Hiding (Elliot)

He had only recently moved into the dorms. It wasn't anything he was particularly fond of. Only because there were so many rules and regulations. Oh, he couldn't stand it at all. He wished he was just home so that he could just do what he wanted. But taking the ferry every day just made things so much harder, he thought. And it was a lot of money on his parents. He couldn't do that to them even if they were okay with him at home. Regardless, he supposed that there wasn't anything too bad! There were some pretty good things about this! They had tons of blankets. He really hoped his roommates wouldn't mind him being the way that he was.

He really didn't want to upset them or anything. Especially since they all lived together for the next year! He didn't want to cause any trouble at all. He sighed, maybe he should have cleaned this all up before they came back? But he put up so much effort. Nah, he was sure that they would be okay with it! He giggled, inching around beneath the cover of blankets. He had made a pretty cool blanket fort anyways! He wasn't gonna tear it down for nobody! He just had to wait until they came back. Conquering an entire room was only fun when he had enemies to fight against. Not that they were enemies. He hoped they became friends!

He shifted beneath the cover of the blankets, grasping pillows tightly to his chest. Oh, it'd be so fun! He hoped they were tons of fun too! Ding! He turned slightly, peeking at the bright pink oven. Decorated with purple flowers. His brownies were done! Elliot inched over, taking the tray out before he heard the sound of the door opening again. Oh, they must have come back! He inched out of the fort slowly, making sure not to knock over any of the stands that held up the fort. He moved, tugging open the curtain as he peeked up at the other. He merely grinned, holding his tray of brownies. This must have been one of them!

He didn't even know his name. He seemed a little surprised though. Was it the blanket fort? He supposed it was a little. It was kind of kiddy, he thought. He inched out further, hopping up onto his feet. Hands holding onto the heated tray a bit tighter. "Hiya!" He chirped, blinking quietly. There was nothing to really say outside of that? Oh wait. He had asked if someone was there, huh? Oops! "Sorry if I scared ya! Th'names Elliot!

He seemed like totally adorable. As in T-O-T-A-L-L-Y adorable. Ooh, he could just pinch his cheeks! But he supposed that would have been weird too. Most normal people didn't do that sort of thing after all, he thought. He didn't even like it when his aunt did weird stuff like that. It always really hurt his face and he didn't like it. Not one bit, nuh uh. Well. Maybe later if he let him! He almost wanted to giggle a little at the thought. His skin looked so soft! ... well. That was probably really weird to think about it. But he probably wasn't wrong! Who was this one anyways? Noel or Kaoru? Well. Maybe they liked their last names better? Heck if he knew. Japanese customs were hard...

Oh, he said hi! He was really quiet though. His hand went to his mouth, covering it with a ... paw. Oh no. What if he scared him off or something? His mom always told him that he talked too much. She said, 'Elliot, you need to learn how to shut up'. But he said that you only made friends if you kept talking! He hoped he didn't startle him or anything though. That certainly would have been a poor start to their relationship. Friendships didn't start with S! S stood for scaring. Or. ... you know. Something. Oops! His mouth was still moving so he had to have been talking! How embarrassing.

It was also probably really weird. Most kids didn't transfer at this time. It was really embarrassing introducing himself to classes! But it was only because he wanted to work a little while before he went back to school. Poor ol' dad had issues moving much of anything these days. He let his paw drop from his mouth, vibrant yellow ears flopping against the top of his head as he rolled back and forth on the heels of his feet. He hoped he wasn't too annoying! Definitely didn't want to have to get a dorm transfer either...

"T- Tsu..." Ergh. Japanese was hard. He tried to roll the foreign name on his tongue before he nodded. He was pretty sure his Japanese was really accented but at least he was trying right? No one seemed to mind tons! He knew how to speak it enough that no one got real confused anyways. "Tsu-ba-sa.

He hoped he wasn't startling him by any means. That would have been terrible. But at the same time, Elliot knew that he talked tons. A mile a minute actually. It was pretty bad. He didn't learn how to stop talking about things. He was constantly thinking and talking and it didn't give tons of other people time to breathe or make sense of the situation. It wasn't fair. He had been trying to work on that lately. No more talking quite as much and let other people talk! But he always ended up talking a mile a minute and it really wasn't fair to them that he did either.

He had noticed lately that the people that attended the academy were kind of weird. He didn't really mind it though. It made things interesting at least. Mixed things up! He smiled slightly, shifting forward onto his hands. Er. Paws. He hoped that the other didn't think he was weird or anything. Elliot could be normal. Honestly, he could! Just ... he wasn't good at showing it, he supposed. Never had been good at it for that matter, he thought. But the other guy - Tsubasa, that was his name right? - seemed pretty okay with it! Or ... at least he wasn't making fun of him and stuff. Which made things nicer. He had been scared that he might have to be with a terror all year long. It was really scary to think that maybe he'd have a big ol' bully in the dorm. He might never come back if that was the case.

"They are?

Now that he thought about it, it probably seemed strange that he had just come out of no where. A blanket fort. He wondered if his third roommate would have thought it to be strange too. Or would he be just as excited as he was? He didn't even know anymore, he thought. He'd find out later though, he supposed. No harm, no foul! Besides, it seemed like Tsubasa was finally warming up to him! Or at least. He thought he was. He was talking at least and answering his questions! He hoped he wasn't talking too fast. "Uh huh!

In Elliot's mind, everything and anything was a game. He didn't like to dream and think about responsibility. In his world, he never had to worry about doing projects. In his word, he never had to worry about people hating him and he never had to worry about whether or not his family was okay. In his mind, he wanted to live life. He wanted to be able to do what he wanted and when he wanted without consequences. But he supposed that was what made him different. But maybe not in a good way. Sometimes, people told him that he always had his head in the clouds. But wasn't that a good thing? The sky was the limit after all! And Elliot wanted everything he could get under it.

He delighted in the notion of having a new friend. Tsu was going to be his new friend! That meant that they could talk about stuff they did at school and color coloring books. But why stop at that? They could do tons of other things too! They could, well. ... they could have sleepovers! And maybe they could even tell each other secrets and stuff! Or was that what girls were supposed to do? He didn't see anything wrong with doing things like that. In his head, it all seemed to make sense. He wanted to believe that it all made sense anyways. Whatever. He'd figure it out later!

"Finally! Someone understands me." He replied, sighing a bit happily as he moved to take another brownie from the small tray. He took a bite, taking a pause to speak before he would continue eating. "People keep saying it's dumb to keep some toys! But I mean. This one lets me eat, so it isn't super dumb!" He was really relieved. He was worried that the other would have thought the same as everyone else. But he saw no reason to worry anymore. Tsubasa had made it clear that he didn't mind the way he was! It was perfect!

And besides that, he looked like he was the only one that was willing to take him seriously! He may not have looked like it but he could really do this superhero thing! He nodded quickly, taking the final bite of his food as he moved once again. Leaning in closer, his smile widening only further. He wasn't so sure he could take this guy, but he was sure that he could do it! He didn't want to let his new friend have to live in terror from here on out. What kind of friend would he be if he let that happen? He'd go find this stupid bully! He'd show him what was up! Or you know.

He'd at least try to make the effort. "What's the name of this jerk?" He asked. This was his first mission! He'd make sure he protected Tsu. That was what friends did and that was what superheroes did! Of course, he didn't want to get twisted into a pretzel either. If it was someone that scared Tsu, he must have been really big and scary or something... a shudder rolled down his spine at the thought. Elliot swallowing hard. "I'll have a... a ... a stern talking to with him!"

words: idk!
tags: kaito!
notes: nada!
credit: template made by oxymoron! of btn

A small part of him wondered just who this guy was that tormented poor Tsubasa. He seemed like a really nice guy! He couldn't imagine why someone would hurt him or anything. Not that he could tell right now. He couldn't see anything wrong with the other. Outside of the very clear fact that he didn't leave the dorm very often. It was really sad actually. He wished he could help him make friends somehow! It didn't seem like it was fair for him to have to endure something like this. Elliot had never been fond of bullies though. Who really was anyways? He had a good number of his own and knew more than anyone that these kinds of guys were just really insecure about themselves! If he just confronted him, then the guy would back off right? Bullies always stopped after someone stood up to them!

Of course, that tactic had never worked for him personally. He always got beaten up after he tried to do something like that. His bullies were always kind of aggressive, he thought. It was a little scary now that he thought about it. Hopefully this guy would be different. He couldn't see any visible injuries on Tsu, so it must have been true right? "Huh?" He replied, merely blinking his eyes in confusion. Oh jeez. He had gotten all wrapped up in his head again. Darn it. He needed to make tons more attention if he was going to try and help him! What use would his help be if he didn't even pay attention to the poor guy?

"S- Sorry...