The first steps always the hardest [Spellstone]

One could say that Michael was playing around with the human emotions, and they would be….making a lot of assumptions based upon past facts. He did take note of the small stutter within the male’s voice upon hearing Michael suggest that he lead him by the hand, and assuming that he was nervous was a good one. The feeling of holding a person’s hand was a strange one, granted both of their hands were wet from something or other.  The only hand that he had ever held was….well he was not the hand holding type, so never held any hands in his life. ”You’re worried about me catching something?” Michael scoffed lightly as the male leaned into him, though he would….oblige if the term applied here. Not that he was used to taking orders from lesser beings, but Michael was feeling….permissive.

His clothing began to twist and warp, thanks to a certain ring named after a young ethereal. His shirt would twist into a rather comfy looking jack and t-shirt underneath and shorts a pair of blue jeans, much like his brother liked to wear. ”Not sure why I need to when I can’t really get sick, unless there’s some form of super cold I don’t know about.” The male leaned into him, seemingly sharing his warmth with the ethereal and somewhat staving off the cold that annoyed Michael otherwise.

Michael followed the lead of Joshua, mulling over a few ideas within his head as the rain would fall down on him in a steady torrent, running down his face in rivulets. The male shuddered ever so lightly, remembering that he hated the cold more than anything and this was why he hated venturing into The Final Frost. His eyes fell over what looked like a young human male sitting under an umbrella to stay out of the rain, body thin as he hungrily devoured a small bit of what looked like bread; the male huffing lightly to himself and looking ahead. It reminded him somewhat of why he had such disdain for humanity, how they would simply allow their fellow man to languish in the streets and starve. ”A magical disease that turned me blue? Smurfism is a real thing.” Michael noted with a low chuckle and roll of his eyes as the movie theater seemed to come into view.

”Don’t you mean the jacket suits me?” Michael noted with a smirk taking note of the fact that the human was beginning to shiver, as if he were cold; Michael dramatically rolling his eyes. ”Thanks, but I think the jacket would suit you much better.” He noted disentangling himself from the male and removing the jacket, copying something from some movie he had watched around a month ago, one that Shael had called stupid because something about mating. This involved kinda draping the jacket over his shoulders and hinting that he should wear the damn thing, as Michael was as worried about being cold as he was about dying of hunger or asphyxiation.

Once the human had wriggled into the jacket, his hand reached for Michael’s and he did not really wrench the limb away, so he found their fingers intertwined once again. His attention leapt to the theatre as soon as it came into view, interest piqued for the most part as the two approached it with their slow walk; granted it was mostly slow to him. A flickering light above the door had the places name, where they would be watching whatever it was this move was about. Something about cowboys, which conjured images of men in hats and shooting each other with six shooters. Joshua would release his hand as they stood before the doors and opened them, as if he were some form of gentleman. Michel smirked, forgoing the comment and walked through, approaching the place where one purchased tickets, remembering the name of the movie and paying for a ticket for both of them.

Something told him that the male he was attending this with could not afford a ticket anyway, so he was doing the guy a favor. This was likely the part where one bought thing such as popcorn and whatever, so that was what Michael did. Finding a concession stand and purchasing the largest size of popcorn, three packages of gummy worms and bears as well as two large drinks, granted he didn’t know so he would let Joshua pick it out; to avoid any sort of problem later. ”Alright I think we have all of our movie essentials.” Michael noted holding the large bucket of popcorn under the crook of one arm, and his own drink as well as the candy in his other hand. Things seemed to be going like they did in the movies, so he was doing it right, this whole date thing.

With his excess of junk food in tow, the two would walk through the hall with the six doors that lead to different rooms. The ethereal male sighed, licking his lip and blinking a couple of time, as he contemplated what movie they were seeing anyway.The strange look that the lady behind the counter gave them popped within his mind, Mike mulling over it for a second before he simply ignored that. The two would walk through the door that lead into the room where the movie was to be played, some of the minor commercials before any sort of previews played flashing across the screen as Mike took himself a seat in the center of one of the rows of seats. The place was not too crowded, but it wasn’t empty either, yet he male chose the only row with no other people on it. With his seat now taken, he let the small boxes of candy fall into his lap, before placing the large bucket of popcorn there as well. ”If I knew any better, it’s actually colder in here than outside.” Michael noted out loud, observing something that was rather true.

It wasn’t just him it would seem, as his breath seemed to escape from his lips in a small white cloud, and the hairs along his arm seemed to rise in goose bumps. The ethereal mentally cursed himself for choosing this theatre, as well as giving the human his jacket but what’s done was done. ”Share what?” Michael asked, cocking an eyebrow as he followed Joshua’s eyes, which were focused square upon his crotch. ”Oh that? I mean I would, but we’re in public and people tend to frown upon that kinda things, especially in PG movies.” He added joking as he removed one of the boxes and thrust it into the mages hands. With that rather off colored joke out of the way, Mike sipped on his orange flavored soda, making a low pleased sound as he followed the instructions of the animated frog, only after sending a reply text to Sean; noting about how he was in a movie and turning it off before any questions could be asked. With all of that done,  he attempted to turn his attention from the cold onto something else, if only to lessen its effects and the movie was a perfect outlet.

”Oh that? I mean I would, but we’re in public and people tend to frown upon that kinda things, especially in PG movies." Joshua's eyes widened a little bit and he felt his face stain red; he was left speechless when Michael shoved the food into his hand. He smiled and laughed a little bit to show he understand it was a joke but no-matter what he tried the flush was remained painted on his face. He'd hadn't thought of doing that before, infact he forgot that you could and it's sudden interruption into their conversation took him off guard. Distracting himself by sucking on a sour gummy worm, Joshua turned to face the screen. An image of a planet filled the screen and then the words unviersal before it faded to black. Reaching across, Joshua put his hand into Michael's bucket of popcorn and took some for himself and shovelled it into his mouth. Despite his family being kind of Posh he'd always been a messy eater, and some popcorn fell onto his lap and the floor. With his eyes distracted by the screen the air in the room didn't seem that bad. It was either that or the blood rushing to his cheeks managed to warm him up a tad. He gently slumped closer to Michael and prepared to enjoy the movie.



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The blush that rushed along the males face was what one would call hilarious, and Michael could not help snickering as he took a handful of popcorn and shoveled it into his mouth, making a low hum as he enjoyed the taste of the food. With that small bit out of the way, the movie would start, Mike finding himself….amused by whatever it was they were watching, even though some of it was incredibly silly. Actually, he found himself laughing from how incredulous it was more than anything, but that was what humans called entertainment he supposed. Granted the male slumping into him helped somewhat with the cold that purveyed through the movie theatre, it was not by too much. When the whole thing was done and the credits scrolled across the screen with the booming music, Mike was pleased.

As fun as the somewhat nonsensical movie was, he was more of an action guy himself, and there was the occasional awkward romantic comedy. ”Well…that was interesting.” Michael noted finishing off the last of the candy, chewing it to bits before swallowing it. Which meant they could get out of the cold theatre and to warmer places, where he would not be shivering so much. Trailing out of the room and through the exit, Mike kind of waited for Spellstone, waiting under a small part of the theatre that would shelter him from the drizzle. ”So I guess this is the part where we eat lunch or something?”

Michael rolled his eyes slightly as the male noted something about having to use the bathroom, the ethereal forgetting that humans had to eventually excrete what they took in. The prospect itself was disgusting, but then again that was how things worked with them, so he would simply shrug and lean against the wall waiting for the mage. When the male returned, he nodded to him as if silently acknowledging that he had arrived. ”What do I feel like eating? Well, I’m not hungry so I suppose the answer would be anything, and I doubt fast food is a proper food for a date.” Michael noted covertly being sarcastic, considering simply stating that he asked because he was hoping the human would make a choice since eating was something that he needed to do.

”Well since you aren’t a viable option, I suppose we could dine at this fine Chinese place that I know.” Michael noted running fingers through his own hair and snickered to himself. ”Alright, shall we go?” He asked simply walking through the exit and lazily meandering onward.

Either Joshua had no idea what he was hinting at or he simply was ignorant of the connotation of what was said, not that he really intended to explain it to him anyway. Of course Michael knew what it meant, but then again he only had a base knowledge. ”I might have to.” Michael noted catching the male mimicking what he had said earlier and allowing his fingers to intertwine with the males before leading him to the place in question. The place was a rather novel little Chinese restaurant, with the oriental waiters and whatnot, Michael leading Joshua through the door as they were both seated. ”Here we are. Not the finest place around, but it’s pretty nice in my opinion, been here a few times.”