead or her partner, whom he readily considered the greater prize.

"Ah, there!" He pointed to a tall woman waiting on a couple two tiny tables down from them, and Calix twisted to get a look. She wore a white apron over an off-the-shoulder shirt in a soft pink, and a normal pair of blue jeans. But despite her plain attire, it was obviously that she was very pretty. Her dusty red hair was long and luxurious, with thin streaks of bright blue in, and the tanned man was almost certain her eyes were a striking shade of bright red.

"That's Miho," Ciro explained as his friend stared. "If this household were a pack of Houndooms, she'd definitely be the beta female. She's not the mother of the little gray-haired boy, or the two twins you'll see occasionally, but they listen to her nonetheless. Same with the Bagons and Feebases outback, for some reason…"

"Is she single?"

The blonde chuckled at his friend's inquire. "Cal, please. She's hot, but not only would she probably not give us even the time of day, but her partner is way more of a catch."

"Oh?" Calix arched an eyebrow at this statement. Was it even possible for the beautiful redhead to be topped? Ciro nodded with a knowing smile.

"The owner of this place and the alpha female. She's the mother of the children I mentioned, but damn is she hot. And quite kind and sweet, too. Very docile from what I hear…"

The Osakan frowned slightly. "And where is this catch you speak of?"

For a moment, the blonde was silent and unmoving, as this unsure about what to do next. But then he began to survey the room around them for a second time, even leaning back in his chair to get a good look out the front windows.

"There!" He finally announced after a good few seconds, pointing towards the window closest to him, which was about four tables to their left. With a slightly bored look, Calix leaned forward to see who this mystery woman was.

Indeed she was very pretty. Not in the passionate, sexual way like her redheaded companion, but in a more graceful and serene way; a way that was much more attractive to Calix. She was small, but by the looks of her dress and the white apron she wore over it, she was also very slender, her skin an alluring pale shade.

She seemed to be tending to the tiny garden out front that the brunette Osakan managed to catch a glimpse of, her long hair—which was the deep color of the sky on a clear, summer's day—was tied back in a loose Ponyta tail, her long bangs parted and framing her soft face, and those stunning, bright cyan eyes.

Most stunning, however, were the two rather large wings that seemed to be fixed behind her, dwarfing her in comparison. They were a shade of dusty blue—almost in a monochromatic way—and the very longest flight feathers reached down to probably about mid-thigh. Both looked sleek and glossy.

Ciro chuckled once again, this time at the entranced look on his friend's face. "See? I told you she was the better catch."

"Who is she?" He inquired, almost sounding demanding as he kept his eyes on the blue-haired woman.

"That would be Otomé. Like I said, owner of this place, and mother of the winged boy and the two blue-haired twins. And probably sister to Miho."

"Sister?"

The blonde nodded. "Yeah. Her children call Miho 'Aunt Miho', so I figure the two couples that live here are related somehow…" But Calix only heard one thing.

"Wait… 'Couples'? They're not single?"

Ciro frowned and looked somewhere else. "Well," he began dramatically. "They say that they're married, but I have yet to see either of their husbands. And I've been coming here for a few weeks now. You'd think I'd've caught a glimpse of them once, but nothin'…"

His companion mirrored his frown as he pondered about this for a moment. "… So… Could they be lying? Just saying they're taken to keep guys from hitting on them right and left?"

"Probably," Ciro agreed with a shrug as he took a gulp of his coffee. This, though, only deepened Calix's thoughtful frown. What would possess a woman to lie about being taken to deter suitors? Had love burned her before and now, she wanted nothing more to do with it? That seemed logical. After all, where was her children's father? Perhaps he had ran out on her while she was pregnant? Yes, that was probably it. And it made him all more determined to get to know the woman better. What a lonely life she must lead…

"Earth to Calix. Come in, Calix. Do you read?"

The brunette suddenly realized that his friend was waving a hand in front of his face.

"You suddenly spaced out with a grin on your face. Thinking up a shameless fantasy?" Calix smacked Ciro upside his head, trying to fight back a guilty blush.

"Yeah. Caught red-handed," the blonde teased.