Nom Noms? (Emily, Ryuu)

There was a time when Emily was capable of sneaking out of school to buy the more expensive and more palatable meals that the world had to offer besides the famed cafeteria food. Unfortunately, things were rough these days. Emily lived alone, worked alone, did everything alone. Yup - there wasn't exactly much of any resources. Emily was the sort of person to refuse help from people when she still can handle her own problems, so it was quite unsettling.

Her weight dropped a bit the past month, and Emily was steadily beginning losing her appetite. Yes, she was getting a bit depressed about everything. Maybe it was the bipolar thing, or just the fact that she had missed a month of school because of that thing with that Sin person.

Broccoli was something Emily liked. She knew she liked it, but unfortunately she didn't even bother eating it. For the past 4 minutes Emily had been playing with the food on her plate, moving them around trying to get appetized to no avail.

And she didn't even bother noticing the guy who was eating on the seat right in front of her, who was rather new. Normally, Emily would be one to initiate a conversation - but she was quite in the dumps right now.

Sometimes, being bipolar was a chore to deal with.

Emily didn't know why the heck she bought this meal in the first place. It was actually a horrible attempt to try and eat; but of course, her stomach didn't want anything to eat right now. Not because she was full, but more or less because of her state of mind. It was true that Emily didn't look well - she was pale, and slightly malnourished.

You'd think her parents would give her enough nutrition, when well - they're already dead to begin with. Why bother?

"You don't look so good." Emily looked up at the voice. It was a person she had never seen before. Emily just smiled softly. "I'm fine."

"I know I'm no example, but you should really eat, the foods pretty good today."

"Not when they've blanched the broccoli for around two minutes too long." She said, pushing the tray forward. Yup - she had no appetite at all. "It's okay, I can live without eating for a bit longer. I had breakfast..."

A complete lie. She had nothing this morning, primarily because she missed so much work she couldn't pay her bills right. Plus the hospital bills.

Just great.

"If I'm bothering you, I can leave."

Emily shook her head gently, "It's fine." she said, "I haven't seen you here before. Are you a transfer?"

Emily wasn't a good liar, apparently. Not that she bothered much with her lying skills. For one - she was a very honest person most of the time, and found it unnecessary to lie about things that mattered. Emily didn't normally consider herself to be of any importance, so why bother right?

"Sure doesn't look like you've had breakfast." Emily laughed nervously. Yup, he caught on quick. Quite unfortunate, this would mean she would have to cover up her own state of poverty at the moment.

"Ah... Haha!" She shrugged, "Could be, but I have reasons."

"Uh. Sort of...They took me out of school for a little bit. Family issues."

Emily smiled. Yeah, she left 259 for family - probably it's a common thing in public schools here in America. "Aye, I had to leave my previous school for family as well." She laughed nervously as she began to play with the droplets of water by her glass of iced ... well, water. "What school were you from?"

Common question between transfers. Some transfers tended to stay amongst their kind, as with natives. It was rare when a native hung around with a transfer very often.

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"No doubt you do."

Well of course she had reasons! He didn't know of anyone silly enough to just up and stop eating. Most often it was in the protest of something, or in the rare occasion, some sort of neurological disorder. However, unable to determine which, he set the thought aside and continued his attempts to eat. For some other odd reason, Emily was asking all the wrong questions to him. Not wrong in the normal sense...wrong in that she was asking all the ones that Solly was hesitant to answer.

"Hm, yes. It's common. I came from PHS253, in Washington."

Yeah, that was one of three schools he'd been involved with actually. Although that one was the only one he'd been involved with as a student. Well. 42 counted. Sort of. It was a rather confusing situation to be entirely honest, and the timeline was somewhat distorted due to his confusion. Oh well, there was only so much he could do.

"And St. Paragons...although I can't remember why I remember that. Huh." [/font]

Ryuu looked up in mild interest as he heard his ring tone go off, and pulled his Sony Ericsson G750 from his pocket, before pressing a button with his thumb, silencing his ring tone, as he saw he had a message from Emily, and opened it, his eyes moving back and forth as he read her message. At least he wouldn't have to go chasing after her, and she was in the cafeteria too, which was even better. Stowing his phone back in his pocket, Ryuu finished off his sandwich, before crumpling up the plastic wrap into a little ball, and taking aim, fired it like a basketball into the nearest trash can, as it landed right smack in the can. Ryuu then stood up, his hood still on, pushing his front hair down, hiding his eyes even more, as he dusted his hands off, and began to pick his way through the crowded cafeteria, heading towards the water fountains. Using his height to his advantage, Ryuu looked around, searching for Emily, until he spotted her talking to someone. Smiling slightly, Ryuu made his way over, moving as quietly as he could, which wasn't hard, considering how loud the cafeteria was.

As soon as he reached Emily, standing directly behind her, he lunged forward and wrapped his arms around her. "Hey... Miss me?" He asked, his hoodie still on, as he leaned his head past her shoulder, looking at her, as he smiled softly at her. Though he noticed something as he hugged her, she felt, slightly thin. Was she eating? Ryuu knew Emily liked to save her money from work, though he wasn't sure if this was the case. Either way, he was quite worried about her. As he continued to hug her, his eyes briefly flickered to the guy she was talking to, though as soon as he saw who she was talking to, his eyes flashed briefly in surprise, before returning to calm underneath his hair. He recognized him, it was... Solaris Awren... Ryuu had heard his father Kane mention Solaris before, the telltale orange eyes giving him away, though Ryuu's own telltale gray eyes, the sign he was a Hikari, was hidden by his hood. "Are you okay?" He asked her quietly, so that only she could hear, "Have you been eating lately? Don't tell me you've been saving your money from work and sacrificing not buying food..."

"Yes, I've heard of 259..." Emily nodded. Not surprising actually. It wasn't often that students were kidnapped and basically tortured for months on end before they had to be rescued by, not the government, but the students and faculty themselves. It was a big thing, but now it was, again, kept on the "hush-hush" of things.

For an idealist like Emily, things like this and why adults did them was something she had trouble understanding. Not because she was stupid, but rather because of her own beliefs and hopes. Naive, but that was basically what Emily was in a nutshell.

Emily almost jumped in her seat when she felt arms wrapping around her, and a familiar voice rang in her eardrums - it was Ryuu. She didn't realize, not at this point, that she would get caught in the crossfire between her boyfriend and her new acquaintance. Come to think of it, did she introduce herself yet?

"Hey... Miss me?" He said. Emily smiled and looked up, smiling.

"You know I do."

"Are you okay?" she heard him say, albeit a little hushed. Emily slightly wondered why, when it was completely alright to speak to her normally. Not like she knew what was going on between them. "Have you been eating lately? Don't tell me you've been saving your money from work and sacrificing not buying food..."

Emily laughed nervously, "Um... You could say that, I'm sorry." She said, "But I don't have an appetite at all, I swear!"

"You could say that...about yourself as well."

Emily nodded. "I... guess I've been through a bit. Oh, yeah. I forgot my manners." Oh no. "My name is Emily, and this is my boyfriend: Ryuu."

Oh no. Well, at least she didn't say his last name, which would've sparked something.

"... Um, and you are?"