Spoil your appetite (tag Loki)

[Koji Takeda]

The day had started off horribly of course, as Mondays usually did. He had a belly ache, one of those knots in your innards that made you want to curl up and die, the kind of hurt that feels like a kitten is clawing its way through your stomach lining, the kind of hurt that reminded Koji that eating half a tin of gummy candy was a horrible idea.

He considered risking detention and just staying in bed until late morning, then meandering to the hospital wing and getting it taken care of, but no. His roommates had other ideas. By their sixth year they knew all about Koji's sugar rush habits, and they knew he was just being a whiny baby, so they went through the procedure of dragging him out from beneath his blankets, and leaving him to lay on the cold stone floor. He'd taken the hint and dressed himself and eaten breakfast as usual, his upset stomach quickly settling with the presence of real food.

His day got exponentially better, with laughing, yelling at inappropriate levels, and flying hugs. Lunch had been delicious, one of his favorite dishes and now that it was later in the afternoon he could barely keep his stomach from growling.

Unfortunately, dinner was still almost two hours away, and he was on the verge of stuffing himself with candy again. He knew it would be a bad choice, he remembered the stomachache from before, he wasn't stupid, but, he did have a certain love affair with sugar. So, against his better judgment, he seated himself on a bench in the courtyard with an assortment of Honeyduke's chocolate bars. All was not lost though, for Koji Takeda had been smart enough to think of a way to keep himself from eating all the chocolate by himself.

He'd invited a friend to eat it with him.

He couldn't call on anyone from Hufflepuff house to indulge in this dirty pleasure with him, no. They all knew of his issues with sugar intake, they knew he had a nasty habit of eating too much of it and making himself sick. It could be said Gluttony was Koji's sin, and if he even began to know what that meant, he still wouldn't mind it at all. He barely had any friends in Ravenclaw, and Slytherins....tended to dislike Koji's attitude. The only other options were his Gryffindor pals, and of course Luther Hawthorne, or Loki for short, was at the top of the list. Loki wouldn't berate him for his love of candy, Loki wouldn't warn him about spoiling his appetite, Loki would share in the sugary deliciousness.

Now there Koji sat, on the bench by the courtyard steps, wondering idly if the enchanted paper airplane he'd sent in Loki's direction had reached the boy. He'd sent messages in that fashion before, but Koji's magic wasn't perfect, sometimes the message would sputter and fall to the ground and lay forgotten. The Hufflepuff hoped that this time the damned thing found its mark.

Students shuffled past him awkwardly as he nibbled on a small chocolate square, he wasn't quite ready for the rush of raspberry goo contained within, so he tried his best to keep to the chocolatey edge, after all once the raspberry hit his tongue he knew he'd lose all grip and mow down the rest of his sweet treat, and he wanted to save some for Loki. A good conversation and good chocolate, it went hand in hand, almost as well as fatty tuna and rice.

The small breeze tousled the bangs of his pitch black hair. It wasn't the look he'd decided on for the day, but he'd gone through some changes to entertain some first years earlier in the afternoon and he's been too lazy to change it, the same with his bright teal eyes. The ponytail would certainly explain the strange looks he was getting from the other courtyard occupants, but until he felt like changing his appearance to conform to what the other students viewed as 'normal' he'd keep on doing what he was doing. After all, hater's gonna hate.

[Luther J. Hawthorne]

Mondays… the bane of school kid’s existence. They were, by far, the worst day of the week. Though, one could easily argue that Wednesday was equally as wretched as was Sunday, despite the fact is was indeed part of the sacred two day vacation. Monday was the day of bed ridden students, too tired from a weekend of partying or all nighters trying to finish homework. It was the day of crankiness, bad marks, and lost house points. It was… the beginning of the school week.

Now, that doesn’t sound too awful. School is a part of life that had been with them since they were young. Getting up at six am to be in class by seven had become a ritual unforgotten and easily followed through. It was the simple fact that it was the day right after the weekend. All the fun times were in the past, weighing heavily on your mind. Homework was forgotten about and left undone as frolicking ensued. And then of course, there were late night rendezvous and parties to take into consideration, so sleep was something that wasn’t abundant. So by the time Monday rolled around and beckoned students out of their beds… it was a safe assumption that they were exhausted, cranky, and didn’t have their homework done. So, could they be blamed for dreading the wretched day?

And Loki was not one to be left out of this scenario. Although his friends were few and far between, spread thinly through the houses of Hogwarts, and he didn’t find any stock in partying, was still very much one of those unhappy students going about their day in a fashion much like the predicted zombie apocalypse. No one could understand, but being in a constant state of depression and trying to hide it from your housemates around you was exhausting. The fact he had to find solace in quiet sanctuaries like bathroom stalls and the forbidden forest just to shed a few un-judged tears were some reasons as to why he had fallen asleep during class.

The professors never understood the heavy burden he had on his shoulders… the way he constantly felt unworthy and inadequate, despite his chipper and unique outward behavior. They always seemed callous and unforgiving as they assigned him detention after he didn’t turn in a homework assignment or fell asleep. They never took the time to listen to his silent pleas for help, and the surely never took notice of his bloody and marred wrists. He was a helpless, hopeless cause apparently. And even though he was working on things… trying to find something in life to cherish and live for… he still couldn’t find stable ground to stand on with his professors. He tried to do his homework, but none of it made sense. The words were gibberish to his tired eyes. And even in turning in SOMETHING rather than NOTHING… he still received bad marks and detentions. It was beginning to frustrate him. Trying and attempting to get over summer vacation was becoming a lost cause for him.

But, there was always that one reminder that nagged at him that not everything and everyone in life hated him. Today, it had been a flying paper plane note sent to him by Koji Takeda, an invitation to eat chocolate after school. Loki couldn’t help but smile at the hand writing, the idea of seeing his friend after such a long and depressing summer lifting his spirits. Although he wasn’t the best of friends with the Hufflepuff, he definitely meant more to him than he let on. He wanted to be a better person around Koji… rather than the fucked up crazy kid people thought him to be. So naturally, he would meet the boy in the courtyards, despite the fact Professor Hallobeck had given him detention. Writing lines and sitting in an awkward silence didn’t seem as good as a reunion and chocolate.

Sneaking out through the doors, placing his back to a wall as he heard the footsteps of someone approaching, a sigh of relief passed his lips. When he didn’t show up to the Arithmancy class to serve his time, he knew Dren would go on the hunt for him. So, like any good animal, he played the game of ninja and took to traveling through shadows. Luckily, the footsteps belonged to the love new Nurse, and weren’t that of his prison guard. Looking back to the scene in front of him, he saw the familiar boy sitting at a bench. Tugging at the sleeves of his uniform, making sure they were secured, he started to head to the Hufflepuff. Forcing all tentative thoughts from his mind, his slow pace turned into a ninja run, and he quickly attempted to jump over the back of the bench and land sitting on the wood. It was a novel idea, but too son did he realize it was easier to imagine than to pull off. All he managed to do was to get a foot hooked on the back of the bench, and rather than land gracefully in the seat, his body careened into the bench and left him in an awkward reverse seated position, his lower laugh in the air.

“Well… that didn’t go quite as I planned,” he mumbled into the wood, moving a hand to push his body up and roll off the side to land on the ground with a pained grunt. Rubbing the back of his head, a smile on his lips, he shrugged his shoulders. “So I guess I can cross ninja off on my possible career list…” he mumbled, before exclaiming “HOW’VE YOU BEEN KOJI!” The subject quickly changed and he was on his feet in seconds.

[Koji Takeda]

The rough scuffling of footsteps behind him piqued his interest, but not enough to make him look back, but when the Gryffindor came tumbling over the bench causing a bit of a commotion, Koji wished he had. Maybe Koji would have been able to save him from hurting himself, though seeing as Loki wasn't too injured, the Hufflepuff assumed everything was well, and upon being asked, the widest of grins crossed his face.

That was the most failed attempt at being sneaky Koji had ever seen, but Koji only smirked and let out a short giggle once he fully saw everything was okay and nothing was bleeding. The only thing injured was more than likely Loki's pride, but that heals quicker than any physical appendage. As Loki righted himself on the bench and rather excitedly asked Koji's current state, Koji could only respond in kind

"LOKI, I HAVE BEEN OKAY!" Wrapping the smaller framed student in a hug of epic proportions, he went on to describe the horror that had been his day so far, not sparing any detail. From the exact description of the former knot in his gut to the way he'd slopped mayonnaise down his tie during lunch. In all the story was made out to be more fantastical than it needed to be, but Koji needed flourish, he needed flair, he needed ZAZZ! Life for Koji Takeda was never allowed to be boring, droll, lagging or drab, by the boy's own decree. If it was bland, spice it up! If it was dull, add a splash of color! Nothing was too extravagant and nothing was ever flashy enough, the pair of leather pants and the spiked dog collar in Koji's trunk proved that fact. Releasing Loki from his grasp he looked the boy in the eye, his currently turquoise depths wide and excited.

"Loki, Loki, tell me you got the letter I sent you! It was in a pink envelope with a crazy cartoon cat on it! Some muggle childrens cartoon or something I didn't pay attention, but it had a picture of me standing next to a giant statue of the same cat. Tell you the truth the thing freaked me out, it had no mouth and those tiny black beady eyes were creepy, but I figured it was something you might dig" The waving of Koji's hands never ceased until he was done with his excitement. In his haste he took a big bite of chocolate, and the raspberry filling hit his tongue, it was like he was in his own personal heaven, and before Loki could get a word in edgewise Koji shoved an assortment of candy bars at his dear Gryffindor friend with a wide smirk and a wink.

"Take one before I make a pig of myself again, hurry hurry hurry, then you have to tell me how you've been, I get that feeling I'm being rude and talking about myself too much." Take one before I make a pig of myself again, hurry hurry hurry, then you have to tell me how you've been, I get that feeling I'm being rude and talking about myself too much.

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