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TOP woke up in the morning with a start and rolled over to beat his alarm clock into submission but he'd missed the table by his bed and fell out onto the floor. He groaned and laid there for awhile, looking up at the ceiling as he tried to gather his thoughts. There wasn't much going on up there at all this early in the morning. His eyes closed again and he thought about the events the day before, that never ceased to put a smile on his face. Tae opened his tired eyes and jumped up off of the floor. He jumped in place for a moment, jumping higher and higher each time to get his blood flowing. Once TOP was satisfied with how he felt, he threw his closet open and grabbed a few pieces of clothing. He slipped on his skinny jeans and a blue flannel shirt, it was long sleeved so he didn't need a jacket that day. He looked at the mirror before left his room and frowned, his hair was everywhere and not in a stylish manner at all. TOP grabbed at his comb and quickly ran it through before tossing aside and leaving his room with his cell phone and Ipod in his pockets.

TOP stuck the earbuds into his ear and started playing I Like That by Richard Visson and Static Revenger. His head bobbed to the beat as he made his way to the on-campus cafe to grab something to eat for breakfast and get something for Abby as well. That name never failed to make him smile. God he was lucky....lucky as ever to have met that girl. Tae walked inside the cafe and found one of his own kind, meaning another Asian on campus. They were scarce where they lived and he waved at the guy.

"Early hm?" TOP called aloud, looking at the assortment of "food items" they had for purchase.

As Releena was finishing up her practicing, she could feel her stomach starting to cramp up. She hadn't eaten sense this morning and even then it wasn't really anything. As she skated one last time around the rink, she went to the wall and took off her skates. She loved the her feet felt lighter after excersing and getting the boots off.

Once she had packed her stuff back into her back, she exited the ice rink not even looking at the two people behing her. Once outside though, she realized how lonely she was. It seemed like everyone was making friends except her. As she looked down at the ground, she walked towards her favorite food shop. On her way there though, she forgot to look where she was going and accidently bumped into someone. "Oh I am so sorry," she said putting her hand out to steady herself as she looked at a guy caring a guitar on his shoulder. "I need to be more careful. Are you ok?" She asked wishing she wasn't so out of it sometimes.

Nich chuckled at her shiver. She was only a girl after all, but she had no idea how he normally acted. In fact he was almost a little afraid to show her, but he tried to live by the philsophy that if someone didnt like how he was then they could ******** off. So he wasnt gonna worry, besides this girl was givin him a good vibe.

"Well then, its good that you did come over here of the conversation woulda been a little one sided. As far as the photography is concerned i dont really understand it, its not a particular passion of mine that ive embraced and mastered im just really good at it for some reason. I used to play alot of video games so my hand eye is good, and my reflexes are inhuman... literally. But ya, i dunno i havent taken many pictured lately."

He pulled the camera from his bag and as he was standing back up he flashed a shot of the end of her smile. It was pretty stealthy, but alot of girls wouldnt let him take their picture very often. This was one of his favorite moves. he had moffled the shutter to be noiseless, and turned the flash off. Not having held the camera to his face it was tough to aim, but it just sorta looked like he picked up a camera.

He tossed it and caught it cooly and then smiled sideways at her.

"I think that shot will turn out quite nicely. Anyways, if you a musician could i ask what type of music you enjoy? Ive seen lots of people with similiar tastes, but i find that serious musicians often have very strnge tastes."

He thought to himself that she seemed cool, he usually like shy girls but change was good, and this girl going toe to toe with his breif wit was alot more entertaining than blushing and giggling.

"You know if i werent so good at reading people i would think you a little full of yourself miss photogenic."

He smiled as he was obviously being sarcastic. This girl was strange in a way he couldnt eplain. Something about her told him there was alot more about her than she was letting on, not because she wanted to keep things secret, but more of a humble reason.

"The inhuman reflexes may seem odd, but its cus i have XYY syndrome. It sounds really glorious because my body produces hormones at triple the rate of a regular male due to having a spare male chromosone. So I heal faster, get sick less, metabolise nutrients quicker, and the inhuman reflexes are because of the excess adrenaline my body makes. It may seem all cool, and thats what i thought when the doctors told me i had it, but they told me it would get worse once i finished puberty and ******** me did it. Im sterile as a mule, cant build muscle mass and get random hormone attacks because my glands cant store the stuff."

He looked down at his hands and forearms for a second and flashed back to all the reckless things he'd done. It was like most teenagers to do that, but most got hurt or something bad enough that they smatened up, thanks to this condition though, Nich never had.

"I studied music for awhile back in my old high school, i gave it up for phtography though. Since then ive discovered alot of music but i think ill always love classis rock the most, something about the 70s was just amazing beyond compare, from the music to the lifestyle. i do my best to live it in this decade, but not alot of people are up to living it with me."

He thought back to the previous night when his friends had all spent the evening sipping at mixed drinks while he was swilling putrid shine out of a bottle. The difference was they remembered what happened.

((Im 19 if your curious, why do you ask?))

Releena enjoyed the warmth that radiated from his hand has he helped steady her. She usually wasn't so clumsy but this guy was very good looking. "Thank you," she said. "My name is Releena. I was just coming back from the ice rink," she said even though he could probably tell that seeing as she was caring figure skates and wearing her favorite light blue figure skating dress. "What is your name?" She asked smiling up at him.

Nich scratched at his elbow idly and a few crumbly bits of scab fell off. he had been right about the healing thing. now he would just have to hope that a chunk of gunk that may have been on the ice hadnt healed inside. he was used to it happaning though.

"Ya... yay for DNA, but aside from all that, because it just kinda deppresses me... its good to hear theres someone who thinks at least a little like i do. I was never a big fan of glam and speed metal, but theyre okay. I think id like to live in the 70s more though because no one cared about all the social stigma we have now."

He pulled his shirt down over his head and sighed. This girl was truly one of a kind, he didnt like though the way she was always thinking. he knew she was, it was in her body language. To say he didnt like it was strange, because its not as if he wanted her to stop, he just had trouble keeping upto this girl on the level he understood most people.

Nich had always been a good judge of character, he usually reserved judgement on a person to moments after he met them, but this girl was surprising him a little by little very slowly.

"Ya i cant stand stuff like taking your hat off at dinner, and waiting three days to call after a good date. I just sort of live my life to the best of my logic, and if that includes tuesday morning hangovers, so be it."

((Ya i partied really hard last semester, but this semester im trying to cut back, although im a really early riser by nature so it never really affected my life. If i can function on tuesday why not get drunk on Monday? Plus I'm canadian so its all legal))