Pancake Shenanigans

[lulu8889]

Who: Neil, Lulu, Bod
What:  Pancake Shenanigans!  MWAHAHA
When: Pancake Morning!
Where: Outside the library.
Rating: P for PANCAKES

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[notdead_poet]

Neil glanced up at the sky, and regretted it instantly when a silver-dollar-sized pancake slapped atop his forehead and then slid to the ground. He was generally a cheerful person, but it was hard to see exactly how one could be happy about piping hot baked goods shooting down from above. "Did they have what, exactly?" he asked as he rubbed his forehead.

[lulu8889]

She laughed. "Seriously. How did people survive in the fifties?" Lulu caught a tiny pancake before it hit the ground and started eating it. "It's this kid's book where it rains food. I don't know when it was written, but you need to read it." Lulu honestly had no ulterior motives in taking Neil into the library. As they were walking by, she spotted a familiar face inside, causing her to almost bounce in joy. Well, she'd try and still set up minigolfing because who didn't love a good day of minigolfing?

[notdead_poet]

"God only knows. I mean, I didn't, so I probably wouldn't be the best person to ask." It was a somewhat morbid joke, but he delivered it lightly enough. And hey, it's always a good sign you've moved past something when you can joke about it, right?

He glanced at Lulu and groaned in his theatrical way when he saw the expression on her face. "Oh God. I know that grin of yours. What is it?"

[lulu8889]

She elbowed him, a frown darkening her countenance for a second. And at the question of her grin, Lulu grinned widely again. "What is what? Come on, we are going into the library to get you the book and oh, look, there just so happens to be someone that you should completely meet just sitting there all by his lonesome." Lulu beamed as she took Neil by the arm and dragged him through the library to Bod.

"Hey!" she smiled at Bod, speaking a bit more of a quiet library voice.

[owingnobody]

Bod WOULD have replied to Lulu, if he hadn't been so busy coughing, and trying to keep pancake out of his lungs. "-m fine," he finally managed, still coughing some, his eyes tearing up. "Just- yeah," he wheezed, laughing and coughing all at once as Neil's words registered. "Yeah, chewing would be-- would be good."

He happened, right at that moment, to look up, straight into the warm, laughing brown eyes of the boy seated next to him. And, for a moment, he simply stared, startled by their proximity... and startled by his reaction. Why did he suddenly feel-- well, utterly wrong-footed? Like his all of him was gangling and three sizes too big. Like something strange had just burst out of the closet, and it was taking all of his willpower to stay right where he was... and at the same time, not a force in the universe could tear him away.

He cleared his throat, again, and looked away, wiping self-consciously at his teary eyes. "...it would be very good," he mumbled.

[notdead_poet]

A few days ago, Neil had sworn totally off love, romance, crushes, being attracted to anyone in general, and any variations there of. Which was why he was absolutely determined to believe that Bod was not looking at him in any significant way. Other than the way one boy would look at a completely unattractive, completely platonic boy.

For some reason though, Bod seemed a little awkward after the silence was broken. Then again, maybe that was understandable. He could imagine why a boy who had never even thought about relationships before would feel a little unnerved upon finding out someone was queer, and then meeting them face to face.

Neil grinned around another bite from his half-finished pancake and made an attempt at killing the rest of the awkwardness. "So Bod, what's your story?"

[lulu8889]

Lulu quietly observed the interaction not without a grin. The quiet part was almost out of character, except that she was stuffing her face with pancakes. Which were delicious. She grabbed another from the stack that Bod had. Lulu was definitely mentioning this later.

She raised her eyebrows. It was nice for Neil to be inquisitive. That way she didn't seem like a nosy intrusive girl. Which she totally was

[owingnobody]

"My story?" Bod said, staring down at the pancakes in his lap. His eyes flicked sideways, suspiciously, when Lulu snatched one of them, even though he had more than he was probably going to finish. Regardless, he picked up another one and tore into it, in a statement of sorts.

And then he realized it was going to be difficult to answer the question, with his mouth full. So he swallowed, and then he said, "My story. Uhm... I came from a sort of... old-fashioned, sheltered community upbringing, I guess you could say. And two years ago, I left home to see the world, and that's what I've been doing ever since." He gestured around himself. "This is my first trip to Canada, and while I gather this isn't what the weather usually does in this region, it's still very interesting-- and different from what I saw in Europe."