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 Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:09 pm
School could be really boring sometimes... That was just life. Good for sleeping sometimes, though. There was one thing Toby really appreciated about it, though: You were pretty well guaranteed to know where your friends were going to be. So it was that at lunch time, Toby found his way to Izzy. This was in no way unusual, of course, but today he told his friend, "I've got a surprise after school!" and steadfastly refused to divulge what said surprise was. Just that Izzy should meet him at his locker after classes were done. And, after classes were done, Toby went to his locker and waited, grinning.
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:01 pm
After the first month or so being at school, Izzy seemed to calm down with the pranks and the nonsense he typically got into. Part of it could totally be thanks to Toby; As much fun as it was goofing off, he really didn’t want his lab partner failing become of him. And once he started applying himself, he started getting more and more into the whole learning thing. He was bright and decent and didn’t fall asleep in s any more than an average student! His grades went up as did his attitude. And just like Toby found his way to Izzy, Izzy gravitated towards the other boy as well, always making sure he had time to see him a few minutes each day. Once the surprise was introduce, of course he was gonna go! Classes let out, and he snuck up behind Toby, trying to be as sneaky as possible, then lunged forward, wrapping his arms tight around his friend’s middle. “I’m here!! What sorta surprise you got in store today?”
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:45 pm
Toby was waiting, looking at his phone, so didn’t actually notice when he was being stalked...mostly since there were still a fair number of people around and noise. Therefore, suddenly getting hug assaulted caused him to tense up briefly, but quickly relaxed upon realizing who it was, though his face did turn just a bit red. He was pretty used to Izzy’s antics by now. “Heyy!” He replied, squirming in the grasp, and putting a hand on Izzy’s. “Well, It’s in my locker here,” He took a small step to reach it, pulling Izzy along with him, and then he opened it up. Inside, on top of his various books and things, was a brand new pair of roller blades. “Now I can skate along with you!” He declared.
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 2:33 pm
Izzy was expecting like a cool snack, or maybe something he stole out of the science lab. Maybe the morbid body of a frog from the dissections or an actual live one! Skates was completely out of left field, and when he saw them his jaws dropped just a little, before turning into a big ol’ grin. “Toby!!! Holy crap, you really did go and get some! When did that a happen? Have you been practicing? I didn’t know you liked skating that much! That’s awesome!!”
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 2:38 pm
“I did, it was fun!” He said, nodding enthusiastically. “And, uh, I’ve only practiced a little bit.” He pulled the pair out of the locker, stuffed his books in it, and slammed it shut. “Enough to not fall over immediately, but I can’t really do anything cool yet.” He shrugged. The coolest thing was skating with Izzy, but even he knew that was too sappy to say aloud. “Anyway, c’mon, let’s go outside and get rolling!” Toby said enthusiastically, and pulled Izzy along.
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 2:55 pm
“You shoulda told me! We could have gone again!” When they went skating on Toby’s birthday, he never imagined him really liking it enough to go get his OWN pair! It made him feel just a little bad about it. Had he known, he would have talked to the guy who maintained his skates for him to see about getting him a discount on a really good pair. ... That wasn’t something to worry about. Pointing something out like that would only make Toby feel bad, he was sure. So he stayed quiet, and let himself get pulled along. “Ooh, I know, wanna come over to my house? My mom let me set up a skate park thing in the back yard. We got ramps and a little bowel I can skate in, and it’s all paved. You just need to watch out for the planters! OOH, you can even spend the night, since you haven’t before! As long as you don’t mind a bunch of little shits running around.” It was for that very reason he hesitated so long about bringing Toby anywhere beyond the cafe, but for this special day, he could make an exception. Mom was always bugging him about Toby anyway. “How’s that sound?”
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 3:00 pm
“But then it wouldn’t have been as fun of a surprise!” Toby countered. “We should go again, though,” he agreed, nodding. He considered Izzy’s offer for only a brief moment before replying, “Sure! Lemme just text my mom. I’m sure my parents won’t mind!” He nodded. They’d pushed their way outside, so Toby sat down somewhere to swap his shoes for skates. “Do you really have your own skate park? That’s...wow. I dunno if I can roll in a bowl properly, though...not yet anyway.” He laughed. “I don’t mind little kids,” he added. “How many siblings do you have, anyway?”
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 4:01 pm
“Well, it’s more like a small pool that my mom and dad hated maintaining and then they were like “Well, we’re never gonna move, let’s fill it in and turn it into something that Izzy could use!” And then when I got straight A’s for a whole year in middle school, they spent the summer doing that for me, and bam, here I am!” He’d leave out the part about it being not only a gift but so that he didn’t run over the neighborhood old ladies anymore or disturbing patrons during his days off. “Don’t worry, I’ll be there, and I’ll hold your hand the whole time. I got a big brother, a big sister, and two baby twins. They aren’t really babies, they are like, 5. You’ll like them, they are really cute.”
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:19 pm
“Oh, that’s cool,” Toby replied. “And you got straight A’s all year?” His eyebrows went up some, although with more of an impressed expression than disbelieving one. “I don’t think I’ve managed that since like 6th grade.” “5 year olds are basically babies,” he said with a smirk. “But twins, and two others. Lotsa siblings!” He got his skates on and stood up with a bit of a wobble, slinging his now-shoe-filled backpack to his back. “Okay! Let’s do this!”
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:03 pm
“School’s not all that hard, just the whole idea of being bribed helped a lot. The way to an Izzy’s heart is paying him.” Except for Toby. Toby didn’t need to bribe him to be by his side. Just being his cool Toby self was plenty enough. Seeing as the fledgling skater was still wobbly on his knees, Izzy made sure to gently guide him towards his home, hands laced together. “They are babies. Lil shits they are... I love em though.”
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:47 pm
Toby nodded at that. “Makes sense,” he said thoughtfully, and then focused mostly on his skating, letting Izzy’s hand guide him along, grinning the whole way. He had surprisingly good balance for someone who seemed for all the world a pretty idle teen...you know, aside from the constant running around that he seemed to do. This wasn’t really news, of course, he’d gone skating once with Izzy already, but it meant that he wasn’t awful at staying upright. He was just pretty bad at moving around with any level of grace yet. And that was fine by him. Though he was definitely making Izzy take longer to get home than usual. “I hope you weren’t supposed to go to work right after school today,” he said as they neared the cafe. “Cuz I think I made you late if so!”
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:23 pm
Bit by bit they headed back towards the cafe. One foot than the other, with Izzy occasionally pulling Toby to go a little faster. “Nah, If I had to work, I wouldn’t have offered you to come. And even if I did, I’d ditch. Anything for you, Tobes.” Maybe this time he was being a little mushy on purpose. No one ever really tried to get into hobbies for him before, and it was thrilling and very heart warming. Maybe because of that, as they got closer, he wrapped an arm around Toby and moved him to go around the side of the cafe, rather than through it. “So, I forgot to ask, did you get what you want for Christmas?”
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:33 pm
“Good point,” he replied, nodding, and let himself be guided around the side of the cafe. Made sense that there’d be a way in other than through the storefront...but he hadn’t thought about it before. “Oh, yeah, I got most everything I asked for,” Toby replied, although arched an eyebrow at the word ‘most.’ “All in all, not bad~” He nodded. “Could be better, but...ya know, can’t complain and all that.” It was true. Even without getting kissed, he was still feeling pretty good!
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:34 pm
“Only most everything? What did you miss?” There was a vague memory of Toby wanting something from him, and he gave him a gift while at school, but the day that he asked was kinda blank. He went into a straight sugar-coma after eating all those cookies. It couldn’t have been that important if Toby didn’t mention it again, right? Now that they were in the back, he rolled over to a bench and sat down, taking off his backpack to make sure he wasn’t weighed down by it later. “.... Heck, did I forget something?”
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:07 pm
Toby rolled his way to the bench that Izzy stopped at, used it to stop himself, and then sat down as well. He set his bag down as well. “Nah, it’s fine,” Toby replied with a genuine grin. “But I’d asked for a kiss, ya know.” He nodded. “But that’s alright. I don’t wanna be pushy about stuff like that, after all...”
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