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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[mitochondriaaya]

"You're suppose to be and that's not freakish!" So there! "And yeah, but you know he likes to see what other people are doing in case they have interesting paint and stuff!" Hmmm, maybe if she shielded it a bit? No, probably not. "Think if I ask nice they'll let me snap a shot from the top of the display inside?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Maybe!" Dilan said, muscling through the door, "Hi! I'm looking for a swimsuit...and to get measured for a custom wetsuit."

[mitochondriaaya]

He got pointed toward the left corner at the mention of swimsuit, but at the next statement the man behind the counter blinked. "Oh, okay, then you want to stand here? You know what brand you want to order from? Are you a first time water enthusiast?"

Aya came in behind Dilan and let the door close. Huh, new guy. "We generally use Sealskyn! You're new!"

Obviously not what the clerk wanted to hear from a thirteen year old late at night! "Yeah, sure, aren't you up a little late?"

"It's not even eight yet."

[sliceitwithwind]

"Don't be too hard on him, Ayay." Dilan said with amusement, "Even if he wasn't new he might not recognize me. I just had a growth spurt, my old suit doesn't fit any more. By about a foot and something."

[mitochondriaaya]

"I was going to welcome him," Aya snorted. "And I didn't even bite him when he got snarky. I'll go look at suits while you get measured? I promise I won't hide all the Hawaiian print ones!"

The clerk was giving Dilan a rather sympathetic look that was part 'ouch, outgrowing stuff sucks' and part 'ouch, babysitting sucks' but he was pulling out the notation page for special orders!

[sliceitwithwind]

"I'll meet you there." Dilan said with a laugh, leaning forwards to look at the special orders page, "I want it in black, just black."

[mitochondriaaya]

"Adventurous," the clerk noted the color in the appropriate box. "You like the classic look huh? Do you want all the way to wrists and ankles or shorter?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"All the way." Dilan said, "And I look good in black. I've been told that a lot."

[mitochondriaaya]

"Wouldn't know," the guy admitted almost cheerfully. "Alright, full suit, so that's a few more measurements then the shorter ones. So...you'll be my first special order measure? Bear with me."

[sliceitwithwind]

"No problem, it's my third." Dilan said, "I can help you figure it out." And he did, in fact, walk the guy through the difficult bits.

[mitochondriaaya]

This was good because, well, the clerk seemed almost afraid of the tape measure at times! IT WAS GOING TO EAT HIM or something. Still, they got through it! "Are you going to need any more room than this? You going to grow any more?" he asked after everything was written down.

[sliceitwithwind]

"Added musculature." Dilan said, "Don't know how much yet, though. I'll just have to get a new one if I explode." He didn't know! Some of his kin were scary!

[mitochondriaaya]

"Huh, yeah, I don't know how to allow for that? I'll at a little to the chest measurements and hope that works for you?" The idea of Dilan outgrowing another suit based on sheer muscle mass was kind of...amazing. "Add inches to all the measurements between elbows and knees maybe? Keeps your cuffs tight but the rest with room to grow?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Sounds good to me." Dilan agreed, "I guess a lot of it depends on how much I take after my father instead of momma." it was wry, "Being the only half-breed, ever, means nobody knows what's going to happen with me."

[mitochondriaaya]

"Really? Huh." Yeah, not really a bio nut this guy? "Yeah, that must suck a little. Still, you got height at least, which is awesome. Sign here and I'll get this faxed to our manufacturer!"

[sliceitwithwind]

Which was fine by Dilan! He signed the form and said, "anything else?" prior to going and finding Aya.

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya had managed to isolate a chunk of suits from the others by shoving things obviously not Dilan's size tight against the ends of each rack! And waqs reading over features pamphlets in case they'd missed a new surf board innovation or something and...

...yeah. Bored a bit. "Some guy has actually created a board with tunnels cut through it so it whistles on your car rack and 'moves better with teh current' when in the water." Aya offered with a laugh.

[sliceitwithwind]

"Wow. And people pay money for that?" Dilan asked, paging through the shorts she found acceptable, "Oh, this one is awesome..." purple and white with big flowers all over!

[mitochondriaaya]

"Apparently they pay a lot for it," she eyed the price at the bottom of the pamphlet and shrugged. "The whistling surfboards should be tracked down and put out of their misery."

Oh, well, nothing like wearing flowers she guessed? She had promised not to veto loud prints..."Braig'll love it!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Sometimes the stupidity of people astounds me." Dilan said wryly, "Lets get these and then go over to Mick's! Mom and dad'll meet us there for dinner."

[mitochondriaaya]

"Yeah, too bad it's never really entertaining." Aya trotted back to the counter to pay and tucked the swim shorts in one of Dilan's bags so they didn't collect more. "Tomorrow we do dinner on the beach?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Sounds good." Dilan said, "This really did end up taking all day." Although at least she didn't go shopping crazy. He was worried about that!

[mitochondriaaya]

Shopping wasn't a hormone or genetic thing! It really wasn't! "And no it didn't, just a few hours, we started late remember? And we're actually pretty much done right?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Yeah, but by the time mom and dad get here and we have food it'll be too late to swim." Dilan said with a bit of a sigh.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Not if we ask really nice for a late swim? My homework is caught up, chores don't need to be done I think? And my first class is actually study hall so no real need to be up early?" She held the door for him again before threading her hand in his dreads. It was like holding his hand when his hands were full!

"If we swim in the big cove there no fear of riptides you know, it's all calm and clean!"