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Post by Ezra Lazarus on Jan 17, 2015 15:49:18 GMT -5
my heart beats so fast it feels like its lastFor once, the blonde was allowing himself to be optimistic. This was something that even he was having a hard time putting a negative spin on, it was something he’d been waiting for ever since he started school here four years ago. There had been times when he had been sure it wasn’t going to happen – maybe he was like his brother. But then his brother had been told much sooner, which was what he had comforted himself with. In any other way, he would have been fine with being like his brother, but not in this matter. Just thinking it made him feel slightly guilty, though, so he shook his head and pulled the slip of paper out of pocket. Graceless – Gymnasium – Seven PM. Graceless. What was that even supposed to mean, anyway? He tilted his left hand, bringing his wrist up to his eyes for a moment. There it was, written more or less for the entire world to see. It didn’t sound very good. Perhaps if Ezra was more aware of his more prominent flaws he would understand exactly what the name meant, but as it was he had no idea. He had grace… didn’t he? He shook his head, pulling open the heavy doors to the gym. His eyes scanned it quickly, and he was only slightly disappointed by the fact that his partner wasn’t there yet. Well, they still had about five minutes anyway. He moved into the gym a bit, leaning against one of the walls and tipping his head back. His eyes closed as the world swam slightly. He hadn’t slept last night, and he probably hadn’t gotten more than a couple hours of sleep the night before that. He’d had a lot of tests recently, not to mention he had been working a lot as well. He could never exactly tell them ‘no’ when they called him in, so he ended up working until midnight, and then studying until it was time for his first class. And even today he’d had to work a shift after school, hadn’t even had time to change out of his uniform, though you couldn’t really tell with his jacket on anyway. He slid down the wall, his knees coming up to his chest. He was excited – and slightly worried – he was, but exhaustion was a hard beast to beat three days running. He pulled his phone out of his pocket, and the time read 7:05. Well, where were they? He stifled a yawn and leaned his head back on the wall once again, placing his phone on his knees as he chewed his lip slightly. -- Tobias Briggs trying to savor up the moments until it goes flat coded by fudge of gs
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Post by Tobias Briggs on Jan 17, 2015 16:26:56 GMT -5
A SOUND SLEEPER, toby was feeling particularly lazy today, deciding it was as good a time as any to just take a nap. he hadn't heard the knock on the door, nor was he aware of the fact a letter had been slipped beneath the door, waiting patiently for him to open which didn't happen for a good while as the sophomore continued to snooze, hidden somewhere beneath the curled up blankets and having a pleasant sleep. it wasn't until much later that he'd finally stirred, stretching out and yawning to catch a glimpse of the stationary still sitting at his door. lazily, he tore open the envelope, skimming over the page at first till he noticed the time typed neatly on the page. a glance to his clock was enough to wake him up, the teen already quite late for... whatever this was. after giving it another read he still wasn't quite sure how to feel about the topic. it was about his fighter, the name graceless leaving him little doubt about that. his ears flattened, the boy never particularly fond of the idea and quite frankly was half tempted to just ignore this supposed meeting and pretend like whoever this partner of his was didn't even exist. he didn't need anybody. he was perfectly capable of taking care of himself, after all! ... still, he couldn't deny being somewhat curious. maybe it'd be worth at least checking it out? it wasn't like he was signing up for life by just getting a good look at whoever his partner was. if he didn't like it, he could always just ignore them, right? his tail swatted behind him, the inner struggle getting a bit irritating. however, after a while, he finally seemed to have decided, getting up and getting dressed and heading to the meeting place... nearly half an hour late. he planned to just peek into the gym. get a quick look and get the hell out of there, if his fighter was even still there anyway. but when he couldn't see anyone just by looking through the small window, he opened the door and stepped in a bit to get a better look, the heavy door practically slamming behind him in the empty gymnasium, causing him to jump a bit. of course, catching a glimpse of the blonde slouched against a wall, he realized he wasn't actually alone. "shit.." he hissed to himself. his cover was blown! he hadn't even realized who it was, too busy kicking himself for failing horribly at being sneaky. he should have just stayed in bed! | Straight from your mouth and right through my backbone |
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Post by Ezra Lazarus on Jan 17, 2015 16:52:31 GMT -5
my heart beats so fast it feels like its lastBy the time his partner actually showed up, Ezra was sound asleep. His phone had slipped out of his hand onto the ground next to him, his forehead was rested against his knees. He hadn’t meant to fall asleep, not at all, and that door slamming would give him a rather harsh wake up call. His head jerked upward, his pink eyes wide for a moment before his sluggish brain caught up with what was happening. His eyes fell on a form that looked positively familiar, and it didn’t take him long to realize who it was. “Toby?” His voice sounded incredulous for just a moment. Why was Toby here…. unless… He pushed himself up along the wall, his legs shaking slightly from a mixture of surprise, excitement, and exhaustion. There was only one reason why Toby would be here, wasn’t there? The look of shock would gradually melt off of the teen’s face to be replaced with a rather bright smile. He liked Toby, Toby was good! Better, in fact, than a stranger. He already knew him a bit, they had already spent a bit of time together. He pushed his way off the wall, his exhaustion temporarily forgotten as it was replaced with pure excitement. He closed the distance between them in a few quick strides, shaking back the sleeve of his jacket and presenting his wrist to the other male. “I just…. huh.” He found it strange that he had been around Toby and not known. Wasn’t that something he should have known? Or felt? Did it really matter now? He let out a little laugh as his arms slipped around the younger male in a loose hug. He wasn’t sure if it would be considered strange, though he didn’t really feel like it was. Though Ezra was very liberal with touching people. He would let a complete stranger sit in his lap and not really feel strange at all about it. It was just touching, after all. Either way, after a few seconds he let the dark haired male go. “Where’s yours?” He questioned. He wanted to see it, mostly so he could dispel any of his doubts. Toby was his sacrifice, right? He had to be. -- Tobias Briggs - Lmao Toby is so cute xP trying to savor up the moments until it goes flat coded by fudge of gs
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Post by Tobias Briggs on Jan 17, 2015 17:42:30 GMT -5
MAYBE THERE WAS STILL A CHANCE! blue eyes darted over his shoulder to the menacing doors behind him, tempted to escape before this fighter was able to catch him. of course, his movement stopped when he heard a familiar voice say his name, causing the student to freeze for a moment before he looked back to the blonde he'd practically given a heart attack. what was ezra doing here? he felt slightly relieved, despite his confusion, glad to have run into someone he was familiar with rather than look like a fool in front of a complete stranger. before he could really question his being there, not seeming the automatically register the obvious, the senior had closed the distance, presenting his wrist with markings that looked oddly familiar. it took him a second before it dawned on him, jaw dropping. this guy was supposed to be his fighter?! and no sooner after did he receive another surprise when ezra decided to hug him, an action that might have caused toby to try and push him off had he not been so shocked. instead all he could do was blush, stammering to find words to say something even he wasn't even sure about. he'd just woken up, his mind wasn't ready for this yet! fortunately, when ezra released him, asking where his name was, it seemed to snap him out of it. well... sort of. "mine?" he questioned with a tilt of the head, shortly reminding himself of why he was even here to begin with. "oh... uh.." he was tempted to shut him down then and there, committed to the idea he needed no fighter. but this was ezra, he was his friend. he couldn't do that to him. so, reluctantly, he pulled up his own sleeve, revealing the name across the opposite wrist. well.. what should have been anyway. it was a bit scarred, but it was there, a matching 'graceless'. "look, we match!" he joked, managing a small smile despite still being quite unsure about the whole thing. so they had matching names, big whoop. that didn't mean he had to resort to simply being someones sacrifice... right? "gotta admit.. didn't expect to see you here." he stated honestly, still at a loss for words. it seemed rather weird now, knowing the guy who nagged him about his cuts was actually his fighter the whole time. he didn't know what exactly he had expected, but it certainly wasn't this. and unfortunately for him, he didn't know how exactly to get out of this either, or if it was even an option anymore. it was actually rather scary when you thought about it. he wasn't a huge fan of this whole fate business. | Straight from your mouth and right through my backbone |
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Post by Ezra Lazarus on Jan 18, 2015 13:53:57 GMT -5
my heart beats so fast it feels like its lastIt seemed to take Toby a moment to register what was going on, and in that moment Ezra’s stomach dropped just slightly. Had he been wrong? He had been certain that it had to be Toby. Why else would he be here at this time? There were no classes and he wasn’t wearing workout clothing or anything like that. For half a second, a frown appeared on his features, but it disappeared quickly enough as the other boy’s wrist was presented. The name was a little harder to read due to the scars that could be found there, and he frowned a little more again. He didn’t truthfully know a lot about Toby, but that was an odd place to have scars… “We do!” He agreed, smiling a bit more easily as he resolved not to ask about it. His fingers closed gently over the darker-haired male’s wrist, and he just looked for a moment. He was still in shock over the fact that he had finally found his partner, and even more so because his partner happened to be Toby. How did that just work? The thought of fate, the thought of being bound to someone forever, that didn’t bother Ezra. He was a romantic person at heart, and even if that wasn’t how this partnership would be working out, he didn’t shy away from commitment in any form. Toby was his partner now – or – would it be more accurate to say he always had been? Either way, the point was that they were together for better or for worse. He laughed a bit, releasing his hold on that wrist finally and rubbing the back of his head. “Y-Yeah, I was sort of expecting a stranger.” He admitted. His cheeks felt slightly hot, but that likely from a mixture of excitement and exhaustion more than anything. “I’m glad it was you, though.” He admitted, and while a normal person might have blushed or sounded sheepish, Ezra sounded nothing but confident. -- Tobias Briggs - They're both cute xD trying to savor up the moments until it goes flat coded by fudge of gs
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Post by Tobias Briggs on Jan 18, 2015 18:51:30 GMT -5
THAT FROWN OF HIS DIDN'T GO UNNOTICED, toby at least catching the expression as his wrist was inspected. he couldn't necessarily say he was surprised by the reaction, reminded that most people found scars unpleasant whereas he had grown accustom to finding them here and there. of course, now that it was being stared at an awful lot, with a rather concerned expression to boot, toby found himself feeling a little bit self conscious and was quite tempted to hide his wrist as if doing so would erase it's existence entirely. before he had the opportunity though, ezra returned to his smiling self, relieving the younger student slightly only for him to be surprised once again as his wrist was grasped, causing toby's eyes to widen a bit. ezra was rather fond of physical contact, whereas toby was very averse to it. surprisingly enough (even to himself) however, he didn't pull away or cause a fuss. he couldn't exactly decipher why that was, but he remained calm about it, pulling back a smile that wasn't too hard to manage. it would seem ezra's own was rather contagious. after what seemed like forever (he let it happen, didn't mean he liked it), his wrist was finally released and the dark-haired male was rather eager to hide it before it could cause anymore concern for today. he was here to discuss this arrangement, not about the stories his scars told. though technically he hadn't even shown up for that initially, but things had a habit of changing he supposed. he couldn't help but chuckle when ezra agreed, apparently having expected as much as he had. "we might have been if you hadn't been so damn stubborn about treating me." for someone who disliked it, he sure talked about what happened an awful lot, feeling it necessary to remind the senior and himself how much he hated being babied. of course, he hardly regretted it, glad to have met him. of course, that lead you to wonder if even that meeting was supposedly planned. maybe fate was controlling their paths then. he didn't let that thought linger for long though, not wanting to even humor the ridiculous thought. the blonde was looking a bit flushed he'd realized, among other things that might have warranted some concern of his own had he had the chance. sadly, ezra had to interrupt by saying something absolutely stupid and it was toby's turn to once again get flustered. with a roll of his eyes and a wry smile, tobias was quick to say something before he had the chance to be teased. "geez! way to cheese it up!" he joked, trying to make light of it all before he thought too deeply about that statement. he could have worded that a bit differently. how so? he didn't know! just any other way but that! "please tell me you weren't waiting here the whole time?" he asked hesitantly, noticing now how tired the older student looked and reminded of how horribly late he was. "you look like shit." he went on to say with a smirk, half joking, but mostly being honest. ezra looked like he could use some sleep and the idea that he neglected the chance to see his sacrifice was both sad and.. humbling. yeah he still wasn't sold on the idea, but it seemed ezra was far more interested in it and was very excited about this discovery. it felt nice in a weird way. of course, he wasn't about to admit that out loud. | Straight from your mouth and right through my backbone |
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Post by Ezra Lazarus on Jan 31, 2015 0:59:30 GMT -5
my heart beats so fast it feels like its lastWhen the raven-haired male brought up his forced treatment, Ezra laughed and rubbed the back of his head a bit. What could he say? He was stubborn. He didn’t regret making the younger student allow him to bandage up his knuckles, though. It had made him a friend, and apparently it had given him a chance to get to know his sacrifice a little beforehand. And well, more accurately, he wasn’t even sure if he could technically say he had made Toby let him. He was pretty sure that if Toby didn’t want to do something, it wasn’t going to be done. But then again, what did he know, really? “You know you liked it.” He quipped back, perhaps a bit weakly. He was tired, and while he was able to ignore it, it did impair his ability to banter with anyone.
He shrugged a bit and grinned at the shorter male’s outburst. What could he say? He wasn’t shy about expressing himself or letting people know how he felt. Truthfully, if Ezra held back his emotions too very much he would probably have some kind of mental break. All of the work he put into making himself and things around him perfect took enough toll on him without him trying to hold everything in as well. Of course, there were certain emotions he swallowed, but positive ones weren’t among them.
When the question was posed, though, he wasn’t exactly sure how to go about answering it. He could go the honest route, which was his first instinct, or he could lie a bit – because Toby was looking sort of… guilty. He snorted as the second statement was given, unzipping his jacket so the other student could see his work uniform underneath. “I was at work and I’ve been studying and stuff, I’m just tired.” He waved his hand dismissively even as he took a deep breath to steady himself a bit. In the end, he decided to ignore the question. He wasn’t sure if he could pull off a convincing lie right now, nor did he want to make the dark-haired male feel bad. In his sluggish mind, that seemed like the correct solution. trying to savor up the moments until it goes flat coded by fudge of gs
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Post by Tobias Briggs on Jan 31, 2015 15:38:17 GMT -5
HE HATED WHEN THE BLONDE DID THAT. really, he hated when anyone teased him like that and left him scrambling for something to retort. fortunately this time around, the fighter's weariness made it a bit more bearable, but not any less frustrating. "oh shut up." he smirked, giving the other a light shove, trying not to send him toppling over. of course ezra was only half right. he didn't enjoy the treatment but in some strange way he did enjoy being cared about. it was rather confusing, even to himself, but he was in no hurry to bring this up, content with allowing the little confusion to tuck away in the back of his mind. finally relaxing after his own outburst, toby was now facing a bit of guilt, concerned over his friend's well-being. of course, if anyone were to blame for the blonde having to even show up in the first place was the teachers, but he couldn't deny having a part with his lateness as much as he'd like to. however, surprisingly enough ezra had a hand in it as well, though not entirely by choice. the guy didn't even have the chance to change out of his work clothes! "well maybe you ought to take a nap." oh but he was before wasn't he? "you know, not on the gym floor." he added after taking his accidentally rude awakening into consideration. it was easy to forget the reason they were even here. in fact, he certainly didn't feel any different now knowing they were apparently a pair. was there supposed to be some sort of sign or feeling he was to be aware of? maybe the whole fate thing was bullshit and they were paired solely by random. it just was coincidence that they already knew each other a bit prior. he had no idea, but found it somewhat comforting that nothing crazy happened. what exactly did he expect anyway? he didn't really know. it was relieving nonetheless and he hoped that nothing else would change either. "seriously though." he began, dropping the smile and looking more concerned now. he was impressed that he was able to even keep talking, let alone keep his eyes open. "you need to get some sleep. is this all you had planned for the day?" he asked. it was his turn to start nagging and the teen wouldn't be satisfied until ezra had gotten some rest. | Straight from your mouth and right through my backbone |
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Post by Ezra Lazarus on Jan 31, 2015 20:05:14 GMT -5
my heart beats so fast it feels like its lastThat little shove was enough to displace his foot and cause him to take a step backward. Under normal conditions, it probably wouldn’t have moved him at all. Ezra was surprisingly solid despite looking rather thin. He made sure to get some exercise on top of everything else, after all. Even though he previously hadn’t had a sacrifice, he made sure to keep himself in good shape for when he did get one. He planned to finish the battles as quickly as possible so both of them took as little damage as he could manage, but that didn’t matter right now. There was time for that later.
“Not my fault someone decided to be late.” He stated, his voice slightly sarcastic as he smirked a bit. If Toby had been on time, he wouldn’t have fallen asleep at all, after all. Not that he was really upset with the younger male. He couldn’t imagine being late for anything, personally, but he knew not everyone was like him. Well, really, he couldn’t understand how someone could be late for something so important, but it was hard to work up the will to nag him about it when he felt like he was going to fall over. He knew well what pushing himself in this manner lead to, and yet he couldn’t stop. He had never been able to stop.
As the smile fell off of Toby’s features, though, his brows would furrow a bit. The words that followed caused a frown to tug on his features. He didn’t need to sleep, that was absurd. He had studying he needed to do, he didn’t know the material for his calculus test well enough at all. But of course Toby didn’t know that, so he allowed a grin to grace his features again. “Who’s cheesing it up now?” He teased, reaching out to poke Toby’s forehead. “I’m fine, I still have some studying to do, but don’t worry. I look worse than I feel.” Okay, that was a lie, but Ezra didn’t want Toby to worry about him. He didn’t want anyone to worry about him. He was fine. trying to savor up the moments until it goes flat coded by fudge of gs
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Post by Tobias Briggs on Jan 31, 2015 22:04:20 GMT -5
NOTE TO SELF, don't even breathe in ezra's direction or he'll likely fall over. okay that was exaggerating just a bit but toby still kept his friend's current status in mind from now on and took care not to bump into him anymore as he knew that the gym floor didn't make a very comfortable landing. he, of course, should know since he'd busted up his knees and elbows plenty of times (though not all of them from sports). though the retort was meant to be a playful jibe, it did sting just a little bit, causing the confident grin of his to go sheepish as he rubbed the back of his neck. "yeaaah..." he trailed off, looking anywhere else but the blonde's face as he tried to come up with a good explanation. he found nothing other than the truth. "i was.. sleeping.." like the senior needed to be doing right now. "you're lucky i even showed at all!" probably sounded more snarky than it had meant to but he couldn't deny the aversion to the arrangement still. had he found someone else waiting in the gym, he might have fled by now. he supposed he himself was lucky in that regard. he didn't know ezra exceptionally well, but he liked him so far, so he supposed it could have been far worse. the tables were turning a bit far too much and toby's brows furrowed as the blonde claimed he was being cheesy now. before he had the chance to argue though, he was poked in the forehead, the action catching him a bit off guard. he immediately reached up as soon as he had the chance, rubbing away at the spot as if ezra had gotten him dirty. "it's not cheesy!" he complained, though didn't seem as mad as his tone might have let on. "i'm just watching out for your dumb ass!" he reasoned, sticking out his tongue and only lowering his hands when he was certain whatever cooties ezra had given him were gone, leaving his messy hair looking even more askew than normal (if that were even possible). he calmed down though as ezra went to convince him he was alright, the dark-haired teen looking rather skeptical still with a brow raised in questioning. "you could have fooled me." he shot back, the sarcasm making his disbelief evident if it hadn't been already. "who studies anymore anyways?" the sane probably, but he wasn't sure he could even fit in that category. he was the type of guy who tended to just wing it, not having the patience (or attention span) to study for hours, let alone five minutes. | Straight from your mouth and right through my backbone |
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Post by Ezra Lazarus on Feb 6, 2015 20:47:38 GMT -5
my heart beats so fast it feels like its lastAs Toby gave his excuse for being late, Ezra couldn’t stop the slightly chiding look from appearing on his features. He had a lot of things he wanted to say about sleeping through such an important meeting, the first being that had it been anyone else they probably would have left and the raven-haired male wouldn’t have met his fighter at all. However, as the assertion that he was lucky that Toby had shown up at all was given, he had to laugh. He shook his head a bit. “Knowing you, that’s probably true.” He said easily, and the smile on his face did make him look at least slightly less tired. There was no denying the fact that he his cheeks were still flushed, though, and it was impossible to ignore the dark circles under his eyes.
He grinned once again and rolled his eyes. Toby was so cute with is little exclamations. Of course, he might not be thinking that if the other male was legitimately angry, but he didn’t think he was. “You’re looking out for my dumb ass?” He questioned. “Remind me, again, how we met?” He snickered a bit and stuck his tongue out. Well, even half-dead from exhaustion Ezra was still pretty snarky. He couldn’t help it, he couldn’t allow Toby to get the best of him. Or maybe he could. He might not have much of a choice if the world continued to sway every now and then.
“Everyone who wants to graduate studies.” He shot back, ignoring the comment that made it plenty clear that Toby didn’t believe he was fine at all. But he was fine, he really was. “And that better include you.” He went on to state. He wouldn’t have any of his friends failing, but now that he and Toby were connected in such a way he definitely wouldn’t allow it at all. His face became slightly serious. He was very serious about school. It was very important to him. So much so that he drove himself into the ground trying to be perfect at it. The world gave another slightly dangerous sway, and he reached out, grabbing Toby’s shoulder to steady himself. So much for convincing the raven haired male that he was fine. trying to savor up the moments until it goes flat coded by fudge of gs
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Post by Tobias Briggs on Feb 6, 2015 22:19:49 GMT -5
NOW THERE WAS NO NEED TO BRING UP THE PAST. as if he could really say much about that, but still he didn't seem too fazed by the irony of it all, mostly focusing on the fact that he seemed to be insisting that he was the dumb one here, which as far as he was concerned wasn't the case at all. still, he couldn't hold back a smirk. "you tricked me into your room like the perv you are, that's how we met." he teased. "so i guess i'm the dumb ass for falling for it." he admitted. better record it while you can, as he likely wouldn't undermine himself again like that anytime soon. unfortunately things took a serious turn which didn't surprise toby as much as it probably should have. ezra had already come across as a serious person from the get-go, not letting him say no to treatment and now not fond of the idea of the younger teen shirking his studies. did this sudden change of mood shake him? not at all. in fact, the blonde's weariness likely didn't help much either, though the stubborn teen was difficult to intimidate any other time, far too stupid for that. "oh really?" he asked with a sly smirk, finding the change almost entertaining. he could hardly take him seriously while he was swaying about. "and if i don't? what are you going to do about it?" he continued to taunt, perhaps being a bit too cocky for his own good. before he could go too far though, toby felt a sudden weight on his shoulder, reaching around the taller male in an attempt to keep him from tumbling over completely. "especially when you can barely stand." he continued with a sigh. "of course you're fine, right?" he repeated sarcastically before cutting the jokes and turning serious himself this time. "you need to get some sleep." he insisted, "the way you talk about studying, i'm sure you can miss out on at least one session." he reasoned, though didn't seem like he was actually looking to negotiate, already trying to lead him out of the gym which was surprisingly difficult when trying to drag someone else. ©
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