Doctor on Duty [opens!]

[Alexiel BookMan]

Alexiel listened to Nate as if he was telling him the meaning of life; because love truly was the meaning of life to the little mara, but there was one thing that confused him greatly. He loved to touch anyone, he loved the feeling on skin against his so, the idea of letting your fingers graze their hand didn't mean much to do with falling for someone? Or did it? He liked the idea of looking over books though, this he understood more than anything and although still slightly confused, he nodded. He watched Nate take the paper before handing it to him and it was almost as if he had a tear in his eyes. "Y-You do?!" He exclaimed, sounding as if he had just won the lottery. "I'd love to keep in touch!!! The librarian doesn't let me use the phone much in the day because it's used for her work but I-I'll phone you and we can talk!!!" Gods Alex was so easily pleased.

He had never really had anyone to talk to outside of the library yet, a few odd souls that spoke to him while they were there, but contact outside was few and far between. "You think you could tell me more about love? Like, real love, not fiction book love?" He felt a little embarrassed for asking, because it wasn't something that was usually brought up in a normal conversation, but Nate seemed so nice, and a very open guy, why wouldn't he wanna help him? Alex took the little piece of paper and slipped it into his pocket, taking great care not to place it in the one with a hole in.

[Nate Reynolds]

Nate smiled and was a little surprised by how enthusiastic Alexiel was about keeping in touch. It was nice. Nate had very, very few friends so it was nice to think that he could call up and meet with Alexiel sometimes. As a child he'd been diagnosed as a sociopath but had eventually, through therapy and counseling, trained himself to deal with social situations appropriately. However, he didn't take many friends. Even at work, his colleagues were merely people he knew, not people he considered close. He worked, went home and did his own thing. Except, now he had Remiel and it was amazing to have someone around that understood him. But Remi was a partner, not a friend as such. Nate sat back and smiled.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely be in touch. I don't really have friends so I'd like to spend some time together, maybe get a coffee somewhere when we're not working just to hang out and...chat." he smiled, "And of course I'll teach you more about love. You gotta learn it from somewhere reliable right? But right now I have patients to see too. How about you give me a call when you finish work and we'll chat?"

(do you wanna time skip to when Alexiel rings? Or we could start a new thread somewhere?)

[Alexiel BookMan]

Small time skip

Alexiel had waited by the phone all day, shifting nervously as it rang and the librarian answers. It had been people asking for books all day and now that the library was coming to a close she finally subsided and decided to let the young man use it. He carefully took the slip of paper Nate had given him, which he had been using as a bookmark, from his sonnet book and laid it down flat on the desk, staring at it for a few moments, trying to create a way of conversation in his head before dialing. It took him several attempts at this because he was getting so excited that he kept pressing the wrong numbers and he shook rather a lot when he finally put in the right code and heard the first few rings of the phone.

Alexiel started to wonder if Nate would even pick up. It was after working hours, but what if he didn't want to talk after such a long day? Nerves surged through him with each passing second and he considered putting down the phone several times to save himself embarrassment.

[Nate Reynolds]

Nate had been in work for another hour after Alexiel left and had head home. He didn't know what time the library closed up or what time Alexiel would call but judging by the look of excitement on the young man's face, it would certainly be this evening. He had time to shower and have dinner with Remiel before he heard his mobile go off in the other room. He smiled and retrieved it, not recognising the number but seeing the business code at the start of the number indicated it was probably the library's number. He was surprised that he'd made such a loyal friend so easily, he chuckled and answered.

"Good evening, this is Dr Nate Reynolds speaking." his automatic responce to any phone call passed his lips and he mentally facepalmed, he was way too formal on the telephone, "How's speaking?"

(sorry for short)

[Alexiel BookMan]

Alexiel listened as the phone rang and as it was finally picked up he jumped a little, mostly out of excitement. He wasn't used to using the phone, but after a bad experience with ordering some books for the library knew not to shout down it and he grinned, even though no one could see him. "Nate!!!" He churped happily, so pleased when he answered, Alex thought Nate's voice sounded very strange on the phone, his voice was rather different but he was happy never the less. "Nate it's Alexiel! I wanted to phone earlier but I wasn't allowed because the librarian got a little annoyed at me! But I phoned!" He instantly stopped talking, looking around to make sure that the old librarian had actually left so he didn't get told off for talking about her.

With a soft noise he twitched nervously, not wanting to make this an awkward conversation on the phone so he began to talk again, hoping it would help shift things along. "Did you have a nice day at work? And I guess you might even still be there? Sorry if you are, I can hang up if you like?" Poor Alex, he wasn't used to shutting up and not having anyone to judge the reactions and emotions off made him feel really rather nervous.

[Nate Reynolds]

"Ah Alexiel! It's nice to hear from you, I wasn't sure when you'd call. No, I'm not at work, I'm at home now so you don't have to hang up." he chuckled, his voice calm so as to help Alexiel relax, but he was a little pleased that his new friend had called. "Judging by the long pause there...I get the impression you don't talk over the phone that often. Just relax, it's fine. How's your wing feeling now?"

Nate had told Remiel about his new friend and was met with a very clingy, inquisitive boyfriend. Remiel was defensive about Nate having met another man with wings who apparently wasn't an angel but when Nate explained that the man was just a friend, he seemed to relax and trust him. He'd have to get Remiel and Alexiel to meet sometime, maybe they could figure out the difference between an angel and a mara; Nate was curious. Not in the way he was curious about insects and kept them in boxes, he was more geniunely interested in figuring this man out a little, what made him tick. Still, friendship took time and he'd have to learn a little bit at a time.

"I was wondering if you wanted to meet up in town tomorrow? I have the day off and maybe you could meet my partner, Remi...study real love." he smiled and thought for a moment, "We could go to the coast or get a coffee somewhere?"

[Alexiel BookMan]

Alexiel was so relieved when Nate began to talk again, he seemed calm, and more importantly, he sounded happy to be talking to him. It made the man relax slightly, his back slumping a little against the chair he sat on and he smiled to himself more than anyone. He chuckled to himself a little when he mentioned the phone, mostly to cover up how embarrassed he might feel about it. "I'm not really allowed to use it much, I talk too much." He did, and luckily he knew it, because most everyone he met had already told him. "My wing feels a lot better thank you! I can move it a little, but not as much as I'm used to. I move a lot but you most likely already noticed that?" He really did love to move, and he liked more to touch, he started to wonder if Nate and who ever this Remiel was liked to touch people too; he was snapped from his thoughts when Nate mentioned meeting up, a look of utter happiness on his face.

"Meet up?!" He exclaimed, maybe a little louder than he was meant to, and he covered his mouth with his hand very quickly, wincing a little at the pain and whispered. "Sorry." He felt excitement surge through him and it took all his effort not to move his entire body, including his rather sore wing. "I'd love to meet him Nate! I'd love to get to know both of you and see love!" He truly did, nothing felt better than to steal the affection of others, well... share and feed from it. "sure! Coffee sounds great!" Alexiel seemed overly excited, even though he didn't like coffee, or any food and drink, he was just happy to be invited out.