Beat the Devil [Reggie <3]

[RC Manne]

RC was so close to graduating, he thought he might explode. All of his hard work, his long nights; they were paying off. He was graduating early, and he’d be able to get his life together quick and easy. He might even get a swimming scholarship if he kept up his training. But now he wasn’t studying for any of that. He was studying to catch a break. He had studied so hard that he’d forgotten to put in for a reserved copy of Diablo III, and he was going to have to camp out at the store to get it when the next shipment came in. He couldn’t believe he’d forgotten, even for school!

He perked up from his desk when he heard a knock on the dorm room door. Quickly marking his place, RC wandered to the door. He was barefoot and pajama-ed, wearing his usual hoody over his thin undershirt. When he opened the door, he paled. “Oh…R-reg!” He stammered, ducking behind the door.

Reggie had seen him at swim competitions (in a speedo, no less) , he didn’t know why he was so shy about her seeing him in his pajamas but it just seemed really…awkward. “H-hi, I didn’t expect to see you today! What’s up?”

[Reggie Earle]

Reggie had to admit that she had ordered a copy of Diablo III only because her roommate's boyfriend insisted. And then she changed her mind because she realised that her own boyfriend would probably love playing the game, they could play together! So case solved, games bought and now she was going to neglect her studies in order to go to her boyfriend's dorm room to play.

Not bothering to dress in anything but jeans and a black Metallica t-shirt [Carter's] under her college sweater with her hair tied up in a loose ponytail, she ventured out of her dorm towards Hammel. She made a pit stop at a grocery store to load on snacks and ended up buying half the store.

She was jittery with excitement when she finally got to RC's and her knocks were a little bit too enthusiastic before she dumped the plastic bags on the floor. She laughed to herself quietly and waited. When RC hid behind the door, Reggie laughed to herself and pulled him out to give his a chaste kiss on his nose, looking around to see if there was anybody around.

"Surprise!" She held up the two packs of games and jumped a little. "I thought we could play together instead of ignoring each other for the sake of the game so this way we can do breaks together and finish the son of a gun at the same time. Or...you can help me finish the game. Whatever. Come on! Let's do this!" She enthused before remembering the bags of snacks on the floor. "Oh...um...I went crazy on the snacks." She grinned sheepishly before handing the CD to RC and picking up the bags.

[RC Manne]

RC chuckled and returned the nose-kiss to Reggie’s cheek, rubbing the back of his neck. “I’m sorry for the mess I ju---HOLY COW REG!” He suddenly shouted, interrupting his own sentence in his excitement. “This is like, the king of all surprises!” Without thinking, RC seized Reggie around the waist and hugged her close. “Wow thank you!”

When he’d calmed down, he let her go and stepped back a bit. He’d lost track of the exact amount of time they’d been dating, but it had been long enough for them not to be weird about hugging. Yet both teens were peculiar about PDA and appropriateness, and RC just wasn’t sure if Reggie was cool about hugging him in little more than his underwear. He cleared his throat. “uh, anyway! I have the money set aside to buy the game anyway. Let me pay you back, okay?” He offered, ushering her in and closing the door behind her.

He nodded slowly at all the snacks. “You…sure did.” He laughed, taking up the bags. RC arranged them where they would get crushed or stepped on. “But that’s okay. You can take the leftovers home if you want.” He nudged her playfully. “But I bet we demolish the snacks like we’re going to demolish this game! Did you bring your laptop?”

[Reggie Earle]

Gripping her bag straps, Reggie squeaked when her boyfriend practically lifted her off her feet. Laughing at the sheer ridiculousness of the jambalaya of feelings erupting in her at that very moment, she didn't even realise people were still walking down the corridors and PDA was obviously apparent.

She almost whined in protest when RC let her go and backed away but she understood the need especially when she took in his whole outfit. She closed her mouth when she giggled before nodding at RC's attempt to want to pay her back for the game. Good thing too; she had assumed RC hadn't bought the game yet but what if he had? She would have spent a lot of money for nothing.

That was proved wrong obviously because RC was obviously stoked about it.

"Okay, you can pay me back. But use some of it for dinner and a movie." She bartered as she entered the room and waved at the dark haired boy who was always silent whenever she came around.

"I plan too." She nodded seriously before she felt his nudge. "I packed it last night." She patted her bag and went into his room to set things up. "Oh my gosh I am so excited about this. Oh my gosh, this is our first game together. RC!" She laughed a little. "What does it say about us that our first game is one where we have to fight the devil?" She snorted, shaking her head.

[RC Manne]

RC nodded sheepishly. “That sounds like something great. I think I can do that.” He agreed, reaching out to gentle and affectionately pinch her hand. “But I just like taking you out.” He admitted, shrugging slightly. It was true, and RC didn’t have any problem being mushy in front of JD, though he did hope his roommate would shove off soon. He had his own girlfriend or something.

RC pumped his fist with excitement, hopping after her. He was never this animated except when with Reggie. Her excitement was always contagious. “Man, you are just…the best girlfriend a guy could ever ask for.” RC blinked. “Really this is---? Wow yeah I guess---“ He chuckled too. “Yeah I guess it is! Awesome.”

He snorted and began setting things up near Reggie. “It says we’re awesome, that’s what.”

[Reggie Earle]

"Ow!" She giggled, rubbing her hand jokingly as she scrunched her nose up at RC. "Good thing I like being taken out by you. It works out well, don't you think?" She gave him a big grin, one that shaped her eyes into half moons.

His next words had her grinning so widely she though her face would crack up. "I happen to have the best boyfriend a girl could ever hope for." She turned and gave him a kiss on the nose. It was a good thing nobody was around. It was also a good thing they were going into his room. Privacy was where displays of affection were supposed to be saved for.

"I will take that." Reggie nodded and pulled her laptop out. "So how are we doing this because I want the bed." She turned and grinned at RC. "Best be comfortable while I kick the demon's butt."

[RC Manne]

RC chuckled. “You can I have the bed. I have that big bean bag, remember?” He offered, though honestly…”But if…I mean if it’s okay, I thought we could share the bed, at least for a while?” RC chuckled. “It’s not like screen-watching is going to be a problem.” Admittedly, RC just liked being close to Reggie, especially when one of them was playing games. It was nice to feel her warmth and see her smile up close.

But he also didn’t want to make her uncomfortable.

RC’s laptop was set up at his desk in his small room, but the chord was long enough that it would stretch to the foot of the bed where the large bean-bag chair rested. He kicked the bag to fluff it up, and rubbed his hands together with excitement. “Wow I can hardly wait. I’m so stoked.”

[Reggie Earle]

"I do remember." Reggie nodded with a grin, which slowly dissipated when RC suggested they share the bed. Her cheeks quickly reddened at the thought of being that close to RC for hours. But what was there to complain about? RC was her boyfriend, they were in a room and they haven't even had their first kiss yet. And this was Diablo III, they would probably be too busy playing to actually do anything else.

As her laptop booted up, Reggie grinned at RC and shrugged. "Why not." She pulled RC close and rubbed her nose against his. "The bed is yours anyway." She said before getting settled on the bed.

Cracking open the sealed game cover, Reggie's grin widened at RC's enthusiasm. "Tell me about it. I'll warn you though, I get weird once I start playing games. Just...be warned." She chuckled, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear with a shrug.

She inserted the disc into her laptop and waited for it to load.

[RC Manne]

RC winced slightly when Reggie began to blush, but relaxed from his tension when she grinned at him. She had never lied to him before, why would she start now about being uncomfortable. “Awesome.” He said quietly, smiling with a hint of shyness. He was still a little uneasy about asking her to do something she didn’t want to do, but she seemed okay for now. RC would be sure to simply check in, though he had a feeling that once they started gaming nothing else would matter.

He snorted slightly as he rearranged his things on the bed so he could sit next to Reggie. “I’ve seen you game before, you just don’t seem to remember. I didn’t realize you got that crazy.” He teased, breaking the seal on his copy of the game as well. “Oh man, oh man, oh man!” He chanted softly, booting up his laptop to install the game.

[Reggie Earle]

"Awesome," she repeated with a small smile.

Her jaw dropped when RC made her realise that he had indeed seen her play on more than one occasion at her apartment and she hid her face in his top, patting his chest playfully. "Oh gosh I feel embarrassed." She chuckled and sat back up straight. "Well, you're...well you're not gonna see that because you're gonna be the same way anyway." She bumped into him on his shoulder and grinned at him.

His enthusiasm was easily copied on to Reggie when the game started.

[OOC: I will now proceed to have them be all cray-cray while playing and skip through it all if you don't mind, m'lady!]

IC:

Once the game started, Reggie pretty much got lost in the game, yelling into her mic and stuffing her face with any snack she was within reach of. She knew she had to get some form of rest since they had been at the game for hours.

"Okay, KirbySlayer AFK." She paused the game and blew a sigh of relief, leaning against RC's shoulder and closing her eyes for a bit. "Oh God what time is it?" She asked.

[RC Manne]

RC was not quite as excitable as Reggie was, but he would occasionally jump, twitch, or yelp. But then again, RC wasn’t really ever excitable, so it must have seemed like he was going nuts. He did a double take to Reggie when she announced she was going away and straightened his back from it’s hunched position. “ChiangMiRaoul, AFK.” He announced in response as his spine cracked loudly. He winced.

“Oh gosh…I don’t know what I time it is.” At some point during the evening he’d tossed his raggy hoody over his clock. Slowly, cautiously, he pulled it up. “Holy--- It’s almost two a.m!” He exclaimed, looking horrified. “I’m sorry I kept you out so late!”

[Reggie Earle]

Reggie winced at the sound of RC's spine-cracking and rubbed her hand up and down his back soothingly, hanging her chin over his shoulder.

At the announcement of the time, Reggie's eyes popped open and her mouth hung. "Oh boy." She pulled back the sleeve of her hoodie and looked down at her watch. "Will you get in trouble for having a girl in your room so late at night?" Reggie whispered, pushing her hair back and looking around the room at the mess they had made. Trust Reggie to worry about other people first before her own well-being.

"Oh gosh, RC. What a mess and oh no...what if you get caught with me here?" She smacked both her cheeks with her palms and got everything ready for her to leave. She started clearing up the haphazardly strewn empty packets of snacks they had mindlessly devoured throughout their game. She even attempted to make the bed.

Once she got all her stuff together, she grabbed RC and kissed him. Right on the lips. In the hurry to leave, she didn't even realise that she had kissed her boyfriend. It was her first kiss with him and she had hurried through it. She stopped short at RC's room door and turned around. She was breathing quite heavily as she dropped her bag on the bed and pulled RC into a hug. "I'm sorry I just rushed through that. I..." she looked up and smiled shyly at him before pulling his face down and planting her lips on his.

There was a huge difference between the first rushed kiss and this one and Reggie could feel it. She was slowly pushing herself up to her toes and one hand had snaked around RC's neck. She had done this before with her previous boyfriend but she didn't have this kind of buildup before. And she was a bit sloppy with Eric because she was...what...scared? But with RC, she felt...warm and bothered. But in a nice way.

She sighed dreamily against the kiss, melting against RC.

[RC Manne]

Sometimes Reggie just sort of…got stuck on things. It was a little something he’d learned about her in the time they’d been together. Occasionally she would latch on to certain things and just…go! Not that he minded, he could usually listen to her talk for hours without saying anything himself. He loved to listen to her.

But now, as he was trying to assured her it was alright, the only work he could get in edgewise was “Reg.” and “Hun.” Anything beyond those two syllables and he was drowned out by her fretting. He stood to try and catch her by her elbow as she was cleaning, but she was bustling around like a bee in a field of flowers. “Reggie I mean it’s---“

He was cut off by a brief brush of her lips.

Their first kiss.

His first kiss.

RC just stared at her, stunned for a brief moment. And then he was hugging her and he was just…really really confused. He held her gently and pushed some hair from her face. “I was trying to get you to take a breath.” He teased before he was pulled into another kiss. His heart fluttered and he wrapped his arms around her waist.

There was no hesitation, no stammering “is this right?,” just a feeling of…good. Right.

Perfect, even.

[Reggie Earle]

It was true, Reggie was a robot once she gets started on something. She would drone on and on about it basically without taking a breath in between sentences or actions. She sometimes even forget that RC is even there, the poor boy.

But there was no forgetting him now, now that they were locked by their lips. She didn't feel like letting go. She didn't want to let go. Especially not when RC's arms were snugly wrapped around her. Oh she really didn't want to stop kissing him.

But she was quickly losing her breath so she pulled back quite hesitantly but didn't look up to see RC's face. Shy, she buried her face in his chest. "Oh gosh." She sighed under her breath. All the pent up emotions that have been accumulating since their first almost kiss came rushing about in her. "You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that. I'm really sorry I rushed through it." She scolded herself quietly for doing so.

[RC Manne]

Reggie wasn’t the only one suddenly shy from the kisses. When she pulled away and looked up at him, he immediately began to blush and laughed nervously. He ran his fingers gently through the ends of her hair as she spoke into his chest. He kissed the top of her head. “It was perfect, Reggie. You’re perfect.” He murmured against her hair.

“I’m really glad it happened this way.” He added, sighing softly and hugging her closer for a moment. “Even if it was a surprise.” He said with a grin.



[OoC:: D: Short. Sorry!]