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( It's sad how used to that Ja'far is. He just sighs, letting him drape around his shoulders as they start to walk towards the door. )

A surprise? This better not be something bad, Sin.

Of course not. If it was a bad surprise, I would have sent it over the phone, rather than having you come here in person.

[ He can't get strangled over the phone. ]

( Just. This face. This face a lot. )

Alright, let's see it then.

[ Sinbad just leads him into the bright foyer within, all clean marble and sleek metal, and leads him straight to a row of elevators, hitting the button to take them up to the higher floors.

Once inside, as they start to move, he just gives Jafar a wink. ]

Relax. You'll like this, I'm fairly certain.

( Ja'far sighs, but follows easily along, staring curiously at the elevators and at Sinbad as they begin the ride up. )

You say that about a lot of things, Sin.

And I am very rarely wrong.

[ He'd just like to point that fact out, thanks. ]

You're wrong enough of the time.

( Yeah and he's just gonna point that out, thanks. )

Not this time.

[ He seems pretty confident about that.

The elevator doors ding open, spilling them out into a bright hallway that holds two doors and a large window at the far end. Sinbad guides Ja'far to the door closest to them, but pauses to cup his hands over his Submissive's eyes first. ]

Indulge me. [ He murmurs the words in Ja'far's ear before nudging the door open and guiding Ja'far inside.

Only once he's there does he let his hands fall away to show him the interior of the penthouse. There's already furniture here - if the bare minimum - and the place is obviously wanting for personal touches, but the big open room flows from living room to dining to kitchen in a bright and airy floorplan that just invites company to dwell together, giving it a warm homey feel. Inviting. ]

( Ja'far squawks indignantly as Sinbad covers his eyes, but huffs, allowing the man to do as he pleases for the moment. He's already dreading whatever it is that the man has potentially cooked up, anyway.

But, ah, as he feels those hands fall away, he's surprised.

It's a home. )

...It's lovely.

( And then he puts two and two together and turns to stare at Sinbad. )

Don't tell me you bought this.

[ Sin just smiles down at him, looking unrepentant. ]

I still have to finalize the paperwork, but it's only waiting on my signature. I wanted to make sure you'd like it, first.

( Oh my god he bought it. The man actually did buy it.

Or is going to buy it.

This giant penthouse. )

You- How are you paying for this?! Did you forget I do your finances here? Have you been hiding money from me?!

( You thought you'd avoid strangling. You were wrong. )

( Okay, but a small part of him, a very small part of him is actively touched that Sinbad is showing him a house and wants his approval on it.

Maybe he lets go of the strangling sooner than later. Though he's still ready to grab him. )

I... It's very nice, Sin. But how are we paying for it? If it's a bunch of loans, I don't want to deal with it-

You're not going to have to deal with a bunch of loans, it's only one loan. [ That's probably not as reassuring as it should be, but he's momentarily distracted by trying to free his poor abused throat from his Submissive's grip. Did this count as Dominant abuse? ] I haven't been hiding any money from you, we had enough to make the downpayment - especially with Aspen's portion of the contribution - and this place will pay for itself.

( Ok, fine, only one loan, he can deal with one loan. He's dealt with loans before.

But- )

You had Aspen involved?! Sin- ( He's about to strangle him for that, when he catches the end of that sentence.

Pay for itself. )

...Did you buy more than just this penthouse?!

Aspen volunteered to help go in on this the night we all had dinner, Ja'far, you were sitting right there, remember? He wanted to be part of whatever we picked out.

[ Sinbad's voice is patient as he reminds his Submissive of that. Just in case he'd forgotten. The fact that Aspen hadn't known what he was getting into either was entirely beside the point.

Oh, well. There's the rest of the news out in the open. he knows that look in Ja'far's eyes so he just motions for him to follow him.

The blueprints for the building are laid out across the dining room table, each floor sketched out, all with papers of numbers - income and expenses sketched down in easy-to-read columns. It shows two large retail spaces on the ground floor - one marked out as rented to a little coffee shop named A Shot in the Dark and the other still maked available for rent. the second floor holds a cluster of office buildings - all marked leased and occupied, with a folder that holds the contracts set to the side if Ja'far wanted to be obsessive enough to review them here and now. There are four floors above that one that hold smaller apartments and suites - a handful are already leased out but the others are already marked ready to rent, with suggested pricing averages for the neighborhood.

The top floors, of course, hold the penthouse Sinbad had chosen, with the sprawling suite for them and the attached apartment for Aspen and his Submissives - sharing a floor and a large open patio.

Sin gives him a moment to take all that in before starting to point out numbers and benefits to why he'd taken this leap. ]

The rentals combined more than pay for building itself - with extra left over for a profit, even. It's in good condition and needs very little work for upkeep. And with the extra apartments available in the floors below us, we can offer them to those we want to keep close or who need a place to say - somewhere outside the public housing the city offers.

( Ja'far is literately dead. Just dead. Thank you, Sinbad. You finally murdered him.

No, in fact, he's too shellshocked to do much of anything. He's absolutely angry that Sinbad did all of this, but he also can't really argue with it as much as he'd like to. Sinbad did the research, picked out a building that would potentially sustain a profit, and had enough space for his needs as well as those he'd managed to gather around him.

It was just like back home, and so much like Sinbad when they were younger and didn't have the weight of an entire country on them and-

Oh, goddammit, Ja'far's angry and proud. But mostly angry. Really angry.

He shakes Sinbad by his collar for good measure. )

How dare you do all of this without discussing it beforehand- Buying an entire building- You didn't tell me or Aspen, or any of us I- You-

( He throws his hands in the air. )

It's. It's good, Sin. I'm very cross, but this is good. We'll be able to sustain ourselves a lot better this way. It's- If you wanted my approval, you have it. ( And with that, he's going to sulk and reread all of the documents, as he does. )

I haven't signed the paperwork yet!

[ He holds up his hands in surrender as Ja'far shakes him, but even he can tell that his Submissive won't say no as he starts going over the numbers. Even if he is angry and sulking.

Sinbad is at least smart enough to know that now is not the time to point out that Ja'far is adorable when he's sulking.

So instead he comes up behind him, wrapping his arms around Ja'far's waist as he leans in against his back and helps him start looking through the paperwork out, pointing notations he'd made when discussing and negotiating the deal. Only once they've gone through each of the floors does he rest his chin atop Ja'far's head, hoping that looking at the numbers laid out as they were might have calmed him down a little. It's why Sinbad had gone through the time and effort of having this all arranged and looked into so thoroughly. ]

What do you think? I know it's a risk, but...

You still did all of this without telling it to any of us!

( He's impressed, but still. How dare you, Sinbad.

And yeah, not the time to say that, not if you want to have your balls still around.

He's definitely sulking, and huffs when Sinbad wraps around him, but makes no move to dislodge the other man, or try to strangle him again. He makes his own notations, and carefully looks at them all, a spare sheet of paper quickly getting filled with calculations. It takes a little while, but he eventually sighs, half defeated, half accepting. )

It's definitely a risk, and I'd have to go back over our own numbers at home, but... I think we should go for it. The benefits outweigh the risks, at least from what I can see.

( A pout. ) You did good, Sin.

[ Sinbad presses a kiss to the top of his head at those words. ]

Try not to sound so put out with me for it. I wanted to surprise you with something - all of you.

It certainly is a surprise to find out you're financially in charge of a large building, complete with offices and housing.

( He deadpans it, but then he looks up at Sinbad, his expression growing at least a little bit fond. ) Thank you. Just... no more buildings. Not without talking to us first.

[ He shoots Ja'far an innocent look, giving him a charming smile. ]

We only need the one.

[ ... For now. ]

( Ohhhh he knows that look. He definitely knows that look. )

Sin.

[ Sinbad just laughs and reaches to scoop him up in his arms, spinning him in a circle, grinning happily. ]

I'll behave. This will keep us busy for quite some time, after all. Shall I show you the rest of it? Wait till you see the bedroom.

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i'm going to laugh about this tag for a while

good I'm glad XD

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1/??????? i gotta think on this

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ok done

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