xp_logs | Julio and Nori - Tuesday Afternoon

After a surprise meeting with the Professor, Julio comes to Nori with an announcement and a request.

"Nori, you in?" Julio said, knocking on the door to Nori's suite. He'd just come from a meeting with Charles, and was feeling both stunned an tired. The tired had come from the rapid mood swings during the meeting, the 'oh shit what did I do'? feeling faded very quickly upon realizing why the professor wanted to have tea with him, only to flare up into the equally distressing 'you want me to do WHAT?' sort of feeling, which eventually ebbed into 'Well, I guess I can give it a shot' resignation.

"Hai!" Nori called, looking up from the textbook she'd been more doodling on than taking notes in. "Is open, Julio."

Julio blew out a sigh and ran a hand through his hair. After checking that they were alone, he approached his girlfriend, dropping a quick kiss on the top of her head before sitting down across from her. He still looked vaguely stunned. "We, ah, we need to talk about something. N-Nothing bad," he amended quickly. "Just. Something's come up."

Well, that was vaguely alarming. Nori was not sure she believed people when they said 'nothing bad' in that sort of shocked tone and her mind was already jumping about to possible topics of discussion which might have Julio looking that, her fingers tapping against the edge of her book in an erratic, hyper-kinetic rhythm. "What is come up? Julio looks worry..."

"Not worried. I just..." Julio trailed off and exhaled. "Professor Xavier wants me to be a Resident Adviser. He says that there are a lot of younger boys now in the school, and because I've been able to deal with my situation with 'maturity' and 'resilience' he thinks that I would be a good candidate for one."

"Ah..." Nori said, the frenetic tapping of her fingers slowing slightly as she thought about that. "Is good thing, no? Is big honor for Julio."

"Yes. Well, how can you say no to the man when he talks about how proud he is of you and all you've accomplished?" Julio gave Nori's tapping fingers a brief squeeze. "He only had one stipulation. The stuff you say on the journals... about us?" Julio actually looked embarrassed. "It needs to stop. It'll be easier for the kids to take me seriously if you're not talking about our sex life where they can read. I appreciate the fact that you find me that attractive, but, dios mio he asked that we keep it to email or between ourselves..."

Noriko's eyes widened slightly and then her head dropped, a blush actually forming on her cheeks, which was odd given how thoroughly shameless she tended to be. But she did occasionally forget that the Professor read the journals, and while she didn't really think she got out of line on the journals, she would admit she didn't always think about what she was typing before she hit send. And by 'didn't always' she kind of meant 'never'. And if the Professor thought it was a problem... "I'm sorry, Julio..." she said, voice small.

"Oh, no, don't be sorry to me," he squeezed her hand. "I never had a problem. It's just sort of how you are, yes? But now since I have to be Official and everything, you can talk about how good I look naked to me in email," he grinned at her cheekily, trying to lift her spirits up. "Just, you know, not where people can see. Plus, if you have trouble and need an RA, you'll have to go to the others. I might have a bit of a bias with you."

She smiled faintly at that, leaning in to him. "Just a bit, yes? Is little?" And the eyebrow was totally teasing him, though it vanished quickly as she added, "I will try remember for email. Not always easy for me..." Her mind simply went too fast, ideas came and went and she'd gotten so used to dealing with life in the accelerated moment she lived in. "Maybe need note like Amanda's friend."

"We'll put a post-it on your laptop," Julio said with a smile, "Do not worry. I just don't want you to get into trouble or for others to say things to you because of the RA thing." Julio could also foresee problems because of his relationship with Nori. He had voiced those concerns to the Professor, saying he would not give up his relationship to be an RA. The Professor, of course, had thought of everything. "The Professor said a student being my girlfriend would not be a problem as long as it did not interfere with my duties. Besides, you are 18 soon, yes?"

"Un" she said, nodding firmly and looking up again properly at that. "In September. And Nori will not interfere. Even will try more study..." Not that she was sure she could study more than she did these days. It was a physical impossibility to sit still that log, she was convinced.

"Good, it's settled," Julio sighed again, and then with a groan, turned and leaned back, putting his head in Nori's lap. "How did I let myself get talked into this?" he said, looking up at her.

"Is I not know," she said, leaning down to kiss his forehead before sitting up again and playing with his hair. "Was Professor give you tea? Is mind control tea..."

"Very good tea too," Julio said from the confines of Nori's lap. "Earl Grey, hot..." he mimicked.

It was a fairly good imitation and Nori couldn't help the little giggle. "Maaa is good tea, maybe not really evil. Maybe only a little evil."

"Un pequeño," Julio agreed, pressing his thumb and forefinger together. Julio was aware that he was getting in over his head with this RA deal, but it was hard to say no to the Professor. Especially since 'maturity' and 'Julio' were rarely used in the same sentence together. Like with anything at the mansion, he'd do his best and hope that that was good enough. He was at least confident he could handle most of the things the students would need from him.

...Except for things like periods. That would be aaaaaaaaaall JP.