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 Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:59 pm
RuiZhi flailed a little and fell back into the chair, blinking in shock as the other fell over the lip of the fountain and into the water. His mouth fell open a little bit, before he started to laugh. He laughed like he'd never laughed before, doubling over in his seat and burying his face in the crook of his elbow, his whole body shaking with the mirth. That Rylenn had got him...he'd fell for it, hook, line and sinker. It was okay, though, because he had learned much from this experience; he could do what he thought he couldn't, given the situation. Even if the situation was scary, vulture-esque women.
He leaned back in his chair, still laughing, taking off his glasses to press the sleeves of his garb to his eyes. "Y-you...you squeaked!" he managed to say before he fell into fits of laughter again. He wondered if the women thought they were nuts yet, but he didn't really care what happened at this point. Subduing his laughter into sporatic giggles, he rested his chin in his palm, smiling in a strange way. "I'm not wet, but my lunch is." He wondered if this was how his sister felt when she talked about giving all for nothing. Ah, but Rylenn's reaction was totally worth his own embarrassment.
Covering his mouth to keep from laughing again, RuiZhi shook his head. Everything felt so surreal from the moment he met this young man. "I almost feel like I owe it to you," he said, half joking and completely surprising himself. "Hugs for lunch, I'm afraid kisses will cost you dinner." The boy looked surprised at his own words as soon as they left his mouth.
What the...? RuiZhi felt a thrill run up his spine. That sounded like something his sister would say. Was he...flirting? No, not with Rylenn, it's just that the circumstance was so ridiculous, he wanted to take the edge off. It seemed like the right thing to say, but who knew with this guy? He was fully unpredictable and RuiZhi liked that. Not knowing, having to react on a given basis...
He couldn't help it: he started to laugh again, at his own foolery and gullible nature and at Rylenn's unsuspecting consequence when RhiZhi met his challenge. It made the boy feel good, knowing he could do what he didn't think he could. Maybe he'd make it after all!
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:07 am
Rylenn laughed. "Nice try. I saved you not once but twice today. I think I deserve SOMETHING." He leaned close and smirked, fully enjoying the flirting that he knew was going on. He grinned and winked. "I wouldn't want to get your clothes all gross with this recycled water. A kiss won't get you wet and will satisfy me! Cmon.. it's a win win situation!!"
The jig was up of course.. the girls knew these boys weren't lovers as they would of been all over each other with thank yous and my saviors. They grumbled as they left, talking of liars.
Rylenn grinned. "So?" He eyed the girls' retreat. "So, willing or not?" He tilted his head slightly and smiled, his hair falling into his face. There seemed to be a single drop of water hanging from his lower lip, threatening to drop, but it seemed it never would.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:46 am
RuiZhi turned his head, looking at Rylenn from the corner of his curved eye. "Do you try to kiss all your friends?" he asked, only partially teasing. He started to wonder, yet again, what his brother would do, when he realized he'd been thinking more of his sibling's reactions than his own. You have to think for yourself, he scolded himself, watching the grinning young man. Your actions - and the consequences thereof - are your own.
So, Rylenn wanted to play with logic? That was a game RuiZhi could play, and quite well at that. He lifted a sleeved hand, his index finger barely visible from the bell-sleeves as he pointed at the other. "I admit that the first time, you got me," he said, "but the second time, I chose to come to you to save both of us. So we're even on those grounds." He used his finger to move some of the hair out of Rylenn's eyes, realizing for the first time that they were a gorgeous stormy grey.
"As for a k-kiss..." He was very uncertain about the idea, even applying the idea rationally. What was a kiss, anyway, but a quick motion of lips? Adults used it to express love and interest, but that was still very far away in RuiZhi's mind. He was a teenager who was just starting to bloom into a young man, so what was a kiss to him? More importantly, what was it to Rylenn?
His thoughts made his lower lip jut out in a sort of pouting expression, his mind turning over the possibilities. RuiZhi lowered his hand, using his knuckle to brush the water off the other's lips, suddenly very mindful of his closeness. "I haven't kissed anyone," he said stubbornly, his eyes taking on the same pouting quality.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:53 am
"A kiss can both mean friendship or affection, RuiZhi." He grinned and took the other's hand gently. "I won't steal your first kiss then.. that should be for someone very special to you...." He lifted his other hand and straightened the poor boy's hat, noting it had gotten a bit mussed. He grinned. "I forget that people are not as lecherous as I am sometimes..."
He laughed and eyed his hair. "It won't do as you ask... I'll have to go shake it out or something.. I wonder.. if I could find where those girls went off to. Give them a good shake." He paused then kissed the hand that was in his own. It was gentle.. and quite innocent. He smiled brightly at the other and winked. "I'll be your knight in shining wet armor."
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:28 pm
"I...I know that," RuiZhi remarked indignantly. He was so busy trying not to think of others that he had forgotten his sister and her strange greeting of a kiss on each cheek. What was he thinking? And what was lecherous? He'd have to find a computer soon to e-mail his sister; all these words and he didn't know how to appreciate them properly.
The boy cracked a grin at the idea of Rylenn shaking his head all over those troublesome girls. He could almost hear the squealing now! "Might make them think twice about bothering us," he started to say, before he felt the blush creeping back up his neck at what happened next.
The last thing he was expecting was the friendly kiss that followed Rylenn's comment, his damp but warm hand and lips encompassing RuiZhi's own hand. He extend his other hand to touch the other's soaking shirt. "I don't know if b-black is considered shiny," he said lightly, offering a delicate smile, "but we should get you into something l-less...wet." He looked around, trying to distract himself from the earnest face in front of him, searching for...oh hell, he didn't know what, but something other than those kind grey eyes.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:33 pm
Rylenn laughed softly. He nodded his head and tilted it to the side. "I think we should go back to my dorm room so I can change. That would work, right? And we'd be out of such a public area." He shined that award winning grin again. And I could cook you something decent.. how about that?"
He released the other's hand and poked the soaked sushi. "I don't want you eating that and getting yourself sick. I can't be around sick people." He wouldn't explain it further then that... but he just couldn't be.
"So? Yes or no?" He smiled as he looked at RuiZhi. He shook his head a bit, careful not to get water on the boy with him. His hand smoothed his hair back again and he squeezed the excess water out of his shirt, revealing the smallest hint of a scar on his back. In fact.. there were several scars varying in size on the other's back, but they were well hidden by his shirt.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:41 pm
RuiZhi may not be so swift in reacting to people, but he was quite good at observing them. His keen eyes picked up the small flaw in the other's skin, making his eyebrows furrow slightly in curiosity. He wasn't so bold as to ask, so he simply kept the information in his mind for a later date. "That would be great," he said, wishing he had some cloth to offer Rylenn, "I think it's safe to say I don't like fish." He grimanced at the memory of how the stuff had tasted, sticking his tongue out to emphasize his dislike.
"Let's go back, then," he agreed, folding his arms in his sleeves. "I don't want you to get sick either. Then I WOULD owe you." He smiled politely, still feeling the soft echo of the kiss on his hand. RuiZhi moved next to Rylenn after he finished squeezing out his shirt, looking down the length of the mall. It was an interesting place, for certain, but not something he'd ever try by himself again. He was certainly ready to leave.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:44 pm
A powerful arm wrapped around the boy, but made sure he stayed away just enough to stay dry. "I wouldn't forgive myself if I got something on those beautiful clothes of yours..." He grinned as he lead the other out of the mall, flicking his hair at some of the girls as they passed.
They looked at each other and didn't know whether to squeal with delight or be angry..
They squealed.
Rylenn rolled his eyes and peered down at RuiZhi. "Fish isn't bad when fixed properly. Have you ever had it cooked properly?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:49 pm
Sadly, RuiZhi was getting used to being in the crook of Rylenn's arm. He didn't fight or look embarrassed; he simply chuckled and walked next to the taller boy with a strange smile. "Thank you," he said in regards to his clothes, "I don't think I'd forgive you either." The boy grinned broadly, looking over just in time to catch the women squealing with delight at being pelted with dirty water.
RuiZhi rolled his eyes with Rylenn, his grin softening into a smile. "I don't know what you consider properly," he said honestly, "I just don't care for it. The taste, the texture...very blech." He couldn't think of a better English word to describe fish. Blech would do.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:56 pm
He grinned. "Here.." He paused and slipped the shirt off, ignoring the nagging fear of his scars. The memories they brought back. He tucked his shirt in the side of his pants and pulled them up a bit. He wiped the water off and as soon as he was dry, RuiZhi got a little closer. "Better? He grinned brightly as if this didn't bother him, but something in his eyes said different.
There was a bit of fear there.
He looked back at the girls and waved, seeing their expression concerning his back. He made a face and turned ahead. He unknowingly went a little faster, just wanting out of there.. back to the safety of the school.
"Well.. I think I have some beef in the fridge.. maybe.. I'll have to check.. if not.. I'll figure something out with what I have. "
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:41 pm
RuiZhi couldn't see Rylenn's back, walking next to him, but he could see his face; he could see those lovely grey eyes darken, could see the sudden tightness around his eyes and lips. Rylenn was trying to put up a brave front, and RuiZhi couldn't help but feel it was for him. He didn't know why, but he wasn't going to let the gesture go unnoticed.
Normally, trying to be partially embraced by a bare chested, bare hipped young man would make RuiZhi very nervous; this circumstance was very different, however. He had to push beyond his own discomfort. Being ushered along, RuiZhi replied casually, "If all you have is fish, I'll give it a fair try." He sidled up to Rylenn, almost touching the line of his body, before he extended an arm around him, much as Rylenn had done earlier. "If you say it's decent, I'll believe it." RuiZhi was smiling, hoping what he was about to do wouldn't hurt or upset the other.
Very slowly, deliberately, the boy touched the other's back with the barest brush of his fingertips. He gently spread his hand until his palm was flat against Rylenn's bare back, fingers curled slightly against the scarred skin.
His fingers moved delicately over the taller boy's back, caressing bare skin and scars alike, his sleeve following his motions like a silken trail. RuiZhi may not be able to see Rylenn's back, but he could feel it. He felt a pang of sorrow in his heart, not knowing what could have possibly caused such scars on this happy-go-lucky boy's back. RuiZhi took great pains to make sure he was touching both unmarked skin and scars as one, trying to convey that he was not afraid, not horrified, and accepted it as part of Rylenn.
He did not ask about the scars, mention them or otherwise bring attention to them in conversation; he simply hoped the other was not angered by his touch, and that he could offer some solace in his soothing caress.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:12 pm
Rylenn tensed for a moment, but calmed quickly. He blushed some and smiled. He.. was amazed by this kid. Yet again. He leaned down and whispered faintly, "Thank you.." He blushed heavily still though as so much touch to a sensitive area was bound to get some sort of reaction, but it was so very easily hidden.
"You are... a good soul, RuiZhi." He said honestly as he lead the other from the mall and back towards the school. "I wish... more people were like you." His voice.. was so sad when he said that. He had to keep himself.. from the tears that threatened him. He looked at the sky and squinted.. so he would have something physical to cry about.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:23 pm
RuiZhi tilted his head up to look Rylenn in the eye when he leaned down, putting as much hope and kindness as he could in his smile. He didn't know what to say; surely, at this moment, something epic and life changing should be said, but he seemed to have forgotten how to speak at all. Instead, he continued to gently touch Rylenn's skin, tracing soft circles.
He started to blush at the compliment. Rylenn seemed to have the ability to make the boy blush with a few spoken words. He kept his gaze trained on the older boy, feeling that horrible pain in his heart when the sadness in Rylenn's voice became tangible. What had happened in this past...no, best not to think on it. If he wanted to talk about it, he would, and RuiZhi would be there with an open ear and one of his mother's salves if Rylenn would have it.
RuiZhi had to say something. He reached out with his other hand and gave Rylenn's arm a squeeze. "You are kind," he said a little awkwardly, "and I enjoy your company. Your smile is important." It wasn't quite what he intended to say, but it was honest; Rylenn was fun to be around, and RuiZhi was quite charmed by his smile. He would do what he could to make sure the other kept smiling.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:31 pm
Rylenn laughed and stopped. He looked down at RuiZhi and hugged the other, forgetting about his wet pants. He smiled despite his tears.
"Mmm.. You need to stay with me.. keep me.. grounded.." He said softly. He slipped away from the other's hold but kept his arm around him. He sighed dramatically.
"Now look what I've gone and done. A serious moment... completely not like me... should I go dump myself into the ocean?" He grinned and leaned down. "And tow you with me?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:38 pm
Despite the previous situation, RuiZhi took a moment to return the other's embrace, giving him a tight squeeze. He knew what it was like to need comfort and find none. The least he could do was give Rylenn his support.
His stomach did little flip-flops when the red-head spoke so close to his ear, causing him to continue blushing. He felt he might faint at this rate! RuiZhi allowed himself to be kept near, turning a smile onto Rylenn as he suggested an ocean swim. "Oh no, that's okay," he chuckled, clutching his sleeved arms to his chest, "I quite like my clothes and I don't exactly want to take them off to swim in those icy waters." He had no idea if the water was actually cold or not; he simply added that on, because stopping after talking about taking off his clothes could start a whole new ball rolling.
"I will wave to you from the dry beach, if you still decide you must be silly." RuiZhi lifted one of his hands to stiffle laughter, his eyes dancing with mirth.
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