Chapter VIII: Mushi's Return
"Ohmigod! HARVEY!?" The surprise visitor screamed, quickly embracing the bucktoothed teen in a very tight hug, as Kimberly watched on in amazement. The fact that Harvey knew this girl with a slimy sheen to her was a surprise to her and was practically almost beyond her comprehension, although, judging by how tightly she was squeezing him, they had to have been close.
"Uh, yeah it's- ufff- Me, Mushi!" Harvey managed to force out, despite the bone-crushing hug that had been bestowed upon him. Upon being released, Harvey fell to the ground, his eyes watering after he had gotten his supply of oxygen back. "Jeeze Mushi…I think you need to be less excited to see people or you're going to kill someone someday!" Harvey scolded from his seat on the floor.
"I'm sorry- I was just so excited to see you and since I'm new here too, I figured I'd pay you a little visit when I saw your name on the R.A.'s list so I guess I freaked out and-" Mushi rambled, as Kimberly watched on from a distance.
Watching her bucktoothed roommate interact with this chubby Chernobyl of energy was interesting, although Kimberly was unsure of when she should step in and introduce herself. Luckily, Harvey was quick to interrupt his "friend" and introduce Kimberly herself: "Hey, Mushi! This is Kimberly, she just started this year, too!" Harvey exclaimed, causing Mushi to swivel her view from her friend to her other fellow freshman.
"Ohmigod! Look at you you're so cute and I bet you're so excited to be here tell me have you guys been to the cafeteria yet?!" Mushi exclaimed excitedly as she took in the plump Texan girl.
"Uh, no, we ain't been yet…"
"That's awesome because they're holding a special meal for the freshman down there and assuming that you don't know where you're going I thought that we could explore the campus so we don't get lost, you know?"
Kimberly turned her attention to Harvey, her face dropped into one of absolute dread of the events prescribed by this Mushi kid. Kimberly, naïve though she was, felt that being around her was going to be very draining.
"Th-that's mighty kind of ya, Mushi," Kimberly said meekly, "But Harvey an I were jus' finishin' up his room and…and we done taken a purty big portion out of our gif' baskets from Headmaster Uno…"
"Aw, come on!" Mushi pleaded with the plump Texan, "You're never gonna learn where to go if we don't explore you, besides its supposed to be nice with food and drinks and stuff."
"It's a cafeteria, Mushi." Harvey added curtly as he regained composure, "What else would be served there?"
"Beats me, all I know is that any plus-ones who show us freshmen around get the same treatment as we do. Lots of good food to go around considering they're canceling dinner to make room for our Freshman seminar." Countered the raven-haired girl.
"Cancellin' evenin' chow time?" Kimberly's voice was usually pretty calm, but Harvey heard an audible influx of disbelief evident in her voice, "For us Freshies? That jus' cannot be right!"
"From what I heard from my sister, they do it every year." Mushi explained, her excitement levels dropping, "They did it for her and her friends too…"
"Hmm, well this changes some things…" Kimberly said wryly, "What do ya say, Harvey? Ya'll wanna head down t' the cafeteria? We got some time t' beef before our freshman seminar, so, what do ya say t' us makin' our way t' the cafeteria t' hang out until then?"
"Sure, sounds good to me." Harvey agrees happily.