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Renji looked over to Ray, although he looking quite bored, he smiled. "No thanks, I kinda ruined my appetite" Renji replied, realizing that Celia was still gone. "Ah, it's nothing, I was in the music room playing the piano. I'm surprised you didn't hear me, it's not too far off from this room and I left the door open." Renji noticed Ray's immediate disapproval of this 'Conall' he hadn't heard of, was he the cause of all the tension? "Is this Conall guy really that bad?"

((Tis cool; I have days like those.
Hooray! We're in Level 2! *dances*

Just to warn you all, I'll be kinda busy this week+ weekend+ next week. It's a big pileup between exams, an orchestra thing on Saturday, and Senior Boards. I'll try to post often and keep it going though, don't worry. smile I'm super-glad to have started this RP, and it's been a blast so far RPing with you all! ))

Kiyoko watched as she saw a smile on his face; perhaps it'd be fine. Then she saw it turn immediately, as Ray looked horrified at the idea; he had even been smart enough to jump to the 'staying here' conclusion. She tried to reason with him, as well as answer Renji's question. "Really? Strange, I didn't hear it. Probably better that we didn't scare you to death while you played." she replied, before turning to Ray.

"Now look, I understand that at a first glance Conall isn't the best.....rolemodel. But how do you know that everything you heard was true? A while ago, you thought Lucy was the greatest thing; now you hate her guts once you saw the truth. She's your cousin; at least give her a chance. If not for Conall, at least for her. She's never gone out with someone before, right? This means she's looked past the outer shell an into the interior. From what she told me, he really doesn't sound that bad. Besides, if he does anything stupid or hurtful, then we'll both not care if you kick him out." she reasoned, then quickly took another bite of the lovely sandwhich, her mind trying to prepare for any harsh reaction; debate wasn't her strongsuit.

((Ah, midterms! I remember those. That was back when one had a class all year. Good times...))

Kiyoko noticed that he seemed angry, but for more than one reason. Could it be.......did he think she turned him down completely? Well, that is to be expected, and mabye cause a bad mood. He did seem to eat quite a bit already.

Kiyoko got up and followed him to the gloom corner. She went to him and put his arms around him from behind. Mind you, she couldn't look over his shoulder without being on tiptoe, so she shrugged that extra tibit aside. It was obvious he wasn't getting any sort of hint, the dense creature! He'd probably never realize the real reason to follow Celia in her hunt for Renji; it was mainly to get on the same page on the situation, as opposed to making a rash descison early on. As well as taking a deep breath and finding out if he was pulling her leg, like he does so much.

"I can understand why you're being protective of her." she said, still wrapped in a hug. He was quite warm, as well as his hair smelling quite nice, and she felt the butterflies launch themselves in cannons and shoot themselves all around her stomach like some sort of freakish party. She knew it wasn't the food that caused it. "And I can't blame you. But keep in mind that Conall got arrested because he was protecting himself and his possesions. Isn't being protective important in a man? It would mean he's not gonna let go and cheat so easily. Anywho.....there is no flawless person on the earth, otherwise he or she isn't really human." she got in front of him and smiled.

"Besides," she started, trying not to blush (oh man, she was falling for him! WTF?!). But those goregous eyes had proven her wondered fate to be a reality. She had mananged to bring out the good side of Ray, and her heart was aching to see it again. Forever. "Celia doesn't choose men so often, if ever, and...." she paused. "...n-neither do I, a-and I'm willing to give it a shot. Will you give one to them?"

Conall looked down and chuckled.
-"I'm sorry. It's just I knew I should tell you all my worsts before we go any further. That way there's no way that you can get upset for me not telling you something bad."
Conall looked back up with his enormous grin.
-"And besides, sidewalks are boring."
Conall stopped and sniffed his shirt. It reeked.
-"I suppose I should change, huh?"

Al looked at the two and then poked Renji. "Say, you play the piano? I play the guitar. We should go to the music room." He said with a smile, jabbing the other boy in the side. Looks like those two needed time alone.

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Adrienne looked at Mr. Kiyoshi, trying not to blush. Now that they were alone once more... "So... .... .... Um..." She was trying to think of an excuse to get out of there since she could already feel her chest fluttering. She really wanted to know more about him...

((Oh, and same here. I have three weeks of exams. And.... .... still college apps... *cries* So ... I guess if I don't post for a while, sorry.))

Ray had blocked out the rest of the room. He didn't care much at what the others were saying. He didn't even hear them. He was lost in his own thoughts. He was lost in the presents of Kiyoko. He pulled her a bit closer and smiled as he saw the deep color return to her cheeks. She was innocent, she took things slower and this was something that Ray would have to learn to do. He didn't have much patients but with her he was going to learn to get some. Maybe that's another reason why she's different and he feels so much better with her- it's not as easy, it's real.

He pressed his forhead against hers so that their noses touched barely. "So you're going to be my girl? No one can take you away. You're not going to tell me that you were just kidding later just to get me to calm down for Celia?" he asked softly, though he doubted that she'd do that to him. She was so sweet. She didn't just go for anyone.

Added:Celia laughed a bit as he said sidewalks were boring. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard..." she said teasingly. She kissed his forehead. "You're just silly aren't you sometimes?" She smiled at him and then smelled his shirt. She crinkled her nose, making a face and nodded. "Probably, I'm going to end up smelling like that." she said. "Do you happen to have another shirt with you? Maybe pants?" she asked, laughing a bit.

Renji stepped out of the room pulling Al along with him. "You're absolutely right, although, I don't really wanna play the piano." They were outside of the room now, it was getting darker from the clouds and rain. It seemed like the building was starting to shake from the ferocity of the storm. "I'll accompany you to the music room if you want." Renji started to head towards the music room again. "So, do you have someone you're interested in?"

Celia laughed a bit and then smiled. She was glad to hear that he had another pair of clothes. It was bad enough that they were going to have to deal with Ray, but he'd and probably a couple other people, would flip if he smelled like weed and alcohol. "Yeah, go change quickly. I'll stay here and wait for you. Then when you come back I'll show you where we are all staying." she said softly. "Don't take too long."


Ray smiled at her. "I wouldn't think you would but I just had to make sure..." he said. He forgot about Lucy and her group of drones until now. "Uh.." he said, dumbfounded for a minute. He laughed a bit. "I guess it will be an interesting conversation...That is when I figure out how to start it." He removed his forehead from hers and kissed her forehead gently. "But I promise you that I won't let her hurt you. She's just a jealous whore who wants to get laid." he said, shaking his head. "Now that everyone is spending so much time together, most people are seeing that.."