Chupacabra Campfire [Tuesday Evening]

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

One workshop on explosions, one more day spent avoiding Luke and Gavin's back at the campfire. He's not hiding this time, but he's still prepared to run should anyone mention quarters or tigers or 'angels.'

After his workshop, he'd gone into town and picked up ten bars of chocolate. Yes, ten. Look, they might taste different, okay? Of course, Gavin's not thinking of chocolate plus fire equals a mess. He's too busy trying to decide which to try first.

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[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"You seem to have a great number of whatever those are, Gavin," Karal said as he sat across from him and smiled.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"I know," Gavin said, taking a moment to smile at Karal in greeting before looking back at the chocolate bars. "I can't figure out which one I should try first."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. Alphabetically?" he suggested. "Or arrange them in size order from smallest to largest? Or you could toss them all up in the air and which ever one lands closest to you could be first. Why do you have so many?"

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"I wanted to try them all," he said. "So I bought them all. Want one?"

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"A very good reason, and if you think you can bear to part with one," he teased. "That would be lovely. I think. What are they, apart from destined to drive you mad with trying to choose?"

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"A candy," he said, handing one called Snickers to Karal. "Sweets like an ice cream, I think."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal nodded and studied the bar. "They must be very nice if this one is named for laughter," he said, then blinked at Gavin in bemusement. "You're going to eat all ten, well, nine now, at once? I think you're going to end up extremely bouncy."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny, engulfed in flames, zipped by overhead, his laughter trailing behind him.

He might have been a little bored earlier. Now he was not. Flying was way cool.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin looked up and squinted at the...fireball.

"...that looked like fire."

He was very observant, he was.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"I don't have any workshops tomorrow," he said and finally bit into something called a Kit Kat. "I can sleep in."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny whipped around and headed straight for the campfire, grinning at Gavin, though that expression was probably lost in all the fire. Yes.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Then I think I will stay and keep you company, just in case the overload of sweets makes you try and do something odd." No he was not going to mention sticks, tigers, or attempted magic bubbles, but they were in the back of his mind as he unwrapped his Snickers bar. "Is that one nice?"

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal just stared, mouth open, not quite able to find anything to say.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin mock glared at him. "I'll hit you with a stick, buddy. And it's not bad. Crunchy."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

...and Johnny just kept having fun. He actually waved as he passed by again.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

And now the fireball was headed toward him and the chocolate was going to start melting and all Gavin could do was jump to his feet and stare.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"You'd hit me with a stick? When all I'm doing is watching out for your well being?" He shook his head slowly, sighing a little. "That's not kind at all. I think that I might now be very sad." He wasn't, as was evidenced by the smile as he bit into the Snickers.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"You're making fun of me," he accused lightly. "If chocolate makes me go all...weird again, then I'm leaving."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal waved back, courteous even in his stunned amazement. "I think that might be Johnny," he ventured. For really, even here, how many people could there actually be who could set themselves on fire.

Set themselves on fire without coming to harm, that is. He was sure many of the people here could manage it the traditional way...and he realised he was mentally babbling and made himself stop.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Laughing, Johnny flew down and stopped precisely three feet from Gavin. "How's it goin' magic man?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke was walking past the campfire and turned a deeply impressive shade of crimson.

"Eep."

Terribly impressive for a Jedi. Really.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Turning around, Johnny headed straight back towards Karal, laughing until he flew down to actually talk to him. While on fire of course. "Nice evening, isn't it?"

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin looked up...and immediately looked back down. Not quick enough to hide the intense blush though.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin blinked. "Johnny? Does that...hurt?"

He was too busy focusing on the fire thing to hear the quip about his fun times with Luke.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal had a mouthful of chewy, ridiculously sweet stickiness and it took him a moment to be able to speak. "No, no, truly I'm not, Gavin. I promise," he said apologetically once his mouth was empty. "I'm certain it won't make you go weird. Well," he amended. "No weirder than a lot of sweets normally would, so no more talk of leaving."