Sing me to Sleep ((Aida/Drakary)

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"Awesome!" Roux said, thrusting his fist into the air. "What's my new brother like to do? Is he a fighter like I'm going to be?"

[praiseofblood]

Drake looked at the boy, shaking his head. "I doubt it, he doesn't seem like the fighter type. But I can show you a few martial arts moves once you get a little older."

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"Why not now?" Roux wanted to know. "I'll be thirteen in like... 2 months... I'm old enough!"

[praiseofblood]

Drakary looked down, down, down at the boy. "You come up to my hip, kiddo. " he chuckled. "But I can set you up with my trainer to get you at least started." he said,, shaking his head. "He'll have to go easy on you."

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"I'm strong! I could totally keep up, man," Roux stepped back and started jabbing his fists. "The only reason Mrs. Robinson got off easy is cuz she was a girl. let some guy try that. Waaah!" he said, kicking his leg out.

[praiseofblood]

Drake let it hit him and crumpled dramatically "Ahhh! I'm hit!" He cried.

[ode]

Roux - and Aida who had just walked into the room - burst out laughing. "That's right! No one can handle me!"

Aida laughed his ass off as Roux continued to punch the air. "We're definitely going to have our hands full, Drake."

[praiseofblood]

Drake dragged himself along the floor, groaning in fake pain before laughing as he stood. "Vicious little thing," he said with an affectionate ruffle of Roux's hair.

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Roux grinned, proud of himself. He had just shown his new dad he could fight like a man. "So... even though you guys are both men I should still call you mom?" He turned his gaze to Aida.

"If you're comfortable with that."

"Maybe... Hey, what are we gonna do once we get to Mencar?"

[praiseofblood]

"Mentisquiar." Drake corrected, "And we'll probably let you two get settled at home before going to show you the city and meet your uncle and grandparents. " he said.

[ode]

"Cool," he said, taking the sauce off and waiting for Drake to put doen the layers of cheese and noodle before pouring sauce in the mix. "I'm glad you guys adopted me. So far I like you two a lot."

Aida couldn't help it and hugged the kid quickly. Roux didn't even complain.

[praiseofblood]

Drake smiled as he put the lasagna into the oven. "Yeah, we like you too, kiddo." he said with a smile.

[ode]

Roux grinned and went to watch some vid-tv with Aida. Aida showed him videos from Mentsiquar giving him an idea of what everything looked like and how people were.

Dinner was ready soon after and as they all sat around the table, Roux said around a motuhful of lasagna, "Mentsiquar looks a lot like Earth - only with a lot of hot guys!"

[praiseofblood]

Drake smiled at the boy, "Yeah, I guess you could say that. " He said with a snort of laughter, smoke escaping his nose.

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Roux stared at his new dad, "Awesome... You know you just had smoke come out of your nose? I mean I didn't see you with a cigarette... Are you smoking? How did that happen?"