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Current Mood: Running LATE!!!
Current Location: Racing through the streets

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When: Monday 10th March (just about 8.10pm)
Rating: PG (but may go up depending on how it goes)
Characters: Greed

so_very_greedy and Risa Koizumi

jumbo_gal
Summary: Risa is feeling a little mixed up emotionally, partially due to the confusion of adjusting to being in the City, and partially due to the canon issues she had before arriving (severe heartbreak T_T), so Greed has offered to take her out on the town to cheer her up. What madness will ensue? Even we don't know yet...
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"Ahh, I'm late, I'm late, I'm LATE!"

Yes, that was the sound of a peculiarly tall teenage girl as she raced down the quiet evening streets as fast as her long legs would carry her. The citizens of the City were barely able to catch a glimpse of the young woman as she passed, leaving a cloud of dust in her wake. Whether the girl noticed anyone around her at all...well there was no certainty, but since she was so busy worrying and fearing she was making the person nice enough to take her out wait due to her tardiness, it was unlikely.

It seemed even in a new dimension Risa's time keeping had not improved in the slightest.

Some things wouldn't change, though she hated to admit that was true. It just proved the point she had been trying so very hard to forget in the past few days in this new weird world. No matter how far she ran, she was unable to escape her own feelings.

Shaking her head violently, Risa managed to push the thoughts that were causing the slight hint of tears to well up in her eyes in the back of her mind. This was no time to be thinking such things! She had to perk up! It wouldn't be very fair to act all upset when Greed was making an effort to cheer her up. She would just have to grin and enjoy herself. After all, she did owe him for his help.

Finally skidding to a halt, Risa tried to catch her breath, bent over slightly, hands on her knees so she wouldn't collapse onto the ground. When she was able to stand up straight again, she gazed curiously at the surroundings, trying to pick out the form of the guy she was supposed to meet.

"Great, he probably already left. But I'm not that late am I? Or am I at the wrong place? Maybe I should have checked the directions again before I left..." she muttered to herself, still twisting her head in all directions, hoping to catch a glimpse of her friend.

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Heavy footsteps stopped behind her, their owner scratching his head and cocking an eyebrow in surprise.

"Uh...Are you gonna' be okay?" Greed asked, a little surprised by the red-haired blur he just saw skidding in, "You didn't have to rush that much. You're not really that far off."

He gently patted her on the back, hoping she wasn't about to drop dead in front of him.

"Do ya' maybe need a drink of water?"

Once she looked up, Risa made some effort in attempting to greet the man, but found her voice was still rather wheezy.

"Uh...yeah, that...might be...a good idea." she spoke in between gasps of air, still trying to regain lost breath.

Stumbling a little, the girl was able to straighten herself out, before offering a slightly exasperated smile to the other, fumbling with her words as she tried to stutter out an apology.

"I'm so sorry for being late, I'm never good at this stuff. Were you waiting long?"

"Not really. In any case, time has little meaning here," he sighed, patting her back a few more times, "I'm glad you came at all. It's a nice little treat. You're very beautiful!"

Greed smiled as he complimented her, his mouth a gleaming row of clean, white, sharp teeth, perfectly interlocked.

"Hard to believe you have a tallness complex. You're so petite!"

((OOC: You have no messenger system at all? It might make plot communication easier.))

Risa of course, didn't take much notice of the sly secret smile. She did however, manage to flail at the comments Greed made, nearly tripping and falling over again.

"TTTThat's not funny, don't tease Greed!" she blurted out, trying to sound angry, though her tinted pink cheeks told a different story all together. Since when did anyone think of her as 'beautiful' or 'petite'? Pretty much never! Understandably, hearing such things caught the girl completely off guard.

{OOC: Well I think I could get on Windows Messager/MSN. I do have it but never really used it, which is why I never put it up in my profile or such, since I'm never on it. But I can go on for this if it's easier. ^^}

She really did look petit in his eyes. Then again, Greed was over six feet tall. He didn't understand why some humans got so wrapped in things that didn't matter. A woman was a woman, no matter what her height.

"I never lie, babe. You're very hot! Gorgeous! Glad you could come."

He offered her his arm to help steady her.

"Care to walk with me?"

,small>[OOC: Ah, nevermind. I don't have MSN messenger. Only YahooMessenger and AIM.]

Once she regained balance, Risa thought of letting go of the arm was holding, but on hearing the males request, something compelled her against that thought. Perhaps she was just easily flattered and naive, or just not used to having a guy treat her like a girl, but nevertheless, she found herself smiling a little, steadying herself and nodding in reply.

It was only then it finally registered in Risa's mind; she was actually with a guy taller than her! And it was someone who was not just a classmate or an over obsessed childhood friend who saught her protection. It was just...strange.

"It's weird," she quietly mumbled as they started walking down the street, her gaze tilted in slight puzzlement. "Looking up. It's a change since I usually have to look down to look people in the eye."

{OOC: Oh, well I could download one of them tomorrow, if you wanted to, it wouldn't be a problem.;)}

He curled his fingers in hers and brought her hand up to his lips, planting a kiss on top of it.

"Don't worry about it. You look absolutely radiant. I can promise you that very few people here would notice. I mean, we have demons, super-humans, cat-people, all sorts of variety. One statuesque woman isn't gonna' get a lot of attention," he laughed, "You worry so much. Are people in your country very short?"

[OOC: Ah, that would be cool! I use Trillian, personally. It's many messenger programs in one!]

"Um, well," she stuttered, trying to ignore the feeling of her face flushing brightly at Greeds actions. "It's not like everyone is short, it's just, well...it's not common for a girl of my age to be taller than most guys in my class." she mumbled, still looking rather embarrassed. "And besides, all the others girls were a lot smaller...and cuter."

{OOC: Ah, good good. Do you have any links for where I could down the programs? I will try my best to set it all up in the next couple of days, I just have a good bit of University deadlines bogging me down at the moment. T_T}

He listened to her words, nodding in acknowledgement.

"Well, that's unfortunate. Their loss, I guess," he shrugged, "But certainly not mine. Don't you worry about those people at all. Just be you, and to hell with what anyone else thinks."

As they continued on, he sniffed the air, trying to get a fix on the nearest foods.

"What did you wanna' eat, anyway?"

[OOC: Ah, it turns out I just got an MSN account last night! So you can just get on that.]

Smiling at his words, Risa began to ponder over the question. She would usually eat anything, but...

There it was, that memory of that stupid midget, kissing her while he had a fevor, and then forgetting everything the next day. And then when he did recall what happened, it turned out to be the fault of a grain of rice stuck to her hair.

Her face contorted into an irrated expression for a moment, growling to herself before she finally looked up at him again to reply.

"Anything but rice."

{OOC: Okay then, no problem. Do you want me to log on just now?}

"Alright, then. I guess sushi is out. Let's see, what do we have..."

He moved around her for a few moments, first in one direction, then the other. He slowly parsed through the various scents in the air until finding one that was good for the night's meal.

"Ah ha! I've got it! Food with substance to it!" he laughed, "Come on!"

Without another word of warning, he hoisted her onto his back and took off, dashing forward down the street. He jumped off at one point, scaling the side of a small building and using it for a better view, the descended again and followed his nose to the entrance of a great steakhouse.

"Now this," he said, putting her down, "Is FOOD."

[OOC: Sure, that works. My account name is mjsalucci@yahoo.com]

Luckily, despite the sudden wild ride, Risa was able to climb of Greeds back and stand on the ground without toppling over, though her legs were still a little shaky.

"Wow, I guess you really are something else Greed." she laughed a little, feeling more cheerful than she had been in the past few days. Finally taking in the air around her, the aroma fresh food was certainly strong. "But that does smell good."

{OOC: Added you, and online at the moment, if you wish to do anything tonight?}

"I'm a very steak and potatoes kinda' guy, myself," he said, opening the door ahead of her. The hostess quickly greeted them and guided them to seats.

"What kinda' food do they have on your world?" he asked, pulling out her seat for her.

"That fits your personality pretty well." she replied. As she sat down in the chair, she couldn't help but smile to herself again. It was kinda nice having a guy treat her this way. She was about to hink of how unlikely it was that Otani would behave like this, but decided against it. Tonight, she was going to push that midget to the back fo her mind.

"Oh, well, there's lots of stuff, since there are a lot of different cultures. But back home we ate a lot of seafood, meats, miso soup, noodles and rice, though I have recently gone off that last one." she said, trying ignore any thoughts related to the incident. "Basically a lot of stuff that's high in protein I guess."

"Ah, then we're in the right place!"

He laughed again, a deep, hearty sound, and slapped the table with his palm. It called the attention of a nearby server, who arrived with menus.

"Excellent. About time these things arrived," he said, taking the menus and passing her one. Whatever universal language they were written in seemed readable to them both, "I'll never get this place. All these different places we come from, but we all speak and read the same here."

"Yeah, it is odd. You would think there would be more chaos if no one could understand each other. And whoever runs this worlds seems to enjoy that." she replied, rolling her eyes as she glanced at the menu, finally picking out a lean steak fillet, while also asking for a glass of water.

Once she had finished her request, she looked across the table again to see the other scanning the menu, looking as if he was ready to eat everything he saw on the list of foods.

"Thanks again for this, I do feel a bit better." she spoke softly.

He glanced up momentarily, broken from his trance long enough to acknowledge her thanks with a low grunt.

"No problem," he said before looking back at the menu. A thick, prehensile tongue slid out over his lips as he eyed the prime rib section, heaps of steaming food clouding his mind.

"I've got it!" he yelled, startling the server, who hurried back.

"I want the special 67 ounce prime rib, rare, with steak sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy, garlic bread, and red wine."

Funnily enough, despite the fact she recognised Greed to be a bit more interested in what he was going to eat than her words at the moment, she still found herself feeling quite happy. At least there was some acknowledgement. It was better than nothing, that was for sure.

She had to admit though, his features did creep her out slightly. She had glanced at the description on the network he left about Homuunculi, supposidly what he was, though didn't understand a awful lot.

Regardless, if not for the other she would prbably be sulking and feeling sorry for herself at the moment. Any more doubts were pushed into the back of her head, as she watched the slightly scared attendant scurry off into the kitchen.

"Wow, you must have been starving yourself all day to be so hungry."

Why did she get the feeling if they took too long bringing the food back, things wouldn't end very well?

"Hm? Well, I am greedy, ya' know? For everything. I don't NEED food, but I still hunger for it, regardless. You should've seen how bad Gluttony was about it," he said, "He was dangerous to everyone when he was hungry, and he was hungry ALL THE TIME."

The meal arrived shortly, the platters laid out with speed on their table. Greed inhaled the scents with gusto and popped open the wine bottle.

"Eat up, babe! Foods on me!"

"Oh, the name kinda gives it away, I guess Gluttony was a handful." Risa nodded, sipping her water before beginning to eat. She cut the food carefully, mainly since it had been a while since she had used a knife and fork, being rather accustomed to using chopsticks.

"You sure? I think I have a little money. I think what was in my purse when I came here changed into whatever currency this place has. It might be enough for a tip..." she mumbled, dipping her hand into her bag to search for the purse. Thoug she appreciated what Greed was doing, she would still feel guilty making him pay for her food.

"Please, I insist. A beautiful woman shouldn't ever have to pay for her food," he chided her, placing a hand on hers, "If you really must, then get the tip. I'll still be payin' for the meal, though."

He placed his hands on his silverware and eagerly began to dig into his food.

"It smells so good! I can't wait!"

Needless to say, the colour soon returned to Risa'sa face due to the subtle touch. she probably would have fell off the chair if she hadn't been balancing herself while looking through her bag.

"Heh, technically not a woman yet though, I'm still in high school. The only thing that makes me seem older is my height." she stuttered, finally managing to pull out a few coins from her purse. "Hope this covers the tip then."

When she turned back to meal, she looked on amusedly at Greed's eagerness towards his food. Somehow, that loud, excited attitude reminded her of...

'Stupid, don't think about him!' she scolded herself, shaking her head slightly.

Greed paused in his consumption to watch her suddenly shake her head, cocking an eyebrow. What WAS this girl thinking about at dinner?

"Oi," he said between mouthfuls of steak, "Are you okay? What happened, did they spice the food wrong? Do I need to wring a few necks among the kitchen staff in this place?"

Blinking for a moment, she flailed at the thought of Greed actually harming any innocent chefs or waiters because of her.

"Ah, no no! No need for you do that, really, the food's great it's just.." he tried to explain, shaking her head more and waving her hands in worry.

Pausing for a second as she thought of her words, she really was unsure how to finish her sentence. Sighing, she felt instantly guilty again; Greed had been nice to her in taking her out and yet all could think fo was Otani.

"Well my mind kinda wandered off for a second, sorry." she explained, calming down at last.

He couldn't resist a slight snicker as he chowed down on another hunk of meat. Humans were so predictable, at times.

"Lemme' guess, still thinkin' about lover-boy?" he said, refilling his glass, "Man, the human heart really is somethin'."

He switched gears to get some of his mashed potatoes, savoring the creamy gravy on top of them.

"Don't worry about it so much."

It only took a moment for the fork to drop out her hand on hearing the others words, and only a few seconds before the girl flushed and starting spluttering in surprise.

"Wha?! No! I mean, well I..." Risa flailed, before finally slumping over her seat in defeat. She should have known better by now; she always gave herself away when it came to Otani.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't be but...I never thought letting go would be this hard." she mumbled to herself, turning back to her food without much though, expression still a little saddened.

"Can't say I know the feelin'," he shrugged, chewing on another bite of meat. He was really polishing off this meal quickly.

"Homunculi don't have attachments like that. Our minds just aren't built that way. We don't have quite the same depth of emotion, in most cases. That isn't to say I'm cold-hearted, I just have a slightly different way of lookin' at things than you guys do."

He ate the last of his side-dishes and took a large swig from his wine-glass.

"Oh, I see. I guess I'm kinda envious of that." she said, more to herself than to Greed, but loud enough to be heard, as she continued to eat. The girl hardly noticed she still had at least half a plate to eat while, but at least she was getting through it.

"I wouldn't feel so messed up at least." she sighed again before stiaghtening up in her chair. "But nevermind, I shouldn't be dwelling on this anyway!"

"That a girl!" he said, devouring that last bits of his meal and picking up the menu once again, "A little food always helps in my opinion. Now let's see...Hm, what to get next..."

Smiling back, she glanced at the options in front of her. "Well, we could always get some dessert, I'm in the mood for something sweet after that nice meal." she grineed, funny how food could make you feel a lot better.

Greed hastily ordered cheesecake for the both of them.

"I think you'll like this. It's SO rich."

"Sounds really good to me." she grinned back, looking over the description in the menu. "Thanks again for this Greed."

"No problem, babe."

[OOC: Good place to stop?]

Risa merely smiled in reply. It was another silent thank you, which hopefully Greed caught. He was indeed a good friend to have.

Perhaps this new world wasn't going to be so bad after all.

{Just about yes, not bad for my first 3rd person thread here, thank you for your help, I had a fun time with this thread. ^-^}

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