forum oxo rp with rainy

Started November 10, 2020 by @imJUSTasillylittleguy group

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(I'm not exactly sure where to skip to, so this is not gonna be super specific aha)

Savanna hadn't touched the book from the library. She had refused to even pull it out of her bag, not wanting to remember any part of what happened in the library. She was realizing that things were getting just too complicated, and she really needed to just give up.
No part of their last conversation made her feel any reason to stay. Except for the pull.
That tug on her heartstrings never eased up, and even now she was trying to push down the "pain" in her chest, not wanting to figure out what that was supposed to mean.

With a heavy sigh, Savanna made her way down the streets with the sun setting behind her. The street lamps were beginning to flicker on, leaving a hazy glow all around her. She found her room suffocating, and couldn't manage to focus there. So she had decided to go on a walk to clear her head.

He's walking as well, he left the cat back he to rest and well, cats don't really go on walks usually.
He sighed, having his hair pulled back into a man bun. He was wearing a tank top and some shorts as he jogged, he ended up stopping around the same place that Amelia was at.
Just not noticing her yet.
He took a swig of his water bottle.

(Hey I'm alive)

Savanna had made her way to a small coffee shop downtown- one not many people knew of. Lucky for her, that included most anyone that knew she existed. She tended to put off her fake persona from school aside while she was here, having gotten to know that she felt more at ease with these people.
She didn't necessarily work there, but she did find herself helping out on the weekends. She would wipe tables down, or refill napkin containers as she spoke to the actual working crew- and the owner often tried to hire her for it- but Savanna always declined, rather taking discounted coffee or pastries she gave her every time she stopped in.

"You're here late," A taller young man laughed, watching her slump into one of the chairs.
"Yeah, I know. Been a weird week all around."

Akira decided to walk into the coffee shop that was close by, not that he was getting coffee. He just decided that they might have some refreshing tea's, or maybe even a small sandwich to give him energy for his run back to where he was staying. He moved to walk towards the counter as he was looking at the menu, he hadn’t noticed her there yet being too focused on what was on the menu. He decided to just get a peach tea before making his way over to his seat after paying what he needed too.

"You wanna talk about it?" Keegan asked, glancing up when Akira entered the store.
"I mean there's not much to talk about. I've just rid myself of my dignity and pride."
"Mm sounds fun- hold that thought." He quickly took Akira's order, passing it along to the barista before walking back to Savanna. "So, dignity and pride are no more."
Savanna laughed weakly, twisting her hair into a bun with a clip from her purse. She pushed up her sleeves and reached for a spare apron to fit in. "Yeah, some guy at school has me tied around his finger and I can't figure out how he did it."
"No, not you. You never let a guy get to you." His dramatic flair faded with a little laugh. "Looks like finally got past little Ms. secretive. What did he do, tell you that you looked a little too good in that green dress of yours?"
"Gross Keegan- no he… well he's just different. He- well, I honestly think he hates me." She laughed out bitterly, slipping behind the counter to grab a rag and some form of disinfectant. As she did, she stepped back out into the main part of the building. "It's so stupid, I know."
Keegan only snorted before dipping into the back room before Akira's name was called out for his tea. Savanna tuned it out, beginning to clean off some of the tables.

Akira made his way to the counter to grab his peach tea, and was looking at the label to see if they spelt his name right on his way back to the seat and wasn't paying enough attention to where he was walking.
He walked right into savanna and spilled the drink on her and little bit on himself.
He also somehow managed to fell on top of her, making them both go falling onto the floor along with the peach tea.
He let out a groan as he fell onto her.

A gasp of surprise left Savanna's mouth when the tea was poured down her entire front. A slight hiss of pain was followed when the larger man fell on top of her.
She was cold, sticky, and now in pain due to more than her body weight falling on top of her onto the slick tile of the floor. It was honestly a shock to her she hadn't managed to hit her head harder than she had on the ground, or possibly a table.
Hot tears burned her eyes as she tried to sit up. She wasn't quite sure who it was, feeling slightly disoriented as someone grabbed her shoulders to help her sit up. A small crowd seemed to be forming, obsessing over them.
"It was just a fall- no need to be so worried over it," Savanna laughed weakly, holding the tender part where her head had hit the ground.

He quickly moved to get up from on top of whoever he had just crashed with. This day couldn’t be going any better for him. He just spilled his tea on some random worker because he couldn’t stop thinking about her. It was so stupid. He tried to get his mind off of it by going for a run but it didn’t really do much.
Who did he even run into anyway.
He looked up and his eyes widened.
No way she was the person he ran into.
“Savanah?” He said out loud, before cursing internally.

The small group went quiet, as Savanna's gaze finally focused. She glanced between the faces trying to figure out who said it.
"What?" She asked before looking past them straight into the eyes of the young man sitting across from her.
Like a rush of water, her face began to flush, and her heart began to pound in her chest. She was sitting across from the guy who she just admitted she had a crush on, covered in peach tea. Gaping like a fish, she tried to make sense of her emotions; embarrassment, anger, irritation… joy? The joy she felt at seeing his face was undeniable— and yet she kept on denying it.
"Kaido!" She laughed weakly, standing to try and make things a little less awkward. She ignored the throbbing as her vision faltered again with her sudden shift from sitting to standing. She was fine.
"What brings you here? I seriously doubt you had any intentions to run into me— especially quite so literally." She tried to act normal for her friends, assuming they would start questioning her the second he was gone. She'd rather only have to explain one of those things.

He just looked at her so confused, like he was extremely confused and the others could see it on his face.
what in the world is she doing?
He noticed how her cheeks turned red when she saw him, and on his pale face his cheeks might have turned a smidgen pink. It wasn't much noticeable outside of him having run and his face being a little flushed.
He also noticed how she seemed a bit dizzy, and moved over to her side to support her incase she might have fallen which probably looked like he was worried about her.
He wasn't.
….
Maybe a bit.
He chided her about how she shouldn't stand up so quickly after banging her head on the ground.
He sighed as he moved to get napkins, and then returned to her as he dabbed the napkins on her clothes muttering things. He was acting weirdly too to say the least.

Savanna just watched him, trying not to think much of him getting up to stand by her side— or him telling her she needed to be more careful.
It was normal- this was normal. Another human being, caring about another after running into them.
When he started dabbing her with napkins, that's when it felt weird.
"I can do that— you don't have to." And quickly she grabbed his hand to stop him.
Now she was making things awkward.

"I- erm… I got it. Thank you though." Quietly she tried to soak up the tea, but there was no way it was coming out without a wash.

When she grabbed his hands to stop him from dabbing her outfit to get the tea off of her outfit was when he realized what he was fully doing and cleared his throat.
"Right. No problem." He looked away from her as he backed up a bit. He did ended up looking back at her, and letting out a sigh.
"That's not coming out without a good wash." He rubbed his face as he spoke.
He put a hand on his neck as he looked around the room, before looking back eventually at her.

Keegan had been standing on the other side of Savanna, watching the whole speculation. Looking Akira up and down a questioning smirk pulled at his lips. The smirk grew as he stood to return to the back, snickering the whole way. Savanna wanted to die of embarrassment.
They would be having a long conversation later- and she was not looking forward to the copious amount of teasing she was going to receive from him.
"I had a feeling," She sighed, dropping her hands to her sides. "Well, let's hope it comes out. Guess I should go home and change then."
Untying her apron, she slipped it off from around her neck, throwing it over her arm. She didn't make much effort to move from where she was standing, though.
"What are you doing here, by the way? Don't you usually go to the shop on the other side of town?"

"Oh uh, yeah I guess you should." He put a hand on his neck as he let out a sigh, being internally frustrated with himself.
"I should be asking you why your here, I thought for sure I wouldn't run into you here." He didn't go to the other place because he didn't want to risk bumping into her, but also his run took him far away from the original place he would go too so he needed a new place to stop by for a bit of a rest before going back.
"I am here because I was going for a run and ended up stopping near here and figured I would get a drink."
He sighed softly as he rubbed his face, "which eventually got on your clothes."

"So you were trying to avoid me." She quietly pulled her hair out of the bun she had it clipped in, glancing up at him as it fell just beyond her shoulders. "Did you figure I would hate you if you poured… what is it? Peach tea? Did you figure I'd finally leave you alone if you poured it down my shirt?"
Looking up at him, she crossed her arms below her chest, not standing at her full height. He already towered over her at her normal height, but the distance was more evident when she slouched.
'Probably have to stand on my toes to reach eye level… or lip- NOPE! Do not go there!' Shaking the thought out of her head, she slowly began to walk toward the back. "I'll see you guys later- I probably should head home." She waved to the people in the back before shuffling back towards him.

Great, now it sounded like he did it on purpose. Which, he didn't. Spilling peach tea on her was entirely accidental and he hadn't even noticed it was her right away.
He sighed, looking speechless for a little bit as she moved to put her stuff.
"Hey wait- I may have been avoiding you but I didn't plan to spill peach tea on anyone today. I had no clue you were even here. I was actually planning on drinking that tea just so you know."
He rubbed his throat as he spoke, realizing just how dry his throat was along with his mouth. He stupidly didn't bring his water bottle with him on his run and so he was left without water.
He crossed his arms as he swallowed, feeling his dry mouth.
He was gonna end up gulping down water when he got home.
He turned to leave as well

Savannah felt a little smile attempting to pull at her lips when he began to defend himself. Clearly, her teasing didn't translate well.
"I'm messing with you- I seriously doubted you would be so petty. To waste seven dollars for a tea you wouldn't drink seems very unlike what I know of you."
She was glancing over her shoulder, watching his mannerisms while she walked. Her pace was average, so she wasn't paying too much attention to where she was going. She couldn't seem to take her gaze off of him, watching how perfectly everything he did seemed.
It was foolish of her to stare, knowing he'd notice eventually, but didn't care if he noticed.
If he was uncomfortable with it, why was he following her in the first place?

"Wait, you didn't get your drink." She stated abruptly, blinking out of her trance. "Why didn't you go get a second one?"

He then realized that instead of moving on from the moment and going back to get another one from the counter he had just been talking to her the whole time.
"Eh, I'm going to head back anyway I'm sure I'll be fine without getting a drink." He let out a sigh, knowing it would be a long and thirsty way back to his house, or at the very least the Cafe.
He looked forward towards the doors and outside, wondering how long it would take him to get back to his house from here.
Probably at least 10 minutes of jogging.
He moved to go to the doors and push them open, deciding to hold it for her, to be gentlemen for once in his life.
"Well, are you coming or what?"