He was half amused to see his roommate actually picking up as he should have on a daily basis. He added this to the list of benefits that came along with his girlfriend's visit. "She is coming tomorrow morning, so you have the rest of today, and tomorrow if you could ever wake up before eight." Smoothly he rolled his eyes, "though if you work hard I am sure you could get your half of the room to look immaculate." Reaching over he readjusted his Fabio flattened pillow as he watched the man flutter around his half of the room before he laid back down and flipped the book back open. "If you clean efficiently enough I could read the final chapter though, just as some incentive."
He paused, raising an eyebrow and looking at Kavi. â??Hmm maybe the problem isnt cleaning...â?? he said rubbing his imaginary facial hair. â??Perhaps you should make your side of the room as dirty as mine then she would not be able to tell whose mess is what.â?? He grinned. â??She reads like you do correct?â?? He paused his cleaning to disappear under his bed finding his stash of romance novels. â??If she is a connoisseur of fine literature I can give her a few parting gifts.â?? After a few moments he emerged from under his bed with a smirk. "Well aren't you going to mess up your side?"
"No I am not, and she does like to read, quite a lot actually." A page in the book flipped by as a hand lifted itself to his face to adjust his glasses, "It is rather nice of you to offer her some of your books to read, though I have no doubt you probably have duplicates of some somewhere in that mess." He turned his head to the side to see the cheeky smile and rolled his eyes again before eyes turned back to the page. "I'd hate to see your room back at home if half of a dorm room is that bad."
“It... it is not so bad. I mean you could come over one day. My mom is always asking me to visit since I go to the library so much. She says “ He drew in a breath mimicking his mother. “ Fabio! Why has Stacy seen you at the library more then I have? You don't love me any more.” He picked up a book flipping it over to read the back cover. “I mean I have a bump bed day bed thingy where the top is my bed the bottom is a day bed. Books a desk a nook for my system and a dresser, thats about it. Not much space to mess up.” his shoulders rose and fell in a shrug. “Oh and a closet for my boards. What about your room?”
"It is nearly the same. A bed and a dresser, a desk and a closet- with clothes not recreational boards. A couple of bookshelves to hold all of my books and that is about it. Unlike yours there is plenty to mess up, but I keep it all clean. It makes a much nicer environment to be in, and you aren't fighting to find out what is causing," Kavi set his book down on his chest to use the air of his fingers, "Fleur de Fabio." Sitting up again he set the book aside and left his bed to take a seat in his computer chair, booting up his system without hardly looking. "If your mother wants you to visit more often then why don't you? I don't remember you saying you live far away, and you do have a bunch of free-time. Especially because you weren't studying anyway."
The man was cruel very cruel, and Fabio found himself smirking, as he gathered a dirty sock in his hands. "Dude I do study, I just take time to pull my head out of the nuclear physics clouds to jump in the leaves." At that he flung his dirty sock at Kavi, aiming so that it would land on top of the others book. "Just because I enjoy life doesn't mean that I don't study." He flung more Fleur de Fabio at Kavi before he turned away at the second question burrowing under his bed before emerging again. "i dunno dude. I guess I could but I always forget, I mean I call her after class make sure shes alright, I guess a little face time couldn't hurt. Wanna come with me one day? Prove that we actually get along and I don't steal your snacks?"
"Hey, that is a library book, don't throw your rank socks at it," Kavi started to roll his chair over to the bed to rid of the putrid garment when another hit the back of his head. Turning around Fabio had already dove back under his bed, and so the tossed boxers were thrown back onto the messy half of the room. He rolled his chair around so he was facingthe one emerging from under the bed. "She thinks we don't get along? And you steal my snacks? Well, I suppose the latter is true, but I would not mind tagging along if you wanted me to. I can meet the woman who created..." His eyes looked up and down the lanky body before he made a rough gesture to his roommate, "...you."
He grinned broadly. "Well once she heard you do not eat meat she immedately assumed that I was torturing you with my strange obession with the best food in the world, and thus annoying you. She also knows that you study very hard and .... well... she assumes I annoy you since I am a loaf." At some point he crawled from under his bed, and his shoulders rose and fell in a shrug. "you will meet her... But Dude! Tell me more about hottie mc hot hot. Like where did you guys meet and what are her plans after school." He turned expectantly to Kavi, eagerly awaiting the epic tale.
It was clear Fabio was expecting something special from him by the look of his face, but what it was Kavi did not know. "She is in her sophomore year at MIT, and she works in one of the school's computer labs there." He thought his answer was satisfying enough, but by the look of the other's face it wasn't. He rolled back to his desk as he continued to talk, "She is majoring in computer sciences and wants to become a college professor in the same area. She and I met one afternoon a summer or two ago at a coffee shop."
He could not believe his ears. He snicked a little. His rommate was homey and dare he think it, cute. "To each their own, I guess."He said shaking his head and rolling over to disappear under his bed again. "But this is good we will have a little in common, unless she is one of those people that frowns on public schools." He pulled his legs underneath himself. "Is that really it? I mean how long have you been dating? Whats her family like?..." It suddenly dawned on him that she may be older. "Dude did she get enough credits to jump ahead or is she a cougar?"
"Is what really it? She and I have only been dating for a little more than a year, and i certainly don't see what her family has to do with any of this," He thought Fabio to be acting paranoid, and as he glanced over his shoulder to spot him he saw nothing except a couple feet hanging free from beneath the shadow of the bed. "I do not think she could even be considered a cougar unless she were more than five years older than me, and she is only one year my senior. She is ahead of her class though, she is very intelligent."
"Nah dude, older woman totally a cougar. And well I don't remember if her facebook page said she had a sister but I am always in the market." He found something of interest to him and settled against one of his crates falling into a quiet little reading pattern as his eyes scanned over the back of his book. "So...um I've never had a friend who slept in the same bed as their girl friend." He tapped his books against his fingers "Should I go stay at Jamie's so you and her can do your thing?"
"I'm not going to ask her to hook you up, but you are free to ask her if you want to. Just leave me out of it." With his computer successfully booted up, he started flickering around his e-mail, and for a moment the only thing that filled the air was the sound of his typing and the occasional sound from beneath the bed. Only when he'd settled into the silence did Fabio decide to speak. "What? No, not unless you didn't feel comfortable sticking around. I'm not going to kick you out of anything, and it is only for a night or two anyways." He gave a shrug and when he realized Fabio could not see him he thought to add more, "it is your choice, dude."
Though the other could not see the smile blossoming on his face, he felt oddly comforted by the words. There would be no knooky in his room, but he still felt strange. Unsure of how to act around the girl he barely knew, Fabio remained in his book fort as the sounds of typing ascended upon the room. Silently every so often he would crawl out of his bed at the end of a chapter and clean up another small radius around his bed before going back under again. He passed his time like this, eventually crawling up to the computer area to clean off his desk. Once the task was done he fell among his blankets curling up against his pillows.
He was pleased to find the room as clean as he thought it could be when he awoke, and it made him feel better about bringing his girlfriend back to the dorm without knowing the mess that awaited them. He knew it was a fruitless attempt to wake Fabio, and so got ready on his own to depart for the train station in the chilly autumn morning; Pleasantly enough he had awoken well before the rush of students leaving for the fall break and those heading for work, and with the extra time he stopped by a coffee shop to get a caffeinated beverage for the both of them, and his timing was impeccably so as her train pulled in as he arrived. Happily he was greeted with a kiss, and another when she got her latte, and with little prompting from her they were heading back to the dorm where she could drop of her bag and plans for the day could be discussed.
Rolling over he saw that his roommate was not in his bed. He was tempted to roll back over and fall asleep again. Forcing himself out of his blankets he had to remind himself that they would be having a guest soon, and he did not want to make a a horrible first impression, not like what he did with Kavi. Quickly he ambled off to the shower spending a luxurious amount of time under the warm waters thinking of thanksgiving dinner with meat. He realized to his great displeasure, in his haste he only brought a clean hand towel with him and not his full one used to cloak his body. Sopping wet, he ninja'ed his way through the halls with only a towel loin cloth and a arm full pleasantries. He opened his door flinging himself inside only to realize the room smelled of java. He turned seeing two pairs of eyes one of his roommate and the other of hot mc hott hot trying to avert her gaze to something more interesting on the computer screen. He froze with only his body head rising to his face to keep him warm.
He pressed his fingertips against his forehead while turning away from his roommate upon the sight of him in merely a towel while being completely sopping wet, and he knew this could very well be one of the worst entrances he could have made, that is to say unless his towel had fallen off, or he did not have one at all. Still, it was clear his girlfriend was just as embarrassed by the situation as he felt, and he was positive Fabio shared their feelings in multitude. He did not bother turning back around to address the nearly naked other, and instead continued to show his girlfriend what he had been on his computer. "Fabio, go get some clothes on."
Looking around the room he huffed before finally swallowing down his embarrassment. Since the two seemed thoroughly engrossed in Kavi's computer. It did not keep him from feeling exposed as he turned to rummage through his dresser for his clean clothing. Quickly he found something resembling his boxers. He assumed it was good enough to at least have his parts covered taking his time to find a part of jeans that smelled clean. “So...I'm sorry about that, but it is nice to meet you. My name is Fabio.”
"I am Géraldine, it's nice to meet you as well, Fabio," She commented off-handedly as she pointed something out to Kavi who then returned a comment onsomething which caused for her to scowl a bit before she tested a glance to see Fabio was at least moderately covered up by that point, but she continued to give him privacy as she stole his rolling chair to allow herself comfort while sitting beside her boyfriend without being uncomfortable while avoiding her gaze of the half-naked roommate. She piped up again as she half swiveled her chair around, still continuing to avoid Fabio. "Kavi has told me plenty about you, if I was not in town for such a short time I might suggest the three of us go out to do something, but it is only Thanksgiving break afterall."
At last he found his jeans and a floppy sweater to cover his bare chest. Looking over he saw the girl leaning over Kavi's shoulder in his chair and smiled faintly not wanting to take back his property. â??Well that depends on what you call fun really.â?? He said walking over to his bed. â??And if you can get Kavi to do it too.â?? He added before disappearing under his bed. â??Dudette please tell me you like to Karaokee..." He said from underneath his cave. Suddenly he popped his head out from the darkness. "Also Kavi tells me you like to read."
He scoffed at the admission by Géraldine that she could get Kavi to do tag along with most anything, and though he tried to deny it, one look from her gave him cause to look away and grumble to himself as she left the chair to sit on the floor by the entrance to Fabio's little nook beneath his bed where all his books laid, and she watched curiously as he dug through with knowing just about every book he touched without hardly looking. "I love to read, and karaokee is not so bad. Don't tell me you tried to get Kavi to do it."
Twisting from under his cave he lay on his belly kicking his feet in the air as he told, Géraldine the epic tale of how they met. He excluded the bit about throwing away the book and soon went into an elaborate rendition of their first night together and the adventures they had had since meeting. He watched her smile knowingly as he expressed his concerns about Kavi's unwillingness to dance and started sharing her own tales finding it humorous they both met Kavi in a coffee shop, though her tale was not as exciting as running some one over. They continued to bond until a low rumble against the floor told Fabio it was time to feed the beast. He smiled at both Kavi and Geraldine. "Have you guys eaten already?"
Kavi had finished what business he had on the computer and was sitting unamused in his chair at the exchange of their stories. The humiliating story of being knocked to the ground and given the embarrassing romance novel that was not good in the slightest in exchange for his book being thrown away. he noticed Fabio's sidestep around that little detail, and it was unserstandable and soon forgotten by them both as Géraldine shook her head as she finished the last of her soy latte. "Kavi was kind enough to pick up coffee, but we have not eaten yet," she looked over her shoulder to see Kavi still sitting in the computer chair, though now facing the other two, "did you find anything on the computer?" She earned a shake of his head, and she offered a shrug of her own as she turned back to face Fabio. "We had been looking for somewhere to go to pick up something before the rest of our day, but we did not find somewhere. Do you know the area better than Kavi does?"
He drummed his fingers against his face thinking of all the places he knew in and about the town. There was always the stand at the park that had both falafials and hotdogs but the lady seemed to classy for street food. He tried to think of a place that Kavi had not tried yet. A little light bulb went off in his head, and he slithered from under his cave pulling himself up to his feet. "Dudette, you are in for a treat. " He looked over to his roommate. "Are you guys up for a walk or should we take the tram into town?"
He had not cared either way, and instead left the choice to Géraldine who mentioned that she would rather walk to enjoy the autumn day after travelling for what seemed like so long, and so their decision was made. Fabio seemed eager to lead, and it did not bother either of them to dally behind him to enjoy the leaves and start to catch up, both in sharing stories and to the beanie headed one who lead them and seemed more inclined towards getting to their destination than dallying in the streets. It was not until Kavi spotted him picking around through the leaves for what he first thought was a lovely leaf, but was not only that but a shiny heads-up penny as well. "In your spare time you are just picking up luck, that is pretty impressive."
His shoulders rose and fell playfully as he opened his other hand showing the other at least 20 cents worth of luck. “If you ever go gambling I can lend you some of my pennies.” Shaking his head he walked behind both Géraldine and Kavi placing one hand around their shoulders and speeding up their walking to his pace. “Dudes, there will be plenty of time for kissy face, now is the time for stuffing your face.” He felt the strangest sense of dejavu as he walked both of them, humming and wiggling as if he was doing the mambo. He walked them minding their complaints until they were in front of the tavern. “Waalahh!”
"A bar? It is only," she looked down at her watch, "nine a.m." They received the briefing from Fabio that the tavern actually served food early before the evening crowd piled in, and it seemed to make enough sense that they could not complain with the logic, and they decided the least they could do was check the menu before turning it down completely. Reaching out, Kavi opened the door and allowed for Géraldine to enter first before he looked to Fabio with a joking eyebrow lifted. "Ladies first."
He raised an eyebrow walking forward and pausing as soon as he was beside Kavi. Peering into doors he saw Géraldine was occupied by the decor inside. He reached out and quickly poked Kavi in the side He chuckled watching him flinch, and quickly he pulled him away from the door. Mischievously he grinned as he twisted and propelled Kavi into the door way following behind him and shutting the door. Grinning he put his arm around Kavi's shoulders. "Ladies first dude." He said shaking his mangy head of hair as the hostess came to see them to their table.
Even Kavi, in all his seriousness, could not help laughing at the joke, and despite the questioning look he got from Géraldine he did not explain and instead followed the waitress who brought them to the corner booth that he'd picked when he and Fabio came there on their first night. Recalling memories from that night he peered around to make sure the stage was not occupied by singers. "There is no karaoke during the day, is there?"
He shook his head sadly. "No you lucked out. They save it for nights when fools what to have fun. Although I am sure if you wanted to, we would not mind a concert at the table." He said curling his hand under his head and smiling mischievously. Idly he turned to Gerladine who was taking in the rustic decor. "Well I am sure you can find something you like, Gerladine, I mean they cater to Kavi's meatless existence I am sure we can find some for your lady taste buds."
Spotting an old rusting bike hanging from the ceiling along with many street signs posted all around she shrugged before commenting, "I'm sure they'll have something, bars on college campuses usually add vegan options to their menus. There is actually a really nice bar at MIT that specifically serves vegetarian and vegan foods, it is wonderful, remind me to take you when you come to visit, Kavi." She was awarded with an agreeable hum from her boyfriend, which gave her a cause to smile. "Have you ever tried to be vegetarian, Fabio? It is not for everyone, but it can an enlightening experience," she added as she let Kavi take a seat in the booth before she slid in next to him. "Not that there is anything wrong with eating meat either, it is all a personal decision."
For a moment Fabio sat amused. He glanced over to Kavi wondering why he had not told his girlfriend about their little bet. He opened his mouth to reply and then thought better of it. "Well I do eat more of them now thanks to Kavi but given the choice I would prefer a hotdog any day." He said fondly plucking the menu from the table to look it over. "But yes this place just loves college kids with endless money from parental units to spend. "So if you and Kavi met at a coffee shop do you live in the same town? and did you go to the same school?" He wondered while reading the menu.
"I actually live in Cambridge, and Kavi had been visiting with his parents to look at MIT when we ran into each other in the coffee shop." "My parents live in Lancaster," Kavi politely mentioned as he looked over Géraldine's shoulder to share the menu with her, listening intently as she continued on. "We never went to school together, though we thought we would be going to the same college until Kavi decided to come here instead of MIT." This earned a shrug from the girl and it was mirrored by Kavi as a waitress circled around to introduce herself and give them a glass of water. It was clearly a subject not often brought up, but Géraldine tacked on more to try and fix the awkward slip-up."During the holidays we are close enough to visit though, so it is not too bad."
His directional sense caused his eyes to look up wondering where Cambrige was and soon gave up and started a random interrogation of the girl, asking her questions such as what her favorite color was and if she would eat green eggs and ham. Fabio noted with amusement that she missed the point of the question entirely as she started to lecture him on how eggs went against the ideals of veganism. He folded his hand under his chin and just watched her animatedly talk before trying some of her food and approving of it, asking Kavi if he wished to try some. The two soon fell into their own world of inside jokes and catching up that Fabio was hardly privy to. He felt a small twinge of jealousy watch thing them move until there was no more room between them, the soft sounds of secret giggles and the anitodes about friends and family he would never meet. It got to the point where their noses were pressed together, that Fabio decided to interrupt. He flicked a small fry between their faces hitting the back of the booth. He moved around more of his food till he found another fry, aiming it at Kavi.
He found Géraldine's short rant to be amusing, and her patient attitude which allowed her to answer each of Fabio's question, no matter how random. Without hardly meaning to they started to discuss their own topics, and by the time they nearly finished their food Kavi leaned in for a kiss only to find Géraldine pull away. With surprise he looked to see a french fry slide down the vinyl, and turning to look at Fabio he was greeted with one of the greasy french fries striking his glasses and his cheek. Wiping it away he was only able to see out of one lense, the other fogged by grease. Both Fabio and the girl started laughing, and slipping off his glasses he wiped at his cheek with a chuckle before working to clean his glasses. "Sorry, Kavi," Géraldine said with blush from a mix of embarrassment and amusement on her cheeks, "Seems like our attention is demanded else ware. We should probably get going, explore the rest of the town."
He bounced happily out of the booth and this time he decided to walk behind the lovers, to make sure they kept up with him. He led them through out the city, pointing out all the famous landmarks, the best places to shop, the museums. Some how their travels seem to lead them to the infamous park in the city. He had long given up on trying to separate Kavi and his girl friend and had taken to walking a head of the love birds so that he would not have to watch their cuteness leak all over the park. He had already walked off his lunch and while Kavi and Geraldine lagged behind, Fabio went in search of a vendor to find something to warm himself up. Grey billowy clouds had moved across the sky and the temperature was slowly dropping. He turned to offer the pair some hot chocolate, and found the love birds laughing under the trees. He grumpily retracted the offer never heard and bought one for himself. "Hay guys, I think we should get dinner and head back. I think its going to rain."
The girl seemed surprised to find Fabio having come up behind her, and turning around she offered a smile before she noticed the off color clouds floating in on a strong breeze and her look fell away. "I thought I had checked the weather before I came, I guess I forgot," she admitted sullenly, unsure of what would happen to their plans. Kavi, however, seemed unphased, and reaching out to take her hand, he offered his typical nonchalant look. "It'll be okay, it is going to get dark anyway. Heading back to the dorm might be for the best tonight. We might have time to spend more time here before we leave tomorrow." Géraldine seemed to perk up a bit at that, and offering a new smile she linked her and Kavi's fingers together. "Had you pointed out somewhere to eat when you were giving a tour, Fabio? All I can remember is the library and the landmarks."
He shook his head. "nope nope, sorry dudette, but I can not play with you guys tomorrow." His lips curved into a grin. "I was going to surprise my mom by coming home early so we could spend the day together. She usually needs help shopping for Thanksgiving since most of the stuff she cooks takes a lot of time and its al dente" He said rubbing his tummy. " The house needs to be cleaned just in case family comes over and stuff. You two are just going to have to fend for yourselves." He said taking another sip of his coacoa and following Geraldine's gaze to the sky. "Alright this time you guys are going to have to walk faster if you wanna grab dinner before it gets dark. There is a little organic place on the way back to the dorms.
The both of them readily agreed, assuring Fabio that they would keep up if he lead the way, and they kept true to their word. Even though they traveled fast, the storm clouds were always in the distance, almost looming over then as they rushed to get to the dorm, and it was not until they reached the organic shop Fabio spoke of that they seemed to escape the biting cold that came with the front of the storm. Both Géraldine and Kavi were jealous of the hot chocolate Fabio had bought, and this was reinforced by the fact that the owners of the store had only recently turned on the heat and the store was still frigid. "Oh Jesus it is cold," Géraldine said while stuffing her hands into her pockets and standing close to Kavi for warmth. "Let's hurry up and find something to take back to the dorm before it starts to rain, if it is this cold now I can only imagine how bad it would be if we got rained on." Taking Kavi's hand she started off into the store with determination and the assumption that Fabio would follow along and help them to find dinner for the three of them.
Even his stryofoam cup could not save him from minute shivers. He was thankful for the warm of the restaurant, until he saw the menu and its various tofu replacments. There was a small spot for chicken, organically grown non preservative chicken. Looking out the window and rubbing his stomach he gained a gauge of how hungry he would be and his unwillingness to travel farther then the vending machine made him order more then he could possibly need for one night. He found a table by the window while the love birds continued to talk over the menu and order. Pressing his nose against the cold glass he watched the people bustle by until something soft and white landed on the glass quickly melting into a droplet. It was just as Gerladine and Kavi slid into the seat across from him that he pointed it out. "Dude." he said raising a finger to yet another silently falling white flake. "Dudette I hope you brought some winter clothes."
While Kavi seemed unamused at the prospect of snow having already begun to fall, Géraldine seemed happy to see the intricate white flakes as the tumbled from the sky to melt upon contact to any surface it touched. "Oh it is snow, this is so nice. I thought this winter would start late like last year, but it is starting early." Grabbing onto Kavi's arm, she pointed out a small cluster of the ice crystals as they floated to the window and began to linger while it very slowly melted. "You know that if it snows too much then our train could be delayed and we could get home late." "Come on, live a little. It's snow!" "Because we do not totally get enough of snow in Massachusetts." He pulled away as Géraldine turned to look at him with an upset look, and holding up his hands defensively he gave a shrug. "It's a momentous occasion, it does not snow here much." She seemed appeased enough for the comment, and both she and Kavi let the subject drop while they watched the flakes begin to stick to the ground.