#now i gotta shower and get to bed. again too fucking late THANKS GABE

[esaari]

local demon man wants to know your location

#oc #gabe #i finished this finally... well. i just cant be arsed to work on it more #i wasnt up to starting anything new the past few days so i just kept at this #but i am excite to get working on those suggestions you guys left me!! weekend finally coming up i get to rest and have time to do things #that spark joy........ #work and commute sucks the life out of me and leaves me with only a couple hours a day for fun stuff #which i usually spend zoning out #or in this case drawing every stupid strand of this mans body hair #and theres more horrible evil strands below the cut that completely murdered my hand #now i gotta shower and get to bed. again too fucking late THANKS GABE

[allofthisnonsenseplease]

firesonic152 - 05/03/2017 jack's childhood was just smoking in cornfields and getting sexually active probably too early I FUCKING LOST MY SHIT A FEW MINUTES AGO https://youtu.be/VvAVIhyInuE the whole thing is funny BUT THE VERY LAST PANEL I'M DEAD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/03/2017 X'''D omg Reaps my guy some chill pls

firesonic152 - 05/03/2017 HE NEVER LOSES awww but jack flirting w gabe and doing his Absolute Best to get into his pants but gabe keeps resisting bc omg he's still a virgin and he's kind of really embarrassed about it

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/03/2017 omg! X3 that's that's really cute awks Gabe and rather than Jack kind of lighting up as if this is some sort of challenge or Gabe is a prize to be won, he actually kinda backs off a little bit out of Gabe's personal space when he finds out. He frowns, and bites his thumbnail absently, and Gabe asks him (starting to feel a bit offended) if that's going to be a problem, and Jack looks up at him, honestly startled, and is all 'No, no, not at all! It's just been so long that I was trying to think of what would make this easiest for you.'

firesonic152 - 05/03/2017 awwww!!!!!! jack gets really caught up in trying to make gabe's first time Perfect gabe just wants to get it over with at this point

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/03/2017 XD aww, come on now, gabe he wuvs you

firesonic152 - 05/03/2017 but like when jack first starts flirting w gabe he makes it So Painfully Obvious that he's looking for a good fuck and gabe is just. fuck i really like him but i don't,,,,,, have any experience with that,,,,,,,,,,, and he figures he should probably just TELL jack that but then he worries that if jack is really that interested in sex then he'll lose interest in gabe if he finds out so gabe is just caught in this awkward limbo where he can't really accept or reject jack's advances

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/03/2017 oh ; ; also, SHAME ON YOU, JACK, FOR MAKING THOSE SORTS OF ASSUMPTIONS But Gabe's unusual not-saying-yes-not-saying-no keeps Jack trying and sticking around until by the time Jack realizes that he's in danger of developing actual feelings IT'S TOO LATE

firesonic152 - 05/03/2017 jkadkfjnasfkjn because when jack isn't flirting with gabe, they're spending actual quality time together and it turns out gabe is not only super hot, but a super sweet and interesting and funny guy and jack starts to wonder if maybe gabe just wants to be friends and hasn't outright rejected him yet bc he doesn't want to hurt jack's feelings or make things weird

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/03/2017 so, yeah, Jack's a little bummed, but, hey, he made a great friend, so it's all good, right? he'll get over the disappointment. but Feelings creep up on him, and he's pining before he knows it, but he can't do anything about it because Gabe is happy when they're just hanging out as friends, but he always got a bit antsy when Jack would flirt. So now Jack is the one not wanting to spoil their friendship, but ohh it is hard some days. And then one day, Gabe tries to flirt with Jack, because he misses the attention and did want something more...he just wasn't sure how to go about it or if he would be what Jack wanted. But his flirting goes right over Jack's head. So he keeps trying, and sometimes Jack doesn't notice, and sometimes Jack gives him a weird look, but Jack doesn't flirt back. So, finally, Gabe gets frustrated and flat out asks him. And Jack is like 'I didn't want to mess up our friendship.' And that's when Gabe admits why he didn't really reciprocate at first.

firesonic152 - 05/03/2017 SJANFAKJN jack just kinda blurts out "you didn't seem like you wanted a- a relationship so i stopped so it wouldn't be weird-" and gabe just kind of drags his hands down his face with a deep sigh

"listen, jack, it's. it's not like that. i just..." he can feel his cheeks are burning. he's not really sure where to start with his tangle of problems. "i wanted to... reciprocate. i just didn't because i've never, exactly... done that before."

jack frowns, confused. "never dated before?"

"... no jack."

"never..... dated a man before?"

"no jack."

jack is visibly trying to parse through what gabe could mean. gabe sighs again and says "sex, jack. I've... i've never had sex before." he's pretty proud of how stable he's able to keep his voice because his hands sure aren't cooperating.

"like... you've never done the whole thing, or you've never done anything?"

"i've kissed people before...."

jack has an odd mix of startled and mortified on his face.

oh my god i came on way too strong

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 X'D I'm just imagining Jack's opening line to Gabe was something like: 'Hey, I like your beanie, wanna fuck in the showers?'

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 XDDDDDDD jack is running through all of the lines he used on gabe and is getting increasingly mortified "hey nice haircut, can i suck your dick" jack is processing all of this silently. he is too stuck in his head to realize that this is incredibly awkward for gabe. gabe is like "yep this is it jack's gonna laugh at me and decide he doesn't want a relationship after all"

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 ; ; oh noes

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 gabe decides to cut this short and save himself the embarrassment by announcing "good talk, jones lent me a book and he wants it back tomorrow, i've gotta go finish reading it." translation: i'm gonna go hide in my room and pretend not to be upset for a while

jack is like shit i ruined it fuck

kajndkjfKNADKFJN gabe mopes in his room for awhile but when he opens his door there's a rose waiting outside (jack stole it from one of the offices because where the hell else is he supposed to get flowers on a secret military base). jack decides he's gotta rethink his entire courtship plan.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 omg a fucking rose, jack? rlly? XD

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 he doesn't know a whole lot about romance give him a break XD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 No. No breaks. No excuses. XD

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 XDDDD jack's like "god okay i can't just try to get right into gabe's pants, this requires some actual romance. wait how tf do i romance someone." "ANA HELP"

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 Jack is like 'okay. i can do this. i've seen enough crappy movies to figure out a bit of romance.' He steals a couple scopes off of guns, bundles them up with a blanket and a couple pillows, and drags Gabe up to the roof to stargaze with him one night. He forgot to check the weather, and it's overcast, but it was a nice thought, and a nice sort-of date up until it starts to rain on them and they have to grab the bedding and run for the door. Which, apparently, locks from the inside. Thank God super soldiers don't catch cold so easily.

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 NOOOO JACK they're soaking and jack is glaring at the door like it'll melt if he can stare at it angrily enough and gabe just starts laughing

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 "Glad you find this funny," Jack mutters. The thing is, though, as he looks at Gabe, he finds that he is honestly glad to see him laughing, and the disappointment and frustration fades. He realizes that he's pretty far gone, and goes back to cussing at the locked door until Gabe pushes him aside to try to get it open. "Seems like we're both new to parts of this," Gabe says, shooting him a smile.

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 awwwwwwww >w< gabe is too on-the-mark and jack does his best to not appear as flustered as he feels

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 Jack being awkward at the romance stuff but still trying so hard makes it easier for Gabe to get over his own embarrassment. Even though Jack's plans don't go the way he wants, they do actually sort of work. Gabe finds that his inexperience with sex matters less and less the more time he spends with Jack. Rather than it being a sore spot, he's at ease, and starting to look forward to where all this is leading. ohh and with that i need to head for bed

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 ahhhhh gnn!!!! <3333

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 <3 night night ^^

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 They're like watching a movie and cuddling one night and they start kissing but as soon as it gets heated, Jack starts to back off. Gabe, figuring Jack was just catching his breath or something, tries to lean in again, but Jack pushes lightly on Gabe's chest. Gabe shoots Jack a questioning look and notices Jack is flushed and refusing to look him in the eye.

"Um- pretty good movie," Jack manages, his gravel voice coming out a pitch higher.

Oh. Jack is giving Gabe an easy out. Gabe smiles and pulls Jack back in for another kiss. He leans back, tugs Jack along with him, until he's lying down across the couch with Jack's weight on his thighs and Jack's tongue in his mouth.

After a lot of hot and heavy making out, Jack breathily admits he wants to suck Gabe's dick and Gabe can only nod shakily. Jack then crawls down gabe's body to settle between his legs where he proceeds to suck gabe's soul out through his dick.

Jack is happy to leave it at that for now (he'll have a hell of a time thinking about this later that's for sure) but Gabe pulls insistently at Jack's shirt until Jack is back with his knees on either side of gabe's torso. Gabe tentatively reaches down and starts pumping Jack's dick. Jack slaps one hand over his mouth, the other moving to cover gabe's, urging for Gabe to go faster. When Jack's back arches as he comes, Gabe thinks he might be in love.

They shower together afterwards - actually shower, helping each other wash their backs and Gabe taking particular joy in shampooing Jack's hair. They dry off and Jack mentions he should probably go back to his room, but Gabe shakes his head and convinces Jack to crawl into bed with him.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!! X//3 i'm such a fucking sucker for helping each other wash how has that not come up yet in these discussions???

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 >w< jdnasjdfnaskdjfn it's because jack's Thirst normally means that sharing a bath/shower = more sex time

SuspiciousPopsicle - 05/04/2017 siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh JACK IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS

firesonic152 - 05/04/2017 SHAKES FIST

#cornfuck and the reaper #R76 plot ideas

[roommateofmyimagination-blog]

Chapter 11.5: The Kit Goes on a Date!

«Gabe»

My fingers fly across the keyboard as I work on a paper for my English class. Why do things have to be so simple now? I remember when I use to struggle writing papers, now it’s just a breeze. I pause, lean back in my desk chair and try to grab my water bottle off my dresser. Putting my foot here and making the chair tip to just enough of an angle I'll be able to grab my water bottle, not a problem. I take my hair band out that’s holding my blonde hair back and then push it back once more so it’s sitting tighter on my head. Placing my foot on the edge of the desk I lean the seat onto its back legs and reach for the water bottle.

“You really sure it’s going to work this time?” Warin my red fox questions me. I can feel his eyes on the back of my head.

“It’s going to, I placed my water bottle in the perfect position for this to work,” I answer paying him no other mind.

“THERE’S A MATCH!” My younger brother yells as my door slams open.

“Woah,” my jumping from the sudden loud noise causes me to push a bit too hard on the desk and me and the chair go crashing to the floor. My head slams down on my arm and my feet are in the air. It’s like he fucking knew this was going to happen…bastard.

“Dude, you okay?” I look up to see Kane, Yori’s roommate poking his head into my single of a room.

“I’m fine just miscalculated the possibility of you two charging into the room and making my jump to throw off my balance is all,” I groan as I continue laying there on the floor. I roll onto my back and look up at the two of them, “So, what is there a match about?” I sigh.

“We signed you up for a local dating app and you got a hit!” Yori exclaimed showing me his phone.

I sit up and look at it. The app seems simple enough. Just a basic profile and then people in the area who are also looking for a possible suitable match do the same. The profile bubble on it was a side view of me working on my computer. I don’t remember Yori taking that picture of me. “Why did you sign me up for something like this?”

“Because you need to get out there more and live a little!” Kane spoke up first. I get out plenty because of a certain someone who finds enjoyment in kicking me in the side, who just so happens to be in a cute fox form and laying on my bed, thank you.

“What if I don’t want to?” I raise an eyebrow.

“You’re not getting out of this. The dates already set up for Red Robin at six,” Yori states.

“So, you have time to get ready! And we’ll be driving you so you don’t flake out.” I open my mouth to speak but Kane keeps going, “Don’t even think about locking us out, I’ll break in.” Considering that the locks here are child’s play anyone can break into these rooms if they have the proper kit to do so.

“Don’t’ you dare break down my door,” I hiss at him.

“Good, then we’re on the same page! Finish that paper of yours and then get ready!” Kane gave me a thumbs up.

“We’ll be back at five to drag you out of the room!” Yori waved at me happily and then the two of them left closing the door behind them. Leaving me laying on the floor in a silent room.

“Kane feels like a bad influence for Yori,” I sigh rolling off my chair and standing up.

"He doesn't seem bad, just a bit wild," Warin speaks up once again and I look at him after picking up my chair, "It's not a bad thing that they signed you up for this dating app thing. You do need to get out more. I also need you to practice more with your abilities, you've barely touched them since I upgraded you a few weeks ago."

I give him a deadpan face as I stand there with my hands on my chair, "I have five hours to get ready for this date. If I do anything what are Kane and Yori going to take it as?"

“Do something simple, I want to see if you can hold things for a longer period of time. It doesn’t have to be a huge change like changing your height, maybe try holding a hair color change and one of your eyes. It would be good practice.” He does have a point. If I change my eye color that’s normally under my bangs no one would notice unless I move my bangs. Plus, if it’s just my hair then I can tell Yori and Kane that I felt like getting temporary dye. “Or, we can train for the next three hours and then you can rush getting ready.”

I take a step over towards my dresser and grab my water bottle, “I’ll take a break for today, I don’t feel like getting kicking in my side right now,” I answer before taking a drink. “I’ll finish my paper then work on getting ready.” I close my water bottle and then sit back down at my desk, placing my water bottle next to me.

“You’re no fun,” Wairn pouts from the bed, "How do you expect to stay ahead of LumenDove?" I look over at him and then back down at my laptop and being typing once again.

“By training obviously, but everyone needs a day off. Plus, Yori’s busy with Kane today so I can’t train with him. I’d much rather kill two birds with one stone and help my little brother get stronger at the same time. I want him to be able to protect himself while he’s in his hero’s form.” It really didn’t take me long to figure out that Yori was TerraJade, by how he acted and responded to certain situations. Putting two and two together was child’s play really. I’m still not sure who LumenDove is or the other new kid is. If I somehow meet them when they’re not in their hero forms would I be able to tell who they are?

Time flies by and I finish my paper but decide I'll go back and edit later. Messing around with my hair color I end up going with black because it stands out the most. Then to make Warin happy I change my right eye to an ice blue, but with my bangs, I'm keeping it hidden. Then it was off to the showers and getting dressed in a pair of black cargo pants and a white t-shirt with a blue short sleeved button up shirt that I only buttoned up the center two buttons.

As I thought I got the panic from Yori about my hair and I had to keep telling him it was only temporary and that I would be able to wash it out in one to two washes. Kane commented that I look even paler with black hair than I did with my blonde hair. But after their nit picking the three of us go down to Kane's truck and he drives us to Red Robin.

“This isn’t a good idea, I don’t know if she’s going to come,” I comment as I stand outside the restaurant with Kane and my little brother. This is nerve wrecking. I don’t know. I just wanna go home.

“No Gabe, you’re not backing out. I want you away from the computer screen and to get out more. Sitting around isn’t going to help either of us,” My little brother comments pointing a finger at me. Of course, it’s not going to help me get over our family dog passing away, but it gives me something else to think about.  

“Yeah, that’s why we’ll be here as a secret double date for you!”  Kane comments confidently as he puts and arm around Yori’s shoulders.

“I told you, it’s not a date because we’re splitting the bill,” Yori sighs look over at Kane through the corner of his eye. Even I can tell that Kane is trying his hardest to get Yori to like him. Maybe if they did date it would get Kane to level out a bit.

"What's the girl's name again?" Kane questioned and then his eyes broke away from me. I follow his gaze to see a man with long light brown hair and a section of it shaved on the right side with deep red eyes walks up towards the door of Red Robin with a shorter man with red hair and pale blue eyes. "Hey Adrian!" They stop and look at the three of us when they hear which ever one’s name is Adrian is called out.

The red head looks up at the burnet and the burnet holds the door open above the red head and opens his mouth to speak, “Um, Kane, right?” So, the burnet is Adrian. He seems like someone who would be in a band so something. “Sup dude?” The two of them dress completely different. The red head has got to be at least bisexual based on his short shorts and crop top he’s wearing. But I could also be wrong and he could actually be a she.

"Not much! Just waiting for Gabe's date! Who's the redhead with you?" Kane questioned. Does the Adrian guy not have something that’s ripped? If this is a date between the two of them wouldn’t it be best to place your best foot forward and wear something decent?

The redhead goes to say something before Adrian places a hand on top of their head, "His name is cupcake, he’s my cupcake, don’t touch he’s very fragile.” So, I was correct, he is in fact a he. So that helps…

The redhead laughs, “My name’s Valentine, call me Val.” That voice sounds familiar somehow. I look over at Yori who doesn’t seem to be paying any mind at all. He probably didn’t notice. But I feel like I’ve heard that voice before.

“Kane, nice to meet ya,” Kane greets the two of them

“Yori,” My little brother answers

“Gabe,” I nod at them as I pull out my phone to check the time.

“So, who exactly are you waiting for?” Adrian asks.

"I'm sorry I'm late," Pulling my eyes away from my phone I see a girl with long black hair and neon green streaks pulled up into twin pigtails run towards us. She's wearing a simple deep red shirt that hangs off her right shoulder and short shorts along with shin-high black boots. She’s so short and cute. I wonder how tall she is, she’s gotta be at least over five foot I’m assuming. Not by much though. I slip my phone back in my pocket.

“Joce,” Adri greets happily.

She comes to a stop and puts her hands on her knees, “I’m so sorry, I was having a hard time figuring out what I wanted to wear.” Based off this first meeting that wasn’t something that I was expecting. Unless she was nervous about this date as well.

"I-It's okay, really, it wasn't that long," I answer waving my hands in front of myself trying to make her release the tension that’s surrounding her.

“And with that, it’s our time to scoot,” Kane comments and pushes Yori towards the door and around us to go inside leaving me alone with Adrian, Val, and my date, Joce for the evening.

“So, this is the date,” I look over towards Adrian to see him smirking a bit. Clearly, he knows her, but how? Were they childhood friends? Have they dated?

She stood up and glared at him and took a few steps towards the two of them putting her finger in Adrian’s face, “I swear if you’re the one that’s making me do this I’m going to rip your dick off.” That’s a bit harsh isn’t it?

“Joce, Jocey, love of my life, I did not set you up on this. I was just watching,” Adrian comments clearly nervous. If the two of them are dating of have dated, then why would he be calling her ‘love of my life?’ Maybe I should go with the ladder option and say they are friends somewhere along the way.

“So, you were set up to do this too?” I comment making her turn back towards me.

“Yeah, one of my friends did it,” She rubbed her arm the slightest of pink spreading across her cheeks. That’s so cute!  “If you don’t want to be on this date I can completely understand I made you wait.” Why wouldn’t I want to go on this date? I’ve already been drug out here and to know that she was forced to do this too makes it a bit easier. Maybe I can offer to help her figure out who set her up for this.

I shook my head and smile softly at her, “No, you seem like an interesting girl, I would love to have dinner with you.”

Her light blush turns just a shade darker as she breaks eye contact with me and plays with her hair, “Now come along cupcake, we have burgers and fries to eat,” I look away from her to see Adrian and Val go into the restaurant.

I hold the crook of my arm out to her with a smile, “Shall we head in ourselves?” I ask and she takes my arm. Her skin is so smooth. She loosely holds onto my arm and we walk over to the door. I grab it and hold it open for her so she walks in first. It’s not too long after that we’re seated.

What am I doing? I don't know the first thing to talk about with her. Having more intelligence doesn't fucking helping me in this situation. I don't know the first thing about what girls are interested in. I'll just apologize now for if I'm really awkward. "I'm just going to apologize in advance if I say something stupid or make an awkward silence between us. This is my first time I've ever been on a date, so I'm not too sure what to do exactly."

She stares at me and then smiles, “What are you apologizing for? You didn’t do anything wrong.”

“OH, well um…i-it’s just in case,” I brush my bangs that are hanging in front of my eye away from my face for just a moment before it falls back in my face.

“Sweet thing, it’s okay,” She laughed and wrapped her arm around mine and then we were taken to our table.

“My name is Laila I’ll be your server today, can I start you off with any drinks or do you need a minute?” The girl that came up to our table right after we were seated has a smile on her face.

“I’ll just have a water please,” I smile a little at her.

“Same, just a water as well, thank you,” Joce nods to the girl.

“Alright, I’ll be right back with your drinks,” Laila turns on her heels and heads off to get our drinks.

"So…what's your favorite hobby? And I'm so sorry again. I'm normally sitting in front of a computer screen and not being social, so the only real type of interactions I know other than with my little brother and his roommate is from what I see in anime's." I feel my face heat up and I slap my hands on my face, "Oh god, I'm rambling I'm so sorry,"  

"It's okay. I sing and dance a lot as a hobby, I also cook," I peek through my fingers so see her smirking, "Oh, by the way, I'm half Japanese.” I pull my hands away from my face and look at her shocked, “So these Japanese cartoons you call anime, I know them quite well, “She giggled and stuck out her tongue at me, “Also,” She points at her hair, “Most of the time my hair is inspired by anime characters, or it’s just one of those I feel like Insert color here kinda day.”

"That's really cool," I mutter and smile a bit, "I've never been willing enough to do anything more drastic than what I've already done with my hair."

“You have a nice hair style, it seems to fit you,” She smiles at me.

“Thanks, but all else I’ve done to it is dye it black like it is now,” I said playing with the ends of my hair, “My parents weren’t too thrilled with that.”

“What’s your original hair color?” She asks.

“It’s blonde, like my little brothers.” I answer.

“I would love to see what you look like with blonde hair sometimes," She comments making my face heat up once more.

“Thanks, so, what’s your natural hair color then? If you don’t mind me asking that is,” I question  

Laila came back with our drinks and set them down in front of us, “Have you two decided what you would like to eat?”

“Oh yes, could I get the Keep It Simple burger please?” Joce asked with a small smile.

“May I get the chicken Caesar wrap please?” I ask.

Laila nods and smiles "Can do!" With that, she walks away.

“It’s black,” She answers simply, “And I don’t mind you asking at all, "Also, I would love to see your natural hair sometime. With how dark you went, I don't know how well it's going to come back."

“I hope it’ll be alright. Don’t get me wrong I enjoyed my hair, but I wanted a change is all. Originally, I wanted to go with red, but I changed my mind and decided to go with black instead,” I answer looking down, “I know that there’s a lot of risks with dying your hair and how much it damages it,”

“It’s just one of those you want a change,” I look back up at her and she’s smiling. She shrugs lightly, “I totally get it.” She leans her elbows on the table and tips her head looking at me, “What’s your major?”

"It's Computer Science, I'm also double majoring in Business. I'm more so into Coding," I lean back and cough, "I like hacking into things. How about yourself?” I ask as if I didn’t say the last part.

Her eyes widened for just a moment as she seemed to be thinking about something. What could she be thinking about? Did I say something wrong? Should I ask her? No, I can’t do that. It would be rude. I barely know her. “I’m an interior design major with a minor in culinary,” She answers. Holy shit she can cook! That’s amazing, maybe I should ask her to teach me some time considering I burn popcorn. “You seem to be a person with a very active mind with how you look like your analyzing what I just told you for an answer.” She points out to me.

I can’t help but laugh and rub the back of my head, “I was? I’m so sorry, I’ve always been like that. I’ve just gotten a lot worse about it since freshmen year.”

“Why’s that?” She tips her head.

Because of a damn fox that finds enjoyment in kicking me in my side and forcing me to transform when he wants me to. “I guess it’s because I became really focused on my studies, with it being computer science and all.” Not that I don’t mind having a higher intelligence and faster processing of situations. I love it, I can get homework done so much faster, especially after being upgraded to level two at the beginning of this year. The shapeshifting thing is still strange to me though. But it has come in handy considering this isn’t actually hair dye in my hair.

“You’re a sophomore too! That makes me feel a bit better,” She sighs in relief and leans back in her seat.

“What do you mean?” I question raising a brow at her.

“I thought you were either going to be older or younger in grade year than I am. But you look younger than I originally thought you did so I was a bit nervous,” So, does she like people older or younger than her?

“Fair enough, if you were thinking that there’s maybe a chance of this developing further it makes sense wanting to know the year of the person, because if one of us was older in school years than the other then there’s the possibility of there being a chance of there being a long-distance relationship that takes place other than just over the long breaks," I cross my arms and accidentally examine the situation out loud. I look up from the stop of the table that I was staring at to see her staring at me and blinking. I feel my face heat up and I instantly unfold my arms and look down at my lap, "Sorry, I didn't mean to do that."

She starts giggling and I look back up at her with my non-covered eye. She’s so pretty when she laughs. “No, no, don’t apologize. I just think it’s really cool that you were able to process that so quickly," She leaned on the table propping herself up on her elbows, "But, sometimes over-thinking things can be a bad thing."

“I know, it’s a bad habit of mine,” I sigh and hang my head.

“Na, it’s not a bad habit at all.” I look back up at her and she’s smiling. But her body posture is telling me that there’s a big something she’s not telling me. Do I ask her about what her hidden message means? There’s a ninety percent chance that she won’t answer and change the subject considering this is our first interaction with each other. Wait no, this isn’t our first interaction. She’s in my statistic’s class. She sit’s two rows behind me and to my left.

“So, that Adrian guy?” I start and look up, locking eye with her once more.

“Oh no, don’t worry about him. He’s just my band mate and the leader of our band,” Joce waves her hand at me.

“I’m assuming he’s homosexual correct?” I tip my head a bit to the right exposing my right eye to her.

“Wow, you hit the nail right on the head. How did you figure that out?” She questioned and out of the corner of my eye I see Laila coming with our food.

“Here’s your food, I’m so sorry for the wait,” Laila came up to us with a tray that has our food on it.

“Thank you,” Joce says to the girl as her burger is set down in front of her.

“Thanks,” I nod as my wrap is set in front of me.

“If you need anything else just let me know!” Laila smiles at us then hurries off back towards the kitchen.

I pick up at half of my wrap and take a bite out of it, “How long does dye stay in your hair anyways?” I question after swallowing.

She holds up a finger to me because her mouth is stuffed full of burger. After swallowing and taking a drink she answers me, “It all depends on what dye you used. Was it a temporary dye?” I blink at her confused with my Wrap shoved in my mouth. This made her laugh, “Do you still have the box?” I shake my head a little to answer her as I take another bite, “Hmmmm…then we’ll just have to scrub your hair and see if it starts to face in the first couple of washes.” Shit, how do I make my hair fade like it has hair dye in it? “But, considering you said you, normal hair color is blonde, even a temporary color that simply stains the hair can last as long as the permeant hair color. It all depends on how your hair takes to it.” She explains to me.

I swallow my bite and feel my face heat up, “O-Okay,” I can’t stop myself from stuttering.

We continue to talk as we eat. I learn about how long she's known her band mates and what role she plays in the band. She tells me to come to one of their shows that are coming up soon.

“I had a lot of fun,” Joce laughs as we walk out of Red Robin together.

“Same here. It was a lot of fun talking to you,” I smile and walk with her to her car. When I look over to find Kane’s truck where he parked it, it’s no longer there.

Those fuckers left without me. Some brother, “I-I’m sorry to ask but, do you I could catch a ride with you? My little brother and his roommate drove me here because they thought if I drove myself I wouldn’t come.” I ask nervously as we stop at her car.

“Yeah, sure, I don’t mind,” She giggled a little and unlocked her car. I waited for her to get in and then I got in myself.

I sit down in the car and I have to pull my set in, "Is there any way I can push the seat back?" I ask with a light laugh.

“Oh yeah, the bar is right under the seat, sorry about that,” She answered and I reached between my legs and found the bar. I pushed the seat all the way back. My legs were still bent but not as bad. Pulling the buckle over my shoulder Joce started going. “How tall are you anyways?”

“I’m 6’2”, I know I’m a tall person,” I answer fiddling with my fingers.

“Holy fuck you are tall,” She laughed, “At least I wasn’t too far off for how tall you were in my head. So, is there anywhere you want to go before heading back to the school?”

I don’t want to stop talking to her yet… “Do you want to go to the park? I’ll give you gas money. It looks really pretty there at night and I know a really good spot that looks stunning.”

“I don’t see why not. I don’t feel like going back home and staring at my homework anyways,” She laughed and then takes a right at the stop sign that we were sitting at to head towards the park. She parks in one of the small parking lots that litter around the park and we both get out. It’s nice to stretch my legs.

“Sorry about my car being so small,” She apologizes.

“Oh, no don’t apologize. It’s just me being tall is all,” I smile letting my arms drop back down to my sides, “I’ll have to take you out on my bike sometime as another thank you for driving.”

“What kind of bike? Bicycle, motorbike, motorcycle?” She questioned as we began walking side by side.

“Motorcycle, I was allowed to get my license when I graduated high school,” I answer pulling out my wallet and showing her my license. I went and got it last weekend.”

“YES!” She screams and I jump a bit, “I would love to go on a ride!” She exclaimed.

“Okay, then next time we’re both free then we’ll take my bike. I did bring a spare helmet with me I think. I’ll have to double check,” I mutter crossing my arms over my chest. I look down at Joce. She and all of her short self-are practically skipping along next to me in joy.

“I wanna go with you if you have to go get the spare helmet,” She comments as we come up to a bridge and she walks up onto the railing.

"But that's beside, the point of me getting the spare helmet," I blink at her.

“I have a bike helmet it’ll be fine,” She waved my concern.

“If you don’t mind me asking, how tall are you exactly?” She smiles and holds a peace sign out to me.

“I’m 5’3” like a boss!” she answers confidently.

“Do you like your height?” That was a weird question. It’s not like I can do anything about it. I can about mine, but still…

"My brothers who are taller than me harass me about how I have to climb on chairs and what not, but there are some perks," She shrugs and loses her balance a bit. I stick out my hand and grab a hold of hers pulling her back and helping her balance once more before we continue and she hops off the railing as we get to the end of the bridge.

“You can fit in small spaces tall people can’t and you can get up and move a bit faster than tall people as well,” I said taking a left down another trail. We move away from the lights and I pull out my small flashlight that I always carry on me. "May I hold your hand? I don't want to lose you." I hold out my hand to her and wait for her response.

“Don’t wanna lose me cuz I’m short as fuck and I can disappear on a whim?” She questions.

I shake my head rapidly, “Nononononononono, that’s not what I mean. I just mean that the path get’s small and difficult to navigate so I don’t want to pull ahead of you on accident,” I feel my face heat up and she laughs. She takes my hand and then pulls my arm into her and hugs my arm into her body.

“Alright, let’s go!” She presses my arm a bit more against her chest and my heart starts to pound.

“R-right,” I nod and start to walk with her holding my arm. “So tell me more about yourself.”

“Not too much to tell really, I have older brothers, I go to college, and I’m in a band. Pretty simple life if you ask me,” She answers as I move a branch out of the way for us to walk past, “What about yourself?”

“Have a little brother, and go to college. I’m not a part of any sports or clubs really. I’m not a very big social person. I’m kinda boring. But if you ever need someone to hack into some lights for a show I can do that not a problem.” I mention.

She just starts laughing at me, “And I took you as more so the good boy type.”

Honestly, I don’t even know why I was chosen to be a hero with that particular trait of mine. "Well, I guess I'm just full of surprises," I laugh sheepishly. I see the reflection of the moon on the water and I move the last branch out of the way, "Here we are." It's a quiet little pond that's surrounded by woods. "Other's probably know about this place, but every time I come I'm here for hours and no one ever shows up," I comment as I look out at the calm water of the pond. The moon and stars reflecting off the water on this clear, warm night.

Joce's expression was of amazement. Her grip on my arm slacks ever so slightly. The reflection of the moon is bouncing off the water and giving her smooth skin a soft glow. She looks so beautiful in this light. I thought she was cute when she came running up to us earlier, but now she looks like a goddess that’s just seen something new for the first time.  

“It’s beautiful,” She finally whispers.

“Remind me to bring you here during the day then so you can learn the path. It’s a nice place to think. I think it is anyways. It also gets me away from a computer screen,” I smile down at her.

“I think I can do that,” She looks up at me and smiles once again.

We stand there a bit longer before heading back the way we came and back to the car. The two of us head back to the university and I tell her where my dorm is. “I had a lot of fun and thank you so much for driving me back.” I pull out my wallet and hand her a twenty, “Take it for gas money.”

“No, keep that for the next date,” She pushes my hand back into my chest. And I feel my face heat up. Does she want a second date? “Come here really quick I’ve gotta tell you something.”

I lean down and she wraps her arms around my neck and pulls me down further into a hug. I tense up for a moment and then wrap my arms around her for a hug. Once I do so she lessens her grip. I start pulling my arms away from her when she touches her lips to mine. I freeze in place. It was just for a moment, but I can still feel her lips on mine as she pulls away. “Kay, I’ll talk to you later. I had a lot of fun Gabe,” She steps back and waves before quickly running back to her car and hoping in. I stand there blinking and processing what happened when she honks her horn and drives off. There’s a small sound of a poof and my black hair is instantly back to blonde.

“You still can’t hold a transformation,” I jump and put my arms up in a defensive position when I hear Warin’s voice in my ear. I look at him and I can just see the smirk on his lips even with half his face covered with his face mask thing he wears.

“What are you doing out looking like that?” I hiss at him and he laughs and places a hand on my head and messes up my hair.

“Oh, my little kit you have so much to learn. Now, I’m hungry make me something,” He flops all his weight on my side and I almost fall over.

"H-Hey, you have handed you should make it yourself," I comment.

He poofs and there's now a Fox on my shoulders, "You were saying?"

I sigh heavily, “Just wait for me upstairs, you know if the RA is actually at the help desk I’m going to get in huge trouble.”

“Roger!” He says excited and then poofs once more disappearing off my shoulders.

I look down the road where Joce is long gone and I blush, I hope she’s not joking about a second date. I would like that.  I turn on my heels as I pull out my keys and head to the door of the dorm to go up and feed Warin dinner.

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