Bunny's Angel (Fancy)

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When Devyn first met Bunny he hadn’t really expected their friendship to go quite the way it did. He wouldn’t say they really hit it off, not in the way that people would normally describe as such at least. He’d definitely liked her cooking, and he thought she was a sweet person. He had never really expected the way she grew on him, like some ridiculously adorable fungus.

They chatted fairly regularly, whether they bumped into each other around campus or she sent pictures of her latest confectionary concoction.

While they did text back and forth on occasion he definitely noticed a sudden… increase in messages not long after he’d mentioned a certain curly roommate of his. It was one of her many endearing traits, that was pretty bad about being sneaky and eventually just began to ask questions about Fancy.

He didn’t push to ask if she had a crush on him, he doubted she was really sure about it, and Bunny seemed to form innocent crushes on a lot of guys she met so he didn’t really mind investigating for the sake of satiating her never-ending curiosity.

In fact, he kind of enjoyed it. He felt very sneaky, despite the fact that he was probably as subtle as a baseball bat to the head, but he doubted Fancy would actually figure anything out.

He was after all, about as cheerfully oblivious as Sunar.

“Hey Fancy,” he peered into the open room, knocking at the door. He peered around the room, trying to see if he could glean any information from its contents, “What are you up to today.” Ah, yes, he’d bait the hook with casual conversation and then reel it in.

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Fancy was spending his afternoon hard at work on an assignment for English class. It was a freelance topic, but would require research, so the curly-headed boy decided to write on a topic he was already fairly interested in and had a good number of reference books stacked in his bookshelf. He wanted to illustrate the connection between the science of astronomy and the spirituality of astrology, because while many considered them to be separate fields entirely, Fancy had different ideas.

The boy had tied up his hair to pop into somewhat of a bombom atop his head, as that was one of the few ways he could get away with hunching over his desk without his hair constantly getting in his eyes. Otherwise, he was clothed in a very scrub-like outfit: blue sweats, a grey t-shirt, and a tan, zip-up hoodie. Even though there was heating in the dorms, that didn’t cut out the nip that was just outside his window.

Fancy raised his head upon hearing the friendly voice of his roommate, Devyn. “Hey!” he said, his eyes brightening up slightly as he curled a stray strand of hair behind his ear. His grin spread wide and welcoming. “What’s up?” he asked, just before being hit with Devyn’s question right back. “Oh,” he started, scratching the side of his head with the eraser of his pencil. “I’m working on an English assignment…” he said with a slight blush. It was barely the start of the weekend, and Fancy was here doing homework. “Kinda lame, isn’t it?” he said with an amiable laugh.

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Honestly, Devyn had no room to question anyone else's study habits. He was the kind of guy who would lock himself in his room for a whole weekend to study. So, he shrugged, pulling a grimace once he realized it was an English assignment though and shuddered over-dramatically.


He was terrible at English, especially writing assignments. His papers were always returned with pages full of red marks and 'suggestions' that use more complex sentence structures. It wasn't anything new though, he'd always struggled his way through enough to pass. Though, he hoped someday he would actually be able to do as well in English as he did his other classes.


"Not that lame, this is me pretty much every day of the week," he said it jokingly, but his schedule typically consisted of school, practice, study, and work outs with very little time given for free time. Recently he'd been allowing himself more socialization time, mostly due to persistent suggestions to do so from Sunar.


"So," he leaned up against the doorframe in an effort to appear nonchalant. He was a spy after all and spies were aloof and mysterious. "Do... you... like English?" Likes, that was something Bunny had wanted to know, and hobbies. He'd have to ask about those as well.

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Fancy couldn’t say he was great at English, but he wasn’t terrible. Well, the same could be said about him over any subject. He wasn’t a great student, but he wasn’t terrible either. He did what he could to study, he didn’t slack off on the homework, but that didn’t mean he got As every time. And that was okay. Fancy didn’t need to be the best student. As long as he had his hobbies and passions, he was perfectly happy.

Though his schedule throughout the week was very much similar to Devyn’s: school, club, practice, study. He took the free time he had to look into his nerd interests though. There wasn’t much else to do when the weather outside was like it was. Fancy chuckled, dropping his head slightly at Devyn’s joke, then bit his lip as he reunited his gaze with his roommate’s in time to hear his second question. Fancy’s eyebrows shot up to his hairline and he laughed out loud in three or for short huffs. “Oh…not…I don’t know, maybe?” he stuttered, unsure of how to answer that. “I don’t hate it, but it’s not like I read Shakespeare or write essays for fun.” Fancy scratched his temple with a finger nervously and dropped his eyes again. “Well…I might if it’s on a subject I do like.” Like plants, or the stars, or something cool like that. Fancy didn't even think to wonder why Devyn would ask about that. It was definitely just a casual question.

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Devyn was a great student, except in his weak classes but even in those, he still managed to at least make Bs. He was strongest in his maths and sciences, physics being one of his particular favorites. They were grades he should take pride in but instead he had the habit of seeing it the way his parents did and telling himself he should always do better.

Basketball was only a temporary reprieve from that mindset, he was still very competitive and hardworking to a fault when it came to practicing but it helped take his mind off of things. The same with his workout schedules. Physical activities just seemed to center his mind and calm him down much more than sitting still and thinking ever did.

Devyn nodded along with his answer, damn, so now he had to find out what his actual favorite subject was. "Oh, I can understand that, but I don't think my interests would really translate into a paper. Not one that would be fun to read anyway." Papers on basketball, or weight lifting, or what kind of cupcakes were the best and why- which would be a short paper because all cupcakes were great.

"What /do/ you like then," it wasn't hard to sound friendly and curious because he honestly kind of was, he knew his roommate on a very shallow level and it could be nice to get to know him better. But he would also be reporting to Bunny.

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Fancy laughed at the light joke and shrugged a shoulder. “It’s okay, I know what you mean,” he said. He looked down at his laptop and smiled before turning back to Devyn. “I feel like my interests aren’t very interesting either, just to me, or….nerds.” And Fancy definitely wasn’t one of those braniac nerd types who did all science and were champion of the chess club. Fancy flushed slightly. “Sorry, I should’'t generalize like that, but…it’s true.”

What did he like? Fancy smiled wide as he thought about the many things he actually did like. “Well….I like astronomy!” he said with a laugh. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t be writing a paper on it.” That was a no-brainer. “And…” What else did he like? “Gardening, I guess? I’m on the softball team too.” He didn’t have much of a passion for it, but it was a sport that he enjoyed. He looked forward to when the season started up again in the spring. Fancy scratched his head, wondering if there was anything else. “I guess there’s a lot of things I like, but listing them all would be kind of a pain, so….” It was a fairly broad question, after all.

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Devyn chuckled along with his roommate, "And with my /amazing/ writing skills," he may have been overdoing the sarcasm but he wanted to clue him in on just how terrible he was at writing, "It would probably be a boring as reading an entire Wikipedia page on basketball."

He shrugged, he didn't really get too upset about those innocent kinds of generalizations, especially when he knew what he meant. But Devyn didn't really make a habit of getting upset with people in general. He was that way about a lot of things unless it was just really blatantly rude or offensive and even then he just got uncomfortable and tried to leave the conversation instead of starting an argument.
"That's true," he chuckled, it would be stupid to write a paper on something you didn't like or know about. "Oh, sweet I'm in softball too!" He was amazed he didn't know that about Fancy, but his mind was on basketball since it was what was in season. "That's fine," he shrugged, he figured that would be enough info like that for Bunny. So, it was time for a new subject.

Hmmm... It was a lot harder to find out things about someone than he thought. How did he ever learn anything about people! "So... How do you...." He tried to think of something he liked, "Do you like cupcakes?" This was a quest for Bunny after all, how could he not ask about cupcakes.

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“I don’t know….Wikipedia pages can be pretty interesting,” he said wryly, then laughed at his ridiculous comment. Though it was true that he did read wikipedia articles on occasion, he didn’t think he would like to read them for recreation.

Fancy was glad that Devyn was a swell enough guy to not be so uptight about certain issues, enough that they could joke and speak friendlily over them without getting worked up or offended. Fancy wasn’t a person who got offended regularly, but he tried to not make a habit of doing so to others either.

Fancy’s eyes lit up at the revelation of Devyn’s athletic interests. “Oh? That’s cool! Maybe we can play together when the season starts up again?” Fancy was only a sophomore, so he hadn’t really been on the team for as long as some others. Also, he could be really oblivious about the people he played with, specifically his teammates. There was a lot to keep up with, after all.

The subject bounced from baseball to cupcakes, but if Fancy noticed it’s strangeness, then he gave no indication. Though the new subject did cause him to stiffen up a bit, since he knew that his response wasn’t likely to be popular. Fancy scratched his temple nervously with his index finger. “Um….n-not really….I don’t really like sweet things much.” Fancy dropped his head and wrung the fabric of his sweats in his hands, his face looking verily guilty. “Actually, I can’t stand them…..” There was a reason for all that, but he wasn’t going to offer it…yet.

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Devyn rolled his eyes but smiled in amusement despite himself, "Hardy har," he replied back with a snort of laughter. He'd had very few conversations with Fancy before, but he was glad that his roommate did seem to have a pretty good sense of humor. Or at least, one that he caught on to.

He nodded rather enthusiastically at the idea of being able to play with Fancy once the season started. Sunar always tried to be involved in his games and often went to cheer him on, but it would be nice to have one of his friends on the team with him. "Definitely! Do you have a position you usually play or are you going to try out a few? I play shortstop or outfield most of the time," because he had a quick eye and an even quicker arm, paired with the strength to toss the ball far enough out of the outfield.

"Oh," his eyebrows shot up a bit, Bunny would probably be disappointed in that little factoid. "Well," he said with a shrug, it was kind of weird, "but, at least, I won't to have to share the sweets Bunny gives me then." Other than with Xun, of course. He'd been a bit caught up in the relief that he wouldn't be battling any more of his roommates and barely realized he'd mentioned Bunny so casually. He wondered if it was a no-no to mention her? Did this mean the jig was up?... No, if Fancy mentioned it he could try to play it off. "What do you like then?" he asked rather quickly, concerned he might have goofed up his mission.

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Devyn’s ‘laughter’ was met with a chortle of his own in his amusement. Fancy didn’t think of himself as a very funny guy - very basic jokes, actually - but it was always nice to know other people appreciated it, and even responded to it. Fancy wasn’t a fast talking quipper either, his speaking cadence was much slower than most people’s, as he thought out his every word before speaking it, usually. It was a technique he actually had to practice when he was younger, to get over his lisp and stuttering. He thought he did rather well these days. Nobody seemed to notice, at least. Or if they did, then he didn’t notice.

“Oh, I guess I’ll play anything they give me,” he said sheepishly, sort of embarrassed that he didn’t have a preference in mind despite playing the game for a while. “I’m a pretty good runner, so I guess I would work better as a hitter.” Fancy also had a somewhat short attention span, so he was certain that if he played any position in the outfield, he’d probably get too distracted by a passing bird and end up missing a catch or something. “Infield would probably work best for me, I think, on the field.” Someplace where he had no choice but to pay close attention.

Fancy seemed to shrink a little as he sighed upon hearing the disappointment clear as day in Devyn’s tone. He appreciated that Devyn was able to look on the bright side of that news, and Fancy smiled up at him, his own eyebrows shooting up upon hearing a familiar name. “Oh, you know Bunny?” he asked with interest. What a coincidence! Well, if they were talking about the same Bunny, that is, but there probably weren’t very many Bunnys here at Hammel. Fancy chuckled, bringing up a curled finger to cover his mouth. “Heh…she’s pretty cute, isn’t she?” he said, reminiscing a bit on when they met. So genuinely adorable~

The next question forced his thoughts away from the girl, though, and he pondered a bit before answering. “Mmm…vegetables. Fruits. Meats.” Fancy laughed, his smile spreading wide. “Ha ha, I guess I’m your classic ‘meat and potatoes’ kind of guy.” How stereotypical, he thought.

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It was okay if Fancy felt that he had 'basic' jokes or simple humor because Devyn was rather easy to understand and some jokes went over his head. And he wasn't a huge fan of overly complicated humor anyway, mostly because it almost always seemed like it was meant to make someone sound or seem stupid.

Devyn nodded along, "I don't mind too much as long as I get to play, but those are the positions that play to my strengths." Again he nodded at what his roommate was saying, "That's good! We need more runners on the field." While Devyn did get distracted easily he also focused quickly on movement and was able to catch hints of it faster than other people. "Oh! The infield is pretty fun, and also, you don't have to run around as much. I get put in the outfield a lot because I'm strong enough to toss from far out."

"Yeah," oh wow, he supposed he should stop doubting how well known Bunny was. She was very friendly and probably made friends very easily. "Yeah I met her a month back I think, she's really nice." He chuckled at Fancy's comment, "Yeah she is pretty cute," it was an innocent response as he didn't really hold any sexual or romantic attraction toward the young girl.

Devyn grimaced but laughed anyway, "I never grew up past hating vegetables," he joked. He made himself eat them obviously, and despite his recent splurges, he always /attempted/ to eat healthily. "So, you don't like sweets and you love veggies... Hmmm, you sound like the kid every parent wants," he chuckled, "You don't really get in trouble much do you?" Not that he had room to talk but it was a question to get information for Bunny.

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Fancy laughed and nodded in agreement. “Yeah, I’m the same. As long as I get to play, really,” he said, crossing his arms in front of him and pushing back on his rolling chair to move away from the desk. Not that he was giving up on his homework, but he was starting to figure that this conversation wasn’t going to be brief, and if that was so, then he may as well put the pencil down and relax. He smiled again. “I think my problem is that I can’t throw very well, so infield works better for me.” Probably shortstop would be the best position, now that he thought about it. He’d rather race to catch the other team’s runner rather than try to chuck a ball some 50 feet farther than he can throw.

On the subject of Bunny, Fancy was thinking the same thing, that she was friendly and that lots of people probably knew her, if not just of her. “Oh? I did a couple weeks ago, at the flower shop.” Fancy’s cheeks turned pink at the memory. “She, uh…caught me in a rather compromising situation,” he said, dipping his head as he chuckled. “But you’re right, she’s really nice, and cute.” She had a boyfriend too, and he also seemed like a nice guy, but Fancy didn’t mention that.

Of course Fancy knew that most teens his age weren’t as into healthy eating like he was. Some, like Devyn said just now, didn’t like anything that resembled a vegetable. He did laugh nervously at the comparison, though. “Uh…I guess? I wouldn’t know, I think my parents would rather I eat junk food more often…” he said honestly, then shook his head at the next question. “Not really. Well… stole a piece of gum once from the store when I was ten, if that counts.” Though he went back to pay for it later. His sister teased him forever about that.

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Devyn was definitely of the same mind as Fancy, he liked getting playing time no matter how little... though he did prefer more if given the option. It would definitely be nice to have a friend on the team considering some of his teammates felt he used his ability to get an unfair advantage. When the simple truth was he rarely ever used his mimic abilities.

He felt a little guilty when he saw the boy finally give up on the idea that he would get back to his homework any time soon. Only a few more questions and then he would leave his roommate alone, this was all a little unfair to Fancy anyway. "Oh," he nodded at his explanation, "Yeah, that'll do it. My throw is one of my strong suits," he said rather proudly because he was proud.

Of course, he caught the pink to the teen's face and he thought maybe his help wasn't really all that necessary. They were both obviously interested in each other already... though with what he knew of the two of them it was likely they'd both need a gentle nude (or shove).
"I don't think it counts," he snorted and spoke honestly, "It's okay I've got a sparkling record myself. I've never even failed a test before and definitely never missed school." He was about as straightedge as it got... minus the actually being straight part. "You don't even like sweets, though? Why would you take gum?"

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Fancy wasn’t as bothered as Devyn might thing about being interrupted from his homework, it was just that he recognized that he wasn’t going to be getting back to it right away. Even if he wasn’t a straight A student, Fancy was a diligent worker and would get back into his work when he had the chance. If he was in a terrible hurry to get this project done, then he would have told Devyn to leave already. Maybe…Fancy was really too nice for his own good.

Besides, Bunny was a person worth stopping his homework over, considering how popular she seemed to be. Or it may have just been coincidence that the two of them both knew her? Either way, it was a nice conversation, even if he was a little meek in talking about their encounter. He decided to inquire more about her himself, still completely oblivious that that was exactly what Devyn was doing for her. “How did you two meet?” he asked innocently.

Fancy laughed, knowing perfectly well that his little anecdote didn’t count towards anything particularly rebellious. He nodded along with what Devyn was saying, as he was pretty much the same way; never failed a test, never missed school, never really caused any sort of trouble at all. He laughed again, rocking forward as his smile grew big and wide. Fancy shrugged. “I don’t know, I was ten!” he explained. “It was gum. Would it help if I told you it was sugar free?” The reason behind it in reality was a first attempt to act out against his parents…only to realize that they didn’t care half as much as he thought they would. Or how any parent should be expected to react. They were all more disappointed that he went out of his way to take it back. Being ‘good’ ended up being his rebellion against them at some point…though that was just how he was too, so he wasn’t sure if that really counted either.

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Devyn was tempted to excuse himself, but he had faith (perhaps too much) that Fancy would let him know if he was bothering him. After all, he was rather enjoying the chance to get to know his roommate... even if it had been initiated with ulterior motives. Speaking of which, he should probably let the girl know that he was getting some good things from the guy.

He brought his phone out as stealthily as he could manage, pretending it was a rather important message, "Sorry... I gotta... uh..." he struggled to think of a suitable excuse, "I gotta text my mom back." He sent the quick text and turned back to his roommate (target maybe? What did spies call them?).

Honestly, both parts of this roommate duo were clueless, Devyn didn't even consider that there could be assumptions made by the way he brought her up or talked about her. Hopefully, Fancy was just as naive to not think what those other reasons could be. "Oh, Sunar wanted to draw her so he brought me with him to meet her," it made sense, the two did most things together after all. They were pretty close.

"She made these awesome cupcakes... that you would hate obviously... but she bakes really well." Devyn shrugged, "And she was too nice to not be friends with honestly." They kept in touch and not just because Devyn begged her for treats (both for himself and Xun). "I mostly text her though because I've been really busy with basketball and school recently."

Devyn laughed, jokingly pretending to consider his excuse, "Alright. That helps. But you're on thin ice buddy." It was pretty fun to joke around with Fancy, he'd been half afraid he and Sunar annoyed him with the way they carried on sometimes, after all, Sunar was one of the first people he'd gotten comfortable enough to joke around and act his age around.

After that... well, it became a little easier for him to socialize. Though he still definitely had his moments like any teenager his age.