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Cage giggles, following behind her and trying to avoid get smacked…. again. “I CALL SHOT GUN!”
Monsters? These are my children -Ben (o/o with lisapickle)
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Silver grabbed a pair of sandals and blanket, since coats didn't really work for her, and followed the rest of them to the van. Miki climbed in beside her, still laughing.
"Silver, did you see me fly? I fly even better than Gabriel and Kissa."
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Cage went to climb in the passengers seat but felt Gabe there. “Ah! Dude you scared me again.” He giggles and sits in the back with the girls.
Violet starts the car up. “Alright. Rules at the playground are the same. And if you need me, message me.”
Silver leaned forward and felt in the front seat until she found Gabe's shoulder, just to check, and then leaned back again and relaxed.
Don't fly at the playground. Don't move anything at the playground. she repeated her own set of rules in her head.
Miki waved her phone. "I remembered my phone this time, so I'll let you know if anything happens."
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Vi nods. “Good.”
Cage leans forward, messing with Gabriel’s hair. “Is Ben going out tonight?”
“Yes,” she says, nodding. “I’ll be going with him this time. Gabriel will be in charge.”
Kissa growls. “What?”
Silver covered her mouth with her hand to hold in her giggles. It was always interesting when Ben and Violet were gone and Gabriel was 'in charge'.
Miki elbowed her. "Shhh don't laugh, Kissa might murder you."
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Violet rolls her eyes. “Oh, c’mon, Kissa. You’ll be fine. We’re leaving around seven and won’t be back till late. I expect you all to be in bed by 9pm sharp. No arguments. You can stay awake in your rooms, just have the doors locked and lights off by then.”
Kissa moans, sliding down in her seat. “Whyyyyyy? Ben lets us stay up.”
"Safety first." Miki sang. "You can stay up in your room. Man, if I had your room Kissa, I would just lay on that giant bed and be awake and enjoy it."
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She growls, shooting Miki a glare, and they pull up at the park. Vi climbs out, grabbing her bag and heading to the small blue house across the road. Gabriel climbs out, fully visible, and heads over to the bench. Kissa pulls herself out of the car. “I hate playgrounds.” She grumbles.
"Gabe," Silver stage whispered, barely peeking her head out of the van. "My wings."
Miki ran across the parking lot and up the steps into the play structure, crouching to fit inside the child sized platforms.
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Gabriel turns around to Silver, slowly taking a few steps back to the car and taking her hand as her wings disappeared.
C'mon.
Kissa climbs the play structure, sitting herself on the roof and glaring around. "Ugh. This isn't high enough." She complains.
Cage start swinging nearby. "Oh, c'mon, Kiss. Have a little fun!"
"I will. Once I'm higher."
Silver beamed at him and gave his hand a squeeze, following him over to the tables. She climbed up on one and sat cross legged in the middle, watching the others.
Miki climbed up to sit on the top of the monkey bars and swung her legs. "We need to go find a national forest or something so you winged people can go roost in the trees like birds."
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Cage giggles, putting a finger to his lips and hushing Miki. “Miki, shhhh! Seriously hahaha.”
Gabriel sleepily looks over the park and sighs.
Kissa stands, walking down the roof and sliding back unto the play-set ground.
Miki clapped a hand over her mouth. "OH! Oops, I'm so sorry." she looked around to make sure it was just them. "Man, it's so hard to remember to not say stuff like that sometimes. Not like KISSA PERCHING ON THE ROOF LIKE A BIRD is weird or anything either."
Silver reached out and tugged Gabriel's sleeve. "Hey. Did you sleep well last night?"
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Kissa hisses at her as she walks by and sits on a table, glaring. "People climb playground equipment all the time!"
Gabriel turns his head to look in Silver's eyes. He stares.
I don't know.
Blinking, he opens his mouth to speak. "I- I guess?"
Miki swung off the bars and sat on the swing beside Cage. "True, but they rarely yell 'IT'S NOT HIGH ENOUGH' when they do it. That's definitely weird."
Silver laughed a little. "I think you did. You slept through Ben's cooking and being tripped over. Twice."
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Kissa rolls her eyes as Cage giggles and agrees.
"Shut up, Mikey." She growls.
Cage snorts. "HA! Mikey? That's not her name!" He laughs, swinging higher.
Gabriel looks down at the wet ground, his brow furrowed. "I'm sorry." he quietly apologizes.
Miki dragged her feet on the ground, her swing grinding to a halt. "That's one of the dumbest things I've heard you say, Kissa. And you say lots of dumb things."
Silver tossed her head back, laughing, and grabbed his leave again, pulling him down to sit at the table. "Nooo, Gabe, that's a good thing. You slept through all our racket and didn't jump awake even when Violet and I almost stepped on you. That means you were sleeping really good."
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"I'm going you call you Mikey now." She squints, "Cause it's ugly, like you."
Cage stops his swing, staring up at Kissa, then looks back to Miki, whispering, "I don't think she wants to talk with us anymore."
Gabriel goes to talk again, but glares up at Kissa.
Oh my word, Kiss. Chill for once. And have some self control.
climbing to the top of another play-set, she turns with her back to them and glares out over the small street.
Gabriel turns his attention back to Silver.
How did you s….
Outloud.
She can't hear you, dummy.
"H-How did you… sleep?" He whispers.
"Rude." Miki muttered under her breath and started swinging again.
Silver ran her fingers through his hair, picking out his white lock. "I slept great. I think I stole the covers away from Miki again. I keep meaning to ask Violet for more blankets because it's impossible for us to share."
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Cage starts to swing again. "I don't think she's having a great day." He whispers, just so Kissa can't hear. "I think you're pretty."
Gabriel purses his lips. "I can-" He pauses mid-sentence to look back over to Kissa for moment. "I can get you some."
"Aw." Miki gave him a quick smile, wrinkling up her nose. "Thanks, kid." She reached over and ruffled his hair. "I don't know if Kissa ever has a good day. I usually feel sorry for her, actually. She never seems happy."
Silver beamed at him. "Really? I know Vi kept some in the hall closet but they're long gone." She paused, watching her hand as she played with his hair. "Wait. Not if they're your blankets. You can't give me yours."
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Gabriel stares past Silver, a guilty look crossing his face.
I took all the blankets.
He swallows. "You can have some. I have… a lot."
Cage nods. "Hmmn. Me too." He keeps swinging. "Hey! I bet you girls would like Robby!"
Silver paused her petting and squinted at him. "Wait. What was that look?" She leaned forward to get a better look at him. "Why do you have so many? You never sleep in your bed anyway."
Miki cocked her head. "Who is Robby?"
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He gulps.
"They're not… on my bed." He whispers, his voice scratchy and quiet as usual.
"Ah, we've known her for a while. Before, umnh, the whole scientist fiasco. She's my girlfriend, though Ben doesn't let her come to the house. He said maybe later sometime and I'm kinda scared to ask." Cage rambles.
Silver slowly slipped off the table and sat beside him, keenly watching his face and fighting to keep a smile off her own. "Then… where are they, Gabriel?"
Miki kicked her feet the wrong direction and almost fell off her swing. "You have a GIRLFRIEND???"
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Gabriel goes to speak, but presses his eyes and mouth closed. "I'm sorry." He whispers. "I didn't know you- you wanted them."
Cage puts his arm out, his eyes wide. "Geez! Don't hurt yourself! Yes, I do. Is that weird? Should I not?? You guys will love her."
"No, no, it's okay." Silver said, trying to keep the laughter out of her voice. "Miki keeps me warm. I just like to nest with them." She propped her chin on her hand. "But… where are they? I've never seen you sleep with blankets."
"No, it's fine! I just didn't know you had a girlfriend. You've never mentioned her before. She knew you before all of that stuff? Wow. Does she know about your powers? Man, I'm gonna tell Ben to let her come over cuz I want to meet her."
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He puts his face in his hands and rests his elbows on his knees.
Agh.
Why did I take them all.
I'm so rude.
I thought nobody wanted them???
He inhales sharply. "I'm sorry. I just-" He slowly peeks over his fingers, then hides his face again. "They're… out my… window." He mumbles the last word so quietly it's basically impossible to understand.
Cage giggles. "Yeah, she's pretty awesome! She does know about us but we probably shouldn't… talk about that out here." He giggles. "Ben's okay with her but she doesn't come over cause he says the house is already too full."
"Hey, hey." Silver said, scooting closer and putting her arms around him. "Babe, it's okay. They were in the closet which means they were for anyone to use." She swallowed, her face hurting from trying not to smile too much. "Why did you put them out your window?" she asked gently, laying her cheek on his shoulder.
Miki laughed. "Well, the house is pretty full, but coming over for a visit wouldn't be too bad! You know Gabriel and Kissa would be nowhere to be found, so it wouldn't be too crowded. We could always go down in the basement so we wouldn't bother Ben too much."