What does real love feel like? A lot of people ask themselves this question throughout their lives, wondering if they'll ever find 'The One'. Some people believe they will. Most believe they won't. Others, like Cronus Ampora, don't really give a fuck. Cronus took a long pull from his cigarette, a sly smile on his face and lighting his lavender eyes as he chatted with a random hottie he'd seen wandering around the campus. She'd claimed to be a freshman and entirely lost, light blue eyes sad as a little puppy. "No worries, darlin'. College can be pretty difficult the first couple of days, getting used to everything." He said easily, exhaling the smoke from his lungs as he draped an arm over the girl's shoulder. She smiled readily enough as Cronus began to lead her across the campus, talking about how she could always rely on him when she needed help. Truthfully, he was just hoping for a quick romp in the sack with her.
By the time they reached her class the girl was giggling, tucking a short dark lock behind her ear. "Thanks for helping me. I'll see you around sometime!" she called as she skipped into her class, leaving Cronus with her number and name on a piece of paper. "Jane Crocker huh?" he snickered, pocketing the number then folding his hands behind his head as he wandered off in the direction of his next class. He'd accidentally gotten up two hours early for his first class of the day and had nothing to do while he waited, which was how he'd run into the Crocker girl in the first place. It had taken him all of twenty minutes to throw on a pair of jeans, a shirt and his jacket, and another five to tame his mass of dark waves, pushing them back away from his face. Now he had too much time to kill and he was going to spend it wandering the campus. It was as he was wandering around the edges of the quad that he ran into that person.
All the young man was thinking of was what he wanted to do to that girl, which is why he didn't see the tower of moving books come around the corner until he ran straight into it, knocking the entire thing over onto himself and the person who'd been carrying them. "Hey, vwhy don't you vwatch vwhere you're going!" He snapped, standing and brushing off his leather jacket. "Ah, sorry about that! I didn't see you." Came a soft voice, distress clear in the tone as the kid scooped up his fallen books, bright red sweater about the same shade as his cheeks. He had slightly long, curly black hair and chocolate brown eyes, not to mention a rather petite figure. Not that he particularly cared, he wasn't interested in guys.
Cronus grumbled, eyeing the small boy as he seemed to be searching for something on the ground before he spotted the thick framed glasses right by his feet. A smirk curved his features before he reached down and snatched up the black eye wear and twirled them loosely in one hand. "Looking for these?" He asked casually. The red sweater boy blinked up at him, seeing the glasses and smiling. "Ah yes, those are mine. Thank you." He reached out for them but Cronus only smirked. He didn't know why but he was in the mood to mess with this kid, whoever he may be. Especially since he looked like he was a freshman.
The shorty stood, barely coming to Cronus' shoulders in height, and narrowed his eyes on the smirking male before him. "Please return my glasses." Cronus smirked, shaking his head. "You need to watch where you're going more. Maybe you need to learn you're lesson!" Shorty made a face, reaching to snatch his glasses back but Cronus yanked them out of his reach. "You are being very rude and inconsiderate!" Cronus could only snicker, turning on his heel and walking away from the short kid and the books scattered on the ground. "Hey!" He could hear the footsteps rushing behind him, and a hand grabbing his jacket to yank him back.
"Give me my glasses!" Came the irritated yell, making Cronus turn with an evil grin. "You really want them that bad? Fine, go get them!" And with that Cronus threw them, sending them flying into the grass of the quad. Sweater boy yelled, the sound of his ranting and complaining filling the air as Cronus walked away, grinning like the Cheshire cat.
The rest of his morning was uneventful, his math class passing by in a breeze while texting miss Crocker, as well as his chemistry class. It was around lunch time when he got a phone call from the curly haired girl. "Hey Jane, what's wrong?" He asked, the sly grin from before curling his lips. Maybe he was gonna get laid sooner than usual this time. Few girls ever called him on the first day, so it was a good sign. "Oh, nothing's wrong! I was just wondering if maybe you would do me a favor." The girl's voice was chipper, with a slight southern twang.
Jackpot~. "Sure, I don't mind! What do you need?" Two hours later Cronus found himself outside a nice house, with a white picket fence and a neatly tended garden. He could hear a dog barking in the back yard, and the sound of laughter as well. Did the little Crocker girl have younger siblings? Not that it mattered to him either way. He couldn't care less if she had a hundred family members, so long as he got what he wanted in the end. Cronus pulled open the small gate and made his way up the stone path to the porch, knocking sharply. Crocker answered almost immediately.
"Oh hi! You're here! Come in, come in!" This girl seemed to be far too hyper and full of energy. He could think of a few ways that energy to be put to use and all it would take was… "I'm so glad you could help me with this! My older brother had a last minute emergency and there was no one to help me make the food for the welcoming party! Getting new neighbors is exciting and we've always had a tradition of throwing a party for the new arrivals!" The girl chattered on as she led the purple eyed boy into the kitchen, where trays of food had already been prepared and several dishes stood filled with ingredients. She'd asked him to help her make the desserts while she finished making the snacks and entrees for the neighborhood welcoming party.
Honestly he didn't like cooking all that much, but with his lazy ass of a father he'd learned to cook for himself and for his little brother pretty well. And it was all for the sake of the mattress mambo! With that thought Cronus got to work, mixing the batters for a couple cakes then starting a couple batches of cookies, all the while making conversation with the bouncy girl. By the time six o'clock, the time of the party, rolled around he'd made plenty of desserts and guests had already started to arrive.
"Thank you again for helping me, Cronus! Even though I asked you for such a strange favor on short notice." Jane practically chirped, a large grin on her face. You waved a hand, smiling in return. "It was really no big. I didn't have anything planned anyway and it keeps me from going mad from boredom, you know?" Jane laughed at that and nodded, turning to grab a tray. "I have to serve the guests. I'll be right back ok?" And with that she flounced off, greeting neighbor after neighbor while Cronus decided to take a load off and check out the female population of the guests. He wandered into the living room, checking out a couple blondes, a redhead that appeared to be blind, a rather sexy tattooed girl with multiple piercings, talking to what looked like a smaller version of herself (minus the metal and ink), and a rather loud boy with a red splash at the front of his short black hair.
For some reason the little black and red haired kid remind him of someone but he shrugged it off, heading in the direction of the tattooed hottie. Before he'd taken more than a couple steps however, Cronus heard Jane calling for him from the front door. He almost ignored her and continued on his way, but he figured it would be a pain to have to start all over with another girl, when he was already so close to nailing one already. Besides, it wasn't like the babe was going anywhere. So Cronus redirected himself, hitching a smile on his face. He didn't see the boy standing behind his target until she grabbed his arm and yanked him forward. "Kankri, this is Cronus. He was kind enough to help me out so we could put this little party on! Cronus, this is Kankri, my new neighbor." Cronus just about flinch when he met dark brown eyes that turned even darker with anger, and he noticed the tape decorating the nose bridge on a pair of glasses.
"Oh, I believe we've already met…" Kankri said, a polite smile on his face and Cronus' thoughts spiraling around two words. Oh fuck.