As she had promised Iasonas when told about the restrictions the family faced to hide their origins, Elsa choose to study one of the fields Iasonas needed more informations about. As soon she was a teen, Elsa elected to make a complete report on retail and fashion. As it was, Iasonas only did weeklys trips to the mall for the most basic things, on sundays only, and with the whole family. They could never pick new clothes or haircuts, in case they made a terrible choice that would reveal them as aliens. As if aliens were the only being fashion-impaired.
Some of this choice was purely egoistic. She wanted to be done as soon as possible to have more free time as an adult, and not many careers offered such an early start. And maybe she wanted to have her own money and to be able to select a few things for herself without the whole family knowing about. Impressed with her motivation, her boss promoted her in only a few days of works :
And one night, exhausted by her shift, she followed her daydream and walked into the bed Yanny used to share with his youngest brother. The weird thing was that Yanny barely opened an eye, recognised her, and went back to sleep instead of throwing her out. They both knew that they were mean for each other, but never mentionned it since Elsa had turned to teen, because Yanny had already been a young adult at that time, working hard as writer and writting hilarious or depressing books about his and his brothers stinky toddlerhood. It was a small victory and a proof her choice to leave her family for this strange one was the right one.
Yes, she really jumped into his bed. I thought a teen and young adult not related couldn't do that, so it surprised me.
Yanny rise quickly through the ranks as writer, and choose to follow the journalist path. His creative mind may have favored another path, but in hope to spare his futures children the filth no diaper change could ever erase, he pick the one with a journalist card so he had a legit reason to ask about people's hygienics habits. There had to be something easier than washing hands to stay clean.
Not long after graduating from hight school, Sonny met Elsa's sister on her young adult birthday. After offering to bake a cake and light some candles for her, they became very close. Must have been his romantic trait...
And maybe they became a bit too close. But when asked about this, Sonny simply replied he wanted to help his mother, as Iasonas complained about her lack of grand children, and it wasn't like Yanny would ever look at someone else than Elsa who was still in hightschool with Ponas. It might have been the reason Sonny also invited Jesminder, or Mila who desesperately wanted a girl after raising three sons... And managing multiples relationships was good for his secret agent carreer.
I only recently realised when planning for gen3 that I wasn't supposed to invite people in unless the Comedian restriction was lifted... Also, the eared-hair was Sonny's randomly given hair as teen, but no others seemed to fit when Elsa finally lifted the carreer restriction.
Iasonas asked her heir to model for a portrait in his journalist clothings, but they both agreed it didn't felt right. Something was missing, even if the young man ignored what exactly. Maybe because his career was so time demanding, and days were too short to run around interviewing the few people in the neighborough, then writting about it, and trying to get a good night sleep on the uncomfortable mattress before the next shift came.
But a few days later, the house lost Penny. Iasonnas was heartbroken, and everyone in the house was unconsolable. She had been a mother for the three boys, helping them with skilling and homework, and had helped Elsa a lot when confronted to some of the little weirdness to live with aliens. It was in her honour that Elsa had refused they threw a party or did anything special for her birthday. But Yanny wouldn't allow it, and surpised her with a beautiful cake.
It was enough to give her some hope that despite their perfectly platonic bed sharing, there was still that destiny thing between them.
And so, she asked him to walk around the neighborough, until they reached a spot and she'll be able to tell him one of those thousands speeches she had reharsed so often since she had blown her teen's candles.
But no words left her lips. It was the first time a silence between them ever became heavy and tense. So, with nothing to loose, she decided to kiss him.
She was ready to run away, not even expecting his reaction, but he caught her. He was serious, but no hint of anger, or embarrassement, on his face. But Elsa felt embarrassed enough for the two of them. What was she thinking, acting like one of those hightschool kids, when she needed him to stop considering her as too young.
"Don't run away, Elsa. It's just... I was very far from expecting that when you asked me to talk. I thought you had changed your mind and wanted to go back to your parent's house, and that's why I could not say a word. As long you didn't said it, it wouldn't have been true. But I suppose you had the same reservations on my part. I thought I had been clear years ago, when we were still children plotting a way to be together forever. But you were apparently planning to seduce me. As usuals, we must have thought alike, because I had brought this for you. I planned it to be one of your birthday gifts." And with those words, Yanny produced a red rose, using a magic trick he had learned during one of his interviews. The look in Elsa's eyes was worth every difficulty to hide the gifts from her in their small house.
Elsa didn't believed it. He had been so thoughtfull. And now, she couldn't help jumping, overjoyed about being sure her choice was right, her sacrifices were worth it, and the future she hoped for was right at hand.
But as she thought she couldn't be more happy, her breath was stolen as Yanny put a knee on the grass, and opened what was apparently her second birthday gift. She could clearly see all his love floating to her as the box slowly opened and revealed a diamond ring.
This time, she jumped again, right into his arms. Good thing he was so strong. But there had never been any need to ask. From that fateful day Elsa had left her house to do her homework in the neighborough her father liked to jog in, and met a strange blue boy with violet eyes, she had knew they were meant to be together and have their own family.
When Iasonas asked her eldest son to model again for his portrait the next day, she could see the changes in him. Suddenly, everything had fallen in place in Yanny's life, and she had never seen him more happy. It was like the house itself had brightened, and despite her own loss, she was able to transfer all of his bliss into the canvas, creating her first masterpiece in years.
