Fresh Blood More or Less [Open]

[Leiken Chu]

Leiken cracked his knuckles slightly as set aside his small stack of boxes he'd carried upstairs. A task that even he was surprised he could complete without passing out or causing some sort disaster with his belongings. It was a relief to be rid of the weight of those boxes, even if it would be short lived, given that he was standing just outside of room 204. He'd taken the moment to dig through his pocket, checking the room key number, and the number on the door. The last thing Lei needed was to enter a room that wasn't even his own and startle up the other students.

After confirming that this was indeed the correct room Lei exhaled a satisfied sound. Unlocking and pushing the door open he began to drag his boxes into the room. Quite literally attempting to drag the stack of boxes into the room without having to lift and carry them further than need be. After all, he still didn't know which area would be vacant not claim as his own, he hoped at least he wouldn't have to nose about too much. If he had to who knows what sort of trouble he could get into. That mischievous curiosity was starting to get the better of him. That urge tingled his gut, but he fought it back.

Lei closed the door behind himself, standing upright, looking about the room. Scanning it for signs of life as his lips parted, exhaling a lazy call throughout the room, "Hello? Anyone home?!" Part of him was eager to meet his roommates, to learn about them, to understand their abilities. After all, it was better to be aware, so that he knew which ones of them to avoid.

A hand raised, brushing through the messy strands of his dark hair, disturbing the strands that rested there further. Though he didn't really care what his hair looked like at that point. He'd worry about it later when he was settled in or maybe not; either way. Leiken looked about the room, calling out a second time, "Hey! If someone's home you better speak up or i'm going to start invading quarters !" he threatened in a mock-playful tone.

[Mia Bell]

Mia walked up the stairs, minding her own business. She waved to a few people that she knew. She hadn’t been here for very long; at least it didn’t feel like it had been long. She moved to Hammel in the beginning of July. It hadn’t taken very long for her to adjust to Hammel life; though having her uncle around had a helped big time with that. At first she hated being at Hammel and the pain of being away from her mother and her home was over bearing. She had left everything she had ever cared about in Barrow, Alaska and it took her awhile before she could let go of that fact. But with the help of a certain blonde boy, life at Hammel hadn’t seem so bad. He made her see her life in general wasn’t so bad; of course that changed over time but now she had a different view on things. She would still be forever thankful to Cameron Osiris for all that he had shown her. He would always be her hope; even if they were now strangers. A tear fell onto her cheek and she quickly wiped it away.

Looking down the hall from her own dorm room; which was 201 she saw a boy dragging boxes into a room. She wondered if maybe he needed any help. Besides that if there were that many boxes involved than he had to be new and just moving in. So, why shouldn’t she welcome the new comer and offer him help. It was something that she would have been thankful for.

Deciding it would be nice to meet the new person she walked down the hall to the dorm where the boy had disappeared into. Once in the doorway she leaned on the door frame. She looked around the common room; it didn’t seem like anyone was here or they didn’t care. “Hate to break it to you. But it doesn’t seem like anyone is here… “ She knew that probably wasn’t the great way to announce she was standing there but she just merely shrugged the thought away. Mia glanced at the dorm number and blinked at it a few times “Oh hey! Your roommate is one of my friends.” Danielle Cooper, aka Dani as she liked to go by. The girl was either out Christmas shopping or working.

{ooc: Is it okay if I join?}

[Leiken Chu]

(( that's perfectly fine!))

Took in a sharp breath, exhaling heavily, almost in a disappointed manner. Though it was purely relief, in a way, he was glad he didn't have to deal with the trouble of roomies just yet. Exchanging at such an awkward time was one thing, dealing with people's questions about him was another, however his peace was short lived.

He turned suddenly to the voice behind him, "Ah... yeah so i see, not that it's a bad thing, just a little surprised is all." He stated to the figure in the doorway. A hand raising to brush through the strands of his messy black hair. His eyes, quite obviously, looking her over. Sizing her up, regardless of whether or not she'd be offended by such or not, he didn't see the point in hiding it. It wasn't as though he was doing such to be a pervert; or was he?

"Oh? Who would that be? What are they like? Are they nosy?" he questioned all at once. Quite interested in finding these things out as quickly as possible so that he could determine whether or not it was someone he would have to avoid or whether it was someone he could accept.

Lei leaned somewhat on the stack of two large boxes that stood just inside the doorway along with him. "A pity no one's here, i didn't want to have to snoop around to figure out which of the quarters was empty for me to move into, but whatever i suppose." A small shrug was given. followed by a gaze toward the woman, "Who are you?" he was rather sudden in the way that he would ask her this. Yet all the while his voice remained as lazy and exhausted sounding as it usually did.

[Mia Bell]

Mia raised an eyebrow “Surprised? Well One of them has to work, the other has a boyfriend, and the other one well I don’t really know her.” Was it really surprising that no one was here during the middle of the day? But yes, she knew almost all of the people in this dorm; it comes with being friends with the one. She spent some time in this dorm because of that fact. Considering there was Dani; her friend, Declynn; the boy who was in a relationship Cameron; the boy she had fallen head over heels with and the same blonde who told her he loved her; in short Cameron had shattered her heart like everyone else had.

Like anyone would have, Mia noticed him look her over. She shook her head slightly and frowned. Men; they were all the same. There wasn’t much to look at; her bust wasn’t very big but she didn’t have a flat chest either. She was very short, standing at five foot two inches. She had muscle, she was stronger than most girls her age; thanks to her going to the gym and jogging regularly. However; beneath the clothing was a different story; but thankfully he would never find out about that.

“She goes by Dani.” She crossed her arms over her chest. “As for what she’s like. You’re going to have to find that out the hard way.” Yeah, she was making it difficult for him, but she didn’t care. If he wanted to find out about Dani he was going to have to find that out for himself. She wasn’t going to tell him, as for if Dani was nosy. Mia really didn’t know; she knew the girl was slightly curious but then again everyone was.

Mia sighed; he wasn’t too bright was he? Hadn’t the thought of her being friends with her roommate bring him to wonder if she knew which room was empty? “You don’t have to…” She pointed to one of the rooms she knew was empty. “That one is the empty room.” Really she has been in this room enough times to know which one was empty. “Who am I? I’m Mia Bell. And you are?” She had her regular Alaskan accent, maybe it was a little stronger than regular. But she also tended to talk slightly faster than normal.

[Leiken Chu]

"Oh." he stated plainly. Looking back to the room, around it, then back to the girl before him. The boxes he was leaning against shifting somewhat. Though he paid no mind to that factor as he thought over the current situation. So he was going to be rooming with people who were pretty social. That could be troublesome for his own personal reasons, but at the same time it meant they would be there less. For that reason alone he was pleased to hear this.

Staring down to the woman, merely do to their height differences with him being five-foot ten inches, he would give a shake of his head. She didn't seem like she was much harm and she had not asked him a bit about his abilities just yet, so those were all points in her favor within his mind, but he was not letting his defenses down so easily.

"Dani?" he chuckled slightly thereafter to the statement of having to learn the hard way. "Well, that all depends on if she's worth looking into. " he replied though not really thinking or caring about how cold such a thing could sound. He raised a hand, rolling up the sleeve upon the opposing arm, then doing the same for the other.

Looking in the direction the woman pointed he smirked a bit, "Good girl. I was wondering if you knew or not. Thank you." He stated casually as he slid his arm around the box he'd been leaning on previously. Lifting it from the stack with a bit of struggling. Displaying the fact that he wasn't exactly the most physically capable person alive. The box slid down a bit, but he managed to keep grip upon it. "Leiken Chu. You can call me Lei if you like, but please do not call me chu, chu-kun, chu-sama, mister chu, or sir chu. " he stated without reasoning as to why he didn't wan to be called any of those such names.

[Mia Bell]

Mia was used to be short and having to look up at people, especially guys. But she found short people cute; so it was a win win situation. If he didn’t think she was much harm than he apparently didn’t know anything about her slapping Cameron’s face, then again he probably didn’t even know who Cameron was. She was thankful for that; at least she could talk to someone who didn’t know the boy. Mia really didn’t care about powers and didn’t bring them up at all unless a conversation had lead to it. Maybe that was because she rather not talk about the inner workings of how her power worked.

Rolling her eyes at his statement; so he was one of ‘those’ people. “I don’t see how you can tell if their ‘worth’ getting to know or not. Just because you see one thing about a person doesn’t mean that makes them who they are.” So, he was the judgmental type? She found that interesting and something she would have to keep in mind.

Mia groaned “Don’t call me that.”She had only been called 'good girl' till the age of four, after that it never cut it.“ I’m not a dog.” What was with this guy? He was different that was for sure. She was intrigued, only interested in what kind of person this guy was. Mia chuckled as he seemed to be struggling with the box. “You need to work out more…” She stated, if he did than those boxes wouldn’t be a problem for him. Though she didn’t raise a finger to help, if he wanted it, he was going to have to ask. Though she felt inclined to follow him, opening the door for him so he wouldn’t need to put the box down and lift it again. “Nice to meet you.” Though she didn’t know if it was a nice meeting or not. “Wait, does this mean I can’t call you Chu, chu?” She stuck her tongue out at him, teasing of course. “Oh or Chu, Chu train!” Hey, she liked that one. “I’m kidding of course.” She added after a couple seconds; she wasn’t the type of person to call someone something they didn’t want to be called.

[Leiken Chu]

It was true, Lei knew nothing of this Cameron, nor the events that had happened between Mia and him. However, even if he had known, it would not have mattered a bit in the way he judged someone. He had other qualities he preferred to judge upon. Leiken exhaled slightly, observing the girl for a moment longer, noting her appearance well as if trying to create a photograph within his mind to place with the name she had given him. Though he tilted his head faintly giving her a faint smirk as he watched the changes in her expression with the words he spoke and perhaps as well the choice of words he used to speak to her.

"By worth I merely mean whether or not they are worth getting to know further. I do not like nosy people and therefore I do not pry into the secret lives of others. I expect the same from others and if they cannot give me that then there is no further worth in them to me. " he stated in that lazy tone. "It may be offensive, but it's for the best." he assured her as he trailed the tip of his tongue against his lips to moisten their surfaces slightly.

"Hm?" He replied as she told him not to call her -that- seeming to not realize what he'd even called her that was offensive. "Oh." he stated plainly as she stated that she was not a dog. He chuckled a bit, "perhaps not, but you'd make a cute one." He murmured lightly as he struggled with the box he lifted, "Ha...That's what my last trainer said." he stated aloud looking to the box. He moved toward the open quarters that she'd pointed out to him before. He wasn't sure if she would follow, but if she did not there were more boxes to retrieve before he'd begin to unpack anyway. The stack in the common having about four three and a larger box at the bottom remaining.

"Nice to meet you too." he called to her as he fumbled the box into the floor of the quarters."Thank you" He would state simply, but appreciatively; he could do that at least. The items inside rattling as the weight of the box hit the floor. Luckily nothing breakable to be worried about in that one. He turned back to her, walking from the room to the second box, visibly twitching at the 'chu chu' remark. It was a thing kids used point out alot when he was a kid.

"Here comes the chu chu train!"

"Better watch out the chu chu will run you over!"

He sighed heavily, "I swear if you call me that I will call you tinker bell for the rest of your existence." He thought that was a silly enough name to get the point across. Though at the same time he wondered if he'd just left an opening for her to think it was okay to call him that given that she accept his nickname. The thought alone made him cringe inside. Though he exhaled heavily again. 'Keep your cool, man.' he thought to himself. The last thing he needed was to get emotional and end up hurting himself or the girl. That would not make for a very good start at his new life.

Lei shifted over the next box, grasping hold of it in a firmer way, as if he were trying to show off by lifting it from the stack more quickly. Gathering it into his arms, though it slid down, showing his lack of proper grip upon it. He pushed it back up with his thigh before continuing toward the room. Waddling unattractively toward the room once again, "Do you stay in these dorms too?" He asked as he waddled.

[Mia Bell]

Mia wasn’t hard to forget, her pink hair helped with that but she wasn’t going to change it anytime soon. Then again who knew, she might dye it purple or black. Other than her hair she made herself stand out quite a bit, with the eyeshadow and her clothing style. She would have been glad to know that the event that happened with Cameron wouldn’t affect his judgment of her. Even though she knew she shouldn’t care what anyone thought of her for any reason.

Mia raised an eyebrow “Okay, but even if someone was overly curious, can’t you just ask them not to be?” Though she could see his point; in a way. Mia still believed in giving everyone a chance; but she wasn’t going to shove her beliefs or opinions down his throat. “But if you think it’s best than alright. It’s not my place to judge.” Though how many great people would he miss out on getting to know just because of one flaw? “what other personality traits do you not like?” Because it was different for everyone.

Mia wasn’t sure if it was a compliment when he said she would make a cute dog. She blushed a bit, not really sure how to respond to it so she didn’t. Instead she went onto his next statement. “Maybe he’s right? Is there a reason why you don’t work out?” Or did he work out and was just weak? She pressed her lips together; she would feel really bad if he in fact has been working out.

“Mind if I ask how old you are?” She wasn’t sure if that was being ‘nosy’ or not; she was just curious if there was a possibility that they had any classes together. “you’re welcome.”

Mia flinched when her teasing seemed to have passed a line. “I’m sorry…” She was truly sorry. “It won’t happen again.” It didn’t come to mind to think that it was something he got picked on for. Mia moved to the stack of boxes to pick on up. She figured it was the least she could do for what she said. As for the tinker bell thing “Please don’t call me that…” She said rather sadly, her older brother had called her that and she was determined to have him be the only one who would ever call her tinker bell. It brought up a lot of old memories that she didn’t want to have in that moment.

Mia followed him back to his room with the box she was carrying. It wasn’t very heavy; at least to her but that was probably because she actually worked out. “yeah, I room on this floor of the dorms. I was lucky enough to get my ma into letting me stay in the co-ed dorms.” In reality her mother hadn’t even cared where she stayed at.

[Leiken Chu]

Leiken chuckled slightly to her words. They seemed almost child-like to him in the way that she spoke of just asking them not to be. "Have you ever heard of the expression: curiousity killed the cat?" he questioned. Smirking faintly then he spoke again with a bit of a lazier tone, "It's sort of like that. You can tell them not to ask, but the more you ask them not to the more they do."

"you're right of that." he stated when she admitted that it was not her place to judge. After all, he did enough of that all on his own. He made a small noise going quiet for a moment or so before he would speak again to her, "I've never really thought about it. Most people don't pass the mind your own business test for me to care of them further." he stated with a shake of his head.

"It is a waste of time. I'd likely give myself a nosebleed trying anyway." he stated as he strained to hold grasp of that second box. "I suppose not. I'm eighteen. " he mentioned casually as he set the box on top of the others. Looking back to her, he noticed the change in her demeanour after he'd returned the name game, he didn't feel bad given that he knew nothing of her reasoning. Though he did respect her request.

"Good, then we have an understanding, I will respect that request as long as you do mine. " perhaps it wasn't as good as saying friends or best friends forever. However, it was more than most people managed out of him that was for sure.

Leiken was a little surprised when he saw her carrying in a box for him with such little effort. he almost stoned up again, feeling his pride hurting being out-done by a female, but he shoved that further into the pits of his being and moved to the remaining boxes. pushing them along the floor, creating quite a noise, as he made his way back to that part of the quarters he'd come to claim. "Oh, so then we'll likely run into each other again. " he noted. "I suppose that makes it good that you're not annoying to me; yet."

[Mia Bell]

Mia sighed; She didn’t care if he thought it was childish like. But, even if it was childish it all came down to respect. She shook her head “It all comes down to how much the person respects others.” If she had asked a question that was too ‘nosy’ for him and he said something about it she wouldn’t go further with it. Because she respected people’s privacy, you never know if you didn’t at least try.

“It’s not your place to judge either!” She retorted; because from what she heard, this boy was very judgmental. It wasn’t something she liked. Mia rolled her eyes, she should have expected that answer “I see.”

Mia raised an eyebrow; was he really that week? Did he have some biological problem? “It’s not a waste of time to keep your body healthy.” Besides working out to get stronger and buffer, it also helped your health. Hadn’t he taken a health class? That should have been in it. “Hmm.. Than we probably wouldn’t have any classes together.” She mumbled; though she didn’t really care. Mia was sixteen, though she had skipped a grade when she was younger so who knew, maybe they would have a class together.

Mia nodded “Fine.” She didn’t care what the meaning behind it was. As along as he respected her request, she would respect his request no matter what. She wasn’t that type of person.

The pink haired girl would have resented him for that; just because she was a girl didn’t mean he should down grade her for that. Though if he didn’t work out than he should have seen this coming. Mia nodded “Yep.” Then again anyone living in the dorms would most likely see each other no matter which floor they were on. “Guess so.” She couldn’t say the same thing about him; because at this point she wasn’t sure where the boy was standing. She didn’t like his judgmental attitude, but it wasn’t something she was going to judge him about. Though at this point her patience was wearing thin. She wondered if maybe she could bring out a better side of the boy, even if it took a bit.

Mia placed the box where the others were inside his room and then went back to pick up one of the boxes he was now pushing along the floor to carry to his room. She tried to think of something she could ask him, something that would make small talk but not be too nosy for him. But nothing came to mind, except how he liked Hammel, but seeing how he was just moving into the dorms he had just arrived. “Mind if I ask where you from?” Small talk.

[Leiken Chu]

He shrugged slightly, "I suppose then that most people do not have very much respect for others. So tells the past." Leiken stated lightly. Though he didn't really seem to fond of 'the past' it was written upon his features when he spoke those words. Lei shook his head somewhat. Ridding his mind of the thoughts the best way that he could.

"I beg to differ. It is my place to judge those who I let into my life. " he stated casually. "Do you?" he questioned whether or not she really did 'see' what he meant or any portion of his reasoning. Most people had a hard time seeing past that judgmental aspect of his being after all.

"My body is healthy. It is just a waste of time to spend all that time in the gym when your body type remains the same regardless of the strain, besides it's dangerous to strain myself that much. " he stated aloud. His nose wriggled a bit at the thought. The last time he'd worked out he had ended up causing himself and others nearby a great deal of pain. He still did not have a good grasp on control and lack of control for him could be troublesome.

"I am not sure, but I am sure we'll see each other around. " he noted toward the girl. he didn't say much more about the aspect of nicknames. Preferring to move on and not tempt it by bringing it up or prying. As the girl came to lift another box he picked the last up from the floor. carrying it the last few steps into the room, trying to show off, but failing to do so properly as he nearly toppled over the very box he carried upon setting it down. "Where i am from? " he paused somewhat before chuckling a bit. "Nashville." That was all he would say on that. If she did not know the place, he would not explain it's location, nor would he answer if she asked his ancestry.

He didn't feel it important given the situation.

[Mia Bell]

“I can’t say much for everyone else and I know where you’re getting at. But that doesn’t mean that people aren’t willing to respect you, you just have to give them a reason to respect you like how you look for reason as to why you should respect them.” Respect went both ways and he couldn’t expect someone else to respect him in general if he didn’t respect them also. It didn’t seem like this boy respected people; and it didn’t seem like he gave others a reason to respect him.

“You’re a hypocrite when you say that.” She wasn’t going to put things lightly, she was never one to sugar coat things and was always blunt about things. If he didn’t like it than that was his problem not hers. She had no reason to be soft with him or anyone else for that matter. But it wasn’t right for him to say that it wasn’t her place to judge him and then turn around and say it was his place to judge others. That was a sheer sign that he was in fact a hypocrite, and she hated people like them. Mia didn’t like people telling her not to do the thing that they so openly do themselves.

“Oh! Okay, now I understand.” So it had to do with his body type. Though, he could still do minor work outs in his own room that wouldn’t but so much strain on his body, it might help if he took baby steps instead of trying to take more than he could chew. But she wasn’t going to push the subject further.

“Of course we will. We go to the same school.” Was he just trying to carrying on a conversation? It was hard to not to at least see someone around the school grounds considering most people spent most of their time on campus anyways.

Mia hadn’t yet realized he was trying to show off; since he was completely failing at it. Besides she didn’t really care about anyone’s physical strength. She pressed her lips together; trying to stop herself from chuckling as he almost fell over the box he was carrying as he set it down. “Nashville? Like Nashville, Tennessee? Awesome. What’s it like there?” She didn’t care about his ancestry, she knew that America was home to a lot of foreigners, he was just one of them. What was the big deal about that?

[Leiken Chu]

"Why should I have to?" he stated plainly. "It should be natural to respect someone's private matters." Leiken shook his head somewhat. Giving a heavy sigh as his fingers combed through the strands of his hair.

"Who cares? " he stated aloud. Showing his complete lack of care in whether or not he seemed to be a hypocrite. He wouldn't say much more on the matter or his reason to believe that he had the right to judge those he let into his life.

"You do?" He questioned almost surprised. Though it faded quickly. He wasn't really sure the girl did understand what he meant. The fact was that too much physical activity could be deadly for him or others around him.

"Yes, that is true..." He trailed off though he followed with sound of amusement. "Though i'm not sure how often we'll cross paths. Given the fact that I don't socialize much." He pointed out.

Pushing himself up from the edge of the box he'd almost fallen completely over he exhaled a long breath. reminding himself to keep it cool. "That's right. It's okay. It's as busy place really. The traffic is busy just like the people. It was pretty tame in the part of town i lived so it wasn't to terrible. " he stated with a shrug. "It was nice being somewhere a lot of performers went though." he noted.

[Mia Bell]

“So, do you naturally respect others?” She shook her head “Believe me, just like you everyone else has their own beliefs and opinions and they all count for something. So why don’t you stop being a self absorbed ass.” He shouldn’t judge people so soon, or underestimate them. She could understand building opinions on someone and guarding yourself from them in a way. But not full out right judging them, when he didn’t even know them or didn’t even want to know them. It was unfair. So she wondered, what had this boy gone through that had gotten him so, tense, wound up, afraid? Yes, afraid, why else would he so willingly judge people, because he was afraid of them; at least that’s how she saw it.

After Mia put down her box she walked over to Lai standing face to face only a few inches separated them. She glared at him “since you obviously don’t. Do me a favor and don’t tell me what is right and wrong and what I shouldn’t and should do.” She shook her head “Lets go by your beliefs shall we? You say you have a right to judge people who you let in your life, correct? Well, I have the same right to judge you. By your so called belief. So don’t tell me to do something completely different.” If he had a problem with her judging him than that was his problem not hers; he brought this onto himself. But She wasn’t going to change her beliefs just because of some boy, no; but that didn’t stop her from wanting him to see it differently.

“Oh I socialize often. So I’m sure we’ll cross paths again, and if we don’t naturally than I’ll just have to find you, considering I know your dorm room.” She smiled at him, he wasn’t going to get rid of her easily. That might make her a pain in the ass but she couldn’t care less.

“Oh, that seems really nice. What’s the weather like there?” Because being from Alaska she loved the cold and wondered just how cold it got there. “Oh? What kind of performers? Any bands?” Any bands she knew? That was the one thing about where she was from, no one ever went there; it was a pretty boring city to sat the least.

[Leiken Chu]

Shrugged slightly, "I do not matter. " he stated as he began to pull the tape off of one of the boxes. Though he paused, a little surprised that a girl had a mouth like that, let alone spoke to him. "Pardon, doll face?" he questioned looking toward the girl. "Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?" he stated lightly before going back to opening the box.

Truth be told, it was not the first time that Leiken had heard those words. Though he was more so surprised as she moved to near his face. He stared at her with a placid expression despite her words. Though inwardly he was growing more irritated. "If you do not like the way i operate there's the door. " he stated plainly. Though smirking somewhat to her words, "Except for one factor. You are not the decider of my life choices. I am. Now, " he paused. "I suggest you regain your distance before you get hurt." he warned her.

He didn't make it a habit of being aggressive with women, but he had little control over his abilities. The closer she got the louder her pulse and since he was already irritated with her he wasn't sure if he could keep them from urging themselves upon him. "Why would you want to? I have given you little reason to find me appealing. " he questioned the woman.Seemingly intrigued by this fact.

"Average weather." he would reply. "mild springs, full of rain, and the summers are warm. Though there are enough pools to keep cool. It doesn't snow often but when it does people act like it's the end of the world and they've forgotten how to drive." he stated with a small amused look upon his features. "Many different types really. During the winter i like it the most. it's very festive and there are a lot of orchestra performances." he noted with faint image of a smile.