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Post by Indigo Noble on Feb 19, 2014 22:34:47 GMT -5
Indigo was one of few students who obeyed the professor's instruction not to pack up his stuff until the bell rang. The second it did, though, he was lightning-fast standing up and slinging his book bag over his shoulder. He grabbed his notebook and flipped it closed even as he turned to the door, a bounce in his step. If there was anything wrong with being jazzed about Transfiguration, he couldn't see it.
He gave a light toss of his head that sent his blonde fringe back and a little smile for no particular reason. He was less self-conscious than he'd ever been outside home, and the few days of mild warmth they'd had were more than enough to cheer him. It was over fifty degrees, and even if the castle itself wasn't necessarily warm, his hoodie was left behind. He pushed into the slow-moving queue to get into the corridor.
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Post by Sean Sullivan on Feb 19, 2014 22:44:23 GMT -5
Sean had noticed the guy, Noble he thought the professor called him, earlier in the semester. True to his nature, he hadn't managed to buck up the courage to approach the guy, however, and hadn't really even seen him outside of class. Today, he managed to end up next to him, unsurprised to note the guy was taller than him. "Are you a transfiguration major?" he asked, taking advantage of the general lack of movement out the door to force himself to talk.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Feb 19, 2014 22:50:57 GMT -5
Indigo's attention shifted from the too-small spaces between the people in front of him to the slender guy with the ink. "Uh, no. Enchantment," he said, "but I like Transfiguration and it'll help me get where I'm going." Did that sound weird? He was going toward the corridor. Sort of. There were a few last freshmen vying for the door, then the clog eased. He told himself he should probably say something back. "Uh, is it yours?"
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Post by Sean Sullivan on Feb 19, 2014 23:02:42 GMT -5
"Yeah, always kind of been my favorite," Sean said. He eyed the lessening crowd and took a deep breath. Was it this hard for other people? Maybe they all got it out in regular school. It wasn't like he had never dated before coming to university but things were different now, in many ways. "I wanted to see if you were interested in getting a drink. I mean, a coffee or something. I'm Sean, by the way." He cringed at himself.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Feb 19, 2014 23:12:22 GMT -5
Indigo opened his mouth to answer before catching on. Then he blinked. Was he being asked out? He closed his mouth again and looked at the guy, Sean, as a person instead of someone making smalltalk with the closest human. Was Sean nervous? Did that mean yes? Or was Indigo's own hesitance making the guy rethink the way he'd asked? Did people ask each other out to coffee that had nothing to do with dates? Indigo cursed his own lack of experience with people.
"Uh... I mean... like... I've got a boyfriend..." He also had a normally-fine complexion which was currently red in places, and he was blocking the door for people who wanted in. He stepped back without thinking, and people started pouring in, stoppering the door all over again.
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Post by Sean Sullivan on Feb 19, 2014 23:22:03 GMT -5
Naturally. "Oh, of course, sorry, figures. I mean, I'm pretty bad at the whole asking someone out thing, and I guess I've got to start somewhere and...I'm...I'm going to stop talking now." Sean swallowed hard and tried not to look too weird. At least he'd managed to ask out a guy who wasn't straight. It could have ended up much worse.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Feb 19, 2014 23:28:39 GMT -5
Indigo tried not to look weird too, with debatable success. How did people deal with this stuff? "There's like, nothing wrong with you though, you're... cute and stuff. Nice tats." He suddenly thought of what Jory might think and attempted to backpedal. "My boyfriend, though..." His newly-found confidence was now hiding beneath a rock somewhere, afraid to come out.
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Post by Sean Sullivan on Feb 19, 2014 23:33:15 GMT -5
A breathless chuckle escaped and Sean reached up with one hand to fix hair that didn't actually need fixing. "No, it's cool, I get it, no big deal. Worth a try, right? Could have been worse, you could've been some straight guy that got all pissed at me or something. And I won't tell him you think I'm cute." Was that flirting? Did that count as flirting?
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Post by Indigo Noble on Feb 19, 2014 23:40:50 GMT -5
Indigo wasn't sure whether to feel worse or just run for safety... until that last comment. Then he couldn't help the curve of his lips and an almost-chuckle with very little real sound to it. "Um, yeah, thanks," he said, still smiling. "If you want to hang out..." Was that weird? Wrong? "My boyfriend's into mods..." That was weird and wrong. "Like... friends are good..." Holy crap.
"I suck at talking to people, don't ask me how I'm with someone, I hardly know." There was so much fail already that it didn't matter anymore, right? Indigo took his first chance to slip out of the classroom, then stood in the corridor to put his notebook into his book bag, letting Sean catch up or disappear if he wanted.
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Post by Sean Sullivan on Feb 19, 2014 23:51:58 GMT -5
Finally, Sean couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah, I know the feeling. Believe it or not, I actually had a boyfriend this time last year," he said when he caught up. "Friends are good, I like friends, and hanging out might be cool. I don't think for sure I know your name. I've got an idea, but guessing might lead to me making a bigger fool of myself."
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Post by Indigo Noble on Feb 20, 2014 0:02:57 GMT -5
"Oh, sorry! I'm Indigo." Indigo stuck out a hand for a shake before he'd thought about it, then decided to go for it. Friends were good. Even Jory would agree that friends were good. "Me and Jory, my boyfriend, were friends for like a year and didn't even think about anything. I like, don't know if I'm supposed to talk about him. All my friends in school were girls until 6th year."
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Post by Sean Sullivan on Feb 20, 2014 0:09:11 GMT -5
Sean shook Indigo's hand and nodded. "Yeah, my school social life was...weird," he said, eyebrows coming together as he wondered if that was the best way of putting it. After a moment, he seemed to nod as he decided that it was the best he could do. "Fresh start after graduating, you know, new life and all. And talk about him if you want, it doesn't bother me, I know that much." Even if he was painfully bad at this.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Feb 20, 2014 0:12:09 GMT -5
Indigo nodded, but seized onto a different part of what Sean had said. "Totally fresh start," he said. "I like, used to wear hoodies all the time, didn't talk to anyone. And for university I decided to like... open up or something. I came out to my parents and decided to be out here. Like, I'm bi. I mean, that doesn't matter or anything, but I told them." Open mouth, insert foot. At least Sean didn't seem to care what stupidity came out of his mouth.
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Post by Sean Sullivan on Feb 20, 2014 0:16:14 GMT -5
"Yeah, I'm bi, too. My parents took it well. They didn't take it so well when I came out as trans, though," Sean said, though his eyes immediately widened and he froze when he realized what had come out of his mouth. That couldn't have just happened, it hadn't happened. It had. "I mean, I...I..." he stammered. "F~."
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Post by Indigo Noble on Feb 20, 2014 0:19:46 GMT -5
"Oh, uh..." Indigo had a vague idea what trans meant, but he wasn't entirely sure, and if he wasn't one hundred for god's sake percent sure then he wasn't going to say anything about it at all and sound stupid. Because he sounded really smart at this point.
"It's cool," he said. "Parents are weird. Life is weird." So did that mean Sean was really a girl? Or was turning into a girl? Or had turned into a guy? Indigo mentally berated his own ignorance. He was looking that sh~ up the second he could get online.
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