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"LEGGSS!!!!!!!"
There have been too many people barging into his room to wake him up lately. I mean sure it wasn't like he slept all that much but still! He should be able to lay down without a binder and not have people barge in. He quickly pulled his blanket to be thicker around his chest.
"Hey, Megii," he duely noted that she was in distress but not in a 'we have to go now' way. "So. Knocking. Thats a thing." It's not like Megii didn't know that he was trans- she was one of the few who did. It was simply the principle of it.
"Yeah yeah- more urgent matters at hand," She wove his concern off, "me and Ambear are going out to town for our overdue date."
"Con..grats??? I mean im happy for yall but people usually brag about dates after they happen." He smiled as gadget curled up on his chest, busying his hands with petting the dragon.
"Let me finish. The first time Ambear came to pick me up you know what happened with Lukey. I don't want the same thing to happen again." Legs nodded along.
"And you're telling me this because..."
"Oli said that he only would agree to hang out with Lukey if he had atleast one other person with him."
"Please tell me you didn't already say yes for me."
"... So. You have 20 minutes to get ready."
"..." Megii rubbed the back of her head. Legs just sighed and sat up straight, letting Gadget hop down. "This feels like a play date or something.." he mumbled and got up.
"THANKS LEGS!! I'll let you get dressed, I owe you one!" She sprinted out and closed the door behind her. For the moment before the door was closed he spotted a flash of orange and black. He climbed the latter to his second floor and stumbled over to his closet.
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He finally zipped up his boots and went back down the latter. His sleeves were rolled up, him having gained more confidence with the spots that danced acrossed his body. He grabbed his goggles from where he'd tossed them last night, snagged some of his purple gems, and opened his door.
The two guys were seemingly bickering out in the wing of his room, which ceased once he walked out of the mana veil. Legs hadn't really interacted with the other two as much as other students. They all seemed rather like minded, personalities aside, of course.
"So. Do we know where exactly we're going or??" Legs questioned.
"We were thinking of just wandering around and finding different towns." Oli provided. This would be simple. Just head out for a few hours, chill, probably find a cafe or something. Legs could do that.
"Sounds good." Legs stated. They statted heading towards the main hall, walking in a sort of line, Oli in the front, Lukey in the middle, and Legs in the back. By the time they got outside, they were in the same order but side by side.
"Do we wanna head down the left or right path?" Lukey asked, turning around to face them both. "The left leads to the capital and such, so im thinking that way, but it's up to you guys."
"You know what they say, always turn left at the crossroads." Legs said casually and walked down the path, the other two following beside him.
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Before they knew it, they had somehow walked about an hour away from the academy. By the time they had realized it, it was nearly dark. They had wound up in a town, Vitali Crossing, the elder called it.
Seeing as recalling could be a very bad idea (one of them could get hit after the others got teleported) they all agreed to stay the night in a inn.
"Welcome in! How can I help you gentlemen this evening?" A voice chirpped from the counter.
"Hi. We need a room for the night, if you have any available." Lukey leaned against the counter as he spoke. It never seemed like he could quite go longer than half a minute still. Intresting.
"Ah, we do have one room left, but... It's only got one bed." The lady said apologetically. Legs didn't particularly feel like outing himself, but he could just sleep in his binder. He's done it before and could do it again.
"I mean, are yall good with sharing a bed?" Lukey asked, turning toward them.
"A room's a room." Oli shrugged.
"I mean, if yall are okay with it then i'm down." Legs added quickly, hoping it wouldn't sound odd. You see, he thought they would just have someone in the bed and the others on the floor. He would be fine with the floor. But sharing a bed??? That would be a very new experience.
Lukey quickly paid the lady with (probably stolen) gems and they made their way up the stairs and into the room. The bed wasn't small, so to say. Pretty much 1.5 the size of Legundos own bed. There was also a desk and bathroom, thankfully.
"Right, who wants to be the Lucky Pierre?" Lukey asked, keeping the straightest face.
"I'm sorry what." Oli deadpanned to Lukey from where he was taking off his armour peices.
"I beg your pardon?" The other turned to Lukey aswell, his eyes widened slightly.
"No need to beg, I was just asking who wanted to be in the middle of the bed" Lukey replied innocently. Legs had spent enough time in librarys that he wasn't completely oblivious to... intimate terms.
"That is NOT what you said."
"Oh really? What did I say then?" Lukey teased back, a stupid infuriating smirk decorating his stupid face.
"... I'm not repeating that." Legs turned and places down his void chest for a change of clothes he's kept in case of emergencies. Such as Gadget peeing on him. Again.
It was odd, ever since Lukey and him had had their first conversation, there was this tone to his voice that made Legs feel all fluffy in his head. He was honestly glad Megii was close to him because otherwise they wouldn't of met.
With Oli, though, it was... different. Olie had all these amazing and wonderful ideas that he ranted about. It was like Oli didn't NEED his constant input or for Legs to respond to everything he said.
With the three of them in a conversation together Legs didn't have to say much, the two simply letting him listen instead of speaking. It was nice. He liked listening. And it was almost like he didn't have to tell them for them to know too.
He smiled as he pulled his pajama bottoms up. Now he just needed to find a shirt. Typically he'd just sleep in his binder or a sports bra, but he had some sense of decency. Plus, he wasn't exactly out. Not that he was worried about it, he just didn't want to deal with the whole 'thanks for being so brave to tell us!' He finally found a baggy navy blue shirt at the bottom on a barrel. Perfect.
He stretched out his arms before exiting the chest and picking it up. It seemed like Oli had a simmilar idea seeing as a seperate void chest was also placed down in the room. Lukey was already laying on one side of the bed, Rex, Gadget, and Sheerwing all cuddled together on what seemed like a spare blanket on the floor. It seemed like Lukey didn't have a void chest on him, so he was just sleeping shirtless. Cool. That's a totally normal thing. Yep.
Legs decided thinking about it made everything worse so he resolved to getting into the bed besides Lukey, attempting to leave enough space for Oli without touching the other. This, predictably, failed. Lukey was turned to his side facing the wall so he didn't seem to care all that much, thankfully. When Oli got back Legs was already half asleep. His whole body looking the part but his mind hadn't fully shut off. He felt the matress softly dip on the other side of him.
"Is he already asleep?" He heard Oli whisper practically in his ear. Before Legs could even process the question poking through his groggyness, Lukey spoke up.
"Yeah. I'd think so seeing as he hasn't moved in like 6 minutes." This suprised Legs for two reasons. One, he thought Lukey had been asleep, and two, he could now feel Lukeys breath fan across his neck as he spoke. He supposed he had moved to be facing Legs at some point, but he hadn't of felt the matress shift at all. Maybe he was just that tired. He should probably tell them he was awake.
"Gods forb'd a guy enjoys sleepin like the dead." Legs murmured, his voice somewhat slurred. He cracked his eyes halfway open and stared directly at the first pair of eyes he saw. Oli's. "If either of you continue to speak as im actively trying to sleep im going to glue your mouths shut." Okay so MAYBE he gets a bit grumped when hes tired but who can blame him! What is coffee without a crash.
The two of them seemed startled by the sudden change in tone. Lukey seemed to get over it first.
"Sir yes sir!" He laughed and laid down on his back, Oli doing the same not to long after. Minute after minute, their breathing slowly evened out at they fell asleep one by one.