Post by Kotone Lazarus on Aug 18, 2015 23:57:57 GMT
"Something like that," Kotone nodded. One more kiss. Any more and people might start staring. Yeah, they were married, but she didn't need any more stares than a dragon slayer and a guild leader already got just for being who they were and being together.
Kade offered to dig Eri a pond - a feat Kotone could accomplish just as easily, but she liked the way he was so readily involved. "Go for it," she nodded as she held the wriggling child. She couldn't imagine trying to watch the kid when she could do more than crawl around and make coo'ing noises. Kotone couldn't help but look forward to the future though - she was head over heels for her daughter, and if she had any more, she could only imagine being just as into them.
Kotone bounced Eri to entertain her while Kade made the hole. Waves splashed gently into it - exactly like what Kotone had wanted. "Now, Eri," she addressed the small girl, "Do me a favor and don't pee when you get in the water this time, okay? We're having fun here." She kissed her on the forehead and sat her down in the water that was in the shade.
Did that make them little Fiore celebrities? Kade should probably start thinking about that more seriously. He had often been popular, often been well known. He always tried to be known for good reasons instead of bad ones. It was part of who and how he was, but he understood Kotone’s concern. He didn’t want their private life being shared, but she was especially adorable sometimes. He stopped though.
Kade asked if Kotone wanted him to dig their daughter a pond and she confirmed. Eri was a good little baby, as far as they went. Kade crouched down, extending some of his magic into the sand. Similarly to how he made arrows which were tangible light, but not heated. This worked the same way, except in a shoveling manner. He scraped out enough so that water mixed with sand and softened it. There was enough space that some water was left alone though, available for a baby to interact with. Kade chuckled at his wife’s comment and watched her put their daughter into the water. It was a different experience. Different temperature, and textures under her. She looked more confused than anything, but Kade took one of her little hands and rubbed the back with his thumb to try to calm the baby.
Post by Kotone Lazarus on Aug 24, 2015 19:05:05 GMT
Kotone couldn't help but giggle. Eri was so cute with the confused expression on her face. Honestly, if she were the type to take pictures, herself, she'd probably have to take a new on of Eri about every half hour. Or make Kade do it if she was busy doing something. The thought made her sigh a bit afterwords. She was probably the only one surprised at how doughy she got with her own kid after the way she always treated kids exceptionally nicely no matter what mood she was in. Kids were her weakness; it couldn't be helped.
She tossed her shorts to a dryer part of the sand so that she could sit down without getting them wet; she'd retrieve them in a bit. They were mostly for the travel to and from the beach, after all. "Hey, what do you know, maybe she'll be less hard-headed than me," she commented as she realized that Eri seemed to have listened to her advice.
Of course Kotone who adored children would love her child and dote upon her shamelessly. She was a good and loving mother, and Kade’s heart warmed at the sound of his wife giggling at their adorable child. Yeah, so this was perfect.
“Hey, what do you know, maybe she’ll be less hard-headed than me.”
Kade laughed immediately. That was the cutest comment to him. “Oh, I bet she’ll be hard headed, she’ll just be smart about it. Like you. But probably less hard headed, I mean, we’re not trying to break any records.” He smiled innocently at his wife. He did not know a more stubborn woman than Kotone, and as beautiful and intelligent as she was, she could be a bit foolhardy in her younger days. Less so now. When Eri seemed to have had her fill of the water Kade lifted her and held her close. “Do you want some time to swim while I hold Eri?” He sort of doubted that she would. The idea of her letting Eri out of her sight for that long seemed unlikely. He might have, but he could also swim near the guild hall. Possibly as part of his training. It was less fun without company.
Post by Kotone Lazarus on Aug 31, 2015 15:20:39 GMT
Kotone had to admit, she was probably the second most hard headed person she had ever met, after Raven. She was probably more hard headed in the past, but over time that had changed and she knew it. She also knew that when they had seen one another a few years back he'd certainly been the more stubborn (and in her opinion, jerkish one). "Yeah, if we ever have a kid more hard headed than me, I feel sorry for the world," she laughed, sticking the tip of her tongue out at Kade playfully.
"Nah, I don't need to swim by myself. That got old way before we started dating," she admitted. She'd swam alone a lot; often in cold ponds or lakes when she had spent most of her time by herself. Mostly because almost no one else could actually swim in the winter, when she'd preferred to go swimming at the time.
Kade didn’t really know the blockade of a fire dragon slayer. He knew what he needed to know, and he knew that forming some sort of attachment with a man who hadn’t set foot in the present was not exactly beneficial. Perhaps he should listen to his own advice. He held some grudges that were monumental. His temper was at an all-time low, but he could still be bothered by some things that should be long since dead. His only saving grace being that he did not let it color his other interactions. Only specific ones.
He smiled when his wife said that if their child was more hard headed than her, she felt sorry for the world. “That is fair. We will just have to teach her to be more patient and understanding… and listen to others a bit more. I think it usually works out.” Although her life would not be as normal as Kade might like. Given who her parents were, and Kade’s job, Eri would be under close watch no doubt.
“Nah, I don’t need to swim by myself. That gold old way before we started dating.”
“Alright,” Kade said to his wife. He liked swimming, but he understood. It wasn’t exactly ideal to actually fully take Eri into the water. She was still too young. Maybe in several more months. “Do you want to sit and let her not eat sand some more?” he asked.
Post by Kotone Lazarus on Sept 2, 2015 17:10:22 GMT
Kotone nodded at Kade's idea. She had no idea how to be a mom, even after three months; she was pretty much winging it. Fortunately, at least part of it was kind of natural, and the rest, well, she had her own brain as well as Kade's to work with. They probably wouldn't be perfect, but she was sure that was fine. She knew what it was like to not have a family, and at least Eri would have them. That put her leagues ahead of the hard-headed, bitter teenage Kotone. That almost felt like a separate life, maybe even a separate person now. it was... weird.
"Sure, I'm sure there's plenty of things around here that would be fun to keep away from babies tasting things," she teased, sticking out her own tongue to show how gross the idea of sticking sand in her mouth was to her. "We probably don't have a lot longer before she starts getting hungry though. I guess that'll be our signal to head home and feed her, eh?"
To say Kotone had no idea was silly. She had an idea, she was just going off instinct. She would not have said she had no idea how to be something that came naturally to her, if she was not worried about being better at it. Kade thought she made a good mother. They had medical professionals to tell them what they needed to know, and alternatively they had each other, and trial and error. Of course taking care of a fragile human life had a bit of a learning curve, but they weren’t clueless.
Kotone agreed to stay a bit and let Eri do things besides eat sand, and then mentioned her getting hungry. “I guess that’ll be our signal to head home and feed her, eh?”
“Yes, probably so,” Kade confirmed. And she would get fussy after that, possibly tired and sleeping. So then there wouldn’t be much point in keeping her out in the sun anyway. Not that the impressive shade really put her under too much sun. “Want to walk around a bit? I can carry the gear if you want to keep Eri.”
Post by Kotone Lazarus on Sept 14, 2015 16:09:49 GMT
"Sure," Kotone nodded, standing up and putting Eri in a couple position on her shoulder. Eri made some noise, but was currently happy, for now. Kotone was as well. "So I've been thinking," she watched the ocean idly while they walked before turning to look at Kade with a grin. "The Council has been after me to help them again now that I've had a few months to recover, so I guess I should do a few things for them, but..." she shrugged. "I'm just kind of thinking, I think I should be around for Eri and you more, you know?"
She was rather attached, as Kade knew. But more than anything she was worried that if she let everyone else tell her where she should go she would never get to be home, and her focus had changed in the last year or two. She needed to be a mom too; she'd pretty much used her childhood helping everyone else. Eri was just as important to her, if not more. Kade as well, though he could obviously take care of himself.
Kade offered to carry their things while they walked around so Kotone could carry their daughter. She agreed and Kade made short work of gathering everything up. While he didn’t think Kotone becoming glued to their daughter was healthy, she still deserved a lot of bonding time. He knew she preferred to carry Eri more than anyone else.
Kotone mentioned the council and their apparent desire for her to help them. Now that she had had a few months to recover. Kade couldn’t say he ever felt that she owed the council anything. She was related to them in a strange way, but she only owed them what she was willing to give.
“I understand. You don’t owe them anything, and you are a mother before you are their helper. You do what you feel comfortable with. Eventually you do need to go back to doing your own thing… but Eri is never going to be this size again. I know that. I can relax a bit and give some of my attention to the guild and some to us and Eri… but part of that comes from knowing you will be here with her. If you feel ready to help them, then you can try it out and see if that works for you. If not, I’m certainly not pushing you out the door.” He resisted repeating that she could not get this time with Eri back later because he knew she didn’t need the guilt. He was happy to support whatever she wanted within reason.
Post by Kotone Lazarus on Sept 18, 2015 15:24:34 GMT
Kade was right as usual. Even the parts about Eri not being so small ever again. Unless she got some sort of shrinking magic... though that was obviously not what either of them meant. Honestly, Kotone didn't mind the idea of having an older child she could talk to. She was less stuck on the fact that she had a baby and more on the fact that the baby was hers and she was important to her as a person, albeit a tiny one.
"It won't be too much," she shrugged. "The Council people want someone they can rely on to check into things, so I guess when it pops up I'll do it. I mean it though. I'll still do my own thing, but I don't want to go roaming the world while you two are stuck here. Maybe one day we can all take a trip or something, but priorities and all that," she grinned. "I get antsy sometimes, but not to like, be gone more than a few days, you know?"
Post by Kade Lazarus on Sept 25, 2015 15:10:32 GMT
Kade was a happy man, who generally was smiling. Not as often or to the carefree degree of some of his friends, but it was enough for Kade. He was amused when his wife said that she didn’t want to go roaming the world while they were stuck here. Stuck here at Lamia Scale. “Kotone, I am not stuck here at Lamia Scale. Just because I’m a guild master doesn’t mean I cannot leave. You have to understand that by now,” he teased. She suggested going on a trip someday. “I would be happy to do that. And it would be good for Eri to see more of the world. I want her to be able to have a lot of experiences, of course.”
She claimed that she got antsy, but not to be gone a long time. “Yeah, that makes sense. I mean, we were used to getting out and doing a lot more. Sure I stayed at Lamia Scale a lot, but now that I have more on my plate, I do want to do some other things. You’re a mother, but you’re also Kotone, and that means you’ll always have a strong will and want to go do things for yourself sometimes. That’s just healthy, right?” he asked casually.
Post by Kotone Lazarus on Sept 28, 2015 18:26:25 GMT
Kotone nodded to Kade. He was like her personal font of wisdom, even if he gave two different good points to two different things. Maybe she was just being too much of a homebody right now. Who knew? She sighed, but then she smiled. "I guess I shouldn't decide for sure just yet, huh? I mean, I get depressed if I'm gone for more than a few hours at the moment. Well, a little bit anyway."
Eri was so cute the way she was just watching things and making noises while they walked. It was stuff like this that made Kotone reluctant to leave home, at least while Eri was so small. She really did have conflicting feelings on the two biggest parts of her personality. Especially since she hadn't done a ton of wandering around since before she and Kade were married. The ice dragon slayer chuckled happily at her daughter and shook her head. "Honestly, Kade, I'm a walking contradiction when it comes to the things I want to do," She rolled her eyes at herself.
Kade didn’t consider himself a font of wisdom, but he certainly hoped that he had a lot of common sense. Despite the term “common sense” implying a certain degree of commonality that was not necessarily present in society. He was just reasonable, but if he were not, that would make him a pretty poor guild master. Kotone said she probably shouldn’t decide just yet. “No one is asking you to,” he agreed. She apparently got separation anxiety, or as she put it, depressed after a few hours. “I think that’s reasonable… I don’t react that quickly, but that doesn’t make you weird or anything.”
“Honestly, Kade, I’m a walking contradiction when it comes to the things I want to do.”
‘I think that just means you have differing interests. Its not mutually exclusive to be Kotone the dragon slayer and Kotone the mother, fortunately. Because its kind of impossible for you to stop one or the other. Its just two of the parts of the lovely woman I married. You’ll find a workable middle ground, I believe in you.” She was an intelligent woman, and she had balanced things in the past. Albeit not things this important to her, and this demanding, but he felt it would be fine.
Post by Kotone Lazarus on Oct 5, 2015 19:41:30 GMT
Kotone sighed, nodding as her child squirmed in her arms. She'd be more of a handful when she was bigger. "I feel stupid sometimes, the way you just say obvious things so easily." It wasn't that Kotone didn't think of these things; her own arguments were just weak sometimes. At least when it came to herself. She chuckled to herself, shifting Eri to one arm as she brushed her hair back behind her shoulder.
"I knew you were good for me," she admitted, returning the child back to her more comfortable way of holding her. "People like me get too stuck on an idea and not the pieces that make up the idea, then you go and say something simple." Kotone handed Eri her finger to play with. "I just have to not get overwhelmed by the ideas and work on balancing myself out. Just like with anything else, right?" she nodded, leaning over and kissing Kade on the cheek. "Thanks."
