Rinse and Repeat ((Jay))

[Melanie Hunt]

Frankly, Melanie found the story of Cinderella rather sweet. A bit possessive, sure, but she found it lovely how hard the prince had worked for his princess. No one would ever travel an entire kingdom for her, let alone touch stranger's stinky feet. Of course she'd want a healthy relationship with trust, not all that possessive stuff. She didn't need a relationship though and certainly wasn't looking for one. The girl believe in such fairy tales as soul-mates and was patiently waiting for hers to come along.

"I suppose such a frightening truth to what was once a childhood memory isn't the best thing to learn," she mused with an apologetic smile. She hoped that knowing some parts of her darkness wouldn't scare the Apollo boy off. It would suck to lose him so early into their friendship. "I'll try to share more fun fun-facts next time," she promised with a giggle.

[Jay Sun Keon]

”Next time?” Jay mused with a small grin, raising an eyebrow. It was nice that she had already decided that there would be a next time for the pair to converse and exchange ‘fun’ facts or just maybe even weird facts. However Jay wasn’t going to be the one to decline the offer of continuing the interactions between Mel and himself. ”I’ll look forward to it then, maybe I’ll teach you some facts in the future too. I mean, someone’s got to show you the badass that is Bruce Lee.” Jay continued on, patting the table underneath him lightly to show a small bit of excitement, accompanied by his cheeky full-mouthed grin.

Looking over his shoulder Jay figured the painting he had done was probably dry by now and he wondered what he’d do with it. He wasn’t interested in keeping it as he only did it to pass the time and to relax a bit. Maybe Mel wanted it? ”Hey, if you want to keep my painting as a reminder of the day we met, feel free to take it, frame it, scan it. Whatever you wanna do.” He said with a shrug, looking back towards Mel, looking her in her eyes, if she didn’t want it then he was cool with it being thrown away, it wasn’t anything great to say the least.

[Melanie Hunt]

Her eyes widened as Jay offered her the piece. She nodded happily, a wide smile upon her face. The painting certainly wasn't perfect, but she was elated to receive it none-the-less. She had quite the collection of art projects back home, gifts from friends and family, though most of them were from her sister. Elise was no artist but spent loads of time making things for Melanie, from cards to sculptures. Jay's gift reminded her greatly of those times and she could feel the beginnings of tears well up in her eyes.

"Thank you so much," she sniffled with sincerity as she went in for a hug. She had to stand on her tip toes to give the boy a proper hug considering he was at least a foot taller than she. "And I'd love to learn about Bruce Lee!" She said happily, pulling away and fetching the painting. The girl was pondering on where she'd put it, most likely above her bunk if there was room. "Until next time, Jay." she giggled as she made her way out of the art building, words promising more talks to come.

[Jay Sun Keon]

Jay was surprised that once he had given Mel his painting, she went in for a hug. Not because he didn’t want one, but because it was always nice to receive hugs and he wasn’t expecting one from a girl he just met, but he wasn’t going to say no. ”My pleasure…” He replied quietly to her as he wrapped his arms round her waist, giving a little hug squeeze. He loved any form of cuddles. ”You’d be surprised about what you learn about Bruce.” Jay said with a small laugh, leaning back on his original place on the desk as she began making her way out. He replied to her good bye with a nod, accompanied by a small wave, feeling pretty content with their exchange that just happened. Making friends was great and always made him feel good.