two’s a company.
arcsomi:
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she doesn’t move an inch until he decides what he wants her to do. she’s letting him set the tone; if he wants her to leave, she’ll leave. if he wants her to stay, she’ll stay.
when he inclines his head and moves his hand, freeing some space for her, her lips tug her smile into something just slightly wider. somi doesn’t waste much in plopping down next to him. “oh, no, don’t worry. i was just trying to walk off double my weight in lunch.” she says nonchalantly, as if eating that amount of food is any other casual thing. raising her legs, she mindlessly tucks them one over the other. “besides, i wouldn’t mind the company either. i was starting to get bored, and it’s like the staff of this place have a radar for that kind of thing. you start to get bored and suddenly they want to run all kinds of tests.”
all he could do was laugh a little at that, lips twitching upwards ever so slightly. “you might be waiting for the longest time for me to ever say that,” he did have to admit with a shrug of his shoulder. ever since this weird power had been handed to him by some unknown force, he had not had a single good day to speak of and he doubted that was going to change anytime soon. not now he was away for his university, his friends, and was still hiding all of this from his father. goodness knew what he would say if he suddenly called him out of the blue like ‘oh hey dad, i’m part of some secret collective with superpowers.’
his father wouldn’t believe him, so maybe it was just better if he kept all of this to himself. but he did have to worry, what if one day one of their missions went wrong. what if he was taken captive or killed? that was just something he didn’t want to think about, swallowing a lump which had formed in his throat at the thought of his father receiving that kind of news. it was those kinds of thoughts which just kept him up at night for hours.
his smile did get a little wider as she took the invitation to sit with him, shuffling a little more to the side to make sure she had enough room and wasn’t about to accidentally brush up against him. she would know why that was by now, and while he was sure nothing super bad would happen, he didn’t like taking risks. his power was unpredictable and could be deadly if he wasn’t careful. then again, that was the same with a lot of the other powers he was now living around. he wasn’t different or any more special than anyone else, but that didn’t mean he was going to stop being scared of what he was capable of.
“well, i don’t know if i can help with the boredom all too much,” he responded with a small laugh, “all i can do if offer conversation.” but maybe that would be enough, he did like having a good talk and it sometimes did make him feel better as well, which was always a good thing. for a moment he was silent, bringing his knees up a little to his chest, hugging them there as he stared up at the sky. “it’s on days like this i sometimes like to pretend that i’m normal,” he stated after a brief pause, “like i’m just back on campus in-between lectures. that i’m not here and don’t have these powers i don’t want. you ever imagine stuff like that,” he wondered, turning his head to look back at her beside him, “or is that just me?”












