Broken Desks

The film club was something that Naoko had grown from nothing. She'd started it. She'd found an adviser. She'd brought people together. She picked the films, and so on and so on. It was her baby, and she lit up visibly when Devias asked about it.

"We take over the school theater every Friday evening. We watch a new movie, and we let people drop in and drop out as they'd like. We have a bunch of people who show up for movies regularly but aren't even part of the film club, which is a bit weird to me, but... I mean, it's not bad? Just kinda strange they wouldn't just sign their name. We're going to be watching Beauty and the Beast - the live action one - this week. Last week we watched the animated version and the club members are going to go out for food after so we can discuss the two versions."

Which was probably more then he'd wanted to know, but oh well.

"Wait, you've never-" Naoko started before abruptly cutting herself off. Of course he hadn't seen Beauty and the Beast. He wasn't from earth. He hadn't seen all the movies that Naoko assumed everyone had seen. Lots of people at the school hadn't, which was why the film club so often went back to watch the 'usual' stuff.

"No, you don't need to bring anything. I'd suggest you watch the original though. The animated one is great, but we already watched it last week."

And, if Naoko was right, it was probably far better.

"We could watch it before the club, if you'd like - but I don't have the theater." Theater was for club activities only, after all.

Technically speaking, it wasn't a date. Neither of them had said the word 'date' or anything like it. But in Naoko's head? It was definitely a date. It was just the two of them sitting down for a movie together, and what could be more like a date then that?

"If you want to come to my house, we have a TV with a bluray player." Naoko said. It went almost without saying that she had not just Beauty and the Beast, but every Disney film that had been released on bluray available. "I can make popcorn."

She didn't even have to check with her parents either - she pretty much had free reign, after all. "I'm one of the few that live off campus."

Naoko's cheeks went pink at the mention he was honored. It wasn't a big thing, was it? She had Elias over all the time, and other people too. Maybe it was a cultural difference. No, scratch that - it was absolutely a cultural difference.

"How about next thursday? The house will be free, if you don't have any classes in the afternoon."

Ah, walking her home right then? It was a good idea, and Naoko opened her mouth, right about to say yes... and then thought it through.

No, she decided. It would be a bad idea to head home with someone else without giving her parents a heads up. They might get the wrong idea.

Naoko gave a quick shake of her head.

"Thank you for the offer," Naoko said. "But I'd have to decline. My home isn't too far though, so I don't think you'd have a hard time finding it, and we could always walk home after class on Thursday."