Basil and the Slumbering Emerald

Thanksgiving

The next day was Thanksgiving, a day Basil was nervous about. He didn't get any invitation from his parents for their huge family thanksgiving celebration. Petril and Joe were invited but they declined on Basil's half, Petril still pissed off at his brother for treating his son so poorly. Gram and Kelkian's families did invite Basil over, so he is going to Kelkian's first, Grams second, and having Mattias over for a small thanksgiving at Petril's since his family is out of state. So Basil slips on an outfit Kelkian picked out for him. A pair of black slacks with a silk green button-down shirt with dress shoes and Basil styles his hair neater than his usual messy platinum mop.

Heading over to Kelkian's Basil had to drive since he was showing up at Gram's after and he didn't want to just show up on their doorstep and risk anyone noticing. The drive took him out of the suburban area of Granite Bay into the posh and expensive lavish houses that looked like mini-mansions. Kelkian's house had a gate in front of the driveway with Cobras for bars. The house was made of grey stone and painted an ivy green. As he pulls up the gates part and let him in. He pulls up into the driveway and gets out going to the door, ringing the doorbell. Kelkian answers the door with a smile. He pulls Basil into a tight hug and passionate kiss. "You made it." Kelkian seems excited and Basil chuckles.

"Of course I made it love. I wouldn't miss my fiance's family's thanksgiving. That would just be rude. Besides... I have a surprise for you tonight." Basil winks and Kelkian goes an adorable shade of pink.

"You know I like surprises." Kelkian purrs in his ear leading into the near mansion sized house. Everything on the inside is marbled floors, elegant décor, and rich green walls. Basil checks that no one is around before groping Kelkian playfully making him groan. "Can't I just eat you instead?" Kelkian whines and Basil shakes his head.

"Of course not, I'm dessert." Basil kisses him just as they walk into a rich mahogany and wine red living room with plush leather couches, chairs, and ottomans. There is a large flatscreen imbedded in the wall that is on but turned down low. Kelkian's large family all seem to turn at their entrance. Basil grips Kelkian's hand for dear life and in return he rubs his thumb over the back of his hand.

"Everyone, this is Basil Vipera, my fiancé." He makes a display of kissing Basil on the cheek. Everyone is openly staring and Basil can feel himself start to sweat as Kelkian leads him over closer. A Tall thin man with slicked back black hair that looks almost like black oil in this lighting, sticks out his hand and smiles.

"Pleasure to meet you Basil, Kelkian has done little but rave about you. I'm your father in law to be. You can call me Elmar. This lovely woman is my wife, your mother in law to be." He gestures to the thin elegant woman dripping in rubies, wearing a silk red cocktail dress.

"Pyria. It's nice to meet you properly Basil. You are the talk of the town of course being so special and all." She shakes Basil's hand and he is slowly introduced to everyone. It is quite a large family. Kelkian wraps a comforting arm around his waist when his alignment comes up and people start gushing about how special he is. They treat him like he is a celebrity rather than a person. It grinds on Basil's nerves. Kelkian elegantly steers conversations away from the subject with ease, making Basil thankful he is there with him. They settle down when a maid comes to announce dinner. They sit at a long wood and glass table with elegant table clothes on it. Basil thankfully sits between Pyria and Kelkian with Elmar at the head of the table.

"So Basil, we haven't heard much from you tonight... we of course know of your alignments but what of your rites? How did they manage?" Elmar asks politely and Basil stares at his plate of food suddenly feeling like his hunger has vanished.

"They didn't. It was unfair to make me do three sets of rites so they decided the matter would be dropped." Basil says more confident than he feels. He sets his knife and fork down. "Please excuse me" Basil gets up and heads to the bathroom, washing his face. Kelkian knocks before following him into the bathroom.