OPEN! Birthday and squirrel arrival celebrations

[sugegasa]

Who: Shin-Ah, his not-dad (Shunsui), and anyone else who knows either!
When: Backdated to Shin-Ah's birthday on 1/3!
Where: Shunsui's house
What: A bb dragon has a birthday, and his adoptive dad can't let it happen without spoiling him rotten.
Rating: I can't imagine this getting higher than PG, but will change if needed!

It had taken some time and questioning to get Shin-Ah to share the information, but when Shunsui had managed to get his birthdate out of him, he'd been extremely happy. It was very soon, which meant he wore his poor carrier out sending invitations to the house on the 3rd for a celebration!

He'd made six cakes of various flavors, and had the ingredients for far more should Shin-Ah want them. He'd also arranged for all manner of sweets and treats to be delivered to the house, and had set about making sandwiches, sashimi, and other lunch items for the guests and the birthday boy alike.

As he'd specified in his invitations, Shin-Ah greatly enjoyed food, as well as plush toys. Shunsui had made it his mission to cover Shin-Ah's room with them, so if you need an idea for a present, one of those will do nicely!

He simply requests that guests don't arrive en masse, as that might make his shy, sweet dragon son feel too overwhelmed. It was his day and Shunsui wanted him to enjoy it!

Also, Ao, Shin-Ah's pet squirrel from back home, had arrived not long ago, and the party was meant to be a welcome for her as well! Any types of nuts or food in general would be much appreciated by the newest member of the household!

But yes, come eat, have a drink, and say hello to the birthday boy and the cute squirrel perched on his shoulder.

Comments

[foxhands]

"Cruel?"

A tilt of the head, a curious look. Had he met cruel people before?

Kebiishi, maybe?

Evil futon spirits?

The dog made a whining noise, but otherwise looked perfectly happy, tail wagging, tongue panting, as it enjoyed the petting.

[twosidedsword]

Shin-Ah gently stroked the dog's ears then picked up a small piece of meat off his plate to offer it to the carrier. Right before offering other pieces of food to the two creatures on his shoulders. Honestly at this rate he was going to end up feeding them everything and not be left with anything for himself.

Oops.

"Mm."

He gave pause then as he realized something. He'd...never said his name. Looking up, he blinked a few times then spoke. "Shin-Ah."

[foxhands]

Was there anything more important than feeding the animals though? The people were secondary here! Nakigitsune might have said something like that if any part of this conversation was actually being spoken, at least.

Instead, all he did was blink back, and tilt his head slightly.

"Shinah?"

[twosidedsword]

"Mm."

He let the silence hang for a moment before it dawned on him that it might not make sense what he was saying. Oh. Um. Um.

"My name."

Nailed it.

[foxhands]

Oh.

He nodded in understanding at the explanation, glad to have made sense of that particular mystery.

Another silence, before he remembered he should probably reply.

"I'm Nakigitsune."

A name for a name! Complete with foxhand gesture.

[twosidedsword]

Nakigitsune. That was a bit name. Really though the part that had him most thrown off was the hand thing.

He held his hand up like that too. Looked at his hand. Looked at the other. Looked at his hand.

Why were they doing animal hands?

[foxhands]

.......Ah.

That was a reaction he hadn't expected. For some reason it made him feel sort of self-conscious? Though he couldn't think of anything wrong with doing foxhands.

Um. Hm. Well. Lowering the foxhand a bit, in an 'I'm not sure whether to stop or not' sort of way.

"......It's a fox."

[twosidedsword]

He looked at his hand then at the hand of the other. A fox. He considered it a bit then held up both hands like foxes.

Look, look. It was okay if he did it. He'd do it with him!

...Shin-Ah liked the fox hands.

[foxhands]

!! Naki brightened at that - his eyes slightly wider, his expression vaguely more relaxed - and made his foxhand nod at Shin-Ah before raising the other hand to match.

Quadruple foxes! As the dog tried standing on its hind legs to join in the fun.

He might have to stop to pet that dog, after a moment.

[twosidedsword]

When Naki went to pet the dog so did Shin-Ah. Not because he saw him doing it but because he thought it would be the nice thing to do. Apparently great minds think alike. Or maybe just awkward shy ones. At least they were both friendly to animals.

Honestly Shin-Ah was just relaxing and enjoying his time with someone as unfamiliar with social things as he was.