#oc clydiscope

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Building

The whole venue was decked out with fine things. The glass wear and windows were spotless and reflective as the shined floors, the tables and other furniture looked designer and custom, and each staff member was clean and crisp, all adding to the atmosphere of luxury and exclusivity. When Clydiscope and Zaria stepped in Jacie was immediately at their side.

Jacie was the host of the event, thrown as an anniversary party for her companies tenth year of international expansion. She was wearing a full three piece suit, all black and white save for her green tie, and her blonde bob was slightly curled. She was normally quite stoic, but the second she spotted Clydiscope her eyes lit up behind her glasses, and her face split into a huge smile. She almost knocked the couple over when she pulled them both into a hug.

“Clyde! I was so worried you wouldn’t make it! It’s so good to see the both of you!” She let them out of her hug and looked at their outfits, seeing both their matching styles and their matching accessories. “Oh my gosh! When did you two get engaged?”

“It was only a few weeks ago.” Zaria replied while Clydiscope went and fiddled with her ring happily. “We kept the announcement pretty minimal, just family. but we figured people would catch on in a month or so when we send out invitations.”

“I am so happy for you too! You know, I told Clyde that you were going to be the one the second she showed me a date photo. You just look at her with so much love, I knew you would put a ring on her.” Zaria blushed at the comment, knowing just how true it was, and almost remembering what photo she was talking about. It was from one of their first dates, the background is blurred to hell and back, but the look on Zaria’s face is so lost and happy Clyde couldn’t help but show it off. “I assume you two will be sending me an invitation then? You know I can help with wedding planning. Are you thinking a destination wedding? I can get you a whole hotel if-“

“No no, Jacie, as much as we appreciate the offer, no. We we’re thinking something a little smaller, closer to home.” Clydiscope cut off her ramblings, “Yes, you will be invited, of course. But don’t expect a huge crowd or venue. Not like your own here.”

“Oh this, you should have seen my initial plans. I was hoping to get a second location for the dinner, away from the dance space and relaxing areas but Quincy would hear none of it. And you know how that girl gets with-“

Clydiscope and Zaria followed Jacie into the main hall of the building, seeing the crowds of mingling people waving and drinking. The music was almost null under all the talking, and the lights seemed dull with all the people standing in front of their sources.

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Violets

Clydiscope had been invited to a formal event a few months back, but she was never good at remembering dates. Luckily her phone was there to tell her about the party tonight, and she was able to scramble to get together something decent at the last minute. Now sitting in the back of a taxi, Zaria put her hands to work braiding flowers into her hair.

“You look beautiful,” Zaria pulled her fingers through Clydiscope blonde hair, the small stem of a violet pinched between the locks. “You’re just running a bit late, not the end of the world. Besides, the host will be more than happy you showed up at all, you don’t need to impress anyone.”

“But I should have remembered.” Clydiscope looked out the car’s window at the lights and people they drove past, “I should have been able to make some appointments, arrangements, to really look good. I should have remembered it.”

“Maybe, but you’re always busy Clyde. You being able to show at all shows you care enough. Your fine baby, and you look fine.” Clydiscope leaned back as Zaria pushed the last bobby pin into her hair. She had braided violets into a half-up do, with it all coming together into a bun at the back. They matched the purple accents of her dress, tool showing under the blue sundress’s skirt.

The taxi slowed down and pulled into a parking space across from the venue, and Zaria stepped out and around the vehicle. She open the door for Clydiscope and held out her hand, helping her to step out. They matched, Zaria’s purple tie and blue dress shirt under a black vest, and they walked hand in hand up to the main entrance. She was Clydiscope’s plus one after all.

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Coffee

“You put honey in your coffee?”

“It’s instant! I need to add something with more kick, you know?” A thin breeze flowed along the side walk, pushing along leaves in the early October air, swirling around Zarias thick winter boots. The pom-pom on her tuke bounced as he tilted her head back, dumping the dark coffee down her throat, continuing to walk along the pavement with her newly meet blonde companion on her left. Clydiscope’s white ankle boots crunched on some leaves as she skipped along, making new friends is always such an enjoyable time for her and just starting college left her scooping up people in conversations left and right.

Even little things like coffee were such a good conversation starter, and now Clydiscope was really invested in this girl, who had just introduced herself as Zaria a minute before. Immediately Clyde could tell she was cool, not just from the hoodie and gloves, but from the neck tattoo she could almost see and the nose piercing she completely could. Plus a coffee order that seemed blasphemous? Sign Clydiscope up as interested in this chick, and not just as a friend. Now out of the house Clyde could start dating and Zaria seemed like just the gateway drug her mother was always spouting warnings about, but in all the best ways.  

That, or Clydiscope was just easy to impress by doing anything out of the total norm. Her mother was a cop turned nurse and her older sister was military showstopper, she grew up surrounded by upstanding citizen awards and praise for being such a well behaved child. Zaria alluded a confidence in herself that her older sister had and then some. She walked with confidence, drank her weird coffee with confidence, and screamed to everyone who passed by ‘I am here and you’re not changing that’.

It was everything Clydiscope loved about bad boys in films, the skater boy they sing about in music, and bad influences they warn about in PSA’s, all wrapped up in what Clyde though was the perfect visual package.

“You and I should get coffee some time! I would love to see the look on a baristas face when you ask for honey in a black coffee.”

“well well, forward much! Take me out to dinner first.”

“How about my number to start?”

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Plaid

The warm June air rustled through the leaves of the parks birch trees. The grass was starting to grow long again after being cut, and dozens of dandelions bespeckled the ground. The planted flower beds filled with violets and tulips were dotted with little pollinators.

Clydiscope and Zaria both sat on the plaid picnic blanket with, less of a basket, and more of a large lunch box sat in front of them. Clydiscope had her blonde hair loose, and a short pink sundress on, which both spread out as she laid back further on the blanket. Zaria was dressed semi-formally, her brown hair tied back and the sleeves rolled up on her light orange button down top. They both had on their lockets, with the others photo sealed inside. They had brought some peanut butter and honey sandwiches along with two cans of cherry soda for the lunch date, and lucky enough the feared rain never arrived.

The two girls did little talking, mostly just relaxing in a trance. They both lived such loud lives, so many parties, meetings, and constant travel made quiet and simple dates the hardest to manage. Clydiscope and a tendency to spoil, to provide the most expensive and elite dates that they could manage when they had the down time. Zaria was less money inclined, and more so wanted to match her girlfriend’s explosive energy, so she always went big with complicated plans where every second was planned out to be the most extravagant as possible.

Relaxing together happened so rarely, with their times together were often for only a few days at a time before another month apart. But today was just so perfect, and calm, and genuinely free, that a simple picnic date was the perfect thing. Sat just in the shade but still in the heat, close to the flowers but not in the way of bees, private enough to say all the sweet things in the world and keep the rest of the world in view, all while not worrying about having every hair in or out of place. They both breathed in the warm air and didn’t worry about looking too love struck, as they indulged in their favorite pastime. Being uselessly, and utterly, in love.

 Zaria kissed Clydiscope on the cheek as she laid back beside her, grabbing onto her hand gently and pulling it to her chest. There was a sense of total calm washing over the both of them as they laid down together. Until the slightest drip of water hit the side of Clydiscopes face, and they made what was next to a mad dash back to their car, their rain having appeared seeming out of nowhere and now pouring down on the more than happy couple.