Identity

Date/Timing: 3 November 2005
Setting: Hermann's dorm room, University of Manchester; Manchester, England, United Kingdom
to sit between "Steps" and "Cheese"
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Hermann clicks 'send' on Justin's letter of recommendationm side-eyes his literature text. He groans, bonks his head against his desk, stays there, sighs, "Why are these /stu-pid bloody general requirements required? I have to read one more /sentence of Joyce and I'll—"
A (blessed) knock at the door.
Hermann flings himself across the room, whips it open.
Edan and Vigsai beam and glower, respectively, from the hallway.
"We come, humbly seeking sanctuary from the harsh world outside," intones Edan.
Hermann chuckles, bow them in. "May I humbly inquire as to why you have sought refuge in my humble abode?"
"It's nicer than either of ours?"
"Actually, Gingersnap forgot his key and Rhys is at his evening seminar."
They dump their bags.
"And we're /not going to her room."
Hermann raises an eyebrow as he reclaims his seat.
Vigsai makes a face, plops on the floor with her back against the bed. "It's Poppy's night in."
"Which means she's having very enthusiastic, noisy sex with the flavour of the week." Edan hops onto Hermann's bed, makes himself comfortable. 
Hermann feels his face get hot. "So, uh—" Clears his throat. "Why were you two out wandering campus, then?"
"Coming back from our weekly meeting of Club Rainbow."
"My first and /last meeting of Club Rainbow." Vigsai sniffs. "They can suck my dick for all I care."
Edan frowns. "But you don't have a dick."
"That's awfully presumptuous of you, Gingersnap, assuming you know what's in my trousers. Besides, I happen to have a couple dicks in my closet that get fairly regular use."
Edan ... shutters. "That is way more information about someone I don't plan on sleeping with than I ever wanted to know." 
"Umm, pardon my ignorance, but—"
"Club Rainbow's one of the organizations /supposedly for queer folks to get together and be safe and accepted."
"They were total dickbags to her, so I might leave, too."
"Oh?"
"Said I was 'the wrong kind of queer'. 'parently being a bisexual is too straight for that lot, 'specially when I'm dating a bloke."
Hermann blinks. "You like women, too?"
"I like women and girls and ladies, and I've dated /plenty of them, too." 
"So Rhys is ...?" 
"The second of two boytoys." Flips her hair. "My standards for men trend rather high." 
"Never would've guessed with him." 
"Can it, Gingersnap." 
Hermann shifts his chair. "So, there's a label for that? Bisexual?"
"There's a label for /everything. People /love labels."
"'specially biologists," teases Edan.
Vigsai rolls her eyes.
"Everyone already knows /my label, but what about yours, Hermann?" Lounges. "You want to join Club Categorized?"
"That's /awful, Gingersnap."
"You laughed a little!"
"At /you, not the 'joke'."
Edan huffs.
Hermann rubs the back of his neck. "I guess I qualify as bisexual, then." Swallows. "I've had ... crushes." Fiddles with the hair at his nape. "Guys and girls."
Vigsai cocks her head. "Thought you said you didn't get out much?"
"Uh ... my older siblings' friends, folks I saw when I was out and about town, a few more here ...."
"You do the standard celebrity crush thing, too?" Edan fluffs his hair. "I had the /hugest thing for David Beckham."
Vigsai twists around. "You're joking." 
"Uh, no—"
"Mine was Posh Spice."
They burst out laughing.
"I guess our friendship was Meant To Be," Edan snickers.
"Guess so."
Edan wipes his eyes. "Yours, Hermann?"
"I suppose it would've been Natalie Portman."
"Oo! She's soooooo pretty!"
Hermann and Vigsai sigh wistfully.
Edan rolls his eyes.
Hermann shakes himself out of it first, asks, "What about Rhys?"
Edan waves airily. "He's the token straight fella we keep around to throw people off."
Hermann looks to Vigsai.
She shrugs. "He's kinda good-looking? Funny, too?"
Edan wrinkles his nose. "The funny's alright, but he's not my type."
"Not mine, either," adds Hermann.
"Well, good. 'coz straight? Taken?"
"Yep! He's all yours, Iggy!"
Vigsai's eyes get a mischievous gleam. "Now we just need to find someones for you two."
Hermann ducks his head, but not before he sees Edan do the same.
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