Kiddie AU - Post growth spurt

[sliceitwithwind]

It'd been a week, but Dilan...was nowhere near used to his new size. He kept banging into walls, doors, low hanging objects. Anything dangling from the ceiling, and he kept forgetting how wide his shoulders were as well. It was driving him insane.

Not to mention the fears that his size and new, distinct lack of "cuteness" meant that he was hideous looking. He wasn't ready to go back to college, not while still recovering from the agony of the growth spurt, so he was curled up at home trying to get used to himself. Braig had needed to go back and pick school work up for the two of them, trusting that Aya would take care of Dilan until he got back.

Dilan was curled up on the back porch with a couple of blankets and a book. And a protein shake the size of a monster slurpee cup.

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[sliceitwithwind]

"I worry what'll happen the first time I do let you down!"

[mitochondriaaya]

"I'll feel like a dork for pushing too hard and hope you didn't break anything because that sucks?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"I love you, monkey." What else could he say? Really? He was totally going to let her down someday and she'd hate him forever.

[mitochondriaaya]

He was never going to let her down! She expected them to be awesome people and people could make mistakes and stuff! And she could never hate him! She just wasn't wired like that! "Love you too kitten! I'll try not to intimidating and stuff?"

[sliceitwithwind]

Hate him forever.

"Thanks, I appreciate that." He said, "Oh, hey, is this our stop?"

[mitochondriaaya]

Never!

She craned her neck to look out the window then shook her head, "No, this si where we get off for the museum. Two more to the mall I think?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Right." Dilan shook his head, "I'm way more used to going to the museum than to the mall."

[mitochondriaaya]

"Well, yeah, it's a lot more interesting." Aya grinned and kicked her feet a little. "If the mall tries to eat us we can run and find sanctuary at the museum?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Dragging bags? Somehow I don't think so." Dilan said, shaking his head.

[mitochondriaaya]

"You saying you can't run for life with a couple of bags?" she chuckled and pulled the stop cord before wiggling out of his lap to grab their snack bags back up. "We obviously need to watch more horror."

[sliceitwithwind]

"I'm saying that right now if I took off running it'd cause a panic."

[mitochondriaaya]

"No it wouldn't," she snorted. "Because I'd be right behind you laughing like a maniac and they'll just assume you're trying to ditch the crazy girl."

[sliceitwithwind]

"I don't know that they'd even notice." Dilan said, wrinkling his nose again.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Dilan, you're not a monster, you're not scary, you're just a tall guy now instead of a short one. If we were chasing each other down the street people would just call us dorks and move on." She reached for his hand with her free one and started tugging him toward the front of the bus. "And we are dorks you know. Utter dorks."

[sliceitwithwind]

"I'm seven feet tall." Dilan said, "Minus the knot of dreads."

[mitochondriaaya]

"And it's awesome!" Aya pointed out when they got off the bus. "You're still a dork, you just have enough lap for me to sit in properly now!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Mmph." He liked being the cuddle-y rather than the cuddle-er. He wasn't going to say that, though. "C'mon."

[mitochondriaaya]

Yeah, well, she'd still do her best to cuddle him? "I'm coming, I"m coming! What do we aim for first?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Pants are easy, I want hakama. Shirts, socks, boots...sweaters..."

[mitochondriaaya]

"Coat, wet suit, workout clothing, probably a set of sneakers as well as boots, thermal underwear for the winter at college..." yeah, a lot of stuff. "Look around, see what store we spot first?"

[sliceitwithwind]

Dilan nodded, and then peeled off towards one of the department stores, "Next question...will they have anything my size, or do we have to go find a specialty store?"

[mitochondriaaya]

"Eh, well, if we have to go hunt a specialty store then we can justify a nice dinner out too!" Though she'd prefer eating on the beach honestly. She was a fan of tide pool dining. "And shoes shouldn't be a problem at least? Your feet are still tiny."

[sliceitwithwind]

"Yeah, I know." He looked at his feet with disgust, "They're gonna hurt so much, carrying this monolith of a body around."

[mitochondriaaya]

"I'll rub your feet!" she promised simply. "And I bet Braig will too. And we'll get you good boots with arch support!" At the...women's section of the department store yep. "Men...is way that way maybe?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Yeah, that way." He could see the signs! Eeeesh.