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[playinmygarden]

WHO: Nana (playinmygarden ), Ren (chainedlotus ), Nobu (justcannotwin ), and Hachi (yourfaithfulpet ).
LOCATION: Hufflepuff common room?
WEEK: 56
TIME: The night after this post.
WHAT: Mahjong night and beer. Catching up tiemz. Possible drunken tiemz as well.
RATING: PG? Maybe PG-13 for language?

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[chainedlotus]

Nana wasn’t missing much so far. Ren had arrived not too long ago so, the table was set up along with the tiles in one corner of the common room. The beer was already handed out to those sitting at the table and the tiles were being shuffled and split into four groups. They were only in the common room so, if a prefect decided to snitch on them for drinking and for both Ren and Nana smoking, they were in trouble but, since they were out of the way and near one of the small windows, there shouldn’t be as much problems.

Ren looked up as Nana showed up. “It’s about time,” he grinned, “We were gonna start with out you and Hachiko would have lost without your help.”

[chainedlotus]

Finishing off the beer in his hand, Ren shook his head, “Trust me, you guys actually talk to Catty, you can probably tell she thinks differently,” He replied. Ren was somewhat certain the relationship he had with Catty would end after graduating but, they didn’t need to know that. No need to burst their bubble of the idea of him and Catty being the high school sweethearts after all.

“Careful Nobu, it’s an old saying that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” Ren said, not even looking up and taking a new tile and tossing it back towards the discards.

[justcannotwin]

"But you guys do seem good together, and it's not like you've ever dated any girl this long before," Nobu quipped. He had spent a long time admiring Ren, and so he knew these kinds of things. Five months was a long time for a guy who was considered a player, and here he was, not even able to admit that he liked a girl.

The guitarist paused, sending Nana a sheepish smile, trying not to fidget at the sound of her grip on the can. "I mean, I guess you're a girl to other people. Just not to me. But you have to admit that I'm right, at least. You're not into that kind of stuff, right?" He had a pretty good feeling that he was going to get hit at some point tonight. Numbing up sounded like a good idea as he took a long swig.

"Pung."

[yourfaithfulpet]

Hearing Ren's comment, that's when she had a sudden idea of what could be the problem. "Oh! You both seemed so happy! I didn't realize that it was such a lopsided relationship." Implying of course, that Ren was more involved than Catty. Leave it to Hachi to come to the wrong conclusion.

"I think Nana would make a great guy." She chimed in, smiling at her best friend and roommate encouragingly. "Nana's really pretty as a girl, but she'd be so cool as a guy!" There was a tiny hit of fangirlish adoration in her voice, something that they were probably all used to by this point in time.

She was so caught up in what was going on, that she forgot about playing all together. Really, she was practically useless as a mahjong partner.

[playinmygarden]

"Like that's supposed to make me feel better," she told Nobu, still a little annoyed as she took her turn. This time, she got nothing and discarded another useless tile. "...and what kind of 'stuff' would that be?"

Nana directed her next statement to her roommate. "Uh... I don't think that's what he meant, Hachi." Ren seemed happy with his current girlfriend, as far as Nana knew. And five months did seem like a great feat, considering he had a reputation for being a player.

"Can we stop talking about me being a guy? It's kind of creepy."

[chainedlotus]

The sad thing was, Hachiko’s observation was pretty accurate. It wasn’t like Catty though they were just fooling around but it was more that she wasn’t comfortable in getting too close. It was pretty ridiculous for the guy who was supposed to be a big player to be the one who was more attached. “Yeah, that’s not exactly it, Hachiko,” Ren sighed, “Just she’s been raised to be self reliant so she’s as bad at dating as I am.”

Picking up a tile and placing another one into the discard, he shrugged his shoulders slightly, “I dunno. I think if you were a guy, you’d have all the girls falling at your feet.” It was about time they got to a subject that poked fun at someone else and wasn’t about his love life.

[justcannotwin]

"Marriage," Nobu answered simply, smiling at Nana. Come on, it had taken months of bugging just to get Nana to be his friend. Nana getting married was as hard to imagine as Ren quitting smoking.

"And yet five months." Didn't seem like they were doing too bad at the dating thing, but maybe two bad daters made one good dater. Wait, did that even make sense? He paused for a second, trying to think it over, almost missing the whole conversation about Nana being a guy.

He frowned. "I think if Nana were really a guy, she wouldn't sound as good when she sang. I wasn't saying that you were a guy, though, Nana." It really didn't make as much sense when he said it out loud.

[yourfaithfulpet]

Nana getting married was an awkward thought, even for Hachi. Not that she'd ever admit that she found the idea weird, at least not any time soon.

"Whew! I'm glad." The shipper in her was relieved as she'd grown quite enamored with their romance, probably to their dismay. "I'm sure things will work out. We're still young after all right? So maybe she'll figure it out by the time you're older." It could work though, didn't they learn that awkward to negatives makes a positive thing in class that one time? She'd been too busy staring at a cute guy to pay full attention

"Wouldn't sound as good?" The idea was horrifying, because first and foremost she was a fan of Nana's voice. "You have to stay a girl forever!" Hachi mourned, forgoing mahjong to throw her arms around her unfortunate roommate. To think she hadn't even started on a second beer yet!

[playinmygarden]

"I said, stop talking about me as a guy," Nana seethed as she threw her now empty beer can at Nobu, hitting him square in the head. "And how do you know what I'd sound like if I were a guy? Stop being an idiot, Nobuo!"

Her rant was interrupted by Hachi's bear-hug. "What-- I'm not having a sex change, Hachi!"

Obviously, the shochu Ren had asked for was long forgotten, as was the mahjong game at the moment.

[chainedlotus]

Personally, Ren though with Nana’s already husky voice, her being a guy would still have that raspy quality to it. Maybe something like Johnny Cash but, he didn’t vocalize it as the beer can went straight for Nobu’s head.

He just stared as the conversation continued and the other three players started completely ignore the game in favour of…well, it was a lot of falling over. Well, at least they weren’t talking about his relationship anymore. He also forgot about his shochu. While the three of them flailed around for a bit, he just went for his cigarette pack, lighting it taking a drag, letting the smoke drift into the room.

[justcannotwin]

His own can of beer, which he had been holding, dropped to the ground, the contents spilling on the floor as he grabbed his head. God, there was a reason he thought she wasn't much of a woman, but he'd learned his lesson with this one. "Nana! You're going to give me brain damage one day."

He groaned, staring forlornly at his fallen beverage. "Can someone throw me a new can?"

Nana was so cruel to Nobu.

[yourfaithfulpet]

"I just wanted to make sure. I like Nana best the way you are now." It was her job as number one fan to make this obvious, even if her position as best friend and roommate didn't.

Then Nobu's question sunk in and she popped up off of Nana. "I'll get it. I was almost out anyway." That said she headed for the cans before anyone could deter her. Grabbing two cans she headed over to Nobu, before holding one out with a smile. "Here you go, for you!"

[playinmygarden]

Nana was fond of Nobu, but he could be such an idiot sometimes. To remedy that, Nana's immediate reaction was to concuss him a bit. Nothing too hard, just to maybe knock so sense into her friend. "It's out of love Nobu," she said, flashing him a small smile.

Turning her attention to Hachiko, Nana began to ask, "Why would you think...?" Her voice trailed off as she saw how happily relived Hachi was. She gave a slight smile to her. "Changing's too much work," she commented instead as she watched her roommate prance over to the beers. Then, to the others she said, "Besides, it would have to be true the other way around... and I definitely don't have guys falling over me."

Now that her beer was gone, she had to get a new one. Remembering that Ren wanted his shochu, she grabbed the bottle on her way back to the table and dangled it in front of his face.

[chainedlotus]

Blinking at the shochu swinging in front of his face, Ren grinned as it took it from Nana’s hand, “Thanks.”

Listening to her mention about guys not falling at her feet, Ren grinned a bit. Nana liked guys, as hard as that may seem sometimes but, she was a bit distant to try and get one sometimes. When Ren met her, it was through Nobu and he was pretty sure that meeting was the blonde moron trying to set them up on a date.

It didn’t work.

“You know, if you really want a guy, pretty sure one of us could set you up with someone,” Ren suggested, “Hachiko can suggest someone and me or Nobu can set it up.”

[justcannotwin]

"Your love is a little too painful sometimes," Nobu muttered, sighing and leaning back in his chair. At the offered beer from Hachi, his frown swept up into a grin. "Thanks, Hachi." He took the can from her. "At least somebody cares around here." And then he ducked his head, hoping that if he was beginning to blush it could have been seen as a flush from the alcohol and not because of the girl.

When Nobu had introduced Ren to Nana, it really had been a set up. He believed that Nana should be with a good guy, someone who could take care of her so that he wouldn't have to worry about her all the time. And Ren was the best guy that he knew. However... It didn't work out very well, and it had earned the poor boy one of those infamous love taps. At Ren's suggestion, he brightened considerably. "Yeah! I'll find you a guy, Nana!"

/ues this icon in response to that icon every time ahaha what

[yourfaithfulpet]

Hachi still thought they could have made a great couple, but she appreciated just how great Ren's relationship with Catty was. That didn't mean she couldn't ship Ren with other people, did it?

At Nobu's thanks, she practically glowed, beaming up at him happily. "It's no trouble I needed a new beer myself. I'm just glad I could help, really!" Clueless as she was, she didn't notice the blush, already moving on to other things as her attention swing back to Nana. "Oh! You should have said something Nana. I would have gotten you a beer too!" The prospect of finding Nana a boyfriend was a tempting one, she really liked this idea. "Yeah! Just leave it to us Nana!"