Hamster Giggles (Open)

[River Tseung]

Basil had been extremely restless the past few days. River wasn't sure why, but even when he sang to his dwarf hamster, the fuzzy little creature didn't pay him much heed. Eventually, he decided what his little friend needed was his exercise ball, and a lot of room to run around inside it. And so, apologizing to the darker-colored Oreo, who was napping in a little paper towel tube, River picked up Basil, carefully deposited him inside the green-tinted exercise ball, and headed down to the first floor of the dorms.

It was a fairly quiet Sunday evening, with a lot of students already up in their dorms hanging out or doing homework. River found a decent-sized section of floor and set his hamster down, giggling as the little creature immediately took off, running around inside the safe plastic toy. He wasn't worried about the animal getting stepped on - he was by himself, for the most part, though a couple passer-bys seemed to get a kick out of the rolling ball with the adorable little creature inside.

Ruffling a hand through his autumn-colored hair, River smiled and hummed softly, the melody somewhat reminiscent of summer days and the long-gone warmth of the sunny seasons. He kept his eye on Basil as he stretched out on his stomach on the floor, popping open a bag of gummy bears and slowly chewing through them with relish.

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Maria hummed as she finished her work for the day. She had to admit her room still needed work to be done. I mean, look at that dust on the window, the door has holes in it!! She ran to the door worrysome before realizing her gift was playing tricks on her, nobody would have seen it. She sighed and giggled at the realization and skipped out of her room. She kept humming her favorite songs and walking before she heard a curious noise. What's that?

She found herself giggling as she saw it finally. "Awwww!!! That's the cutest little thing ever!!" She found herself following the ball while laughing. She also saw that there were at least two people in the room nearby and smelled the gummy bears, good thing she didn't like them. She kept laughing and dodging the ball everytime it seemed like she was going to step on it. Finally she stopped and quietly walked in the room while whispering, seein someone asleep already. "Hey. That is so cute!" She pointed at the hamster. 

[River Tseung]

The little hamster seemed to be having a blast weaving around the floor, sometimes going out of River's sight, when he would scramble to his feet and chase after it, picking up the little Basil and putting him back on the main part of the floor, nibbling on his candy once again. He got distracted with something on the television for a brief moment, which was enough time for Basil to dart away from his sight, so when he looked back he gasped and stood on his knees. "Basil!" he squeaked, as though that would bring him back.

He breathed in and prepared to start humming, hoping using his ability would bring the animal back, but before he could a girl appeared with the ball rolling at her feet, Basil apparently having found his way back to the area. "Ahh, thank you, sweetheart!" he breathed, smiling up at the new arrival. He stood and went to pick up the rolling pet, wrinkling his nose as the little creature. "His name's Basil. And mine's River," he added, looking back at the girl with another friendly grin and an offered hand to shake. "I don't think we've met?" She looked vaguely familiar, but he couldn't place her name.

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Maria giggled as she watched the hamster roll around her feet. She also saw someone walk toward so she made sure to stop, smile and look at them so she didn't seem nosy. "I never heard River as a name before, great! I'm Maria, I believe we have a few classes together, but I could be wrong." She smiled wide and shook his hand. She was so happy she could talk to someone instead of getting distracted by everything. Maybe she wasn't hyper at the moment, but it still didn't mean that she couldn't get distracted.

"I like your room. Smells wonderful, gummy bears aren't my favorite but they sure do bring a wonderful fruit smell to the room." She took a small sniff to the air before pushing her dark sunglasses back to wear they belonged, they wouldn't stop going down. She didn't like when that happened, it was another thing her eyes just had to look at. "That guy looks so peaceful sleeping."

[River Tseung]

River chuckled at the girl's response to his name. "I get that a lot! Me and my siste are actually named after our parents' abilities - River and Rain, for hydrokinesis and weather manipulation." It was a fun bit of information he liked to share; his cousins had similar names based on their own parents' abilities. A sort of family tradition. "Nice to meet you, Maria! I'm sorry we haven't met before." He rubbed the back of his head. "I usually try to get to know everyone in most of my classes, I'm not sure how you've slipped past me. Like a ninja!" He giggled lightly. He'd make it a point now to get to know her as much as he could.

River held Basil in one hand and the bag of gummy bears in the other, twisting his hand to get another couple in his fingers before he tossed them in his mouth. "They do, don't they?" he laughed. He normally would have offered them to Maria, but since she already said she didn't like them, he kept himself from doing so. "I'm kinda a sugar addict," he added a bit meekly. "Don't tell anyone." He winked playfully. River hadn't noticed the other person sleeping, so he glanced over his shoulder and chuckled.

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Maria laughed and nodded her head. Usually Maria knew everyone at school, but it seemed that she was seeing more new people everyday. "Yeah! I usually talk to everyone I see. Lately though I have been getting distracted." She shrugged and watched Basil and the guy sleeping at the same time.

"Sugar addict? Wow. Don't think I could be one if I tried. Too busy eating healthy food." She chuckled and nodded her head. "Don't tell anyone, but I am kind of a neat freak." Of course that was just an understatement compared to the real deal. She smelled the air around her once more out of habit and still didn't smell anything bad yet. This made her smile even more, the other day she passed a car and almost got sick from the smell of oil.

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"I've been kinda spacey lately," River mused. Might be because of a certain boy that kept filtering into his thoughts, but he wouldn't admit it. Nope. "So I guess we've both just been missing each other!" he shrugged, smiling again. Didn't mean they couldn't be friends now!

"Yeahhh... I should eat healthy more often," he admitted, scuffing a foot. His mother would be getting after him all the time if he knew. "Maybe you can help!" he giggled. At her admission of being a neat freak, River giggled and shook his head. "I won't tell, promise." Sensing a sort of awkwardness in the silence, River shifted on his feet, peeking up the stairs. "Actually, speaking of neat, I should probably clean Basil and Oreo's cage instead of procrastinating by letting him play around," he mumbled with an embarrassed grin. "I better go up and do that. Maybe I'll see you around?"

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Spacey? Maria wanted to know what he was spacey about, but that probably would be too personal. She nodded her head. "Guess so!" She was so happy she met a new person and that she met a cute hamster to go along with it.

She giggled and then nodded her head. "I could so do that! I know a lot about nutrition, even the periodic table." She shook her head at the silliness of actually trying to learn something like that for no real reason. She laughed and nodded her head. "Good and thanks." She didn't want the whole world to know how much of a neat freak she was. She suddenly saw the boy shuffling his feet around. She didn't see anything that would cause him to be uncomfortable so she didn't understand it, but she just shrugged it off. She nodded her head slowly while understanding. "Ohhh okay. You will see me around. I pop up just about anywhere." She giggled and started to walk and half skip to her room. "Bye!!!"