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Marshmallow #14. Rant with Chopped Nuts
Story : knights & necromancers ( High School AU)
Timeframe : Monday
Word Count : 872
Rating : G
I am going in chronological order with this : PARTS 1 and 2
At lunch, Kairn got to their usual spot in the cafeteria to find Reida and Sethan leaning in from either side of an empty seat, talking animatedly. He hoped it was something interesting, anything really that would take his mind off the test.
Reida barely leaned back out of the way of Kairn’s tray as he set it between them “What did you get for number five?” she asked Sethan.
Kairn pulled the chair out and groaned. “Really?” he said, slumping into his seat. “Do we have to talk about the test?”
“Oh come on,” she waved a hand at him, a plastic spoon lodged between her fingers, and reached for her cup of Jell-O. “I’m sure you passed it at least, what with all that ‘studying’ you two did last night.” Kairn glared at her. Reida paused to cock her head and fix him with a disbelieving look before tearing the seal off the gelatin.
“Fifty-eight,” said Sethan.
“That was number four,” said Reida. “Five was the one with the basketball hoop.”
“Oh. Twelve, then.”
“Hmph.” She tossed the foil down on her tray and turned back to Kairn. “The magic coffee didn’t help either?” She smirked at first, then she started to look worried as she continued to stare at him, waiting for an objection. “Seriously? It wasn’t even that hard!”
“Just because the two of you can do math like it was breathing doesn’t mean everyone else can too.” He picked up his sandwich and took a bite, as if that should put an end to things.
“No,” said Reida, slowly. “But it’s not like you’re stupid either.”
“Gee, thanks,” said Kairn, around a mouthful of sandwich. “Now I feel even worse about it.”
“So, what happened?”
Kairn set the sandwich back on his tray with a sigh. “I don’t know. I sat down and it’s like everything we’ve covered for the last month just… disappeared. I swear, I do fine on all the homework, but as soon as you slap ‘test’ on something, I lose it.” He shoved the tray back a couple of inches and saw that Sethan had both a bag and a cafeteria lunch in front of him, neither of them looking like it had been touched. “Are you not eating?” he said. “Again?”
Sethan peered down his long, thin nose at the brown paper bag and scowled. “I never eat anything my mom’s touched if I can help it.”
“You’re not eating the cafeteria lunch either,” Kairn pointed out.
“I ate the fruit.” Sethan held up the empty little plastic cup as if Kairn had demanded proof.
“Oh, of course.” Kairn rolled his eyes. “I stand corrected. You must be stuffed.”
Sethan slapped the cup back down on his tray and gave the plate with the sandwich a slow shove towards the rear. “There are…things on it.”
“Things?” said Kairn, with a dubious look at the perfectly good ham sandwich in his own hands.
“I don’t know. There.” He waved at it from a distance, as if even touching the thing was offensive.
“What?” said Kairn, studying Sethan’s lunch. It didn’t look any different from his own. Sure, the cafeteria fare wasn’t the greatest thing in the world, but it was hardly poisonous. “The seeds?” he guessed, after a moment. “On the bun?”
Sethan shrugged. “It just… it doesn’t look right.”
“Someone needs a Jell-O,” Reida offered, waving her little cup with the spoon lodged in its half-eaten, bright orange contents. “I’ve got two.”
Sethan wrinkled his nose at her. Reida shrugged and shoveled another bite into her mouth.
“It looks fine to me,” said Kairn, still eyeing Sethan’s lunch. “If you’re not going to eat it, I will.”
Sethan snatched his tray away before Kairn could grab it. “Don’t! I’m going to throw it away.” He leaned over to frown at Kairn’s lunch. “You know, yours doesn’t look so good either.”
“You are not pitching my lunch.” He took a bite, and Sethan shuddered. “See, it’s fine,” he said, around a mouthful of food, and Sethan cringed again. “Are you going to do that the whole time I’m eating?”
“No,” said Sethan, but he flinched just as badly with Kairn’s next bite as he had with the last. “Maybe.” He turned to Reida. “Are you still offering that Jell-O?”
“Mmm-hmm.”
“I’ll take it,” said Sethan, and she tossed it to him behind Kairn’s back.
Sethan peeled the foil off the cup and gave its lime green contents a stab with a plastic spoon while shooting Kairn looks of revulsion as he continued to eat his sandwich.
“Can’t you feel that?” said Sethan. “It looks like rocks or bugs or something.”
“Huh?” Kairn looked from the sandwich raised halfway to his mouth with its smattering of perfectly harmless sesame seeds to his friend in bewilderment.
“Like it should be all… I don’t know, gravelly in your throat.”
“Well it wasn’t, but thanks for the thought.”
Sethan shuddered again, and Kairn put the sandwich down with a sigh. “Seriously, can today get worse?”
They both went stiff at that and the look Reida shot him alone was enough to give Kairn the chills. “Have you heard what we’re doing in gym yet?” she asked.
Story : knights & necromancers ( High School AU)
Timeframe : Monday
Word Count : 872
Rating : G
I am going in chronological order with this : PARTS 1 and 2
At lunch, Kairn got to their usual spot in the cafeteria to find Reida and Sethan leaning in from either side of an empty seat, talking animatedly. He hoped it was something interesting, anything really that would take his mind off the test.
Reida barely leaned back out of the way of Kairn’s tray as he set it between them “What did you get for number five?” she asked Sethan.
Kairn pulled the chair out and groaned. “Really?” he said, slumping into his seat. “Do we have to talk about the test?”
“Oh come on,” she waved a hand at him, a plastic spoon lodged between her fingers, and reached for her cup of Jell-O. “I’m sure you passed it at least, what with all that ‘studying’ you two did last night.” Kairn glared at her. Reida paused to cock her head and fix him with a disbelieving look before tearing the seal off the gelatin.
“Fifty-eight,” said Sethan.
“That was number four,” said Reida. “Five was the one with the basketball hoop.”
“Oh. Twelve, then.”
“Hmph.” She tossed the foil down on her tray and turned back to Kairn. “The magic coffee didn’t help either?” She smirked at first, then she started to look worried as she continued to stare at him, waiting for an objection. “Seriously? It wasn’t even that hard!”
“Just because the two of you can do math like it was breathing doesn’t mean everyone else can too.” He picked up his sandwich and took a bite, as if that should put an end to things.
“No,” said Reida, slowly. “But it’s not like you’re stupid either.”
“Gee, thanks,” said Kairn, around a mouthful of sandwich. “Now I feel even worse about it.”
“So, what happened?”
Kairn set the sandwich back on his tray with a sigh. “I don’t know. I sat down and it’s like everything we’ve covered for the last month just… disappeared. I swear, I do fine on all the homework, but as soon as you slap ‘test’ on something, I lose it.” He shoved the tray back a couple of inches and saw that Sethan had both a bag and a cafeteria lunch in front of him, neither of them looking like it had been touched. “Are you not eating?” he said. “Again?”
Sethan peered down his long, thin nose at the brown paper bag and scowled. “I never eat anything my mom’s touched if I can help it.”
“You’re not eating the cafeteria lunch either,” Kairn pointed out.
“I ate the fruit.” Sethan held up the empty little plastic cup as if Kairn had demanded proof.
“Oh, of course.” Kairn rolled his eyes. “I stand corrected. You must be stuffed.”
Sethan slapped the cup back down on his tray and gave the plate with the sandwich a slow shove towards the rear. “There are…things on it.”
“Things?” said Kairn, with a dubious look at the perfectly good ham sandwich in his own hands.
“I don’t know. There.” He waved at it from a distance, as if even touching the thing was offensive.
“What?” said Kairn, studying Sethan’s lunch. It didn’t look any different from his own. Sure, the cafeteria fare wasn’t the greatest thing in the world, but it was hardly poisonous. “The seeds?” he guessed, after a moment. “On the bun?”
Sethan shrugged. “It just… it doesn’t look right.”
“Someone needs a Jell-O,” Reida offered, waving her little cup with the spoon lodged in its half-eaten, bright orange contents. “I’ve got two.”
Sethan wrinkled his nose at her. Reida shrugged and shoveled another bite into her mouth.
“It looks fine to me,” said Kairn, still eyeing Sethan’s lunch. “If you’re not going to eat it, I will.”
Sethan snatched his tray away before Kairn could grab it. “Don’t! I’m going to throw it away.” He leaned over to frown at Kairn’s lunch. “You know, yours doesn’t look so good either.”
“You are not pitching my lunch.” He took a bite, and Sethan shuddered. “See, it’s fine,” he said, around a mouthful of food, and Sethan cringed again. “Are you going to do that the whole time I’m eating?”
“No,” said Sethan, but he flinched just as badly with Kairn’s next bite as he had with the last. “Maybe.” He turned to Reida. “Are you still offering that Jell-O?”
“Mmm-hmm.”
“I’ll take it,” said Sethan, and she tossed it to him behind Kairn’s back.
Sethan peeled the foil off the cup and gave its lime green contents a stab with a plastic spoon while shooting Kairn looks of revulsion as he continued to eat his sandwich.
“Can’t you feel that?” said Sethan. “It looks like rocks or bugs or something.”
“Huh?” Kairn looked from the sandwich raised halfway to his mouth with its smattering of perfectly harmless sesame seeds to his friend in bewilderment.
“Like it should be all… I don’t know, gravelly in your throat.”
“Well it wasn’t, but thanks for the thought.”
Sethan shuddered again, and Kairn put the sandwich down with a sigh. “Seriously, can today get worse?”
They both went stiff at that and the look Reida shot him alone was enough to give Kairn the chills. “Have you heard what we’re doing in gym yet?” she asked.