"Next time, we'll bring a blanket," Noah snorted.

Veli laughed. There was something that kept him even more warm than a blanket, but it probably wouldn't be too smart to have Noah clinging to him all day. Sadly enough.

"Mmm... S'good, so it's okay."

Ah, and excited Veli was excited! They'd packed up at Noah's house, now it was just left to pack up his place.

"It's kinda messy, 'cause I haven't been around in a while. But, you know. Nothing bad."

"I trust you," Noah nodded as he parked, "I'm just here to help."

"Mmhm!" Veli opened the door to his apartment, humming. What was inside...

Was not what was expected. The place was a little dusty, for sure, but not bad. The walls were nearly covered by paintings, most depicting undersea life, but some did a more urban look. It was sparsely furnished, having no electronics except for what was in the kitchen, and a big couch. No books, no magazines, but there were a few small musical instruments laying about.

"Pleh. Messy."

Noah looked around.

"I had no idea you were so talented."

"Huh?" Veli asked, looking up from packing up a flute.

"The painting and he music and stuff. I mean, even if you don't play...just lookit it all..." Noah said, touching a painted fishy gently.

"I demand you paint me something."

"Of course." Veli smiled. "And I do play. I'm good at music and art, I told you way back." He stood, putting the case on the couch and working on packing up another instrument.

"I mean, it's nothing special, but people really like the paintings. I had one at an auction once, and people kept on babbling about how... Well, arty stuff. I dunno. Siska loves the one I did of her as a mermaid. But she's so full of herself."

Noah smiled and moved over to hug Veli from behind.

"Paint us."

Veli smiled slowly, reaching up one hand to wrap around his head, giving him a kiss.

"Of course." He said softly, beaming. His eyes had a far away look to them. "And water. Fish." He smiled dreamily, sighing.

"There's water where we're going, right?"

"Well, not too far away," Noah nodded, "It'll just be a bit of a drive when you wanna go." And then he moved to go pack.

Veli sighed and touched a painting gingerly. "I should probably arrange to have these sold. Too many to bring with us." He loved his little ocean tidbits, though. "Probably too many instruments, too."

"You have no idea what an escort entails, do you?" Noah chuckled.

"Suga', we get a private jet and a limo to pick us up...we ave all th' room we need."

Veli blinked at him. Clearly he hadn't understood the escort part.

"Oh. Do you like these, then? Should I take them?"

"Take 'em all," Noah smiled, "You won' need t'sell anything. We can make a whole room for them."

So Veli carefully took each painting down, stacking them against one another.

"There are a few more in the bedroom, and some clothes, and... Well, anything else is probably what you've got duplicates of, like towels and kitchen stuff."

"Might as well bring them anyway," Noah shrugged, "For the first week, we're stuck with that we already have. God knows that ain't much."

"Okay." Veli nodded, pushing open the door beside the fridge. Yay, was the den of a Veli! There were more instruments there (Including a drum kit), and the back wall had the largest picture in the apartment.

Three people, one of them obviously a younger Veli (As his hair wasn't nearly as long as it was now.) The second person was an older man with a far away look, the third was an incredibly gorgeous woman that shared Veli's skin tone and seemed to have a protective arm around him. Painting Veli was, of course, too busy watching something off the corner of the painting to notice the protection.

Humming, Veli went to move the picture down. Yay, painting and music~

On the plane, Noah was already lounging in his wonderful seat and drinking an amazing cocktail with an arm around his beautiful Veli.

"I love the government."

His Veli hummed, looking around in interest. What an interesting place!

"This is a pretty big plane." He said after a bit.

"Mmmmmhm," Noah smiled and sighed, "'S wonderful."

"All because you're so smart." Veli grinned. Ah, big sexy brainmeats.

Noah shrugged.

"I'm no smarter than the next guy. Just so happens all smart went into one specific area." And that area was certainly not English.

"Psh, please. You're smarter than me by a long shot, Noah." Veli laughed, smacking his leg lightly.

He leaned against his seat, humming. This was the nicest way to move, ever.