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Post by Wiriamu "William" Nimbus on Sept 14, 2009 19:28:53 GMT -5
Will lit the incense stick and placed it in its holder dish in front of the near-makeshift altar he had in the back of his room. After placing it, he placed his hands together, reciting the traditional prayer he learned by heart years ago. A single tear still fell from his eye, but he was getting better and being strong. Whatever that meant. He sighed deeply, remembering the two people in the picture frame. His mother and father, both killed.. a little more than 4 years ago, thanks to a single storm in America.
He stayed silent for what seemed like hours, and then finally fluttered his eyes open after he felt there was no fear of crying. A quick glance to a mirror beside the wall told him, however, that his eyes were once again reddish from the strain, to which he sighed again.
Will got up and got himself dressed in his uniform, and then stood in front of the full length mirror in his room. He looked at himself, and swallowed. Another day, once again. Same as the first. He shook his head, and grabbed his sunglasses off the dresser. Having disquised his face, he turned and opened the door, not looking at the hall, and stopped for a moment, seeing if he forgot something.
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Post by Mizuki Haruka on Sept 14, 2009 19:53:51 GMT -5
Of course, Mizuki had been coming out of her own dorm room at the time. She had met quite a few Ras over the time she had been here. They were all new students. She felt slightly out of place being one year above them, but they all seemed to be nice. She felt incredibly shy around so many people though. The strain was getting to her. She right now currently had several books in her arms and her bag on her shoulder. She was garbed not in her Ra uniform but in a pure white dress, with a wide-brimmed hat covering her face. It had a light blue sash tied around it and she wore straw sandals as well. She looked as if she were going out into the sun to study.
Instead when she came out of her dorm room, she was turned towards the door, fumbling with her two or three books in her arms at the same time as trying to reach for her key in her backpack. She got it out and closed the door, going to lock it. It sounded with a loud click and she fumbled to get the key into the lock, it scraping a bit against the metal.
"Oh fooey..." She mumbled to herself. Then she finally go the door and took out the key, sighing as she placed it into her bag once again. "Oto-san, Oto-san, help me through my day..." She murmered to herself, before she turned around to see-
That cold cloud boy right across the hall.
She barely supressed the squeak but just stayed where she was, her overly-large and disguising glasses perched on her nose. She bit her lip and pressed herself against the wall, waiting for the boy to pass before she herself headed out... then she did something she never thought she'd do.
She bowed her head and then mumbled quietly, "Konnichiwa, Nimbus-san." She was good with names. She wasn't so good with directions, but she was good with names. And apparently she had remembered his. But she said it so quietly that she almost wished he hadn't heard, just so that she hadn't bothered him.
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Post by Wiriamu "William" Nimbus on Sept 14, 2009 20:09:58 GMT -5
He heard the tiniest squeak and turned. The squeak had been a greeting and it came from the girl he met on the dock. He stopped for a moment, himself out of his thoughts and disturbed his quiet demeaner. For a moment, he feared that she saw him, forgetting his already had his sunglasses hidng his face. Though, unbeknownst to him, there was a faint streakmark on his face from that single tear.
Will recomposed himself, and bowed. "Kon-konnichiwa, Haruka-chan." he said, looking for a second at the door number above her room. "We are across from each other?"
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Post by Mizuki Haruka on Sept 14, 2009 21:03:25 GMT -5
She nodded. "H-Hai..." There was the most awkward of silences, in which her eyes oddly enough gazed past her glasses and she looked straight at his face. She didn't even know why. She was just quietly watching and then she saw it... the slight tear-stain. He had been crying. She just bowed her head in her shyness, not mentioning it at all as she gazed down at her books.
"Wh... What are you up to?" She murmered. She had no idea why she was being so nosy into his personal matters. In fact she felt pretty much like she was intruding, but this was common-place for her. She seemed to shrink even smaller in confidence and she bowed her head, letting the brim of her hat shield her from his cold demeanor. Why was she even bothering...?
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Post by Wiriamu "William" Nimbus on Sept 14, 2009 21:14:25 GMT -5
Will kind of stood there, shrugging his thoughts. "Just.. just getting ready for class.." he said, trying to hide himself up. Why he didn't just leave, he wouldn't know, for some reason he just felt like he was obligated.. or was it something else?
"Well.. I was just going to class.. if you want, I can walk you to class." he suggested, just.. well, because what was he going to do, just turn and walk off? He still had his helpful nature, which seemed to poke through like rays of the sun through the clouds.
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Post by Mizuki Haruka on Sept 14, 2009 21:19:59 GMT -5
"I... I don't have a class right now..." Mizuki said awkwardly. "Otherwise I'd be wearing my uniform..." She kicked the ground with her foot lightly and cursed herself for not being able to do or say anything further. Why the hell was she so damn shy... it made her angry. She looked up at Will and then coughed.
"B-But I can walk you to class and then go to where I was going... it's on the way." She said with a faint smile. "Unless... of course... you don't like being walked to class by girls..." She bit her lip and then giggled nervously. "Y'know... one of those types who feels..." She carried off and then coughed, bowing. "S-Sorry, I was presumptuous. I can walk you to class though." She said quietly.
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Post by Wiriamu "William" Nimbus on Sept 14, 2009 21:25:11 GMT -5
Will uncomfortably shifted his backpack.. it wasn't schoolwork in it, he actually wasn't planning on going to class. He was going to go somewhere to just... gaze.
"No! No, I'm fine with girls.. I prefer girls.. I mean.. I'm not gay or anything." he stammered, taken back. He instead shook his head and sighed.
"Its fine, really, I can go with you." he said, starting to walk down the hall towards the door.
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Post by Mizuki Haruka on Sept 14, 2009 21:36:33 GMT -5
"N-No... I didn't mean you were gay, I meant that you might be one of those guys who wouldn't be caught dead having a girl drop them off at their class because it would..............." She paused and broke off again, blushing furiously. "Never mind. Just never mind. I-... dammit never mind." She started to walk after him, her books clutched in her arms tightly. She wouldn't drop them this time.
"I'm sorry. I'm a klutz, both with my feet and with my words." She spat, almost as if she was despising herself for it. She wasn't attacking him persay... she was just very unconfident and she was angry at herself for it.
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Post by Wiriamu "William" Nimbus on Sept 14, 2009 21:58:27 GMT -5
He raised his eyebrow for a second, though it was hidden behind his sunglasses. He instead said nothing, though inside, it was rather cute. This girl was rather cute too, and the blush did not escape his gaze when he turned around.
"No worries, Haruka-chan." he said, still being the quiet type. He was also trying to figure out how he was going to get to where he wanted to go.. without the teachers seeing him try to skip class.
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Post by Mizuki Haruka on Sept 14, 2009 22:05:30 GMT -5
She looked back up at him and smiled, just a little bit, just in the tiniest way that made it look shy and charming at the same time. She tilted her head and closed her eyes a bit. Maybe this boy wasn't as cold as she first thought... but why was he so sad? She couldn't help but wonder this. She motioned and walked along beside him. Then her eyes went towards his face again, her face still a bit red from her outburst.
"So... do you... have you come to the school for long? I-I don't remember seeing you around..." and she'd definitely remember someone who didn't look like they wanted to be at the school at all, to be honest.
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Post by Wiriamu "William" Nimbus on Sept 14, 2009 22:22:43 GMT -5
"Actually, I was here last year.. just.. not a lot." he said, shaking his head. In truth he was, though he left.. too many times where he couldn't control himself. This year he was trying.. really trying.
Wow.. she really was cute. But.. but still... he had.. a fear.. This was the most he had really spoken to someone, but.. he wasn't quite ready to talk on his own.
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Post by Mizuki Haruka on Sept 14, 2009 22:26:37 GMT -5
"O-Oh... I see." She bowed her head and then lightly laughed... she seemed to be relaxing, even if it was only just a bit, and she was showing something behind her shy demeanor... her brain. She shuffled her feet and her shoulders were still hunched, keeping herself looking small, however her head was a bit more elevated then it was before.
"S-So... didn't enjoy yourself last year then?" Mizuki asked. She didn't know that she had hit the nail on the head with that one. She just sort of made an educated guess from the way that he was speaking.
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Post by Wiriamu "William" Nimbus on Sept 14, 2009 22:41:39 GMT -5
"No.. it wasn't that at all.. it was.. er.. nothing.." he said, a bit nervous now. It was hard to explain, and very few people knew. Will turned away, scrunching his eyes tight to keep from opening those memories again.
Instead he continued walking trying with difficulty to keep his demenor. It was as if he was trying to regrow that ice around his heart.
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Post by Mizuki Haruka on Sept 14, 2009 22:50:32 GMT -5
She tilted her head to the side and then she tried to attempt at a joke. However the joke was really sad, when you thought about it.
"I don't believe you." She said simply. She closed her eyes and her smile widened, the brightness seeming to leak through. She raised her finger and held it matter-of-factly in front of her. "Y-You can tell me... It's not like I talk to anyone anyway, Nimbus-san." She said with an adorable smile.
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Post by Wiriamu "William" Nimbus on Sept 14, 2009 23:10:46 GMT -5
Will stopped. The only sound he could hear was his steady breathing. He was a persistant little.. er.. cute.. thing. But still.
"I could handle it. I wasn't ready. So I left." he said, trying really hard to not think about it. It wasn't working, and a drop formed and fell from his eye.
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