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▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။၊|• Oblivion Grimes ( and also some vocaloid songs but shh )
I was never the girl to like university, or education in general, I never had the ability to properly learn and I couldn't feel comfortable anywhere in the campus or class. It felt... off. I never understood why but it just always did.
Today i had to meet up with Zooble and Gangle after class, and Jax too i guess, that purple c(bloink!)t is never nice to any of us and at this point im starting to think he likes it, he p(wheep!)s me off so much... You know what else annoys me? These darn censors! It's my inner monologue! Why can't i even swear if it's in my head, god d(woop!)n it... Well, I guess it isn't anyone's fault, but some weird thing, how can I remember swearing but then when my inner monologue itself swears I just can't hear it! Strange, isn't it? I guess one day maybe it'll go away.
As I walked forward towards the place they told me to go to- I could feel each of my steps weighing down onto the concrete, the soles of my shoes pressing down as they click against the floor, the cafeteria was still 9 minutes away, I had been walking for so long, or atleast it felt like it, yet I was still going to walk for 9 more breathtaking minutes. Uuuughhhhh... I looked to my left, the streets were packed with cars and bikes, god I hated "living" in a city; it's always full of people and the floors are painted in trash and papers everywhere, it always makes me feel so... Mad. Why can't people just be clean and try to protect the space we literally reside in??? The smells were awful, very awful. I hate it here, god d(bwomk!)n it. I look to my right, of course, I have to distract myself from the pain at the bottom of my feet, the houses in this zone were surprisingly boring. All the same shape, colour and- snnfff.. Yuck, same smell too. I felt something against my leg and jumped. I looked down to find a small white cat, rubbing itself on my leg, I wonder where'd this cat come from, with its fur taken care of very well and it seemed like it had been fed a good amount too: how cute! I crouched to pet it and I felt its soft pelt on my hand meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow as the small critter meowed joyfully, I think, though the moment was short as the cat walked away and climbed over a fence, away from me.
"Oh how cute, PomPom! I knew you'd be doing some heartfelt cutesy stuff instead of-!" I got up and looked to see who could possibly make fun of me, and of course it was Jax, of course I interrupted him before any more mockery could spill out of his mouth;
"Well, that's rich coming from you, buddy, I've seen your books!" His eyes widened at my words, what a p(fwoop)y....I then continued; "And besides, you aren't even there yet either. If you were there atleast it'd have sense for you to be saying this but you're late too, so shut up, and get moving." It wasn't the usual for me to be mean, it felt wrong, but I wasn't in the mood for Jax's bulls(bwehh)t today.
He scoffed, mumbled something to himself and just AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH AUUUGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH continued walking forward, his posture stiff, I wondered how long I'd have to walk until I finally got there, I pulled out my phone from my pocket to see and, wow, I didn't realise but we were just two turns away from the cafeteria, great! My steps fastened eagerly as I turned the streets to discover a mostly empty street, I turned again to the right- Wow! This place... Is.... The walls of the small dead end were full and decorated with blooming flowers and vines, it was hidden from the Main Street but revealed a beautiful gem. I had never been to this cafeteria but I definitely didn't expect that! Jax was some steps behind me, not surprised at all, he had already been here before for the hang outs for the class projects that he somehow was always paired with zooble in. As he walked forward and swung the door open, he looked back at me, grinning from ear to ear:
"Heh! It's just some plants in an old dead end, how can you be so mesmerised?"
"It's more than just some plants in a random old place, it's well taken care of and in MY opinion it looks beautiful!" Jax rolled his eyes in response and entered, I could hear someone speaking from inside the cafeteria, gosh I did not want to socialise today but, hey, better than not doing the group project...
I paced forward into the cafeteria, bookshelves full of leatherbacks, plants and decor, d(weep!)n, the owner of the cafeteria must really hate empty spots. I looked around, taking in more of the view. I can't lie, it was breathtakingly cosy, on a round table with some cushions against the wall was Zooble, Gangle and Jax, who was sitting down AAUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH while Zooble told him something I couldn't quite hear, I made my way towards the table and sat down next to Gangle, she smiled at me warmly, I smiled back.
"Okay, so, now that we are all here, we are going to be organising the project." Zooble calmly spoke, they were probably tired, they then looked up from their computer, turned it around to face the rest of us and continued speaking; "So, we have two weeks to finish this, and we have to all work on it. Every one of us will have a part to work on, now, the person here that knows the most about history here is Pomni, meaning that you'll do the research. Now, for the visuals of the presentation, I personally think Gangle should do it,"-Zooble paused and turned their head to face Gangle-"You 'kay with that, Gangle?"
"I-I think so, I'll just try my best, but I might need some hel-"Before she could finish, Jax interrupted her spitefully;
"Yeah, yeah so Gangle does the boring art stuff and Pomni does the complicated part, then what do I do?" He was impatient and even pushed slightly onto Zooble, Zooble obviously pulled away slightly and growled at him, but answered with a sting in their voice-"Well, if you're so eager to do something, you're gonna have to help doing the research, in fact, you're actually gonna research the parts that Pomni doesn't feel like doing,"-Jax looked flabbergasted, his grin turning into a frown quickly. They turned with a calmer look in their eyes to ask;-"Whatcha think Pomni? Is that okay?"
"Yeah, I actually appreciate the help because I don't really know what we have to.. Y'know, research? Um- You didn't quite say what we even have to research? I was sick yesterday when they told us so I don't really know what we're doing, I thought you'd like, say it." I said, with a confused yet polite tone, they responded quite fast: "Oh, I forgot to add you to the group chat for this, but I'll send all the information you need in there so don't worry about it much. But, as I was saying, you and Jax will be doing all the research, Gangle will do the designing for the presentation and I will write it. How's that sound?" Their voice calm yet assertive, Jax spoke up AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH about the decisions called by the colourful one:
"Yeah, so, for absolutely no reason I have to be the one to research all the stuff??? What'd I even do to you, Zoobie~?" Zooble turned back to him sharply and spoke loudly,
"Well, you really didn't have to interrupt Gangle, and besides, you're too much of a b(owwa)ch for me to trust you with the writing, which was the other option, now, you better just shut up and work properly like the rest of us." Jax looked away and rested his head on the wall, letting out a tired sigh as Zooble closed their computer to continue talking, they looked back at Gangle and I.
"Okay, so, I'll add you to the group chat, Pomni, and Gangle, tomorrow we'll start working on the layout, I'll help you a bit, don't worry. Well, now that we sorted everything out, it's already seven so we gotta get going back before our professors get nasty with us." They then started tidying everything up while Gangle, Jax and I got up and started walking out.
As we walked out, Gangle looked back to check on Zooble and stopped abruptly-"Zooble?? Aren't you coming back to the halls with us?" She sounded confused, Zooble then answered calmly "I'll have to go back after, we have run out of groceries so im going to the supermarket to get some." Gangle then nodded, turned back to us and continued walking, I looked back to see Zooble had somehow already walked away, never fails to surprise me how fast they can disappear. As we walked back to the uni, Jax and Gangle kept "arguing" back and forth, I wouldn't call it arguing as Gangle just kind of disagreed with what crazy things Jax said, and Jax himself didn't fight either, he just said some random bulls(bonk!)t to mess with her and giggled a bit, it was clearly a game for him but Gangle never failed to think he was serious. It bothered me, but me and especially Zooble have already tried convincing her to stop taking it seriously, but nothing worked. What was supposed to be a hangout was cut short because none of us really wanted to socialise much, or atleast it seemed like it. I put my earbuds on and turned on some music on my phone, I was tired and I wasn't gonna spend my energy listening to Jax being mean to gangle for the full 15 minutes of the walk there.
After some time we finally reached there, I popped off my earbuds and put them back In their case, then in my pocket. Gangle got to her flat while me and Jax walked to mine, because Zooble told us to organise a bit before starting the project itself, I was a bit p(boop!)ed because of it, but what can I do, atleast I had tidied up before so it wouldn't look nasty. As I opened the door and walked in I threw my jacket on the bed and sat down on the carpet, waiting for Jax to do the same just to be met with him standing there stiffly without even saying a word, staring at me. I invited him to sit down on the carpet, and he seemed to snap back as he blinked repeatedly and brushed his cheek to nervously sit down
"Sooo... Are you in the group chat yet? I didn't feel like paying attention to that boring class so I have no idea either." He said, looking around, greeeatt... I wasn't there and the only person that could actually help at the moment was too much of an egocentric little s(woop!)t and didn't hear anything.. Just great.