GhastlySquash
Two Thousand Club
Roleplay for LostInYou and Ghastly Squash
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Suzu felt a chill run down her spine when he asked if she didn't like him anymore. How could he even think that? Could it be that she'd been blind to his advances? Had she been making any advances? No of course not! She hadn't tried anything!LostInYou said:Carter had been strolling along that day mostly by himself. He'd occupied his time occasionally with a friend or two, but he found himself too lost in his own thoughts to follow along with their wild conversations. Most of them involved gaming theories or ways to cheat on their upcoming calculus test. And he wasn't particularity interested in the latter anyways.
He wasn't sure those friends of his had really noticed his absense. Which was fine for the moment. Nothing bothered him about that. Even if they had noticed, he knew during times like this he didn't make very good company anyways. While doing his soul searching he preferred the solitude.
Of course, his mind would immediately shut down when he heard an all too familiar voice calling out to him. Signaling his full attention, he whipped his head in the direction of the voice, pulling together a friendly grin and wave in response to the greeting.
"Suzu!" He responded after piecing together who had called for him. He slowly moved to walk over to her, unable to politely tell her he didn't feel much like talking today. He always felt a need to make time for her, seeing as they'd spent so little time together at all. "Catching up with me isn't too bad. You'll do it in no time. Then I'll be the one chasing down your high score."
Now that he engaged in some real conversation, he couldn't really remember what he'd been contemplating all day. It was important to him, for sure. But his brain was fried from a foreign language test he'd taken that morning. He was probably lucky he had the mental capabilities to think at all.
"You and I haven't hung out in a while." He said, calmly. He put a hand in his pocket and tilted his head slightly, almost teasingly. "Do you not like me anymore or somethin'?"
It was meant to be a joke. He just hoped she took it as such.
He actually felt rather horrible about the circumstances surrounding their relationship. He spent quality one on one time with all of his friends except her. She always seemed to be shuffled along into a group hangout. And it wasn't that he was against hanging out with her alone. Things just never seemed to fall into place for them.
"If we've grown distant we'll just have to change that, Suzu. You and I should hang out sometime. Soon." To go along with his words he offered her a prize winning smile. "And I won't take no for an answer, okay?"
"Yep!" Shino chirped.LostInYou said:Carter had gone silent while the three girls squabbled. He had a faint smile on his face, knowing that even when he tried to extend a time for them to hang out one on one some mystical force was always pulling the opportunity away from them. He didn't even really care that they hung out in a group. He was only concerned because he didn't want Suzu to believe he didn't want to spend time with her alone. Seeing as it was obvious he spent quality time with everyone else, wouldn't it be wierd if she was excluded? It was like pointing a finger at her and saying she was the black sheep amongst his friends. And she wasn't. She fit in just like everyone else. She belonged just like everyone else. To be honest, she seemed more understanding and loyal than everyone else.
At least, he swore she'd notice if he were gone.
He was caught up trying to figure out a way to make sure Suzu knew she was appreciated when something smacked right into him.
He didn't remember the fall. But he knew he'd never forget the landing.
Books and papers filtered down onto the ground all around him. He even felt a book graze his shoulder before resting on the ground. But besides that - and all of his school supplies jabbing him through his backpack - he was fine.
He didn't really feel like getting up. That felt like a lot of work. And if anyone knew him, he only applied a lot of work to the things that mattered. Maybe everyone would just assume he was being silly. He could pull off laying on the ground the rest of the day.
....Wait, why was there a noticeable amount of extra pressure being applied to his body? He slowly opened his eyes, hoping it was some mutation of a bird that scientists had created in a labratory. He could wish, right?
Of course, it wasn't.
He noticed a head of blonde hair neatly falling in glorious waves. The body slowly shifted, seeming to have recovered from the initial shock of falling on top of someone. The person - a girl - turned her head to him as she lifted herself up, surprised and embarrassed. As she stood up, she offered a hand to help him up, along with an apologetic smile.
"Are you okay? I'm so sorry for bumping into you. I wasn't paying attention at all. I'm so new here. I just can't read a school schedule and walk at the same time." The girl lightly laughed at herself. As Carter took her hand and pulled himself up, he joined in by chuckling softly.
"You're alright. We're all new at some point. Honestly, I feel bad for your papers. They'll be all crumpled now." He said, beginning to pick up books and papers that had been discarded during the fall. When he got most of them he handed them to her. She appeared to have gotten the rest.
"Anyways, I'm Carter. I hope you have a good....first day?" He asked, continuing when she nodded. "If you ever need any help, stranger, feel free to come find me or one of these lovely ladies." He gestured to Suzu, Saki, and Shino. "I promise, we all don't bite. Right, ladies?"