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Another day in this carnival of souls
Another night's sands end as quickly as it goes
The memories are shadows, ink on the page
And I can't seem to find my way home










Dimitrius kept that lazy smile on his face and noticed how sore his cheeks were getting. It had been years since he had smiled this much, but he welcomed the soreness, it meant his happiness right now. He looked through the window of the limo to see all of the buildings they were passing. Yes, it had been quite a while since he had seen the city. There were skyscrapers and new buildings everywhere he looked.


"It's alright, i just don't want to think of myself as your master, Shizuo, i would really like to think of you as my friend and also as my equal." Dimitrius said absently. His absent state of mind went away very quickjly when he noticed Shizuo's fingers on his knee, his eyes widened and he made sure to keep his face towards the window as to not show the shock on his face. This is going to take a bit of getting used to It's not that he didn't like when Shizuo touched him, it's just that he was unaccustomed to it. Dimitrius calmed himself down and smiled warmly at Shizuo. " I would really like to think so."

Dimitrius started to reach toward Shizuo's hand, but he took it back onto his own lap and his smile faltered a bit. But it came back soon with full intensity when Dimitrius thought of Shizuo in his house. He would make the place very lively.


Dimitrius looked in the direction at which Shizuo was excitedly pointing at and saw a quaint little cafe. You could see some of the interior through a window. It was quite mis-matched and intriguing. "Vaughn, would you stop here please? We have reached our destination." As the car pulled to a stop Dimitrius watched as Shizuo was practically bouncing out of his seat which placed a full-fledged smile on Dimitrius. He stepped out of the car and walked around the car to open Shizuo's door. This was his choice of dining and so Dimitrius would be a gentleman.


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Another day in this carnival of souls
Another night's sands end as quickly as it goes
The memories are shadows, ink on the page
And I can't seem to find my way home










Dimitrius let Shizuo drag him to the cafe, all the while staring at Shizuo's hand as it held his. His hands were just a shade darker than his own and also warmer. His attention was swerved from his hands to the brick building they were walking into. Once he was brought into the cafe by Shizuo he was welcomed to the cafe by a peppy waitress who seated them by a window. On the way to the window seat he was observing the surroundings of the cafe. There were random trifles up on the walls, such as trikes and other relics from the past sixty years. He found the red plush seat cushions quite charming. There was a bar on top of the black and white floor also. As he took a seat the waitress placed menus in front of them and asked them what they wanted to drink. " I don't care what you have to drink or eat Shizuo, it's your choice." He smiled a dashing smile at Shizou and then faced the waitress with a sober face. " I would like a .." He looked at the menu and became baffled, not knowing anything on the menu, but then came across something he did recognize "...a water." He looked expectantly at Shizuo.

Another day in this carnival of souls
Another night's sands end as quickly as it goes
The memories are shadows, ink on the page
And I can't seem to find my way home










Dimitrius watched as Shizuo answered the waitresses question without even looking at the menu. He had to admit he was impressed. Dimitrius looked a bit sheepish when he answered Shizuo. "No, actually i have never even heard of them until now." He bit his bottom lip and looked over the menu, wondering what in the world was either of them. When the waitress came back with the drinks they had ordered and what appeared to be food he nodded his head at her and began to look incredulously at the "French fries". He cautiously took a fry from the plastic basket they were contained in and put it in his mouth. It was greasy and salty, but surprisingly edible.

Dimitrius looked at Shizuo with a quizzical look but couldn't say anything quite yet until he swallowed his food. When he was done he wiped his mouth with a napkin and replied " Why do you think th-" he didn't finish his sentence before he heard what fries were made of. As soon as he heard what they were made of he looked incredulously at the fries and wondered why something that sounded as disgusting as the word "deep fried" tasted good. He glanced back and forth between the fries and Shizuo who was obviously lost in his own little world. He cleared his throat "What did you say these were, Shizuo?"

Another day in this carnival of souls
Another night's sands end as quickly as it goes
The memories are shadows, ink on the page
And I can't seem to find my way home










Dimitrius looked at Shizuo quizzically "Manners?" he said softly to himself. Yes, he ate with manners, but... was it that unusual? Dimitrius was becoming more and more confused by the minute. He shook his head and stared at the fries and wondered if the "burger" was as good as the fries. As he listened to Shizuo explain what fries and other odd named foods were he gingerly picked up another fry and ate it. " In truth, if i had heard of these foods from any other mouth i would have thought civilization retraced it's steps and returned to savagry." He looked at Shizuo with curiosity, " But i would like to try these foods you love so much." He flashed a cautious smile at Shizuo.


Dimitrius looked around the cafe and noticed that while it was disorientingly mis-matched in eras it was quite quaint. " So you went here when you were little Shizuo? Is it like you remembered?" He tried hard to think of a little Shizuo running around here and chuckled, he could picture it quite well.

Dimitrius steepled his fingers and noticed the other customers. There were two other tables full and a group of middle-aged people came in and sat at a booth. One table caught his eye though and that was and elderly couple. He was fascinated with elderly people because of his race he would never really age physically. He would stay looking like he was twenty three forever. As his eyes gazed over the couple he noticed their waitress was walking around serving an elderly couple. As soon as she was done though she looked over at him and winked at him. He knotted his eyebrows in confusion and looked at Shizuo again. " That brings me back to what i was saying earlier, why do you think our waitress should be fired?"

Another day in this carnival of souls
Another night's sands end as quickly as it goes
The memories are shadows, ink on the page
And I can't seem to find my way home










Dimitrius watched as a blush worked it's way up from Shizuo's cheeks and wondered what he said that made him blush. The blush was soon followed by a smile and Dimitrius kept in mind the things he said so that he could get the same reaction out of him later, his look right now was so innocent and endearing he couldn't help but smile back.

Dimitrius listened and pictured the little Shizuo coloring with his mother and wondered idly if he got his soft features from her. His mother sounded very nice and caring but he didn't get to hear the whole story of his past because Shizuo stopped talking and had a sad look in his eyes. He smiled though, but it wasn't a smile that reached his eyes, the one he was accustomed to with him. Dimitrius's face softened and he smiled a sad smile also and touched Shizuo's hand for an instant, not used to touching people. The fact that he willingly touched Shizuo said something weighty.

Dimitrius's face took on a look of astonishment, and for two wholly different reasons. The first reason was because the waitress was flirting with him. This wasn't flirting to Dimitrius because back when he was young, they had a whole different "flirting". The second reason was because of Shizuo's blunt words. Because you are so handsome. The words ricocheted in his head. So he thinks I'm handsome Dimitrius smiled and chuckled. "Well, thank you for the compliment, Shizuo." He watched as Shizuo's blush reached not only to his cheeks, but his neck was also a shade red. Shizuo was very handsome on his own way, also. He had the fair complexion and hair that he envied when he was growing up. His tall, graceful frame also helped, but his personality was what defined his beauty the most. " As are you."

As an attempt to not make Shizuo feel as uncomfortable "So are we going to order these "burgers" you speak about? I find myself rather excited to try one." He smiled at Shizuo and took a couple of fries as a way of loosening up and washed it down with some water.

Another day in this carnival of souls
Another night's sands end as quickly as it goes
The memories are shadows, ink on the page
And I can't seem to find my way home










Dimitrius watched as Shizuo's face transformed from a look of annoyance to what he could describe as satisfaction. He stared at Shizuo a bit and a thought came to him... Could Shizuo be jealous?! Dimitrius listened to Shizuo's rich tenored voice tell the waitress the orders again. Who was in turn quite annoyed that he made her respect him. She scribbled their order down hurriedly and left their sight. He wondered why would luck give him a waitress that made him exasperated and Shizuo jealous. [Oh, well, at least Shizuo is happy here. and since Shizuo was happy he seemed to have found himself content with life, if not happy, for the first time in years.

"Honestly, I know it's rude, but i don't really care about the waitress's feeling right at this point in time. I'm just glad i could make you happy and not jealous anymore." He chuckled at the thought. He wondered if Shizuo knew he was acting jealous, well if he didn't yet, he would now. "I'm glad you ordered for me, i didn't have to show myself looking like a complete fool and how incompetent i am with food these days." He shook his head at his own incompetence, yes that bothered his quite a bit. He liked to think of himself as knowledgeable. He reached for a fry without looking and touched Shizuo's hand. He kept it there for a second and resumed what he was doing. He liked the feel of Shizuo's hand he figured out and that made him smile more.

Dimitrius thought very hard, what did he do for "fun"? When he was at home he usually read and stayed out of the servants' way because they always gave him the nastiest looks. He also liked horse-back riding, but didn't have any horses at the mansion. He hadn't rode a horse since he was about one hundred or so. Hmm, that was quite a long time ago. he chuckled to himself "I currently do not own a tv, or have ever seen one, i have never seen a movie or done anything that has been recently invented in the past one hundred and fifty years. I usually stay at home and read, play many, many instruments, paint, and walk around my property at night. My life has been quite boring because i haven't left my house in at least a hundred years." He wondered how Shizuo would react to how old he was he looked at Shizuo with curiosity. " And what do you like to do?"