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Cookies. Cookies.

Who: Leon, Olivia
Where: Leon's Room - BE-12 (with Yarne)
When: July 15th - Backdated
What: Olivia agreed to make Leon some cookies after she got settled in. She's making good on her agreement.
Warnings: Probably not.

She hadn't asked him what kind of cookies he liked. Consequently, she found herself caught with a recipe book and a plethora of options. She settled on halving recipes and quantities, and decided on three.

Chocolate chip.
Gingersnap.
Peanut butter.

They tasted... all right, but she was sure she could have done better. But it was wiser for her not to say it. Although she was probably going to say it anyway. Bad habits were hard to break and even harder to do so without the additional support. The Shepherds had been very supportive when she thought back to them. Even though they hadn't been together for long.

Whatever the case, she found herself at the door the roster had said she'd find him at. She'd knocked and almost immediately reconsidered.

He might not even be here. I should have used that... screen... thing to contact him first.

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It was the morning. And mornings meant Leon sleeping in all the time. Even when he was in the baseball team in the past, he rarely woke up early enough for morning practice. Leon was never a morning person and practice never motivated him enough to become one either.

So he almost missed the sound of Olivia knocking on the door, and almost thought the knock was for his roommate. When he did hear the knock and that Yarne was apparently nowhere in the room, he groggily crawled out of his bed and stumbled over to the door to open it.

"'Sup...?"

Say hello to a half-asleep Leon, not fully recognizing who's standing in front of him.

She woke him up. She actually woke him up. And her insides threatened to turn into mush. And she wanted to quickly scurry away. She couldn't, of course. Since she was there, it was best just to do what she'd come for and let bygones be bygones.

Olivia held out the small platter of cookies she'd made for him, overall wrapped in a pink translucent wrapping that looked more like a present than a plate of food.

"I-I made you some cookies. Like I said I would..." And almost immediately she was bowing her head, "I'm so sorry for waking you! I thought you would be up! Ohhhhh, I'm so stupid! I knew I should have waited!"

Leon dumbly gazed at Olivia while she apologized, his mind still in the process of waking up. As soon as she finished his face brightened up into a smile.

"Hey Olivia! It's alright!" He replied with a laugh, trying to reassure her, "getting woken up by someone'll suck if the person's a noisy naggy guy but if it's a cute girl like you, you can wake me up at sunrise! Plus with breakfast cookies? Can't be any better!"

It was the truth, actually. The worst experience of getting woken up by someone was Ishimaru banging on his door that one morning back when they were still at Hope's Peak Academy.

"Wanna come in? It'd be kinda lonely to eat these nice cookies by myself."

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"...if it's a cute girl like you, you can wake me up at sunrise..."

As steady as his words were, her blushing was much the same. He was still calling her 'cute.' It wasn't something completely foreign to her, but he hardly knew her. So maybe that meant he was a good judge of character. Maybe he saw something in her that she didn't see.

"You... don't mind? I mean, you were sleeping, so you could just... go back to sleep."

A girl had went out of her way to visit him with cookies. Of course Leon didn't mind. And since he was fully awake now, he wasn't going to go back to sleep any time soon.

"Of course not!" Leon replied, moving out of the way to welcome Olivia in. "Go back to sleep and leave you alone for the rest of the day? That's a waste!"

Unless she had other things to do. But Leon didn't think much about that part.

"You can sit at my desk! I'd offer the bed for comfort but it's kinda messy since I just woke up."

His bed. He'd offer his bed and the way she flushed was so transparent that she had to turn away briefly to keep herself together. She did, however, move past him somewhat uncertainly and eventually she made her way to his desk. With a great deal of care, she sat as ladylike as she could, though she really didn't know anything about being the refined sort of lady.

"L-leave me alone...?"

Olivia laughed weakly, as if she didn't know how to take that. "You're very nice. I thank you, Leon. I hope you like them." She paused. "The cookies, I-I mean."

Leon sat down on his messy bed, his covers left as how it was when he had woken up to get the door just earlier.

"Oh right, I meant as in that maybe we'd go look at places right after this, ya know? Unless you had somethin' goin' on, then it's alright since it's just me wantin' to spend time with you." He gave a smile before directing his attention to the cookies.

"Man, these look delicious! It's like an awesome breakfast!" With that said, Leon picked up one to eat it in a few bites. "Mmm! Yeah, real good!"

There was something incredibly heartwarming about the concept of him simply wanting to spend time with her. He had some wild and crazy things about him, but he seemed so kind of heart and Olivia had an appreciation for it. To be fair, however, she was still on edge and she had a feeling that she would remain so for a while.

Old habits were hard to break.

"I'm so happy." That he liked them, of course. And she darkened at the concept that he wanted to spend time with her. "I-I didn't have anything else planned, if that's what you mean. I'd be... happy to do something with you. I still don't really know my way around."

"Do ya wanna look around then? Wanderin' around helps in gettin' familiar with the place. More fun if ya wander around with another person too." Leon replied between bites. "If you have some places in mind and I know where it is, I'll show ya to it."

Only if he knew it though. He barely knew what kind of person Olivia was, much less what she liked to do other than baking. What perfect timing for him to get to know her better!

"I don't mind looking around," she replied surprisingly easily. "I don't really know what is all around, so I'm happy just to take a look at things. If you have someplace you really like, I want you to show me."

Because in the same way that he wanted to get to know her, she felt the same way for him. Friends could help and she didn't have a hard time drawing people to her.

"When you're ready to go, we can make a day of it, Leon." And he'd probably want to get truly dressed in something that wasn't pajamas. Or so she assumed anyway. For all she knew, he slept in his clothes. That hair sure made it seem like it.

"Cool. Maybe we can look around town, then! Maybe look at cute dresses for you, or some sweets! My treat." Leon replied with a grin. "And yeah, I'll get dressed real quick."

Leon walked to his closet to change. He didn't take long to change his clothes, but what took long was styling his hair along with putting all those accessories on, then checking himself in the mirror to see that everything was in order. Probably letting Olivia stay in the room while he did all that.

Once he was finally ready, he turned to Oliva again.

"Sorry it took a while. Gotta look nice when goin' out on dates with a pretty girl, you know?"

Cute dresses for her. Sweets. His treat.

It gave Olivia plenty to think about, mostly that she wasn't sure how to handle that kind of kindness. He was being generous and there was nothing wrong with that, per se. She wished she could handle it more gracefully, but it was no different from Stahl or any of the other Shepherds when they were being considerate. The only thing she could really do was wait with time.

Giving him the time to prepare was giving her the time to think and grow even more flustered as time went on. Yet when he was ready, he certainly looked ready. Although she was almost certain he hadn't done anything different with his radiant head of red hair.

"I-it doesn't really matter how you look," she protested somewhat weakly. "You didn't have to go through so much trouble."

"Naw man! It's kinda like my policy. Don't worry about it." Leon gave a laugh as he made his way to out. As he opened it, he gave way to Olivia so she could go out first, gesturing as gracefully as he can.

"Ladies first!"

She couldn't hide the way she started to chuckle at his antics. Passing him as he so graciously showed her the way, Olivia waited for him outside. And as much as she tried not to, her hands wound up wringing together, as if she was nervous. Because she was. Hard not to be around someone who was good-looking and so sincere about wanting to compensate for something as simple as cookies.

"Uhm, Leon," she said back to him as she looked back to the open doorway. "Where did you feel like going? We should go somewhere that you like."

Girls smiling was always a good feeling. Leon laughed a lot as he exited the room. Now the next question was where to go? Olivia seemed really shy, so he didn't want her to get too uncomfortable or nervous like she was now.

"Where I wanna go? Huh..." He gave it a thought, cupping his chin. Where he wanted to go deep down in his heart was somewhere related to baseball. Hitting some machine-pitched balls or something... But he was hesitant on letting Olivia tag along to that. What if she thought it was lame? He didn't want to be considered as someone lame.

"Let's go to the shopping mall then! There's tons of different stores and stuff there."

"The shopping mall..."

She didn't know what that was, but shopping implied shops and she knew at least it was a market. Markets she could do. She might have even found something for her little theatre that she wanted to make. Not that she had much in the way of coin.

"That sounds perfect. It'll give me lots of things to look at and you can tell me about the places as we pass them. It'd be a wonderful way to help me get acquainted with this land I've come to." Even if she wasn't there extensively, she could at least be somewhat familiar with the area as long as she was there.

"Perfect! Let's get going." Leon smiled as he started to lead the way. Speaking of getting acquainted, Leon became curious of what kind of world Olivia was from.

"What kinda world are you from? Is it really totally different from here?" This place was strange to Leon alright, but there were still elements familiar to back home and that made it easier for him to bear with it. But to think of a situation where he'd be thrown to a completely foreign world alone... Leon didn't exactly want to keep thinking about that.

It was not a simple question to answer and truth be told, Olivia wasn't sure how to answer it simply. It would probably be too long and extensive. Was there a way to make it concise and easier to listen to...?

She looked over to Leon and shifted somewhat awkwardly. "It's... completely different. Everything here is foreign to me. I don't understand most of the things people say, or the things I see. Computers, lights, malls, stores. None of it I understand."

She drew in a deep breath with some thought, "You ever read those stories about princes and princesses? That's the kind of world I'm from. Old... I guess, in comparison to here."

Oh. Oh dang. Leon kind of got an idea of the possibility from how she dressed, but at the same time his mind had played it off as just a fashion choice of hers. But to hear it being confirmed was something else.

Then again, his roommate was a bunny warrior kind of guy.

"Man, that must suck, coming to a world you have no clue about." He was vaguely reminded of the Hope's Peak Academy incident. "I'm no good at explaining things but if you have any questions, let me know, alright? Don't wanna have you be confused where we go."

"No, no..." Olivia smiled almost immediately as she shook her head. "Not too much. I mean, I like my world more, o-of course." Because before the academy, it was the only world she knew. If anything, the additional luxuries complicated things. They were confusing and foreign and rightfully so she was wary and suspicious every time she touched something that wasn't from her world.

"But it's easier to have people like you willing to help," she clarified. "And a lot of people have been very kind. I'll make sure if I need anything just to tell you. You're helping a lot already. I promise."

"Nah I get you! If it's something completely outside of what you're used to, it's scary. It's nice having that comfort zone." Leon replied with a laugh. "I know I would've been kinda scared if I suddenly found myself in a completely different world. Guess I have it easier since this place has some things that I'm used to."

Like buildings and some people, including those he knew from before he ended up here. Speaking of people, "yeah, plenty of people can be nice here, I know some guys who don't mean harm. Just that they can get stupid annoying with all the nagging they do like a mom."

He was totally talking about a certain former hall monitor.

"I'm all for fun though. No annoying nagging from me!" He then said, grinning. "If you ever get tired of anyone nagging at you, just come to me."

She couldn't help smiling as she listened. He spoke of his friends nagging, but something in his expression painted him genuinely appreciative of their company. That was what it really meant to be friends, wasn't it? Just to accept the bad with the good and not let it change the overall picture.

It was how she wanted to feel about the Shepherds. She hadn't been with them long enough to form that relationship, but she harboured a longing that grew when Leon spoke.

"I w-wouldn't mind it if you nagged me," she protested gently. In fact, she probably could have used it—not that she was about to admit that aloud. "B-but if I have anyone who's being especially troublesome, I'll be sure to come to you first!"

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faelkjgh i took forever to tag back i'm sorry

IT'S OKAY. I HAD THE CON AND WHAT NOT.

i have no excuse except video games sob

I HAVE NO EXCUSE EITHER...

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