#!gold

[ablossomingflower]

May seeks comfort in Gold:

May:  [Hand slowly rising, she hesitated before rapping on his door] Hey, Gold, you there? [she said weakly]

Gold: [Gold isn't even sure if he actually heard anything-- her voice comes out as a mumble from behind the door, and he'd pretty much been out cold since his head hit the pillow. He almost doesn't get up-- it'll be cold out of the covers, but he heaves a sigh and goes to check anyway, undoing the chain lock and swinging the door open. He doesn't hold back a yawn as he squints at the girl before him.]

Rmm. [He tries to get his cool guy act back up again and shake shis head a little, blinking to get awake and laughing softly.] Obviously, 'm here. [He smiles, kind of dopey in his attempt to get that trademark swagger on his face again, but it falls a little short and he creases his brow.]

...Somethin' the matter?

May: [After a moment of his greeting, she wraps her arms around his torso in a hug. Man, she needed a hug right now...] Today just got really bad fast...

Gold: Huh-- [There's a short moment of surprised before he easily wraps his arms around her in return, gently patting her on the back of her head and heving a soft sigh as he shuts the door behind him and leans up against the door.] Really? An' here I thought I'd left ya happy enough for a week. [he laughs a little] It alright if I ask ya what 'appened, exactly?

May: [Buries her face in his chest] You did...! You really really did, but.. [she can feel her lips smile only briefly] ..my best friend... I'm pretty sure he hates me now because I--

May: [she exhales and looks up and him, leaning her chin on his chest to look at him] Okay, I guess i'll just tell you from the top, huh?

May: I went to go visit him since he didn't go to the dance, but he was in a really bad mood... I was trying to stay positive, but he was being really irrationally angry with me!! He kept talking about you, and this love letter I got in my locker, and... [she pauses, curling her lips in at the thought. Maybe she shouldn't tell him that part.]

May: Hey, can I ask you something first?

Gold: [he grunts a little in response, breathing out through his mouth.] Yeah, go ahead.

May: [May pauses. Why is she asking him this now? She really shouldn't... What if Brendan was right?] ] Do you like me?

May: Like... enough to... ya know.

May: Like, would you..I mean...

Gold: [Gold blinks once, slowly. He's confused.] Yeah, I like you. You're-- [he sighs. Accent. Right. Damn, he's tired.] Yer a nice gal. Fun to be with. Y'know, all the good stuff.

Gold: [Anohter pause. His hand stills over the back of her head.] Haha... would I what?

May: Uh, you know what?.. Nevermind about that part!! It's nothing... [She felt bad that she kept writing off things that she brings up herself, but this definitely felt like the wrong time for that sort of conversation. She was just being emotional after whatever had just happened with Brendan. Besides, that's all she really wanted to hear from Gold anyway.] Do you mind if I let you hold me for a little longer though? You're really warm... and I really had a great time with you tonight...

Gold: [It's not a super hard request to fill out, so he says,] Yeah, [and his voice is a little thin and high, but whatever.] Yeah, no problem-ooo... [He laughs a little.] Jus' hate t'see a gal so upset, yanno...

May: [She hums in response, staying in the embrace for a good long moment before letting go. She smiles weakly up at him,] You're the best... Thanks. [Pushing her weight to her toes, she moves up to give him a peck on the cheek.] Goodnight again!.. I'll figure all this stuff with my best friend out, so you won't have to see me upset like this again! [Another twinge of a smile, and with that, she waves and scurries back to her dorm]

[ablossomingflower]

May visits Brendan after the dance:

brendan: [text : ] ok

may: [knocks on his door loud repetitively until he answers]

brendan: [groans kinda and ok gets up and answers the door]

brendan: Hey…

may: [lets out a breath and smiles. Her face seems ruddy from dancing so much and she’s a little glossy with sweat] Hey!

may: Miiind if I come in?

brendan: [opens the door a bit further, making a sweeping gesture] By all means.

may: Thanks! [tries to stay positive and perky. it’s kind of obvious he’s in a mood..] So, what’d you end up doing all night? Play any good games or watch a movie or something? Just plEASE tell me you weren’t studying [rolls eyes]

brendan: [He blinks and juts his thumb out over to his desk, where a bunch of books were laid out. He shrugs.]

brendan: Didn’t have much else t’do, you know.

may: Wait, you were really studying?!

brendan: …

brendan: Y..es.

may:: I was just kidding!!

may: Wow, I’ll have to write down my netflix information for you sometime, sir

may: [with short huff of laughter, she goes over to his desk and places her hands on his books, leaning her weight on its surface]

may: .. So… [not really looking at him, but she’s trying to keep a smile on her face] why wouldn’t you come back to the dance? I don’t get to hang out with you enough as it is…

may: Classes make us so busy, you know?

brendan: [leeeeeans against the wall, crossing his arms. his eyes are on the ground but then they flicker up to meet may’s face] I wasn’t really interested in seein’ you and your boyfriend grinding it out on the dance floor.

brendan: You didn’t even realize I was there.

may: [her face falls into a harsh frown, turning herself to face him straight on] I said hi to you! I was going to come over after the song.

may: I waved and everything

may: he may not be my boyfriend, but he was my date!

brendan: Wow, a wave, whoop-di-doo.

may: Hey, I couldn’t just leave him!!

brendan: Like he would give a crap.

may: [looks astonished at his attitude] What is WRONG with you?! [lets out a breath of disbelief]

may: I came by here to hang out with you because we never seem to anymore, and you’re giving me some attitude about my date?!

brendan: [steps towards her, throwing out his arms] God, can’t you see what’s right in front of you?! He has player written all over him!

brendan: But you’re so damn enthralled with him that you can’t even see what the hell is going on on my end!

brendan: Who the hell do you think sent you that damn love letter in your locker, May?!

brendan: [HE… STEPS FORWARD… AND GRABS HER BY THE SHOULDERS AND OH MY GOD kisses her i’m gonna kill him]

brendan: [he steps back, his heart pounding in his ears]

may: I’m not allowed to like someone?! I don’t care what he is—I REALLY LIKE HIM, Brendan!!!! i— [she stops short, eyes wide] wait, what?—

may: WAS TH— [is kissed]

brendan: I’m gonna be sick.

may: [winces and sort of shoves him away]

may: You…

brendan: [RUNS? OUT OF THE DORM TO THE BATHROOM]

brendan: [oook he thrOWS Up that’s really good]

may: [her eyes start to fucking well up with tears anyway. she curls in her lips tight, biting at them in thought, her eyebrows pinched together tight. clenching her fists, she sniffles before walking out and heading back to her dorm]

may: [she’s stunned, and well, wow, she’s got a heck of a lot on her mind]

[ablossomingflower]

me: Can't you see that he's kind of a sleaze ball? I mean he's cool but... yea

may: ... H..uh? Who?

me: GOLD... THE GUY YOU'RE SORT OF TAKING AN INTEREST IN WOW

may: What?! No, he's not! He's been nothing but nice to me! Compliments and.. just generally being really great! He even kept his promise to dance with me~

me: You know he's like that with like... everyone though... right?

me: Plus he tried to bang his date after the dance js

may: Oh? No I didn't really know.. hm

me: ....... You don't really care, do you?

may: No... not really :>

may: It's how he acts around me that matters!

me: God you're dense

[flockofwingulls-blog]

You really want it, don't you?

"You really want it, don't you?" Gold said with a smarmy smirk perched on his lips. He tongued the front of his teeth as he eyed May, letting out a smack as the skin of his tongue escaped the smooth surface of his pearly whites. He was in his teasing mood tonight. If you looked into his golden eyes long enough, you'd most likely find a plan brewing behind them, trying to figure out the best plan of action to mess with tonight's companion. "You can be honest with me."

In response, he only let out a huff of satisfaction, sinking into his chair and crossing his arms against his chest. He nodded back with his trademark smile and half-lidded eyes, "Alright then."

That was the only response she got!? May tore her hands down from her face, a pout replacing her previous embarrassed visage. Cheeks puffed with a tinge of red to them, she leaned forward, "And what's that supposed to mean!?"

"Hey, I just said 'alright then.' Don't get your panties in a knot," the dark-haired boy leaned over, getting in her face a bit. An eyebrow quirked curiously.

His smug demeanor on this particular subject seemed to be getting to May. Her shouldered tensed, and her face turned redder as the dragging conversation went on. Boy, this was frustrating. She didn't want to admit it, especially to Gold of all people. Maybe she was being a little stubborn, but simply put, the subject was a little embarrassing for her! It may not have seemed like a big deal to Gold, but it was to May. Averting her eyes to the side to avoid his close gaze, she had made a decision. "Fine, just.. do it" she managed to puff out with a half-assed confirmation from her lips.

DING DING!-The bells went off, and Gold had won this round. He patted her shoulder with a cheeky grin, and her face seemed to soften ever so slightly. "Don't worry, you won't gain much more weight with ONE more sundae. Besides," he winked and picked up the menu from their table, leaning back into his seat once more, "I knew you'd cave, so the bill's on me."

May grumbled, flopping back in the booth of her chair herself with a defeated groan, "The bill's on you anyway!" With a brief pause, she glanced to him out of the side of her eyes before letting a goofy grin slip onto her face, reaching over to shove his shoulders a bit. "You really suck! If I gain any more weight because of you, I'm gonna-!"

Gold laughed, and quickly turned her attention to choosing a sundae off the menu.

[ablossomingflower]

lpa: relationships so far

Here is May's point of view on a couple of people who have really stood out to her as of late. I thought it might be nice to point out her opinions thus far, just to kind of solidify in my own mind what they were like at this point in time.

Ash:

Ash and May, of course, met when he messed up her bike in the beginning of the semester. After that point, it seemed like they kept running into each other and eventually became pretty close friends. May felt like she could confide a lot in Ash, and that his determination in everything he did was really inspiring. Plus he was really fun to hang out with, sharing a similar fondness for adventure and such. All in all, he really became one of her best friends at the school.

Over time, she couldn't help but to develop a minor crush on him, and eventually acted upon those feelings by sucking it up and just asking him to the dance. Unfortunately for her, Ash's heart belonged to another (who also happened to be male). Too scatterbrained to think of this confession as anything more than a "I don't like you that way," May found herself completely embarrassed. As of late, they've been fairly awkward around each other, but will probably make up and go back to normal soon enough because they're best friends through-and-though~

Wes:

She really admires his intelligence, wishing she could just steal a bit of it for herself. She actually was quite interested in him when they first met, finding a handsome, smart, senior guy from a distant region and owns a motorcycle to be more than interesting. Plus, he was really helpful with her homework, which she really appreciated a lot. However, the more she seemed to try and connect with him, the less she felt like they did. His personality seemed to change around her, maybe becoming a little too sweet or timid at times, thus making him seem a little less cool than he was initially to her. May still sees him as a great friend, and maybe if the situation changed a bit, she'd consider him as more. In addition, they don't have any classes together, which makes contact with each other restricted to randomly running into each other during breaks in the day, or planned meet ups. In other words, unfortunately enough, Wes is stuck in the friend zone for now.

Gold:

They haven't known each other for long, but May's definitely got her eye on him in some ways. They first met during May's little squabble with manga!Silver, him coming over and directing Silver away from threatening her further, but it was never a formal meeting. The next time they met was actually at the beach. After the night at the theater, they both decided to stray away from the pack (separately) and spend some time on the beach. They ran into each other, and after a moment of realizing that they went to the same school, finally formally introduced. They talked a bit, looked for seashells, found a magic conch, went swimming in their undergarments, and dashed back out of the water when they realized it might be wailmer mating season. Ultimately, it was a fairly intimate and exciting night, and because of it, she can't help but to find herself curious and interested in knowing more about him.

Even at the Maid Cafe, though his fight was extremely uncomfortable and nerve-wracking for her to watch, she found herself going over to him and trying to help him out a bit to feed her curiosity. All in all, May really likes talking with Gold and thinks he's exciting to be around, but hasn't quite figured him out yet either. She likes how she feels comfortable in teasing and flirting with him (which has never been one of her strong points otherwise), and is strangely intrigued by his bad-boy ways.

Hikari:

I'm laughing that she's the only girl on this list, as it seems like May really is a tomboy, just like I intended her to be.

Anyway, May and Hikari are pretty close. Because of May's massive amount of male friends, Hikari has become her outlet for any femininity. They do a lot together, but May hasn't really opened up to her a whole lot yet. I imagine she'll do so more as soon as they get more interaction in general.

Dia:

May really likes Dia!!! She thinks he's sweet and fun to talk to, and wishes that they could talk more since they have so much in common. However, it seems as if he's got a lot of other things on his mind, so she generally tries not to bother him a whole lot. May hears a few things about him through Ash, and talks to him at lunch time, but overall hasn't gotten close with him yet. She definitely considers him a friend though.

Manga!Silver:

He's the most frustrating person on the planet for May. She merely wanted to be his friend, but she always finds herself at the mercy of his insults. Strangely enough, she still doesn't see him as a completely awful person.