you know i'll see you again.

chapter twenty-two : i've been tsuki-fied

We spoke for a while more. Planning. We already had it mentioned that Vanille and Hestia would control most of the planning since Vanille used to live in Tsuki, and Hestia does live in Tsuki.

We had our mission planned so far, but than it got to how we were going to get inside of Tsuki.

" I feel like sneaking in will be fairly easy. " I crossed my arms, Hestia burst into laughter.

" Yeah, not like that. " Vanille looked me up and down.

I looked myself up and down.

" What? Is there something wrong with me? " I chuckled.

" You look like such a classic Taiyo boy. " Hestia chuckled.

Vanille put her hand on Hestia's shoulder and gestured toward Takahashi.

" I mean, so does Takahashi. " Vanille smiled.

Hestia started laughing even harder. 

" I CAN'T BREATHE-- " Hestia kept laughing.

" I don't know if I should feel offended or honored. " Takahashi looked at Vanille and Hestia.

" Neither do I.. " I replied.

Hestia and Vanille just kept laughing. But than Easdale patted Hestia's shoulder.

" Guys we really don't have that much time left. " Easdale looked a bit worried.

" True, true. " Hestia caught her breath and stopped laughing, same with Vanille. " But still, you guys really need a make-over. Tsuki style. "

" Please don't make this like a teenage movie. " Takahashi sighed.

" No no, you guys just look like you live in Taiyo. You need to not look like that. " Vanille explained.

" Than what are we supposed to look like? " I asked.

Vanille and Hestia looked at each other.

" I'll take Takahashi and Easdale, you take Carter. " Hestia spoke.

" What? Why me. " Vanille didn't seem happy that Hestia wanted her to make me look like I lived in Tsuki.

" Because. " Hestia looked at Takahashi. " Can you teleport Ms. Hills, Vanille and Carter to Carters apartment? "

" Yeah sure, only one at a time though. " Takahashi explained.

He first teleported my mother and Basil, than Vanille, than me. Just at our front door.

" I'm going to go let Basil stay with Tanaka for a bit well I go shopping okay? You kids stay safe on your mission. " My mother smiled.

" Alright mom, we'll be safe. " I hugged my mom goodbye, and she left out of the apartment.

" Hey- why is there a picture of me on the roof-? " Vanille was standing in front of the couch staring at the photo of her taped on the roof.

" Oh- that was from recently. " I stood up on the couch and started to take the picture off my roof.

" That doesn't really answer the question. " Vanille chuckled.

I sighed.

" When you were still on the run, I recognized you but I couldn't put my finger on it. So Luke and Hestia made me stare at a photo of you till I knew who you were. " I explained.

" When did you find out? " Vanille tilted her head like a dog when they're confused.

" When you said the phrase you said to me when you left. " I chuckled, finally getting the photo off the roof.

Vanille gave a small chuckle.

" You know I'll see you again? " She smiled.

" Exactly. " I smiled back.

I got off of the couch and stood in front of Vanille, handing her the photo. It was just a blurred photo of her in battle, but it was still her.

" Are you giving it to me? " She looked up and me and smiled again.

" Yeah, I mean its a picture of you. " I chuckled.

" Nah, keep it. Why would I need a picture of myself if I have myself right here. " Vanille pointed at her face.

" True. " I chuckled, I placed the photo onto the coffee table.

" So, make-over time. " Vanille got an evil look on her face.

" Oh no. " I smiled.

" Show me your room so I know where to get clothes for you. " Vanille chuckled.

" Right this way ma'am. " I chuckled back, I went into my room and she followed. I sat on my bed and gestured to my dresser. " Bottom drawer is Luke and Hestia's stuff. "

" They took over a whole drawer? " Vanille laughed.

" They're here a lot. " I laughed as well.

Vanille started to dig through my clothes, She pulled out a pair of ripped black jeans, and a dark purple button up t-shirt with black stripes. She threw them onto my lap. She also threw a belt chain with the clothing. Vanille closed the drawer and looked at the top of my dresser. She picked up an old eye-shadow palette Hestia left here two years ago and never used again.

" This yours? " Vanille looked at me.

" I don't know. Hestia left it here like two years ago and never took it with her again. " I answered.

" We could use this. Okay get dressed and than come out to the bathroom. " Vanille left and closed the door. I was confused on why she wanted to put make-up on me.

I got dressed. The black ripped jeans, I had the chain hanging off of my belt buckles. And I has the button up shirt tucked into my pants, the top button undone. I walked out to see Vanille just sitting on the floor beside my couch on her phone.

" You could have sat on the couch you know? " I looked at Vanille, hands in my front pockets.

" Eh, I like the floor better. " Vanille chuckled. She stood up and walked over to me. " Have you ever worn a button up before? "

She put down the collar on my shirt.

" I felt like the up collar would be a Tsuki thing. " I answered.

" Yeah, no. " Vanille chuckled. She pointed toward the stools in the kitchen. " Sit. "

I walked to the stools and sat down. 

" I found a perming lotion in your bathroom cupboard and perms are really popular in Tsuki. " Vanille placed the perm lotion onto the table. 

" You serious? " I looked up at her.

" Yes. " She looked back at me. Than Vanille held up the make-up palette. " And since Tsuki is just always dark, people never know when to go to bed even though they have clocks. So literally almost everyone has eye bags. So will you. "

" Was that supposed to be a threat? " I chuckled.

" Depends how you took it. " Vanille smiled.

She put plastic gloves on,  took a metal chopstick and started curling my hair with it, than applying the perm cream. I was going to have curly hair for a while. Well she was perming my hair, we just caught up really. Talked about what happened ever since Vanille left. I think we were getting along more than we did when we were eight. I also would move time to time when she was trying to apply the cream, and she would call me an 'uncultured swine'. I don't really know if that's an insult but alright.

When Vanille finished putting the cream in my hair, she said to let it sit for a while well she gives me eye bags. So we did.

" So how are you going to give me eye bags? " I asked.

" It's simple. Just purple and black eye-shadow under your eyes, and smudge it. " Vanille answered, putting eye-shadow under my eyes with her finger.

" Seems pretty simple. " I replied.

" Yeah, yeah. Shut up now. " Vanille seemed focused on the make-up so I stayed quiet.

After a bit of her giving me fake eye bags, she found a concealer on my dresser too. Also from Hestia. But this time it was Hestia bringing it over because she wanted to do my make-up. But Hestia never got to doing it. Vanille used the concealer on my lips to what Vanille said gave me a more "tired and dead" look. Which I guess is a more Tsuki alike thing to do.

She took the metal chop stick out of my hair, and than backed up. Vanille looked me up and down.

" How do I look? " I smiled.

" You look like any other dude walking down the street in Tsuki. " Vanille smiled back.

" So looks like a success. " I chuckled.

" Do you know how to get back to Takahashi's place from here? " Vanille crossed her arms.

" Uhm. No, but I think we can find our way there. " I answered, I stood up and walked to the door.