que sera, sera.

the fact that rue remembered he was a vegetarian too had jie even more happy with how this was going so far. it was easy after all, to forget that part about jie and a lot of people did, so knowing that rue had kept that in mind was something sweet to him. if anything, it showed him even more then that the other actually did care about him and all of this, even if jie already knew that. “thank you.. a lot of people forget about it.” he hummed softly, the head pat making him giggle a little under his breath, eyes forming small crescents as he smiled over at the elder.

“great or not.. you’re probably still a lot better than me.“ he mumbled out, sheepish again. “my mother used to joke that i’d burn water if i tried hard enough, so no one ever let me cook after a while unless it was baking with one of my older brothers.“ the memories of that had him laughing a little to himself. it was kind of stupid, but at the same time, jie really honestly wasn’t the best cook. he kind of dreaded if he ever had to cook on broadcast actually. 

He would have had a hard time forgetting that Jie was a vegetarian, given the fact that he had repeated it to himself in his own mind numerous times, just so that he wouldn’t forget in about it the end. Perhaps there would be little things about himself as well, that Jie would remember, even if other people forgot.

jie felt embarrassed reminding the elder that he had to tell him about his feelings later, but he’d meant it more as a teasing, easing the atmosphere way honestly, and the reply that he got made the younger smile happily. “i.. i didn’t expect you to ask.” he admitted shyly then, because he hadn’t. jie was so used to falling for people and not having anyone else give back to him in the same way honestly, so to have that now? it made the fame chaser happy. it made him happy just to have rue there honestly, allowing himself to want to be close to him like this.

he was quick to take up the seat next to the elder then on the blanket as he watched him open up the container of food. hearing that rue had made his favourite dish though? it made his eyes widen a little, warmth spreading over him because that wasn’t something he’d expected. “i didn’t think you’d remembered that,” he mumbled shyly, but there was a fond smile appearing on his lips. “thank you..” he didn’t care if rue couldn’t made it like his mother, only cared that he’d even tried really. “i’ve never had that before, so i’m excited to try it.”

the shy look jie recieved after rue was done showing him and telling him what he’d made had jie’s own shyness appearing again, as well as the small blush coming back because he was.. a little speechless maybe, that rue had done all of this– made all of this. ”you should teach me how to cook one day..” he mumbled out then after a moment, laughing softly under his breath, “i’m really bad at it.. so you’re probably really good in comparison to me.” he bit his lip then a little, admitting shyly again, “and i like it when you teach me things.”

Rue was pleased with Jie’s reactions, because the younger always seemed to give honest expressions to things. He couldn’t help but feel a little proud, for a moment a smug smile on his features. “I guess I’m full of surprises,” he mumbled, mostly to himself though. When he relaxed again, he pulled out the other things he’d brought with him, plates and utensils to eat with.

He served the soup first for the both of them, which was still fresh as he’d somewhat rushed to make everything just before their date so that it wouldn’t have to sit for too long. “I remembered that you were a vegetarian as well, so I made the food with that in mind, too.” He reached out then, patting Jie lightly on the head for a moment.

as much as tristan didn’t want to be back, the recent events that had occurred on campus, specifically with the hipster territory as well as spreading to the fame chasers and artists, it had him coming back a few days ago to help with the meeting between the clique. trying to figure out what had happened wasn’t going well though, and well.. even tristan couldn’t lie that blame did lead back to their cliques known rivalries, and that alone had him sighing. but either way, there wasn’t much he could do as he stood outside the wreck that now was the cafe, a poor way of it being patched up having taken place in forms of windows being boarded up and hiding the interior that was even worse. it.. angered him honestly, because the cafe was something that he’d both helped out in and hung around in since day one there, so seeing it trashed and vandalised? it didn’t sit well with him. either way, he turned away then at the wrong moment, managing to collide with another form, wincing as his broken arm took most of the impact as well as his shoulder. well, that wasn’t what he’d needed–