Wait... Romance?

They had walked all the way to this part of the city, it wasn't bad. But it had taken some time to walk from where Shiariel and Barakiel were living. With Soren out of the house it did feel a little empty but it also didn't like they were all trying to squish into the same living space meant for a couple and their kid. With Shiariel and Barakiel not being a couple that had brought up some awkward moments sometimes.

But this was not one of those times. Both she and Barakiel were dressed nicely as Bara had asked her out to eat. He said as a way to repay her for all her kindness and helpfullness for him. Though when Shiariel looked up at the sign for the resuraunt that Barakiel was taking her to she felt a little... under-dressed. This was reported as a very nice and very romantic place to eat as a couple or in group dates. And here Shiariel was in a simple black one piece black dress, it wasn't her best dress and she was starting to regret that here.

Barakiel was wearing his normal suit items that she had ironed for him because he still didn't have much in the terms of clothing variety. Being a man however, and with how his appearance was, he had some leeway. Shiariel not so much, lots of attention was put on a woman in a nice dress. Mainly by other women in nice dresses and to stand out by under-dressing was usually bad. "Um... Barakiel, are you sure this was the right place? Isn't this a little..." Shia didn't think he'd understand the romantic part of this whole thing. "...over priced and fancy? I feel like I should have worn some nicer clothing."

@Dean

Shiariel pinched the bridge of her nose and took a few deep breaths. Barakiel's ignorance, or was it naivete was going to give her an ulster... if angels could get ulsters. "That is because the way you worded that makes it sound like we were a normal human dating couple who live together." Sighing and trying not to punch herself in the gut to try to make her say the real words she wanted to say she spoke up and put her arm around one of Barakiel's.

"You made reservations and everything, those sorts of places tend to be rather angry if you pull out of that arrangement. Might as well get some food in us..." Shiariel took the lead keeping Barakiel by her side as she put on a fake smile trying to look like a happy girlfriend. She leaned up closer to Barakiel "I hope you remember how to improvise a part. Or at least paid attention to what other people might act. Just...." She sighed again before entering the door. "Please, I want you...and follow me on this one. Act like a normal human for one night."

Shiariel kept her smile on her face as she listened to what Barakiel had to say. He seemed so innocent at time about the weirdest of thing at the oddest of times. Yet he could be so gallant and good to everyone around him that sometimes it was hard for the female guardian angle to not envy the man for being so unconditionally good. In the here and now it was hard to not see everything in shades of grey and find the darkness in every human. But Shiariel tried her best to help as many people as she could while still being the best mom she could be.

Soren sometimes had a hard time unerstanding this but he was still so young and didn't see the full view of the world yet. She couldn't also help but see a bit of his father in him when he wanted to go out and help people as well but Shiariel worried that helping to much without the right balance for him would end up with Soren hurt more than he could recover from. His father had been very much like that when she and Sam had first met.

Stopping her mental track for a moment Shiariel heard what Barakiel had said and she couldn't help but laugh. "Bara, he knows your name because that is how you put it in for the reservation. It's probably written down on a list for when we are supposed to arrive." It was after saying this that Shiariel realized something. After all the past year and more mourning her husbands loss, she hadn't shed a tear for him when she thought of them this time. Instead she had thought that she still had Sam around and he was showing himself in Soren.

She couldn't help but smile at that and have to wipe away a single tear from her eye as she realized it. Was this how it felt to move on. To miss them that they are gone but to know that they would still be there in the ones that you loved? The angel thought to herself as the waiter had brought them to a table to sit at. A table for two, which was good. Before letting go of Barakiel's arm she gave it a reassuring pat before going to sit down in her own chair.

Once seated propperly Shiariel looked at the menu and decided that she would have something light tonight. Things were going to be expensive and she worried that Barakiel might still not understand the economy. Sitting there she took a peek to make sure Barakiel wasn't going crazy in the last few seconds that she took her eyes off of him before she noticed something else. She could feel her heart beating faster as she realized that she had just walked with Barakiel's arm in hers like he was her husband. She hadn't done anything like that since the Bedroom Debacle of the previous year. It made Shiariel blush heavily before looking back at the food on the menu.

Shiariel looked up again when Barakiel said her face was changing colors and it caused Shia to blush harder and sigh in a little bit of frustration as Bara leaned over the table to feel her forehead. "5 Minutes, i think that is a new record for acting normal Barakiel." Shia gently raised her hand and grabbed his and put it on the table. "Bara, I'm blushing. It is a normal reaction when one has a higher blood pressure to the cheeks. Most of the time do to embarrassment, now please sit down and calm your voice, you are making us attract attention from the other people trying to eat their dinner." Shia when she looked at Barakiel's hand realized that after putting Barakiel's hand on the table she had kept hers on the back of it.

The female guardian angel blushed a little bit more and sighed. "I realized that when I was holding your arm earlier that the last time I was that close to you was when you thought it was a good idea to sleep in my bed with me." Shiariel gave a short laugh. "That feels so long ago now." After a moment she brought her hand back to her menu as she finished choosing the food that she would be ordering. "Do you want something with a tomato base sauce or would you like a lighter white sauce?"

Something that Shiariel had noticed when their hands were touching was that Barakiel had smiled, it wasn't something that she had seen him do easily. But she listened to what he had to say and nodding Shiariel understood somewhat what Barakiel was asking for. "It's not going to taste like a cheeseburger. But I think you will like it. Just.... don't spill any of the sauce on your shirt. Red does not come out easily on white shirts." Shiariel then looked to the waiter that was coming over to them. Giving a polite smile she handed her menu to the waiter before speaking to them. "Yes, we would like two orders of Spaghetti with meat balls. One with Pappardelle noddles instead of the Angle Hair noodles." Shiariel looked over to Barakiel for a moment. "Not literal Barakiel." And she was back to talking to the waiter.

"For the wine what ever the chef would recommend would be fantastic. As for the salad dressings Ranch will be fine thank you." The waiter bowed respectably and walked off with their menu's and orders in hand. After that Shiariel looked at her one hand that was palm down on the table and contemplated something before letting out a soft sigh. When she had partially held Barakiel's hand it had actually felt nice instead of wrong. Wondering about that she put her hand where their hands had been before and had her palm up wondering what Barakiel would do.