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Crescent Meadows
Chapter Eight: Fireworks and Eighties music
After eating Kaoru leads an oh-so-enthusiastic Týr down to the festival. In all the years he's lived here, Týr has yet to go to a festival. Well, there was one a while ago that he went to with Tore and Mathias, the latter trying to make Týr flash a balloon vendor who had been checking him out the whole time to said dumbass could get a SpongeBob balloon. Tore even encouraged it, since there was a pink bunny one as well. Some family they are.
Setting those disturbing memories aside, this fair isn't too bad. There's a large gazebo at the bottom of a hill where some local people are doing karaoke, not half bad for the most part, about twelve concession stands, a shit load of rides, and a large stage. "What do you think, Týr?" Kaoru asks and Týr rolls his eyes. "It's nice…better than what I expected from this town." "Harsh." The brunette says before leading him down to the rides. "Anything you want to go on?" Týr looks around and goes to say something when a sudden weight crashes into his leg, causing him to lose his balance. Luckily Kaoru reacts quickly and wraps an arm around his waist to hold him up.
They both look down to see what it was and find none other than little Lilly. If she were older, Týr would say she was stalking him. "Týr! Týr! Hi! Hi!" She says excitedly, smiling up at the teen. "Um…hey…" Lilly looks over to Kaoru and pouts, clinging to Týr's leg tighter. "What's he doing here?" "We're busy, go away." Kaoru says annoyed and Týr glares at him. "Be nice." "Tyyyyrrrr! Leave Kaoru and play with me!" Lilly whines and Týr sighs, he leaves work and expects NOT to deal with kids…yet he now has two fighting over him. "I came with Kaoru, I'm sorry Lilly."
"Lilly! Here you are!" Lilly's brother exclaims, running over and picking the girl up. "I was so worried when you just disappeared!" He looks from Lilly and sees Týr. "Well, hello again." Elliot says sweetly, smiling at Týr. "H-hello…um…" "Elliot. I'm Elliot." The man says and Týr nods. "I know that." Elliot laughs a little. "Of course! So, would you two like to hang out with us?" He asks and Kaoru wraps an arm around Týr's shoulders. "Sorry, we're on a date." Týr blushes and Elliot looks at the two confused. "Oh…I see. Wouldn't want to interrupt. Have fun." Lilly begins to squirm. "NO! I WANNA STAY WITH TYR! HE CAN'T STAY ALONE WITH KAO-CHAN! THEY'LL DO BAD THINGS!" She cries and Elliot laughs a little. "Good bye you two."
Kaoru silently waves goodbye to them, keeping his arm around the still stunned Týr. "So…what do you-?" "Is this a date?" Týr asks and Kaoru lets go of him. "Do you want it to be?" The smaller teen blushes. "D-do you?" "I asked you first." Kaoru says and Týr glares. "Technically I asked YOU first." Ignoring Týr, Kaoru grabs the boy's wrist and drags him to the bumper cars. "You're just going to ignore the question…aren't you?" Týr asks, strangely ok with that plan. "For now." Kaoru says before handing the man their tickets and leading Týr into the cars.
As soon as they turn on, Kaoru slams his car into Týr's, making the boy gasp. "K-Kaoru! That was-!" "Part of the game." Kaoru interjects and Týr fumes, quickly chasing him with his own bumper car. After a few more minutes of chasing and crashing into each other, a random guy comes and slams Týr's car into the wall. Kaoru looks at him for a minute before chasing after the other man, kicking his ass for the rest of the time before the 'ride' stops. Týr has to admit, that made his heart maybe kind of sort of skip a beat. A little.
Once they get out of there they spend about half an hour playing more games, Kaoru cheating to win all of the games. By the end of the night they are going to have a shitload of goldfish and stuffed animals. After playing those they head back to the car and fill it with the prizes, Týr cracking the windows for the fish. He knows it doesn't matter since they are fish, but he's doing it anyways. As he's rolling down the third window, Kaoru does something that completely surprised him; he rolls one down as well. Shouldn't the brunette be picking on him right now? That's how this usually works.
"You're being so nice…" Týr mumbles and Kaoru shrugs. "You're supposed to be. Right? When spending time alone with people." The smaller teen blushes and looks away. "I guess…" "Come on, I want to go on the scrambler." Kaoru says, grabbing Týr's wrist and dragging him off to the ride. Once they get in Týr moves as far away from Kaoru as he can on the seat. Which is a lot of space, since it seats four people and they are only two. The man comes around and locks in the front of it before going to the…thing, Týr doesn't know what it's called and doesn't really care, and hits the start button.
It starts going slow at first, of course, but even when it's slow Týr can feel himself begin to slide towards Kaoru and then back again. He looks over to see if Kaoru is having the same problem. He isn't. Týr then looks around them and notices no one but him and some little children having the problem. Annoying. The ride begins to speed up and Týr's whole right side slams into Kaoru. Hard. After groaning in pain, he's quickly slammed into the other side of the ride, his grip not strong enough to prevent it. The next time he slams into Kaoru though, an arm quickly wraps around his waist and holds onto him tightly, making him stay put. "You're pretty flimsy, Týr." Kaoru says and Týr blushes, looking away. "L-leave me alone…"
The ride begins going faster, the scenery around them becoming a bit blurry, and Týr can feel himself still slightly bumping hips with Kaoru every turn. He'll probably get a black and blue mark and then Yao will kill Týr. Awesome. After the ride Kaoru helps a staggering Týr out of the seat and leads him to the hill in front of the stage. Strangely enough they still get good seats this late in the game, which makes Týr wonder if the band is even good. "Stay here, I'll go grab a blanket from the car." Kaoru says and Týr nods, sitting on the ground as the brunette runs off.
Quickly he returns and lays down a large blanket for them to sit on. "No chairs?" Týr asks and Kaoru looks at him with what might possibly be a hint of annoyance. "No, no chairs." "Hm…I have nothing to lean on now…" The teen mumbles and Kaoru points to himself. "Lean on me." The brunette says casually and Týr goes bright red. "I-I'm not going to…" Kaoru ignores him and wraps an arm around the boy's shoulders, pulling him over. "There, now quit complaining." "You're pushy…" Týr mumbles, adjusting his back against Kaoru's shoulder.
They both fall into a comfortable silence before the band comes on stage and begin singing eighties music. "Oh…it's one of those types of bands…" Týr mumbles and Kaoru looks at him. "Do you have something against American eighties music?" "No…I like it. You just didn't tell me what kind of band it was, so I was curious." He mumbles before they go silent again. The band sings all the quintessential eighties songs; Thriller, Tina Turner's hits, and…of course…a shitload of romantic songs. Týr secretly loves those songs, all of the eighties music, and is finding it hard not to sing along. He slips up once or twice and sings under his breath, but immediately falters once he notices the small smile on Kaoru's lips. Týr doesn't like people listening to his singing.
After a couple of hours the band stops playing, making way for the fireworks that are about to start. "Last year it took them about twenty minutes after the band stopped to start the fireworks, want to grab something to drink and eat?" Kaoru asks the now half-asleep Týr. Týr goes to say no, because in all honesty he'd much rather just stay here like this. Not that he would ever tell Kaoru that. EVER. However, before he can speak his stomach decides to overrule his wishes and growls. Loudly. "I'll take that as a yes." Kaoru says, getting up and causing the still slightly dazed Týr fall over onto the blanket. "…Ow…" The brunette laughs a little under his breath, making Týr almost smile at the sound. Kaoru grabs Týr's hand and helps him up, taking him to the line of concession stands. "What do you want?" The brunette asks and Týr looks at the menus, all the same things, all very tempting.
"Um…chocolate ice cream. And lemonade." Týr mumbles and Kaoru pulls out his wallet. "Alright." "Wh-? No way, you're not paying again. You paid for dinner." The Icelander says and Kaoru shakes his head. "Nope, my idea, my money." Týr glares. "No, that isn't fair. Even on dates people…" He stops and blushes, he didn't mean to bring that subject up again. Kaoru looks at the now silent Týr and shrugs, buying the food and holding Týr's out to him. "Here. We're going to share a drink, ok?" Týr looks at him flustered and nods, all of this positive attention from Kaoru is making him feel weird.
"Let's go down by the river." Kaoru says, pointing to the docks on the other side of the rides. "Alright…I guess." Týr mumbles and follows him, licking his hand as his ice cream begins to drink. Stupid hot night. They walk in silence until they hear a loud bang. Looking up, they see the fireworks have started. "I thought you said twenty minutes…" Týr mumbles and Kaoru shrugs. "I guess they are in a hurry today. It looks nice on the river at least." The brunette mumbles and Týr nods, staring up at the fireworks.
While Týr is entranced by the colors and patterns lighting up the sky, Kaoru takes the opportunity to lean down and lick ice cream off the corner of Týr's mouth. In shock from the strange feeling of someone's tongue on his skin, Týr looks over wide-eyed. "K-Kaoru…?" "You had something on your face, and I didn't have a napkin." The brunette says before taking some of Týr's ice cream. "I also wanted some of your ice cream." Týr looks at him flustered. "Y-you could have just asked…" He mumbles before taking some of Kaoru's as well. It's only fair after all.
Soon enough, the fireworks end and they head out to Kaoru's car. "Would you like to come over?" Kaoru asks as he packs the blanket into his trunk. "…I don't think I could spend more time with your family than work…" Týr mumbles and the brunette nods. "I understand, but they are all out tonight because of the festival. Meilin is staying with her friend Elizaveta, Lien is with her boyfriend at his place, Im Yong Soo is with a friend and Kiku is at his boyfriend's." Kaoru says and Týr twitches, noticing a certain name not in that list. "And Yao…?" "At Ivan's." Týr sighs in relief. "Alright, I'll come over I guess."
Kaoru looks at him with what seems like relief. "Alright. Let's go."
A/N: I was wrong...there will be at least one more chapter. XD Anyways...I have to stop putting off my other Spamano story...so...yeah...