Break Room, After the fight.

[Ravi Malone]

Ravi wasn't going to let getting beat up earlier that day stop him from going to work. His mothers wanted him to stay home and possibly go to the Hospital, but he convince them in the end that he needed the money from work to buy a car. Since he didn't want to stay at home with the constant fussing of his mothers he left for work a half an hour early. Since he wasn't allowed to clock in early he decided he's just chill in the break room until his shift started. On his way there many of the costumers and his colleges stared at his bruised face. He pretty much expected this, more from his colleges since he probably did come off as the type or person who had gotten into fights.

The break room was empty when Ravi got there and he was quite thankful for it. This means he'd have the whole couch to himself. The couch was rather old and pretty much held together by duct tape, but Ravi didn't care. He just needed and few minutes to relax before work since it was close to impossible to do so at home.

He still couldn't believe he had actually attacked Randy Evans, it was just so out of his character. It was a almost a grantee that he was going to get his ass kicked tomorrow. He was just going to have to either stay in crowded areas or stay close to Kyan and / or Toby. That was another thing; on top of his obsession with Kyan Ravi was starting to develop a crush on Toby as well. Back when Toby was 'straight' Ravi never would have dreamed of liking him more than a friend. The other thing was that Ravi knew that Kyan was probably hell bent on fucking Toby, but that was just typical Kyan.

Ravi sighed; teenage angst was so draining. Maybe he'd take a small nap before his shift. . .

[Tobias Vaughn]

Tobias was hard at work, despite the fact that he could barely breathe out of his nose. It was swollen, and he had tried to cover some of the bruising with cosmetics. It didn't help a whole lot. Actually, it made it worse because it was obvious that he was trying to hide something. After an hour at work he decided to go back to the break room and wash off his mother's foundation. He was in the bathroom when he heard the break room door open and close. Then there was the sound of someone plopping down on the sofa.

Making sure there was nothing left on his face, Tobias peeked out of the door as he opened it, and was relieved to see Ravi there. He looked like he might've been sleeping; Toby couldn't really tell from the angle he was at.

"Hey," he said, quietly enough that if he was sleeping it wouldn't wake him up, but if he wasn't then he'd hear his greeting. After the fight today, he felt a little closer to his friend. It was like everything at the party had been forgotten.

[Ravi Malone]

Ravi heard a voice and his eyes snapped opened. He was a little shocked because he hadn't heard anyone come in, but even more shocked when he saw that the person was Toby. He scrambled to sit up right rather than laying down, he didn't want to look like he was in pain or anything especially in front of Toby. Ravi was starting to get the nervous jittery feeling in his stomach like when he's around Kyan. It was going to be obvious that Ravi wasn't acting normal he just hoped he could blame it on his slight head trauma from earlier that day. Toby's nose looked worse than it had earlier and Ravi had to strongly resist the urge to go over and give him a 'feel better' hug.

"Oh, hey Toby." said Ravi trying to sound casual, but instead his voice was slightly high than usual. He couldn't help but feel anxious; this was the first time he was actually alone with Toby since the party. The steps did count because people kept walking by. "S-so, how's your nose feeling?"

[Tobias Vaughn]

Toby saw the slight moment of shock register on Ravi's face as he noticed how bad his nose was. Yeah, Toby knew that he looked like complete and utter crap, but there wasn't any use hiding it. It was what it was, and people were going to stare, and that was that. He'd just have to live with it for the rest of the day, that was all. He hadn't even been home yet since school let out, and he couldn't imagine how his parents were going to react. Well, he could imagine, and he didn't like it at all. He hadn't come out to his parents yet, after all, so how was he going to explain the fight?

"Oh, hey Toby. S-so, how's your nose feeling?"

His voice was higher than usual, Tobias noticed, and he sat up as soon as he saw him. "I guess it could be worse, though we're pretty sure it's broken at this point," he added, looking at the bruising through the mirror on the side wall of the break room. "I look like shit, don't I?" Toby asked, laughing ruefully at his sad situation.

[Ravi Malone]

You could never look like shit to me. . . . “Um, you really don’t look that bad.” Said Ravi as convincingly as he could. Truthfully Toby had better days when it came to his looks, but this really didn’t matter to Toby. Ravi caught a glance at himself; he looked worse that Toby did. At least with his poor self confidence he felt like he looked worse than Toby, whether or not he really did he couldn’t tell. “You look a lot better than I do. . .” said Ravi quietly, feeling a bit embarrassed. “You were really brave standing up to Brad like that though.” said Ravi, perking up a bit. “I-I could never do that. . . not verbally anyway.” He remembered his stupid attacked on Randy and how, well, stupid it had been. Toby probably though he was so stupid and childish.

[Tobias Vaughn]

“Um, you really don’t look that bad.”

Tobias laughed. He knew that Ravi was just trying to make him feel better, and even though it didn't really help it was a nice gesture.

"Aw. Thanks, Ravi, that's nice. A damn lie, but nice just the same," he said, laughing a little at the whole situation.

“You look a lot better than I do. . . You were really brave standing up to Brad like that though. I-I could never do that. . . not verbally anyway.”

Tobias laughed. "I've got the verbal skills, and you've got the blind rage. Together, we make a decently skilled fighter," he pointed out. "But thanks. I mean, I couldn't just stand there and take it. Of course, I'm not a whole lot better off this way than I would've been otherwise, but at least I tried, I suppose."

Tobias really didn't know what to say. The whole situation was messed up. He had kissed Ravi the other night, and though it was a drunken kiss it still made things a little more complicated now that he'd come out of the proverbial closet. And Kyan... damn. So much had changed in such a short period of time.

[Ravi Malone]

"I've got the verbal skills, and you've got the blind rage. Together, we make a decently skilled fighter,"

Ravi laughed awkwardly. "I just- I dunno what came over me. . ." he said reminiscing about spontaneous attack on Randy and absentmindedly running his fingers through his short shaggy hair, "I guess I just had a lot of built up aggression. I-I've never done anything like that before. . . I've never even had a verbal altercation anyone until, well, the other night." Ravi blushed a deep shade of scarlet when he thought about it.

"I'm sorry I freaked out on you that night!" he blurted out suddenly after an awkward pause, "I-I didn't mean any of the things I said! I-I was just upset and drunk and we were all drunk and I just guess none of us were thinking a-and the whole night just ended up really crappy." He stopped for a moment and looked up at Toby before looking down at his shoes. "And I didn't go to Babylon," he continued quietly, "I just went to my dad's apartment and cried and slept on his couch. I never was going to go to Babylon. I just said it to make you and Kyan jealous." He blush, if possible, even brighter. Ravi knew Toby was probably going to think he was a freak, but at least he'd actually said what was on his mind for once. Why he decided to say all this now, he had no idea, but he didn't want what happened to be brought up bitterly later. It was just best if he apologized now.

[Tobias Vaughn]

"I just- I dunno what came over me. . . I guess I just had a lot of built up aggression. I-I've never done anything like that before. . . I've never even had a verbal altercation anyone until, well, the other night."

Tobias nodded. He knew how it felt to have a lot of built up emotion about something, and then to let it all out in one stupid action. He had done the very same thing only in a very different way. His homosexuality had been built up for so many months, years, even, that it had all just boiled over the top as he sat at that party, drunk, talking to Ravi whom he knew to be bisexual, at the very least. It had been enough to push him over the edge. Then again, someone had once told him that you never did anything drunk that you didn't want to do sober, it was just the lack of restraint that made you do it.

"I'm sorry I freaked out on you that night! I-I didn't mean any of the things I said! I-I was just upset and drunk and we were all drunk and I just guess none of us were thinking a-and the whole night just ended up really crappy. And I didn't go to Babylon, I just went to my dad's apartment and cried and slept on his couch. I never was going to go to Babylon. I just said it to make you and Kyan jealous."

Ravi started off very quickly, then couldn't meet his gaze after a whle. Staring down at his feet, he slowed down and continued with the last bit of his confession quietly, almost as though he was just talking to himself at that point.

"I know it took a lot to say all of that," Tobias said. "And I don't blame you for anything. We were all drunk, and we all did some things we didn't mean to, or said some things we didn't mean to," he said, remembering the night well. "I'm sorry I did something that caused you to lose your trust in me, even if it was just for a little while," he added, sincerely, before clearing his throat. He hated this mushy crap. "I'm glad you didn't go to Babylon, though. That would've been an even bigger mistake than anything else that night."

[Ravi Malone]

"I know it took a lot to say all of that," Tobias said. "And I don't blame you for anything. We were all drunk, and we all did some things we didn't mean to, or said some things we didn't mean to," he said, remembering the night well. "I'm sorry I did something that caused you to lose your trust in me, even if it was just for a little while,"

Ravi looked up a Toby finally and nodded not knowing what to say next. It seemed odd to just suddenly change the subject after all that. Toby was just such a nice guy for him to say all that stuff to make Ravi feel better! Ravi had been half hoping for a hug like the one he'd gotten in the bathroom about a week ago, though, but this was just going to have to do for now.

"I'm glad you didn't go to Babylon, though. That would've been an even bigger mistake than anything else that night."

That would be the worse thing that happened that night? Oh, certainly not Toby making out with Kyan after he knew Ravi liked him! Oh that was just nothing compared to Ravi going to Babylon and maybe getting lucky, maybe being the key word. Ravi tried his best to not let it up set him and mad up excuses for Toby like, 'oh, he's just a guy and guys never know how to talk' or 'he was just really worried about me and didn't want me to get hurt. This emotion, unlike all the other ones he'd been feeling lately, he decided to keep to himself. Perhaps he hadn't completely forgiven Toby like he though he had. He figured he'd get over it in time though. If he wanted anything to happen between him and Toby or him and Kyan he couldn't keep holding a grudge against them for that night. He didn't want sound all bitchy either.

Ravi quickly shook off this thought and smiled up at handsome Toby. "Thanks." he said quietly. He still didn't know what to do yet so they just sat there in awkward silence.

[Tobias Vaughn]

Tobias was glad that they were talking again. That period over the weekend up until the fight that morning, that had been a weird time period. He'd been decent friends with Ravi for a while, and the two of them talked a lot during work. To have Ravi hate him so much, even for such a short period of time, had sucked. A lot.

"Thanks."

Tobias nodded. "So, we're back to normal again? Sort of, pretend Friday night never happened? For either of us?" Tobias wanted to forget about the whole thing, but he knew that would be harder for Ravi than it would be for himself. He was willing to accept that, though. He had kind of screwed up, big time, at least in Ravi's eyes.

[Ravi Malone]

"Sure." said Ravi quietly. He found that forgetting about the fight was a lot easier than Toby kissing him. Toby had actually kissed him. Sure it was a drunken form of coming out of the closet, but that didn't mean it didn't have to mean anything! Right? RIGHT? He wondered what Toby thought about the whole thing. . . "Um, just one more thing about that. . ." he began nervously, "Why did you kiss me?"

He immediately regretted asking the question because part of him knew he was going to get an answer that he didn't like. In fact he was sure he was going to get an answer he didn't like. He thought to ask him why he kissed Kyan since he was already asking the other question, but knew the answer was obvious; Kyan was fucking hot and Toby was probably horny. Why can't I be hot and make guys want to make out with me!? It's just not fair!

[Tobias Vaughn]

"Um, just one more thing about that. . ." he began nervously, "Why did you kiss me?"

Shit. Tobias hadn't been prepared for this question, at least not yet. This was certainly a double-edged sword. Did Ravi want for it to have meant something? If he said it did, then things could get awkward between the two of them. If he said it hadn't meant anything, then Ravi was likely to hate him for the rest of his life. There was really no easy way out of this.

"Honestly," he said, pausing a moment. "I'm not sure. I mean, I was drunk, so I don't really remember exactly what had happened, or what I was thinking..." Tobias trailed off here. This was mostly a lie. Sure, things were a little hazy, and he'd had quite the hangover when he woke up the next morning, but he remembered that moment pretty well. "But I'd have to say, well, didn't you say something about how it was too bad I was straight, or something... something just sort of clicked, I guess. I knew you were Bi, so... I guess it was just a whome mixture of stuff."

It was a long answer that wasn't very direct, but Toby didn't know what to say. "I guess I just felt comfortable with you," he said, honestly and sincerely.

[Ravi Malone]

"Honestly, I'm not sure. I mean, I was drunk, so I don't really remember exactly what had happened, or what I was thinking... But I'd have to say, well, didn't you say something about how it was too bad I was straight, or something... something just sort of clicked, I guess. I knew you were Bi, so... I guess it was just a whome mixture of stuff."

It was such a ramble that Ravi had a bit of a hard time understanding what Toby was telling him. In his head it just sounded like it was an act of random drunkenness and Toby just used him because Ravi is bi. . . . Well, he was sure it wasn't an intentional 'taking advantage of him' type of thing so it was ok. . . right? Of course Toby didn't like him or anything. . . they were both just drunk. Ravi felt like a complete idiot for even asking. It was obvious that it was just Toby's drunken way of coming out! He was so stupid to think it could be something more than that!

"I guess I just felt comfortable with you,"

Comfortable? Comfortable how? Comfortable that Ravi wouldn't tell anyone what happened? Or was it just more comfortable because instead of kissing a complete stranger Toby was kissing a friend? Maybe Toby was just using him! Toby didn't seem all that drunk when he was making out with Kyan in the bathroom! Wait. . why was he getting defensive? Wasn't he supposed to be over what had happened at the party? But Ravi wasn't whore! He didn't like being kissed just for the Hell of it! He didn't like being used. Even if it was by someone totally hot like Toby! Now he couldn't help but be a little angry about it, which in turn cause him to be upset which made him kinda want to go some and cry into his pillow. He'd been doing a lot of that lately.

"Oh, forget I asked. . ." he tried to sound casually, but he couldn't help but have a harsh undertone.

[Tobias Vaughn]

((ooc- okay, so this is getting pointless, and we have those other threads up now, so...))

Tobias sighed, knowing that he'd said the wrong thing once again. This just wasn't going well. He couldn't say anything right anymore, which was especially frustrating because he hadn't had to worry about that before. Before he hadn't cared what anyone thought of him, but now he had so few friends left that he needed to keep every one he could get.

"Well, I guess I should get back to work," he said, eyeing the clock that was over the door. They'd been talking for a while now, and he'd only come in to put his coat away. He should've started working ten minutes ago.