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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.))
marmoron: marmoron (dodging eye contact)

[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-29 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Only a little bit, huh.

[On a different occasion, he'd tease James over that. But not too long ago James was sitting with him in the infirmary looking stressed and worried. Not too long ago they were all losing a nasty fight with a powerful necromancer. The teasing dies in his mouth, the smile fading as he looks back towards the sunset.]

.... well it's your birthday so I guess you get whatever you want.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-29 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Contented, Keith smiles softly as James rubs his shoulder, then resumes idly stroking the space wolf's fur when the doggo decides he also wants family time. Watching the sunset together is nicer than he imagined it would be, but after it gets dark James' suggestion is a welcome one.]

Mhm. Let's do that.

[He scoops Cosmo up into his arms. The pup licks at his hands, and Keith carries him inside the cabin like he's holding a baby. The interior is a bit of a mess -- like something you'd see out of a post-apocalyptic world what with the creative use of cinderblocks and wood planks to serve as furniture, but it's clearly an organized sort of chaos.

Still carrying the doggo in his arms, he motions towards the futon and the kitchenette a little further indoors.
]

Help yourself to anything.

[The plastic bags from earlier are still set out on the counter.]
marmoron: marmoron (mildly confused)

[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-29 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[The yelp has both Keith and Cosmo looking over at James immediately.]

Is everything okay?

[Keith sets the doggo down, then starts heading towards the kitchenette. He didn't think there were any scorpions or other critters around, but may very well just be wrong about that.]
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-29 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Exactly none of that is reassuring and Keith rushes over to come take a look at whatever's got James acting all.... not scared, but flustered? Keith comes to a dead stop right as he reaches the end of the counter. A lightbulb's finally gone off as the realization that he never put the incriminating stuff away before going back outside hits him like a brick over the head.]

Oh I....

[SHIT. Ducking his head immediately because his cheeks are burning violently, he quickly grabs the nearest bag.]

here. Just have this.

[What's even inside this one? He doesn't know. All he knows is that it's not The Problem bag.]

I'll just... take that one.

[Maybe if he tries to yank the bag away from James and it's out of sight, maybe it'll be like the last two seconds never happened.]
marmoron: marmoron (gy broke this boy)

[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-29 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Keith doesn't dare look James in the eye as holds the incriminating bag in his hands. Mortified because James apparently thinks the idea is worth yelping about, he chews the bottom of his lip.]

Look. I-- just forget about it, ok? I'm putting this away. We don't have to talk about it.

[And before James can object, he starts walking very quickly towards one of the rooms furher into the cabin.]
Edited 2019-08-29 23:59 (UTC)
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-30 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[James following after him in no way makes Keith slow down. If anything, he very nearly breaks into an actual run to try and get a wall between himself and his boyfriend so he can ride out his embarrassment in solitude.]

Yeah. You're real interested in talking about shit that makes you scream.

[A beat as he grabs the door handle.]

I got the message. Loud and clear.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-30 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Fine! But you didn't exactly sound pleased about it either.

[He'll concede that point sure, but his heart's still beating way too quickly, and he fumbles with the door before manging to get it open.]
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-30 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Huh?

[He didn't think his face could possibly go any redder, but James' first comment certainly makes thie impossible possible.]

James!

[The name is yelped, though he doesn't make an attempt to push the guy away. Beet red and flustered, Keith raises his free hand to try cover the guy's mouth.]
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-30 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[After a few seconds of struggling to try and keep his hand locked over James' mouth, Keith finally seems to get a grip on himself and lets his boyfriend pull the hand off. He looks down at his feet.]

...okay. Can we start this over. It's just... I had this whole idea of what I wanted to say, but then you found that stuff before I was ready to talk about it and now I'm freaking out.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-30 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Keith scrubs at his face, still looking at the door rather than making eye contact. James is being nice about this, but there's no redoing any of it, is there. That yelp is still ringing in his ears, after all and he can feel his pulse in his ears from this surge of adrenaline. He takes a deep breath.]

Okay. But if you think it's too soon to y'know... [He swallows.] lose our virginities together, then we really don't have to talk about it at all.
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-30 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He blinks in kind.]

You fuck someone else before prom started or what?

[It's not something he seriously believes, but James' self evaluation here is too far removed from his own.]
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[personal profile] marmoron 2019-08-30 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[His eyebrow starts going up.]

Yeah? But losing your virginity involves things going into a vagina or an ass.

[Said in a purely matter of fact tone without any sign of hesitation because Keet "sex expert" Yeehawson is legitimately too bewildered to be embarrassed about this.]

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