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Tweak says, "Don't eat yellow snow."

JAE KIM (gojaek) wrote in idrisacademy,
@ 2009-12-05 20:30:00

Entry tags:

!incomplete, devon callaghan, jae-seok kim

Who: Jae and Dev.
What: Craziness! Funtimes! Yaaay!
Where: The cafeteria, and then... well, where ever it is they happen to go afterward!
When: Early Sunday afternoon.
Rating: SFW.

“Dev!!” Jae exclaimed by way of greeting as he plopped into the seat across from her and set his bottle of orange juice down on the table, a big grin on his face. “Fancy seein' you here!”

When he'd come into the cafeteria some minutes earlier, he hadn't necessarily come seeking sustenance. In fact, he didn't really come here for any particular reason at all – he'd just gotten fed up with walking aimlessly around the Quad and decided to see if there was anyone he knew at the cafeteria grabbing some lunch, since it was around that time of the day anyway. This was why he really, really hated those days where he didn't have any activities to go to. It made him feel... really, really lost. And bored.

But lo and behold, as he was going through the line to grab himself a drink, he happened to look over and spot Dev. Judging by the expression on his face now, this had left him feeling pretty pleased, and he spread this merriment by reaching over and stealing a potato chip from her plate. “What's up? You doin' anything today?” He asked, popping the chip into his mouth. Food was always the most satisfying when it was mooched off of a friend.

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leafhopper
2009-12-06 02:43 am UTC (link)

Jae wasn't the only one feeling bored; Devon had been all over campus today, looking for something to do. She'd napped on the Quad for a little while, but it wasn't as fun without Viktor there to scratch her behind the ears. She had stopped by people's rooms, but they had been busy with schoolwork or each other or had simply been gone. Eventually, she had given up and headed for the cafeteria. If she wasn't going to find any company, she could at least eat.

She grinned around her sandwich, delaying her answer long enough to tear a chunk of the roast beef-filled bun off. "'M ea'in," she mumbled, trying to keep her mouth closed as she spoke. Non-existent table manners aside, Devon had no interest in choking – nor did she want to show off her half-chewed food.

"Why?" Devon added, once she had swallowed. "No one wanted to play with you today?"

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gojaek
2009-12-06 03:04 am UTC (link)

Leaning his elbows on the table, Jae watched with great expectation as Dev bit off a chunk of her sandwich, in the meantime making sure to chew and swallow the stolen chip in his mouth so that he'd be ready to respond. Being one of his best friends, Dev had surely seen him do worse things than eat with his mouth open, but hey, if she was going to spare him, the least he could do was spare her too!

"Naw," was his somewhat affronted response at her accusation, and, leaning back in his seat, Jae folded his arms over his chest and held his chin up. "Everyone wants to play with me! It's just, y'know... it's just that everyone's fallen off the face of the planet. Or studyin', or doin' boring things like that. Y'know?"

He then leaned forward again, his eyes wide. "So let's you and me go do somethin'! Anything, seriously. I need excitement --" He slammed the table with his hand for emphasis. "-- like burning!! I'll even help you with your food if it'll get us outta here soon!!" Which was more like his way of saying he was more than willing to mooch some more. It was just too much effort to get his own.

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leafhopper
2009-12-06 03:28 am UTC (link)

"Uh huh." Devon laughed, loudly enough to draw the attention of the few people sitting near them. Oh, she was definitely right about him not having anyone to play with. Poor Jae. Then again, it wasn't like she had anyone to play with either. "Everyone's fallen off the face of the planet. Sure, Jae. Whatever you say."

Still snickering, she pushed the plateful of potato chips in Jae's direction. "Yeah, yeah," she answered. "Finish off my chips for me and then we'll talk." Like there was anything to talk about. From the second she offered him the rest of her lunch, Jae should have known that she was up for some fun.

Devon took another large bite of her sandwich, forcing it down her throat before she started talking again. "Mm, and do you know what's up with Reo? Did she and Alec seriously go out on a date?" Gossip wasn't usually her thing, but, well – she had her reasons.

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gojaek
2009-12-06 04:18 am UTC (link)

"They did!" He insisted, and stared as she pushed the plate across the table to him. "Damn, Dev, how many chips d'you need, anyway?"

Clearly they didn't seem to bother them, though, because he began eating them as asked, pausing to screw off the top of his OJ and take a drink from it. He then made a bit of a face and set it aside. Salt + orange juice = nast. He made a note not to do that ever again and returned his attention to Dev, swallowing a bit in an effort to get the bad taste out of his mouth.

"Oh yeah, I heard about that," he mused, poking a bit at the plate of chips whilst he waited for the salty OJ taste to disperse. "I'm... pretty sure they did. A couple people were sayin' they saw 'em. I didn't ask her about it when I saw her, though. But seriously," he began with a face, picking up one of the chips. "Why Montague, of all people? Dude's probably got diseases, or some shit."

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leafhopper
2009-12-06 04:32 am UTC (link)

Pulling off a piece of her sandwich's bun, Devon popped it into her mouth. The sooner she finished this damned sandwich, the sooner they could go. And if she wasn't so hungry, she'd chuck it in the trash and say 'forget about it.' Running around in her animal form all morning burned serious calories, however, and she knew she'd get mercilessly teased by Jae if her stomach started rumbling only an hour from now.

"He's not that bad," she defended, somewhat uncomfortably. It wasn't that she didn't believe what she was saying (although it might have sounded that way); it was just that she didn't like disagreeing with her closest friends – especially over a Faie, and especially this week, of all weeks. "We had dinner a couple of weeks ago, you know." It wasn't a date, obviously, but still. She had proof that he wasn't an ogre.

"Besides," Devon added, fluttering her eyelashes for effect. "He's pretty. Just like you, Jae." A snicker and a wink followed – because really, what guy wanted to be called 'pretty'?

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gojaek
2009-12-06 11:27 pm UTC (link)

“...'k,” was all Jae had to say about the notion of Alec not being a bad guy – or really the notion of ANY Faie not being bad. Judgmental? Definitely, but hey, it wasn't HIS fault they were all bitches. Yes, every single one of them. He ruminated on this truthiness for a moment, and then, satisfied with how he'd used his superior reasoning skills to wash his hands of any blame or guilt or any of that nonsense, nodded a bit to himself and grabbed a handful of chips to eat.

He was just about to shove them all in his mouth at once before Dev accused him of being pretty and he had to stop and look at her, his face one of disgust, disbelief and just a tiny bit of amusement as he eyed her for a long moment before shaking his head and waving her off with his unoccupied hand.

“Hey hey, I dunno what you're talkin' about, Dev! I'm not pretty, I'm devastatingly handsome, don't you know? There's a DIFFERENCE,” He nodded firmly, and then gestured to her plate. “Eat your sandwich.”

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leafhopper
2009-12-06 11:39 pm UTC (link)

Devon stuck her tongue out at him.

"You're bossy today," she grumbled, picking up her sandwich as directed before she took another large bite. "Come play with me, Dev. Give me your chips, Dev. Eat your damn sandwich, Dev." It came out garbled, thanks to the food in her mouth, but she managed to get her point across.

Swallowing quickly (because really, he wasn't the only one that wanted to go have fun), she popped the last bite into her mouth, rapidly chewing before swallowing again.

"There. Done. Satisfied?" Not bothering to wait for an answer, Devon reached across the table and grabbed the half-finished plate of chips, as well as her tray and empty juice bottle. A quick trip to the trash and they'd be ready to leave.

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gojaek
2009-12-07 10:51 pm UTC (link)

And, of course, being the nice friend that he was, Jae responded to her complaints by curling his hands into fists and mocking her by pretending to cry, accompanied by a pouty lower lip and a series of little "meemeemee~" noises. Hey, they were pals, right? So he could take the piss out of her without a problem! With that said, the pout on his face almost became genuine when she rose out of her chair and nabbed the remainder of the chips, leaving an empty space in its wake which he eyed with slight disappointment. "Hey! I wasn't done with that...!"

Clearly it hadn't done a devastating amount of damage to his heart, though, because he quickly recovered from his loss, spending another second mourning before jumping out of his seat, snatching his OJ off the table and bounding after Dev. "Let's go! Let's go!" He bellowed as he skid to a stop at her side, narrowly avoiding crashing into the rubbish bins as he did. "You see that pretty sunshine out there??" He pointed vaguely in the general direction of the windows, then threw his arms in the air to emphasize his next point. "It'll be gone soon!! Time's a-wastin'!! Let's book it!!"

A few people sitting in tables nearby were turning their heads to look at them funny, as if they'd never seen anyone excitable in their lives. One of them even seemed slightly annoyed. None of this mattered to Jae, though... he smelled ADVENTURE!!

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leafhopper
2009-12-08 02:39 am UTC (link)

If Jae teamed up with an aspirin company, they'd make millions from all the headaches that he caused. The thought caused Devon to snicker. Personally, it didn't bother her at all – the louder the better, right? – but she could definitely tell that the people around them weren't as thrilled with his... youthful exuberance. That was a good word for it. Exuberance. She ended up laughing again, although this time, more at the disgruntled look on his face. (What, was wasting time a crime? Oh wait, yeah, it was. To him, at least). Still, she couldn't help it if her thoughts tended to wander.

"Calm down! We'll get there!" She yelled back, simultaneously smacking the back of her hand against his stomach as punishment. Unfortunately for her, she ended up wincing instead of continuing to laugh. "Dios mio!" She yelped, shaking her hand slightly. "What do you have hidden under that t-shirt? A bulletproof vest?!" It was her own damn fault for hitting him (You'd think, after four-some-odd years, that she'd know better... abs of doom, much?), but nope! She still hadn't learned.

Either way, despite how much Devon hated to admit it, he was right. The sun was setting sooner and sooner these days; it wouldn't be light out much longer. And with that new curfew in effect... She frowned. "Fine," she ended up adding, a wolfish grin spreading on her face. "You want to enjoy the sun?! Race you to the lake!"

Laughing again, Devon took off, the soles of her sneakers slapping against the cafeteria's linoleum floors. And then, a few strides later, she was shifting, turning from human to canine in a blink of an eye. Because hey– he might have been stronger, but she was faster.

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gojaek
2009-12-10 12:41 am UTC (link)

"Oof!" was Jae's reaction to the smack, a hand reaching up to rub his poor abused stomach while she shook her own out a bit. The blow obviously wasn't enough to cripple him, though, because a grin soon lit up his face again and he raised his arms a bit, striking a pose and flexing them with his patented Jae-seok Kim Bravado. "Rock hard muscles, baby! It's alll me!"

Of course, as he was busily putting his manliness on display, Dev had already begun to move, and if she hadn't said anything, he might've stood there longer, flexing and showing off to his shadow and looking like a bigger doofus than he did already. Fortunately for him, she had in fact given him the courtesy of being alerted to her presence, and as he stood and watched her take off, he seemed a little dumbfounded at first. Wait, wait... what'd just happened?? He'd missed it!

He got over it, though, and with a big grin he began running after her, scrambling around offended onlookers and moving as fast as his legs could carry him as he tried... TRIED to catch up to the running dog that'd suddenly manifested before him. "YOU'RE ON!" He shouted after her, and then, just as she had, shifted and made a surprisingly smooth transition from human to animal as he was racing along, leaving a few people trying to make their way into the building to jump out of the way to avoid being mowed down by a great big muscular German Shepherd with a furiously wagging tail and big, almond-shaped ears. Jae didn't much like being a dog as much as he liked being a human, but like hell he was gonna try and race Dev on two feet!!

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leafhopper
2009-12-10 03:46 am UTC (link)

How did Jae not like being a dog? It was one of those things that Devon would never understand. The second she hit the ground, made up solely of four paws and coiled enthusiasm, she was 'twittering' – the ultimate-happy African Wild Dog vocalization. She loved being in this form, all lean muscle and speed, built to run and chase and play. There was never any doubt in her mind about shifting; if she had the opportunity to shift, she was going to take it.

Glancing over her shoulder to track Jae's progress, Devon had a near miss with another student, her shoulder colliding with their knee. Oops. But she didn't play the yelling boy much mind (What did she care about his spilled soda?), instead choosing to slip past another student and through the open doors, letting out a loud, happy squeal as she hit the outdoors. She paused, turning sharply to the right as she waited for Jae to reach the doors himself. With any luck, he'd continue towards the lake, and she'd be able to sneak up behind him.

Well. It wouldn't be very sneaky, considering that she couldn't stop twittering (sometimes, the excitement got to her, okay?!), but it'd be fun anyway. Jae – the other dog, to her animal instincts – wasn't prey or enemy. They were friends, and she wanted to play. Besides, giving him a sporting chance... it was only fair. She was built for speed and agility, the ultimate canine predator, made to hunt gazelle and antelope on the African plains. Jae was fast, sure, but he was more stamina and strength. Getting closer to him would at least give him a chance to win.

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gojaek
2009-12-14 01:06 am UTC (link)

After a few more minutes of running, Jae still couldn't see where Dev had gone... but his nose told him he was going the right way, and he could definitely hear her, waiting somewhere outside. It sounded like she'd stopped running for the most part, and, taking advantage of this, he picked up his pace, ears perked forward and his tongue lolling out of the side of his mouth comically as he raced toward the door leading outside.

Unfortunately for him, it seemed that someone had at some point spilled on something on the floor, and when he tried to run across it he slipped, feeling his fur stand on end as he suddenly felt himself doing the four-legged scramble across the floor and through the door. At the same moment, a young man who was trying to get inside let out a shout, and, presumably without really thinking about it, spread his legs wide so that Jae went zooming right between them. The good news was, Jae made it through... the bad news was, he'd straightened up at the wrong moment and not only accidentally nailed the poor kid in the balls, but sent him toppling forward onto his face.

Jae was a little too preoccupied by not tumbling over himself, though, and it took a minute or two of trying to regain his footing for him to actually do so, nails clicking against the concrete as he turned around a few times, stopped, and shook it off, his tail flying in every direction as he did. Ugh, his paws were all sticky now... briefly, he looked back over to the doorway and noted the guy laying there, hands clutched between his thighs and a string of expletives coming from his mouth. He felt his human side cringe. Poor dude.

His animal side, however, was much more interested in playing, and hearing the distinctive twittering of his best friend, he veered around with upturned ears, sniffed around a bit, and then took off toward the lake, his mouth opening to let out a loud, deep-voiced bark by way of saying, 'Here I come!!' As he ran, he tried not to let the excitement get to him too much and stay aware of his surroundings – couldn't let her jump him out of nowhere, now could he?? No, he could not!

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leafhopper
2010-01-06 12:32 am UTC (link)

She wanted to wrestle! The thought lashed through her mind like a whip. It was a quick change, to be sure, but that was about par for Devon. She was — well, she used the word 'adaptable', but that wasn't entirely true. She was distract-able. And that easily distracted part of her personality increased tenfold when she was running around wild. If she had put Jae in the place of prey, that wouldn't be true: she would focus and focus and win. But he wasn't prey. He was... her canine mind supplied 'littermate', and she grinned, tongue lolling out of her mouth. Exactly.

Which was why, despite being a good fifteen yards ahead of Jae, she swung around, changing course from the lake to instead barrel directly at him. Play, play, play. The idea of wrestling with Jae was ridiculous (he outweighed her by a good twenty pounds right now, if not more), but who cared? It wasn't like he would crush her or anything. She laughed at that idea, the sound translating as a high-pitched warble, and momentarily pictured a Jae sitting on a Devon's stomach. The image didn't last long, however, quickly whisked away by her excitement.

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