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Knocks are sort of weird. And pretty suspicious, after all the shit that's been going down in this place since.. well, pretty much since they got here. It's not like Heung Soo can think of a lot of people who'd have reasons to visit them either, but in the end the thought of someone like that girl Nam Soon sees a lot being stuck in front of a closed door wins out over his paranoia. He just doesn't want some crying fluffy little girl in front of their door, okay, that's just going to look weird. (And maybe he has latent motherhen instincts, but shh, no one has to know.)

This? This is not what he expected to see when he opened the door though, and his look is halfway between a frown and confusion when he glances at Nice and his pizza. Clearly the best way to greet anyone. ]

.. What are you doing here?

[ Something tells him this is going to be really bothersome, okay. ]

[it's true that much like heung soo, nam soon can't really see any good reason for someone to be knocking on the door. he's pretty sure nobody actually knows where he lives—at least, he hasn't told anyone.

maybe heung soo did, but the look on his face before he gets up to answer the door seems to indicate otherwise. not wanting to get up, nam soon stays back for moment—it'll be taken care of soon enough, right? but when he hears those words, it evokes something a little different. clearly, heung soo knows the person at the door, and that's enough to pique his curiosity. and probably not in a good way. so nam soon pulls himself up from where he's sitting, rounding the corner to the doorway and peering out in nice's direction.]

Who is it? [he's asking heung soo, almost as if nice isn't even standing there. oops.]

[How rude...he just wants to make friends--

No not really, he's just really freaking bored and Heung Soo just so happens to be his current target for the day. He wasn't really expecting for someone else to be around (he hadn't gotten that far in his..."investigation" or whatever the fuck you want to call how he found out where he lived), and he raises an eyebrow a little bit as he ignores both questions.]

I don't know that I have enough for three people.

[Because that explains what he's doing here and who he is, right? He glances at Nam Soon though, before looking back at Heung Soo.]

Who's he?

[???? Nice you're the one barging in on them, don't act like it's the other way around.]

[ Well, this is an awkward situation. Especially with Nice being apparently so overly friendly that he thinks inviting himself to other people's places to bring food is a normal thing.. and making it seem in the progress like he was planning this with Heung Soo and they just shut out Nam Soon in the process. Heung Soo's pretty sensitive to that now since he knows that kind of stuff sets off that bastard like woah, so he's quick to turn and look back into the apartment at Nam Soon first to answer. ]

A weird guy.

[ Sorry, Nice.. Heung Soo is just blunt for the most part. It's not like Nice is terrible, but he's just.. so.. anime... he doesn't know how to deal with that ridiculousness. That's his way of saying "someone who's decent enough but just way too weird."

After that he glances back at Nice. ]

He's my best friend. [ aka roommate/bastard/boyfriend.. but, you know.. ] .. At least make sure you have enough if you really feel the need to invite yourself over out of the blue. Aish..

[maybe it's understandable in some way that nam soon is immediately wary when nice is saying he only has enough for two. who the hell is this guy? did heung soo invite him over? is he being left out again?

it's weird and a bit suspicious, since they'd been lounging around—heung soo probably should have said something about it, right? they've already had a bit of a spat over things like this before, so it's something that bothers nam soon immediately, because his ego is much more fragile than it appears, especially when he's standing there looking more agitated than anything else. he didn't go around telling people where they lived, after all.

there's a little bit of relief that he feels when heung soo is clear about... well, everything. who nice is (kind of), who nam soon is, and the fact that this was unplanned. nice isn't likely to pick up on that relief, but there is the very slightest shift in the way he stands that heung soo will definitely notice right away. it's bastards synchronicity.]

That's what we have phones for. [yeah, nice! call before just showing up at people's houses with not enough food to share. rude as hell. you come into his house and you can't even guarantee feeding him....]

[If these kids are irritated at Nice, he doesn't show that he comprehends this. It's not like he's not used to people treating him like a nuisance (which is 100% warranted to be honest), so he's learned to just ig...nore...it...]

Well I mean it says it can feed four but I don't know about you, but I think they lie.

[or maybe you just eat too much, Nice. He's already eaten a little bit if the pizza too so there's that.

He moves so that he can look over at Nam Soon, and shrugs.]

It's not like this is that bad. Besides, I think my phone is at my place.

[Good job, man.]

Edited (Phone tagging and autocorrect man) 2015-06-13 13:52 (UTC)

[ Well. All in all, this situation could be worse. Sure, Nice is being Nice, but that's still usually on a.. somewhat tolerable level. There's sure people here he can deal with less than with Nice being himself. Not to mention that Heung Soo can instantly tell from Nam Soon's body language and words that he's not about to throw some sort of fit over this and retreat into his room either, which is a good thing. He certainly doesn't have enough of himself to deal with both of them being difficult at once.

So he can just focus his attention on the situation at hand, and he just clicks his tongue. ]

Looks like you'll have to make a sacrifice if it's not enough after all.

[ But it doesn't sound entirely unfriendly.. maybe a little bit because of that naturally intimidating face Heung Soo has, but there's no real barb in the words. It's almost more like teasing, and he's making room for Nice to come in if he so wishes.

Hey, it's free dinner, okay. And if Nam Soon doesn't seem like he's uncomfortable with it, then it can't hurt that much. Probably. ]

[he's not uncomfortable with it, but he's also not exactly comfortable with it, either.

in this case, at least, that mostly stems from the fact that nam soon isn't much of a people person when his personal space is being invaded. especially so suddenly like this. but he also knows that despite the show of aggravation, heung soo is too nice to just turn away gestures like this. it's kind of like admitting defeat in a way. you know, in his head, because he's five years old and this is somehow "losing" if only by way of having to share time with someone else.

either way, he starts shuffling back the other way to get plates and whatnot.]

Take your shoes off before you come in. [he'll leave it to heung soo to deal with otherwise, but just in case nice comes from some place where people wear their shoes all over the house, he's nipping that in the bud. which, right now is more from a lack of wanting to have to clean a filthy floor than because of cultural habits. priorities are clearly very real for him right now.]

I guess we'll figure out something.

[Aka you guys will be figuring out something, but he takes of his shoes as he comes in and enters the building anyway.

And since he was invited in, he's going to make himself at home. He's going to put a pizza on a table, grab another piece, and fall onto the couch and start eating.]

So, what're we doing?

[Nice.]

[ Thank god Heung Soo is at least a little more socially capable than Nam Soon - he's it plenty, really, it's just that it's sunk down so deep within him over the years covered by loneliness and bitterness that it takes moments like these for it to resurface.

Which means that while Nam Soon is grabbing plates, he's instead occupying himself with making sure Nice doesn't act like a total lazy asshole. He already is well aware that Nice is weird as hell, but that doesn't mean he gets a free pass on this stuff, okay. ]

Aish.. [ He moves past the other guy, hitting him (although not too roughly, at least, more to draw attention than anything else) in the head as he passes. ]

Don't act like you own the place. Did no one ever teach you manners?

[ It's a very motherhenny thing to say, but it's something that naturally comes out when Heung Soo goes into Mom Soo mode.. it's the product of having grown up with a very dominant older sister, okay. It rubs off after a while. ]

[this situation is so incredibly annoying; it's been bad enough that they had their casual relaxation time interrupted by some guy he didn't even know, but worse yet is the way he saunters in like he owns the place.

shit like that really annoys nam soon, and even if he's been cleared of any suspicious or envious feelings, it doesn't make it any less agitating that these are the kind of people heung soo knows. the two of them may not be the classiest or most refined, but they have an iota of respect for the people around them, especially when they're in other people's homes. so even if he's cooperating, it's... not really a pleasant sort of thing. when he returns with the plates, he places them down with enough force to indicate his agitation, clicking his tongue.]

Aigoo... this bastard always picking up strays. [nice is annoying, yes, but he's a little agitated that heung soo being the meddlesome guy that he is, somehow gets involved and helps out these sorts of people. because then he has to deal with them too.

he's possessive and five years old, clearly.]

[Sorry, Facultas wasn't really that great on establishing social etiquette. If there was someone who taught Nice this, he probably slept through it all. Or he just doesn't care. Either which probably works.]

Probably.

[Probably did teach him manners that is, but it's not like he actually acts on this. It's not like it's that much of a big deal, right? Right?

--Well, it's not a big deal to him.

But Nice looks over at Nam Soon again when he places the plates down, and raises an eyebrow.]

I brought over food, and you're frustrated? Am I the only one without manners around here?

[NICE PLEASE STOP]

[ Look, it's not like Heung Soo doesn't get agitated by his own habit sometimes, okay? No need to rub salt into the wound over how he's such a mother hen that he just can't leave these types alone, he really can't help it.. there's a small amount of regret (or guilt, however you wish to interpret it) that flashes across his face when Nam Soon speaks up, but then he's already moving to occupy himself by putting a slice on one of the plates the other has put down for Nam Soon, and then another one for himself before taking that plate with him as he moves to sit down. ]

In this room? Yeah.

[ Well, not like he and Nam Soon are that great, but they're a hell of a lot better than what they used to be like, especially Nam Soon. So let him at least have that one, okay. ]

At least try to leave a good impression on people for once. What isn't this bastard going to think of you now? [ .. not.. that Heung Soo's own opinion on Nice is all that high, but at least he doesn't think Nice is a bad person under all his weirdness. At least that. ]

[well, one thing's for sure. no matter how much of a mother hen heung soo it, and no matter how many strays he picks up, nam soon can see that at least he's still the priority here. and in his selfish and sometimes childish mind, that's what is most important in this particular situation.

it's a stupid, petty thing to be satisfied by, and nam soon knows it, but it doesn't stop his expression from easing just slightly as he takes the slice of pizza presented to him by heung soo. it's a somewhat innate sense of knowing as they're communicating a very personal dispute without uttering a single word. and wordless he remains as he takes a bite of the pizza before looking over to nice briefly.]

Is he always like this? [he's asking heung soo, of course. because right now? nice seems like kind of an insufferable person to deal with. pizza aside.]

[Yeah, Nice is pretty insufferable with or without food. But the free food should make things better, right?

Right...

Well whatever it is, he looks back at Heung Soo for a second and then shrugs.]

He can think whatever he wants of me. I don't really care that much.

[Times like these are probably bad times to Not Care.]

What does he think of me?

[He's just curious.]

[ Okay, so dealing with flunkies is one thing. That much Heung Soo can bear, even if it comes with a lot of momma bear grumbling all the time. At least he's getting free food out of this, anyway, and at least this way he knows that neither of these two (although he trusts Nam Soon more with that than Nice, considering the conversations he's had with the latter) is getting themselves into trouble right now.

But functioning as a telephone between the two of them? That's something he's really not interested in. Seriously. Both of you are friendless losers in your own right, but come on, don't do this to him.. ]

Usually he's too busy talking about aliens.

[ Dryly.... Nice and his weird obsession with anime things!!

But he won't answer the other's question, okay. At least Nam Soon's was still sort of directed at him, but if they feel the need to keep asking this stuff, then they can just ask each other what they think of each other.

These dumb bastards.

Heung Soo is just going to shove this piece of pizza into his mouth, okay. Clearly occupied, you two talk!! So subtle.. ]

[that would probably work better if nam soon had any sort of real interest in making conversation with nice. but he doesn't, really, since he hasn't been given much of a reason to think they have much to talk about.]

Aliens...

[sure, okay. really, that's one thing he's not sure he gets but maybe not because it's too anime. even back where they're from, there are people who believe in them, tons of shows and movies about them. it's not that weird, typically, even if it's not much to talk about. but here? in cerealia, where there are people from all kinds of worlds.]

Doesn't seem exciting. There are lots here anyway. [he knows he's seen some not-very human looking people wandering around the city anyway. they're just sort of a thing. nam soon's so great at conversation, isn't he?]

I'm not usually talking that much about aliens. Even though they're pretty interesting...

[But then he sits up, eyes wide like he just realized something.]

Hey! There's human-looking people from other planets here, I think. Would you consider them aliens, or no? If they're not from Earth, then that would technically be it, right?

[He really is too anime, even for most of his friends back at home. But he only does this when he's bored, so there's that. Even Murasaki probably would've hit him upside the head by now.

...He just really needs to shut up all around probably, but that's impossible for him.]

[ See, this is exactly why he's too anime for life. Who would even wonder this stuff? No normal person, that's for sure, but Nice over here would. Nice who wonders about head-regenerating powers, for one...

Don't mind Heung Soo shoving something into his mouth and chewing, hoping this weirdass thing might resolve itself. But of course it doesn't, and by the time he's swallowed the piece of the pizza, he has to speak up. ]

Does it matter?

[ Seriously, alien terminology is one of the things he cares about the least here. ]

People here are just weird.

[ Look, maybe it's blunt and rude, but.. it's.. tr.. ue.... ]

We'd all be aliens here. None of us are native.

[isn't that how it works? this isn't earth. and there are a ton of people around who look like they could be from earth but are from weird-ass sounding anime worlds. it seems kind of dumb to him to be concerned about it. they're all aliens. kind of.

he shrugs as he takes a bite of his pizza. this conversation could probably be a whole lot worse, at least. even if it's really, incredibly dumb and pointless. nam soon would still rather be lounging peacefully without company, but it's too late for that, huh?]

Everything here is weird. [not just the people.]

I don't want to think of myself as an alien.

[This is such an intense conversation...mostly on Nice's side. But still. Who knew he'd be talking about...aliens...of all things.

He still has to think about what they've said, though. He still doesn't think he's an alien but!!]

I can agree that people are weird here, though. That's probably what happens when you get a bunch of aliens together.

[He's still on this, though.]

[ Heung Soo has only barely swallowed part of the pizza when he glances in Nice's direction, raising one of his eyebrows ~~even if they're hidden behind his bangs so their true 350 bench pressing potential is hidden.~~ ]

You don't think you're weird?

[ Don't get him wrong, he doesn't think Nice is an alien or some weird superhuman any more than he and Nam Soon are (aka not at all, thanks Nam Soon for agreeing with him here), but Nice still is weird. There's no denying that fact.

He glances back into Nam Soon's direction a little, shaking his head in the "don't mind this weirdo" sort of way. ]

He's the weirdest one here.

[whether or not that means he's minding or not minding... that probably remains to be seen. of course, "here" only means in this room, because as off-putting as he finds nice, nam soon has dealt with much stranger in the last few months.

not that he really thinks that he is normal, or that heung soo is either... but someone's gotta be the weirdest and nice gets that title, as far as he sees it.]

[You guys are so rude. But Nice deserves it anyway.

...Even if he does find it somewhat inaccurate. But would he really ever admit to something like that?]

No, I'm not weird at all! I'm perfectly normal.

[Yeah, okay. You have two seasons of an anime to prove that 100% wrong.]

It's you guys that're kind of weird.

[???]

Edited 2015-07-28 17:46 (UTC)

How are we weird?

[ Said with a hint of annoyance to it.. tsunnoyance or something, you know, the usual brand that Heung Soo displays. Even if he knows he's not the most normal high school student or anything, he still won't take those kind of remarks from someone who's obviously weirder than them in a place that's obviously weirder than any of them have ever dealt with.

He's normal compared to the aliens and magical girls and god knows what else, okay. ]

This crazy bastard, barging into our house and calling us the weird ones.

[there's not much to add to that; nam soon shares the exact same sentiment as heung soo in this case. he's aware of their abnormalcies, but they pale in comparison to just about everything encountered in the colony. so instead, he just clicks his tongue, leaning back in his seat.]

You just are. You're calling me weird, for one, which obviously isn't true.

[He pauses for a minute, because he wants to grab some pizza and start eating it.

And talking with his mouth full...]

And second, you let a random person into your place and're eating his pizza. What if he spit in it or something?

[HE DIDN'T BUT it's purely hypothetical.]

[ Thank god Heung Soo isn't inclined to believe Nice really did that.. Nice is very.. Nice-y, yeah, but he's not a terrible guy. Or so Heung Soo thinks, anyway. He's just weird... ]

Your head is pretty empty, but not that empty. [ Thanks, what a great compliment, man.

Don't start making him feel bad for letting you in after all though.. just showing up like that with food makes it hard for secretly nice Heung Soo to send anyway away just like that, okay. ]

We wouldn't let that sit anyway. ...Do you think we wouldn't notice something like that?

[he was the punk who would definitely spit in other people's food at one point in his life. he may be a lazy bastard who doesn't want to deal with a headache now, but that wasn't always the case.

so just kind check yourself, nice.]

Not if I gave it enough time to soak into the pizza.

[But whatever, he's talking in hypotheticals anyway...because he can.]

I guess I should be glad you guys have some faith in me. [some.....] Though the next guy who comes up with pizza you might not want to trust this much. Even the pizza guy. He might spit in your food too.

[Words of wisdom.]

[ The last thing he wants is taking advice from Nice of all people. Seriously. If anything, that guy should be taking advice from them on how to act like a normal person??

So instead Heung Soo just swallows another bite of pizza before speaking up in a voice that's - if at all possible - even more flat than what he usually already sounds like. ]

Alright. Next time you show up at the door, I'll turn you away. [ Thanks, Heung Soo.. he glances at Nam Soon, knowing that bastard will at least follow up on him. ] Even if there's some ridiculous monster chasing you.

You probably should have turned him away to begin with.

[nam soon makes a bit of a face. really, all the talk of spitting in food is thoroughly unappetizing. it wasn't so bad at first, but with it continuing—well, he's taking a second to look at the remaining portion of his pizza slice with a cocked brow.]

Let the monsters spit on him a bit. [nam soon, nice is right there. stop talking like he isn't. he's not really too serious about it anyway at this point, at least. he's probably not going to have the highest and most favorite opinion of nice, but this really isn't too bad, despite his outward attitude. it's just the sort of bastard he is.]

[These guys are so nice!! Not that Nice is any better, but the fact that they are so brutal is kind of new for him.]

He's not going to turn down free pizza.

[Just saying!!]

And I don't want monster spit on me!! That's gross! They'd have to catch me first, anyway.

[That would be more difficult...probably.]

[closed]

I'M SO LATE FORGIVE ME...

i'm even later apparently, throws myself away

throws myself away also because i'm the latest

watches you both get taken out with the trash

takes you with me too tbh

Jelle you gotta come with us

i'm not going into the garbage bin!!!

picks you up, places you in, and sings i love trash

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