Pink Composition

"The clock tower is a spot I have always loved personally. Me and my friends always use to hang out up there." He could see it from where they stood. "You have been in town this long and haven’t went to check it out on top? What are you too busy to breathe too?"

The Shibuyan was smirking and chuckled as he walked towards the tower.

 Vexen knew he would have been happy, or flattered, to hear that Joshua would join him at another lecture- well, if not for the young blond’s mockery. That quelled the urge to smile and stomped it, pushing the civility back into the icy crevasses of his heart and forcing his usual snark to come forth. 

The scientist was backpedalling emotionally, terrified of exposing himself and too proud to accept an admittance. 

Vexen was in no small amount, his own worst enemy. 

Electric green eyes looked down at Joshua, measuring his worth before the condescending squint that crinkled the edges reappeared, “I wouldn’t need to lecture you if you did not make such simple social mistakes.”

Ah, there was the cold demeanor he had been criticized by his father about.

Joshua didn't appear to be affected by Vexen's looks, nor did he give any reaction to show he was aware of the other's inner turmoil. He just stood there, ever smiling, twirling his hair.

A giggle escaped his lips as he stopped playing with one of his messy, curly bangs and let his hands slip into his pockets.

"Great. Free time is a rare thing for you now isn't it? Heh heh heh. And you're going to spend it with me~? Awww, that's so sweet. What do you usually do when you have nothing to do?"

 ”Maybe I will,” he responded rather confidently, following behind Joshua and having to keep a constant eye on the effeminate blonde with a giggle as he went through the crowd.

Xemnas found himself stopping in front of the statue, almost star-struck as he gazed at it, a smile drifting across his features, “Just like I imagined it.” He took his eyes off the bronze statue for just a moment, placing one treat in Joshua’s hand as he placed the other between the dog’s feet and patted him between the ears for luck.  He stepped back and thought about his own dogs- Set and Osiris- and how much he missed them.  It was very lonely coming back to a dorm without the excited barking and licking that dogs always brought to a home.

Even Ansem’s ‘secretive’ and very illegal kitten did not treat him the same; it seemed she favored her owner no matter how much Xemnas spoiled her. That was alright with him, eventually he’d get to go home and see his boys. Eventually.

But why did it seem like forever?

"It's just a statue depicting ultimate loyalty in the form of man's best friend. It's not that big of a deal," he purred as he took the treat in hand and placed it by the statue's feet. Joshua was far too short to reach the statue's head, so he made due with patting the polished bronze on the back.

Joshua had never been much of a dog person. Honestly, such loyalty, as great as it was to have, was downright foolish to give away. Blind loyalty makes dogs unable to think for themselves...a pack following the mind of their leader. Unimaginative creatures, really. That was why he preferred cats. Cats were free thinkers. They gave you their time if they deemed it useful to them. They wouldn't just wag their tails after their beloved master beat them down for reasons beyond them.

 Vexen almost jumped at the noise, he was so absorbed in his own work of cleaning up and reviewing his results mentally that he completely forgot that Joshua might have arrived.

When the lab assistant motioned him that he was finished he packed up his gear and slung his labcoat on, picking up the medical bag as he usually did, “Was it now? Where were you? Here I thought you’d arrive promptly and sit up front.”

 He didn’t want to sound let down; instead he covered it up with a mild layer of condescending attitude. He was actually somewhat disappointed but surprised Joshua showed up at all.  Vexen was used to being discouraged and the other’s effort to show up as support without any educational benefit was somewhat pleasing. But Vexen would never admit that.

"Noted. I'll be sure to skip my class next time so I can get here early. But the back of the class is the best place to observe. A bigger field of vision of what's happening means you're less likely to miss anything," he replied with a wink.

"I'll sit in the same back right corner from now on, so you know where to look. Heh heh heh."

He flipped his hair again and smiled. "So when's the next talk I should schedule into my week? I rather enjoy listening to your lectures. Especially when they aren't aimed at my behavior."

The Shibuyan matched Vexen's glare with a serene glance. His eyes were perfectly unreadable and were the perfect accompaniment to his mask of a porcelain face.

"Keeping me in the dark, are we? Very well, dear roommate. The next place I am interested in is that massive clock tower in the center of town."

It was an interesting sight for sure, but what the ash blond really wanted was to see the city from the top of that tower.

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 Xemnas tried to ignore the fact that after his little moment of embarrassment Joshua was now permanently glued to his hand- forcing him to almost lean over to be tugged behind him.  This would have been cute if he could pass Joshua off as a younger brother- which was simply impossible, and it instead came off as a weird sort of familiarity he wasn’t sure he was confident in presenting to the public.

Once he was dragged into the shop he perked up and completely forgot the previous invasion of space to stare around, walking almost at home surrounded by dog products, “Great.” He looked through the products before his fingers landed on a collection of treats for dogs that also served to clean their teeth, “I’m sure he gets enough ones that are bad for him.” Xemnas lifted up two treats that served as toothbrushes for dogs as well as having a beefy taste to cover their healthy purpose, “but he probably needs his teeth cleaned as well. If there is an afterlife, like the Egyptians believed, it is best to give many products one would use while living.” He was obsessed with Egyptian mythology and one could tell simply by his naming of his dogs.  Xemnas walked up to the counter and paid for the treats, turning down a bag as he was simply going to put the treats in their place at the dog’s feet.

"Alright let’s go." He wanted to buy souvenirs with Hachiko on them but he doubted he had more room to put them in his dorm. He’d need space for other keepsakes from Shibuya. A memory could serve just as well.

Joshua smiled as he started out the door, gesturing Xemnas to follow.

"Don't get lost now. Hatchiko is close to the scramble so it's generally easy to get separated from your friends. But if we do get separated, we can just meet at the statue's base."

The native Shibuyan headed out of the shop and down the street. You'd think his bright silvery blonde hair would make him easy to spot in a crowd, but Shibuya proved to have all sorts of 'unique' people with their own stylish flair. Nobody would give you a strange look here if you decided to give yourself a rainbow mohawk.