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Post by Indigo Noble on Aug 7, 2013 18:44:50 GMT -5
Indigo was celebrating. His stuff was at VU (still in his trunk), Jory was busy, and he hadn't been able to find ice cream anywhere. He wasn't a sugar addict, but the ice cream shop had become the place to go for internet, food, and relaxation outside Hogwarts. So he'd hopped onto the Knight Bus and taken a ride to his favorite hangout.
He was grinning as he waited his turn in line, and trying not to. It was too hot for his hoodie so he had his hair swept forward, but it could only give him so much privacy.
And somehow, when he stepped up to order, what came out of his mouth wasn't I'm in university, it was "I came out this summer," and another broad smile.
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Post by Rhys Moreau on Aug 7, 2013 23:01:34 GMT -5
Rhys' eyes widened and he smiled. "Congrats," he said. "I take it it went well?" He couldn't imagine that it hadn't gone well, what with the wide smile on Indigo's face and all. It was nice to hear of a coming out that had gone well for a change, it was something he so rarely saw. He knew it was more common now than it used to be, but he still saw all the worst.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Aug 7, 2013 23:29:27 GMT -5
"I told them I'm in love with Jory, we're totally dating, and they were like, dead quiet. I thought they were... I don't know what I thought. But they were like, did you think we'd be upset? Yeah, I thought they'd be upset." Indigo suddenly realized that he wasn't the only person in line and ducked his head to let his hair fall forward.
"Uh, I'd like a knickerbocker glory and a cup of water." He dug into his laptop bag for his coin pouch.
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Post by Rhys Moreau on Aug 7, 2013 23:42:42 GMT -5
Rhys smiled again and nodded as he turned to making the order. "That's really awesome, my parents weren't too happy when they found out about me, so it's nice to hear good stories. And congrats about you and Jory, too," he said. "You two always seemed close." He'd always liked when Indigo and his friends had come in, in whatever combination, they almost always seemed happy.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Aug 7, 2013 23:57:24 GMT -5
"Sorry about your parents," Indigo said, before he could get distracted by his own excitement again and forget to acknowledge it. "At new year, someone like, kissed me," he admitted, trying not to catch anyone's eyes. "Like, a guy someone, and I was kind of mixed up for a while. I kissed Jory just to see, and it was like... I wanted to do it again. Jory's like, amazing. He got me this mirror that works kind of like a cell phone plus video chatting. If you get some time or a break or something, I'll show it to you."
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Post by Rhys Moreau on Aug 8, 2013 0:01:35 GMT -5
"Yeah, sure," Rhys said, nodding. He was technically allowed to take a break whenever he wanted, considering he wasn't really an employee. Now that there was a break before his new set of classes started, he'd been spending a lot of time helping out in the shop. It was a minute later before he handed over the ice cream, maybe with an extra little bit scooped on for good measure. "There you go."
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Post by Indigo Noble on Aug 8, 2013 0:06:05 GMT -5
"Awesome," Indigo said, taking the treat. "I'll be over by the wall whenever you get off. I mean, like, go on break." He pinkened and ducked his head, then hurried off to sit at his usual table. He took a big bite, then started setting up his laptop. He could use it at VU, but he'd have felt naked here without it. He pulled out his cube and got the virtual keyboard going, too. Let the other wizards in the shop stare. He was with his baby.
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Post by Rhys Moreau on Aug 8, 2013 0:09:01 GMT -5
Rhys helped out the next person in line before he was able to get someone who actually worked there to take over, then he rounded the counter to go sit with Indigo. "So how'd you two get together? I thought he was a professor," he said as he sat, absently fiddling with his ring. He was sure the habit would die down eventually, he'd only spent a couple of weeks doing it to the ring around his throat.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Aug 8, 2013 0:16:51 GMT -5
"A professor's assistant," Indigo corrected, not that it mattered. "I stopped hanging around with him because like, I didn't want to do something stupid and get him fired, but then I got sent to give him a message and we just ended up talking." And wanting desperately to kiss. Indigo looked determinedly down at his ice cream, his computer screen, anything but Rhys. He swiped his thumbprint to log on.
"We decided to be together like, unofficially, not do anything, but think of ourselves as together, and we promised that if anything ever happened, we had two months to think about it and then we had to talk and be friends again," he told his keyboard. "That hasn't happened or anything, though," he added, finally glancing up at Rhys.
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Post by Rhys Moreau on Aug 8, 2013 0:30:17 GMT -5
"Well, that's good, your goal should be to keep that from happening," Rhys said, grinning. He knew that a plan like that was unlikely to actually succeed, but he hoped for both Indigo's and Jory's sake that they wouldn't have to deal with that. "He's going to school again, right?" Jory hadn't completely avoided the shop over the summer, but Rhys didn't talk to him as often.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Aug 8, 2013 0:40:09 GMT -5
"Yeah! He's going to VU, it's this wizarding university. I don't know, a lot of people were talking about it. I took my N.E.W.T.s early so I could go too. We're not in the same house, but if I take a couple extra classes we'll get to graduate together. Sorry, I'm just really excited. My parents were cool with everything, I'm with Jory, I freaking love him, and like... ice cream." He gave a self-deprecating smile, then opened up Chrome.
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Post by Rhys Moreau on Aug 8, 2013 0:42:38 GMT -5
Rhys laughed and shook his head. "Don't worry about it, I get it, trust me. Matthew and I've been driving our friends insane, we just got engaged." Plus he remembered what it was like to start dating Matthew, remembered what it was like when they'd first said I love you. He couldn't put down Indigo for his excitement.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Aug 8, 2013 0:48:39 GMT -5
"Oh my god, congratulations!" Indigo said. His computer was forgotten at that. He wasn't thinking about being with Jory forever, but the idea that someone else would, another same-sex couple would, was yet another excitement. Sure there were the Blackwood-Hardts, but they were the only ones he could think of who'd taken it that far.
"You're like, seriously getting married too, aren't you? I saw online that it went through and everything. It's legal in Massachusetts too. Not that I'm like... thinking..." He looked back down at Chrome, which had opened onto Facebook. "We've only been together a few months," he added.
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Post by Rhys Moreau on Aug 8, 2013 0:58:36 GMT -5
"Yeah, take it slow, no reason to jump into it. I mean, we've been together almost two years, our anniversary's next week. I wanted to wait until it was legal to propose," Rhys said. "He laughed at me when I told him it was legal. Apparently my jumping up and down in excitement was a little too much for him." It had been good-natured laughing, at least.
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Post by Indigo Noble on Aug 8, 2013 1:04:54 GMT -5
Indigo grinned at that. "Sometimes you've just got to jump up and down," he said. "Sometimes Jory laughs at me when I get excited, but he does it too." Two years. It didn't sound like a long time, but it seemed like it. How long had he known Jory? About a year. He'd been writing a blog about a Silverstein album. He could look it up and know for sure.
"So like, do you both have rings? I know the Blackwood-Hardts do, but they're like the only ones I know."
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