the first meeting

[color=4B8A08]He nodded. "I know. It's just the creeps like him drive me nuts," he said, shaking his own head. "Even from my younger days, I was always... different from the other boys. I was always more... emotional, moody... And not to mention the storms that always happened when I was upset, or crying, or angry." He sighed, snuggling closer in to Noah, who at the moment seemed so much like a sheltering cove in the storm that was his life.

He nodded. "It's bad enough that I have to sneak out of the dorms. The school head wouldn't let me go to the girls dorms. Said there was too much chance it was all just an act," he said. "So I have to sneak out of the dorms early," he said. "It gets annoying, especially since I've nearly been caught a few times."

He shook his head. "I don't know how I'd explain it if I DID get caught. But then on top of that, I've got that FREAK to deal with." He sighed, and closed his eyes. Now he looked like nothing so much as a young girl in the comforting arms of her big brother. Only those that really knew the truth would know what this was: a distraught young man seeking forbidden comfort.

He nodded. "I know," he said softly, shaking his head. "I just wish sometimes that it had all been either one way or the other. Not somewhere in the middle," he said softly. "I get so tired of the constant mood swings. I've said ti before, but you've never heard it. I understand what a female goes through every month."[/color]

[color=4B8A08]Rei smiled, giggling somewhat girlishly. "Oh, he's not even worth the trouble of punching him." He shook his head, smiling softly as he looked up at Noah's face. But his face clouded over, as did the sky above, as Noah mentioned roommates. "I have a dorm to myself. And even then, I still have to deal with all the nasty comments taped to my door."

He shook his head. "But the reason I'm in my own dorm is because everyone they tried to pair me with decided they didn't like that I was... was... was the way I am," he said, hoping the young man knew what he meant. "As for the storm comment, I'm a weathermancer," he said, shaking his head. "Hence the wind when I pinned that scumbag to the wall."[/color]

[color=4B8A08]He flushed again. "You wouldn't mind sharing the room with... with... with a ho... hom... with me?" he said, unable to bring himself to state simply what he was. But even with that short little snippet of the word, he knew it would probably be clear what he had been trying to say.

He looked back down at his lap, sighing softly. "I just wish they could leave me alone. I usually burn them," he said, snapping his fingers, a wavering flame flickering into life over his palm. "But I have to be careful doing that," he said, as the flame started to grow larger, moving across his palm and up his fingers.

He shook his hand, and the flame went out. "But... you know what... it's just you in the room?" he said, pulling back slightly and looking into Noah's eyes. "Like... no one else ever goes in there but you?"[/color]

[color=4B8A08]He flushed, and then his jaw dropped. "Really?" he murmured, looking back down at his lap. "I... I didn't think any... anyone else... Oh, who am I kidding?" he said, shaking his head, and nuzzling back against Noah. "I just never... never thought I'd meet someone... someone else that was... was like me," he said softly.

He sighed, and rested his head against Noah's chest, a smile gracing his lips and making his entire face light up. "I... I think I might just take you up on your offer then. I tend to hide in the dorm anyway, outside of class," he said, closing his eyes as he wrapped his arms around Noah's waist.

He had the feeling this was going to be the start of a very wonderful friendship. He'd never really met anyone that understood him like Noah seemed to. But that was a moot point. He sighed again, but this one had more of a contented note to it.[/color]

[color=4B8A08]He smiled, and nodded softly, shaking his head for a moment. "I know what you mean. I'm actually glad that I found someone like me now rather than a year or so down the road, when I likely wouldn't be able to handle it any more."

He didn't say much else at the moment, simply enjoying being held and comforted by his new friend. Friend... that was a term he wasn't used to being able to apply to anyone for very long. Most of the time, they found out what he was, and didn't want anything more to do with him.

He looked up at Noah. "So you really don't care about my preferences, then, I guess," he said, grinning. "You'll be my first friend that I've been able to keep for more than a week," he said.[/color]