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The Path I Choose

WHO: Eddie and OPEN!
WHAT: Despite being here a while, Eddie's never really checked out the school. Time to explore and possibly meet people.
WHERE: Throughout the campus
WHEN: Thursday afternoon and evening
WARNING(S): ~~Eddie~~ May be some swearing

Eddie expected the place to be a little crowded, but not this crowded. There were students all over the place! He kept off to the side, taking in the smells and sounds while navigating the best he could. It wasn't too difficult, really; his only issue was being trampled by late students. Once the tardy bell rang, the place all but emptied out. He took the opportunity to explore more thoroughly.

"This place is kind of cool..." He said to himself as he opened the door to the courtyard. That's when he felt a rush of cold. He quickly shut the door, mumbling something about the damn snow and how people could live here.

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Eren had moved out, and Ken had gotten the notice that someone else was moving in, and that meant it was time for a little hasty cleaning (because there was no sense in starting off on the wrong foot on purpose) and a lot of wondering whether he ought to be expecting things to go better or worse than before.

He'd gotten everything picked up in fairly short order, though, and by the time he's been warned to expect his new roommate to make an appearance, he's also gotten the last of his homework out of the way.

So he's flopped stomach-down on his bed, kicking his feet in the air and reading manga. And no longer really thinking too hard about the roommate thing, because Heroman is totally about to punch the aliens in the face and that is awesome.

The staff led Eddie to the room and made sure he'd be all right before the left him with his bag. He didn't have much as his family's care package was still in transit. And he hadn't gone shopping for any winter clothes.

He felt the cool metal number on the wood and nodded. The staff members helping him said he'd have a roommate, and he was a bit concerned about that. He took a deep breath and knocked.

The knock caught him by surprise, a little - but Ken caught himself fairly quickly and sighed. No, it wasn't a surprise, he just...spaced out.

He flipped the book face down on his bed to keep his place and got up, going to open the door. And then he stood there for a moment just staring upwards, because he was used to being shorter than everyone else, sure - it came with the territory, being one of the youngest students at the school and all - but wow.

This guy was tall.

"Um...hello!"

Did they room him with... a kid? Granted, Eddie wasn't that old (he just turned seventeen), but was this a good idea? Huh, maybe the kid had some kind of badass power. Eddie gave a half-hearted wave.

"Hey. Name's Eddie. Guess you're my roommate?"

"Right. I'm Ken."

He stepped back from the door to leave room for Eddie to come in. "Do you need any help bringing your stuff in?"

"I'm fine." He picked up his lone bag and stepped in, taking note of where everything was. There was the heavy scent of books on one side, meaning his part of the room was on the other end. He set his bag down on the empty bed.

A bit of awkward began to settle in as he sat down. "I take it you like to read." He's going to attempt some conversation. Yeeep.

"Mostly manga," he said, a little sheepishly (because he realizes what a kid that makes him sound like). "Books are fine too, I mean. But they don't write much about the same stuff."

Like superheroes punching aliens in the face.

"I read a couple of those when I was younger." Eddie needed to stop making himself sound like an old man. "The horror titles were really cool. What kind of manga do you prefer?"

Six years off might as well be an old man, come on.

"Superhero stuff, mostly." Although he feels a little more ambivalent about some of it than he used to; some of the violence hits a little closer to home, and then when he realizes he was enjoying reading it, sometimes he just feels weird when he closes the book.

"Well, it fits, considering where we live." X-Men were kind of superheroes, right? Eddie remembered hearing about them back home. And they saved his life, just like heroes.

"It makes it feel a little...weird, kind of." The idea of a superhero catching him reading a fictional depiction of superheroes just makes him wonder what they'd actually think about it. Do they hate comics like actors hate the paparazzi?

(It's not entirely coincidental that Ken keeps most of his reading to their room.)

Eddie wondered why it would make the kid feel weird, but then he imagined the staff coming through and yelling at him like they found porn under his bed. He shook his head.

"I doubt they mind. There are worse things you could be reading."

"There are probably better things, too."

"Nothing can top a good comic book. Well, maybe a good video game."

"I haven't really played many of those."

"Played a couple before... this happened." Eddie pointed to his shaded eyes. For the first time in a few months, the teen felt a little twinge of... something that wasn't pure anger or apathy. He did his best to hold on to that tiny shred of emotion as he continued.

"I'll have to convince my mom to ship my stuff up here."

This sounds like there's a story behind it, and it's one Ken's sure he shouldn't be asking about, because...well, he doesn't think he'd want to be asked, if their positions were switched, right?

But on the other hand, he does want to at least confirm that he's got the right idea about things, before he does anything really awkward because of it, so he takes a deep breath. "I...hope this isn't a really bad question to ask, because I don't want to pry. But that..."

Uh.

"...you can't see, right?"

It took a good portion of Eddie's strength to keep the asshole from coming out. He wasn't going to remove his sunglasses and scare the poor kid, either. "It's kind of like this: you know when you're in the dark and you can sort of see your things but not really?"

"Yeah...oh."

That made sense, or sense enough, at least.

"...sorry for asking. I just don't want to assume anything stupid."

There was a bit of silence before Eddie responded. "It's cool. I'm mostly used to it." He stretched. Maybe it was time for a nap before he went out again.

"Gonna lie down for a bit. Had kind of a long day already." Another long-ish pause.

"Nice meeting you, kid."

"Okay. Nice meeting you, too."

At least staying quiet so someone else could get some sleep wasn't really much of a change from his normal behavior anyway.

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The Path I Choose

roomie thread? let me know if anything needs changing. c:

Looks good to me!

\o/

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