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Kamaitachi	Feb 3 2009, 01:25 AM
Classy Posts: 5,265 Group: Judge Member #613 Joined: February 13, 2006	Chapter 2: Kamai brushed some snow off of his shaggy head as he walked into the student union building, followed closely by a girl with dark red hair. She was a very pretty girl, with freckles and thin, black-rimmed glasses. Along with her turtleneck and long, plain skirt, she wore her hair up in a bun accompanied by a fairly stern expression. Kamai often chided her for the sexy librarian look, which usually led to him getting slapped. He didn't mind. "So how's Soja taking it?" she asked, peering at Kamai "And why do you keep that awful...beard...thing...if it just bothers you?" "Well I like the look of it. Makes me look older, and more sophisticated without looking like a tool. I rather like the effortless good looks of a movie star. Better than your librarian get-up, Hollie" Smack. Kamai merely shrugged it off. "Soja's taking it in the way he usually takes bad news. "So chairs are being kicked over?" Hollie sighed, adjusting her glasses back onto her face "Trash Cans too." laughed Kamai in reply. "You're laughing at your friend who just got dumped?" the red-head looked quite indignant "You're a monster" "I just think it's funny is all. Chairs and Trash Cans are clearly not metaphors for Soja and Crysta...so I don't see why he kicks them over." "..." Hollie looked absolutely nonplussed "You're fucking weird. I honestly don't know why I hang out with you." "Because I'm sexy" Kamai turned to her, plastering a fake seductive look on his face. "Because you're sexy" Hollie rolled her eyes in reply, her voice dripping sarcasm. "Damn right" As they approached the food court, they started to part ways, then stopped. "I thought we were going to the Subway?" Hollie blinked "You went on for about fifteen minutes about the veggie patty sub! You were gonna get three footlongs for the price of two!" Her confusion seemed to swiftly turn to anger. "Oh, I changed my mind. I saw the sign for Taco Bell, and I thought 'Man...I could eat like 10 bean burritos for the price of 6." "The last time you ate an entire 'Grande Combo', you threw up for an hour straight." Hollie sighed "You'd think you'd've learned your lesson." "Nope." came the reply before Kamai disappeared through a crowd of people. Hollie rolled her eyes and followed him, clutching her messenger bag to her side. After a moment, she caught up to him, and he immediately changed directions. "What now!?" Hollie raised her arms in exasperation. "GENERAL TSAO'S TOFU!" Kamai yelled as he vanished again. Hollie felt her teeth grinding together in the most unhealthy way. As she took a step forward she distinctly heard his voice: "Aw man! Bagel with veggie cream cheese!" followed swiftly by: "Oh! Subway! Three Subs for the price of two! Sold!" She stopped dead in her tracks, gently placing her hand to her forehead and kneading her temples gently. "I'll kill him." She muttered dangerously to no one. Five minutes of Kamai changing his mind later, they finally settled on Subway, and found a table by a window overlooking the lake. Hollie sat down, mildly exasperated and glared at Kamai "This is why we never get lunch together." "Why?" he blinked, honestly confused. "You're the calmest person I know, until we get to a place with food. Then, and only then, can you not make up your mind." "I can make up my mind." Kamai did his best to look hurt. "Look at what you ordered: Two spring rolls, a bean burrito, a 6 inch veggie patty sub, a bowl of broccoli cheese soup, and a strawberry smoothie." "A meal fit for a king." a lopsided looking smile appeared on his face. "And see? I did make up my mind. I decided on everything." "Why am I friends with you?" Hollie rolled her eyes again. She found that she only really rolled her eyes when she was around Kamai. "You roll your eyes a lot. They'll roll right out of your face if you aren't wearing glasses." her friend stated matter-of-factly. "If that ever happens, remind me to strangle you." she growled, scooping into her beef and vegetable stew. They ate in relative silence, mostly because Kamai was too busy stuffing his face to talk. Hollie watched Kamai as he went about his meal. She sighed for a moment, feeling bad for questioning their friendship the way she did, even if it was just in jest. If it hadn't been for him, she'd still be quite the wallflower. He was really the only person who'd ever taken any notice in her, ever since her days in grade school. She just liked to watch people, and usually, Kamai did too. Even when he was being annoying about food, she decided, he was still a good friend to her now. "How long have we been friends now, Kam?" she asked "Three years. Since your first day of college." he replied, spitting out a little bit of his spring roll. The two heard the tiny splat sound of food hitting the table, and they both slowly looked down. They looked up again at one another, eyes meeting. For a moment, and just a moment, Kamai looked terribly sheepish as he picked up the food crumb and placed it inside his tray. "And that's why you don't talk with your mouth full. Honest to god, I swear I'm like your mother sometimes." "I would rather have liked a librarian for a mother." He had finished his meal, and had resumed his 'aloof' look. "I'd have some serious issues though, you know. I have a thing for librarians, and for mothers, and librarian mothers especially...so if my mom were a librarian mother, I'd be all fucked up." Hollie stared at him blankly before picking up her tray "C'mon, let's go smoke." The two dumped their food trays on a nearby food tray cart of sorts and strolled out to a little fountain plaza outside of the Student Union Building. Finding a seat on a bench, they both lit up cigarettes and sat back, watching people pass by. "Ready for the Lit test?" Kamai asked quietly. "Absolutely not." she replied, equally quietly. They spent the rest of their cigarattes in silence. * * * After class that evening, Hollie found herself back at home with her roommate, Dragon Sniper, or DS. The two had plopped their bookbags behind the couch and turned on Finding Nemo, for lack of anything better to do. Subsequently, Hollie found herself losing interest in the film as her thoughts drifted over to Kamai. "Hey DS? Did you ever notice how Kamai has like...two personalities?" Hollie asked suddenly. "Two?" she snorted "Kamai's got more personalities than your average lunatic. He's a pisces." "What's that got to do with anything?" Hollie raised her eyebrow. She had figured that because DS and Kamai had been friends since childhood, DS could shed some more light on it. "Pisces are weirdos. They do what they feel like, and they feel everything 100%." "So...what you're saying is..." "Kamai does generally what he wants. It's just that whenever he wants something, he wants it with his entire being. Whether it's lunch, or a person, or a new book...whatever. Those are bad examples." DS's bright blue eyes twinkled a little as she spoke of her dear friend. Although shortly thereafter, a little impish streak appeared in them. "Why? Do you have a crush on him?" "I don't think so." the redhead rested her head on her chin "I really don't think so. I mean, I see him all the time, and so do you, because we all live together." "Does Hollie have a crush on Kamai?" the two turned their heads, looking back over the couch. A young man had entered the room. He took off his hat, revealing his matted, curly brown hair. His cheeks were rosy from the cold, and that merely accentuated his fairly pointy features. "Shut up, Nick" Hollie threw a pillow at him. Not because he insinuated that she had a crush of sorts, but rather because he was Nick. "She was merely pointing out that he's got, like...fifteen personalities." DS spoke up for her friend, providing a little cover. She and Hollie exchanged secret glances of acknowledgment of this fact. "Oh. Well yeah. I don't really know which one's really him either. I really hope it's not Food Court Kamai." "Or Horror Movie Kamai." DS chipped in happily. "Or Heartbreak Kamai." Nick grinned. "Maybe..." Hollie raised her hand, as if she were in class "Maybe it's all the same Kamai. I mean, we're all different during different times, aren't we? Isn't that just natural? To react to different things differently?" "So what you're saying is that Kamai has many moods, not personalities?" Nick raised an eyebrow "Sounds like blasphemy to me." "Really he's just a pisces. His moods are much more noticable. They might as well be personality" DS offered sagely. "I really don't think that's quite it." Hollie placed a finger on her chin "I just have to put my finger on it." "Whatever. Kamai's always been good people. If anything, I don't think he's ever lied. Ever." Nick threw his backpack on the pile and plopped down onto a beanbag chair next to DS. "Ooh! Finding Nemo!" Hollie sat in silence for the rest of the film, but it felt like it was simply washing over her. She simply let her thoughts entertain her. Her reverie was broken when she heard a loud thud upstairs. The three looked at each other, panicked, before bolting upstairs all in a row. Soja was laying facedown on the floor, just outside of his room. On the carpet beneath him, a stain appeared underneath him, slowly seeping across the carpet in a large patch. "Well...shit." blurted DS. The other two merely watched on in dumb silence. Edited by Kamaitachi, Feb 3 2009, 01:55 PM.
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