Best Night Ever (Empty classroom-Castiel/Mari)

[Marius Reed]

There hadn't been a lot of talking on the Knight Bus or the walk up to the school, but Mari was okay with that. He was perfectly happy hugging his still mostly empty bottle and remembering the night. A repeated chorus of thank you so much for making me come, I love you sooo much had come from him throughout their journey. They ducked into the first empty classroom they happened upon and Mari immediately set to removing what he could of his stuffy robes. "Seriously, I love you. Like, a lot."

[Castiel Catalyst]

It was impossible to stay miserable with Mari glowing all over the place, but Castiel gave a roll of the eyes just for show. "For the zillionth time, Kawaii-Kun, I love you too." He loved Mari so much that he couldn't even be properly jealous of his friend's luck. He wanted to be jealous, but it was just so nice seeing Mari so happy after being so down.

[Marius Reed]

Mari slid out of the outermost part of his dress robes and threw it over a chair, then pranced up to Castiel. He slung his arms around his friend's neck and took a kiss. "You should fill up the bottle, it's so good, Seiji got it from a house elf." He released Castiel and returned quickly with the bottle, his steps only a little wobbly.

[Castiel Catalyst]

Castiel wanted more kiss just to make up for earlier, but sighed instead and drew out his wand. "What kind of a name is Seiji?" he asked, trying to remember the spell. He'd heard his mom use it before. "It sounds Japanese or something." And yet it seemed so impossible that Mari could have actually met a gay Japanese guy that Castiel dismissed the idea.

[Marius Reed]

"Well, that's 'cause it is Japanese," Mari said. "And he's gonna see if he can send me candy from Japan and maybe he'll get to come to Hogwarts." He all but started bouncing again at the idea. He hopped on one foot to begin removing his shoes. "And we're gonna write, too." It was seriously like a dream or something.

[Castiel Catalyst]

Castiel's eyes widened. "You're kidding!" he said. And yet it would explain why Mari was bouncing around like a superball instead of just grinning and nudging. He remembered the spell in a sudden burst and cast it, hoping it would work for him the way it was supposed to. It certainly seemed to. "See? I told you that you might meet a Japanese guy." Castiel boggled at having been right.

[Marius Reed]

"Yeah, well, I thought you were just trying to make me feel better," Mari said, dropping his shoe with a clunk. The other followed and he wiggled his newly freed toes before he slipped back over to Castiel and reached for the bottle for a taste test. "He, like, caught a flower or something on fire right in front of me after I left you and Lani, then we started talking."

[Castiel Catalyst]

"So he's like, a bad boy or something?" Castiel asked. A bad boy Japanese gay guy who intended to send Mari candy. It sounded like something a twelve year old girl would make up. Or Mari. Either way, it sounded impossible. "Is it any good?" he asked of the wine.

[Marius Reed]

"Oh, yeah," Mari said, grinning as he handed the bottle back to Castiel, a mouthful lighter. "And I dunno about bad boy, he went with me inside to get desserts-oh my God, Castiel, the dessert bar was amazing I mean, seriously it had like a hundred different things and every bit I tried was seriously heaven in my mouth. I think my tongue creamed itself."

[Castiel Catalyst]

Castiel laughed, despite his best intentions. "That's gross, Mari," he said. He tipped the bottle up to try the wine and had to admit it was actually better than the stuff they'd had with dinner. "This is good, what did you swipe?" He turned the bottle to look at the label, but nothing it said meant anything to him.

[Marius Reed]

"I dunno, it's a dessert wine. Like, it's good now, but if we had some chocolate or something it'd be even better." Mari hadn't really thought pairing the two could make that much of a difference or be so awesome, but he'd been proven so very wrong. "I let Seiji handle it, it seemed like he knew what he was doing. Oh, he's so cute. I mean, like, seriously, you don't even know, you didn't see him. We talked about pretending to like girls and then when we were at the fountain he kissed me real quick, but he pulled away, then he did it again. Then I just kissed him because apparently he couldn't make up his mind or something."

[Castiel Catalyst]

"You know, you don't have to pretend around me," Castiel said matter-of-factly. "I mean, if it makes you feel better I'll keep playing along, but I kind of already knew." And apparently this Seiji guy did the same thing. Mari was talking too fast for Castiel to get everything straight, but it sounded like they'd bonded over being in the closet. "Did you turn another straight guy, or what?"

[Marius Reed]

"Oh, he's totally not straight," Mari said, running both hands through his hair as he looked at Castiel, his expression saying he was thinking hard. He decided not to comment on the rest of what Castiel had said and his hands dropped as he gestured for the bottle again. "I mean, a straight guy wouldn't have gotten so into kissing me that we fell into the fountain. And we totally fell into the fountain."

[Castiel Catalyst]

"Oh my god," Castiel said. He took a quick drink from the bottle before handing it back to Mari. "So like, did you, y'know, touch him here and here?" he asked, teasingly ruffling Mari's already messy hair. If his friend wanted to go back to pretending, he'd pretend, and he wouldn't even bring it up again.

[Marius Reed]

Mari laughed and shook his head. "No," he said, then laughed before he took another drink. "I think he might've, 'cause soon as we were dry he kissed me again. Then you showed up and ruined it," he teased, nudging Castiel with his elbow. He passed the bottle back and reached for the next layer of shirt. Why was everything suddenly so hot?