"One! Two! Three! Four! Run until you can't no more! All the way. To the door. Once you get there run some more!" The boys called a cadence until Junji broke the chant with gleeful gasp and an excited chuckle.
"I see it Jin! It's so pretty!" he said excitedly
"Is it yellow?" Jin responded curiously as they raced forward
"Yeah! Wait, why?" Junji would've turned to look but he wasn't going to stop until he got to the front of the Dorm.
"Just making sure you led us to the right place," Jin said matter-of-factly
"You could've led if you didn't leave your jacket on the bench and have to go back for it!~" Junji teased
"Uh Junji?" Jin said with an amused tone "Where's your jacket?"
"Huh? Oh ****!" Junji stopped immediately in his tracks and Jin followed behind as if he expected the response. "We gotta go back!"
Jin had a cheeky smirk on his face "Who's the smart one again?"
"What?"
"I put our jackets in the trunk so we wouldn't get them smelly on the way over!" Jin remarked smugly
"You must be so proud!"
"You got that right,"
Even if Junji hadn't stopped out of panic, the two still would've had to slow down, because they were only a few yards from the entrance to the dorm. An elderly woman in a yellow jacket waved happily at them; her waving hand held a clipboard. The two smiled back brightly as they approached, a large trunk dwarfing and shadowing the pair. They stopped before the woman, placed down the trunk and bowed respectfully.
"Nice to meet you Ma'am!" the pair greeted her.
The woman chuckled in surprise at the delightful display of respect "oh ho! well! You two must come from a good family!" The boys beamed happily in response. "I'm Professor Michiro, I take care of housing here at the Ra dormitory. I'm very glad to have you in my dorm, you seem like great kids! May I have your names?" she said as she gripped her clipboard with both of her hands.
"Toriko!" They chirped. Jin swore he saw the woman's face turn very grave for a moment.
"Oh! Toriko! A very nice name, you boys have..." her voice shook and her bright tone seemed to waver "Unfortunately, you were moved from this dormitory to the Slifer dorm due to Ra overflow. The Examination requirements for Obelisks have been raised to exceedingly high levels as of late and many of the previous Obelisks have now been relocated. As upper level students, they took priority. I'm very sorry boys,"
It sounded rehearsed. Her empathy sounded more like smug joy. Jin made a note of it for later. "We understand," the boys said brightly before bowing once again "Thank you, and have a nice day!" they sung as they picked up their trunk and made the trek to the Slifer dorm. Jin was seething in silence while Junji called a cadence by himself.
She knows something, I really didn't want this to follow us. Maybe it's for the best that we don't live there. Jin's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of his little brother's voice calling for him.
"Hey Jin! Isn't this great? We get to be with our new friends!" he was so excited he was practically shouting.
"huh? Oh yeah!" Jin responded with a chuckle
The two reached the dorm within the hour. The sight of the dorm made them feel so warm. It was small and wooden; it looked so cozy, it looked like..... home. Junji sniffled a bit before wiping his eyes with a sleeve. "I know Junji," Jin said quietly "It's perfect,"
Junji regained his composure and charged forward in a fit of gleeful laughter and Jin wasn't far behind. The two made it to a door and saw a posting on it.
Adam Scotts
Jin Toriko
Junji Toriko
Junji slammed into the door and the two charged in with their trunk looming overhead.
"Home Sweet Home" The two sung as they dropped their trunk against the back wall of the room. Junji went about setting up the room and Jin went about introducing himself and his brother to the tall boy whom they had barged in on.
"Hello," he said with a bow "I'm very glad to meet you. I'm Jin, and this is my Brother Junji!" he motioned at the boy setting up what looked like a small table in the center of the room. He stopped to beam happily and wave before going back to his work.
"We're really excited about living with you and we want to make sure that you're comfortable," Jin began to sound like a rehearsed host "We pick up nightly before bed, our heavy cleaning is every Saturday morning. The beds are all yours as me and Junji sleep on the floor. If there is access to a kitchen, I prepare tea for the morning, cook lunches to pack and dinner is eaten before clean up. You are welcome to join us at anytime,"
"Oh hey!" Junji chimed in "Don't forget to tell him about nightmare weekends!" He strung up a nice traditional image on the wall before diving back into the large trunk "We've got some good ones in here,"
Jin turned back to Adam and awkwardly scratched his head "Oh yeah, we watch horror movies and tell spooky stories on the weekends before playing a game outside. I think we might hold off of that for a while until we know the layout of the area so no one gets lost or hurt." Junji voiced his disappointment with an "aww".
"If you have any questions, concerns or comments, feel free to tell us and we'll accommodate," Jin returned to his hosting voice again. Junji had taken to mocking his posture and demeanor in the background. Considering they were identical in appearance, the mocking looked more like a strange projection.
"Hey Jin, when we're done here, do you think Draco will wanna hang out too. I bet she'll be excited that we live here now!" Junji nearly sung his last sentence.
Jin simply replied with a small grunt and a nod. "I hope she's okay after that whole Obelisk ordeal.
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Aleksey sighed almost contently as he finally finished what he had been writing. He stood back up and began to walk down the hall of the dormitory when a voice coming from an open room door caught his attention.
"Are you sure you want me to know the entire content of your room? It would be quite easy for me to pull a prank on you if I did." Aleksey almost smirked.... almost "I'd seriously reconsider that thought" he said as he leaned against the door molding to Chad's room. "He might get the idea in his head to completely refurbish his room and replace his wardrobe. It'd be terrible if you had to not only put his clothes in the drawers again but put the dresser in the room too," He gave the girl a good up and down glance before making note of the new and possibly troublesome assistant.
"Already found yourself a new lackey, Chad? I'd be offended if I didn't know better." he placed his hands into his pockets and walked into the room. He had already put together who the newcomer was but he wanted to hear it for himself. He leaned against a window sill toward the back of the room and began tapping something into his watch "What is your name?" he questioned her without looking.