Shopping 102 (Open)

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

Being bored while Neku was, where was he again? Right. At school. Results in rather interesting results. And apparently the land lady of Shade Street Apartments actually likes to see her occupants put some interest in their living spaces. Besides, if Neku ever moves out I can repaint the walls white before he does.

I smile to myself as I walk down the paint aisle, completely at home with the colors, relaxed even by the bright yellows there. None as beautiful as the color I used to wake up to every morning, before the darkness had returned to his eyes.

I shake my head, "No... Not here, not now." My words come out muttered as I search for just the right shades for the living room, kitchen, and bathroom. I'll save Neku's room for a time... After he knows what I did... And... For a time he wants to...

((A/N: I'm gonna post a floor plan of what I think Neku's place looks like, okay? Because this is what I've been going from ^^' Watch it be completely wrong~<3))

"Paint with me," I flush as I stop next to a shade of blue-grey, automatically reminded of Neku. This time I don't shake my head as I examine the color. This and a purple-grey would contrast well with the brightness of Neku's aura, his Otherborn power. Not the clearish green everyone sees, but the bastion of yellow gold light I sense more than see coming from him when we fight in a crossing. Its warmth and strength drawing others in subconsciously, even if he pushes people away, even if he's a grump or a jerk or anything negative... It because of him that---

"Whoa," I shake my head free of my thoughts now. "Stop that... You're gonna hurt yourself." My voice firm and I nod to myself as I search more. Eyes landing a metallic red and a ruby pink, these are the colors of Shiki, or at least these are the colors I sense. That and a little bit of... "Bright emerald...." My finger graze the color lightly and I had taken the last set of colored tags and I now take these as well.

My mind refocuses to the purples and pinks and black. Those where the first colors I needed after all. I let out a sigh, wish someone was here to bounce colors off of...

[Shiki]

It was a weekday, so Shiki should have been expected to be in school. But the red head had tried public schooling and the result wasn't anything good. So she had resorted to online classes. And after sitting at her computer and becoming tired of it over the course of two extremely long hours, she set her learning aside and went out. Figuring she'd just browse around All-Mart, she walked through the store. Ugh, she was so bored...

And then she spotted Namine. Might as well go and say hi, right? She walked over to her friend, "Hi, Nami."

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

"... Is the right right shade of--"

"Hi, Nami."

"Eeeeppp!" I jump and whirl around, shocked to see Shiki. "Sh-Shik! What are you doing here?!"

[Shiki]

Shiki jumped as well, holding up her hands as if to show she wasn't a threat. "Just taking a break from online schooling. I can only stare at a computer screen for so long. Um, sorry I think I scared you..."

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

I blink once, then twice, then brake out into a bright grin, "Shiki~." And then hug her to me in a soft embrace. "Wanna help me look for paints?"

[Shiki]

She laughed to herself, Namine always seemed to surprise her one way or the other. Shiki hugged the blond back, "Sure, I'll help you out." Distractions were good, they took her mind off of...other things.

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

"Awesome~," I let go of Shiki and then thrift through my pockets a long moment before pulling out about ten different shade of light pink and hot pink, followed by lavenders and dark purple. And finally my coal black color which is the only black they have. "I need to narrow down my choices for the living room~."

[Shiki]

"Well let's see..." She giggled, "As much as it would be fun to, I don't think Neku would be happy with the living room hot pink." Shiki assumed it was for the apartment, "Black might be a little too dark...maybe a shade of purple?"

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

I laugh at that, "No, no... Not just all one color Shiki~ But a color scheme~." I set the pinks and black back into in my pocket. "So purple as the base color then?" I skip around my friend as I pull out a small note pad from my other pocket and begin to cross out ideas with a pen from behind my ear.

"How does circles sound? Not the sharp edged ones though, light and fluffy and blending together?"

[Shiki]

"Oh," She smiled, "I see!" Shiki never would have thought of something like that. Namine was definitely creative. She nodded at the color, and then thought over the circle suggestion, "I like the idea." She nodded again in approval.

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

I smile, "Thanks... So which shade of purple?"

[Shiki]

Shiki looked over the options, "How about this one for the base?" She pointed to a shade that wasn't too dark.

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

"A medium purple?" I look it over and then nod. "Right! Brighter colors to open up the space~" Its obvious I've crammed my head with too many design shows and my mother's preachings if I'm saying that. All well~.

[Shiki]

Shiki giggled, "What colors were you thinking for the designs?"

[Namine Joy LeBeau]

"Pink, black, and maybe a little bit of grey and white~."