2014-07-26 - Guy Talk: Zero to Threesome in Twelve Seconds Flat
| Title: Guy Talk: Zero to Threesome in Twelve Seconds Flat | |
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| Summary: Three bishounen eleventh-graders walk into a frilly bakery and proceed to act like guys. | |
| Who: | |
| Where: Midori-ya Bakery | |
| OOC - IC Date: 17 February 2014 - 7/26/2014 | |
<Pose Tracker> Ikuto Tsukiyomi [Juuban Public School (11)] has posed.
"I'm hungry for something green, ya."
Ikuto's bizarre riddle of a text to Mamoru would likely have left him scratching his head if Ikuto hadn't also sent a picture of the Midori-ya bakery a short moment later. And just like that, an invitation was sent, because sometimes, in their own inscrutable ways, even strays just want to hang out.
He's already sitting at a table, with two other empty seats, and his violin case leaning against his chair along with his school bag. He hasn't odered anything yet besides a steaming cup of coffee, which he hasn't touched yet. (He drinks its black. Of course!) He does, however, have a box of chocolates he didn't actually order here. Most restaurants frown at bringing in your own food, but he appears unbothered, and no one has told him anything yet.
With one exception.
"Ikutoooooooooo! I wanna have chocolate, too!" Yoru, his tiny Shugo Chara partner, invisible to all present but Ikuto himself, is throwing a fit on the table. "You can't. You'll get sick," Ikuto mumbles, too low for anyone to hear, while otherwise remaining impassible. "Come on, don't be a jerk, just one nibble!" "You're late." "Wha? --OH CRAP!!" The catboy's hairs stand on end. "Band practice! I gotta go, nya!"
And just as the bell rings to indicate that the door swung open, Yoru floats out. Ikuto, expression unchanging, raises a hand in silent greeting.
<Pose Tracker> Mamoru Chiba [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
As Yoru floats out, Mamoru Chiba drifts in, in the process of putting a small book in his uniform jacket's pocket. Once the door's closing behind him, he takes his glasses off too, dark blue gaze glossing over the frills of the bakery and scanning for Ikuto. Target acquired, he comes over and shrugs out of his jacket, hanging it off the back of one of the other chairs.
"Late Valentine?" he asks Ikuto wryly, indicating the chocolates with a glance and a tilt of his head. He doesn't sit down yet, though; he looks preoccupied, and turns what's left of his attention toward the counter. "I haven't been here before. Do you order over there and pick it up yourself?"
<Pose Tracker> Kinzo Hiroyuki [Infinity Institute (11)] has posed.
Kinzo Hiroyuki walks into Midori-Ya, in a particullary dour mood. Hisae hasn't kept thier dates, outright forgot him on Valentines day--- he's thinking his birthday get together is going to be her last chance in his books. But really, he should talk about it soon first. He sighs a bit as she walks in and looks around. Not too crowded today. There's.. Mamoru. And some other guy he can't quite place as familar, he hrmmmmms as he walks on over a bit.
"Hey, Chiba. Hello!" he says over to the other boy he doesn't know. He eyes the box of chocolates, Mamoru gets to the question before he can.
<Pose Tracker> Ikuto Tsukiyomi [Juuban Public School (11)] has posed.
"Got to eat them before they go bad," Ikuto gives by way of an explanation. Despite his taciturn attitude (or perhaps more accurately because of it), he has his admirers at Juuban.
Then Mamoru asks how things are done here, and Ikuto's eyes widen ever-so-slightly. He turns to take one long, hard look at the counter, as if he were seeing it for the first time, and suddenly fascinated by it. After a pause that must feel like an eternity, he finally speaks up again, "Dunno. This is my first time here too."
Then where did he get that cup of coffee??
There is a slight chance that Mamoru is being messed with, here. Is that a slight, microscopic hint of a smile on the dark blue-haired boy?
The other arrival gets a slight nod in greeting. If Ikuto has met him before, he doesn't quite remember. He appears to know Mamoru, though, and there's another free seat. Why not.
<Pose Tracker> Mamoru Chiba [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
Verrry slowly, one eyebrow lifts at Ikuto-- and then Mamoru grins. "Ass," he says magnanimously, then sticks his hands in his pockets and starts toward the counter. Kinzo comes in and greets, and he returns it with an inclination of his head and a cheerful, "Yo."
He pauses like five feet away. "Oh. Hiroyuki-san, Tsukiyomi-san. Talk amongst yourselves. I require chocolate cake."
<Pose Tracker> Kinzo Hiroyuki [Infinity Institute (11)] has posed.
Kinzo Hiroyuki looks between Ikukto and Mamoru as he gives a soft wave with a smile. "Hello, Tsukiyomi." he says as he slides into the seat as he glances at Mamoru. He REQUIRES chocolate cake? What is he, some sort of robot that operates off chocolate cake as fuel!? Actually.....
"I think I also require chocolate cake. BUT I will sit here for a moment." he says as he glances at Ikuto, and glances over his Uniform. "Juuban... huh. I used to go there, but...transfer to Infinity. It's more my speed there." he says a moment. he ponders a bit.
"How many girls gifted you chocolate?" he asks to Ikuto, but also seems to be casually directed over to Mamoru."Mine was mostly from friends. Obligitaory and all." he nods.
"Though not all of it..." he muses.
<Pose Tracker> Ikuto Tsukiyomi [Juuban Public School (11)] has posed.
Ikuto is not very good with people. New people, especially. Looking nonchalant, he pops another chocolate into his mouth to avoid having to speak first, and then Kinzo greets him. "Hi," is all he has to say on that. Mamoru would know he's not being /unusually/ dismissive, and that this is basically his default setting.
"It's all right," he says, meaning Juuban, though Infinity is all right too, from what he's seen of it. This might explain his seeming familiar, too, since they seem to be roughly the same age. They probably weren't in the same class, but they could have seen each other.
"My shoe locker was stuffed," Ikuto leans back, streeetching out as he fake-boasts while keeping the bored, easygoing fa?ade. "All love choco, too." That first statement is dubious, the second, however, is mindbogglingly true. Most people who sent him chocolate he doesn't know personally.
There's also Utau.
That last remark of Kinzo's has Ikuto interested and leaning back forward in a flash, however. "Oh? Are you in a love triangle?" he asks, rather than a more obvious 'You've got a girlfriend?' A teasing smirk forms on his face, which he does his best to hide by finally taking a gulp from his coffee cup.
<Pose Tracker> Mamoru Chiba [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
Snagging black coffee and ludicrously rich chocolate cake honestly doesn't take much time: Mamoru's back in short order, setting the stuff on the table in front of his chair, then sprawling into it carelessly. He glides past the question, assuming it was for Ikuto since all Kinzo's really seen of him was the uptight distress of the Library Club adventure on New Year's Day, and that's not crush-worthy at all.
Ikuto's question, on the other hand, almost has him inhaling the coffee instead of drinking it, and he has to look down at his cake to suppress the smirk. "Admittedly, most threesome reports I hear of are from Ohtori," he says after a second, "not Infinity. But it's possible they're just more discreet." Because -- damn, 'love triangle' translating to 'threesome' MUST be a result of the origins of Mamoru's uniform. He takes a bite of cake, then suddenly relaxes from the preoccupation and tension he'd been carrying.
<Pose Tracker> Kinzo Hiroyuki [Infinity Institute (11)] has posed.
Kinzo Hiroyuki sighs, and puts his hand to his forehead. "Like I'm barely even handling the ONE girlfriend I have, I'd need to add another on top of that?" he asks with a sigh, and a smirk. "Though she's been really busy per usual and all that. She's in a lot of clubs, and does a lot of viloin rectials."
"Nah, One girl guy, here." he says glancing over to Mamoru with a cocked brow. "Though it's not the first time I've been accused as such. Some people have terrible minds. Be right back.~" he gets up to aquire chocolate cake and hot cocoa. Because it's better than Coffee.
He returns momentarily. He places it in front of him.
"Huh, is Ohtori really THAT laden with it?" he asks curiously. "I've heard rumors, but if you're hearing actual reports." he muses.
<Pose Tracker> Ikuto Tsukiyomi [Juuban Public School (11)] has posed.
Ikuto, who has played the love triangle card, raises an eyebrow as Mamoru raises him the threesome card. He's fierce, that one.
He's one of those people with a 'terrible mind', as Kinzo would put it, but surprisingly, he doesn't immediately latch on to the part that would escalate things further. Instead...
"Violin, huh."
Kinzo might have seen the violin case next to Ikuto's chair, which would explain his taking an interest in his girlfriend's musical talent... though he says those two words with a strange mix of interest and weariness for the matter. He doesn't press the issue further if Kinzo won't talk about it.
But then Kinzo asks about Ohtori, and Ikuto's head swivels to turn his unblinking, piercing gaze on Mamoru. Is it that laden with it, indeed? This is a very important matter and he needs to know.
<Pose Tracker> Mamoru Chiba [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
Is that the order of the day? The corner of Mamoru's mouth twitches upwards. "It's really a dissolute den of iniquity," he says easily, sipping his coffee to cut the killer sweetness of the cake and sitting back a little. "Which means the reports are as likely to be ill-intended rumor-mongering as truth. I mean, as far as who they involve. I wouldn't know personally; I don't date."
Absently as he's finishing the last sentence, the guy shifts and takes out his phone, checking to see why it buzzed in his pocket-- Ikuto may be able to tell from a slight change in Chiba's expression that he's disappointed, but that's all there is before he pockets it again. "I do have to head out in about ten minutes, though. First, tell me, Hiroyuki-san-- are you seeing Kaioh? A friend of mine's vulturing Tenoh."
<Pose Tracker> Kinzo Hiroyuki [Infinity Institute (11)] has posed.
Kinzo Hiroyuki muses at Mamoru. "Yes, it would be all rumors....." he says as he sighs. He's vultred Ohotri. The place is a sewer , memeory essence wise. So many...bad dramatic filled feelings all about. He wouldn't be surprised if this is the place The Apothecary set down. It reminds him a lot of the swamp....
He shakes his head a bit.
He looks up at Mamoru. "Kaioh...!? Woah, man, she's WAY too high class for me. She's completely off my radar. No... I'm dating a girl name Hisae Musumi." he says softly.
Mamoru remembers this name. Or he doesn't. That event never happened. Ever.
Ever.
<Pose Tracker> Ikuto Tsukiyomi [Juuban Public School (11)] has posed.
"Hmmmm-hm," Ikuto hums in response to Mamoru's assessment of his school. Well, that's both an interesting and disappointing answer.
He nods at his announcement that he'll need to go soon. He was thinking of heading out to take a nap somewhere, anyway.
"Kaioh...?" he repeats, softly. He has to think for a moment, but... Yes, he's definitely heard that name before. She's not someone he's met in person, however. The name Kinzo does say, then... this one, he hasn't heard. He keeps it in mind, though.
<Pose Tracker> Mamoru Chiba [Ohtori Academy (11)] has posed.
Oh, the mind like a steel trap over there remembers the name Hisae all right. For half a second, Mamoru's eyes glitter as he regards Kinzo speculatively, but-- no, no. He is above comments regarding Moments of Total Humiliation.
He is a class act, after all.
Instead, he finishes off his cake while Ikuto enquires vaguely, then washes it all down with the black nectar of the gods. Then helpfully, "Michiru Kaioh. World class violinist, attends Infinity, incredibly intelligent and very beautiful. First-year high school student."
He gathers his empty cup and plate and stands, about to take them back up to the counter. "At any rate, good for you, Hiroyuki-san. I'm sure it's easier to date when you're very busy if the person you're seeing is also very busy."
<Pose Tracker> Kinzo Hiroyuki [Infinity Institute (11)] has posed.
Kinzo Hiroyuki nods. "She's lovely to listen to. I kind of go down there to listen to the bands and Hisae practice---I mean, to the Infinity Theater. You should come down sometimes. I'm sure no one will kick you out THAT fast." he chuckles a bit.
Mamoru manages not to cause Kinzo embarrasment. How long this fact stays, remains to be seen.
"Not really, actually." he admits. "But... we'll make it work. I just hope she comes to my get together tommrow..." he mehs.
"Oh. Yeah. Aimi is throwing me a.... party of some sort tommrow. Because it's my birthday. I'm not really too excited about it, but--- meh. Eri said just to suck it in, it's for them more than myself, so..." he shrugs. He has also, finished off his cake and takes his things back up, and returns.
"Whelp, I gotta guys." Kinzo admits, perhaps just a little sadly. "Try not to let you minds fall back into any more gutters~" he says almost singsongily as he begins out the door.
<Pose Tracker> Ikuto Tsukiyomi [Juuban Public School (11)] has posed.
"Right," Ikuto says as Mamoru and Kinzo confirm why the name sounded so familiar to him. Kinzo goes on about a birthday party, but the Juuban student isn't listening. There's a melody playing in his head, one he's trying to place--
Right at that moment, a cat meows. There doesn't seem to be one around, until it becomes plain that this is just Ikuto's text alarm. He checks his phone, and although the message isn't quite worded that way, this is how he reads it:
'blah blah blah Ikuto we need you to look aloof and mysterious as you do something cartoonishly evil on our behalf >:|
He takes a long, deep sigh. This could be alarming, but his reaction makes it look more like background noise. That's because it is. Then, another message comes.
by the way
nice friends you got there
it'd be a shame if anything happened to them ;')
Rarely, Ikuto has to make a conscious effort to maintain a perfect poker face. This is one of those times.
"Work calls."
Not one minute after Kinzo has left, he gets up and he leaves his not-quite-finished coffee mug on the table, along with the box he was eating from, which still has a few chocolates in it. Seems he's not interested in it anymore.
He leaves silently.
