in hindsight, aiden wasn’t too sure what he was expecting when it came to the astronomy club, but he was hoping that it would have been loaded with lots of one on one experiences with stargazing. all they had right now was a bunch of textbooks about constellations and stars, and although he loved that sort of thing, he had wanted to explore space, look at the stars, maybe even pull out a telescope. maybe he was a bit too excited, but that didn’t change the fact that he was just a tiny bit underwhelmed. well. it didn’t really seem to bother anyone else around him.
for the nth time that evening, he looked and reread the same passage. he felt like he was in one of his physic classes. now, don’t get him wrong. he adores science and loves picking up formulas and finding out new ways to use them, and to apply them, but clubs were meant to be fun, and now he was feeling rather bothered, maybe a bit too excitable, filled with nerves. he needed to do something other than sit down at a table and look at books and star charts. he was feeling antsy, especially after having left lulu back in the dorms– he wished he could have taken her with him, but she was feeling sick.
he turned his head to look at the girl beside him, she said her name was sammi, or at least he figured that it was a nickname of sorts- and he looked down at his note book. an idea popping in mind, he grabbed his pencil to write down a quick note and then a question mark, offering it to the upperclassman beside him, nudging her shoulder with his own. on the page was written: ‘nothing beats looking at the stars at night, with your own eyes. want to come with?’ and though he had offered with a question, he reached out to curl his fingers around her wrist and give it a gentle squeeze, standing up and quietly gesturing her to follow him. they both did enough staring at a piece of page for years, honestly. now they needed to do something else, something better, and obviously, that meant climbing the stairs to reach highest part of the university; the rooftop, but he’s been there a bunch of times already, it was easy peasy.
“hurry up, the stars shine the best when the night turns darkest.”
The idea of the astronomy club Subin had in her mind was different than the reality. Like the stars thre had to be a perfect ailgment of conditions to view the stars. If not the club members were gathered around reading and discussing the topic. This was 1 of the few forms of interaction she had out of interest and not to serve a purpose to keep up the family name. Subin was a bit introvert but compared to most of the other club members she was extroverted. Her focus was more so on new developments in the field not . . .things already known (according to theory).
With that she was more prone to watch online vdeos than read a book. Exoplanets and black holes affect on time and space peaked her interest the most. Maybe if she took a physics or chemistry course she could add more to the conversations than her niche. Her gaze was fixed on her tablet not noticing the piece of paper that was slid her way. It wasn’t until she felt a touch did she look. Aiden was the most quiet person she ever met. There was some. . .words going around that he was mute or declined to speak even though he could. Subin wasn’t concerned with that, as he could communicate in other ways. Reading the note she did have to admit the atmoshpere was kind of tame.
It was perfect timing when she took off her earbuds because that was the 1st time she heard Aiden speak. Subin drew her head back having that experience. He sounded like /that/, a real smooth talker. Maybe him staying quiet was for the best.
“Sure let’s go,” she replied packing up her things in her systematic way, “Maybe we could ask the club president for a few telescopes or all of us pitch in for personal ones. I mean club dues should pay for that.”
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