Flying Paper Cranes(Reece)

[Deleted]

Junpei had watched this person since the beginning of the year sitting quietly, yet excitedly at his desk, folding paper...anything. It was kind of amazing, was there nothing he couldn't do? Junpei had tried his hand at origami, and thought he was pretty decent himself, but there were only a few that he could do straight from memory.

Alas, Junpei had also been extremely hesitant to approach this person. It might have been because he was just shy, or it might have been the obvious language barrier, but either way, Junpei had been at Hammel for quite a few months now, and had gradually carved out a little niche for himself. He was still struggling with the language, but he was much better than before. He was more comfortable in his classes. So...why not?
Junpei could totally approach this person out of nowhere now and it wouldn't be weird, right?

So there he was again, watching the boy from behind as he worked away at the paper. After a few breaths to prepare himself, Junpei finally rose from his seat and walked over. "Hello!" he greeted. "You have very nice talent." Junpei pointed at himself. "I like origami too."

[Reece Morgan]

If he was anything, Reece was oblivious to actual interest from other people in himself. He loved pretending everybody was in love with him but the moment someone showed genuine interest in him, it was like a wall built in front of him and he just doesn’t see.

It probably took a lot of moxie for the Japanese boy to come up to Reece as the telekinetic lazily let the paper fold itself with his mind. It was slowly taking the shape of a sharp cornered swan. It really was a sight to see when Reece played with paper. His ability, to him though lame (why couldn’t he have actual telekinesis instead of just paper manipulation?), was pretty rad when he was dealing with origami. Though that was another thing he thought was lame, it sort of made some girls pretty into him so why the hell not?

Looking up at the compliment, Reece’s trademark smirk appeared on the teen’s face as he leaned back in his chair, letting the paper swan slowly float down to the table.

“I can’t blame you for noticing, man.” He nodded as the other boy continued to share his interest. Reece couldn’t have cared any lesser than he already did about the other boy’s origami-liking but hey, Reece was a nice guy.

“Cool. What kinda stuff do you make?” Reece asked, picking up the swan again, adding a few more touches to it with different coloured pieces of paper.

[Deleted]

Junpei could easily be seen as an outgoing and friendly person, but there was just something awesomely intimidating about this particular person, something that made him far more nervous than normal, in addition to the multitude of other things that disabled him. But now that he had finally worked up the courage to just put himself out there, he was feeling the giddy-excitedness that he got in his stomach every time he saw the potential for a new and interesting friendship.

Which pretty much made Junpei freeze with a stunned smile for a full 5 seconds because this guy actually responded amiably instead of calling him weird or any other name similar(which was actually quite common back home) before he reanimated himself and started to process the guy's question.

"Ano…I make crane, most times." Shoot, that sounded lame. Think, Junpei, think! This guy was definitely going to think that Junpei was weird, if he didn't already, if that was all Junpei said and he just continued to stand there with his hands properly clasped behind his back watching him fold paper like some sort of fangirl. "I make crane," he started a little too forcefully as he tried to elaborate more on his hobby, "to make fly."

Yep, that ought to get his attention.

[Reece Morgan]

"Cranes are pretty hard to make." Reece nodded a little. He had a hard time when he started so he saw the need to keep at one thing at a time.

Frankly, had he been in a less generous mood, Reece would have made the paper attack the other boy but origami actually soothed him some so the other boy was in the clear. No paper cuts today.

Looking up with interest, Reece leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest. "Can you make one fly now?"

[Deleted]

"Yes. But I become really good at making." Junpei was actually quite proud of how quickly he could make them nowadays, and from practically anything.

Well, this was going well, right? This person seemed pretty nice, just as Junpei thought. And even seemed interested in what he could do.

"Yes, do you want to see?" He gestured to the paper swan that had been in the making on the other boy's desk, as if he was asking for permission. Assuming he got it, Junpei would give the swan a light touch and it would start to hover upon separation. "It is very good practice for my power," he explained.