Fitting In

"that's why we can't go to bed right now"

she grabbed the blow dryer again

he sighed and submitted himself to her

she dried his hair and then she put some of her own hair products in his hair combing and brushing his hair out

"so beautiful"

she breathed her fingers through his fine black hair that was even softer as silkier now it had been washed and conditioned

"I really will never forgive you if you ever cut it without my permission this hair belongs to me got it!"

"I promise," he said with a laugh, "I told you that's easy"

she began to use a comb and styled his hair braiding his hair into a stylish pattern of cornrows in the front of his hair but leaving him with long bangs loose

on the side, she then braided the loose hair into smaller single long braids that hung on the sides of his face

in the back, she brushed up most of his hair into a ponytail holding it with one of her hair ruffles

while leaving the rest free to hang down his back

the ponytail she braided some of it into several small single braids so that they blended with the loose hair and hung freely down his back

then with the braids, she had done at the sides of his face

she drew those back to braid them together around the hair at the back in a net-like pattern that would keep his hair captured and tidy while he still wore it loose at the same time

what do think she asked letting him see himself in the mirror when she was done

"it looks very elaborate you have good skills" he complimented her

"you look very cool" she replied "its a kinda reinvented traditional hairstyle I saw an actor

wear his hair like this in a drama once, he was an army general and this look really suited him it's made to look both wild and manly but still a refined and elegant look at the same time,

because he was a general who came from a refined noble family a lot of women watching that drama fall in love with the actor playing the role and it became rather famous because he wasn't even the lead character of the drama at that time but he was getting more attention than the actual lead actor himself"

"I won't pretend to understand what you're talking about but thank you for styling my hair," he said with a smile

"I'm not done with you yet!" she replied amused "next is finding you some modern clothing

something that might help you hide those wings of yours so you can go outside at least"

she went to her suitcase that was on the floor and opening it she took out some clothing items

"first of all, put this on," she said tossing him a pair of what looked like plaid soft shorts

"what are these?" he asked

"They are men's boxer shorts, it's underwear for guys" she stated embarrassed

"I know it's weird but I have them because I wear them sometimes they are more comfortable for me at certain times

but these are new I just bought them and never wore them so you don't have to worry about that just put them on"

he pulled on the shorts and then she tossed him another pair of pants black with white stripes going down the legs

"these are called tracksuit bottoms," she said "they have a stretch waist so they might work for you

cause you're lean and slim they might be a bit baggy on you"

he put them on and she was right they hung low on his hips and were a bit baggy but they looked

alright she tossed him one of her cotton vests

after putting it on the sleeveless armholes allowed room for his wings along with his shoulder blades because of its racerback style

he was able to wear it comfortably

she then tossed him her biggest and baggiest oversize hoody

her black and white hoody

"try putting this on over your wings" she suggested

he put it on and she helped him zip it up

it was just big enough that his wings were nicely concealed underneath Bethany released a sigh of relief

"it's perfect! it works," she said

"you can totally go outside and not worry about people seeing your wings now"

"thank you" he breathed gratefully

"are you kidding? now that we got an idea of what you need to wear

we need to go shopping for clothing for you but we will save that till after dinner we will have more time then,"

"here!" she passed him a pair of slippers to wear on his feet

after getting dressed in a denim skirt and blacktop

her red hair brushed into a high ponytail and slippers she grabbed her phone and purse

"let's go!" she said

the pair left the room taking the elevator down to the lobby

finding Bethany's classmates gathered there

"Hey, guys I'm here where's the professor?"

"Bethany have you heard about the attacks?" one of the girls asked

"what attacks? what are you guys talking about?" Bethany asked

"there have been terrorist attacks! two of them one in Europe and one in the US they happened while we were out touring we only just heard the news professor's gone to contact the embassy and find out what happened

but according to the news, it's been an attack by viral outbreaks the terrorist released some kind of deadly fast-acting virus in New York and a city in Europe, thousands of people are infected now"

"That can't be true," Bethany said "it's on all the news channels," one of the guys said

Bethany grabbed Takehikos hand

"who's this?" one of the girls asked

"my boyfriend" Bethany replied and then

they both left going to find the nearest TV in the lobby at the moment

several hotel guests were standing in front of it everyone was watching the breaking news story

Bethany felt like she couldn't breathe from the news

it seemed the world had gone to hell while she had been enjoying herself thoughtlessly with Takehiko

the virus was airborne in the USA The CDC and other medical professional teams were working on trying to create a cure there was mention of possible quarantines

"what are we going to do if we can't go home?" she asked

"I don't think this is ordinary" he replied "from the looks of reports it seems like some aspect of it is celestial"

"celestial you mean one of your kind is making people sick?" she asked

"no, it's more like someone is attacking us celestials by infecting the humans with a virus" he replied

"so the celestials are under attack?" she asked

"there's only one being in the world that would be capable of launching an all-out open attack on the celestial like this It's the same one who destroyed my clan" he stated.