WWW: 'Twas a Snowy Day

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Who needs class when you can pelt each other with snow and damp leaves that are in piles under the snow?

[Sunar Chugani]

Winter was not Sunar's favorite season. He liked warmth and sunshine and the feeling of sand between his toes, not cold and wet and endless sweaters. 

Winter did, however, have a few advantages. One of them was snow. Snow was, of course, both cold and wet, and building snowmen wasn't quite as much fun as building sandcastles, but if he had to bundle up in multiple layers of coats and sweaters and turtlenecks in order to be even remotely close to not frozen he might as well get some enjoyment out of the weather. 

Which meant snowmen, and snow forts, and snowballs. 

He had crafted himself a wall of snow and stocked it with a pile of snowballs and was merely waiting for some unsuspecting person to waltz by. He had waited what felt like an interminably long time when a figure finally rose up from the mists. He crouched down, watching as it came closer...and closer...and closer....


And then he leaped up, throwing a snowball with all his insignificant might. 

"RAWR!"

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One of the most annoying things that happened in the wintertime out here was the assumption that Jackson had never seen snow before simply because he was from a desert state, and thus treated him as if it were some new, amazing miraculous thing to him! Granted, Jackson didn’t like the cold, but he wasn’t crippled in it, like some would believe. Yes, he had a winter coat. Yes, he had gloves. Yes, he knew what a snowball fight was.

Actually, if he could flashback into a few memories for a moment, the winter actually held some of Jackson’s most favorite. One year it snowed so badly, there was a foot of snow on the roads and a school bus skid clear across an intersection, completely blocking traffic…all before the city decided that they didn’t know how to deal with freezing temperatures and shut it down for the next three days. Jackson was ecstatic, and he and his friends went down to the park and rolled up as much snow as they could and made a 6 foot tall snow-slide. It took almost a week to melt completely. He was fairly proud of his work.

Anyway, back to the present, Jackson was out and about with a giant smile on his face, bundled up in the warmest clothes he had, and prepared to sneak attack a certain Bunny whom he’d texted earlier to come meet him at the school. Hopefully she wouldn’t cancel on him…Jackson knew she hadn’t been doing well this past month, so wasn’t about to push her into overdoing it…but it still would be nice to play.

….maybe he’d text Rue to come over instead? Yeah, that was a good plan B.

Or maybe he’d just go with plan C, which just reared its ugly head when someone else had the same idea as him and pelted him with a sudden snowball. Jackson turned to see some kid poking out from behind a wall of snow…ah, a snow fort! Jackson grinned mischievously and protested the attack with a “Hey!!” and a laugh. Without hesitation, Jackson scooped up a wad of fresh powder himself and started to pack it between his hands. “Hey, you! You think I’mma let you get away with that!? Get back here!” he called out, taking careful aim before chucking his snowball in the kid’s direction.

[Sunar Chugani]

The victim's laughing response was exactly what Sunar had hoped for. The voice that issued the playful threat sounded familiar, but there was little time to assess the other teen before a snowball whizzed towards him. He ducked out of the way, but not fast enough; his hat flew off his head as the snowball met it's target.

He weighed frozen ears against snowball fight.

The snowball fight won.

"I already got away with it!" He crowed as he scooped up one of his stockpiled snowballs and flung it vaguely in the direction of the other boy. Aim was not one of his strong points, but that wouldn't stop him from trying to hit people with snow.

As soon as the snowball was launched into the air he scrabbled over snow dunes, trying to find his hat.

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Jackson easily dodged the second snowball that came at him, his feet leaving deep impressions in the snow. The snow itself made it hard to move, but not so much that he couldn’t duck out of the way of a slow moving snowball. Jackson grabbed another ball of snow and trudged through the snow into enemy territory.

“Hey! Get back here!” he called out again, a bright grin on his face. “Hold still so I can hit you!” Jackson chucked the snowball out again at the other boy, almost immediately kneeling down to pack up another ball of snow. If only he had more time to prepare like this guy…but that was fine, Jackson would just take his pile. His eyes glinted in victory as he crawled over the hump of the snow fort to find the pile of pre-made snowballs the other kid had left behind. “Jackpot! Ha ha!” He threw another.

[Sunar Chugani]

Sunar's face fell as he realized he had allowed the other boy to take over his snow fort. 

Okay, maybe he hadn't got away with it. 

It was too late for regrets, now, however; instead it was time to dive for his hat, shoving it back on his head....

just in time for another snowball to knock it clean off. 

"Wow! Good aim!" He congratulated his opponent, snatching up his hat for the second time. He grabbed a fistful of snow and flung himself in the direction of the other boy. He hoped the element of surprise would give him some advantage here; if not, at least his defeat would be spectacular. 

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Mwa ha ha ha!! That’s right! That’s what you get for giving more cares about your hat than winning a war!!

Jackson grabbed one after the other of the pre-stocked snowballs and chucked it haphazardly in the direction of his foe. He had so many, he didn’t need to take the time to aim..though maybe he should have, because it seemed he had the aim of a first-class stormtrooper. BAH! If only his jedi powers worked when he wanted them too!!

Well, who was to say they wouldn’t? Jackson hadn’t even tried!

Though just as that thought entered his mind, after grabbing yet another snowball, one soared through the air to splat him square in the face the moment he looked up to fire off his own attack.

"Waaahhh!!" Jackson fell backwards hard, creating a rather nice Jackson-shaped hole in the snow behind him.

[Sunar Chugani]

Sunar hadn't actually expected to hit his target again; he knew his aim was dreadful, to say the least. But when one of his snowballs managed to actually knock the other guy over he felt a stab of guilt.

"Are you okay?" He asked, pulling the scarf from around his neck so that his question would be less muffled and more audible. He scrambled over the hills of snow, footing uncertain, to peer down into the face of his enemy.

A face that, on closer inspection, looked awfully familiar.

"You're on the basketball team, aren't you?"

The joys of having an athletic roommate; if he hadn't been friends with Dev he would never have attended any sports games. As it was, he tried to be supportive, which meant going to games.

Which meant being passingly familiar with who the other players were.

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What were the chances? After all the snowballs that Jackson had chucked, this kid threw one while barely cognizant of where he was aiming, and it smacked the telekinetic right in the kisser! Jackson would be upset over this…if he wasn’t too busy trying to not crack up over it instead.

Jackson blew what snow he could from his face, then reached over to wide it with his gloved hand. Ahhh, that was cold!! His face was not prepared for this!! Ahhh!!

His internal flailing was interrupted by the other person’s concerned inquiry, and Jackson opened his eyes to see the other boy standing over him. What did he ask? “Uh…yeah, I am!” How did he know that? Duh, he went to basketball games and where they shouted his name over the loudspeaker on occasion. So that was easy to guess.

Jackson stared up at the sky briefly before finally trying to heft himself up from his hole in the snow. “I’m, uh..Jackson! You are…?” he asked as he wriggled out of the snow. “Also nice throw! You should be on the softball team!” Maybe. Jackson wasn’t on the team so wouldn’t know if that was a good throw or not.

[Sunar Chugani]

"Thanks!" Sunar grinned, extending a hand to the other boy, offering support for his attempts to push himself free of the snow. "But athletics aren't my strong suit." 

Once upon a time he had participated in gymnastics, but his limbs were now too long to be very good. A pity; he missed flinging himself around and contorting. 

"I'm Sunar! My friend Dev plays basketball with you!" 

Sunar didn't expect to be recognized, but he would be concerned if Jackson didn't know Devyn. It wasn't possible to be on a sports team with someone and not know who they were...right? 

At least, he knew everyone in the clubs he was in. 

More or less. 

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Jackson grinned and accepted the helping hand without hesitation. “Thanks,” he said in response to the help, then laughed. “Are you kidding? Not a lot of guys can pull of a hit like that. You should give it a try come spring, y’know?” Or maybe he’d be better if he tried out for basketball. Considering his long legs, this kid would probably do well.

Speaking of basketball…Jackson’s eyes lit up at the mention of the sport, and again at the sound of one of his teammate’s names. Of course he knew the names of his teammates, he’d be a fool not to! “Yeah! That guy, Devyn, right? I know him,” he confirmed, then blushed. “Well, not well, but y’know, I know him from the team. We play together, after all. He’s um….” Which one? Jackson laughed nervously, his brain racing to remember exactly which one was Devyn.

When the image of that boy came up, one that came from the locker room while they were changing out…Jackson’s blush spread out just a little bit further. “Ohhh, he’s that one with the washboard abs, right? Uhh, I mean—! He’s the one who, uh, works out…a lot…right?” Damn, his stupid mouth, Jackson just couldn’t manage to say something normal could he? This guy probably thought he was gay by now, didn’t he? (Well, he’d be right, but Jackson didn’t want him to know that).

[Sunar Chugani]

Sunar had no idea if that phrase described more than one member of the basketball team, but it definitely described Devyn so he smiled and nodded in affirmation. "Yep! That's the one! Working out and studying!" 

Fortunately for Jackson, Sunar was oblivious enough to not consider the blush anything more than a reaction to the cold. Nor did he think it was especially strange to compliment another guy's body (although maybe he should have thought a little harder about what that might mean.) 

"You probably have washboard abs, too, though, right? Isn't working out part of playing basketball?" 

He couldn't really tell under all the layers of clothes that winter required, but he felt fairly confident in this assessment. Athletes were toned and muscled and fit, and so Jackson must be, too. 

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Oh good! Jackson had remembered who that name belonged to, even if it was from Devyn’s abs over his face, which Jackson still felt flustered about. Luckily, this kid didn’t seem to notice…hopefully. “Right! He’s always doing that, isn’t he? Ha ha!” Jackson didn’t really know Devyn very well, but maybe it was time he did? This kid seemed pretty awesome as well.

Jackson sat up and shook his head rapidly, waving his hands slightly in denial. “Oh, no, I’m not anywhere near that ripped,” he said flustered. “I mean, I can run and play, but…” Jackson looked down and tapped his belly. “Ahh….this little bit doesn’t really go away just from that, y’know?” Maybe he should work out more? But Jackson wasn’t really very health conscious like he should be, he just liked playing the game. And winning.

[Sunar Chugani]

Sunar frowned at Jackson's confession. "It doesn't? But...you have to be active all the time to be an athlete! If even athletes can't be toned there's no hope for the rest of us! I might as well give up and eat cupcakes for all my meals." 

He sighed dramatically and flopped backwards into the snow, which turned out to be a mistake; the snow softened the blow somewhat, but there was still sidewalk underneath all the white mush. 

"There's a girl named Bunny who makes the most amaaaaazing cupcakes. She made some for me and Dev once. Do you know her? I think I've seen her at the basketball games sometimes...she wears big floofy dresses and ribbons." 

She seemed pretty shy, but she also was such a distinctive dresser that introversion hardly mattered; anyone who saw a girl in petticoats would remember her. 

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“Maybe it’s because I eat cupcakes for all my meals!” he admitted with a laugh towards Sunar’s ridiculous rant. Though speaking seriously… “Actually, I have a….” He hesitated. “I have a medical condition that makes it hard to lose body fat,” he explained with a blush. “The muscle’s still there! It’s just buried underneath several layers of padding…which makes it useful for me, since I just bounce when I fall on the court!” Jackson laughed again at the image of him bouncing around like a rubber ball across the basketball court.

He watched with a smile as Sunar fell backward into the snow, and he trudged through the white powder to help him up again. “Bunny?” he repeated the name with brightening eyes. “Yeah, of course I know her!” Jackson smiled, chuckling to himself with a fair blush on his cheeks. “She’s my girlfriend. Actually. She comes to the games to be my cheerleader.”

Though to hear that she made cupcakes for someone other than Jackson…he tried to ignore the possessive knot in his stomach. “She’s great at baking all sorts of things, not just cupcakes,” he told Sunar, subtly hinting at the fact that she made a bunch of different things just for Jackson.