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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Oct 6, 2021 18:14:13 GMT -5
Ronan knew how to be intimidating. It was both a skill and a personality trait, a natural gift that had only gained confidence with age, and one he didnโt hesitate to use.
Not that he needed to use it, most of the time. It was hard not to see the warning colors.
He regarded the girl - Touka Kirishima - with cool interest. It was probably for the best that he knew Hinata well enough to know he hadnโt been attempting to set them up together when heโd brought Ronan up in whatever conversation theyโd been having beforeโฆit didnโt necessarily mean this interaction was going to go well, but it did mean there was a decent chance it wouldnโt end with anyone needing an ambulance.
He didnโt react to the comment with anything more than his eyebrow arching just barely higher. He wasnโt exactly ignoring Hinata - he kept him in his line of sight, and he processed his words, though there was no evidence of either occurrence - so much as he was concentrating most of his attention towards the stranger.
โBig talk, new girl,โ he replied, his voice surprisingly free of malice, though he didnโt smile. โComing from someone about to get their ass handed to them by a decoy.โ
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Post by strider on Oct 7, 2021 1:28:50 GMT -5
If Hinata were easily put off by a quick temper, he wouldnโt be able to stay friends with most of the people he knew. Okay, maybe not most of them, butโฆ Ronan and Zuko at least. And probably more of them. Most of his team was pretty quick to anger, too. He shook the thought off, instead forcing himself to tune in to the conversation again.
โHe is cool,โ Hinata replied, looking back over at Ronan. โAlthough itโs not cool that you tell her immediately that Iโm a decoy! It doesnโt sound cool when you just say it like that! Itโs a really cool thing to be, but the name is just bad! I meanโฆ itโs right, but itโs bad. It doesnโt sound cool. But I make sure our team can score points, which Toukaโs gonna see when she eventually joins the girlโs team and plays me, right?โ
Somewhere in Hinataโs mind, he had decided that Touka both joining the team and liking him enough to be competitive and fun about it was a guarantee. Perhaps he had psyched himself up just a little too much for a game that didnโt exist yet. That might not exist, depending on who Touka wanted to be at the school.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Oct 7, 2021 7:36:33 GMT -5
"UH, yeah, we'll see," said Touka, falling easily back into the rhythm she'd had with Hinata now that she understood he wasn't angry with her. "I already promised Hinata here I was gonna kick his ass. It's not nice to break promises, so, I guess I'm just gonna have to win." She smiled, liking Ronan's attitude not because he was being nice, exactly, but because she found it easy to stay on top of him. He talked a big game, so did she. Instant stalemate.
She turned back to Hinata. "What's a decoy, anyway? I mean, I've played plenty and I don't remember hearing that."
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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Oct 7, 2021 14:43:08 GMT -5
It had been something of a test, though not a conscious one. Insulting Hinata in the same breath as he defended his skills, as though he could hope to cover up the latter with the former. Or maybe he just wanted to make it clear who he was allied with, it was hard to say.
He was testing Toukaโs responses, though, like a horse might tap the ground with its hoof when itโs not quite sure about the material the ground has become.
The answer made him narrow his eyes very slightly. Not because he didnโt like it - it was the sort of answer that felt correct, like it had come from someone he knew - but because he understood that it was a form of banter and wasnโt sure how he felt about being part of it.
He had an arsenal of weapons at his disposal. He considered them, but then his eyes flicked to Hinata for an instant, and he remained where he was. It wasnโt so much that he was holding back as it was that he was taking his cues from the person who had a claim to his loyalty already, and so far, Touka wasnโt quite to be labeled as an enemy just yet.
It made his opinion on her neutral. Which meant he didnโt like her, but it wasnโt yet a personal or permanent sort of dislike.
He didnโt speak again. He wasnโt in the habit of speaking when he didnโt have anything to say, and besides, he was vaguely curious to see how Hinata explained what his position meant.
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Post by strider on Oct 7, 2021 23:01:46 GMT -5
โWell, if you break that promise and you were trying your best, thenโฆ thatโs alright, cause Iโll have the joy of winning,โ Hinata replied, slipping easily back into the competitive teasing they had started earlier. It was easy to have that sort of banter with someone, especially when they were more sports-minded. It wasnโt as easy when he was with his friends. Some of them were competitive, but none of them knew how to play volleyball. The one time Hinata had tried to play Zuko, the other boy had hit the ball so hard it had broken a piece of the ceiling. They had gotten in trouble for that, and the two of them had never played each other again. Which was why having Touka here filled Hinata with an almost intoxicating sort of excitement.
โIโm not just a decoy,โ Hinata said, giving Ronan a pointed glare (which wasnโt very intimidating coming from him. He wasnโt nearly as practiced at looking scary as Ronan was). He couldnโt tell what his friend thought of Touka yet, but he didnโt think it actually mattered. Ronan had a tendency to be prickly, so if he didnโt like the girl Hinata was starting to see as a friendโฆ then that was his problem. โIโm the greatest decoy. Really, though Iโm a middle blocker. Iโm just good enough that everyone tends to watch me and try to predict what Iโm gonna do. And they need to, because Iโm really good at spiking. But it also means that my teammates can get points, too, because there arenโt gonna be any guards on them.โ
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Post by <Raintalon> on Oct 9, 2021 6:40:32 GMT -5
Touka didn't have much difficulty reading Ronan. They weren't that different - he saw how Hinata interacted with her, but he himself was suspicious of a new presence, so he was pulling back, watching to see what would happen. Some people might have seen this and felt a need to prove themselves - to get him on their side, to convince him they were all good, but Touka didn't have any such desire. Hinata liked her and she liked him, and whether or not Ronan ended up liking her was up to him. She didn't intent to try to sway his opinion of her one way or another.
"Oh cool, I'm like...that but opposite," said Touka, easing back into the flow of conversation. "Nobody expects me to play good cause I'm so short, so they don't keep a very good eye on me. Then, BAM, I'm in before they know what hit them. I'm usually the right-side hitter though, so nobody's watching me as close as they would the middle blocker."
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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Oct 9, 2021 17:29:32 GMT -5
Ronan, now that theyโd gone back to whatever conversation they must have been having before the one heโd interrupted, returned to gazing in the direction in which his car rested. Sometimes, he liked to check that it was still there, even if he didnโt plan to use it. Sometimes, he liked to sit in it and imagine where heโd go, if he didnโt need to return at any specific point in time.
The imagining itself wasnโt needed. There was only one place heโd have liked to go, and it was the only place he was not allowed to go under any circumstances. But sometimes, he pretended he had to think for a couple minutes before he came to that conclusion once again.
He had no interest in volleyball, so he was now only vaguely paying the other two any attention, but he didnโt leave, either. Maybe most people would have felt awkward, but the truth was that he didnโt feel like going back to his post against the wall, now that heโd left it.
He did wonder if they realized they were giving each other an advantage, though, talking about their skills as they were. Not that he was going to stop them.
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Post by strider on Oct 10, 2021 2:34:53 GMT -5
Hinata nodded eagerly, seeming not to mind that they were essentially sharing their strategies with each other. If the strategies were good, they would work regardless of whether or not they were known. Besides, it wasnโt like he was telling her about the quick attack, or which signs were used to bring the quick attack up.
โSame!! I mean, Iโm really short so people think Iโm gonna be real bad, or the weak link or something, or they expect me to be a libero, but Iโd be an awful libero. But then when I start playing really good, they tend to guard me really well, which lets other people get lots of hits in! Nobody sees it coming the first time, and itโs like wHOOSH! But after that, they donโt know what hit them, and they donโt know where the next attack is gonna come from, but they know it could come from me or anyone else, and they canโt guard all of us!โ He was clearly excited by the conversation, and wasnโt paying very good attention to Ronan. He had wanted to introduce Touka to his friends, of course, but it was very easy for him to get distracted talking about volleyball.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Oct 10, 2021 20:15:21 GMT -5
"Great, we both seem like we're gonna suck," said Touka, grinning. "Gonna be the world's weirdest game to watch then. The two short kids having it out like it's some kind of anime rivalry." She paused, then turned to Ronan, raising an eyebrow. "So how'd you and Mr. Dark and Glowery meet anyway? You two...don't seem like you'd get along."
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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Oct 11, 2021 0:19:50 GMT -5
Ronan crossed his arms over his chest, leaning his weight back a little. He wasnโt a stranger to Hinata and volleyball. He knew the sorts of rambling that came when those two things were anywhere near each other. He also knew that finding someone else who also both cared about volleyball and was possibly good at volleyball was something of a once in a lifetime opportunity for himโฆthe one person in their group who understood how to play it had admitted to not really caring about it. Or anything else.
Maybe he hadnโt said that last part, exactly, but it was difficult for Ronan to imagine a way of caring about something that didnโt devour you.
The conversation circled back around to something that concerned him. He gave a smile that wasnโt entirely friendly. โHe pissed off my bird.โ
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Post by <Raintalon> on Oct 12, 2021 10:18:58 GMT -5
"Wait - you have a raven?" Touka raised her eyebrows, distracted from volleyball talk by this interesting bit of information. "Where'd you get it?"
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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Oct 14, 2021 20:41:49 GMT -5
Ronan looked at Touka. He was again struck by the fact that she was the sort of stranger who seemed like she could stop being a stranger at some point, if she happened to exist where he was also existing for too long at a time or too many times in a row. Once, he wouldnโt have thought of it until it had happened. Once, he might not have realized it had happened at all. But it had happened enough times now that he could tell.
He sort of wished he couldnโt. It was probably the reason people in movies were always seen as wise if they refused to know the future. If you didnโt know where you were going, you were in no danger of getting lost.
Not that it really mattered. Hinata was the one with an interest in meeting people. Ronan was the one who was kindly lured into the backyard so he didnโt react badly to the guests.
โShe,โ he corrected. โAnd I stole her.โ
The words were honest in that she had probably belonged to something else before she had belonged to him. It had felt like stealing, when heโd picked her up and felt her tiny, fluttering heartbeat, so reminiscent of the tiny field mice heโd used to find. It had felt like stealing, when heโd kept her alive.
It didnโt feel like stealing when she perched on his shoulder, half asleep, but he suspected a stolen car would feel like it had always been yours if you drove it to work every day.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Oct 20, 2021 7:24:35 GMT -5
"Oh uhhhhhhhhhh, yeah sure," said Touka, her voice comically rising a few pitches before she coughed, bringing it back down. "Sure sure, why not. Could be fun." For some reason, she felt that "having a debilitating phobia of birds" wasn't a very cool, status-earning thing to bring up in a new group of acquaintances.
"Soooo. Should we...head to the dorms?" she asked, eager to change the subject away from creatures with beaks. "Before somebody catches us f(oops)ing around out here, I mean. Since Hinata's technically a wanted criminal now," she added, giving him a crooked, teasing grin as she looped back around to the principal's office.
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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Oct 25, 2021 0:38:25 GMT -5
Ronan watched Touka for a long moment, head cocked in a way reminiscent of the same bird theyโd been talking about. It was hard to tell for sure whoโd learned it from who, but Ronan was older, so it had probably come from him.
He hadnโt been about to offer to take them to see Chainsaw. She was a raven, not a pretty seashell, and he didnโt need to start passing her around. But somehow, he got the sense he didnโt need to worry about that too much at the moment,
He gave a small, precise snort at the idea of Hinata being a criminal, but he didnโt speak. It wasnโt that he didnโt think Hinata could do anything he wasnโt supposed to do, it was just that, if he happened to find a wallet on the ground, he would probably turn it into an office somewhere.
โYeah, youโll have to meet her,โ he said, because he could tell that Touka was trying to change the subject. โShe might even let you hold her.โ
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Post by strider on Oct 25, 2021 2:07:39 GMT -5
Hinata glared at Ronan for a long moment, clearly picking up both on the fact that Touka didnโt seem very comfortable talking about Chainsaw anymore, and the fact that Ronan was very clearly talking about it more because Touka was uncomfortable. Wellโฆ when he had been hyping his friends up to Touka, he had never said they were nice. Ronan was cool, but he wasnโt exactly nice. There were others he was friends with that fit that description much better, but he wasnโt sure he could just say that in front of Ronan. The older boy wouldnโt be offended, but he also likely would have started a fight, and Hinata was smart enough to know who would win that.
โSure!โ He told Touka, cheerful as ever despite ignoring what Ronan had said. โWe can definitely go to the dorms now! And itโs not just because I could be caught avoiding the principalโs office. Althoughโฆ that is, admittedly, part of it.โ He bounced up and down once, then threw his arm around Ronanโs shoulders as though he could herd his friend in the direction of the dorms with them both. He might not have been the best at keeping Ronan out of trouble, but he did at least try. Sometimes.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Nov 8, 2021 20:58:51 GMT -5
Oh, okay, so he was that type of asshole. Good to know. Ignoring Ronan's baiting for the time being, she fell into step with the two of them, content to follow Hinata to the dorms.
"You said you had other friends," she said conversationally, kicking along a small pine cone as she walked. "What are they like?"
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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Nov 17, 2021 9:44:48 GMT -5
Ronan did not appear sorry for his actions, though Hinata had reacted more than Touka had. He wasnโt bothered by that, either, though. He hadnโt been aiming for a reaction. He wasnโt a true bully; he just wore the face of one.
In his defense, the last time heโd been in an extremely masculine group, then had that group be joined by a short, fiery girl with short, dark hair, things hadnโt worked out the way heโd always thought they would. The memories werenโt bad. He would just have preferred not remembering them right then.
Comparing people to other people tended to end about as well as youโd expect it to.
He blew out a bad-tempered breath as Hinata threw an arm around his shoulders, but he permitted himself to be steered in the right direction. Hinata was one of the very few people who was allowed this. He was also one of the even fewer people who would ever have tried it.
He almost told Touka the rest were much worse than he was, but he never lied, so he said nothing.
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Post by strider on Nov 25, 2021 2:46:57 GMT -5
โYep!โ Hinata replied, bouncing a little bit without removing his arm from Ronanโs shoulder. He was a fairly tactile person, and he assumed that if Ronan wanted him to stop, he would tell him. Ronan didnโt tend to suffer things for the convenience of others. If he didnโt like something, the whole universe might as well know.
โTheyโreโฆ well, most of them are really nice! Ronanโs a jerk sometimes, but he doesnโt mean it in a bad way. Heโs also bad at new people. Actuallyโฆ a lot of us are. Zukoโs nice, but heโs really really good at accidentally offending people when he first meets them. Kenmaโs quiet and he doesnโt say much, but heโs really nice when he does talk! Salโs the best with new people, heโs justโฆ really nice even when he doesnโt have to be, and he isnโt overwhelming like I am. At leastโฆ thatโs what Iโm told. And uhโฆ well, Hunter isnโt the most friendly, but if you can get him talking about something heโs interested in he really opens up! Varianโs kind of a nerd, but if you donโt mind explosions heโs great! Wylan is like Varian except fewer explosions and sometimes when heโs talking to you heโll just turn really red like heโs embarrassed about something. I think thatโs why he gets along so well with Spook. Spook is really quiet but you should talk to him anyway cause he has really interesting things to say, even if he doesnโt think he does! Ohโฆ oh and Noah is Ronanโs best friend except theyโre like total opposites cause Ronan is likeโฆ big and intimidating and stuff, but Noah is likeโฆ a cloud in human form. Or something. Letโs seeโฆ Juuzou has a lot of energy, like me, and heโs nice! Newt is nice too, but heโs a little more no nonsense. Is thatโฆโ he frowned a little, looking over at Ronan. โDid I get everyone?โ
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Post by <Raintalon> on Dec 1, 2021 9:35:52 GMT -5
"That's....so many friends," said Touka, fully taken aback by the laundry list of people Hinata considered his friends. It made sense, she guessed, that someone as cheerful and friendly as him would collect them, but it was still strange to her when she met the types of people that others flock around. "Aaaand, are they all friends with each other? Or is there like, a ton of infighting?" She spared a brief glance at Ronan as she said this, clearly wondering do they all get along with him?
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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Dec 2, 2021 14:06:05 GMT -5
Ronan stared at Hinata as he launched into an explanation of their friends, one at a time, and their main traits. Or at least, the traits Hinata must have thought were their main ones. He could tell Hinata hadnโt talked to Newt that much.
He wasnโt entirely wrong about most of them, either, though Ronan didnโt think he was bad at new people just because he didnโt care for them. Hinata, once again, seemed to assume friendliness was the standard everyone strived for.
Ronan didnโt know what he strived for, but this conversation wasnโt anywhere close to it.
His expression, however, didnโt change from its practiced boredom, and he kept walking, hands in his pockets and posture filled with casual disinterest, though he did snort when Hinata came to Noah. Not because he was wrong. He just didnโt think Noah himself would have agreed.
He gifted Touka with an unpleasant smile as she glanced at him, as though answering her question with teeth; what do you think?
โWell, hell, man, you canโt just toss out di Angelo like that,โ he replied, turning his blue stare back to Hinata.
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Post by strider on Dec 3, 2021 4:20:58 GMT -5
โNico!โ Hinata replied, clearly dismayed to have forgotten someone. โNicoโsโฆ well, heโs a little bit scary, but in a different way from Ronan. Heโs shorter than me, technically, so he doesnโt seem like he would be very scary at all, but heโs likeโฆ the most intense person I know. Even though heโs really nice. Heโsโฆ the kind of person who would talk to the shy kid because nobody else is talking to them. Even though heโs not usually very outgoing. Heโs a first year, though, so itโs super cool that heโs scary instead of justโฆ scared by the upperclassmen.โ Hinata glanced at Ronan, hoping that that, at least, covered all of their friends.
โThereโฆ well, we kinda started a group? Like originally I think it was just a couple of people โ Ronan and two other fourth-years, and then they just sort of started collecting gay outcasts from all the other grades when they started getting older, so now weโre still a group of gay outcasts, but thereโs justโฆ more of us! Nobody really fights much, except maybe Sal and Zuko, but itโs okay because they make out sometimes when they think nobody knows. I think sometimes they flirt by fighting, but neither of them really seems to realize it. And Ronan fights with everyone but thatโs โcause heโs Ronan. He doesnโt usually mean anything by it.โ Hinata bounced strategically to Toukaโs other side, avoiding whatever Ronan might try to do as recompense for exposing the truth behind is douchebaggery.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Dec 3, 2021 9:54:23 GMT -5
Touka watched him bounce around, now between him and Ronan, and felt a little spark of warmth in her chest as she realized she was walking with people now. Potential friends, even. She'd been planning to just go straight to her dorm and remain as unnoticed as possible - the other option, to her, had been hassling, but this seemed like a previously unconsidered third option.
She snorted as Hinata mentioned Sal and Zuko. Oh, boy. She would have to remember not to give them any weird looks so as not to rat on Hinata for spilling something he maybe shouldn't have to a total stranger.
"Well, I'm bi, so," she said, shrugging one shoulder as she casually came out to someone she'd met ten minutes ago. Was this really her life now? "I don't do...dating, though, so don't worry, I'm not gonna steal anyone's man or anything."
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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Dec 4, 2021 11:54:52 GMT -5
Ronan couldnโt find any fault with that description of Nico, though he probably would have said edgy nerd and left it at that, personally.
Nico was certainly the type to approach a shy kid, though. Ronan was fairly sure that had actually happened before, at some point.
He glanced at Touka as Hinata continued, eyes wary as he took in her reaction to Hinataโsโฆwell, it was accurate. They were all gay and they were all outcasts, more or less. His posture shifted subtly, from insolent to protective, and he moved just a little bit closer to the group, nearer to Hinata. He didnโt look threatening - not yet - but it was a thin line, and he was ready to cross it in a moment, if he had to. Not that he expected a real fight, exactly. It was just that most people would be extra careful about the things they allowed out of their mouth when Ronan was watching them the way he stared now.
He stayed there as Hinata continued, eyes on Toukaโs expression. Normally, heโd have had to laughโฆhonesty was a weapon, as always, but Hinata didnโt use it as one. He was just talking because he was good at new people.
Toukaโs reply had an immediate effect on him, and some of the tension faded from his posture, the sharp wariness leaving his eyes, until he looked back at Hinata.
โYou wanna test that?โ He inquired, his smile sharp as it flashed over his expression, eyes following Hinata as he bounced out of reach. โCome on back over here, then.โ
As dangerous as the words could have been, there was no real venom behind them, and he didnโt wait for Hinata to take him up on the challenge before he slipped his hands in his pockets and continued to stroll.
โSo, who would you steal if you were into dating?โ
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Post by strider on Dec 16, 2021 15:56:42 GMT -5
Hinataโs expression morphed into a wide, ear-to-ear grin. He knew he was more casual than most about coming out, but he hadnโt actually expected Touka to respond in kind. Wellโฆ he hadnโt actually expected her to have anything to come out about, but he wouldnโt have begrudged her it if she had decided not to tell something so personal to a stranger. Exceptโฆ they werenโt really strangers anymore, were they? At worst, they were acquaintances. Hinata couldnโt help but hope that could become friends, but he wouldnโt be terribly hurt if Touka decided that wasnโt what she wanted.
โIf you fight me now, youโre just proving my point!โ he beamed, carefully staying on the other side of Touka. He had fought with Ronan before, but as he had saidโฆ Ronan was Ronan. He could fight with anything, and it usually didnโt ruin his friendships. โโCause if we fight, then weโre just gonna make up later or pretend it didnโt happen or something.โ Not to mention the fact that he may have been fast, but he most certainly wasnโt any match for Ronan in a wrestling match. Thankfully, heโd never gotten into a physical fight with the older boy.
โAnyway, some of us are bi, but most of us arenโt into girls. So you could try to steal someoneโs man, but I donโt think it would work very well.โ He gave a quiet laugh, bouncing on his heels as he continued to walk forward. He paused suddenly, eyes wide as he looked at Touka. โYou are a girl, right? Cause I donโt wanna assumeโฆโ
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Post by <Raintalon> on Dec 17, 2021 9:43:07 GMT -5
Touka watched them spar, content to remain a barrier between Ronan's playful attempts at attack and Hinata's playful attempts at defense.
"Yeah, I'm a girl," she answered, a slight twinge of caution making its way into her head as she realized they'd only covered acceptance of one piece of queerness. She narrowed her eyes slightly, trying to find a way to poke at the topic. She couldn't think of a good one, though, so she decided in favor of just going straight for the heart of the matter.
"I gotta warn you though, if you people are TERFs or something this isn't going to work out," she said, watching their expressions. "Cause I don't play that shit."
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Post by ยฎHawkpathยฎ on Dec 17, 2021 12:26:13 GMT -5
Ronan glanced at Hinata, catching the grin, and then Touka, who seemed a little bit more cautious about this whole thing, whatever it was. He wasnโt surprised by Hinataโs excitement, because Hinata was usually somewhat excited, but that didnโt mean he expected Touka to share it.
โIโm not fighting you,โ Ronan said, hands in his pockets as he continued to stroll/stalk/saunter. โIโm just saying.โ
Toukaโs reply caught him off guard, and he cocked his head a little, eyeing her. The idea of anyone in their group being transphobic was about as believable as any of them being homophobic, but of course, she couldnโt have known that just from meeting the two of them.
He did not say he was impressed.
โDo I look like a f(oops)ing TERF to you?โ He asked, spreading his arms to indicate himself; Example A: Ronan Lynch.
He dropped them to his sides a moment later.
โWeโre not. Itโs not like youโre signing a contract here. Any other problematic options you wanna screen for?โ
He was impressed, though. Just a little, in that way you couldnโt quite help, even if you wanted to.
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Post by strider on Dec 17, 2021 13:00:44 GMT -5
โHuh?โ Hinata asked, eyes wide as he looked at Touka. It was easy to forget that he passed as well as he did. He had done everything he could to at least start transitioning, and it had worked out well for him. Unfortunately, that meant that people could assume he was a transphobe. And people could also assume that Ronan was a transphobe. Considering Ronan, on the outside at least, was the most stereotypically masculine of the lot of themโฆ Hinataโs lips pursed for a moment as he listened to Ronanโs response. He had no idea what a TERF usually looked like. If he had to conjure up the image of one in his mind, he would picture the very same feminine lesbians who used to claim that they were โgold star lesbiansโ and better than anyone else because they were โpure lesbiansโ or whatever crap they were spouting. The kind of people that Hinata didnโt generally like, and the kind of people who usually didnโt like him in return.
โIf it makes you feel better, TERFS hate me,โ Hinata grinned, arms crossing almost proudly. โThey either think Iโm just a straight girl who wants to be special or theyโre mourning the fact that my womanhood was led astray or something. Theyโre stupid.โ
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Post by <Raintalon> on Jan 7, 2022 11:19:03 GMT -5
Touka considered Ronan for a moment, raising an eyebrow at his reaction. Which had, to his credit, impressed her, lined with hostility as it was.
"Actually no that's fair, you're less Tumblr and more American flag," she said, genuinely not meaning it as an insult so much as a joke.
She blinked at Hinata's own statement, not fully registering his meaning for a moment before it clicked, embarrassingly late. She paused taking that new piece of information in, and nodded slowly, still walking along with them.
"Yeah no. That is totally on me. I made an assumption," she said thoughtfully. "Huh. Yeah, my bad, dude."
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