Snake eyes

August pressed his mouth shut in a thin line when Sebastian kept making innuendos to the night they had. He was mildly embarrassed to be sharing their experiences with a complete stranger. It was almost made worse when the stranger also agreed and said he had plenty of the same kinds of nights. Shuddering, August looked longingly at his coffee, wondering if it was possible to drown himself in it. He didn't want to think about any stranger getting it on, not now or ever.

Augustine shrugged at the question directed at him. He had little to no interest in catching answers on the test. He had made sure early on to sit next to the clever kids, and bullied them into letting him cheat. It all worked out for everyone. Mostly everyone, he supposed. "I've got all the answers I need." Giving the hand attached to his a faint squeeze, August turned his eyes onto the stranger called Gabe. He was a little surprised to find that this new nickname was catching on, but he wasn't sure that he actually minded it. At least they weren't calling him Augustine. "Its August, really. You're welcome to still say Flame, but it's just August."

Gabe felt a little bad when he saw how embarrassed August was getting and decided they should probably switch the topic from innuendos and those kind of things. He gave the man an apologetic smile.

"Oh I'm sorry!" Gabe answered quickly, "which would you prefer me to call you?" August had said he was welcome to call him either, but really Gabe would have liked to have been given a preference, "I got the impression from Sebastian that you prefered to be called Flame." He shrugged, "but it's not a problem to call you August, I don't want to make things uncomfortable." He glanced at Sebastian who seemed to be finding the whole matter far too funny for Gabe not to think something was up.

"I see," Gabe nodded, "that's pretty handy." He supposed if you could seduce someone you could get them to do nearly anything for you, like the poor man who was giving them the coffee.

"Man you're gonna have to try harder if you wanna embarrass me," Gabe laughed and shook his head. He liked these guys though, they were good fun.

Glancing down in mild alarm when he felt a weight on his shoulder, August calmed down slightly when he saw it was only a head. He wasn't sure how he felt about all this public affection, but he supposed it was better than being completely ignored. Pouting a little, August didn't like being embarrassed. Especially if it was on purpose. Grumbling quietly, he let it slide, but only because he had apologised.

His free shoulder went up in a shrug. "August is fine." He didn't care what he was called, as long as it wasn't his full name. August couldn't deny that he was satisfied with Gabe, though. He seemed like a nice person, and good friend to have. As much as he wanted to deny it, he was curious about this stranger. "You mentioned you had a boyfriend. What's he like?" Knowing that there was another homosexual relationship on campus made him feel much more at ease with his own confused sexuality. He wasn't really sure what he was really attracted to. Hopefully he wouldn't start putting the moves on the cheetah next.

"August it is then," Gabe replied with a nod. Gabe had taken a liking to the man, to both of them in fact. It wasn't that he would be desperate to hang out with them every other minute but at the same time he was glad he hadn't just walked away earlier on. It seemed like they had a budding friendship on their hands.

"Yeah," Gabe nodded, "I have a boyfriend." He smiled when he was asked to talk a little bit more about Bill, he liked to do that a lot. "Well he's called Bill, William really but I rarely call him that you know? I've got so many nicknames for him, I might as well make use of them." Gabe glanced at the guys before continuing, "He's only eighteen, I'm twenty-three, but man he's so clever and damn is he hot." He smiled, "he's really tall, though not quite as tall as me, and he's quite skinny"

" He's absolutely perfect and everything I'd want in a relationship though." Gabe finished with a wide smile, "I think you guys would get on but Bill is very shy so it might take some time to convince him to meet up." Nonetheless it was definitely a possibility down the line, for now Gabe thought he should focus on getting to know them better.

"You go ahead," Gabe replied good-naturedly , always up for a bit of fun, "we'll see how that turns out." He raised his eyebrows at Sebastian.

August leaned forward, a little restless after drinking coffee. He drank it so little, it almost had an immediate effect on his system. His foot bobbing energetically, the man quirked a grin at Gabe, both pleased and amused to see how he spoke about his lover. His boyfriend sounded like a good catch, anyway. August admired how much Gabe seemed to love his Bill. "I'm happy for you two." Despite only knowing one of the pair, Augustine knew what it felt like to be in love. He sometimes hated the stifling feeling, but it wasn't too bad, if it was for the right person.

He really did have too much energy. Much of that energy was being expended in heat, making his temperature much hotter than usual. He had overheated so much, he could actually feel his own heat. Standing up, August removed himself and walked a small ways away, crossing back to pace in front of the pair. His eyes flashed as a muscle in his jaw twitched. He just had so much damn energy. "I want to do something. I want to get into trouble. Where's my Gisa?"

Gabe wondered what the grin was for, until August spoke. Then Gabe returned it, "thanks man, I'm very lucky to be honest." August seemed happy with Sebastian though, even with the boy embarrassing him, "I'm uh happy for you guys too." The words sounded strange to Gabe, he didn't usually comment on other couples.

August's energy was rubbing off on Gabe who was probably in turn contributing to the heat in the room. Static tended to feel like heat, or at least that's what it felt like inside Gabe. Gabe was no stranger to getting in trouble, but that being said he didn't go looking for it, it just tended to happen. "Who's Gisa?" Gabe asked, head tilting.

Gabe nodded when Sebastian explained who Gisa was, "oh I see!" He smiled, "that's pretty cool man, where do you keep it though?" He tilted his head, it must have to be outside somewhere surely it'd be cruel to keep it in the tiny dorms?

August's breath caught in his throat as he realised that Gisa probably never made it home with him. Panicking now, August bit his lip. Gisa had never spent a night without him, she was probably terrified and looking for him. His pacing stopped, and he clutched his coffee mug even tighter. His heartbeat quickened, and he gave Gabe a nervous smile. "Ah, she doesn't ... Like to be alone without me. We're always together, she even comes to classes with me." His professors had finally allowed Gisa into their classrooms, upon seeing how absolutely anxious she got when August disappeared.

"She's the most important thing in the world to me." Quickly placing his cup on the ground, August shakily waved at Gabe, hoping that he wouldn't mind that he had to cut out early. Sebastian could manage his own luggage, he had go to find Gisa. "I... I have to go now, I'm sorry. I hope you don't mind, Gabe, it was very nice meeting you!" Quickly, August turned and ran towards the nearest exit, bursting through the doors and heading towards the forest, where he had seen her last.