"Jesus Christ, David!" Mari smiled, running over and taking a large box from him, "You bought a shit ton of stuff."
David set the boxes down, "I had no clothes."
"These are the nerdiest shirts I've ever seen…." She pulled a few out, "Portal, Gears of War, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Lonely Island, Portal again…."
David wasn't the least bit embarrassed. He just smirked, "It matches my personality. Besides, you can't tell me how to live my life. It's my life, not yours."
"Better than that lame button down." Mari pulled at his collar, smiling.
He rolled his eyes and began to unbutton it.
"Ew," Mari put her hands over her eyes, "you may be living with us, and you may be sharing a room with me, but you are not changing in front of me like that."
"I've lived here for half a school year, get over it." He grinned, pulling the Aperture Laboratories shirt on, which was his favorite.
Mari blinked, "Do you work out?"
David grinned, "I've started doing that lately, thank you for noticing."
"I mean, you were gangly when you came to us, but now you seem to have some muscle, or at least meat on your bones."
He shrugged.
"You'll probably get all the ladies if you were shirts like that. That Gears of War shirt looks a little small, so you'll be a hit with that if you keep working out."
"Why are you telling me this?" He gave her a weird look.
"You're my brother now. You're what, sixteen?"
"I'm seventeen, Mari."
"And you're only a sophomore?"
"I'm a junior now." He frowned.
"It's about time you ask me advice about women." She shrugged.
"What if I'm good with women, but need advice about men?" He frowned, thinking that he might possibly maybe beginning to lean that way.
She shrugged, "If you're interested in men, good for you."
"I never said I was." He mumbled, looking over at his boxes.
"You haven't unpacked yet?"
"There was nothing to unpack, Mari." David frowned, "You know that. I came here with nothing on short notice."
"We're going shopping tomorrow."
"I just bought all this."
"You bought shirts, David. Do you even have a jacket?"
"I bought an Aperture Science sweatshirt."
"More than one pair of jeans? How many pairs of underpants do you have?"
He looked down, "Fair enough. I'll….I'll go shopping with you."
"Awesome."
"On one condition."
"Sure."
"Don't bring those girly ballet friends of yours."
"'Course not, big bro." She slung her arm over his shoulder, "I was thinking we could have some little Maricorn time."
"Maricorn?"
"Mari and Lasercorn."
"Don't bring that up." He groaned.
"Why not?" She frowned, "That saved your life, you should be thankful for it."
"I know, I know, but I just feel like the story behind it is rough though. I haven't exactly been on since I came here. I've had a few videos queued up, but I haven't been fully active."
"You posted one a week ago."
"The queue did."
"You can't queue YouTube."
"You can if you make a program to."
"You suck at programming."
"I asked a follower to program it for me." He hung his head, "But I guess I should start making videos again, huh?"
"You can if you want to."
"You saved my life."
"You saved mine." She said back softly.
He ran his hands through his hair, trying to comprehend it all. There's no way a stupid teenager playing videogames on YouTube could have saved a girl's life. She saved his life for obvious reasons, but he couldn't quite wrap his brain around how he had saved her. He had only actually known her for a single school semester.
It's my life. He thought, I can't forget how that experience was….
She punched him lightly, diffusing some tension, "There are still daylight hours. Want to waste them playing video games, Lasercorn?"
Mari put a lot of emphasis on his title.
"Look, the guys from school don't know that's me." He frowned.
"They all love him, or, you."
"I know, but it's best they don't know about me."
She nodded, "I won't tell."
"Speaking of telling, you still haven't told me the name of this game."
"You'll never know." She grinned as David grabbed a controller.
SORRY FOR THE DELAY. I'VE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN ORDINARY LIFE (IE: SHERLOCK AND YOUTUBE) I'LL TRY TO PICK UP REGULAR UPDATES, I SWEAR!
STAY SASSY AND STAY CLASSY, FOLKS.
~Interview A Sarcastic Demon