lt_safe_house | Rose has a problem

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Rose has a problem

Date: May 16th, late afternoon
Location: Raphael's room
Status: Private (Rose and Raphael) - Complete
Summary: Rose addresses a dressing problem

Rose sighed before she knocked on Raphael's door, invitation in one hand, her one and only dress over the other arm. It was a sleeveless dress in royal blue, knee length, with silver buttons down the front. She had packed that one because the fabric wasn't as thin as that of most of her sundresses and because she could shrug out of it after opening only three of the buttons.

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Rose watched Raphael decorate his wing. Maybe she should be grateful to the London pack for teaching her about things that looked good together and things you mustn't ever wear together. Not that she'd liked those lessons but at least now she could honestly tell Raphael:

"That jewelry looks good on you. I don't know if it's vanity to like beautiful things, but it really looks good. Will you keep the cuffs on for the banquet?"

Her stomach had reacted to the notion of raw meat. But that would raise questions she wasn't prepared to answer.

"I like raw meat but most humans wouldn't. If I eat the steak raw there will be questions. It's much better to eat the steak very rare. Not everyone likes it but it's normal enough. Thank you for the offer though."

She moved her shoulders a bit to see if her impromptu cape would slide down but it didn't. Good. Rose smiled at Raphael.

"Thank you very much. I'm really looking forward to the banquet now. I suppose I should leave so you can change into formal clothes as well?"

And it really was a question. She wouldn't mind staying and talking but most people outside her pack weren't comfortable with being naked around others, even if it were friends. And she hadn't forgotten Michael miracling clothes onto her...

Raphael gave a shrug as he moved to pull his garment bag that held his suit. "You can stay if you'd like to talk. It's up to you." He fluttered his wings a bit, the gold cuffs glistening. "I might keep the jewelry on. Since its a special occassion."

And it was, it really was... It was just a way to say thank you to his new family, to most it would simply be a dinner party. But for him... He had researched everyone's favorite foods and drinks, and he and Aziraphale had carefully prepared each one. Maybe they would come, maybe they wouldn't. Either way, he was happy to be doing this for them.

"I'm glad you're coming," he smiled, untying the golden cord around his robes.

Rose grinned at Raphael.

"Good. I'll stay. And thank you for the invitation. I'm looking forward to it, and not just because of the steak. I like being with you, you know? You know who I am, what I am, and you're still friendly, normal towards me. With all the others I have to be careful not to give anything away."

There would be others at the banquet of course, but Raphael had invited her and not going would have meant being rude to her one real friend here.

"How's your bunny by the way? Has it settled in alright with you after your rather eventful arrival here?"

"I enjoy your company as well, my dear." When Raphael said things like that, it was always spoken in truth. One never had to wonder rather or not he was simply saying things to be polite. He slid into his pants, completely unfazed that he had been momentarily undressed in front of another. He was not shy about his body, and as a Healer he was used to spontaneous nudity.

"Fella is doing well," he said, pulling his dress shirt from a hanger. "You see that fuzzy pillow next to the pink one? It's not a pillow."

As if somehow sensing it was being talked about, the bunny pricked its head up, black eyes peering at them both. Raphael laughed and moved to scoop him up, stroking the animal behind the ears. "Would you like to hold him? He trusts me, so he won't panic if I put him in your arms." The trust Raphael had in her was unspoken... He knew she wouldn't intentionally hurt his pet, or his wings, or him. He trusted her and his actions showed it strongly.

Raphael telling her he enjoyed her company made Rose smile. It was a nice feeling, having a friend. And it wasn't easy to make friends if you always had to hide your true nature. But here she didn't have her pack and thus got lonely sometimes.

Watching Raphael change drove those thoughts from her brain for the angel seemed to miss certain body parts. Her curiousity was piqued although she knew of course that it at least humans thought it rude to look and even ruder to talk about those body parts.

She worried her bottom lip between her teeth, weighing curiousity agains good manners, when Raphael showed Fella to her. The bunny seemed calm today so meeting it before with Raphael there seemed to have helped a lot. Rose looked down her body and then shook her head slightly.

"Normally I might but I don't want to ruin all your great efforts with this dress."

In any other situation she wouldn't care one bit about her outfit but Raphael had made this dress for her and she would got to the banquet in that dress and she didn't want to embarrass him. So she just stroked the fur on Fella's back with one hand, deciding not to say something like 'I like your bunny' considering the fact that she'd like any bunny, just not in a way Raphael would appreciate. And she didn't want him to get the wrong idea. Just because wer didn't have pets didn't mean she couldn't respect other people's pets...

Looking at Raphael to gauge his reaction brought her curiousity from earlier back.

"Um, not to be rude or something. It's just, I saw you change and I wondered, are all angels like this? Without a belly button and genitals I mean."

"Depends on the angel." Raphael snapped on his suspenders and adjusted the lengths. If he had been embarrassed by her question it didn't show. In fact, he seemed as uneffected by it as if she had asked about the weather. "Some alter their bodies for such things. I prefer not to, as I really have no use for them."

He slipped on his coat, threading his massive wings through the slits. He decided to keep the jewelry on them, since it was a special occasion. It may not have been a holiday or an important event but for Raphael, gratitude did not need a special reason.

Raphael turned to his friend, holding up two ties, a green one and a red one. "Which do you think will go best?" he asked.

"So, you don't ever go swimming or something like that?"

Rose looked at Raphael with a furrowed brow. She guessed nobody would get suspicious as long as the angels didn't wear tight clothes. Or walked around naked.

"Wouldn't it be easier and safer to just imitate a real human body, all parts attached?"

Looking from one tie to the other Rose made a quick decision.

"I'd say wear the green one, should go well with your green eyes. But I'm really no expert, I'd walk around naked if that wouldn't draw suspicion..."

Maybe her time with the London pack did have good aspects after all. She wouldn't have had the slightest idea of which tie to choose otherwise. Now she at least knew the smallest bit about dressing for formal occasions...

"Honestly I would walk around clothed only in Light if I could," he said, looping his tie. "Clothes can be rather uncomfortable and they always tear when you need to pop your wings out. I don't like the way fabric feels against the roots." The skin around the roots were very sensitive; new feathers, soft and downy, poked out like tiny unfurling flags.

"I don't wear really tight pants." He motioned to the workjeans neatly piled on his bed. "Or even underwear. I mean, why bother? But anyway... The only thing that really distinguishes me right now from being human are my wings." He let them curl around a little, adjusting the gold cuffs on the top edge. The red feathers reflected off the gold and made it appear as if a tiny hearth were embedded right into the jewelry. He smiled. "I'd love to go swimming sometime, but I have found that humans do not like naked people in their pools."

Rose grinned understandingly.

"Yes, clothes can be pretty uncomfortable. Back home, it gets quite hot in the summer. But clothes always bother me. They prevent me from changing form so they make me feel trapped. But not wearing any would make humans suspicious. So I have to wear clothes..."

She went to Raphael do straighten a feather here and there that got a bit ruffled when he slipped on the coat.

"I mostly went swimming as Cloud. My younger cousin, Shadow, still likes to hunt frogs in the pond. He's barely more than a cub still. But nobody thinks farmdogs splashing in the pond strange..."

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