Where's My Kahlua?

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Oriel was an instigator. He hated people, but he liked interacting with them. He hated crowds, and seeing people doing things that didn’t involve him…so he created a situation where they had no choice but to pay attention to him. It was a child’s logic, and perfectly understandable - negative attention was better than no attention at all - but that dick-ery was also half the reason why people would want to avoid him in the first place. It was a self-fulfilling, creating the exact situation he wanted to prevent. Well…at least they had a good reason to hate/ignore him, right?

That was a fucked up logic and Oriel knew it. As said before, he’d been trying to get better about it, but he wasn’t going to change overnight. And this girl was amusing.

Oriel snorted as she went on and on about how she paid for her coffee. Yes, paying for her coffee, the stuff she was drinking, but… “But…you didn’t pay for the cup, did you? You more or less renting out that ceramic mug to hold said paid for coffee. In that instance, should you get peeved enough to get ‘destructive’ and throw it at say, my face, it’s most likely going to fall to the floor and crack into a dozen pieces or more, at which point….you will have to pay for it.” Oriel grinned. “And for scalding my beautiful face.” He snickered and leaned back in his seat. “I’ll give you the ‘you buy it’ command bit, though. English ain’t exactly my best subject, if you can’t tell.”

“And by the way…if you’re going to insult someone, gotta be a little more creative than just using the same fucking insult over and over. ‘Dumbfuck’ isn’t even 3rd rate in my book.”

[Lilly Love]

Wow. Just wow. That was all that Live could think as she stared at the boy across the table from her. She could feel her tolerance with him beginning to slip away. He was just trying to get her worked up and while she could tell, her anger was getting the best of her. She really was considering throwing the cup at his face. But then she wouldn't be able to finish her coffee. She took another drink of her coffee and set down the cup and pushed it to the side.

Live brought her hands up to the table and stuck her gray eyes on the boys. She stayed in silence for a moment while he finished talking and then let out a sigh.

"Well, I will work on my 'creative' insults then. I would hate to disappoint." The sarcasm was strong in her voice. "But lets just say that if I did decide to get destructive, I wouldn't need that coffee cup. I could easily cause you as much pain as I wanted without that mug. And it would be totally free." Live gave a big smirk, took another drink of her coffee, now almost finished, and then placed the cup back to the side.

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Ahhh, she was feisty. Oriel liked that, that she wasn’t going to take his shit. He wished she would engage a little better in a banter exchange, but one couldn’t be selfish, now could he? Just getting her to talk back was a feat considering how hard she was trying to ignore his existence at first.

Was it worth the potential splash of hot coffee to the face? Or even a good slap(or punch)? Oriel had been through worse, he thought, so he was sure he could handle it. Probably.

Oriel grinned something sinister and taunting. “Exactly. Like, if you’re going to call me anything, then calling me a vain, misogynistic asshat would totally work.” There were better ones out there, of course, but that was just an example for her pondering pleasure. He tilted his head at her threat. “Ain’t nothing free in this world, Lively Lady, ain’t anyone ever tell you that?” Oriel may have been enjoying this now, but…well, he’d understand if she wasn’t. If they were to ever meet again after this, maybe she’d have the fortune of witnessing him as less of an ass. Or not, who knew?

[Lilly Love]

Live had never been much for fighting with words. One, she wasn't the best with crazy insults. Sure she could pull out a few good ones if someone got her worked up enough and she had a few decent thoughts on the subject but she wasn't one of those people who had a slew of words to throw at people every second. And two, her temper was too short to last long in a battle of words. Why keep throwing words out there when she could just throw punches?

She figured a kid who was this much of jerk could probably handle a punch or two to the face but if came down to it, Live wouldn't be hitting this kid. Oh no, if her really found a way to push her into violent action (which she didn't want to have to do consider she was an adult now in public which could lead to arrests and she had already been in trouble with the law before) she would resort to much darker methods.

She smirked, "Seems like you already have plenty of names for yourself." She let out a huff and leaned forward a bit so she could talk softer while still being heard by the boy, "Of course they did, but I don't live by the rules of this world." She gave the boy another smirk and then leaned back again to grab her mug and finish the last bit of coffee.

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When they threw their first punch, that usually marked the end of the game and as Oriel’s victory, strange as it may seem. It was even more a victory if Oriel could get away from said enraged, punch-throwing person before they actually managed to hit him. Leave them frustrated and…well, wishing for his death. Plotting revenge by nefarious means. Oriel’d gotten into a lot of trouble doing that to people back home. That was when he was a young teen, barely past early adolescence and wholly, unbelievably stupid. For years later….he wasn’t much better, was he? He should have grown out of this habit by now. Oriel would probably scold himself for it later.

Oriel smirked and shook his shoulders in a subdued laugh. “You’d be surprised how much time I waste coming up with them.” Nobody insulted the boy better than himself. He was the king of self-depreciation!

That was damn depressing…

He couldn’t help another laugh and a smirk that widened out into something resembling a for-realz smile. “Good, ‘cause the rules’re fulla shit.” Oriel kept his smiley, snarky gaze on Live as she finished up her coffee. He considered for a moment, then casually pulled out a few straight bills from his back pocket and placed them flat on the table. “Lemme spot you on that, as thanks for letting me bug you,” he offered, pushing the few dollars in her direction.

[Lilly Love]

As the boy slid the money across the table, Live stared at it for a moment, baffled for a second at the gesture. She looked up at the boy, her eyes questioning. Why would he be such an asshole and then offer to pay for her drink? The actions seemed so contradictory. Suddenly it clicked and Live burst out laughing. Honestly laughing. Not just one of her scoffing chuckles but a good laugh as if the boy had just told her a good joke.

She reached over and grabbed the money (she wasn't too proud to take money when it was offered especially in this situation) and then slowly began to stand as she grabbed her now empty coffee cup.

"Yah know you just went from ruining my day to making it?" She said as the last of the laugh died from her voice. She shook her head at the boy, "I thought I could be a bitch sometimes but damn, you are a genuine asshole." She said with a smirk. For some people, that would be an insult. For Live, it was a compliment to the boy. A real honest compliment.

"I gotta get to work but good talk...uh?" She looked at him, pausing to give him time to give her his name if he so wished or shoo her away if that was he would rather do. Either way, now that she realized he was doing all this just for his own entertainment of fucking with people, he had moved from her hated list to her respected list. Pretty impressive given how quickly he managed to change her thoughts on him.

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Oh, so now she was laughing! Oriel shook his head slightly, his own smirk pulling into something of a more genuine smile. Sure took her long enough to loosen up, though Oriel being an asshole probably didn’t help much.

Oriel lowered his head and held out his hand in a mock bow. “I try. It’s my vice to bother people to my upmost enjoyment.” At least she was being cool about it. He shrugged a shoulder. “I was in a pretty piss mood myself when I got here, too many fucking people. Bugging the shit outta you kept me from defenestrating some poor sap, so…” He nodded again. “Thank you, very much for your sacrifice. Nameless-poor-sap appreciates it.” Oriel had a little left in his own cup, which he finished off in that moment.

Uhh…? Right, name. “Oriel,” he offered. “I know, sounds like it belongs to an asshole, don’t it?” But it was his name, nonetheless. “I got to get to work myself soon here, but I’ll be a gentleman for once and let you leave first so it don’t look like I’m stalking you or nothing.” Oriel had experience in stalking, so he wouldn’t pull it off that obviously anyway.

[Lilly Love]

Live chuckled a bit more. She had never quite had the same attitude as the boy in front of her. Sure she enjoyed being a bitch at times but it wasn't really a vice as he had put it. It was intriguing to meet someone who found such pleasure in pissing people off. Even though it wasn't something she did, it was something she could understand.

"People really fucking suck." Live added in agreement. She was not at all a fan of a majority of the human race. There had been very few people who's existence she actually found enjoyable or even tolerable. It seemed that today though that list may have just increased by one.

Live shook her head and gave a small bow of her head, giving a smirk as her sort of 'your-welcome-for-putting-up-with-your-assholery'. She rolled her eyes a bit at his last statement, "And asshole and a gentlemen.. Now that's a rare find." She said, only slightly mockingly. She turned and dropped off her coffee cup at one of the return stations and then turned to face the boy again, a realization of a new thought flashing across her face.

"Oh, and Oriel," She said, testing out the name, "Just know if we meet again and you feel like being an asshole again, I won't show nearly as much restraint as I did today." It was a half tease, half serious statement. She hadn't really had to hold back that much and, now understanding the boys personality, she was unlikely to get as pissed off if they ran into each other again. However, she also would have no problem sharing her exact thoughts with him in any future encounters.

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It was either piss people off under his terms, or risk blowing his shit at them over….fuck, any number of triggers that were possible with him. Oriel should probably write a list….oh, wait, no, he fucking did. During that fucking ager management class Dr. Neville made him go to last year. He should post that thing on the fridge or something.

Oriel nodded, grunting in agreement. “Yeah,” he muttered, his lips twitching into a small smirk. “Sucks even more when you got a ‘love-hate’ relationship with the lot.” Oriel hated being around people, but he hated it when he had nobody to talk to either. He was glad that today’s ‘asshole session’ ended with gaining a friendly-ish acquaintance. If they met at some point again, Oriel wouldn’t hesitate to bother her again, this time though, in a far more playful manner than today’s hostile one.

“Ain’t a bad combination, if I do say so myself,” he added cheekily, tilting his head so his gorgeous hair fell down over his shoulder. Oriel shrugged. “Then again, I’m biased.” And rightly so.

Oriel kept his eyes on her as she left to leave the mug off somewhere, then returned to face him. That smirk of his grew into a smile that almost seemed pleasant. “I look forward to it, Live.” Oriel decided he liked her name. It sure sounded a lot better than Oriel. The boy waved her off, then turned his attentions back to the remains of his own coffee.

Mmm….mocha.