Apr 08 21:06:27 <Knave>	<Would you mind coming to my room? Theres something I want to show you> Comes the longhand text from Callum, just as the evening begins to set in. There's no accompanying emoticon or similar - it's possible he hasn't heard of them.
Apr 08 21:12:02 <Antichthon>	<Sure, hot stuff. Actually, been wanting to talk to you. So this is perfect.> And Cass was there in a few minutes, knocking on Callum's door. He was presenting as a young man today, without the dusting of facial hair. It was amazing how much the right wardrobe and the right body language could communicate gender, though.
Apr 08 21:14:05 <Knave>	Callum looks a little shocked as he opens the door wide for he- him. Clearly, he's picked up on it. He recovers quickly and steps aside to allow him entry, "Hey. Come on in."
Apr 08 21:19:06 <Antichthon>	Cass was expecting as much. He grinned, entered. "Hey, dude." His voice was a rich tenor today. "First off, elephant in the room: Told you I was genderfluid, about time you met me when I wasn't presenting all girly. Anyway, what did you want to show me?"
Apr 08 21:22:27 <Knave>	Callum shuts the door and sits down on his neatly-made bed. For a second, it seems like he might not be about to talk, looking like a powered-down robot, before he raises his head, "I have to tell you something first. I realize we're at the School of Weird, here, but... You should know, anyway. It's about me, and you should know it, if we're going to keep being friends." He looks displeased with how he's wording it, eyes flitting from place to place.
Apr 08 21:47:04 <Antichthon>	Cass cackled. "Putting it mildly, eh? And c'mon, get out all the awkwardness. Give it to me, the awkwardness." Cass moved his hands, as if wafting the scent of awkward towards himself. "Don't worry, I ain't judging you for it, and you'll get used to this eventually. Now, get on with it, mate."
Apr 08 21:48:46 <Knave>	Callum bites his lower lip and looks at the corner as he thinks, then seems to find an opening he's pleased with and returns his attention to Cass, "First of all, I'm adopted."
Apr 08 21:50:16 <Antichthon>	"And I have two dads. nontraditional families aren't exactly a fucking rarity around here."
Apr 08 21:53:07 <Knave>	"It gets less traditional." Callum smiles, but sounds serious, "When I was adopted... That is to say, my parents found me in an... impact crater, in the floor of their barn. Right under the hole I'd left in the roof." He shrugs and looks at Cass with a wide expression, "Not a year old, I fell out of the sky. My ma and pa find me giggling."
Apr 08 21:56:26 <Antichthon>	"...Okay, yeah, that is a bit weird. Okay, no, more than a bit fucking weird. Holy fuck, you really are superboy, aren't you?" Cass was grinning widely. "This isn't a joke, right? Because if you're really some alien boy from Krypton, that's metal as fuck."
Apr 08 21:59:27 <Knave>	Callum gets up and crosses to his drawers, "I distinctly remember telling you not to call me that." He opens the drawer and takes something out, then cuts him a hard glance, almost totally serious as he says, "And I want you to keep that in mind when I show you this." He hands it over, a scrap of cloth. "This is what I was wrapped up in when they found me." The material is soft to the touch, but feels strong. A neatly-cut pentagon, it looks like it would now only just fit around the boy's broad shoulders. One side is a uniform dark grey, the other bares a golden sunburst against a red field and dozens of circles. (http://i.imgur.com/Q6PlGQA.png)
Apr 08 22:05:18 <Antichthon>	"Fine, fine. Won't do it again. Unless I do." Callum found this important, and Cass humored him by growing more serious about the whole thing. He took the scrap of cloth, pet it. "Alright. I understand this is important to you, and yeah, it seriously a mystery for the ages, the kind of thing that makes you lay awake at night wondering where you come from, yada yada. Er, sorry, not trying to make light of your situation. But mindblowingly strange origins are par for the course at Sunnybrook. Did you think I wouldn't want to be friends with you, or more, if I knew this?"
Apr 08 22:06:26 <Antichthon>	"I guess I'm confused why you seem to think this might change my opinion of you."
Apr 08 22:08:30 <Knave>	Callum sighed heavily, "There's every chance I'm not human. My pa always told me that didn't change anything, not really, but... you had a right to know, either way." Still kneeling by the dresser, his voice and his eyes soften looking at Cass, "I didn't think it would change anything with you." He smiles, "It's part of why I told you."
Apr 08 22:13:24 <Antichthon>	Cass smiled, rolled up to him, put his hand on Callum's shoulder. Cass sitting and Callum kneeling, it wasn't easy to reach. "Yeah. You're right. I can tell you I've fantasized things a hell of a lot kinker than getting boned by an alien." A momentary grin, then Cass went back to being serious. Well, more serious. Kind of. "Your pa knows what's up. And frankly, I don't think anyone here is going to judge you for this."
Apr 08 22:14:12 <Antichthon>	"The standards of normalcy here are shot to fuck."
Apr 08 22:15:41 <Knave>	Callum put his hand over Cass's and chuckled to himself before smiling at him, "You know what's crazy?"
Apr 08 22:16:17 <Antichthon>	"I can name about a dozen things in this fucking room alone, but continue."
Apr 08 22:18:04 <Knave>	Callum propped himself up on the arms of Cass's chair, a grin spreading as he brought his face closer to his, "I'm more bothered by you swearing than by seeing you as a boy."
Apr 08 22:21:33 <Antichthon>	"Oh, gosh." Cass grinned and waved away Callum's compliment with faux modesty. That grin lessened to a playful smile when Callum brought his face close. Cass leaned forward, bringing their faces even closer. "I guess that means you wouldn't mind kissin' me."
Apr 08 22:26:07 <Knave>	The corner of Callum's mouth pulls up further, "Good guess." He kisses... him. He pulls up his hand and runs it gently behind his neck, relatively huge fingers stroking softly.
Apr 08 22:30:00 <Antichthon>	Cass put both arms around Callum's neck and closed his eyes. The raw power in Callum's own work-hardened hand made Cass shiver. Callum was gentle, controlled, kind; but the strength radiated from him, regardless. After a few seconds Cass pulled away from the kiss, still smiling. "I think this is a good segue into what I wanted to talk about," he whispered.
Apr 08 22:31:47 <Knave>	"I was wondering." Callum says, pulling back and getting into a more comfortably position on the floor just in front of Cass, "Go ahead."
Apr 08 22:38:24 <Antichthon>	Cass rubbed his chin. "Ah, right. Went without the facial hair today. Good thing too, doesn't work well with kissing." a mirror sprung out of Cass' chair, and he studied himself. "You still totally ruined my makeup. Worth iiiiit~." Attention back to Callum. "And, first off. I know this ruins the whole romance shit we had going on with the 'I'll give you a week to decide if you want to date me' thing, but. I've thought about it, and...there was a reason to make something official when we were talking about you, and me, and Yuki. Because a good dating threesome ain't coming around every day, y'know? But now that shit's sunk. Know where I'm going with this?"
Apr 08 22:40:14 <Knave>	"Um..." Callum's innocently furrowed brow and his growing, but subtle, look of frustration with himself are hard not to feel sympathy for. He badly want to impress teacher. "No, actually." He confesses.
Apr 08 22:46:00 <Antichthon>	And feel sympathy Cass does. "Aww," he cooed. "I don't know how you manage to be so fucking manly and so adorable at the same time. Anyway, where I'm going is this: Yuki has a point. People don't really know how they're going to get along in the long term until they actually get along in the long term, dig? I'm thinking, maybe it's best we don't go for anything exclusive, yet. Keep our options open. See how we mesh once it slowly dawns on you just how fucked up I am."
Apr 08 22:50:22 <Knave>	Callum takes this with stoic blankness - unless you pay close attention to the eyes, which go from crestfallen to determined. He shakes his head and begins to smirk, "No." He stands up, smiling for no obvious reason, "Sorry, but no. I'm open to a lot of ideas, but I'm a one woman- Well, one person man. If you want me, it's all of me, and I'm all yours." He folds his arms, "Take it or leave it."
Apr 08 22:52:49 <Antichthon>	Cass took this in stride. "Even if we didn't go farther than just the occasional kiss?"
Apr 08 22:55:01 <Knave>	Callum chuckles heartily, "I'm amazed you managed to say that with a straight face."
Apr 08 23:01:29 <Antichthon>	"...ah, fuck it, you're right. Like we could ever control ourselves." Cass took a deep breath. "Hey. You know what? I'm still willing to try it. One-on-one, completely closed, not so much as kissing another person. I should warn you though. As much as I want to ride you stallion, after giving it some thought? I'm kind of...hesitant. So if we do this, I'm not just putting out, alright? Actually do want to get to know each other better."
Apr 08 23:04:45 <Knave>	The grin is pure delight. Deep down, he probably wants to make a squealing sound like a schoolgirl. He's so excited. Look at this ridiculous puppy of a man. "That sounds about perfect, Cass." He manages to say between beaming cheeks.
Apr 08 23:08:39 <Antichthon>	And Callum's enthusiasm is contagious. Cass grin reached his eyes, more than usual. "Alright then. Sorry for pushing up your decision a couple days, but fuck it. I never could keep to a schedule. Tell you what. Instead, how about we have our first date on Sunday? Going to be boring as fuck with the lockdown, but we can sit outside, chat. You can keep me warm~." Cass grew serious. "Oh, and if you get bored and break up with me in a few weeks, I'm going to be seriously. Pissed. Off. So let's try to make this last for a least a month or two, alright?"
Apr 08 23:11:49 <Knave>	"Would I go and do a thing like that?" He lowers his eyebrows in a mock-stern smile. Then he lightens again, hand reaching up to rub the back of his own neck, "To be completely honest, after I told you about the whole... thing, I was also going to tell you that I'd kind of already made my decision. I was gonna put my foot down if you tried to make me wait until Sunday anyway, too." His shoulders rock as he chuckles, "Funny how things work out, huh?"
Apr 08 23:15:30 <Antichthon>	Cass shrugged. "Not so funny. I'm a goddamn genius, and I know how to read people. I'm basically the coolest fucking person to ever live." More Cassgrins. "Now, hey. Want to be clear on some of our rules, here. You gonna beat the shit out of me if I'm all like...//me// around other people? You know me, half of what I say could be construed as hitting on people. The other half, straight-up propositioning them."
Apr 08 23:18:24 <Knave>	Callum breathes out, eyes closed, and when he comes back he's looking very serious. It's hard to be serious around Cass, but he feels the need. "I will never beat the shit out of you. I won't lay a finger on you - unless you ask politely." He softens again, "However, no, I won't get mad at you for being yourself. But if anyone gets it into their head to act on what you say, I need you to make it clear you're spoken for, okay?" He can't help but grin on 'spoken for'. He's so pleased.
Apr 08 23:23:32 <Antichthon>	"Okay, good. Glad you qualified that, because once you get more comfortable with it, the beating of the shit is //definitely// going to happen." Cass winked. "And yeah, no problem. Ain't gonna cheat on you, mate. I'm a lot of things, but a cheater isn't one of them. Now, if you'll excuse me, think I'm going to go float back to my room on a cloud of air. Because I fucking swear, I stay in this room with you any longer? You're going to be inspecting my tonsils. With your dick."
Apr 08 23:25:58 <Knave>	"Leave." Callum says, standing up and opening the door. He moves behind Cass and kisses the top of his head, "Leave before I ravish you." He smiles, "And rob you of your innocence."
Apr 08 23:27:59 <Antichthon>	Cass covered his heart. "Oh, thank you. My innocence is so important to me." Another cackle, and a pat on Callum's cheek when he came in to kiss the top of his head. "Bye, stud. See you Sunday." He twiddled his fingers goodbye and was out the door.
Apr 08 23:29:30 <Knave>	"See you Sunday, gorgeous." Callum says softly, leaning on the doorframe and gazing after Cass.
Apr 08 23:29:44 <Antichthon>	-Scene Break-