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 Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:50 pm
After the unmitigated disaster that ha been DestinyCon, Cait had insisted on spending time with Gabriel again in a safe, neutral environment. Like the middle of the day in a really, really good aprt of town where she could be assured that there would almost certainly be no youma or Negas. Especially, she hoped, not in the middle of the frigin' day, unless her friends on the Chaos side had a serious a*****e streak.
"I have this friend who's an artist and I think he's around here today; you should totally meet him. He's really great." Cait had to admit that was her real reason for being here; Gabriel and Desmond absolutely had to meet. And Gabriel needed to get out more - he had been so sulky and depressed lately. It was frustrating as all hell, as far as she was concerned. Stupid buttface best friend, making her work to keep him happy all the time.
Gabriel sighed heavily. Spending time with Cait was always a very, very special kind of adventure. She was one of his best friends, of course, but that didn't make it any less..."interesting," let's say. ("Crazy" probably fit better, but he liked to be nice to his friends even in his head.) He grimaced when she mentioned a friend, male or not - he knew that she wanted to "set him up" with someon, which was just ridiculous and something he didn't need.
"You know I'm actually not upset about being single. I'm just saying," he said dryly, even though he knew it wouldn't faze her a damn bit. "But alright, let's go meet this friend of yours." He didn't have a choice, anyway, did he?
"Are you accusing me of setting you up?" Cait asked, frowning. "For shame! Why would I ever do such a thing? Besides, I don't even know if you like dudes, whereas you've already dated a girl." She looked triumphant. "Therefore, if I was setting you up, you'd be meeting a girl." Seemed logical enough to her.
Her eyes flicked around, and then she spotted him. "Des! Des, there you are!"
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:14 pm
Desmond was sitting on one of the many benches that littered the public park. The violet haired boy was busy sketching various city-scapes. He had been there for a better part of the day and had already finished a number of them. Slipping a hand into the bag next to him, he fished around for a pencil before he froze, a familiar sensation running down his back.
And sure enough, just as his radar started going off the teen heard his name being called by a familiar voice. "Cait-dar never fails..." Desmond laughed as he looked up. He waved, smiling as he tucked his pencil behind his ear. "Heya Caitlyn."
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:33 pm
Caitlyn grinned and slowed as she approached Des, her eyes sparkling with a peculiarly impish light. She dragged Gabriel over, physically, and then she stopped and leaned against her taller friend. "Out working as usual, I see," she said brightly, obviously amused. "I had a friend who I figured just had to meet you. Des, this is your future boyfriend. Gabe, this is my cosplay sugar daddy." She gave the introductions without even the slightest hint of nonseriousness in her voice. There was nothing more fun than screwing with her best friends; they both reacted delightfully to this sort of prodding. It was smply impossible to resist continuing to tease. "I'm sure you two will end up getting along just swimmingly."
Ah, it was a good day.
Gabriel's face exploded into a bright red flush. "Caitlyn!" It wasn't often that he full-first-named her, but right then he thought he was going to die on his feet. Had Cait really just introduced him to a total stranger as said stranger's future boyfriend? And right after she'd gotten done saying she wasn't setting him up!
And what the hell was a cosplay sugar daddy, anyway? He wasn't entirely sure he wanted to know.
Good lord he had the most embarrassing friend in the entire universe.
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:42 pm
Des snorted as Cait drew closer. He knew what that sparkle in her eyes meant. He had seen it many times before and was very familiar with it. Cait was up to something.
And there it was.
He snorted again. "Darling.. Do you even know if I'm gay? Or do you just not care?." He asked as he set his sketch pad aside. The dark haired boy laughed as he propped an arm up. "It's a pleasure to meet you Gabriel." Des paid no mind to his title, Cait used it a lot and to be honest? He kind of liked it. Teal eyes rolled and she just smiled again. "You just don't care huh? Gonna try and set me up again huh?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:58 pm
Caitlyn just laughed. "You know me, come on Des, you know the answer to that." Of course she didn't care. It was a joke, not a prediction of the future. "You two would be pretty cute together, though." It was only half a joke, then. Gabriel could use someone aorund who could make him smile again. He'd been so happy for the few months he was with Vyth. She just wanted to see that again.
Suddenly, form her pocket, came a loud noise.
"'Sup punks, little dorks
Welcome to the Survey Corps
Think you're safe, but you're not
Grab a cape and buckle up"
Cait glanced down, and sighed, pulling out her phone and turning it on. Then, she groaned. "My little sister needs me at home, I'm really sorry guys, get to know each other bye!" She turned on her heel and took off, cursing having siblings the entire time. She couldn't believe she was going to have to miss this!
Gabriel stared at Cait's phone for a moment, thoroughly confused by her text message ringtone. Wasn't that something to do with that show she'd made them all dress up as from the con? Hadn't she said the wing things meant the Survey Corps? Whatever, irrelevant.
"It's, uh, it's really nice to meet you," he said, swallowing and trying to stop blushing. Wow, this was a great start to things, awkwarding it up as usual. "So, uh, Cait said you were an artist?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:10 am
"Uh huh... Your seasons are all finished arn't they? That's why you're up to this." Damn wait times between anime seasons... When the ringer went off Des blinked before laughing again. "You actually set your phone to that..." Des tapped a finger on his cheek as he watched Caitlyn about face and take off. "...I wonder if she's serious about the sister thing or that was just a set up..." Teal eyes slid from the retreating green haired form to the one that was in front of him. "Mhmm." With his free hand, he pointed at the sketch pad beside him. "Plan on heading over to the University soon and enrolling in some classes."
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:18 am
Gabriel sat down on the ground, one leg sideways and the other up, with his arm on his raised knee. "That's a good question, I never know with her." How did he do the friendly interaction thing again? He barely talked to people outside of..."work" these days, anyway. "Oh, that's great," he said, reaching up to muss his hair. "You in school now, or taking a gap semester, or what?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:29 am
"Finishing some things for Azure right now. And then... well I already told you the after part. Judging by your tone... I am willing to guess you're part of the '******** school' crowd." Desmond eyed the other man for a moment before grabbing his pad again. "Don't move, I mean it." Des said. "You have been warned."
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:31 am
"You're still in high school?" Gabriel asked. Damn, and Cait had joked about setting them up? Well, if the kid was a senior... He let out a small sigh. "Yeah, you could say that." There wasn't much more a formal education could give him. He had a job, an apartment - that was plenty for him. "Not moving," he said, resisting the urge to hold up his hands in surrender.
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:34 am
"Iiiiit's complicated. Didn't get left behind or anything if that's what you're thinking." Des wasn't about to explain just 'why' it was complicated. "You better not." The dark haired man pointed his pencil at the other for dramatic effect. "I'll throw something at you if you so much as twitch..."
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:12 pm
Gabriel shrugged. It wasn't his place to pry, anyway. He narrowed his eyes briefly at Des, and then huffed quietly. "I am frozen," he said, and he hoped he wouldn't have to stay like this too long. "You wouldn't really throw something at me, would you?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:19 pm
Des just grinned and fished around for another pencil. "Wanna test the theory?" He asked as he held the pencils between his fingers at their points. "A but don't worry. I've got some un-sharpened ones... I wouldn't want to stab you..." Des finally glanced down at his pad before the tell tale sound of pencil scratches said he was working. "...So... Gabriel. How do you know Caitlyn?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:21 pm
Gabriel frowned. "That's just cruel," he said. There was something about having to sit still that made him want to rebel and fidget, but at least he was sitting relatively comfortably. "We've been friends since we were kids. Can't even remember how we met." He laughed quietly. "What about you? How'd you get caught up in Hurricane Caitlyn?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:29 pm
"Oh hush. At least it's a pencil and not permanent marker... And I haven't even thrown it!" Des laughed. "Ah... Would you believe me if I said we met over body paint?? I over heard her talking about how she wanted to find some cheep but good body paint... I told her I could help. And the rest was history. She calls me every now and then when she needs something hard to get." It helped that Desmond had a few ties to the local fabric stores. So he could get things at a cheaper price for her. "And that's how I got the name."The violet haired boy laughed again remembering the event fondly. "That girl has a level of energy I never thought possible..."
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:41 pm
"Alright, yeah, I'd really hate to have a streak of permanent marker on my face." He acknowledged. Pencil was definitely better than that. He shifted a little for comfort, and then froze again, swallowing nervously. Oh god. "So that's why she called you her uh, 'cosplay sugar daddy?'" Okay, that made sense. "Yeah, she gets...really really excited, which is such a surprise because when she first meets someone it's like she can't talk at all."
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