Espen blinked. "Want me to help you look for them...?" he asked, pulling lightly on his own hair. It probably looked a little weird, but he didn't exactly mind. The gel he used to style his hair had a pretty strong hold.

Altair turned to smile thankfully at Espen. "If you don't mind," he said.

((Gawd. Mah brain. D:)) 

( Rika's brain. D: )

"I don't," Espen smiled, then turned his back to Altair, pulling off his shirt and replacing it with a black shirt. Of course, it was tight, because that's how he liked shirts...

He almost reached for a bandana, since he often wore one to match black shirts, but instead grabbed one of the scarfs that weren't meant for Winter, tightening it around his neck and kicking off his shoes, replacing them with ankle high Converse.

"Let's go," Espen said, turning back to Altair. "Sorry for taking so long."

"Mind if I stay with you?" Jordyn asked.

~~~

((I didn't see the post Rika.... Sorry...))

"Hello, you must be Shayde." Ivan smiled as he moved some stuff around.

"I was talk you'd be comming today, so I was just cleaning up the dorm a bit..." He said with another smile, ev en though he knew Shayde couldn't see it... The office told him about Shayde's being blind...

Drew blushed. "Um, no..." he muttered, looking away. "I don't." But, he kind of did.

~

Espen followed Altair, taking one of the two keys that were hung up on the wall and locking the door behind him before he had done so. "...Do you know where you're going?" he asked, blinking.

Altair nodded. "I made a point to memorize the map of the school before I came," he stated, grinning a bit.

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Shayde cocked his head a bit, tail twitching as he gradually returned to human form. "As long as you don't move things too often and warn me if you do..." he murmured before nodding. "Yes. I'm Shayde, and I'm sure you already know I'm an inumimi," he stated, standing up. He had fixated on the point where his voice originated and walked towards it, hand outstretched so he would know if something was in front of him. He didn't want to trip and look like an idiot on his first day at the school.

"Damn," Espen blinked, then grinned. "So, I'll just follow you if I need to go somewhere that I don't know how to get to." he said. "I'll just let you lead me around." So, am I the only one who notices what that sounds like?

Altair paused a moment, then promptly burst into a fit of giggles, the result of him keeping himself from full out laughing. He had noticed what that sounded like.

((Blegh. -braindead-)) 

( Me too. D: )

Espen blushed, frowning at Altair. "Okay, so you noticed it. But stop laughing!" He turned away, hiding in his hair and resisting the urge to laugh. Really, he could care less if Altair laughed. He thought his giggles sounded cute.

Altair tried to force himself to stop, but failed at it. "I can't help it!" he managed to say through his bout of giggles, trying to calm himself down. "The way it sounded!" After a little while his giggles slowly faded off, leaving Altair a bit out of breath. And his sides hurt now.

He leaned down, grinning. "Oh, you know it was funny~" 

( Ever heard someone say, "She led him on," or "He led her on,"? If not, well, that means that the person who "led" the other person on was, like, flirting with the person and whatnot, even though she/he didn't actually want to be in a relationship with the other person. u.u

That's the best I can explain it as. o.o )

Espen sighed, content, and closed his eyes, pushing his head against Altair lightly like a cat. Lead me on all you want, I guess. he thought, wrapping his arms around the other male.

((Awww~))

Altair smiled softly, lightly nuzzling the top of Espen's head. "Just thought I'd tell you that I'm not leading you on," he murmured softly, eyes soft. "I like you, like you like me," he added after a few moments. He wanted the smallerr male to know for sure how he felt.

((Yeah. c:>)) 

( "I like you, like you like me." xD

"Aww" indeed. x3 )

Espen nodded, placing both hands on either of Altair's shoulders. "I'm glad," he murmured, feeling like his knees were going to give out. Stay up, stay up.

Altair, drawn out into the moment, placed a small, soft kiss on the top of Espen's head. A country song he had heard a couple years back floated through his mind. Lost in this moment with you, I am completely consumed...

He tightened his embrace slightly, not really wanting to let go.

((I love that song.

Lost in The Moment by Big & Rich. <3)) 

( You're welcome, Flare. o3o

o.o Big & Rich? ...*goes to look that up* Even though it's country. e.e Eh. )

"Someone's bound to come by sooner or later, Altair." Espen said quietly, gripping his shoulders lightly. "And we should probably find your stuff before anyone decides to start going through all the bags so they can steal things they like." But, please hold me a little longer.