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Rain and Roses is a romantic yaoi/yuri role-play set in Amesti Springs, a city set somewhere in the middle of America which hosts two of the most well-known and loved academies in the world. One piece of advice almost anyone going to school at Amesti Springs Boys or Girls Academy will give you?
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Post by Paisley Vestitor on Aug 24, 2015 7:56:50 GMT -5
At the suggestion of hanging out together, Paisley’s heart almost leapt for joy. This guy didn’t dislike him after all! He was actually making a move to spend time with him outside of just the dorm and any classes they may have together. He nodded ecstatically, “Yes! That would be great! Better than just sitting here and making random stuff all day, at least.” Good, good, he had someone who may become what could be considered a friend. Paisley had a much better feeling about this new situation just because of that, since at least now he wouldn’t be a social outcast.
At the sound of ‘Okay?’ Paisley gave a soft sigh, frowning and looking down at his feet, “Not very convincing, is it?” He asked, finally deciding to just drop the weak act, “Figured it was at least worth a shot, heh…” He quirked a small smile when Nikolai accepted his offer for stopping by and having coffee, which also served to remind the albino of something, “Oh, right…” He leaned down to a box and pulled out his espresso machine, which he lugged over to his desk, “I can also make you coffee here before classes if you wake me up.”
The male looked elated when Nikolai took the cookies, and he even bounced a little out of sheer joy that the gift was accepted and, from the looks of things, not hated. Tilting his head, Paisley hummed and then beamed radiantly, “Looks like we’ll be seeing a lot of each other then. You coming to study and me coming to buy random little things that I always seem to need.” He dug around in his mostly unpacked boxes to find a stuffed cat, which he cuddled for a few moments and propped up against his pillows.
Rocking on his feet, Paisley rubbed his arm and puffed his cheeks out before speaking again, “Well…since you don’t have much to unpack and we don’t need to study, do you want to go do something? It’ll at least be better than staying here where it’s all cramped and smells faintly of…” He inhaled, “…sandwiches?” Shaking it off he stretched, “I know a cool bookstore nearby that also has a tiny café in it, we could go there? Or do something else if you can think of anything better?”
AN: Paisley has a kinda-buddy, yeaaa~
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Post by Nikolai Malashonak on Aug 25, 2015 20:15:13 GMT -5
| Paisley seemed quite happy about the prospects of the two hanging judging by the way, he nodded his head and spoke. After all, he did want to have at least a few friends while attending Amesti after all, his childhood had been on the lonely side when coming to America. "Yeah, they have a lot to do downtown actually." Nikolai chimed in as they had that huge plaza that held about every store one could imagine, but he rarely went there as he didn't want to be that one lonely loser...
Even so, the moment went South a little as Paisley frowned, but in all honesty it wasn't like he cared if he liked guys or girls. He'd like to consider himself someone who was pretty accepting of these things even when being raised around a father who wasn't as accepting about these types of things. Of course, only one could blame the home life his father was raised, but he would never tell his father personally. Yet, he was surprised to see how quickly he changed his tune at the mention of coffee before dragging out a huge machine from one of his boxes. In all honesty, he was sure his roommate was a magician by the way, he brought out all types of machines.
Even so, he had never seen such a machine after all, his home had the basic pot of coffee that was simple to work & could at least make twelve cups considering all the family had some in the morning once Nikolai was in High School. "I wouldn't want to disturb your sleep though."
"Yeah." Nikolai commented after all, they would be sharing a dorm and the cafe actually sounded quite nice. A really nice place to study and just be able to relax as well.
"Sure. It would be nice to get out until curfew sets in." He agreed to leave the dorm after all, it wouldn't hurt too much to go do something until curfew was in place. In all honesty, he felt the two were starting to relax slightly after all, which was great. He really didn't want to spend a whole year with small, awkward conversations with his dorm mate.
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Post by Paisley Vestitor on Aug 29, 2015 4:55:11 GMT -5
Paisley hummed and checked the time on his phone, nodding once and clapping his hands together, “We’ve got a few hours before curfew. You could show me around, I haven’t gotten out at all yet. Is there really that much to do? My old town had like…a mall, and a few other places people went, but it was pretty boring, I usually just stayed inside by m--…” The student chose to stop talking for risk of starting some pity party, instead smiling and shaking his head, “Nah, doesn’t matter, this is my new life now, and hey, I’ve already gotten to know someone, that’s pretty cool.”
Shaking his head after Nikolai protested, Paisley waved his hand and smiled yet again, “No, no, I insist. It’s not a problem, I could probably make coffee in my sleep, and besides, I mean, I’m pretty sure I care more about you being alert than you interrupting my sleep for a few minutes.” He patted the machine and nodded, “It’s really okay, I’ll be more than happy to help. And, c’mon, how could I resist helping someone so attractive?” Paisley gave a playful wink before laughing and grabbing his bag, starting to pack anything he deemed essential for their trip to the downtown plaza.
The objects included water, his wallet, a needle and thread, and a new container of cookies, though there were definitely other things in the bag which had already been there. Straightening, Paisley cast his eyes on the male, tilting his head. It was curious; he had never gotten so comfortable with someone so fast, he just hoped nothing would go wrong. His mind flew through all of the potential awkward encounters they could have that may ruin this new relationship, whether it be fighting from stress of him walking in on Nikolai with…someone. Thousands of scenes played in a few seconds, and miraculously, he waved the thoughts away. What use would focusing on the potential bad be? Right now was good, right now was safe, and he planned on enjoying that. So, the student latched onto Nikolai’s arm, hugging it for a moment before bouncing out the door, “C’mon slowpoke, you’re supposed to be the leader!”
AN: Ahhh! Sorry for the wait, I was on vacation. Also, hopefully Nikolai didn’t mind being touched, Paisley is bad at…boundaries. Heh.
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Post by Nikolai Malashonak on Sept 1, 2015 15:13:41 GMT -5
| Nikolai nodded after all, they did have a mall just like Paisley's town, but they also had the huge park where he would often take as it was a shortcut or so it seemed like along with the public pool. Yet, Paisley had almost finished his sentence about being by himself which was normal in the eyes of the Belorussian considering most of his time was spent alone as he was the 'strange foreign kid' in the school.... Despite, not doing anything strange except for the fact he'd break into Belorussian. To him, it was just a common thing he figured happened to most as kids have a way of being quite mean.
A compliment was given to Nikolai about being attractive followed by a wink and he could feel a blush come onto his face just slightly after all, it wasn't like he hadn't been told in some form that he was good looking, but it normally came from his mother who explained why when he didn't have anything planned for the weekend with a girl... A boy would never be brought up due to the fact his father was always in the background agreeing with his mother. Unable to win the argument, Nikolai just nodded in agreement to allowing the other to make coffee in the morning. "Okay, then."
Once ready, as he packed a small bag of random items that Nikolai hadn't bothered watching to see exactly what, Paisley latched onto his arm for a moment before bounding out the door and calling him a slowpoke. Attempting to process what happened, Nikolai nodded as he walked out of the dorm and closed the door behind. "I'm not that slow." He commented as he headed down the hallway.
"We could check out the mall first and on the way back take a shortcut in the park." The Belorussian suggested as he glanced over to his roommate seeing if that sounded alright. | |
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Post by Paisley Vestitor on Sept 2, 2015 0:09:03 GMT -5
Paisley was actually really excited for this outing. Of course, there was the possibility that this would go horribly wrong and everything would fall to pieces and life would be awkward and terrible forever, but so far the male was actually really cool and at least…amiable? Paisley didn’t want to say friendly too soon, but he had a feeling they would be getting along nicely. The student nodded once in affirmation to his roommate’s acceptance to the morning coffee rules, and he gave a quick thumbs up before he started about his packing and preparing.
Paisley waited anxiously at the top of the stairs, rocking on his feet and chewing his lip. It was a bad habit the man had developed at some point in his life, so whenever he got nervous or anxious Paisley chewed his lip or bit his nails. A soft giggle came from said man at Nikolai’s comment, and he gave a friendly little smile, “Right, of course not. I was just teasing you is all, ah, sorry.” The albino shifted a little as he let the man catch up to him, then lightly bumped his shoulder, “Sorry if I offend you, by the way. Tend to get a bit…excited and just spout things off and do them without thinking so…yeah, sorry.”
While walking down the stairs, Paisley paced his companion, used to walking at a much faster pace just to avoid being stared at or mocked. However, being with Nikolai made the student feel oddly, safe. Maybe it was the man’s calm, quiet attitude but he felt like as long as Nikolai was there, nobody would cause him any trouble. Blinking at the suggestion, Paisley nodded ecstatically, “Oh awesome! I love the park! Something about it…it’s so peaceful and quiet and safe and smells like grass and trees…” The man lets his eyes drift shut for a moment, just wrapping himself in the thoughts before laughing and lightly taking Nikolai’s arm, pulling him the rest of the way outside and standing in the refreshing evening air, “Ah, that’s better…” He murmurs. The albino truly looks at home outside, pale skin looking softer and eyes looking brighter as he does a little spin, laughing before tripping on the curb and stumbling back with a soft yelp.
AN: Also, when you finish the thread with Rii, we can thread out Paisley trying to calm down the pissed off Belorussian if you want.
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Post by Nikolai Malashonak on Sept 3, 2015 16:49:53 GMT -5
| Near the stairs, he watched as his roommate rock on his feet slightly while chewing his lip. Perhaps he should have commented in a more playful manner as he didn't mean to make the comment come out so rude... Yet, he was given an apology as if Paisley's mere words had thrown him into rage, but they hadn't. He just merely lacked a tone that would suggest otherwise, but he reminds himself to do so in the future as not to cause such a reaction out of Paisley. It wasn't right.
"It's fine... I guess I should be careful on my word choice?" Nikolai spoke, a small perked on his lips as the two made their way down the stairs and out into the fresh air. In all honesty, he was rather glad Paisley had been assigned as his roommate after all, it seemed they were getting along quite well. Unlike some of the other rooms which one could hear shouting from on the occasion and so it was nice to know that their dorm wouldn't be adding to the noise.
"Yeah, I enjoy the park as well. My hometown park compared to this one seems pretty small." Nikolai commented after all, he didn't grow up in a fancy neighbor and more often, the park was overrun with hooligans from the High School who made it impossible for actual children to play in the park. Yet, the few times that Nikolai's father volunteered to take the boy to the park were often filled with joy as Nikolai's father was a man who wasn't easily pushed over by some 'children'. The hooligans often would dart after seeing Nikolai's father the fourth time knowing the man would do anything to allow his son to play on the monkey bars.
Gazing over to Paisley, he watched at the other did a little twirl and looked natural outside? Watching the other just light up, Nikolai halted for a brief moment before taking lead. "Town is just down a couple blocks on the left when exiting the academy." | |
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Post by Paisley Vestitor on Sept 6, 2015 3:58:09 GMT -5
Paisley was definitely relieved that Nikolai didn’t hate him for the teasing, and he quickly waved his hands and shook his head to keep Nikolai from feeling too bad about worrying him, “N-no! Don’t worry, it’s fine! Heh, I’m just a little oversensitive is all. Don’t worry, I’ll get used to it and it won’t bother me so…u-uh…yeah!” He smiled and tried to hide a look of concern at all the fighting that could be heard from the other rooms. Almost to himself, Paisley gave a quiet whisper, “…I hope they’re okay…” Then reasoned with himself that fighting amongst roommates was likely normal.
Giving a soft laugh, Paisley nodded and practically beamed like the sun, “Yeah! The park is the only place I went, I stopped on the way to the dorms, and it’s gorgeous! Gardens and fountains and hiking paths…” He sighed blissfully, “I could spend every moment there…” Swaying and in almost a dreamlike state, Paisley quickly recovered from his stumble and followed eagerly, keeping as close as he could to his guide and not pausing to think about personal space. “Oh really? Cool, so anything that we need is just within walking distance? That’ll be helpful.”
Honestly, it was a pretty half thought out reply. Paisley’s mind was focused on one thing at the moment. What if he were to fall for Nikolai? He had no idea if Nikolai even swung that way, and if he did, well he probably wouldn’t be interested but…Paisley wasn’t sure if he could handle seeing someone he had feelings for bring their lover home every night and…
No. He was just obsessing. He hadn’t fallen for anyone yet, and the albino was going to make sure that he wouldn’t develop romantic feelings for Nikolai until he was sure Nikolai was open to something like that. He would…he would make sure…he had to make sure this time…
Realizing that he had been uncharacteristically quiet, Paisley coughed and stuffed his hands in his pockets, face burning, “So…what are we gonna do once we’re there? Just kinda…hang out and talk or go and do something or, I dunno, get food. Like a date~” He teased, throwing a playful wink before skipping ahead and spinning once in a whirlwind of fallen leaves.
AN: Paisley—im not gunn fall for him till he is 4 shore open 2 lov
Nikolai-- *strong and silent* wha t is romense. I m a Man
Also yess, I would love that because I have no life you write awesome replies.
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Post by Nikolai Malashonak on Sept 8, 2015 17:05:06 GMT -5
| Rapidly, the other waved his hand as he spoke about how he was a tad oversensitive to certain things, but in time he claimed that he'd get used to the whole thing. In all honesty, Nikolai felt it would get easier once past the whole figuring out what to say and what not to say when in the presence of each other. A simple game many played when becoming roommates or a game that many chose to ignore as they could careless if they offended their roommates or not. Nodding in understandment, Nikolai continued on with leading Paisley completely ignoring the shouting coming from the dorm as if it was just a normal occurrence.
Glancing behind him, Nikolai watched the scene unfold as Paisley described the park as his body seemed sway around like a little leaf caught up in some wind. It was elegant to watch, until the other almost came face first the ground and the Belorussian scrunched up just a tad knowing that if the other would defiantly be quite hurt with that kind of fall. Luckily, the male recovered quickly on his feet and continued on walking acting as if the incident had never even occurred at all.
"Yeah. They picked a great location." Nikolai chimed in after all, the location was perfect as those who couldn't afford the luxury of driving just yet were able to just walk. Taking a bus was an option, but the money added up quickly. As the two continued with their little walk, a silence fell over them which felt odd considering that Paisley had kept the conversation alive the entire time which Nikolai was thankful for as he wasn't really a charismatic kind of guy. About ready to glance behind him, he heard a light cough before the other started to speak up once again as if the silence never passed between them.
"Food actually sounds pretty good..." Nikolai replied, as he thought about the last part about Paisley calling it a date to which eh shrugged his shoulders. "I guess it kind of does sound like one."
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Post by Paisley Vestitor on Sept 12, 2015 2:41:39 GMT -5
Paisley nodded with agreement; the action was really more absent-minded than anything seeing as his mind was busy elsewhere. Once the train of thought bouncing around his head came to a stop, he felt his lips tugged into a faint smile, the one which was really just the albino’s resting expression, and nodded once, “Yeah. And…yeah.” He wasn’t sure what to add, he just felt like it needed some agreement in one way or another. In the back of Paisley’s mind, he was actually admiring the voice of the other man, it was calming mostly, and Paisley hoped it wouldn’t change too much if Nikolai started speaking more.
“Yeah food will be great, and I’ll pay, even! My treat, just for you!” There was a slight pause once Nikolai spoke the final words, a few moments taken to process the sound and what exactly he was saying, and then a few more to react. Turning bright red, the slim male slapped his hands to his mouth, staring in shock at Nikolai. Of all the things he had expected the Belorussian to say, all the random possibilities and combinations of words, Paisley had not expected him to agree that it was like a date.
“Y-y-y-you!?” He stammered, flailing his hands a bit, “It…you…I…we… ” The craftsman was utterly confused, unable to figure out how he was supposed to respond to what had just happened. After a few moments, however, he took a deep breath to steady his nerves and gently bumped Nikolai’s shoulder, deciding to roll with it and see where things went, “Hm…so if this is a date, does that mean that you’re gonna hold my hand and walk me home and give me a good night kiss on the cheek? Because that may be awkward seeing as we share a dorm, hehe.” Paisley gave a cheesy grin despite his deep blush and the visibly nervous tangling of his fingers. “Could be worse though, not too bad, as far as first dates go.” The man gave a slight hop, skip and jump to keep from stepping on a crack, “So what do they have in the mall? Is it mostly clothes or are there other shops there as well?”
AN: ...aaaand cue Paisley trying to flirt a little. Good luck with that thread though! Ritsu is...well, in one AU he was... *ahem* A bit...ahm...
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Salty. Rii is just salty.
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” The craftsman was utterly confused, unable to figure out how he was supposed to respond to what had just happened. After a few moments, however, he took a deep breath to steady his nerves and gently bumped Nikolai’s shoulder, deciding to roll with it and see where things went, “Hm…so if this is a date, does that mean that you’re gonna hold my hand and walk me home and give me a good night kiss on the cheek? Because that may be awkward seeing as we share a dorm, hehe.” Paisley gave a cheesy grin despite his deep blush and the visibly nervous tangling of his fingers. “Could be worse though, not too bad, as far as first dates go.” The man gave a slight hop, skip and jump to keep from stepping on a crack, “So what do they have in the mall? Is it mostly clothes or are there other shops there as well?”
