http://pridefulscholar.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] pridefulscholar.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] windandstorm2008-08-08 08:34 pm

Not looking for help

[Wufei had so far managed to avoid having to deal with a waiter or waitress through sheer force of will. If he refused to look up or acknowledge them when they approached him, they had no choice but to pause and then continue about their business. The second menu should tell them all they needed to know — he had no need of a drink or any kind of conversation before Catalonia arrived and if he had, he would have told them the first time they had tried approaching his table.

He had brought one of the books recommended by one of his teachers last semester and was doing his best to focus on it. Unfortunately, he had actually started going backwards because he had forgotten what it was he had supposedly read earlier, and he tried to repress his frustration with calming thoughts of how nice it would be to have his own space again and be out of the grasp of his meddling, self-named "sister".
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[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-09 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Dorothy arrived exactly at the time she said she would, and not a moment later. She looked a bit odd, wearing long pants and shirt with long (but loose and billowy) sleeves in the middle of the summer, but it wasn't as though anyone would dare ask her. Besides, the looks she was receiving for the slightly odd fashion were better than what she would have received for any stitches and obvious scars and gashes...

She resisted every urge to comment on his actually being in Chicago as she sat down, seeing as that would probably start things off on the wrong foot. It was tempting, though... She settled for a vague smile and a shake of her head.
] Enjoying?

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-09 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Your book, perhaps. Or maybe the atmosphere of this place, for all I know. [She allowed herself a vague look around before opening her menu and looking through it, just as vaguely. She spoke to Wufei without looking up at him, for the moment.] So, Chang, you wanted to see me, right? Do you want to get straight to business, or would you rather exchange pleasantries first?

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-09 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
And that's stopped you from trying before? [She rolled her eyes, though she was still smiling a bit. She really was amused, after all...]

Fine. Let's focus on what's important. [Her smile dropped, but only slightly, and she idly messed with the menu in the meanwhile.] The ball is in your court, though, Chang. What do you want?

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-09 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Watching my menu spin on the tabletop. [She even demonstrated that one. Then, she rolled her eyes, looking back up at Wufei. She set her menu aside as well. If he wanted her to be serious, then fine, she'd play his game. For now.]

Seriously, Chang. If you want an answer, ask the right question.

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-09 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
I'm here because some college students actually go home for the summer. And if you're talking about the aquarium, I was meeting someone there.

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She spoke as though she was explaining the concept to a stubborn child.] No, Chang. fish are dull. I was just meeting someone there, on the stairs.

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't respond directly, of course. She'd be here a while anyway, right?] I'm almost surprised you came. What did it?

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Of course it is. You're here, aren't you? [She leaned forward a bit, resting her chin on the back of her hand and just smirking a bit at him. Maybe if he looked up...]

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
We'll see. [And, with a sigh, she turned her attention to the rest of the room. This was certainly going nowhere... This couldn't be his only reason for calling her out like he did.]

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Dorothy gave the waitress a smile -- practiced, nearly perfect, and nobody could tell that it was entirely fake unless they knew her well enough.] Yes. Water and a chicken wrap, please. [And then, she turned that smile on Wufei. It took a twinge toward the teasing, though, of course...]

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[She just kept smiling at him before shaking her head.] You try so very hard to keep everyone in fear of you, don't you?

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
The waitress. Actually, most of the staff here is keeping an eye out to make sure you don't glare a hole through the table, or worse, attack an innocent person.

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Dorothy just left it alone. Chang would be Chang, after all...]

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