A Norans Special Day (Open to All)

[Ethan Snow]

Squirming in Brandon's arms as the other young man had his fun, Ethan was eventually let go and stepped away while the grey skinned man asked for a coffee. As much as he wanted to take his coat off, there wasn't much chance of that now, at least not for the next few minutes, his teenage hormones were still too out of control to permit the others to see. Ethan could still speak his mind though, despite his rebelling body. "Brandon, how long have we lived together?" the boy asked rhetorically. "Have you ever seen me drink coffee? I didn't even own a coffee maker when we met." the blue haired teen retorted.

"Now if you want to show me how to work the thing, we'll see what we can do, otherwise..." Ethan would have continued but was interrupted by Ethar's other house guest. Raising an eyebrow at her, perpetually uncomfortable manner, Ethan tried to slink past to the kitchen himself but stopped mid step, realizing it would be rude to just ignore her. "Well I was going to suggest some hot cocoa... what make yours so supreme though?"

[Brandon]

Brandon couldnt help but give off a bit of a smirk as Ethan asked him how long they lived together. He replied "Not long enough apparently. If you want a coffee machine, you just need to ask and I could pick one up for you...." as he playfully stuck his tongue at at the teen. He watched him go into the kitchen and start to have a conversation with the small child that was seemingly staying with Ethar.

Brandon turned and looked to the window and walked over to it.

Looking out, He saw that Ohkara was talking with Celeh, and was seemingly on her way back in. He waited for just the right time, Ohkara walking into the door, he smirked evilly and asked "So Ethar, which one of these beautiful women is your girlfriend? Ohkara maybe?| He asked, as if he was purposely trying to make something exciting happen.

[Celeh]

Celeh turned her back to Ohkara as the green haired girl spoke about not necessarily HAVING to be alone now that she had 'friends'. Celeh looked at the ground and crossed her arms over her chest. The warrior wasn't used to this sort of open armed friendship. It felt awkward and it made her uneasy. She knew that Ohkara meant well, and honestly she did feel the same. In fact, Ohkara was the first person since Ninjin and Akassa that Celeh had felt any real connection to. The difference there was that Ohkara was actively reaching out to her, while Ninjin and Akassa seemed to have some form of deep-seated respect for Celeh...or maybe they just liked that she was so honest, yet restrained? The soldier took a deep breath and then sighed. She glanced over her shoulder just in time for Ohkara to disappear through the door and back inside. The soldier then glanced up at the sky overhead and wondered how her former friends were doing...if they were both even still alive. She hadn't heard from Ninjin in a very long time...long since before Akassa attacked Earth with the Saiyan army.

She shook her head and let her arms drop to her sides. Thinking about the past...it felt like that's all she'd done lately. Comparing herself now to herself back then, and trying to figure out what to do next. It all seemed to go nowhere...because other than Ohkara and her friends...Celeh didn't really have anyone to turn to. Her family had all perished either in the Universal Church of One's attack on The Moon or during the attack on Earth. She was the last survivor of her family as far as she knew, and as a technical deserter of the Saiyan military she would probably not be on their good side if she tried to return to her people. Celeh clenched her fists for a moment and growled, but scoffed and headed back for the door. She wouldn't let her past hold her down. Obnoxious as some of them may be, these people are all she has now. She won't let these opportunities go to waste. She stepped inside quietly after Ohkara had done so.

[Ethar Luxun]

The small succubus-in-training smiled to Ethan as he inqiured as to what her 'supreme'was. She replied "Its hot cocoa with a shot of cappuccino, with a whack of whipped cream on it, sprinkled with chocolate shavings."

When Ethar heard Brandons question regarding his relationship with the women he had at his party. He was shocked and didnt quite know how to answer, but he still did his best as he replied "Well, Ohkara is a girl.....friend... Shes a good friend, and just happens to be a girl.... And Celeh..." he said, as Celeh was coming in the door.

"Celeh is an acquaintance. Though, I hope that will change for the better someday." He finished saying as the door closed behind Celeh.

Facing the saiyan, he took a deep breath. "Celeh, Im... sorry for what I said earlier. I dont know you well enough to make such comments, and I do hope we can be good friends, and allies down the road."

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Pushing back through the door, Ohkara stepped into a conversation she figured best left ignored. With a light huff, she pushed her way around the various obstacles in the room, and made her way into the kitchen. Though this wasn’t her house, she felt no guilt in treating it like her own. With a quick smirk, she flung open the fridge and grabbed out a nearly empty carton of orange juice. Closing the door behind her, she popped the cap on the juice, took a swig, and slung herself into the closest chair, turning to the rest of the company in the room.

Admittedly eavesdropping, Ohkara listened in on Ethar’s apology and gave out a stifled giggle. At least he knew he screwed up! Turning back to the blue-haired boy, Ohkara ran her eyes up and down him a few times, suddenly realizing he was no longer carrying the gift she’d gotten for Ethar! Turning her attention to a nearby table, she let out a sigh of relief when she saw the neatly wrapped box setting on top of it. Turning her gaze back to Ethan, her eyes would narrow and she’d simply stare him down for a moment.

”Oh no, don’t you think you’re getting out of this one,” she muttered quietly to herself as she glared at the surfer-boy.


(Sorry for the delay, guys! I forgot all about this thread! ><;; )

[Ethan Snow]

"Errrr, I think I'll stick with a regular hot cocoa..." Ethan replied to the strange girl after she described the contents of her so called 'supreme' beverage. "...But Brandon might be interested. He said he wanted coffee but what you're describing there sounds lose enough." the teen added. Just as he finished speaking though the door opened as the other two women in the group returned. Ethan still knew little about young lady named Celeh, other than that she was of great help in the recent crisis in Central City, and seeing as they finally had a chance to talk now that a city wasn't being blown up or he was having his organs punched out, the blue haired boy felt it time to properly say hello. Ohkara on the other hand had other plans, her usual boisterous personality demanding attention as she slipped past the two on their way to the kitchen and beat them there. Her manner was always flamboyant in some way or another that demanded people pay attention to her, which Ethan didn't mind, as long as he got his in return. He didn't miss the way she was looking at him, judging in some fashion, probably because he was still wearing his coat. A subtle shift of his hand into a pocket told him that things were starting to settle down below, though still not enough to allow him to take the garment off, much to his chagrin.

As the two had come in, Brandon had said something that only now registered in the teen's ears and Ethan let out an audible laugh. "Pffft, as if." the boy blurted out and turned to head into the kitchen, though by now Ohkara was already on her way back out, slipping by and eyeing him again. "What?" he asked, looking down at himself and then back to her. "What'd I do?"

[Brandon]

Brandon couldnt help but laugh as he saw how Ohkara and Ethan interacted with eachother. "HAha, Well Well, I can tell You and Ohkara are very good friends Ethan." He said, as he suddenly gave a very usntable and evil glare at Ohkara as he said "I hope not TOO good, for your sake Ohkara..." He said, as Brandons dark aura almost flickered into the visible spectrum. Was Brandon getting jealous of something?

But then as if someone had flipped a coin, Brandon had his happy and seemingly innocent demeanor back as he looked back to Ethan "Ethan, arent you hot in your jacket? Its like... 21 degrees in here with that fireplace going." He said, as his attention turned to the small succubus that was busy tinkering around in the kitchen.

Looking back to Ethar, he asked him "Tell me Ethar, how the hell did all that happen? Why is such a young demoness staying with you, instead of Ohkara? Dont people suspect anything..... weird and, or inappropriate? Or are you her father in someway?" He asked wit ha sly grin on his face.

[Celeh]

Celeh had spent a little bit of time blowing off proverbial steam to get herself cooled down enough so that she could go back inside without throwing hands at anyone who put her in a sour mood. Unfortunately the first thing she heard when she came back into the party was more stupidity of the same variety that was directed at her before. Without so much as missing a beat, the saiyan woman stepped up into Brandon's face. "I went outside to get a breather from this kind of stupidity, and when I come back in it's the first thing I hear. When are you people going to learn not to judge things by how they look? You're just as bad as he is, so don't think you can go acting all superior." She pointed at Ethar when she made that last statement, although she was looking directly into Brandon's eyes. "Implying that girl is with that mook is an insult to both of them. It's an insult to the girl's judgment and the moron's honor. And I'd wager that he does have honor just based on his tone and how he carries himself, even if he is an idiot like you. Don't go throwing around accusations without proof."

[Ethar Luxun]

Ethar gazed over to Summers as she started to bring out the stuff for Hot Chocolate for Ethan as he heard the grey skinned individual ask him about the small demoness. "Oh... Well, I met her on moon back when the Saiyans were there, before the... incident with Akassa. Shes been following me around since." He said, as he heard Celeh start to talk, and what he heard made him gaze in her direction in a bit of shock.

Granted, Brandon did deserve the treatment, but Celeh wasnt able to take a joke it seemed. He couldnt tell who to to feel bad for, Celeh or Brnadon. But then he heard that Celeh was impling that he was bad to. "Im right here ya know..." He said with a sigh.

"Can we all please calm down a bit? Birthdays are happy times, to be spent with friends and family. This IS my first birthday ya know.... Kinda ruining the mood here a bit..." He said, as he threw a bone chilling glare at Brandon.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Ohkara would not miss Brandon’s rather harsh comment; however, she would no fall for his bait. No, instead she’d simply put on a bright smile, and kick her feet to the floor, pushing herself out of the chair. Quickly rounding back to the kitchen, where Ethan stood, she’d push up against him, slowly wrapping her arms around his midsection from behind. Running fingers up his coat, she’d quickly whip down the zipper, and pull the garment back, effectively removing it from the blue-haired boy if he allowed.

Celeh was quick to snap back at the grey-skinned man for his rather rude comment, so Ohkara would take advantage of him being occupied. Whipping the coat around her, she’d drape it over her shoulders, wrap her arms around the boy’s midsection once more and push her lips close to his ear, ”Maybe you forgot in all this drama, but I had asked you to hang on to my gift for Ethar,” she reminded him, using a rather playful tone.

Peeking around the boy, she’d look to Celeh and smile, ”Don’t even worry about it, hun!” she told her, ”And Ethar’s right, guys. Why don’t we settle down for a little bit? Any issues we have can be worked out later.”

Of course, Ohkara wasn’t exactly helping the situation with her rather open affections towards Ethan; being rather intuitive when it came to how others felt, she knew there was something between the surfer-boy and the grey-skinned man. Nevertheless, she wasn’t shy about setting things straight either.

”And if these issues are something that needs a more physical approach, then maybe we can settle them through a friendly match at a more appropriate time,” she said as she cast a rather cold gaze at Brandon, then returned to her previous cheery state at the snap of a finger, much as he had to her earlier.

[Ethan Snow]

With so many people talking to each other at once, and then Brandon saying something rude which in turn earned him an ear full from Celeh, Ethan was having a hard time keeping up. Ohkara slipped by him again, presumably back to the kitchen and the boy was going to follow her to get himself a refreshment when he felt her arms slipping around him. "Wwww... What are..." he stammered as she pulled his zipper down, opening his coat and then peeled it back, off of his shoulders and free of his arms. The teen had never been undressed by anyone before and certainly not in such a sensual manner, the obvious result was immediate, his teenage hormones which had finally been calming down popped right back into overdrive. The blue haired boy was like a dear caught in the headlights as Ohkara slipped her hands back around his body, his own dropping to cover his lower regions as she whispered in his ear.

"I... I I I..." Ethan continued to stammer, a mixture or erotic embarrassment stealing his words. He couldn't believe what Ohkara was doing, and right in front of everyone, especially Brandon. She was one forward girl, that was for sure and Ethan's usual brash attitude paled in comparison in occasions like this. So he stood there, hands covering himself, red in the face with embarrassment, completely unable to think of anything to say while the young lady looked over his shoulder at the group, her own hands practically groping his sculpted torso.

[Brandon]

Brandon threw his hands up as Celeh verbally attacked him. He couldnt say that it wasnt called for, so he probably should of kept his mouth shut. "Whoa whoa, Im sorry." He said, hoping that Celeh wasnt about to kill him.

"Look Im sorry for shooting my moth off like that. Ill just stay quiet till the party is over..." He said, feeling bad about what he had said. But luckily, Ethar was the one to help lighten the mood with wanting to keep the party civilized. But Ethar said something that made him curious about something. "Hang on... Your FIRST Birthday?" He asked, looking confused.

"Really? Then we should really kick this up a notch!" He said, as he looked over to Ohkara and Ethan. "Come on already! Let Ethar open up his gift!"

[Celeh]

Celeh had gotten far too heated far too quickly. These people seemed to bring out the fire in her. Before, when she was a soldier, keeping her temper reigned in was second nature. She only ever stepped out of line around Akassa once, and the then princess swiftly, but calmly pulled her back in before she went overboard. But her emotions always seemed to be running high around these people. They were usually honest, kind, and direct...but there were certain things about them that just annoyed Celeh to no end. It wasn't a bad thing, really...Her initial exchange with Ohkara had burned her up inside, but getting it all off her chest allowed her to think more clearly and sleep better in the following nights.

Not wanting to be the one remembered for bad manners after she'd corrected both Ethar AND Brandon for such, Celeh took a deep breath and stepped up to Ethar once the others had said their peace, "I apologize, Ethar. I've been a little too vehement in my attempts to correct the etiquette mistakes of others and have blundered terribly in my own right. I don't even recall getting an invitation to your party to begin with, even if we are neighbors...as you say. I'll stay my hand and still my tongue for the time being so that, hopefully, we can all enjoy a good drink, good food, and good company." Her eyes wandered over to Ohkara when she mentioned 'good company' as Ohkara was really the only one here that she knew well enough to comfortably call a friend. The rest were just acquaintances and comrades-in-arms.

[Ethar Luxun]

Shaking his head and laughing as he did so, Ethar said "Heh, that is better. " He saw teh grey skinned man back off quickly and tuck his tail between his legs, so to speak.

But then Celeh stepped up to him and apologized for her behavior while she dealt with him and Brandon. "Thank you Celeh. It is appreciated, but an apology isnt really necessary. As for your invitation, Ill let that slide since your a friend of Ohkaras. I trust her with my life, and if she has you for a friend, I guess that means your pretty good to have around. I welcome your company anytime. Perhaps... I could make you a nice dinner sometime?" He asked.

His mind was silent for a moment, before he realized what he just did. "Did I just ask Celeh out on a dinner date?! No no....Cant of been that. We are neighbours, and inviting neighbours to dinner is a perfectly normal thing humans do... isnt it?" He asked, as Ethar actually looked a bit more pale then he originally did, but a moment later, his cheeks turned a bit red in colour.

To distract himself, he looked to Ohkara's present and tilted his head. "You didnt really need to get me anything Ohkara. Just having friends and comrades at my party is good enough." He said, as the colour slowly returned to his face.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Ohkara gave a giggle at the blue-haired boy’s reactions to her rather blunt advancements- this had been the exact reaction she’d been looking for. Nuzzling her face into his neck, she’d coo quietly back into his ear, ”Awwww, I guess I can let it slide… Just this once…”

Pulling her face away from him, but keeping her hands firmly in place, she looked to Celeh, who casted a gaze in her direction. Giving the woman a reassuring wink and smile, she nodded her head. Unlike the Saiyan, she knew each guest at the party well, albeit some much better than others. Still, she was confident that each was an asset to have on her side, regardless of how annoying they might be at times.

Brandon’s sudden comment brought a confused look to Ohkara’s face, and Ethar’s next words regarding the present jolted her a little, ”Well yeah…” she said, pulling a hand from Ethan’s abs to her lips, to gently nibble at her thumb nail, ”But… You’re my friend… and I didn’t figure getting you a present would be that big a deal…” she told him, her tone somewhat taken-back.

She’d put a lot of thought into the object she’d selected to give her friend as a present, and it had taken some time and lots of effort to actually get it. Needless to say, if her intuition had driven her the wrong way, she’d be very disappointed. And, of course, the sudden conversation spurred a pang of skepticism to her normally confident self. Her body slowly slouched away from the blue-haired boy, and her bottom touched against the counter behind her, her hand slowly sliding off the boy’s body; the tip of her thumb remained in her mouth as she cast an unsure eye over the perfectly wrapped present across the room. Everything about her body-language was stating she was no longer confident in her selection.

”I…uh…” she stammered shyly, ”… Yeah… I guess y-you can open it… I-if you want…”