[fieldbox=Kei Annabeth Yamazaki ✯ Junior
, #008080, solid]
Kei wasnt surprised when
Mattaline picked up the phone, nor should she have been when the other female told her that she was already here, however she couldn't help but let a frown cross her features.
"You're already here?" She questioned, hearing as the front door to her house opened and shut, a feeling of suspicion tugging at her gut. Then again
Matty had a thing for showing up unannounced and her family just became so used to it that it was like she was part of their family. Which was absolutely fine by Kei since the mother of this family walked out at least a year or two after adopting her and her brother. It was random and strange, everything seemed to be fine and then one day, they came home from school with a note on the kitchen counter saying that she couldnt do it anymore and left.
No apology, no nothing. That always left a bitter taste in Kei's mouth. First her birth parents didnt want her and then her adopted mother wanted nothing to do with her or the family...the young female couldnt help but feel slightly offended.
"You should stop showing up unannounced..." Kei grumbled when
Mattaline appeared at her door, at the same time that
Sousuke grumbled not to mess up his hair. Honestly though, Kei secretly loved it when
Matty randomly appeared, whether she was being summoned or not, it gave her a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing that she was important enough to someone else for them to just wanting to randomly appear and grace her with their presence.
Shifting in her seat, Kei ran a hand through her hair, dark brown eyed gaze lingering on her friend before she shifted it to look out her window, noticing that her neighbor's curtains were closed. The teen remembered how she used to stay up all night and talk with
Ashton, having their parents come into their room and tell them to go to bed. She wasnt sure when he got curtains but they always seemed to be closed these days and she wondered what happened to those days where they would talk for hours on end. Honestly, Kei missed him from time to time, they were both awkward in their own way and she felt that he was the only one that truly understood her. Dont get her wrong
Mattaline understood her pretty well, but there still was a gap from time to time, since the two were so different.
There were times that she still talked to
Ashton's mother and that was always her chance to ask how he was doing, what he was up to, where he was going to college, his hopes and dreams...dumb stuff like that. Because honestly, Kei still cared...she cared a lot, but she just didnt know how to reach out and let
Ashton know that she missed him without sounding like a creep. Besides, who knows if he even missed chatting and hanging out with her.
Kei was pulled out her thoughts when her friend starting listing off the outfits that she brought, throwing the clothes onto the bed in a pile.
"You...didnt have to do that... She muttered softly, gazing at the combat boots that
Matty brought her, her fingers gently tracing over the material. It seemed that her friend always bought her something, though she never needed it, her family was well off just like
Mattaline's but the little gifts, Kei accepted with each thank you and put them in a special pile, one that was dedicated to the things that her friend had given her over the years.
"It'd be nice if you got me things...after all, I do some of the dirty work. Sousuke grumbled and Kei shot him a look.
"What are you talking about? I get you things all the time, why does stuff have to come from her? Kei questioned, narrowing her eyes and her brother huffed.
"Do not. He countered.
"Do too." She retorted, the twins started bantering back and forth, not that it was anything new. Heaving a sigh, Kei watched as
Mattaline went to go set up things in the bathroom, thanking
Sousuke for helping convince her and immediately Kei grabbed a pillow and threw it at her twin.
"I hate it when you two are in cahoots with each other. She grumbled, falling back on the bed and letting out a long groan. From the few outfits that her friend showed her, she was going to wear the one with the denim shirt and lacy shorts, and pair it with combat boots. [spoili]
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It was more her style and she felt that it represented her personality in its own cute little way. [/fieldbox]
[fieldbox=Jayson Theodore Arnold ♛ Senior
, #DC143C, solid]
Sitting in his read jeep wrangler, Jayson waited for his friend to reply. Despite having money to buy basically whatever he wanted, unlike most of the popular kids, he worked hard to get what he wanted, instead of asking his parents for money. Jayson took up odd jobs over the summer of his junior year and half of his junior year as well in order to save up for his baby. [spoili]
[/spoili] Relief flooded through his body when
Ashton texted back that he could come over. His friend's house was his safe place and when he couldnt go there, he usually went to this one spot deep into the woods and situated by a river to help calm his nerves. Honestly, the arguing between his parents was getting worse and worse, and when he got to college he wanted to move his sister in with him. He didnt want her to worry about their parents arguing day and night, keeping her awake. He wanted her to live a happy eight year old life, worrying about boys in the future, not what her parents were arguing about or any of that bull crap.
Thanks man, you're a life saver, I owe ya. And why dont we talk about that when i get there...
Starting up his car, he drove to
Ashton's, fingers drumming on the steering wheel as his music blared throughout the car, mind lost in thought. It was all just white noise at the moment. Two awkward boys, both terrible at socializing and being around others, it was no wonder that they connected so easily. It almost made Jayson kind of sad to know that they possibly werent going to be going to the same college, but hopefully they would both find a good group of friends that would except them for who they were.
Pulling up into a familiar drive way, his eyes were drawn to an awfully familiar 2013 volkswagen and a sigh lost his lips. He had forgotten that
Mattaline's best friend as
Kei Yamazaki and that she lived right next door to his friend. It was kind of strange how that worked out, his neighbor was best friends with his friends neighbor. For some reason, just the thought started to make his head ache and he gave a small shake, trying to get out of his mind. Sometimes Jayson lived in his mind way too much, getting lost in it all. Stepping out of his car, he pushed his glasses and rolled his sleeves up to his elbow. [spoili]
[/spoili] Jayson had tried, a long time ago, wearing contacts but they bothered his eyes too much so he gave up on them and decided to stick with glasses.
Shoving his hands into his pockets, he made his way up the steps and opened up the door, greeting
Ashton's mother with a small smile. He had started coming over to their house so often that it wasnt weird for him to just open the door. As the arguing at his house became more constant, he ended up running here to escape, sometimes spending the night, other times staying late enough to know that his parents had fallen asleep an he would sneak back over to his house.
"Thank you so much for having me over." Jayson said, grateful that they allowed him to come, though there were some days when he wasnt allowed, which was understandable, but they've very rarely said no.
Only
Ashton and his family knew his family problems, and he knew that if anyone else knew, they wouldnt understand, hell they would probably make fun of him.
Bidding the mother goodbye, he made his way up to his friend's room, smiling faintly as he let out a long sigh.
"What's up man?" Jayson questioned, leaning against the door frame as he took in the room. It was still messy as ever, a bit cleaner but still very disorganized, not that he would expect anything different from
Ashton. Running a hand through his hair, Jayson stifled a small yawn and made his way into the room.
Ashton was into music, a little more heavily involved than he was, but they were able to bond over that and if he remembered correctly, that's how they made their first connection, talking over music and then things were only up hill from there.
"So about this party..." He began.
"You wanna go and just scope it out? I mean it's our senior year, I was kind of thinking that we should go and just maybe...check it out. We dont really have to stay or anything. He gave a lame shrug.
It would be interesting to just go check it out, and he was sure that people would basically freak if they showed up, but like he said, they didnt have to stay long. Jayson just wanted to go for probably five minutes, at least so he could say that he went to a few parties when he was in high school, no one ever said that you had to stay long.
"I mean if you dont want to go, that's fine...we can always stay here and find things to do." He muttered. There was another reason for wanting to go...a smaller reason. He hoped to catch the elusive
Mattaline, not that he would get the courage to actually talk to her. But this was probably going to be his last year to see her and while he was looking forward to getting away from everyone, including her, there was still a small part of Jayson that knew he was going to miss
Mattaline. So he wanted to catch as many glimpses of her as he could, admiring from a far and silently wishing that they still had the relationship like old times, but knew that was never going to happen. A guy could wish.[/fieldbox]