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Hermione_loves_Ron · 06-11-2010, 06:30 AM

The Store Room doubles as both a place for extra stock and a place for employees to unwind after a stressful shift. Every corner of the room is filled to the brim with inventory and supplies for the Leaky Cauldron. However, the cluttered center is now filled with paintings, artistic endeavors, and a spare latter.

A spiral staircase in the middle of the room has been put in to lead to the upstairs of the Leaky Cauldron. This easy access allows Harley to reach their guests in the case of a last minute issue.

Because of the private nature of this room, only Lucy is granted access to this room. All others who try to enter, unless being personally invited by Lucy, are expelled from the area from the statue of the kitten outside the door. Any who try to pass without being admitted fall victim to the iron kitty and his wrath.

OOC: This is NOT an open thread and you must have permission from Lucy to post your character. Posting without permission will result in your posts being deleted.

pundantic · 07-06-2011, 12:19 PM

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Ryoma felt like throwing his arms up in the air triumphantly when she FINALLY spoke. He was beginning to think she was mute or something – which certainly would have made her previous profession as a translator difficult. Grinning from ear to ear with confidence, because clearly his charm had been what had made her speak, Ryoma bowed his head.

“Names Ryoma Shiradou,” he replied. “That little guy who is now watching the counter is my best mate, Marshmallow.” She would be properly introduced to the cat after she cleared the initial screen interview. But, truth be told, she was already on her way to passing it based on her picture, her appearance now, and that fantastic voice of hers. He had to wonder why she was choosing to be so quiet right now. She was…intriguing to say the least. “So, Harley,” he said as he flopped himself down casually on one of the dusty sofas. “Why do you want to work in the Leaky Cauldron? This certainly seems like a step down from your previous position.”

She could always lie and say that she wanted to come and work for someone as handsome and charismatic as him – he wouldn’t complain.

Harley played with the end of her skirt as she sat down. As he spoke she was thoroughly amused by the extra piece of string hanging off her skirt. Whatever it was it was foreign and needed to leave. Wrapping her fingers around the string she quickly pulled it off and rejoined the conversation to see him winking at her again. She had to resist the urge to roll her eyes so she just tilted her head and ran a finger through her hair.
"Ryoma, that's Japanese right?" She laughed a little to herself and said, "I spoke Japanese when I worked for the Embassy."

Then she looked at the cat who had the biggest eyes she had ever seen and had to refrain from saying aw. She was being serious Harley right now and honestly she did not want this guy to think she was flirting with him. Although by the look on his face he already did.

"What made me want to leave my job and come here? Well, honestly I loved my job in the Muggle World. And I feel that if you are going to be a potential employer I need to be honest with you. I'm very straight forward and if you hire me you'll realize that quickly. Anyway, I want a job here because of my brother, Gabe Morrison. Did you know him? Look, he went missing a few weeks ago and the last place he was was here. I can't very much well find him if I don't have a job in the Magical World and it would be nice to have a job where Gabe was. But if you want generic answers I can say it..."

sweetpinkpixie · 07-13-2011, 11:49 PM

Was she…more interested in that piece of string on her skirt than she was with him?! Ryoma’s eyes bugged out of his head as he watched her fiddle with a string and debated whether or not he should feel insulted that his charm was losing to a string. Naw, she was just playing hard to get or was really shy, there really was no other way to explain this phenomenon.

“That it is,” he said with a grin, pleased as a Hippogriff gnawing on a ferret now that the conversation was drawn back to him. “I was born and raised in Sapporo until my old man made me work for the Ministry in Tokyo.” Yeah, no need to go into those details right now.

He observed her some more, taking in her eyes that had nearly doubled their size now. Aha, so she was impressed by him? Ryoma’s smug expression turned even more so and he leaned back a bit on the sofa.

Then, it was his turn to get the deer in headlights look on his face. “Gabe Morrison? Can’t say that I have ever heard of him,” he replied with a slight shrug in his shoulders. Ryoma never really paid much attention to any of the male population that came in and out of the Leaky Cauldron unless they did something to leave an impression on him. Like that one guy who had come in and ordered gillywater – the prissy drink order. Ryoma chuckled a bit at the memory of that guy before focusing once more on Harley with his chocolate gaze. “So, you want to work here simply because it is a job in the wizarding world and due to the Leaky Cauldron’s steady flow of traffic you think that your chances of finding your brother will increase? Sounds like you might be better suited for a job with that lot.”

He jabbed his finger over his shoulder. Clearly, the gesture was supposed to signal to her that he was talking about the Ministry.

He arched his eyebrow. She didn’t know that she already had the job, but he was enjoying asking questions.

pundantic · 07-14-2011, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Was she…more interested in that piece of string on her skirt than she was with him?! Ryoma’s eyes bugged out of his head as he watched her fiddle with a string and debated whether or not he should feel insulted that his charm was losing to a string. Naw, she was just playing hard to get or was really shy, there really was no other way to explain this phenomenon.

“That it is,” he said with a grin, pleased as a Hippogriff gnawing on a ferret now that the conversation was drawn back to him. “I was born and raised in Sapporo until my old man made me work for the Ministry in Tokyo.” Yeah, no need to go into those details right now.

He observed her some more, taking in her eyes that had nearly doubled their size now. Aha, so she was impressed by him? Ryoma’s smug expression turned even more so and he leaned back a bit on the sofa.

Then, it was his turn to get the deer in headlights look on his face. “Gabe Morrison? Can’t say that I have ever heard of him,” he replied with a slight shrug in his shoulders. Ryoma never really paid much attention to any of the male population that came in and out of the Leaky Cauldron unless they did something to leave an impression on him. Like that one guy who had come in and ordered gillywater – the prissy drink order. Ryoma chuckled a bit at the memory of that guy before focusing once more on Harley with his chocolate gaze. “So, you want to work here simply because it is a job in the wizarding world and due to the Leaky Cauldron’s steady flow of traffic you think that your chances of finding your brother will increase? Sounds like you might be better suited for a job with that lot.”

He jabbed his finger over his shoulder. Clearly, the gesture was supposed to signal to her that he was talking about the Ministry.

He arched his eyebrow. She didn’t know that she already had the job, but he was enjoying asking questions.

Harley crossed her legs and pressed her back against the railing of the spiral staircase where she was sitting. Ryoma continued to twist and bend his lips into some kind of formation that resembled a smirk. His charm to her was wildly amusing, but if she wanted the job she would keep that to herself. "I've never been to Japan before, I just speak it. I just learned it for work sake, but I plan to go before I lose the chance."

When he said he didn't know Gabe her heart fell in her chest. She felt like she had come to a dead end with her search for her brother. From all of the snooping she had done on where Gabe was all she had gotten was one phrase- Leaky Cauldron. And now Ryoma had stunted her search for her brother. This was going to take much longer than she had thought it would. Now she actually NEEDED the job. Something to keep her looking.

She pulled her dress down a little because it was starting to creep up her leg from all of the frusterated shifting she was doing in her seat, "Ryoma, do you mind if I call you that, if I wanted to work for the Ministry I would be there. I'm here though so I obviously want to be here. True I was here out of the hope that you knew about Gabe, but I still want this job. I am nit going to Beg for a job, but I would love it if you gave me the chance."

sweetpinkpixie · 07-20-2011, 06:48 AM

“Well, perhaps I can take you there sometime. Most people do not think about visiting Hokkaido when they think about Japan. It’s all about the big cities and the flashing lights of Tokyo.” Not that Ryoma disliked Tokyo or anything. The women there were certainly much more fashionable than those in his small town and he really enjoyed the nightlife the city had to offer. He would just have to make sure that his old man knew nothing about this trip. Talk about a disaster. Then again…Harley seemed like the type of girl that would be willing to hex, and Ryoma had NO problem with her hexing the man’s hair off.

Ryoma pretended to pout. He was sure that she looked simply adorable when she begged.

“You have nothing to worry about, unless Marshmallow doesn’t fancy you,” he said jumping to his feet. “Welcome to the Leaky Cauldron.”

pundantic · 07-20-2011, 01:25 PM

For a moment Harley's heart hitched in her chest as Ryoma seemed to mull over in his mind about if she would be staying or going. However, on the outside she stayed calm and gave off the air of being somewhat uninterested. Ryoma barely knew her, why give him the chance to see any real emotion for her besides contempt.

Then when he jumped to his feet she jumped back a little at his sudden movement. Was he a lunatic or something? But she stopped dead in her tracks when he said that she got the job. For a moment she dropped her mysterious air and fell into her feminine demeanor for a moment. She threw her arms around his neck and said, "Thank you so much! You won't regret this." As she hugged him her eyes shot open and she unlaced her arms from around his neck, "Um, I mean thank you sir. You won't regret this."

pundantic · 11-11-2011, 02:32 PM

Harley yawned as she walked down the spiral staircase. She was exhausted and her body was so tired. Yesterday had been a long day, what with customers coming in and out and being super rude, filling orders all day long and of course dealing with Ryoma and that smug look on his face all day long. That smug look quite literally drove her crazy. It was the epitome of his attitude.

When she finally reached the floor bellow she walked over to the wall and grabbed her apron. It was just going to be one of those days she could tell.

sweetpinkpixie · 11-12-2011, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Harley yawned as she walked down the spiral staircase. She was exhausted and her body was so tired. Yesterday had been a long day, what with customers coming in and out and being super rude, filling orders all day long and of course dealing with Ryoma and that smug look on his face all day long. That smug look quite literally drove her crazy. It was the epitome of his attitude.

When she finally reached the floor bellow she walked over to the wall and grabbed her apron. It was just going to be one of those days she could tell.

Ryoma had already been down in the storeroom for about 30 minutes going through his check list and making sure there was enough of each ingredient for the Leaky Cauldron's food offerings. Surprisingly ~~naw, not really~~ he was feeling fit as a fiddle and ready to take on the day. Now...had that order of apples come in...

Ryoma wore an unusually smirk on his face as he had much to be smirking about. His head turned around when he heard the familiar clicking of heels coming down the stairs and he set his clipboard down on one of the boxes and leaned against a tower of boxes containing various bottled spices and waited for her to put her apron on before he spoke. "Good morning," he smirked, giving her an overly confident two finger salute.

pundantic · 11-12-2011, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Ryoma had already been down in the storeroom for about 30 minutes going through his check list and making sure there was enough of each ingredient for the Leaky Cauldron's food offerings. Surprisingly ~~naw, not really~~ he was feeling fit as a fiddle and ready to take on the day. Now...had that order of apples come in...

Ryoma wore an unusually smirk on his face as he had much to be smirking about. His head turned around when he heard the familiar clicking of heels coming down the stairs and he set his clipboard down on one of the boxes and leaned against a tower of boxes containing various bottled spices and waited for her to put her apron on before he spoke. "Good morning," he smirked, giving her an overly confident two finger salute.

Harley turned around with a startle when a voice spoke to her. She snapped around to see the person who voiced the good morning- it was Ryoma. For some reason she thought that she was alone in the Store Room. She supposed she was wrong, after all there he was standing there was a smug smirk on his face. When he saluted her she rolled her eyes, "Merlin Ryoma. You scared me. Don't sneak up on a girl like that."

The smirk on his face made her want to walk over to him and smack it off his face. She knew why he was smirking, he knew why he was smirking, they both knew. So the fact that they both knew his smirk came from his most current claim made an awkward silence engulf them.

"Morning..." she finally said.

sweetpinkpixie · 11-12-2011, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Harley turned around with a startle when a voice spoke to her. She snapped around to see the person who voiced the good morning- it was Ryoma. For some reason she thought that she was alone in the Store Room. She supposed she was wrong, after all there he was standing there was a smug smirk on his face. When he saluted her she rolled her eyes, "Merlin Ryoma. You scared me. Don't sneak up on a girl like that."

The smirk on his face made her want to walk over to him and smack it off his face. She knew why he was smirking, he knew why he was smirking, they both knew. So the fact that they both knew his smirk came from his most current claim made an awkward silence engulf them.

"Morning..." she finally said.

Ryoma chuckled and pushed himself off the box tower and walked over to her. "Now now, that tone might imply that you are not happy to see me," he grinned. Which, he knew to be false. Who wasn't happy to see him? He was happy every morning when he looked at himself in the mirror.

His eyes locked on hers and he leaned forward slowly, making the distance between the two of them nonexistent and...he grabbed a bushel of apples that had been behind her. "Found them," he winked, holding the apples up and kissing her roughly on the lips before summoning his checklist with his wand.

pundantic · 11-12-2011, 04:08 AM

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Ryoma chuckled and pushed himself off the box tower and walked over to her. "Now now, that tone might imply that you are not happy to see me," he grinned. Which, he knew to be false. Who wasn't happy to see him? He was happy every morning when he looked at himself in the mirror.

His eyes locked on hers and he leaned forward slowly, making the distance between the two of them nonexistent and...he grabbed a bushel of apples that had been behind her. "Found them," he winked, holding the apples up and kissing her roughly on the lips before summoning his checklist with his wand.

"My tone isn't implying anything," she replied shrugging slightly. She was never not pleased to see Ryoma, he was just such a butthead that it made being around him for long periods of time hard. Of course, now things had changed so she was not sure how to even respond to his ego comment.

He approached her, making their breathing space decrease with each passing second and then he grabbed something behind her. She turned around to see what it was, but when she turned back around he kissed her. When he pulled away and summoned his checklist Harley crossed her arms over her chest, "You know that your hubris is showing right? You should watch that, its kind of annoying." She stuck her tongue out at the last part of her sentence.

sweetpinkpixie · 11-12-2011, 04:18 AM

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"My tone isn't implying anything," she replied shrugging slightly. She was never not pleased to see Ryoma, he was just such a butthead that it made being around him for long periods of time hard. Of course, now things had changed so she was not sure how to even respond to his ego comment.

He approached her, making their breathing space decrease with each passing second and then he grabbed something behind her. She turned around to see what it was, but when she turned back around he kissed her. When he pulled away and summoned his checklist Harley crossed her arms over her chest, "You know that your hubris is showing right? You should watch that, its kind of annoying." She stuck her tongue out at the last part of her sentence.

Ryoma smirked at her remark. Of course it wasn't, because she was pleased to see him. He winked as he set to checking off the apples from the list and then set it back down on a box. Yep, everything seemed in order for the day - at least, all his little boxes were checked of, so that implied that everything was ready.

Her next comment caught him a bit off guard and he sort of spun around on the spot. His what was showing. He looked over his shoulder as his backside. Nope, still perfect, so there was nothing wrong there. He glanced over at a mirror on the wall, but nothing was out of place their either. "My what is showing?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow at her. Why did she have to use fancy words? He drove him up the wall sometimes.

pundantic · 11-12-2011, 10:32 AM

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Ryoma smirked at her remark. Of course it wasn't, because she was pleased to see him. He winked as he set to checking off the apples from the list and then set it back down on a box. Yep, everything seemed in order for the day - at least, all his little boxes were checked of, so that implied that everything was ready.

Her next comment caught him a bit off guard and he sort of spun around on the spot. His what was showing. He looked over his shoulder as his backside. Nope, still perfect, so there was nothing wrong there. He glanced over at a mirror on the wall, but nothing was out of place their either. "My what is showing?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow at her. Why did she have to use fancy words? He drove him up the wall sometimes.

She finished tying up the back of her apron before she sat down on one of the many seats in the Store Room. She really was tired and although she did appreciate the extra sleep this morning it was not enough. Yesterday had just worn her out. A by product of her exhaustion occurred when she buried her forehead in her hand.

When she finally looked up she saw Ryoma starring in a mirror. What was with him and mirrors. His OCD with his looks was kind of annoying, although now she did understand why he was so obsessed with them.

Her eyebrows shot up in surprise and she answered, "Hubris is like a cocky pride. You know kind of the way you are acting right now." She stuck her tongue out at him.

sweetpinkpixie · 11-12-2011, 10:43 AM

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She finished tying up the back of her apron before she sat down on one of the many seats in the Store Room. She really was tired and although she did appreciate the extra sleep this morning it was not enough. Yesterday had just worn her out. A by product of her exhaustion occurred when she buried her forehead in her hand.

When she finally looked up she saw Ryoma starring in a mirror. What was with him and mirrors. His OCD with his looks was kind of annoying, although now she did understand why he was so obsessed with them.

Her eyebrows shot up in surprise and she answered, "Hubris is like a cocky pride. You know kind of the way you are acting right now." She stuck her tongue out at him.

Oh, so there wasn't something sticking out of his teeth or a hair out of place. Well, that certainly made him feel better about things to be sure. A smug look returned to his face, he sort of winked at himself in the mirror, but he was more winking into the mirror so that Harley could see the reflection of him winking. Yeah, he was witty like that today.

"When isn't it showing then?" he asked, shrugging his shoulders a bit and raising an eyebrow at her when she stuck her tongue out at him like a giddy school girl. She certainly was in a good mood, not that he could blame her really. Heh. Besides, did she really expect that he would be any different. He never claimed to be Prince Charming. Horses didn't suit him...nor did capes.

"Well...if things are all set down here, I suppose I better go tend to the bar," he grinned. Yeah, he was avoiding the subject that had been on both their minds for some time now, but Ryoma really didn't want to talk about it.

Still, just as he was about to leave, he strutted right back over to her, wrapped one of his strong around around her waist, and tugged her forward. With THE biggest smirk on his face he kissed her and then sort of spun her out of his arms. "Couldn't resist," he grinned, offering her a small wink.

pundantic · 11-12-2011, 11:01 AM

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Oh, so there wasn't something sticking out of his teeth or a hair out of place. Well, that certainly made him feel better about things to be sure. A smug look returned to his face, he sort of winked at himself in the mirror, but he was more winking into the mirror so that Harley could see the reflection of him winking. Yeah, he was witty like that today.

"When isn't it showing then?" he asked, shrugging his shoulders a bit and raising an eyebrow at her when she stuck her tongue out at him like a giddy school girl. She certainly was in a good mood, not that he could blame her really. Heh. Besides, did she really expect that he would be any different. He never claimed to be Prince Charming. Horses didn't suit him...nor did capes.

"Well...if things are all set down here, I suppose I better go tend to the bar," he grinned. Yeah, he was avoiding the subject that had been on both their minds for some time now, but Ryoma really didn't want to talk about it.

Still, just as he was about to leave, he strutted right back over to her, wrapped one of his strong around around her waist, and tugged her forward. With THE biggest smirk on his face he kissed her and then sort of spun her out of his arms. "Couldn't resist," he grinned, offering her a small wink.

Harley rolled her eyes at him when he winked at her in the mirror. He could be such a jerk sometimes. Not that he cared, she knew he thought it was kind of charming. To be honest, it did not bother her as much as it used to. Then again even if she liked him a little bit more than she did before, which she did not ~~she liked him a lot a bit more~~, anything would have been an improvement over how she used to look at him. It was not a good perception.

While she sat on the box, she crossed her legs and started to sway them forward and back. He said his goodbyes and she waved to him. She could wait to talk about things. Honestly, after yesterday things had really changed and she wanted to just maybe let them sit without talking about it? That was unhealthy, she knew it was, but the alternative, which was talking about what was going on, was not something she felt comfortable talking about. Especially with Ryoma.

It all happened so fast. One minute she was sitting swaying her feet, the next she was being picked up and thrown across the room, but not before he kissed him. Once she finally regained her balance she eyed him and said, "Hey watch it. You scared the living daylights out of me."

Then she walked up to him and kissed him, a tad slower this time. When she pulled away she pulled away and pointed out, "Shouldn't you be working?"

sweetpinkpixie · 11-12-2011, 11:25 AM

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Harley rolled her eyes at him when he winked at her in the mirror. He could be such a jerk sometimes. Not that he cared, she knew he thought it was kind of charming. To be honest, it did not bother her as much as it used to. Then again even if she liked him a little bit more than she did before, which she did not ~~she liked him a lot a bit more~~, anything would have been an improvement over how she used to look at him. It was not a good perception.

While she sat on the box, she crossed her legs and started to sway them forward and back. He said his goodbyes and she waved to him. She could wait to talk about things. Honestly, after yesterday things had really changed and she wanted to just maybe let them sit without talking about it? That was unhealthy, she knew it was, but the alternative, which was talking about what was going on, was not something she felt comfortable talking about. Especially with Ryoma.

It all happened so fast. One minute she was sitting swaying her feet, the next she was being picked up and thrown across the room, but not before he kissed him. Once she finally regained her balance she eyed him and said, "Hey watch it. You scared the living daylights out of me."

Then she walked up to him and kissed him, a tad slower this time. When she pulled away she pulled away and pointed out, "Shouldn't you be working?"

Ryoma laughed and rubbed her cheek with the back of his hand. "You know I love it when you are all flustered," he grinned, wiggling his eyebrows just a bit. He may or may not have placed a bit more emphasis on the word love than he had intended. He had to admit, he did like that he was able to keep her on her toes. The first few months she had been his employee had been hell for him. She had girlified things. Put flowers here and there and charmed parts of the Courtyard that he felt were just fine the way they had been. At least he had got to keep his koi pond. Women, they really could be so pushy sometimes, and it infuriated him. She did too ~~but he found that very attractive~~.

Oh ho ho. Look who was coming back for more. Well, didn't they always? Still, he was glad that this particular fish in the sea he had caught and this was one he was never going to release back into the ocean. Ryoma smirked and sort of cocked his head to the side when she returned the favor. She was teasing him again and he arched an eyebrow when she asked the all important question.

Oh, right...work.

Ryoma had never been the most professional - one look at him and that was obvious - but he had never been put in this situation before. Wait, was there even a situation? "You are the one distracting me," he said with another eyebrow raise. "Speaking of work...you should get dressed for it."

pundantic · 11-12-2011, 11:34 AM

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Ryoma laughed and rubbed her cheek with the back of his hand. "You know I love it when you are all flustered," he grinned, wiggling his eyebrows just a bit. He may or may not have placed a bit more emphasis on the word love than he had intended. He had to admit, he did like that he was able to keep her on her toes. The first few months she had been his employee had been hell for him. She had girlified things. Put flowers here and there and charmed parts of the Courtyard that he felt were just fine the way they had been. At least he had got to keep his koi pond. Women, they really could be so pushy sometimes, and it infuriated him. She did too ~~but he found that very attractive~~.

Oh ho ho. Look who was coming back for more. Well, didn't they always? Still, he was glad that this particular fish in the sea he had caught and this was one he was never going to release back into the ocean. Ryoma smirked and sort of cocked his head to the side when she returned the favor. She was teasing him again and he arched an eyebrow when she asked the all important question.

Oh, right...work.

Ryoma had never been the most professional - one look at him and that was obvious - but he had never been put in this situation before. Wait, was there even a situation? "You are the one distracting me," he said with another eyebrow raise. "Speaking of work...you should get dressed for it."

Wiggling his eyebrows. Did he even have any clue as to how pretentious that looked? Not that he even cared in the slightest bit. His smirk and eyebrow wiggle thing were his two signature moves that worked on every person in the world... except for her. All she did in response to his comment was roll her eyes, but it was coupled with a small smile so he knew that she was not seriously annoyed with him. Although she could do without all of that eyebrow stuff that he was so very fond of.

"And I'm not distracting you," she said innocently, "I have no idea what you are referring to, Ryoma." Two could play at his smug little innocent game. Of course, she thought she was much better at playing the game then he was because she could really get him upset now with the whole prospect of going to see that shopkeeper's assistant down at Slug and Jigger's. It drove him up the wall and was kind of fun to watch all at the same time.

She wasn't dressed for work?

Yes she was. She tilted her head to the side and questioned, "What do you mean I'm not dressed for work? Yes I am. I even have my apron on and everything..."

sweetpinkpixie · 11-12-2011, 12:15 PM

"Your innocent act no longer works on me," he chuckled, flicking her nose softly with his left hand before running his hands through his thick head of hair. Harley certainly gave off the aura of being one of those girls who was a damsel in distress and needed saving. To be honest, he had been counting on that when he had hired her so that she wouldn't really be the sort to talk back to him and he could just point at something and she would do it. Alas, it hadn't worked out that way. It had been better.

He looked at her outfit again and made a sort of tsk sound before lifting his gaze to her face again. "While I think you look fantastic, I can't have every other bloke in this area drooling over what is mine," he said, folding his arms across his chest. Yes, he looked like a 5-year-old who had just been told he had to share his favorite GI Joe toy with his brother and didn't want to. But that wasn't the point, he wasn't a 5-year-old, but he didn't want to share. Granted...Ryoma wasn't sure that he wouldn't flirt with the ladies at the counter...maybe Harley wouldn't remember that fact.

Yeah, fat chance Shiradou.

"Just....go put on sweat pants or something," he said pointing to her legs and waving his hand around awkwardly.

pundantic · 11-12-2011, 12:25 PM

She scrunched up her nose when he flicked it and threw a pout in his direction. Okay, so he wasn't buying it anymore of course how could he now? It was not like the first day of work last year when he didn't know her and certain things about her. They knew each other now and there was not going to be anymore elusive innocence anymore. He wasn't going to buy it. Of course, she was sort of surprised it had taken him THIS long to figure it out, but it was Ryoma so maybe not so far fetched.

...Was he serious? He had to be joking. He was playing the jealously card again? Although part of Harley kind of liked the whole jealous thing because it let her know where the power lay, it was kind of annoying. She was not joking to put up with his temper tantrums because she wanted to wear shorts in the warmer weather. So she scoffed it off a little pretending that he was joking and said, "Ha ha, very funny. But you have to stop with the whole mine thing... we haven't even established that."

Oh Merlin, he wasn't joking about the shorts thing, "Wait... you're serious? No I'm not going to go and change. Especially not into sweatpants. I've never dressed like that, ever. What makes you think you can make me go and change?"

sweetpinkpixie · 11-12-2011, 12:49 PM

Oh, well wasn't that cute. Her playing it off like he was joking to avoid the issue. The pit of his stomach sort of bubbled and tied into knots at her hand waving. Merlin was she infuriating sometimes. Rolling his eyes, a mischevious grin appeared on his lips and he shrugged his shoulders, arms up in the air like some cocky Quidditch player getting caught for an obvious foul. She did have a point though, they HADN'T established that - at least not all out in the open. To him, it had been kind of obvious though ~~and it sort of freaked him out~~. "I do?" he with a forced shocked espression on his face. "So you would rather I tell lies?" Yeah, this was his awkward and not straight forward way of making a statement. Harley was smart, she would get the message.

With her next statement his brow furrowed a bit."That was before," he said still keeping the pouting little boy appearance up. "This is now and now is different than before so you can't be the same as before and I can't either because that was before and this is now." And this speech he was making now made no sense, except to him. It was all crystal clear in his mind. She was his and all eye candy belonged to him alone. Duh. End of story.

pundantic · 11-12-2011, 01:17 PM

"That makes no sense Ryoma," Harley complained, "And I'm not going to change because your afraid that other men are going to look at me. First of all, men don't ever look at me behind the counter. I'm in an apron serving them food. Second of all, even if they are looking at me what does it matter? I'm not looking at them. As you so offensively put I'm, I'm yours." . She found that the comment made her blush like a stupid school girl. Why were they even doing this.

Trying to regain some power she said, "So shove it and stop being so insecure."

sweetpinkpixie · 11-12-2011, 01:33 PM

There was an insult in there...he was sure of it. Harley hardly ever said anything without making some sort of jab at him. However, this time she hadn't insulted him, per say, but had confirmed something. He grin widening, he shoved his hands in his pocket and strutted over towards her from the base of the steps leading out of the store room. "So, we are in agreement then," he said with a somewhat obnoxious grin. "That you're my..." he paused for a moment. He had NEVER used this word before. NEVER. He wasn't sure that he wanted to use it now, so he came up with option number two. "...girl." He grinned again, this time resembling a school boy. Merlin did she do strange things to him. Good...but strange.

Pulling his hand out of his pocket, he removed a small black box and held it out towards her."I meant to give this to you a long time ago, but I suppose it suits better that I do it now since I'm yours," he said as he leaned forward a bit to whisper into her ear as he slyly passed the box from his hand to hers.

Ryoma was no good when it came to these sorts of gifts. Sure, gifts that were just meant to impress to get what he wanted were easy. Rose, chocolate, promises you don't intend to keep...that was easy. Buying this for Harley, well, this was a whole new Quidditch match.

pundantic · 11-12-2011, 03:26 PM

She was his girl? Is that what this was? The whole his girl concept seemed very elementary, but with Ryoma, she assumed, that was a pretty big deal. Ryoma was never thus type of guy to ever make a commitment to any girl. It was more flirting and dates and kisses. He never gave any of them a title. Now kind you girl was no grand exclamation, but it was a start. She was not really ready for anything grand either. It wss all soft if happeneing so fast and Ryoma was never the type of guy she thought would act this way.

In a way she was speechless. So when he handed her the box she took it abd opened it slowly. Inside was a necklace ~~pink squee~~ and it was beautiful. She would be lying if she said that she was not the type of girl who liked gifts. She totally was and pink made it so muxh better.

Her aqua eyes looked up to his and she smiled. A nice real genuine smile. "I love it... Really I do. It's beautiful. Help me?". She turned around and lifted her hair for him to help and the added, "Thank you... but I'm still not changing.."

sweetpinkpixie · 11-12-2011, 03:46 PM

Ryoma's smirk was removed and quickly replaced by yet another boyish smile. Merlin, the blonde was turning him into a softie. Next thing he knew he was going to be delivering a dozen red roses to her room and opening doors for her. What was this? Some sort of fluffy feel good movie? Still, seeing the smile that the necklace brought to her face made that all seem, well, not so bad.

Shaking his head a bit, he took both ends of the necklace and slowly lowered it around her front, leaning his head down to kiss the back of her neck before closing the clasps. "Happy Birthday," he chuckled. "Give or take a few months." He laughed again at her next comment. "Fine, but then I get to stick to my old ways." See, he could be diplomatic about these things.

pundantic · 11-13-2011, 01:18 AM

Harley touched the necklace and turned around to look at him. He had some silly school boy smirk on his face and she was kind of curious as to when his smirk had been replaced by a school boy's smile. Deciding not to press the question she laughed at the birthday comment and replied, "Better late then never I guess. I'm more surprised yku actually bought me something in the first place."

He was not going to change his ways? Seriously? She was talking about changing jer clothes, but if he wanted to talk about this now she would. Her arms crossed over her chest and she rolled her jaw to the side a little, "Ryoma I was talking about changing ky clothes. But please expand on this whole not going to change your ways thing Ryoma. You couldn't be talking about the way you flirt with every woman who breathes would you?"

sweetpinkpixie · 11-13-2011, 01:50 AM

"Yes, well, I am always full of surprises," he winked. Had to keep people guess all the time, naturally. Predictable wasn't a word that was in his dictionary, although he did fall into routine from time to time, but those were two very exclusive things. He tugged on his navy vest a bit and debating fastening a few of the buttons, but decided not to in the end.

"Of course not," he chuckled. Merlin Harley, he had standards. Not every woman that walked into the Leaky Cauldron got the Shiradou Smolder. It was likely that he would give one of the elderly ladies seeking a nice hot cup of tea a heart attack if he did - and dealing with that paperwork was not something that he really wanted to do. "If you are going to be stubborn about something I think I have the right to be too. Besides, business might dwindle if I stop." True story.

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