Similitude of Ashes and Feathers

Chapter 8: Fitting Transition

After Aaron's clothes were brought to him Alex left the bathroom, to give him some privacy. They looked to be heavy duty winter clothes,  Alexander had never seen so many fleece lined garments before. He was curious to see how well they would fit the slim demon.

When Aaron came out of the bathroom he was completely dressed and dried. The garments looked nice. He had a cream long sleeved turtleneck with a brown fleece lined vest over it and a royal blue shawl with fur around the edges covering his shoulders, a ribbon tied the shawl in the front. His jeans were just that, a dusty blue that were fleece lined judging by the bottoms of them being rolled up slightly and seeing the cream color from the fleece.

The demon seemed pleased with them, it brought a smile to Alex's face. "You look nice," the prince said, "even if it is a little ridiculous to be dressed up like that around this season. I could pick you out of a crowd from a mile away," he chuckled.

"Well it feels nice. Kind of restricting and thick though, I've never worn anything like this." Aaron stretched his arms out in front of him and flexed his hands. He gave a soft laugh, "and they're really soft. Even our softest materials don't compare to this."

Alex's smile broadened, "I'm really glad you like them. Does anything fit poorly? We can have the tailor fix anything that might not fit right. I noticed your jeans look a little long. We didn't exactly have the best measurements to go on seeing as you were so hot, but it looks like they did a pretty good job." Alexander perked up, "oh, I almost forgot. They made you a hat too, if you want it."

The angel prince stood up from where he was sitting to hand Aaron a trapper hat, he paused for only a moment before offering it to the demon. "This style is made on earth for cold places, to keep someone warm. I'm not sure you'll even wear a hat but you can if you want to." Alexander had only hesitated due to recognizing a symbol on the inside, Martha had made this and probably had intended to give it to Alex as a Christmas present, but he didn't mind letting the other boy have it. Aaron needed it more.

The demon blinked in surprise before taking it. "This is a hat? I've never had one before," he smiled gently and spoke calmly, "this is nice. I've never been given so much," he'd only received gifts from Sally and Bellamy before and there wasn't much to give. Aaron moved the hat to the way he thought it should be put on and looked at himself in Alex's vanity mirror before turning to the prince. "How does it look?"

"You look good," he then shrugged, "but I think you look great with or without the hat." He was attractive and Alex wasn't about to hide the fact that he thought that was true. Aaron didn't seem to react to the compliment though, just nodded silently. "... Aaron, the king still wants to talk with you. Would you be up to doing that?"

The demon looked nervous once more and looked to the floor, pursing his lips. He didn't want to answer that question with a yes and he wasn't going to if he didn't have to. "Do we have to do that right now? He-... He's terrifying." Aaron hadn't even gotten a good look at the king but he was still too scared of him to want to even risk being seen by him.

Prince Alexander sighed in response, "I'll see what I can do... Just tell me how you're feeling, I guess, so I can tell him and come up with an excuse." It was easier to come up with excuses when he had more things to talk about.

"I feel a lot better," the demon nodded uncomfortably, "of course I'm still cold but it's definitely nowhere near as bad as before... thank you."

"Don't thank me," he put his hands in his pockets, "thank the king. You might think he's scary now but I have a feeling you have nothing to worry about from him." He shrugged, "you don't have to stay hidden now either. Alright, I'll go talk to him and-"