Out Tonight! (Endrin)

[Yuuko]

Yuuko was waiting outside the dorms, her finger taping impatiently on her watch. She was wearing a thick red sweatshirt to keep her warm, and her regular sunglasses atop her head. Though they were not going to come down in the night, of course. It was way too dark out to be wearing that. Her legs were heated by the blue jeans she wore, and to top it all off were a pair of black winter boots to keep herself nice and toasty.

"Where is he?" She thought aloud, looking into the night on the rest of the campus and hoping that he would show up. After all, it was important that this worked! She had more plans than that, of course, way more plans. However, this was just the start, and if Endrin didn't play along, then she was going to get a bit antsy with the whole situation and have to revamp it.

"Autumn had better not come out before he does," Yuuko thought as she began to plan with one of the strings of her sweatshirt, pulling down and then pulling on the other string to pull the first back up. And back and forth it went. Up and down and up and down until she knew for sure that he was going to show up.

[Endrin]

Endrin was ready now he wore a pair of jeans that were very comfortable as well as a blue jacket and a black T shirt. His hair was a little messy in the styled way. He no longer looked all proper but more like the real him a little more laid back since he was begining to become comfortable and he wanted to try and show them how he was since he would eventually get over the shyness.

He walked outside and say Yuuko waiting for him playing with her sweatshirt. Tonight e was going to try and be adventerous and more like is old self. His self before the Alice and changing his name to Endrin from...

His thoughts were interupted as he almost tripped on a loose rock but caught himself and managed to get to Yuuko with a little grace.

"Heh sorry to keep you waiting out here."

[Yuuko]

Yuuko was impressed by Endrin's new appearence. She bit her lower lip slightly as she looked at this "new" him. Whether it was really his old self or not, that didn't matter. To her, it was new, and so new it was. As he came towards her and tripped over a rock, she sighed and pushed her red hair back. At least he was still ungraceful. Though she smiled and walked over to him, glad that he was there at least.

"Well well well, is this really Endrin? How nice it was of you that you got so dressed up for me," she said with a grin as she patted the boy's shoulder. He really had no idea what he was getting into, but she would soon show him. She wanted to show him how wild he could be, but she wasn't quite sure how she could do that with him being so quiet. Now he wasn't, and she was happy about that.

"Well, come on now, cutie," Yuuko said with a wink as she pulled his hand towards the lights of the campus buildings. "I think maybe first we should get some food in the cafeteria and then maybe think about what we're going to do next. I mean, come on, the campus has lights and we're allowed out this late. After all, it's not really that late at all!"

Her steps were bouncing and the fiery, spirited redhead seemed like she was having a good time with this. It was the first time she had worked up the gall to ask out somebody who her friend was perhaps crushing on, but this was just too good. This had to be done in her eyes, except she would never let her reasons be known. No, that could be figured out later by those who cared to know.

[Endrin]

Endrin maybe dressed a little diffrent and he was trying to loosen up and act like he did at his old school but he was still not used to attenion like that from the other sex and when Yuuko said that he was cute red started to creep up his face once more. The worst thing was he wasn't sure if he was glad she thought him cute. She was certanly cute and nice but thoughts of Autumn kept popping in to his head for some reason. He had no clue why either as they were just friends. Still thoughts of when he took her flying came up. He remembered how soft and warm she was when he held her close to keep her from falling. He remembered her smile when they landed and she saw what his Alice was.

He let himself be dragged along to the Cafiteria with her not sure why the thoughts in his head were there and was a little distracted though he still heard everything that Yuuko said. He liked both of them as friends for sure but as far as he could tell there was somthing diffrent about Autumn and now he wasn't sure about Yuuko. Maybe it was just all the things happening at once with his Alice and the new schol. Maybe he was just exaggerating to try and make himself feel better in this new place he didn't know except that so far these two girls had been the nicest to him.

[Yuuko]

'Boyo, I'm stuck here with a space cadet I think,' Yuuko thought as she made her way across the campus. She wondered just what he was thinking about, but a slight grin flickered onto her lips. It couldn't be about her, that would just be too simple. He was thinking about another girl probably, and she had a feeling she knew which one. And even if he wasn't, she didn't care. That wasn't going to ruin her plan to get rid of her boredom. Of course, perhaps there was an ulterior motive, but that was just for them to find out, wasn't it?

"I think they want us to starve here," she said with a sigh as they had made it halfway towards their destination. "I mean, geeze, it's so far to the cafeteria from the dorms that I think they just prefer us to keel over." A chuckle escaped her lips as she nodded and continued on, still staying pretty perky. His spacey mood was not going to ruin her own, she just had to get him onto her level. Everyone had the ability to do that!

"Sooo, let's see, let's talk about dreams! Yeah! What do you want to do when you graduate?" Her topic was just very friend-like, she really had a grasp on what she was doing. She had promised that it was just friends hanging out, even if it appeared different, so she was going to remind him that it was. Girls and guys, they could always be friends. Just because she wasn't as good of friends with him and her best friend turned red whenever she mentioned him...that didn't mean a thing!

[Endrin]

Endrin just kind of snapped out of his thoughts when she started talking to him about the distance from the dorms to the Cafeteria. He nodded in agreement with her semi joke about the staff just wanting them to die instead of feeding them because the two were on opposite sides of the campus. It was a little odd but he was sure there were reasons for that.

Then she started to ask him what he wanted to do with his life. He had given this thought actually but blushed a little at the way she asked. Something about her perky attitude made him blush a bit.

"I wanna fly planes.... Always thought flying was the coolest thing ever. Like birds.... they can just escape it all."

[Yuuko]

Yuuko nodded solemnly to Endrin's, finding it to be a rather interesting dream. Did it perhaps have anything to do with his Alice? She wasn't going to pry on that matter, since Alices could be things that nobody wanted to talk about at all. But the fact was that he was right about birds being able to be free, able to fly away and do whatever they wanted.

"Yeah, that's pretty deep. I mean, if I could fly, I don't know, it'd be wonderful. Just to be able to feel detached from the rest of the world, the rest of their worries, for just a moment. Birds are quite the lucky ones, aren't they?" Her smile flew across her lips, just nodding along, feeling pretty good about this whole thing. She and Endrin got along well, and even though Autumn was probably not going to be happy with this, she'd have to be in the end, right? They were just friends getting to know one another!

"I always wanted to be a performer. Like, be up there on stage and BAM just woo the audience somehow. Like, on Broadway or something, just be up there and show them all that I'm something!" As she spoke, her hands lifted up into the air in emphasis, being very enthusiastic about the whole idea. It wouldn't have been hard to guess that one from her, since she had made her entrance with such a bang the first day.

"See? Conversation makes time fly," Yuuko pointed out as the cafeteria loomed in front of them. "We make it to the cafeteria before we starve. Hah, take that architects."

[Endrin]

A performer that was somthing cool. Endrin would love to preform himself but is really shy at first in front of people he didn't know so it would be incredibly hard for him to do that. Even more so if he had a big part or somthing. Still he thought it would be cool and defenatly supported Yuuko in it/ In fact he would love to see her preform on stage it would be a real cool site.

"Well if you are ever in a play or somthing let me know and I would love to watch it. No joke."

Endirn gave her a little smile to encourage her and was really pleased to see the Cafeteria. His stomach let out a small rumble showing that he was indeed hungery. He wasn't sure what they served for dinner though since he had never been there before. Maybe Yuuko knew though since she seemed really on the ball.

"What do they have to eat I have no clue."

[Yuuko]

Yuuko smiled at Endrin's reaction, happy to hear that he supported her. It was nice to know that somebody was on her side with that, and that somebody would at least hopefully see her performances if she ever had any. Well, that was a ways off, but even so she would make Endrin stick to his promise. There wasn't a person alive who could get out of a promise with her.

"Great! You'd better remember that, because I'm gonna hold you to it," she said with a large grin as her eyes looked up at the cafeteria. She pondered the question for a moment before being able to answer. After all, the cafeteria wasn't like a normal school cafeteria, they had to actually serve edible things or else their students wouldn't eat. If their students wouldn't eat, well, they wouldn't have very many students now would they?

"When my brother Max would write to us from America, he always talked about Mystery Meat Tuesdays and how everybody was jealous when he told them that I just brought my own lunch every day because I went to a Japanese school," Yuuko explained, laughing silghtly as she led him into the cafeteria. There were many others like them who had their eyes on one thing or another.

"I don't think we have to worry about that here. The selection's pretty good, I've been hearing, so I guess it's okay to get whatever."

[Endrin]

Endrin thought a moment about what to eat and he really wasn't a picky eater. But he still wanted to make sure that Yuuko is happy with her choice of food. He wasn't sure what she liked at all and so he had no clue what to suggest.

"What do you like to eat? I honestly don't care so what sounds good to you. And, no worries about me backing out of my word I always keep my word. Not to mention I would really love to see you on stage."

[Yuuko]

Yuuko thought of her choice of what to eat, finding it odd that for once she was the one deciding. There were many selections there so it was hard for her to choose just any old thing. So, with a grin, she clapped her hands together and pulled Endrin over towards the food selections. Oh what would they possibly eat? It was hard for her to choose, but she decided that she would give anything a try.

"Uhm, well, looks like they've got kind of a barbe-que meal going on here. Why not the hamburger and potato salad? That looks pretty good," she waited for his response, just wanting to know whether or not he was all for it too. As her eyes examined him unnoticeably, she felt like she shouldn't be the one there. Well, she really shouldn't be the one there, it should have been a whole other person, but no, she was there instead. She had to be there!

"Hey, you know what? If we ever have a talent show for our Alices, I definitely plan to do a stage performance. Maybe Autumn and I can do one together with our Alices...it might work...yeah, that'd be great," Yuuko was just bringing up some strange topic ideas it seemed, but she hoped it was enough to keep the conversation going with Endrin. IF she didn't say something, she feared he would go into his own world and not say a word.

[Endrin]

Burgers sounded great though he was more for fries than potato salad. But he was willing to have some burgers and fries. He was actually enjoying himself a lot with Yuuko she was a very fun person and the more he was hanging out with her the more he started to like her. Not the same strange feelings that he had for Autumn but he did like her as a friend. He could tell she was trying to make a conversation with him when she brought up a possable Alice talent show he shuddered a little bit. He really hated his Alice but most people didn't.

"Well I would love to see that though I personally wouldn't enter."

He could do a bunch of ariel stunts but he would be to nervious in front of a crowd and he really didn't like to show off his Alice. He showed Autumn cause she had asked and was friendly with him. Not to mention they did it in private. He didn't mind showing friends but he was still a little uncomfortable with it.

[Yuuko]

"Well that'd be okay if you didn't enter," Yuuko said with a smile, knowing that not everybody liked to show off their Alices, even if they were great. She personally wanted to learn to control hers and then put on a show. What a show she could do if she could just perhaps change her appearence to look a bit older or maybe even a bit prettier! She could at least feel like a Broadway singer!

"See, I would just do a music show. Like, sing a Broadway number with a lot of cool special effects curotsy of Alices. But I don't know, if it ever does happen I'd have to have some control of my Alice so I could change my appearence. I just don't look quite good enough for performance. Maybe look a little older, a little taller, and a little thinner and I'm sure it'd be perfect!" She laughed slightly, her grin never ceasing as she got the meal and walked over to a table. Like every other girl on the planet, she wasn't satisfied with the way she looked at all. That was just typical though, she couldn't be satisfied, that wouldn't be normal enough!

"I don't know...I just really like to sing and dance and perform! What about you, Endrin? What do you like to do?"

[Endrin]

What did Endrin like to do... well he was a reader and he liked to think a lot. He also liked to listen to people and learn about them. He didn't like talking about himself so much cause there was really nothing to tell. He wasn't that special or anything like that. He didn't sing or dance well. He certanly wasn't smoot or a really good at sports though he could do ok.

"Well ummm..... I can control my Alice farly well I just get worn out easy. Need to learn to pace myself."

Endrin quickly changed the subject not wanting to get in to his Alice to much but wanted to make her feel better about hers.

"Well I like to talk to people. I love to learn about people what they like and what their hopes and dreams are. Just a curious person I guess."

[Yuuko]

Yuuko nodded and sat down, listening to Endrin speak. It was interesting to finally hear something about her silent companion. She figured he was that kind of type, just silent and watching everybody else. He came across that way, after all, so there was really no other way she thought of him. A slight grin spread across her lips though, this was her chance to get something out of him.

"You know, guys are always so fickle. Not you, of course, I mean, that's why we're friends. But you see, I don't think I could ever really get into a relationship with a guy unless he was absolutely on my level. Friendships are so much different, you know what I mean? Still, I'm not sure if I'll ever find somebody like that," she sighed and grabbed a bottle of water out of her sweatshirt pocket and took a drink before setting it down before her food.

"What do you think? You'd probably want somebody quieter if you were looking for a girlfriend, wouldn't you? It'd only make sense, you're quiet so you wouldn't want an obnoxious loudmouth like me bugging you constantly." Yuuko laughed at her own joke and took a bite of the burger, chewing carefully and swallowing before she took another sip of water.

[Endrin]

Endrin was slowly eating his fries listening to Yuuko talk about relationships. He was a little shocked and self aware when she started talking about relationships. After all he thought that that meant she liked him since they had just met today and she was already asking the kind of girl he liked. He didn't even know what his type was and he certanly didn't know if he wanted to talk about it with anyone. Let alone a cute girl that he had just recently met.

"Well I don't think you are annoying or a loud mouth. I like your company.... you are an interesting person. As for my type I don't really know...."

Most likely he just wanted someone he could get along with and feel safe arond to be himself. He was always a little nervious around girls but the strange thing was he got bursts of confidance around them so he never really knew how he was gonna act.

[Yuuko]

Yuuko had already eaten half of her hamburger as she listened to Endrin's comments. He seemed a bit uncomfortable about the situation, and she realized why. They hadn't been friends for all that long, so it was going to be rather hard to get anything much out of him. Still, she had to keep on trying really.

"I can see what you mean, you never can really know for certain I guess. One minute you think you know, the next you've got no clue. But I guess that's why we've got friends, so they can make sure we don't do anything stupid," a smile appeared on her lips as she nodded in agreement with her own statement. Maybe it'd help him feel a little more comfortable, she just prayed that it would. Endrin being uncomfortable here was not the point.

"So do you plan to go home for the holidays? I mean, that's if they allow us to. I'm not sure. But if they do, would you go back home? I know I wouldn't, I'd rather stay in the school all alone than go back."

[Endrin]

Home was not the mpst pleasent subject either his mom was proud of him for his abilities but his father did not like it at all. When he found out he had started drinking and Endrin knew it was because of him. He disipointed his dad and he knew he was seen as a freak. He loved them both but he didn't want to see them since he felt so outcasted.

"well.... I don't think I am..... welcome home anymore to be honest. My dad wasn't to happy with my Alice and all. I know he probably thinks I am a freak or somthing like that. So I will most likely stay here if you know what I mean."

[Yuuko]

"I understand, both my folks are like that," Yuuko sympathized with Endrin on that respect greatly. It was easy for her to hate her parents for what they'd done to her, how they'd left her there to rot. But a small smile forced its way to her lips and she placed a firm hand on his shoulder. They would just have to stick together then, wouldn't they?

"It's okay though, if the time ever comes where something like that would happen, we'll stick together! Yessir, we'll stick together through and through and well...everything'll just be fine! I mean, come on, who needs to go home when there's a whole group of accepting people here? It's like a home here to me...and I haven't even been here that long."

[Endrin]

Endrin wasn't so sure on how accepting people would be. With so many types of powers he could see the groups getting very tight with each other and not hanging with other types. Not to mention bullies were always gonna be everywhere. But he hoped Yuuko was right and he appriciated the sentiment. It was a very nice thing of her to say.... A lot nicer then he expected people to be here since he was an out cast and all.

"Well I hope you are right but you me and Autumn will all stick together I am sure."

Endrin didn't voice his doubts on the other students though and managed to give her a weak smile. He was trying to be pleasent and happy. He just was a little wary. His food however was gone as he had eaten it without quite relizing it while Yuuko was talking. He was actually feeling a bit full though not stuffed. So he would be fine to hand out still and not like go ti bed and become sleepy.