Samson was busy late at night cleaning up a stadium with a small group of others. After cleaning his part of the stadium, with some down time he looks at his phone seeing his new lock screen of Mae and him next to the withering animatronic. It would be the 18th as he was on the chattrbox talking to Mae and with the recent updates allowing Gifs and photos, the raccoon would send her a waving gif
MHey
SHey yourself~ also I know I should try spacing our discussions out haha sorry
MLol it's cool
SHow was your day
MWell my mom and I went to get new clothes saw this really cool Mesh top, t-shirts, leather jacket, and some black denim jeans
SI can't wait to see it on you~
MBy the way, I told my mom you were coming over to watch the Harfest Parade.
SWhat did she say?
MShe said she was excited to see you come back?
SAww, that's the nicest thing a parent has said about me
ML O L, so what are you doing?
SJust doing my janitor job cleaning up a stadium
MLike a music Stadium
SSort of, they do have a few football games
MI see
SI should get back to work
MBye
SSee ya!~
Samson hangs up his phone to get back to work, counting the days until Harfest. Samson would continue on his usual routine of classes, work, and occasional hobbies. He would have a short day at work during the Tuesday before Halloween. He'd get a call from his friend Felix, Samson grabs his phone to answer his friends call, "Hey Felix"
"Hey, I need you to go shopping with me."
"Why?"
"Because I need new dress shoes and you know which used ones look good. Besides, I need you because I'm going thrift shopping."
"Getting ready, how fast can you be here?"
"Soon, I'm on my way" The raccoon would hang up, locking his door to his apartment and waiting outside for him. He'd look around seeing everyone decked out in their halloween decorations, with the inflatable ghosts that flailed its arms with each pump of air. Some creepy clown statues would encase the side of the walk way. With the occasional fake jack O Lanterns and bat decorations out on display on various doors and door steps. Samson sees Felix's car and gets in, "so what's this for exactly?"
"I just need some new shoes, and knowing you enjoy thrift shopping I know you'd be a great help"
"I do have an eye" chuckling to himself
"Besides, I haven't heard much about you and your date"
"Right, I don't think I've mentioned it to you guys other than the occasional messages they send me asking them to hang out with me"
"At least Dex met that new girl, what's her name? Jen?"
"Yeah her name is Jen"
"Also because with me getting ready for the wedding, I'm probably gonna see you guys less and less. Since we aren't hanging out on Halloween I'm gonna kick it at Robyn's, She's gonna take her brother trick or treating."
"Aww, you gonna wear a costume?"
"Not like acostumecostume but yes."
"Nice, Well Dex has a date with Jen at a halloween party, Isaac said something about going to hang out at his Mom's or something about giving out candy."
The two would walk inside the thrift store grabbing a few shoes for Felix to Try on, "Just gotta make sure they match my formal outfit."
putting on some nice looking dress shoes, before looking back at Samson, "What about you, do you have any plans with that girl? You know, from that party. Bea I think?"
"No, no, that's her friend. Her name is Mae and we're actually gonna go stay at her place and watch a movie and then the harfest parade."
"What's that?" Felix asks while he puts on the dark brown dress shoes.
"So what she told me is that they have their own Halloween festivities called Harfest. Just a giant parade where kids dress up and such. It is a bit like Halloween but I guess they bumped it to Halloween instead of the day of." The raccoon would stare at the bird's shoes, "Those look good on you, you don't mind if I grab a few shirts to try on?"
"Oh, uh sure." Samson would collectively go back to the shirt rack, grabbing a few before coming back. They were a few vintage band shirts and some old tourist and brand shirts, coming back to his friend to see that he had the other pair of shoes on.
"Oh, those look much better. What does the suit look like?"
Pulling out his phone, Felix would show him the suit; it was a dress coat and pants. The second pair would match his shirt while the first one would match his pants.
"Still like the second one."
Felix would get his regular shoes on, holding the box. "Alright, I'm ready. What about you?"
"I still want to try on some shirts real quick."
"Alright." Samson would take the shirts to try each of them on and came out to show them off to Felix, "I like the band one, the shark one, and that TV one" with a smile he'd get out of his normal shirt going over to check out with his various shirts. The two would come out with their respective bags, "so, are you taking the car to Robyn's? Or is she picking you up?"
"Uh... Do you need it?"
"She doesn't have a license, or a car. She said something about trying to get her license online"
"Ok, Well Robyn doesn't live too far away. I guess I can give you the car and I'll take a Rather."
"Thanks man, I appreciate that. I'll make sure to bring it back the day after."
"Cool" the bird smiled back at him,
"Tell Robyn I said hello."
"Don't worry, I'll tell her. When will we make this new girl you've been seeing?" lightly joking with Samson
Samson would respond with a small chuckle, "Probably not for a long ass time, heh" as the two would get into the car. The bird would drop him off before driving away. He would walk inside to his apartment and went to get ready for the next two days.
...
Finally it would be the day of Harfest, Samson was occupied with work. Getting ready for the Harfest festivities. Most importantly, ready to see Mae once again. After getting off, Samson placed the utility truck at his work and finally got back to his place. He would get into his apartment and dress up in his robot costume with a metallic looking mask. Matching with some silver looking arms. Tying it all together with the metallic tight shirt, tight sweat pants and silver looking loafers. With one smile, Samson would grab a flash drive of the movies and his laptop before he bolted out of his apartment and drove down to Mae's place.
A couple hours later, he'd reach Possum Springs as it looked like the town was getting in the swing of things, every building was decked out with various banners withHappy Harfestwith the buildings decorated with fake bats, pumpkins, fake skeletons and various creepy decorations. He'd parked the car, grabbed the flash drive and walked over to Mae's place. Finally reaching her house, he'd walk past the various Jack O Lanterns that were splayed out on the porch. There were 3 of them for each member of the family with one smaller one. Samson rings the doorbell before hearing the door open.
It was her dad smiling as he saw his daughter's new boyfriend around, "Oh I see we haven't scared you off. Nice costume by the way" Her dad was wearing a work apron, probably coming back from work.
"Thanks, and back at ya!" giving him little finger guns, "I always love dressing for Halloween."
"Why don't you come in?" politely inviting the raccoon in, he'd carry a bag with his laptop and flash drive as her dad would ask, "What's in the bag?"
"Oh, it's my Laptop and flash drive of movies." holding out the cute looking flash drive that was shaped as an western gun holster.
"Oh that's kinda neat"
"Yeah, I enjoy these novelty flash drives." lightly chuckling as he stared at the older man
"Well the misses is making popcorn and Mae is upstairs, how about I get her?"
"Sure thing, you don't mind if I wait in the kitchen?"
"Go right ahead" Samson would wait in the kitchen with his bag and robot costume, he'd look to see the three plates in the sink. It appears the family had tacos, noticing from the cheese before turning his attention to her mom making popcorn. She'd turn her head to see the raccoon slightly with his mask off and slightly jumped, "Hello Samson"
"Oh, sorry did I scare you?" lightly laughing but being a bit concerned
"Oh don't worry I'm fine, how have you been?"
"I've been doing well, work is work, still trying to get my two friends talking again."
"Oh?" she sits down at the table to talk, "What's going on with them"
"Oh nothing that won't get settled soon, they just had a small fight. Don't want to get into any of the details."
"Hmm, well I guess those things will sort themselves out. They usually do." She placed a bowl in front of the popcorn maker and poured in some kernels. She waited for it to start,
"I guess other than that, my other friend is getting ready for a wedding. Lastly, I've just been finishing strong for these assignments"
"Oh really, what classes are you taking?"
"For my associates; digital imaging and spanish two, have to have a language core met"
"Were you looking to do something in either?"
"Maybe, I do enjoy graphic design and commercials. Perhaps there's something i could do in marketing"
"Perhaps you could make great ads, I always remember that juice ad they always have in the paper!"
"Was it that one with the orange duck thing that says 'get juicy'?"
"Yes that's the one"
"Oh yeah, I've heard of that one. As well as the catchy it had..." saying the last part to himself quietly. He'd hear someone coming back down to see Mae's dad approaching the kitchen, "She said to go upstairs, and was excited to see you"
Samson smiles and get up from the chair, "Alright, well it was nice to talk to you two again."
"Anytime Samson." Mae's mom would respond as he walked up the stairs and to the loft in the top of the house, knocking on her door. She'd open it to show her dressed up in a witches costume with a cute little hat through her hat, she was wearing the same cloak from the last time the two saw each other, "are you wearing anything under there?" Samson would lightly tease before she smirked back,
"depends, did you miss my round body?"
"What can I say? You're a great muse"
flirting with her before they two continued to smile at each other "wanna come in?"
"Sure" she'd invite him into her room; It'd be a tad cluttered with a few boxes lying around, he'd notice the same bass from before. Finally seeing her journal lying on the side of her bed next to a small side table. He'd turn over to see a small flat screen that had seen better days but still worked.
He'd get ready to set up his laptop to the tv to get the movie started. Pulling out his novelty flash drive, Mae would perk up to see it and chuckle "What is that?"
"My flash drive, it's funny and clever"
"Might want to be careful, people might think you'll have an actual gun"
"Yeah, they scream 'he has a gun!' "
"Yeah they point them at you and you're screaming 'oh no, it's a flash drive i swear'"
"And before I can explain, they shoot off my right hand. Then I'm forever doomed to be left handed, Left handed Sam they call me" there'd be a small bit of silence between the two, their tension would rise again and in a moment of vulnerability Mae would say the thing she never could to Samson, "I love you... uh... I mean for dorky robots like yourself" catching herself and making it into a small joke,
"I love you too. You know, for cute round witches like yourself" playfully responding in the same way as she did
"Are there any more round witches like me"
"I'm not sure but I guess you're one of a kind" Samson continued to be a bit flirty as the two continued to lightly smirk at one another, "You wanna get the movie started or are we just gonna flirt with each other until the parade starts?"
"I'm ok with either, but i do want to show you this movie" The raccoon finally got everything set up before pressing play, but before it actually started her mom would shout from behind the door, "Mae honey I made some popcorn for you and your date!" as she'd get up and walk over to go to her mom behind the door. Grabbing the bowl before sitting down next to Samson as they spent the next hour and a half watching the zany movie about alien clowns.
"This movie is kinda dumb"
"Yeah, but dumb in a good way." smiling at her
"How can something be dumb in a good way?"
"You know, it's like that one cheesy jingle you never hear the end of, or that dumb billboard you see everytime you drive down the highway. It's like that"
"Yeah I can see that, like that dumb fruit duck commercial"
"Yeah..." before they could continue she'd hear a knock at the door,
"Mae honey the parade is about to start" The two would get up and walk to the door, he'd hold the bowl of popcorn as they walked down the steps, "So are we watching this on the porch or something?"
"You'll see" being a bit sly in her response, as she led him to one of the windows to watch the parade on the rooftop with the parade about to start, "So how long have you been up here watching the parade like this?"
"Well about two years after I saw a kid get kidnapped... I was kinda worried it wasn't safe anymore... even when the kidnappers were gone I was still worried."
She'd be a bit uneasy explaining to him, before he placed a hand on hers to make comfort her before pulling it away, "oh, sorry"
"It's ok... but thanks I needed that." Before they could start getting sentimental again, the two would hear the faint sounds of parade music come down the neighborhood.
"Oh they're on the way" she seemed excited for the parade as the raccoon stared at her, before looking back at the parade. The floats would be all fall themed, with most of them of various local businesses throughout the Possum Springs. An interesting float from the Ol' was decorated to resemble a small stage, with some of the workers dressed up as old travelers and Bea as a witch casting a spell on them. Mae would point at the float, "Hey look there's Bea." she'd wave at her, Bea's eyes would glance at her friend before going back to focusing on the float. The parade had music playing around each float, hearing a more orchestral like theme with the last one. Finally after two hours and an almost empty bowl of popcorn later the parade was finished. It would be completely quiet as Mae stared at the roads, "That was fun."
"Yeah, it seems like you guys go all out with these events eh?"
"Not really, however we always do for Harfest and the longest night."
"Longest night? What's that?"
"Just a thing we do to celebrate the coming of winter."
"Oh that's neat..." he'd pull his knees close to him and look around, it was pretty quiet and seemed like almost everyone was turning in, "did you want to watch another movie? I think have a couple on the flash drive"
"Nah, I'm kinda comfy up here." She'd stare into the sky and Samson would look up too. Noticing all the various stars in the sky, "Hey, maybe I can find your sign."
"It's easy to find, it's the bell i think"
"Oh you mean Tollmetron? It's over there" Pointing at the constellation
"Yep, that's the one. I alway forget the name of it so I just call it the doomsday bell."
"That sounds like a cooler name" her eyes darted back at the raccoon before back to the sky
"Yep." Samson had stared at the constellation, "Just curious, how do you know about the constellations?"
"I had this science teacher, and he taught me a lot about dusk stars after I came back from college. Well... dropped out but... It was nice of him to teach all the signs."
Samson would listen to her. She'd look back at him, "so do you know about the story of Tollmetron?"
"Oh yeah, it's that bell that alarms the end of the world when it rings. You know some say they hear a sound before they die.."
"Really?"
"Yep, I actually heard it myself once..."
"Oh really?" she'd perk up and leaned closer to him to hear his story
"Yeah, when I was younger and I was fishing with my cousin, uncle, and grandad saw this fish and was going to get it. I heard a faint bell noise before I fell in, I was kicking trying to find my way back up but it didn't seem like I could. It wasn't until my uncle pulled me out. I was fine after, but that noise always stood out to me..." she'd remain silent for a bit after telling her that story, being a bit panicked he'd speak, "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ruin the moment talking about almost dying. That was kinda stupid and-"
"No, no it's ok. I just never knew you had grandad"
"Yeah he was there, passed away when I was ten." he looked forward a little worried that he was ruining the mood again before Mae spoke up,
"I had a similar thing happen to me, my grandad passed away when I was younger. He died of natural causes though. I won't forget the last thing he said before he died."
"What did he say?"
"That this house was haunted"
The raccoon would turn his head, looking over at her, "Is it true?"
"Not the house, but sometimes I see him at the church library."
Samson moves a little closer to her being a bit cold, "That must explain what I saw the first time I came here. Saw an old man that looked a little like you"
"Must've been my grandad telling you to keep an eye out for me, or he just wanted to say hello" she'd be a bit snarky however a bit less than before.
"He did sit there and look at me, I looked away for one second and he disappeared."
"I think that means he likes you"
"That's a little reassuring, kinda honored to be liked by a ghost relative" she'd chuckle at his comment getting closer to him,
"Well it's nice that we can bond over dead grandads'' Samson would look into her eyes, her face illuminated from the moon's glow. She looked amazing from his view. his heart thumping a mile a minute. It was as if almost slowly went away again...
"Yeah, it's really nice of us to s-share" Mae would stare back into his eyes, she felt the similar tension she had felt from the party, her heart going the same mile a minute. He'd closed his eyes, and tilted his head as she'd do the same. They'd lean into a passionate kiss, it'd last for a few seconds before they'd pull away. After pulling away from each other, a swarm of different emotions flooded over the two,"Holy shit, i can't believe i just did that! I-is this real d-did she even want to kiss... It just felt so damn amazing. Just make sure she's ok"Samson lifted his head to speak to her again, "Hey are y-" before he could continue, Mae pulled him back into another kiss. It was way deeper than before. Their tongues were intertwined with one another with some faint moans.
After one long minute the two would break apart from their liplocking, they'd take a breath. His heart was beating harder than before, Mae would point at his thigh again. His member got hard once again, "I guess your little friend was excited to see me again" Mae says, lightly teasing him while letting a small snicker
"Yeah, we both were excited to see you again" Samson lets out a nervous chuckle trying to hide his member from her
"Heh, guess I have that way with you huh?"
"Yeah, guess you can say I'm under your spell" flirting back with her before a small amount of silence between them.
"You know, it's getting a little late... don't want you falling asleep on the road" she was very vague as she spoke to him
"I don't follow"
"You know, maybe you like to... Hang out more...?"
"Are we not doing that right now?"
"No, I mean like... in my bedroom"
"As in... you want to watch another movie?"
Finally tired of being vague she finally spits it out "Eff it. You. Me. My bedroom. Sleeping together" a longer pause would happen after finally telling him what's what.
"You want me to spend the night with you?"
"Yes!" she'd exclaim to him
"Ok, I'd love to! Are we going to share that futon?"
"Of course, besides I want to see what you look like nude"
"I kinda only sleep with my shirt off"
"Either w-way, I... kinda want to see that bod of yours." she tried to sound a bit flirty coming off a bit cute when she fumbled some of her words
"Alright, I'm fine with that"
The two would walk back into the house via the window, closing it behind them quietly as they walked back up to her room. She sat on the futon doodling in her journal while Samson closed the door behind him. He strips out of his mask and shirt, he wouldn't the six pack she expected but more of a small dad bod. A bit of a somewhat slim bod with a chubby belly that was underneath, she'd stare in awe at his body. She'd still be doodling in her journal, jotting down some crude doodles of Samson's hot body. The raccoon would be a bit self conscious, staring at his shirt he wouldn't notice her"You haven't been working out on that gut, fatass.. I bet she's repulsed by you"He'd look up seeing her nude body under the blanket on her bed,
"You coming in here or what?" Samson would finish stripping out of his clothes, down to his boxer-briefs and socks as the two would spoon with one another until she was on top of him. The two would cuddle until finally going to sleep. Mae's head would lightly rest against Samson's chest, hearing his heartbeat. The faint sound of a fan would hum in the room while the two were whisked away to sleep.
The next morning, He'd wake up, Seeing Mae on her side rolled off of him in the middle of the night. Samson would hear someone getting up and leaving. He'd get his clothes on and grab his sketch pad he left behind last time he was there. He tried to creep down the steps worried about what her parents would think, probably kill him thinking that he slept with her. In his silver outfit he walked down the steps and to the door. He was about to turn to the door knob before hearing a voice, "Leaving so soon?" his head would turn to see her mom sitting at the kitchen table,"Shit"he'd think worried about what she'd say to him
"Why don't you come chat with me real quick?" the raccoon reluctantly walked over to the woman reading a book. Sitting down to chat with her, glancing at the cover of the book "What are you reading?"
"Oh just some book about this Private Eye I think his name is Walter Hammer"
"Oh, I used to love The Hammer mysteries as a kid"
"Oh, Really?"
"Yeah, I used to be huge into solving mysteries like him. I used to dress up like him as a kid, had a long trench coat, a hat, and a communicator."
"Interesting, you know Mae was also into crime solving when she was younger. Even kinda still joked about it when she came back." Samson nodded along to what she was saying as she continued to read. She lifted her head and they stared at each other for a brief moment in time before her mom would speak again, "You know you seemed a bit finicky around me and my husband, something wrong?"
"Oh no, it's just usually a bit awkward when you meet the parents you know" ending his statement with a small nervous chuckle. His eyes darting away
"But we've met before at the church, is it any different than now?"
"It's... a bit... complicated to explain but... like... You know how you want to put your best foot forward for people?"
"You've been more respectful to her than her actual friends, you really don't need to pull out the red carpet for us. You can just be yourself"
"Geez, she must have really crappy friends" finally looking back at her with a smile
Her mom laughed at his comment, "Oh they're not too bad. They just seemed like they have their own things going on. I know you have your things, but so does Mae. Even though she doesn't show it. She does see something in you that she likes, so as her mother if you can help her out then she could return the favor."
Samson nodded, feeling a small bit of nerves wash away as she told him about Mae. He'd stare at her again silently trying to find the words but they wouldn't come out, finally speaking again, "Th-Thank you for telling me this" giving her a soft smile
"And if it's anything, I do see what she sees in you" giving him a small smile
"Wow, I didn't know you two talked about me before..."
"Well we kinda do, usually the morning after we talk about her day before sometimes you come up. At least from time to time again, she's a bit ecstatic when we talk about you."
Samson felt a warm sense in his heart hearing about their discussions, before her mom spoke up again. "You know, we don't have that many plans these upcoming weeks, just work and such."
"Same, just work, college classes, pretty sure I have a midterm to look forward to, talk to my knuckleheaded friends. I feel like they're slowly getting to the groove of things."
"I see, and then there's Thanksgiving hmm... I'm not sure if you have any plans or not with your family, but... maybe you like to come by and have some turkey with us?"
"Well, I have to see what my family is doing and maybe I could try to talk to them. I'm sure they'd want to see Mae at one point... Is it ok if I can give you an answer later?"
"Of course! I'm not expecting an answer from you just yet. I do assume you'd want to talk to your family about it."
"Thank you for the invite, I will let you next time I come by. I know my work has me do some more work here in possum springs so maybe I'll swing by the church to give you an answer"
"I'd love that" before they continued onto their conversation Mae would slowly come down, Wearing nothing but her cloak from her Halloween costume, "Hey, why do you get out og bed, Sam?" talking in a half groggily voice while she walked down the steps and into the kitchen
"Hey, sorry Mae, I saw my notebook and planned on putting it back in my car and then your mom wanted to chat with me for a bit."
"Alright" She'd hop on the counter like usual listening in, "What were you guys talking about?"
"Oh just chatting is all" she said with a smile, "do you two have any plans for today?"
"Not really, but I think I should head back to Tins Haven. I have some stuff to do"
"What kind of stuff?" Mae would ask perking her head up
"Work mostly, I also have to talk with my aunt and uncle about Thanksgiving to see what their plans are." Getting up, "Oh, i need to get my stuff from upstairs real quick"
Mae hops down from the counter and leads him back to her room. Samson carries his sketchbook upstairs and gets his bag to put up his laptop, cables, and everything else he brought over back into the bag. Staring at Mae one last time, he'd have a small smile on his face, "I really enjoyed last night, hopefully when I have the time again. Maybe we could try going to that aquarium?"
"Maybe, I have work."
"I understand, hey your mom invited me over for Thanksgiving too"
"She did?"
"Well, sort of it kinda came up when we talked. Though, I feel like if I do that I think my family wants to take Christmas. I will see what they say" He'd grab his bag and sketchbook as he'd be ready to leave.
"Wait" Mae stops him for a second before she'd wrap her arms around him awkwardly,
"What are you doing?" he'd be a bit confused from what she was doing
"I'm trying to hug you." She pulls him in, albeit he was in an incredibly awkward position but it was the thought that counts. She'd pull away a little nervous as there'd be a brief pause, "That was my first time doing that..." she'd be a little embarrassed after the fact as he placed an arm on her shoulder. Reassuring her it was ok before he pulled her into a small hug himself. After that, he'd pull away letting out a small chuckle.
"See ya"
"See ya"
With a nod, Samson would leave Mae's house and get in his car placing everything in the back, noticing a small box in the back. It appeared to be a box of condoms with a small letter on the back, he would pick up and read the note
Hey Samson, I remember hearing about your date with Mae and we all thought this would come in handy for tonight. Hope you have a good one.
Your friend, Felix
Samson would be a bit weirded out but somewhat honored, he'd stash the box of condoms in the back of his car until he'd get back to his house in Tins Haven. His usual car ride would be long again, as he headed back. Bringing everything to his apartment, he'd take out a key and put the bag, condoms, and Sketchbook down before picking it up again scanning over his new reference of Mae. He would pick up his tablet and start drawing once again. Finally getting started on a still life piece...