[Open] You had me at Hello

[kei]

A little blond head was making its way out of the crowd towards the grounds amongst the many brunettes, and the occasional red-head or flamboiant color, like pink or blue. Lessons had finished, and the corridors were full of students eager to leave their classes. It was rush hour at Hogwarts. And anyone who stepped out into the corridors, get ready to roll with the flow, or get dragged down.

The little blond head looked up, his name was Kei Raüell, a first year Hufflepuff. His eyes were watching the many faces that rushed past. There was so many of them. All different. All strangers. All busy. All.. rushing. Kei dropped his gaze back to the ground, and made sure to keep foot and not lose step, otherwise he might be walked over, for he was a little bit too small in stature for his age.

Ever was in a room corridor full of people, and felt alone?

Someone bumped into Kei's side , and he looked up, 'Sorries' ready at lip. But before Kei got the chance to open his mouth, and excuse himself, even though it wasn't his fault for the collide, the person was gone. His little lips, strung even tighter, and before he could drop his gaze once more, his eyes averted the double open oak doors a little to his left.

He sauntered towards the exit, and dropped out of the crowd and into the grounds. Kei looked up with startled bright eyes. The many colors of blues, and greens of the grounds, surprised his brown eyes, and he had to blink several times as his eyes begun to water. His lips, two slight peachy petals, pulled at the corners in a small smile, as the scenery sunk in.

Raüell kid pulled a little tighter on his satchel strap - he had the odd habit of keeping his tiny fists clenched around the right strap. He stood there, admiring what was before his eyes. Very soon, he concluded that this was the best spot ever, and he was going to stay there. Shuffling along in his black and white space monsters vans, he walked a little to the right of the stairs, and sank down on them. Aha, he was going to sit there [:

Snuggling closer into his Bleeding Star hoodie by wrapping his arms around his legs, Kei rolled up in a ball. He was already small, but balled up all like this, he looked even smaller. He looked out at the grounds before him, watching other kids play, chat, and shout. Their laughter was tinkling his ears. He watched as kids chaced others, apperantly playing tag. Others sat under trees, having a nice chat. Others where kicking around a ball, or something like that. They all had friends, to do friend-things with. Kei sat there wandering when he'd make himself a friend. Then, if ever he did, he'd have someone to sit on the stairs with and have a nice chat..

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[brendan]

And the inside lingo had me at hello,
We go where the money goes.

Too many people. Yes, he was complaining about the number of people. For once. Brendan had never been one to hate the number of people around him, but it was too noisy. Lately, he had a hating for the noise that constantly buzzed around him. It seemed that with global warming, more people saw it fit to stay indoors. What was once Brendan's safe haven now became as noisy as a market, and he detested it. So much for peace and quiet, heck, even the Mihael quarters were becoming noisier than ever - and who would have guessed it was once the emptiest of all places?

Certainly not him. Frowning slightly as he rubbed his eyes, before replacing his glasses, he glanced around him. Gods, even the corridor was full? He shook his head, clutching the drawing pad of his near him, for fear that it would fall to the floor should someone hit him. Hell, someone could steal it from him and he wouldn't even know, since he was too busy trying to maneveur his way out of the masses. He once again, cursed global warming. Somehow in that mind of his, he swore he was going to find ways to stop the enhanced global warming that was affecting the Earth, if it meant being able to travel down the hallways without having to fear for your life.

The exit. Brown orbs focused on his target, as he quickened his place slightly, trying to reach it before he would be trampled over by the stampede that was going the opposite direction of him. He shook his head once more, his rather lean body squeezing itself to become flatter, in order to make it through what cracks there were in the crowd, for him to move. After much shoving, pushing, and some shouts of "Oi!" and "Sorry", Brendan finally made it to the door. Sweet exit, sweet salvation. A wry smile made it onto his face, as he escaped the noise inside, and moved out.

His new destination - the lake. His lanky self moved quietly towards the one spot of serenity he had discovered, his spot where he was able to do sketches and relax, the one spot of quiet he had found. Quiet for him, anyway. Two steps became three, as he hurried along. Somehow, a fear that the crowd might suddenly move to Walker Lake appeared in him, and the need to get there and assure himself it wasn't the case, motivated him to move faster.

And he arrived there. A broader grin on his face, as he realised that his fears were merely scaring him rather badly. The crowd had not gotten here, and invaded his territory of sorts. However, someone else had. As he glanced at the "invader" rather curiously, rolling up the sleeves of his My Chemical Romance hoodie, the boy was slightly mad. Only slightly, since well, having to make it through the crowds had gotten him pissed, and the presence of another one here in his special spot, made him even more ticked. Without thinking, he looked at the boy, and said in a rather monotonous tone, 'Who are you?'

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[kei]

Raüell kid sat there, watching others from underneath the secrets of his blond too-long fringe. The other kids where loud, and where having fun. And he was here well, alone. It sucked, but Kei was used to it. He was a rather shy guy, that had to be asked to join. Not like Alex, his best friend back at home. He was the loud, obnoxious one, that barged anywhere and everywhere like he was the friggen Queen. Kei missed Alex, even though they where total opposites, he loved him to bits. At least, there was a good side to being the Friggen Queen's best friend, you got to tag along to his barging about [:

Suddenly Kei's scenery was obscured by a pair of legs. Two thin, jeans-clad legs, standing like an upside down 'V' against the background. With a puzzled expression on his face, Kei's eyes followed the legs, and looked up. Wow. They where followed by a whole body [well, what was he expecting, two legs sprouting out of nowhere? ] and a not-so-happy face. :/ Oh-ho. Was this spot already taken? The kid looking down at him didn't look too friendly. And he was about twice as big as Kei - well, every body was twice as big as Kei, but that's not the point.

'Who are you?'

A violent blush suffused Kei's cheeks, and he had to look down at being adressed directly.
"I'm.. I'm K-Kei Raüell" he said, speaking to his shoes. The kid's English was cut off by a weird accent. Something that sounded bluntly like Russian. The fact that he had stumbled over his words, and he was resembling a bright red, Christmas decoration didn't help. Thankfully he was still looking down at his shoes and not much could be seen apart his head full of blond strands. "Did I - did I take your... erm, place?" he asked the pair of legs before him, still not daring to look up at the other boy.

[brendan]

Usually not one to stare, Brendan couldn't help it this time. The other person, the "invader", was rather small. Hey, it wasn't his fault, that for his age he was rather tall, a 6ft2, and towered over most. Hey, Americans were the taller ones around the world, or so they said. He watched him, as his sling bag dropped to the ground, his brown eyes narrowing even more, making even himself wonder how he was able to see.

Speak! Mentally, he demanded, unsure as to why he was feeling so moody today. Usually Bren had a rather happy personality, and was glad to help others in anything they desired. Yet today... It seemed that he had woken up on the wrong side of the bed - gotten through classes with hardly a smile on his face, and remembering that he had just shut up the entire Herbology lesson. A rare thing for him to do, after all. He was usually active in lessons, even if he wasn't paying attention.

The boy seemed to be stuttering, trying to respond to Bren's question. It was weird, and it was the exact thing that spiked Bren, that he was being rather harsh after all. He slid to the floor beside the boy, and as the smaller boy introduced himself as I'm.. I'm K-Kei Raüell, Brendan nodded, before replying, 'Brendan Slater. Nice to meet you.' Okay, it probably wasn't nice to see him, since he was in a slightly sour mood, but it was common courtesy to say that, was it not?

Did I - did I take your... erm, place? He was stuttering. Brendan couldn't help but let a little smile come out, since it was slightly funny. Never in his life had he seen someone scared of him. Running a hand through his brown hair, he shook his head. 'Doubt I ever found a time to carve my name here or anything, so it isn't my place. You're welcome here, and I do hope you don't mind me joining you.'

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[kei]

'Brendan Slater. Nice to meet you.'

The older boy's tone seemed to soften out a little bit. At least, the choice of his words made Kei think that. Kei's eyes still refused to look the older kid in the face. He was afraid to. So his legs would do pretty well for now.

But before he could finish that thought, the other boy slid down on the steps, and sat next to him. Kei stiffened a bit at the sudden closeness. He could feel the other boy's eyes on the side of his head, burning a little hole right through his skull. Kei dared glance up at the other boy, and as both brown eyes met, he had to direct his gaze back down to the ground. Color was rising in his cheeks again, and the more he felt his face grow warm, the harder he starred down at the floor. He noticed, he wasn't even watching it.

'Doubt I ever found a time to carve my name here or anything, so it isn't my place. You're welcome here, and I do hope you don't mind me joining you.'

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Suddenly Kei's cheeks grew hot, very hot. He was feeling so dumb. This Brendan boy was being kind to him. And the only thing he was capable of, was stuttering and look down at his own shoes. He mentally pinched himself. That's for being a blond shy head :/ , he told himself.

Kei blinked, and angled his head a little to the left, where the other boy was sitting. Through his fringe, he glimpsed up at Brendan. Kei's first thought was, he's cool. The cool haircut. The hard glance. He was an Alex factor - cool all the way down, Kei could bet, to his socks.

"Ohh.. um, t-thank you " he said, sudden relief washing over him. If he had said anything else, Kei was already ready to pick up all his things and leave. He never was one to bug people, or take their place. He was the one to stutter, apologize, and leave. ". . . . and, erm- no,no .. I don't m-mind." he said, suddenly his lips finding their mechanism, and trying a smile. A small smile came out, lost in the careless eye.

As though something hit him, Kei remembered. " Nice to meet you t-too...Brendan " he said, again his words ending in that weird, jaunting accent. He was suddenly aware of it, and his cheeks grew warm again. Having a Russian Dad, and an English Mum was funny. You got to grow up in a house where both languages where spoken, and the result was, some weird Kei-an language, all stutters and stumbles.

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[brendan]

I want someone provocative and talkative
But it's so hard when you're shallow as a shower
And from what I've heard with skin you'll win

Now, he didn't mean to be rude at all, it just that he had been in a foul temper. After all, if you had been in his place, you would! And seeing that Kai was smaller than most, well, he probably would also have had trouble navigating through the crowds, right? Poor thing ]:

Kei kept staring at Brendan's legs, which was probably one of the reasons why Bren had sit down in the first place. The constant staring at the lower part of his body was pretty freaky. No lie. [: So, the taller boy had slipped down, and immediately spotted that Kei had tensed up. Yet, thinking it was a rather normal thing, since a stranger had chosen to sit beside you. Brendan would probably have tensed up too, so the boy ignored it. But then, he started staring at his features. Brendan scrunched his nose up a little. Was he that interesting? Well, he didn't know exactly. You tell him. xD

A mere nod, since Bren didn't exactly know what he had done, that was worth thanking for. 'Ho-hum.' Why he had suddenly said that, he didn't know. It had just come rather natural-like, so yeah. [: He didn't sing well, he drew better anyway. Sin or not, it was his style.

Brendan was glad that he didn't mind. He was the one intruding, and he would hate to think that he had offended the other. A smile, as he said, 'Thanks.'

Hey, common courtesy right? Well, Brendan hoped so anyway. He noticed his uneasy smile, and grinned. 'Dude, I'm not gonna bite, relax!'[/color] It bugged him a little, that someone was afraid of him. Bren never saw himself intimidating, actually. Tall yes, intimidating? Hell no.

There, see! The accent he had been talking about. It sounded... slightly Russian, really. Turning his gaze to Kei, he asked, 'You a Russian or something?'[/color] He didn't mean to sound nosy, it just came out. You know how somethings come out before you know it? Well, this too ^^ He hadn't meant it after all.[/blockquote][/color][/font][/size]

[kei]

'Dude, I'm not gonna bite, relax!'

" okay. " Kei grinned in a boyish manner. From underneath his fringe, you could catch sight of his pearly whites. His cheeks though, had turned a shade of deeper pink. It was kind of stupid, i know, but he was a weird kid. Shy and all. And what where you expecting anyway, being pointed out directly that you where being too tense and shy, made you aware of it and tense you up some more. It would take him time, but he would get used to Brendan. Or Brendan get used to him. Because now that I'm thinking of it, he's exactly the same way around everyone - even Alex, who's been his best friend since kindergarten.

'You a Russian or something?'

Was it that obvious? Heeh. Well, not in his appearance anyway. Russians were supposed to be tall, very tall. But Kei was just like mum - tiny. He wished he was like Dad, then, the rest of the world wouldn't seem so big to him. Unsure of what to reply, he said, " Um. Uh-huh. ". Now, wasn't he cute, he couldn't even form a proper 'yes'.

He turned round a bit, somewhat facing Brendan. Just facing, no eye contact. First of all, you couldn't see his eyes in all that hair [: and second of all, his eyes didn't want to be seen [ still too shy and all ].
"You nosy, or something?" he said, and gave a little grin. " Just joking " he added quickly, in case Brendan didn't get that. By now the stutters had subdued, and the color in his cheeks was wearing out, softening into paleness of his cheeks as he wasn't any longer a violent red.

After his lame attempt at a joke, Kei returned back to his 'quiet mode'. He waited for Brendan to say something - he looked more like the type to talk. Instead, he studied Brendan. He was So-Alex, it was impossible. So, okay, not Alex 100% - but he's up there next to him, on the cool-scale [: Kei liked him. <shy> He was kind of hoping they'd become friends.

[rain1994]

Rain was bored. She was at the lake and looking for someone she could relate to. Someone who liked her father's band maybe. Scanning the area she saw two boys. One was wearing a My Chem hoodie. She smiled and wandered over to the boys. If the kid in the hoodie was smart enough, he'd guess who her father was. She walked over and stood by the boys.

"Hey. Am I interuptting something?" she smiled. "I'm Rain by the way. Rain Iero."

She looked down at her clothes and tugged at a piece of gelled hair as she looked up again. She was wearing her faded black Nirvana shirt, some of her grey skinnies, her bright redconverses and her zip up, navy hoodie. Her hair was gelled straight and spiked straight down.

"You guys okay?"

[brendan]

Sorry for the delay.
Was kinda busy. More active now. [:

" okay. " That one word that escaped Kei's mouth, which made Brendan relax. Good, a potential friend. It was perhaps something that Brendan wanted. More friends, less enemies. Call him simple-minded, but he actually wanted peace in the world, despite the fact that it was rather hard, with people loving the idea of war. These people would be the reason why the society as we knew it, would crumble. Brendan sighed. War was not appreciated, in the boy's eyes. He hated death, really. The idea of having to leave the world as you know it, with so many things yet to be accomplished. That's why the boy had a list of things, that he yearned to do before he left with the Grim Reaper. Life was short, Brendan knew. Might as well make the best of it, no? "You nosy, or something?" He laughed at Kei's reply. True, he was being rather nosy. Observing Kei from where he was sitting, he couldn't help but let his gaze follow his hair. It was rather long for a boy's, covering almost the entire of Kei's face, making Brendan unable to see his eyes. And here he was thinking that the eyes were the windows to another's soul. How to see that, if Brendan couldn't even see the other's eyes? 'Perhaps. Is it a bad thing, if I am?' Brendan couldn't help the answer, it was true. Being nosy did have it's perks, at times.

Ah well. It was interesting to know more. 'Since you've deemed me as nosy,' Brendan started, a friendly wink to the other, 'What house are you in?' He wanted to know. Perhaps they could meet more often, right? It was a start, anyway. However, mere seconds after Brendan had spoken, a new voice entered the scene. "Hey. Am I interuptting something?" Was she? Brendan looked at her, before looking at Kei, deciding that since he was the first one here, he should speak, and answer her question. He did however, respond when she spoke again.

"I'm Rain by the way. Rain Iero." A nod from Bren, as he replied, 'Brendan. This is...' He paused in his sentence, realising that Kei might have wanted to answer himself, and Brendan probably shouldn't take over what he was going to say. It was rude, in the Mihael's point of view anyway.

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