Miscellaneous Errands

[Nox]

Nox hummed into the lasting kiss. The lingering fear of commitment pierced his mind before he pushed it away. It wasn't time to be afraid for the future, right now was all that mattered. He could be dead in a day, a year, he didn't know. Right now is what mattered.

And right now his stomach was rumbling. He had lost his last meal when Ascendancy had been attacked. There was a waiting message when Nox shut the music off from his wallet. "Three new high end wallets will be delivered today - specially equipped and untrackable." Nox grinned happily. "It's good to know a hacker. We'll have wallets by the end of the day."


Nox put his arm around Elyse. "Let's go see what Christian is cooking."


Up stairs in the kitchen Nox and Elyse found Christian and Dorian chatting over a cup of coffee. Nox finished the last of his cup, put one of the cups in the dishwasher and poured him self another cup with both Dorian and Christian watching him.

Dorian chuckled. "He makes himself right at home doesn't he?"


Christian nodded. "You said he could."

Nox grinned. "You want a hand?"


Christian shook his head and pulled two plates out of the oven. "All done." He slide them across the island in the center of the kitchen. "Figured you might be hungry."

Nox pulled up a stool and sat down to eat. "I am."


They chatted a little bit about what Nox would be doing. It surmounted to mostly going to class with Cruz, or out with his friends when he wasn't at the house. Today Cruz was remanded to the house under the pretense he was still contagious. Tomorrow he could go to class. He seemed to have understood, or so Dorian had claimed. Christian had also mentioned Ana needing to see an interior designer and ordering the items needed to renovate the house. Nox offered to help. Christian said he'd pass it along to the lady of the house.

By the time Nox had finished his plate - and a second Dorian had left for work and Ana had taken up his stool in the kitchen. Unlike Christian she was ready for the morning. Her dark hair all done up in a high ponytail. She still wore dangly earrings and bright red lipstick. But she was wearing a pair of tight jeans and a loose fighting button down shirt over a rather low cut t-shirt. She was definitely ready to work the day away. Nox couldn't help but stare.

He realized what he was doing and stood up and took his and Elyse's plate to the dishwasher before he turned back to them. "I'm going to go set that early warning system up, then we can head out Elyse. I got someone I want you to meet."