Posts by ephemeral.

mei let out a hum as she tried remembering what her dorm number was, though a smile came to her face when she remembered it. "yes! i'm definitely close!" she said, eagerly nodding her head. "i'm room 111. we're neighbours!" she added with a bright laugh. oh, that was great, she had eva as someone who was either right across the hall or beside her! if she ever needed the girl to find something for her, as she said that was what she was good at, then she could just walk to her dorm! a solution to all of her problems, wrapped up into a cute package of a little freshman girl.

obviously not scared of eva possibly hurting her, mei extended her hand to the younger girl to take if she wanted. "since we're so close, how about you walk me to my dorm?" she said, almost teasingly. "you can keep me safe from anything that happens," she added. though she believed that eva probably wouldn't ever use her super strength offensively if she didn't have to, mei guessed that it was always good to have that. just in case. vaguely, she wondered if her roommate was someone with powers, or if they were normal, like her. while it'd be interesting to have a super-roommate, she had to admit that having someone normal would be okay, too.

"let's get going, okay? then we both have lots and lots of time to get ourselves situated."

if it turned out that a session occurred later, one that explained all of this stuff, haochen would honestly feel a bit dumb. now that he thought about it- it made sense. technology progressed in the long time that his classmates and him were gone, surely the school would be smart enough to realize that? you would think they would be, anyway. and now that he mentioned it, they were definitely going to have that session.

haochen was watching with rapt attention as qiaoling explained what they knew so far, or at least what they were assuming. the red/blue one was pretty obvious, at least from what the two of them were thinking, and the other scale that qiaoling pointed out was the one that they'd turned on and caused a huge waterfall. pressure. they admitted that they had no idea what the other buttions were for, their finger accidentally hitting one. instinctively, haochen moved away, not wanting to get soaked like qiaoling had been. nothing like that happened, however, and instead a sweet smell filled the bathroom. strawberries. a small smile came to haochen's face, enjoying the smell.

he nodded his head in agreement when qiaoling commented on it. "yeah, it must be. that's a lot of.. soap, though? it's a really strong scent," he added. it was true, at least for him- he felt like the scent was quite literally seeping into his pores. he was going to smell like strawberries for a month, both him and qiaoling. he didn't want to press another button, lest they get another situation like before, but as long as he pressed buttons in the general vicinity of the strawberry one.. they should be okay, right? all the soap ones would definitely be grouped into one little section.

leaning forward, curiosity got the best of him and he carefully reached forward, pressing a button right next to the one qiaoling had pressed. suddenly, the scent of strawberries was being overpowered by a minty smell. haochen's nose scrunched up- he'd never liked the smell of mint. or the taste. or the feeling it leaves in your mouth. he just didn't like mint, as a whole. "now i know which button to not press," he sighed to himself, shaking his head and quickly pressing the button again, hoping that that would turn it off.

jaeyong felt a small sense of relief when beckett stood up from his bed, instead deciding to walk over to his own side of the room and sit down on his own bed. that was more in jaeyong's comfort bubble - note to self, never think that again, you sound like a toddler, he thought to himself - and made it easier to talk, easier to breathe. he kept his gaze on beckett, not wanting to look away and seem scared of what the other was proposing to him.

the explanation that they didn't need to have sex, that beckett could just be around for jaeyong and do whatever he needed, visibly confused him. jaeyong had thought that a 'sugar daddy' was a strictly sexual thing, he'd never heard of it being done in this way. but maybe this would work better for him, he didn't need to worry about getting himself into something too bad- at least, not yet. maybe that could change in the future, once he'd thought it over. he could accept it now, not worry about the consequences if he were to reject beckett, but not have to actually do anything. all he needed was a little money and a way to worm beckett into a reputation akin to his own. that wouldn't be too hard to get.

he watched as beckett began moving around again, deciding to put away the clothes that he'd brought along. jaeyong remained silent, not really knowing what he was supposed to say at this point, unsure if beckett was going to add on more or if he was just awaiting jaeyong's answer. just as jaeyong thought that it was probably the latter and had been opening his mouth to accept, beckett sat down on his bed and beat him to it. the offer that beckett could even do this without an emotional attachment made jaeyong frown- how did that even work? he'd let beckett deal with that.

"i should hope that no one finds out about this," jaeyong muttered. he didn't even want to know what his father would think if he knew what his son was getting into, getting involved with someone like beckett and using their money for it. but they were roommates, jaeyong couldn't just avoid beckett for the rest of the school year. he blinked a few times and let out a small hum. "okay. we can do this. but we are not doing anything unless i say we can," jaeyong added with a raise of his eyebrows.