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James Griffin ([personal profile] onebetter) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2019-08-14 12:11 am

A Birthday Boy

Who: James, Keith and the people invited to James' birthday party (Toki, Ana, Adelaide, Nana, Ruby, Nadia, Allura & Yuya!)
When: August 13th (Keith part), August 18th (Party)
What: James' birthday (spent at home in Arizona) & James' Soleil birthday party, spent at a Café de la Lune in Soleil.
Warnings: None for party, mentions of NSFW in Keith & James', though anything explicit will be moved off-comm.

[ All people listed above will have received a text message on August 15th. ]

Hey there!
I'm currently out of the country, but my birthday passed recently and I'd like to celebrate with my friends a little once I return home. Are you free on August 18th? I'd love to get a group together and go down to Café de la Lune for the afternoon. It'll be my treat.

No worries if you're not free that day, but I'd love to see you there!


[ On the actual day of, everyone will find that James has reserved the biggest table in the café so everyone can fit comfortably. He's already ordered a few pastries for everyone and is more than willing to order more. James is pretty much beaming. Also his toad is here. Just sitting on his shoulder. Occasionally being fed bits of cake from a special toad-reserved spoon. ]

Thank you all for coming! If I'm honest, I actually had a bit of trouble making friends when I came here. That was new to me. I'm all the more happy to have met all of you. You made me look forward to coming back to France after vacation.

((Feel free to post open top levels and just chit-chat with one another / interrupt conversations, as it tends to happen at group tables. Also no pressure to tag in, anyone who doesn't will just be seen as having been busy that day and not as having skipped his party, haha.))
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Does it really matter so long as you know how to drive and nobody else is getting hurt?

[A beat.]

Never mind.

[Forget he asked. Of course it matters to James. Keith peels himself away from the window to glance back towards Cosmo who is still chewing on his old slingshot. Not that he minds terribly, but... he shakes his head.]
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
If you want.

[He mutters something that sounds a little like the word "stickler" quietly to himself as he crouches down towards Cosmo again. Grabbing one end of the slingshot, he gives it a firm tug, but to his surprise the wolf simply lets go and he falls backwards on his butt. Cosmo blinks the immediately saunters up to Keith who ends up grumbling a bit more audibly:]

.... should have seen that one coming.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Keith continues to look disgruntled as all hell while James laughs, Cosmo on the other hand simply jumps up to lick his face.]

Keep laughing and you're sleeping on the floor tonight.

[In gentler tones, he boops Cosmo's nose, then:]

He's a terrible influence, buddy. Stop learning things from him.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cosmo nuzzles against his side for a moment, then scampers back out towards the hallway. Keith sighs a little, but grabs James' hand to pull himself back up.]

My house, my rules -- birthday or no birthday, babe.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? [A blink.] But I don't wanna be spoiled on....

[He trails off, suddenly unsure if he's supposed to be doing the party thing in October, but the thought just makes him want to crawl under the floorboards. He's relieved when James changes the subject all on his own.]

.... you were into mysteries, too?
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Keith meanwhile rakes a seat on the old mattress, making the springs bounce.]

... I think I drew stuff in my books. Not sure if anyone would wanna take 'em off my hands at this point.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
["Masterpiece" is a fairly loose term here, but as James flips through, he'll find an artistic rendition of a pirate with a pegleg and a speech bubble that reads "Yarr matey!!." It's at least thematically relevant as the title happens to be "The Mystery of Pirate Pete's Island." It's very childish and clearly drawn by a kid who did not know what a pegleg was.because the pirate has a literal peg for a leg.

James can enjoy this for about 2 seconds before Keith reaches over with a groan.
]

This is embarrassing.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I wanna at least feel like I got some dirt on your childhood.

[The phrase slips out of him before he can think better of it, and by the time Keith realizes how that might be taken, he hastily gets to his feet and shoves the book back into the shelf.]

Never mind. Let's just go back to the cabin before it gets dark in here.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Keith pauses, biting the inside of his lip. Expression guilty, he's not sure if he ought to take James' cue in not mentioning what he said again, or if he still ought to apologize. In the end, he does the in-between and nods.]

We could watch it from the roof since Cosmo can get us up there.

[He reaches over to brush James' fingers.]

...Sorry. I just meant... that I kinda want to see your house, too. [A beat.] .... probably don't want me arounnd your parents though, huh.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-20 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Keith swallows, looking down, but his grip on James' hand tightens as well.]

... but you don't want me to come over.

["I don't mind" is hardly enthusiasm at all. EVen if Keith thinks he kind of understands what the issue is, it still leaves that feeling of imbalance as a source of mild bitterness.]

That's okay. [He lets go, then heads back towards the window to close it and then peers out into the hallway.]

Hey, buddy? Time to go. Where are you?
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-21 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[He pauses when he feels James' hand on his shoulder, turning to look his boyfriend in the eye. It isn't what he thought James would say in his own defense, and for a second he just stares. It's... strange to think that this is about wanting to shield him from a negative experience and even stranger to think that James sees his own parents that way after all that time he spent chasing after his dad's approval. Keith finds himself a little lost for words.]

... it's okay.

[It's quiet. He wants to be reassuring, if nothing else.]

I've been through a lot worse than stiff politeness.

[It's stated a little flippantly, though the truth of it is still heavy.]

If you really don't want to deal with it.. that's really okay. [There's a beat and then a sly grin.] ....I could always sneak in.
Edited 2019-08-21 00:41 (UTC)
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-21 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets a laugh out of Keith, soft but definitely heartfelt.]

Alright, alright. No sneaking. Promise.

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