Room 322, Thursday Midday

[living_endless]

Didi had spent some time this morning talking to her fish as she cleaned and rearranged their tank. Either she was a little bored, or they had seen fascinating things during the gremlin invasion. It might have been both.

Once she'd gotten all of the conversation out of Slim and Wandsworth that a girl could expect (and a bit more), she flopped down on her bed and started watching a DVD of the movie from class yesterday. She hadn't seen it all the way through, and Scottish Accent Guy was hot.

The door to her room was open a crack so she could see people in the hall.

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[weldedtomyspine]

"Well..." he shrugged. "I'm sure my mom would love to have you visit us in El Paso sometime. Even for a while if, you know, you're looking for somewhere to crash.

[living_endless]

"Yeah?" Didi rolled onto her stomach, touched. "Think I'd fit in in Texas?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Texas has some great people in it," Jaime grinned. "Though... I feel it's only fair to warn you that you might have to put up with Paco hitting on you."

"But, seriously? Yeah. I think you'd fit in just fine. Might even start a new fashion trend or something."

[living_endless]

"Paco doesn't sound all that creepy when you talk about him," Didi noted. "I could handle him. Fresh air, salsa .... I might like Texas."

She smiled idly. "Are you already thinking about after graduation?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"A little bit," Jaime admitted. "Looking at colleges and that sort of thing." He frowned a bit. "Trying to figure out how to balance that and... well, the Scarab thing."

[living_endless]

"The scarab thing's for life?" Didi asked. "Sorry, just ... usually you don't talk about it much."

[weldedtomyspine]

"I... don't know, actually. I know that no one I've talked to knows how to remove it." And... the truth was he wasn't sure he would if he could. Jaime forced a sheepish smile. "I don't know. I guess I'm just so used to not talking about it... kind of rude of me, huh..."

"So, yeah... you're my roommate. Feel free to ask whatever you want."

[living_endless]

"It doesn't come up often," Didi admitted. "I don't think of you as, Jaime, the guy with the Scarab attached. It's Jaime, my roommate. Who brings coconut chicken."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Well, that is the part that really matters," Jaime pointed out with a laugh. "And it's not like the Scarab makes that part any easier." He had to work hard for that chicken! He'd... you know... walked!

[living_endless]

Didi laughed. "Right! Except now I wanna know what information it could give you in a Thai restaurant."

[OOC: NIGHT!]

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime laughed with her. "Most of it's pretty boring. Ingredients, cooking instructions, food quality, that sort of thing. And then it talks about natural toxins like capsicum like it's some sort of clever threat."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

He either didn't notice the anger, or he simply accepted it.

"He caught me off guard," Jacob admitted and he'd gone through it enough in his head to make sort of sense of what'd happened. Even if a lot of it was hazy. "And I lashed out. He talked back and that just got us both pissed."

A shrug of his shoulder. "It's... bad if I get mad. If I lose control, so I just said whatever'd get him to go away."

[living_endless]

"... oh," Didi said. The problem with understanding people was that sometimes even when she wanted to be angry, she couldn't be. She'd seen Jake's temper; it wasn't hard to believe what he was saying.

And Jono had a temper, too.

"It's not like he chose it," she pointed out. "He -- every time somebody offers food, he flinches. He already has a rough time."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"I didn't know that," he said sheepishly. "It's not exactly something you expect. Having... someone be half on fire. I mean, his scent was off, but..." Another shrug, he figured she'd at least know what he meant. "I should have been more in control. I know."

Another pause. "We fought together on Sunday."

[living_endless]

Didi felt like she had the weirdest boys in her life ever. But that wasn't precisely new. And yes, she knew what he meant.

"Yeah?" she asked. "So, what, you guys are buddies now?"

Just a little bit of sarcasm, there.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob snorted. "I doubt it, he doesn't even know it was me."

[living_endless]

"... don't tell me there was a mask and spandex involved."

Look, she lived with a superhero and her boyfriend was another one. A third would be overkill.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

He hesitated, but she'd told him straight off who she was. It was only fair right? Even if he was watching anything but her.

"Try fangs and a whole lot of fur."

[living_endless]

Didi's eyebrows shot up to her hairline. "Seriously?"

She didn't have a problem it it, she just hadn't expected it. Though it would explain the vampire issues even better.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

He nodded at the fishes. "It's why I have such a short fuse," he admitted. "I know that's not an excuse;"

[living_endless]

"I don't know about that," Didi said quietly. "How does it work? You get mad and -- you change?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Partly," he spoke softly now. "I can change whenever I'd like to. It's even easier when I'm calm, but at first it's definitely all about the anger and you don't even know why. You just get angry so easily and if I lost it, I could hurt someone. Badly."

[living_endless]

She studied him for a moment, not saying anything. "Have you ever?" she asked, finally. "Anyone who didn't deserve it?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"No," he shook his head. "There's a few of us, we keep each other in check. Sam was the first to turn, he hurt his girlfriend when he lost it. She's pretty scarred because of it. I don't envy him, having to figure it all out on his own."

[living_endless]

"And now you're here on your own," Didi said, and shifted to put a hand on his shoulder. "What are you doing to keep tabs on yourself? If there's anything I can do..."