Omega19x: Ryou ran into the house, and shouted to Malik with a big grin on his face. "Malik!! The fair's open!"
ph33r my rod: Malik, who had been comepletely zoned out for some reason, suddenly jolted back into alert mode. "Huhwhat?"
Omega19x: "The fair." Ryou smiled. "I saw the ferris wheel up and turning when I was driving home from work! There are lines at the entrance and everything."
ph33r my rod: Malik blinked for a second, letting the information sink in. "...oooh!"
Omega19x: Ryou ruffled Malik's blond hair. "Silly..."
ph33r my rod: Malik lightly batted Ryou's hand away, grinning up at him. "You wanna go~?"
Omega19x: "You bet your strawberry cream puffs I do!" he smiled, holding out his hand.
ph33r my rod: Squeeing at how cute Ryou was being, Malik took his hand and pulled himself up off the couch. "Okay, let's go then! Don't want the lines to be too long when we get there, do we?"
Omega19x: "nope!"
ph33r my rod: "Then we'd better get going~" Malik tugged him out the door.
Omega19x: Ryou ran with Malik.
ph33r my rod: *magical drivelapse*
Omega19x: *magical linelapse too*
ph33r my rod: *works for me*
Omega19x: Ryou looked around. There was a midway to the left, what looked like a zillion food courts to the right, and a big (currently empty) stage in front of them. "What do you want to do first?"
ph33r my rod: Malik held on to Ryou's hand, looking at all of their surroundings. "...hm. It might be more fun to wait until it's a bit darker to go on the midway, when all of the lights are on~"
Omega19x: "And then we can ride the ferris wheel all the way to the top, and see the city."
ph33r my rod: Malik nodded. "It'll all be so pretty from up there~ So maybe we oughta start off with seeing some of those craft exhibits or something. There might be something neat there."
Omega19x: Ryou nodded. "Tomorrow's the cooking contests. I'm going to submit something."
ph33r my rod: "Oooh. Whatcha cooking? ...or do I even need to ask?"
Omega19x: "Well, the contest said that everything has to be fried... so I've been working on a fried cream puff."
ph33r my rod: "...I knew it had something to do with cream puffs, but how does one fry a puff?"
Omega19x: "well... before you put the cream in, of course..."
ph33r my rod: "...hm. Well, I can't wait to see how that turns out~"
Omega19x: They walked into a building where a lot of the crafts were being displayed. There were large quilts on one wall, depicting a bunch of different facets of Domino multiculturalism. There were dollfies along a wall, posed in strange American clothing. And then some.
ph33r my rod: "...woah. This stuff is... colorful."
Omega19x: "Oh, how pretty!"
ph33r my rod: Malik nodded, taking a closer look at some of the patterns on the quilts. "They really get detailed with some of these."
Omega19x: "Oooh, this one won a ribbon!" Ryou pointed. It was a quilt of a very intricately sewn Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, with a person of different ethnicity riding on each neck.
ph33r my rod: "Oh wow, yeah, I can see why. How do people do that?"
Omega19x: "I've always wanted to learn to sew... It looks like it'd be relaxing."
ph33r my rod: "...I'd probably poke myself if I tried that. My fingers would look like Swiss cheese~"
Omega19x: "aww... don't do that. You'd make very bad swiss cheese."
ph33r my rod: "I make a better cream puff than I would Swiss cheese~"
Omega19x: Ryou giggled. "You sure do."
ph33r my rod: "...though I dunno what kind of activity would make me like a cream puff, like how poking myself sewing would make me swiss cheese..." Malik thought about that for a moment, decided that thinking about that took too much effort, and moved on to another quilt.
Omega19x: "I know what makes you a cream puff." Ryou smiled, almost smirked. He nibbled Malik's cheek just slightly. "You're very sweet inside..."
ph33r my rod: Malik blinked, then grinned and wrapped an arm around Ryou's shoulders. "Well, that makes enough sense~"
Omega19x: Ryou smiled, and looked over at the dollfies. There were even more homemade things around the corner, such as model kits and even some artwork.
Omega19x: They looked around for a little while longer, before deciding to venture back out into the fair.
ph33r my rod: As they walked outside, Malik looked up at the sky, which was now a dark blue. The midway was starting to light up.
ph33r my rod: "You wanna go out on the midway now? The sun's still setting, I bet we could still see a bit of it from the ferris wheel~..."
Omega19x: "Sure!"
Omega19x: Ryou took Malik's hand, and they walked through the games.
ph33r my rod: Malik continued to look around as they headed toward the ferris wheel. "...this reminds me of that first time we went to the carnival that first time. Remember?"
Omega19x: "That was a long time ago..." Ryou thought back.
ph33r my rod: "Mhm. Wasn't it before that road trip?"
Omega19x: "Back when... when I was sick..." Ryou had to admit, a lot of those memories all blended together back then.
ph33r my rod: Malik gave his hand a squeeze, tugging him closer. "...you've been doing a lot better lately. About not getting sick, and stuff."
Omega19x: "I've really been trying to do my yoga, and take my medicine... and you're right. It's... it's really working." Ryou smiled, hoping thinking like that doesn't jinx anything.
ph33r my rod: Malik smiled back at him, leaning over to peck the side of his head. They were in line for the ferris wheel now. "Let's try and keep it that way, yeah?"
Omega19x: "I try every day."
ph33r my rod: "Good~"
Omega19x: Ryou wrapped his arms around Malik, and smiled again.
ph33r my rod: Malik grinned back and wrapped his arm around Ryou's shoulders again, and before long they were getting on the ferris wheel. The whole fair was lit up by this time.
Omega19x: Ryou sat down in the ride, and motioned for Malik to join him. Each seat could only hold two.
ph33r my rod: Malik took the seat next to him, scooting close.
Omega19x: Ryou snuggled at his side. The ride worker put the bar down in front of them, and the seat started to move.
ph33r my rod: (( brb ))
ph33r my rod: Malik's arm dropped down around Ryou's waist as the seat started to move higher and higher.
Omega19x: The horizon soon came into view, and the wind rustled against their hair.
ph33r my rod: Malik shivered a little bit and snuggled close, as the wind was kind of chilly. As was expected, their seat stopped close to the top.
Omega19x: "You can see the ocean from here..." Ryou leaned into Malik. Being up like that almost reminded him of that hot air balloon ride. "And the buildings from downtown."
ph33r my rod: Malik nodded. "It's really pretty..."
Omega19x: "and peaceful..."
Omega19x: "... and... and romantic..." Ryou smiled, and leaned in, giving Malik a tiny peck on the lips.
ph33r my rod: "...mhm. It's really nice." Malik closed his eyes, resting his forehead against Ryou's. "I'm glad we came out here, we don't get to do this kind of stuff too often."
Omega19x: "... I suppose... that's a good thing." he kissed Malik a second time, just as gently. "It makes the memories more fond... and lets us enjoy the anticipation of making more memories..."
ph33r my rod: "Yeah, that makes sense... every moment I spend with you makes a memory, though."
Omega19x: "but these... these are special kinds of memories... you know?"
ph33r my rod: "Of course. But the most special one is yet to come." Malik smiled, looking down at him.
Omega19x: "... our special day." Ryou blushed a little, thinking about it.
ph33r my rod: Malik reached up to stroke the side of his face. "Right."
Omega19x: "no... you're right, Malik... Every day should be that special."
ph33r my rod: "Everything we've been through... all of it makes me glad that we're still able to be here, in the same world together."
Omega19x: "me too... Me too." Ryou held him tightly.
Omega19x: The ferris wheel went around a couple of times before their peaceful ride was over.
ph33r my rod: When the ride came to a stop, Malik got off, holding his hand out for Ryou. "That was worth waiting for."
Omega19x: Ryou took his hand, and climbed out of the seat. "Oh yes... Especially because I was up there with you."
ph33r my rod: "I wouldn't have wanted to be up there with anyone else~" They walked away from the ferris wheel, hand in hand. "What do you wanna do now~?"
Omega19x: Ryou looked around. "Let's ride more rides!"
ph33r my rod: "Okay! Got anything in mind?"
Omega19x: There was a log flume, a tilt-a-whirl, a carousel, a couple of fun houses, some bounce houses, and some kind of giant slide.
ph33r my rod: (( brb again ))
ph33r my rod: Malik looked around. For some reason, the idea of going through a fun house made him a little uneasy. "...let's go on the carousel, it looks like there are little Duel Monsters to ride on."
Omega19x: "Okay!" Ryou agreed. While the slide wasn't a full fun house, per se, he could easily see why it made Malik anxious.
ph33r my rod: "Let's try to find a couple close together~"
Omega19x: Ryou nodded, and soon found a pair of kuribos right next to each other.
ph33r my rod: (( ...aww, Kuribohs~ XD ))
Omega19x: "These look good!"
ph33r my rod: "Alrighty~" Malik grinned and hopped on one of them.
Omega19x: Ryou hopped on the second kuribo, and reached out for Malik's hand.
ph33r my rod: Malik reached out and took Ryou's hand, holding on to his Kuriboh with the other one.
Omega19x: And the ride started off, their kuribos slowly going up and down to the music
ph33r my rod: Malik held on to Ryou's hand. It was a little awkward trying to balance like that, but he was able to manage~
Omega19x: "This is just as relaxing as the ferris wheel!"
ph33r my rod: "Yeah. A bit harder to cuddle, but still fun~ And we get music, too."
Omega19x: "We'll just have to hold hands."
ph33r my rod: "Mhm." Malik gave his hand a squeeze. "I got nothing against that~!"
Omega19x: Ryou smiled. He certainly didn't have anything against it either!
ph33r my rod: "You wanna get something to eat when we get off of here? Haven't had any 'fair food' in a long time~"
Omega19x: "sure." Ryou added. After that, they could ride a few more rides.
Omega19x: After the ride came to a stop, they climbed off their kuribos and went looking down the food court. There was everything from corny dogs to funnel cake, and of course, there wasn't a single thing hardly that wasn't fried.
ph33r my rod: The first thing Malik happened to spy, though, was one of the few things that wasn't. "... ...what are those?" he asked, walking up to a stand that sold candied apples.
ph33r my rod: (( ...yep, still just a weeeee bit sheltered :X ))
Omega19x: "They're apples with caramel on them." Ryou explained. "They're really sweet."
ph33r my rod: "Ooooh. ... Those are pretty big, you wanna split one?"
Omega19x: Ryou nodded, and bought one for the two of them. "Here... take a bite."
ph33r my rod: Malik took the apple and bit it, trying to get through the hard candy shell. "...mmf, it's sticky." He laughed a bit, finally managing to get a good-sized bite.
Omega19x: Ryou nibbed on the other side.
Omega19x: "Do you like it?"
ph33r my rod: "Yeah, it's... different. But it's good~"
Omega19x: "... not exactly a strawberry funnel cake..."
ph33r my rod: Malik shook his head and took another bite. "It's something new, though. I like trying new things."
Omega19x: "Then you'll be the first to try a fried cream puff tomorrow... that's very new!"
ph33r my rod: "Awesome. I get to be your official taste-tester, eh~?"
Omega19x: "as always."
ph33r my rod: "Score. I already know it's gotta be good, since you're the one making it."
Omega19x: "we'll see... I'm not too sure cream puffs are meant to be fried, but I'll try my best..."
ph33r my rod: Malik grinned. "Really only one way to find out, huh."
Omega19x: Ryou nodded, as they took turns biting from the apple.
ph33r my rod: And before long, the apple was little more than a core on a stick. "That was pretty good... now what?"
Omega19x: "Want to go on any more rides?"
ph33r my rod: "...actually, I think we might oughta save some for the rest of the weekend. Don't wanna do everything in one night, do we~?"
Omega19x: Ryou eventually agreed. They had already spent several hours wandering the fair.
ph33r my rod: "Besides, it's getting late... maybe we should head home for the night?"
Omega19x: "... you're right... we both have to work tomorrow."
ph33r my rod: "Mhm. We can come back when we both get off, if you want~"
Omega19x: "I'd like that." Ryou whispered quietly, taking Malik's hand in his.
ph33r my rod: "Okay. ... I'd kiss you but my lips are still sticky from that apple." He grinned and gave Ryou's hand a squeeze.
Omega19x: Ryou giggled a little, and the pair started to head home.