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Post by azikael on Mar 18, 2009 5:44:55 GMT 9
He looked like he got smacked between the ears with a two by four when he called him interesting. That was new, and he was rather baffled by it and didn't know how to answer at first. He opened his mouth for a moment, then closed it, then opened it again like a dazed fish in shallow water.
"You have odd tastes in interesting." he commented lightly, but he wanted to say more, and he wasn't sure how to word it. "Don't take this the wrong way at all, but you seem very young. Shouldn't you be out with friends? Not having coffee with someone probably quite a few years your senior." Not that he minded, he secretly was enjoying actually talking to someone that wasnt his snakes, or his Editor...and coffee. Coffee was always a plus.
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Post by Doomy Muffins on Mar 18, 2009 5:49:48 GMT 9
"What friends?" Bow frowned at him. "I just moved here, I don;t have any friends." He didn't mind it, really. But if Darren put himself down like that, it was like telling Bow that he was so desperate for friends that he was willing to hang out with old men. "I know I weird, but I really don't see it that way. We have something in common and I really do find you very interesting. Besides, it's not like your some sort of grandpa."
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Post by azikael on Mar 18, 2009 5:54:45 GMT 9
He didn't know it, but he was smiling for real now as he listened to the other. "No, Im not THAT old thank you." he said, humor back into his voice. He was rescued by the coffee, and his muffin coming, and prodded the dessert with a look that clearly said he wasn't hungry, but was going to force himself to eat it anyway. A muffin counted as food for the entire day...right?
"hmm, allright well. Im going to warn you again, I'm not that interesting. But, if you want to.." Oh god, he was going to wasn't he? It was the caffeine. He never got two cups of strong coffee after the other, at least, not right away. They were usually spaced between his sessions of anger at a certain editor.
"You seemed interested in my snakes. Would..would you perhaps like to see them? Im sure a cobra isnt something someone gets to see often.." he said lamely. He rather loved his snakes, but many people didn't share his passion.
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Post by Doomy Muffins on Mar 18, 2009 6:04:17 GMT 9
"...Really?" Bow didn't seem to believe him. It was evident on his face. A look that said 'You're such a liar.' Go see his snakes? Like... his HOUSE? Wow, this guy was really inviting him there. "I... I mean... That's okay?"
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Post by azikael on Mar 18, 2009 6:10:25 GMT 9
His frown came back at the others expression. Perhaps he had said the wrong thing, he really wasn't all that good at..making conversational things apparantly.
He sighed. "Well, apartment, but yes. I wouldn't have offered if I didn't mean it. He was the only poisonous one I could bring, the cobra I mean." he explained quietly, looking down at his coffee. He still thought it was the wrong thing to ask. Really, he didn't know if there was zoos' here or not, maybe the other just wanted to see them there and not..in his stupid boring apartment...
"I mean, I'll understand if you would rather not. I just thought.." He drawled off, sipping his coffee to cover up his embarrassment. He really had been enjoying what little words he had shared with this odd young man, and now an offer like that probably made him sound creepy.
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Post by Doomy Muffins on Mar 18, 2009 6:15:06 GMT 9
"Well... Can I come tomorrow?" Wait... he was accepting? He smiled a litte, taking a sip of his coffee. "I really want to, but I'm busy this afternoon..." This was... partially lie. He still hadn't unpacked all his things. And, after nearly a month, that wasn't acceptable. Besides, he had a feeling that he'd be returning the invitation sometime soon. He really did have to write an article though. He'd put it off until the last minute.
"I mean... if that's okay..?" Oh no, maybe he missed his chance.
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Post by azikael on Mar 18, 2009 6:21:35 GMT 9
"That's more then fine. Their still a bit fat from eating a few days ago, they'll be nice and slim then." His smile was real now when he spoke about them, and he surprised himself by being exited about actually having someone over, at least to see his prized snakes. And plus, he could tell his pretty much only friend back in Russia that he had spoken to someone, and they had come over, and he even had coffee with them. It was the twilight zone all over again!
He was running out of things to say again, and fidgeted where he sat. "You should let me read some of your work." He commented after some time, poking holes in the muffin without eating it. "I would..enjoy it, if you wouldn't mind." Of course, there was always the fact that the other might not want him to, and he sighed. "its been some time since ive read something that wasn't a bunch of crap. So I'd enjoy it a lot."
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Post by Doomy Muffins on Mar 18, 2009 6:26:02 GMT 9
"It's okay?" Bow gave a relieved sigh, leaning back in his chair. Good, Darren would still let him come over. Hmm, wonder what his place if like... Then again... that's not too hard to imagine. Bow took another sip, then nearly choked when Darren said that he'd like to read some of his work.
"R-read it?!" Oh no! He'll think that he's a freak! "I...I never said it was any good! And... you're famous right? Anything compared to you would suck!"
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Post by azikael on Mar 18, 2009 6:32:15 GMT 9
"I never said I was famous." He tried to calm the spluttering thing down, looking a bit worried that he would choke himself if he kept on like that. Theatrics like that were not what he was use to, and he tentatively patted him on the shoulder, horribly, painfully awkward, but he was trying at least to safe him from dying should he actually be choking.
"Don't be down on your work." He admonished, surprisingly for himself. "You shouldn't say it sucks. If you dont feel comfortable letting me read it, perhaps tell me what you actually LIKE writing?" He asked quietly, almost begging. He didn't like the famous comments.
"I mean, you can't like writing magazine articles, not that much. So what do you like?"
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Post by Doomy Muffins on Mar 18, 2009 6:36:40 GMT 9
"W-what I like to write..?" This wasn't any better. He coughed a bit more, jumping when Darren touched him. Had he read him wrong? He was pretty sure the man didn't like touching people. "Well, I like..."
Bow shallowed the lump forming in his throat. His 'kind' weren't very accepted in Japan. And he'd spent so much of his life hiding it. "It's weird but..."
"I... I write...yaoi..."
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Post by azikael on Mar 18, 2009 6:52:30 GMT 9
His frown turned into one of bemusement, because at first he wasn't entirely sure what that term meant. He thought perhaps for some reason he meant some form of a cook book, then he vaguely remembered a book he had passed in a store, something about boys love, and the term yaoi and shounen-ai, and his face turned a brilliant scarlet, and he coughed, trying to hide his discomfort.
"I don't think its weird just..not something ive' actually read minus er..a few..stories." He coughed again, his ears bright scarlet, the blush even on his neck at this time. "Ah...I'd still read it, because...because I dont know. Curiosity, but you need to make me a promise okay?" He did his best to sound mock serious, a scowl on his face, but a smile tugged at his lips.
"If I end up blushing to much, you need to explain it to me in laymen terms. Because I'm pretty sure I cant get past a sex scene. I can barely write them myself anyway."
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Post by Doomy Muffins on Mar 18, 2009 6:57:26 GMT 9
"Pr-promise?" Bow fidgetted in his seat. Extremely uncomfortable. He'd expected Darren to call him a weirdo or something, not... admit to having read it. Or, had he only said that to make him feel better? Well, I... I guess. Nothing's really finished. I mean... I've only just started..."
Bow tried to hide his blush with his coffee cup, willing himself to calm down. Darren was accepting. This was good. "You... you really don't think it's weird?"
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Post by azikael on Mar 18, 2009 7:13:15 GMT 9
"Er...weird? Not really no, I mean, I have no right to judge someone, especially that sort of thing." He didn't want to explain that anyway. Even if his experiances with anyone had been pretty much kissing and nothing more, females still scared him more then anything else, which he had figured years ago meant exactly what this young man seemed to write about. He didn't say it though, because up front telling a perfectly nice stranger you were probably gay wasn't the proper thing to do.
"And, I mean really, its the same as...a female and a male type character story." He shrugged. "Only less whining about clothes im sure." He had made a joke! SHOCK.
He took a sip of his coffee, a small smile tugging at his lips at the others blush. He did remind him of a puppy. "Don't look so ashamed."
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Post by Doomy Muffins on Mar 18, 2009 7:24:24 GMT 9
"It's not exactly the same..." He should know, he was a little slut in high school. Okay... not really, but he'd run right to his friend when he'd tried to sleep with a girl for the first time. NEVER sleep with your friends. It's a bad idea.
"But... it is weird. And... Japan isn't really known for it's acceptance of this sort of thing..." He only blushed even more at the other man's comment. Ashamed? Who wouldn't be ashamed after revealing his sexuality. Then again... the way Darren was acting, he might not realize it.
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Post by azikael on Mar 18, 2009 7:30:51 GMT 9
He shrugged. "People can bite it." He told him easily. Having destroyed most of his muffin, he finally put a piece in his mouth, then another. There, two bites was food, and he had no urge to eat anymore. The smell alone made him not even want anymore. It wasn't that it was bad just...no thank you.
"My pretty much only friend in Russia. She was actually a he." He told the other carefully, and quietly so the other few patrons didn't hear him talk. He wasn't ashamed himself, he just would rather not start a fight over it..
"I'm not one to judge people. And I do not believe you should judge people in return." He shrugged. "And plus, I'm anti-social, insomniac, addicted to caffeine and don't eat unless im told to." He told him, a tiny smile tugging at his lips. "Why should I judge?"
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