Suitability of Colours [Trahnael]

''I kind of want to try for the lion again'', Lionel said as they continued walking slowly a bit further into the amusement park, looking back over his shoulders so that he could see the booth they had just left.

''But, then again, I kind of also know I will be just wasting my money'', he chuckled, turning his eyes towards Volkan again. ''I don't suppose you would have any tips on how to do better, though?'', he joked, almost bumping into someone because he wasn't looking where he was going. ''Sorry'', he said, before he started walking again, this time with eyes looking in front of himself, though only for a few seconds.

''It's getting darker'', he said, looking up at the sky. ''And I can't really go on any of the rides with this on me anyway'', he said, his hand placed protectively over his camera bag. ''So let's go see those boats before the sun sets. After that, they are pretty much just shadows anyway, you can't see a thing properly'', he decided, turning around towards where they had come from.

''Ah, no, wait, you don't have to...'', Lionel said as Volkan headed for the booth he won the monkey at, joining the line and handing over his money before Lionel himself could really say anything else.

''I wasn't actually serious, you know'', he said as Volkan came back, feeling like he was about to blush, which really was not something he usually did. He was much too sociable and quite a bit opposite of shy for that.

''So thanks'', he said softly as he took the lion from the other man's hands, his eyes and smile not as bright and shinning with energy as a moment before, but soft instead, with honest gratefulness obviously showing in the was he looked at the lion, before butting it so that it was caught between his arm and the strap of his camera bag, making it easier to handle, considering it was quite big. Much bigger than the monkey, really, he thought, as he handed the stuffed animal he himself had won to Volkan.

''Here'', he said, smiling once again brightly at the other man. ''You can take this in exchange. It's just a place holder though, I'll come up with something better as an actual thanks'', he explained, really hoping that Volkan would accept it even though it was kind of not as impressive and there was a bunch of six years old walking around the amusement park with the same brown, big-eyed monkey in they little six year old hands.

Lionel found himself somewhat speechless as he watched Volkan laugh, or well, at leas try to suppress a laugh, the sound of it more like a snicker than a laugh, yet still obviously more than that, not only because the other man had worn such a serious, tightly controlled face ever since the beginning of their outing-he was not calling it a date, not even inside his head, despite the exchange of stuffed animals-so seeing him laugh like that felt like something rare, but also because, he had to admit, for a moment he thought Volkan was laughing at him, and none of his powers could convince him otherwise.

''Uh, yeah...'', he blinked as Volkan suddenly declared he would keep the monkey, and then proceeded to put him up to his lips and kiss him. ''Just until I get something better'', he heard himself saying as he suddenly felt Volkan's hand on him. ''I mean, you can keep it even after I give you something else, he is just a place holder...'', he continued to ramble as he realized how stupid he had sounded the first time.

Then he realized how stupid he sounded the second time too. Honestly, he was usually much better at this, he thought as he sighed.

''I'll come up with something awesome to give you later too'', he said, somewhat defeated by his own running mouth. ''Let's go look at the boats before it gets to dark.''

As they kept walking, Lionel felt himself come to his senses a bit, meaning the weird, almost embarrassment which had been dancing around his head from the moment Volkan said he would win him the lion, which was now safely tucked between his body and the camera bag and would be proudly displayed somewhere on his bed the moment he got back to his dorm, had finally cleared, which meant that he was soon able to feel the weirdness which Volkan was all but radiating once again.

''Yeah, it's pretty amazing'', Lionel said, smiling at the sunset himself. ''What was more amazing though'', he said, shifting his gaze from the sky to Volkan, a smile still on his face, though softer, not as blindingly bright, as he was determent not to make Volkan feel anything but comfortable from that point onward, ''is that in about a moment, it will look completely different'', he explained as the sky already started to turn from the warm pink, and orange, into the slightly colder, but still beautiful purples, and blues and softer reds and yellows.

''Isn't it cool?'', he asked once the sun was completely under the water and all that was left was a pale after light, his voice soft and a bit amazed as if it was his first time seeing a sunset.

''As for the boats'', he said then, breaking the mood somewhat. ''They are everywhere, really'', he said, turning around. ''It's best to just walk along the side of the pier, that's how we'll see most of them'', he suggested.

Lionel had watched Volkan dance at least two or three times at this point, yet still, seeing him use his powers like that, creating fireballs in the air to guide their way, amazed him. It was probably because, he thought, as he watched the boats sway on top of the waves, his own power was completely internal. There was no special effect, no trace to show that something had indeed been done. It was why he had always been slightly fascinated with elemental powers especially, though something about Volkan's fire and the bright orbs lighting their way, seemed even more amazing.

That, however, probably also had something to do with a lion which was slowly beginning to slip from its hold, he thought as he adjusted it so it was safe once again, so he wasn't really about to think too deep into that.

''Good thing you can make these'', he thought as he slowly raised his hands towards one of the orbs, wanting to touch it, but not actually touching it. ''It can get pretty dark out here. At least this way we know we won't get lost'', he said, chuckling before turning towards Volkan once again.

''I forgot to ask when you have to be back. I should probably be back in the dorm before midnight, if for nothing else then so that I can actually catch some sleep and not wake up in the afternoon tomorrow'', he said, a corner of his lips twitching as he did so.