[quote=WinterNightSky]Her gazed moved from Leon to Tollank and she looked at him in disbelief. "Manhood?" She questioned. She took a sip from the glass of water before taking a deep breath. "Tollank i'm so sorry, I shouldn't keep this as a secret.." She started out seriously. Her blue eyes looked at Tollank with the look of sincerity. "Leon's just trying to make you jealous because.. he actually likes you." She said with fake concern in her voice. "Remember when the both of us decided to have a private talk? He was actually telling me about how he really feels about you. He was really determined to improve his healing abilities so he could give you back your sight." Aeria placed a hand on her chest and pretended to be deeply touched. She looked over at Leon, not showing any hint of humor in her face. She reached out a hand and patted his back gently in concern. "I figured it was too hard for you to say it yourself." Aeria had an innocent smile on her face but her eyes held a mischievous glint. "No one in here will judge you, you know.. You can come out of the closet now." She assured him. "Anyway, why don't you tell Tollank about our real plans? You know.. How we decided to explore the city to find a perfect place for your first date." She grinned[/quote]

Tollank blinked a few times, surprised mainly that the quiet little Aeria had such a brilliant freaking comeback for his little show. He promptly doubled over in laughter, almost falling off of his bar stool and his guffaws filled the room that they were sitting in. This evening was turning out to be fantastic, and quite honestly Tollank couldn't remember being this happy in quite a long time. These two people were quickly becoming his closest friends, and he was glad to have made them.

[quote=Marx]That was fucking glorious, Leon though as Tollnak popped off his arm and slammed it down on the table. "You're too kind my friend!" Leon grinned, looking back to Aeria as she went in to counter them. Leon feigned horror as she unveiled his 'secret' to Tollnak, mouthing Who, me!? as she said that he liked Tollnak. "We'll now that the cats out of the bag, I don't see any reason to hold back!" Leon said excitedly, jumping up from his seat and turning to Tollnak. "Kiss me you glorious bastard!" He said, grabbing Tollnak and leaning in, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "I just couldn't hold back any longer!"[/quote]

After this Tollank actually did fall out of his bar stool with laughter. "Oh my god! Oh my god! You freaking kissed me! Looks like somebody should stop drinking before those little pecks on the cheek escalate!" Tollank managed to sputter out between laughs. He stood up, grabbing onto the bar stool for some leverage with the one arm he had, and took his seat once more. With one smooth movement he picked up his arm and popped it back into place on his shoulder. "Aeria, if I may say, that was the single greatest comeback I have ever heard to ANYTHING, and Leon, how you just freaking rolled with it!" Tollank wiped a tear from his eye as Leon rose to greet another boy down the bar. While watching Leon move he noticed that Alan had entered the room, and was currently eating some kind of dish. [i]Please don't cause a scene Peaches,[/i] Tollank thought to himself. Soon Leon returned to the group.

[quote=Marx]"All kidding aside," Leon finally said to Tollnak, "Aeria and I were going to just go check out the city. What with us being away from the old city we all lived in for the first time in our lives an all." Leon rapt his knuckles on the bar, a thought racing through his head, "I think that Shigganeth is planning something for us. He did say the facilities in our home are for unlocking our potential. I mean, that sounds like something a supervillian would say, doesn't it? I'm not the only one that's a little concerned here, am I?"[/quote]

Tollank hadn't really thought about it before, but now it did seem odd. "That is a bit unsettling, but I mean we really can't do much now can we? I don't know about you guys but whatever this guy cooks up it wouldn't be half as bad as what would happen if I stayed home. You never know, maybe he really wants us to understand more about our mutations, and maybe they are like muscles and you can literally train them to make them stronger?"