Chapter 4

Kiro woke up to Esmin's sleeping face and smiled. His kissed his forehead and slipped out of bed. He walked in just boxers to his dresser and began to get dressed for the daily errands. Esmin shuffled in the bed and sat up whipping his eyes and yawing.

"Morning!" Kiro smiled as he put blue pants on and Esmin blinked, looked down then back at him with a smile.

"Morning, what are you doing today?" Angeal jumped to his lap so he began petting her.

"I have to go shopping, would you two like to accompany me?" Esmin looked at the kitten that looked at him then Kiro and meowed.

"I guess that's a yes, let me get dressed." He grabbed hold of Angeal and ran to his room. Kiro chuckled and put a shirt on and fixed his hair when Esmin came running in with Angeal in hand and Kiro laughed. "What?" Kiro shook his head and began to fis the younger boys hair to it's normal spikiness.

"Ready to go?" Esmin nodded and ran downstairs to the door. Kiro finally got there and they left out the door, down the long stairs and into the town. Angeal squirmed in Esmin's arms so he let her down and she walked beside them. He put his hands in his pockets not knowing what to do with them so Kiro linked arms making Esmin blush a bit and worry.

"Are you sure we can do this here?" He semi-whispered it for he was a bit embarrassed.

"Sure why not. Plus now everyone will know you are mine and I am yours right? Plus a date wouldn't be a date without arm linking" He laughed a bit.

'I am his and he is mine?' He pondered that for a bit and smiled huggling his arm. He looked around and seen many strange things and he kept asking about them when they went in the door to a bakery. He ordered the usual as the curious one walked around in it as Angeal stayed in the front. When they came out she got up and was ready to walk.

"That is the most trained cat I have ever seen. I mean usually cats just lounge around the house claiming everything." Esmin blinked.

"Really? Their lazy?"

"That's one was to put it. See, dogs on the other hand usually does what she does." He pointed across the street to one. "They come when called and will do tricks for you, and everything. Only if their happy though." Esmin looked at him and looked at the dog and noticed a collar and leash as the owner walked him. Angeal glared at the dog but kept walking with them.

They were in a grocery store and Kiro carried around the basket. Esmin felt bad the Angeal had to wait outside, but she didn't mind. She lounged in a near by tree falling asleep. They went up and down isles and all Kiro heard is 'What's this?'

"You know if you want something you can grab it." Esmin looked at him and nodded. The basket had something's already in it, but it was getting fuller by the second. "I didn't mean the whole store." He laughed and headed down the pet isle and looked at all the cat verity.

"Cats and dogs have their own food?"

"Yup, well we don't have to get kitty litter she keeps going outside for that..." he pondered as Esmin was looking at the collars and leashes. Kiro grabbed a bag and noticed what he was doing and raise a brow, then grinned. "Those are for dogs but these ones are for cats." He pointed to the smaller collars with bells.

"Can we get one for Angeal?"

"Sure and maybe I should buy one fo my kitty cat." He grinned as he hugged behind him and nuzzled his face.

"we- we should get orange for Angeal. She's black and white so it would stick out." Kiro smiled, nibbled his ear and grabbed the collar.

"I believe we are done. Shall we?" He nodded and they waited in line and paid. The had their arms full of bags when they got out and Angeal hopped down the tree to them so Esmin kneeled down to her and put her present on her.

"You like it?" It looked like smiled and she began to rub against him making him happy. He grabbed the bags and they began to walk hearing the new jingle of the bell. She was proud of it and looked like she flaunted it making them giggle. Kiro spotted a cafe and got an idea.

"Hey this way." He looked both ways and they crossed the street to it and told them to sit and he'd be right back. He went in the cafe to order and came out and joined them.

"A cafe?"

"Oh so you have one of these? That's cool." He went to say more but the waitress came out with two big bowls of ice-cream and a really small one. She put the small on the ground for Angeal who ran to it and started to lick it up. She bowed and rushed off to serve more customers. Esmin poked at it with his spoon as Kiro dug in. He watched him eat some and decided to try it for himself. He took a bit and shivered.

"It's so cold." He took another bit. "Each color tastes different." He then started to eat it faster and it made Kiro smile.

"Glade you like it. It's called ice-cream."

"Ice...cream..." They sat in silence because Esmin was to into it when something else caught his nose. He looked around and spotted a doughnut. "Can I have that?"

"Hm?" He looked at what he was staring at "A doughnut? Sure but only if you can eat it after your ice cream." Esmin nodded and began to eat faster. "Don't eat it that fast you'll...get...never mind..." Esmin held his head with his eyes tightly shut.

"Gah, what is this, this was your plan all along wasn't it!" Kiro just laughed. "So it was...Gah"

"No it's a brain freeze; it does that if you eat it to fast. Don't worry you can eat it normally, the doughnut will still be there." His brain freeze died down and he looked at the older man a bit embarrassed but he started to eat more but slower. When they were done he ordered a doughnut and they split it.

"You have weird looking food, but they taste good."

"Glade to here it." Kiro smiled and they began to walk home. Kiro put away the food while Esmin watched munching on a rice crispy square that he wanted. He was finished and sat on the stool in front of him. And island put distance between them. "There's still some time left in the day, what do you feel like doing?" Esmin shrugged.

"If there is no wars or demons to fight, what is there to do?"

"There are tons of things to do. Even on your planet I bet there's a lot to do that has nothing to do with blood shed."

"I once blew up some farm land…"

"There you go! Well, not blowing things up but farming is a good example. Here there are parks and beaches, you can get jobs, shopping, read, draw or what ever you wish, except blowing up things…unless you're in the bomb squad or something…" He laughed a bit and Esmin thought about it.

"I always wanted to see the ocean…"

"The beach it is. Would you like to swim in it or just admire it?" Esmin shrugged. "Well wear a bathing suit just incase I believe there should be one in the dresser."

"Bathing suit? You wear a suit when you take a bath?" Kiro laughed.

"No, no their just called that. They look like shorts. It has a pull string around the waist here I'll show you." Esmin pouted a bit from being laughed at but lost it when his hand was taken and he was dragged to his room. He showed him what it was and told him to change into it and put his pants over top and left to his own room to do the same.

"Ok I'm done. I'm going to get Angeal." He spoke through the door and ran off. Kiro shook his head with a smile.

"Him and his cat." He left his room, heading to the bathroom grabbing towels, then went to the kitchen grabbing snacks and shoved them all in a bag. "Esmin you ready?" He walked out the door to the stairs when Esmin yelled.

"I can't find her! Kiro we can't go!" Kiro sighed.

"She probably missed her old friends and went to visit them. How about this. We'll go have fun and if she's not back when we come back we'll look for her ok?" He yelled up to the sad young teen.

"Okay." He hopped down and clung to Kiro's arm and they headed to the beach and they waited at the station. "Where are we?"

"The subway."

"sub..way?" He stared at the tracks and looked at everyone when he heard a weird noise so he tightened his grip. Kiro raised his brow at him when the train came. "A huge worm!"

"Not a worm, a train…it's another machine." He lead the way onto it and it was crammed. They were going to stand but Kiro was accidently pushed on the only open seat left.

"Hey! Watch what your doing!" Esmin growled at the man who pushed Kiro. "You want to start some-" He was interrupted by being pulled down on Kiro's lap.

"It's ok Esmin it was an accident. Calm down ok, I'm fine." He gave him a reassuring smile and Esmin sighed. They rode it for fifteen minutes and squished their way thru. They walked for a bit and finally reached it and Esmin let go of Kiro's arm and ran to the edge of the water with wide, bright eyes.

"Wow, it's a lot better than I imagined!" Kiro came walking up to him.

"Yup, this is our ocean. Would you like to swim in it?" Esmin looked around and seen other splashing in it. Sometime all he seen was just heads and got nervous. "What's wrong?"

"I- I didn't know it was deep." Kiro tried not to laugh and he wrapped an arm around Esmin's neck.

"Can't swim? We can stay close to the beach." He looked at Kiro's face and trusted him so he nodded. Embarrassed to do it he stripped his clothing along with the blacked hair man and took his hand as they began heading to the water. Esmin's body shivered from the coldness of the water but kept walking. They got up to Esmin's waist of water and stopped. Kiro splashed Esmin who splashed him back.

They were in the water for at least an hour before Kiro began to get tired but tried to hide it because Esmin looked very happy for once but Esmin wasn't stupid. They got out and Kiro dried Esmin's hair with his own towel and they sat on Kiro's watching the sun slowly go down as they waited for them to dry a bit.

When they finally got dry and dressed the hopped back on the train.

"What should we do tomorrow?"

"Well, after I go to work we can go to the park. How's that sound?" Esmin blinked.

"You have a job? Is it teaching Kendo?" Kiro shook his head.

"No that's just a volunteer thing. I actually work in a bookstore; if you like I can bring you."

"I'd like that."

"You have to get up reeeal early." Esmin nodded and snuggled up to him when the train stopped and they walked home. When they got in Esmin looked around the house and spotted Angeal sleeping on his pillow. He let out a sigh of relieve and was about to head back downstairs to see Kiro but he was coming up them.

"Going to sleep?" he nodded. "Um, can I sleep with you?" Kiro smiled, grabbed his hand pulling him to the room.