bring him home (Macmillan)

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Lien had been sat inside the dormitory ever since he had left Professor Riddle's office. He was on his bed, fully clothed in his uniform still, even his shoes were still laced up on his feet, and he was resting his chin on his hand. He was chewing lightly at the edge of his finger, and staring directly forwards.

@Hyacinth Macmillan

What the hell? This was not the Chang he knew since first year. Macmillan momentarily dropped his jaw before clearing his throat.

"The antithesis of studying isn't to get into a bunch of borderline violent fights, you do realize that?"

@Lien Chang

"Of course. I'm not naturally a violent person."

He sipped some more of his drink.

"Perhaps that was just what I needed to do, to let the anger out of my system."

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"You could've wanked, punch a hole in a wall, or use the gym like every other guy here."

Didn't Jerome say something about a weird obsession with James? He brushed that aside.

"Why do you want to kill Alayna? You know Atticus would be upset even if they're having a rift over James!"

@Lien Chang

"Or continually bitch about it, like you do about your brother? I'm sick of hearing about him. And I'm sick of you not doing anything about it."

He was frowning.

"Perhaps he would, but he'd probably feel better without her," he said, laughing, "She is a pain in the arse, even Atticus acknowledges that." He seemed amused about the situation. "I'm not going to kill her, anyway. Someone probably will though, eventually. She's so annoying."

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"That's because I don't feel the need to torture him when him having no friends is punishment enough!"

Macmillan was beginning to think that Chang needed counseling. He sat further up on his bed somewhat afraid of what he was hearing.

"Why would you want her killed? She gets on my nerves due to how she is, but I'd never wish death on her!"

@Lien Chang

"That's noble of you," he said, sounding bored. He didn't think much of Macmillan's moral superiority.

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"..."

It was becoming increasingly clear that they weren't going to get anywhere on that topic. Maybe if he changed it to typical bro talk...

"Do you have your eyes on anybody?"

@Lien Chang

"No one that I can think of. How about you?"

It was strange how quickly he could switch out of the topic, and think nothing of it.

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"There's a few chicks I find cute. Not looking for an actual relationship really."

So far, so good.

"Did Alayna turn you off of dating?"

@Lien Chang

"I'm the same. I don't want a relationship. They're just... disappointing. Girls are disappointing, most of the time. Some of them just open their mouths and I feel my interest fall back to nothing."

He sighed.

"The only girl I don't mind listening to is Lakelyn. She just wants to please, and I appreciate that."

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"That's why I mainly stick with getting laid. Nobody knows what they want, and it's easier to keep things casual."

He was curious of some of the word choices. No interest? Was he seriously a late bloomer?

"Lakelyn's nice, but I think she has multiple suitors currently..."

@Lien Chang

"That doesn't particularly bother me."

But he was curious.

"Who else is interested in her?"

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"I think she could like me."

He ran his finger over his bottom lip in contemplation.

"Do you think if I do this stupid surfing thing, I might actually get a chance?"

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"I don't know her type, but you could try..?"

Did he want to be with a girl just to be with a girl?

"I think the other guys are more athletic." Or less nerdy.

@Lien Chang

"It's worth a shot, I think."

He finished up the rest of his drink. He thought about messaging James again, but didn't want to bother him. Perhaps he was with Atticus again. That was slightly annoying to him, for some reason.

"So you and her have never...?"

@Hyacinth Macmillan

One moment, he had no interest in girls. Seconds later and he wanted to get with Lakelyn?! What the hell was going on with him?

"No, we haven't."

Macmillan would like to though, but he didn't want to put her off or ruin the friendship.

@Lien Chang

"And do you want to?"

Funnily enough, his morals didn't stretch over bro code. Talking casually about Alayna being killed, fair game. Stealing Macmillan's girl: a hard no.

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"Then I won't go there."

He smiled at him.

"Even if it turns out that you've been friendzoned."

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"Bros before hoes, bro."

The topic change was a wise choice. That made this a lot easier.

"Alayna got onto me for using Atti as a comparison point to show twat that I'm not making poor life choices."

@Lien Chang

He laughed quietly.

"Which poor life choices of Atticus's in particular?"

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"I don't really understand it either. I distinctly recall Atticus saying that James wasn't his type, so why all of a sudden are they running away together at every opportunity?"

He didn't even consider Alayna being a factor in it. He cared so little about her feelings and was positively delightful about her suffering, so he didn't know why he was feeling so sour about the whole ordeal.

He felt as though he needed to talk to James tonight. He would have listened to him, would have agreed with him, perhaps even praised him. But what if he really was with Atticus.

Lien laughed. "I don't get whose side your on half the time."

@Hyacinth Macmillan

"I have no idea, dude. I have no idea. From what I understand, he felt bad for James and wanted him to feel good. It's weird."

Besides, wasn't Atticus into the twink Parkinson? The younger one?

"It's called being neutral. Somebody has to since Atticus is doing an awful job at it!"

@Lien Chang