Skirting the Issue (open thread)

[Neimo]

Nei sighed, nervously before adjusting his shirt and his bag before sighing again. He glanced up at the Social Services woman; she looked young, probably only just out of college. She smiled encourageingly at him, but it did nothing. He hated moving into each new home... He hated the awkward first few days, the one's where everyone realizes and tries to remember that he's a boy, not a girl. Not that he minded, but everyone acted like it was such a big deal..

The woman knocked lightly on the door again before it was answered by a woman that looked to be in her mid-thirties. She had dark blonde hair that was pulled into a bun at the back of her head and a rather... robust frame. She blinked at them for a moment before staring at Nei for a moment.

"Mrs. Kingham? My name is Suzan Carmichael, I'm here to drop off Rin, here," the Social worker woman stated, pointing to Neimo. The woman, Mrs. Kingham, frowned slightly.

"I thought you said that it was a boy?" Nei blushed and bowed his head. Here we go... he thought, bracing himself for the awkwardness.

"Well... He is a boy," Suzan stated, "I know you said you wanted a girl, but I really didn't trust any of them that were available to be with you, you know? And he... well, Rin is close enough, right?" Neimo frowned. So, I'm a last resort, huh? As if I wasn't happy enough to stay at my old home... Monica was getting short on cash though.... Ah well, the price we pay... he thought bitterly. Mrs. Kingham sighed and nodded at the woman's explanation.

"Alright, son, come on in and I'll show you your room," she instructed kindly. Rin nodded, lifting his other bag from the ground and stepping inside. He kicked off his shoes and gently pushed them out of the way with a foot before following his new "mom" up to his room.

He hoped this place was standable, that the woman was nicer than she seemed now... There was no telling how long he'd have to stay this time.

[Nero Initium]

Nero stood in his room, waiting for Susan to show him the new boy, Nei. A knock on the door,
“Can I come in,” the voice was Susan’s
“Sure,” Nero replied.
Susan walked in, with a boy behind he.
“Nero, this is Nei, he’s new so could you show him around?”
“Oh, okay.” Nero stared at the boy who was around 3 inches shorter than him but looked about 2 years older.
Susan walked out of the room, leaving Nero with Nei.

[Neimo]

Nei blushed lightly, looking nervously at the other boy. He didn't know he'd have to share a room with someone... at least... he hoped he wouldn't have to... that would be sort of awkward. Smiling weakly, Nei set down his things and waved at his, apparently, new brother. "H-hi... I'm Rin...," he said softly. The boy looked quite a bit younger than him, but he was still cute.... in a... younger brother sort of way.....

[Nero Initium]

Nero watched Nei put down his bag, his eyes widened. He was going to have to share his room with him.
“Oh yippee,” he thought, “ This is going to be extra fun,”
“And… erm, I’m Nero, as you might have figured. I think that I’m your room mate.”
A strand of hair fell onto his eyes, he brushed it away. He blushed when he noticed Nei was looking at him, and then Nei turned away. Now it was Nero’s turn to “study” the other boy.
“Wow,” Nero thought aloud, this was one seriously feminine boy, and truth is, Nero thought that boys with feminine were cute; he blushed at the thought, but then Nei was his new “brother” and you’re not supposed to think your brother is “cute”.
“Well, erm,, since you’re new, I’ll… eh, show you around this place.”
Walking out of the room, while pulling Nei along with him.

[Neimo]

Nei nodded lightly, following the boy out of the room to be lead around the house... well, he was pulled, really, but same difference. The house was rather big compared to Monica's, his last foster mother. "This... is a nice place... I like it," he said softly, stepping forward to catch up with Nero.

[Nero Initium]

Then suddenly, Nero stopped making Nei fall onto his back.
“There’s something I haven’t shown you,”
He grabbed Nei hand and started pulling Nei towards the backdoor, which was a while away.
Nero pulled Nei out of the house and started running, with Nei, towards the trees. Then as soon as they were out of the trees, Nero clasped his palms against Nei’s eyes, and walked him forwards, then he took his hands away. In front of the two was a little lake, shining in the sun; there was green grass around the edges and some daffodils. Suddenly a minnow jumped out of the lake and back in.
“Isn’t it beautiful?”

[Neimo]

Nei was breathing rather heavily from all the running and being pulled. His face was rather flush from the excertion, as well. Though his blush was still pretty obvious when Nero put his hands over his eyes. He walked unsteadily, not being able to see will do that to a person. When the hands were removed from his line of vision, Nei smiled widely. "Oh wow... This is great!" he exclaimed, turning to smile at Nero. "It is! Very!" he said, in answer to the boy's question.

[Nero Initium]

Nero inhaled a deep breath.
“This is my most favourite place in the world. I found it on my first day here,”
Nero smiled when he saw Nei’s expression; he hoped Nei wouldn’t tell anyone about this place, he just wanted it to be a special place for the both of them. Why? No reason, just because he’s a brother. And since he was a brother…
“Erm, I know you’re a bit new to the brother thing, but I can ask you, if erm…”
Nero looked at his feet solemnly,
“Can I trust you?”

[Neimo]

Nei looked to Nero curiously before giggling happily. "Of course! I've been a brother to plenty of people. I move to lots of places and have new siblings all the time... Hopefully I'll stay here for a long time; I like it here," he said before blushing. "Sorry! I'm so bad with rambling! What do you want to trust me with?" he asked, smiling cutely at Nero.

[Nero Initium]

“Well,” Nero left hand moved up to his scalp.
“Don’t be surprised, please,”
He bent his head down and then seemed to remove his… hair. He raised his head up, with his “hair” in his hand, and then he shook his head. Suddenly black hair covered his face, and then slowly floated down.
Nero smiled. Now his hair was right down to his waist, softly blowing in the wind. And now he looked even more feminine than he did before with his long hair.
“Please don’t tell anyone,” Nero pleaded with Nei, with puppy eyes

[Neimo]

Nei stared curiously at his brother. "You.... had fake hair... to cover up your real hair?" he asked, "Why? It's so pretty!" He smiled widely, reaching out to take a strand of hair between his fingers. "It's even longer than my hair!"

[Nero Initium]

“Well, before I came here, boys at the home used to tease me about my hair. And well I thought that if there were other boys here, they’d tease me too. But then I found out there were no other boys here. I just put this on,” Nero lifted up the fake hair, “ ‘cause I wasn’t sure what you think about.”
Nero touched his neck,
“I have something else to show you,”
He reached down into his shirt, only about 2mm down and drew out… a pendant.
A polished blue lace agate small point, about 4cm long, in Sterling silver pendant.

[Neimo]

Nei gaped at the pendant. "Oooh! What a pretty necklace!" he exclaimed, lightly fingering the jewelry. "It's beautiful! Where did you get it?" he asked curiously, looking up at Nero.

[Nero Initium]

Nero looked up,
“My parents, my real parents, gave it to me, before they died. I was two years old then.”
A tear fell from his eyes.
A cold wind blew, lifting Nero’s hair up and trailing it behind him.

[Neimo]

Nei gave Nero a sympathetic look before pulling him into a hug. "It's alright. I know how that feels... My parents... they tell me that they died in the car accident...," he said softly, "while I was at the babysitters... I think they just didn't want me... Your parents loved you, though."