snap! crackle! pop! -riley-

[rahim]

Alone in a sea of chaos, the dark skinned, dark haired boy stared up at the writhing mass of colors and noises with an odd expression on his face. He wasn't really sure if he was supposed to be excited, or amused or even afraid at the sheer magnitude of things he was seeing all at once.

The shop was the epitome of orderly chaos, things were whizzing by his head, students pushing past each other talking loudly and the high sound of laughter ringing through the shop. Rahim smiled slightly, moving ahead after getting jostled by a group of boys intent on something on one of the shelves beside him.

It almost reminded him of being back home, the comfortable thrum of other voices and cacophonous noise. His dark eyes searched upwards as he approached an interesting looking object. Reaching out with curious fingers, Rahim jumped back as the thing began squirting water and a substance that smelled horribly like rotten fish around him. He made a face and skirted out of its way, managing to somehow keep his clothes clean.

He only got a few looks, ducking underneath a precariously placed shelf to look around the shop some more. Most of the students in his year were used to his appearance and the majority of the people in the room were far too engrossed in what they were looking at.

It seemed a shame really, that Rahim had not yet been inside Zonko's until today. It was the first Hogsmeade visit of the year, and even though all of last year he had refused to go, making up some excuse or another, here he was. It was all very fascinating actually.

[riley]

Hogsmeade trips were always so exciting- there was always so much to do; and, even if Riley didn't have much money to spend on items, he enjoyed seeing the latest sweets at Honeydukes, drinking butterbeer with friends at the Three Broomsticks, and of course- Zonko's.

His friends had gone on ahead back to the castle- well, that was their excuse, but he assumed they probably had dates at Madame Puddifoot's. The thought made him cringe. Why did they like girls anyways? All of the romance and sweet nothings weren't for him. He'd never liked them, even with other boys. Of course, the majority of his friends tended to pretend he was straight. Riley was one of the only out and gay boys at Hogwarts-- and that wasn't saying much, given that it was such a small school. But even so, he didn't think he had anything in common with those people- he liked to talk sports, he liked to rough-house (and not for perverted purposes), he liked to be vulgar and downright rude with the only excuse being that he was a boy.

But he did not want to obsess over girls, and that was where-in his problem lay. He didn't really want to obsess over boys, either, for that matter. He was happy just being, but apparently that wasn't enough for most people. They wanted to be with other people. And he... didn't. He was fifteen for goodness sake! He wasn't ready to settle down and get serious! Yet, he could swear that some of his classmates thought of Hogwarts as some express dating service. It wasn't! It was a place to learn! And though he acted like he didn't care about his classes, he was true to the Hufflepuff name- he worked hard for the grades he did get.

Riley was looking at some trick candies when he saw a boy nearly get sprayed with water, and he couldn't help but laugh- the clothes were amusing and unfamiliar to say the least, and he was intrigued-- he'd never really taken notice of him before now, but he would assume the boy went to Hogwarts. He smirked to himself as he formulated a plan. You see-- he wasn't a normal person. A normal person would have gone and introduced themselves, shaking the boy's hand and starting a polite conversation.

And, a person would be a fool to say that Riley was normal. No, instead of taking cultural customs into consideration, he sneaked up on the boy much like a cat would its prey. And in one, two, three- he'd covered the boys eyes with his hands from behind. "SURPRISE!!!"

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TAG - Rahim
WORDS - 555
SONG - Idk the title- something in a movie. XD
MUSE - Refreshed :3
NOTES - Riley's borrowing Chiyo's text until Fly gets back XD.
CREDIT made by flyy~

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[rahim]

Rahim strolled through the aisles of colorful oddities, leaning forward and reaching out every once in a while to examine something in particular that had caught his eye. He wasn't sure if he was supposed to know what all these things did, but more than once he was caught by surprise by something as he had been with the object that had spouted that liquid at him.

After a while he was considering turning around and leaving when suddenly everything went dark. Hands were clamped around his eyes, Rahim went tense, instantly reacting as to push the person from him. Someone yelled at him, but in his shock he did not quite register what they said.

He cursed in Hindi, switching back to English with what felt like a heavy tongue, "What are you doing?" His accent was there, but it was almost like an after-thought, adding a certain roundness to his words but not obstructing that ability to understand them.

It wasn't everyday one got accosted by a stranger and Rahim, finally managing to pull himself away from the tangle of limbs stared wide-eyed at his 'attacker'. "Who are you!?" He demanded shortly, eyes narrowing warily.

[riley]

Riley hadn't expected the stranger to be immediately warm and friendly. After all, what would have been the fun in that? He laughed at the overreaction, and it dawned on him as he quieted down that the boy had a noticeable accent. It reminded him of the Divination teacher... what was her name? He didn't know, he'd never signed up for Divination.

"You shouldn't be surprised to be pranked in a JOKE shop," Riley said in amusement of the stranger. His eyes took in the features of the other male now that they were in close proximity. He grinned, rocking on his heels. He didn't know how this would go, but he had to think that this boy was going to be fun to play with. He hadn't threatened him with spells or jinxed him for his little "greeting", yet he was so easily flustered.

When asked who he was, he shrugged and looked up at the ceiling. "Me? You're the one with the manners, right. Maybe you should introduce yourself first!" He was teasing, and he laughed at his own sense of humor before finally calming down enough to give the boy a straight answer. "Oh, don't give me that look. I'm Riley."

He wondered if the boy was truly angry- that hadn't been his intention, really. He had just wanted to have some fun... at someone else's expense. Oh well. I wasn't as if he'd pantsed him- though he should keep that in mind for some of the Slytherins he liked to torment.

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TAG - Rahim
WORDS - 378
SONG - :3 whee~
MUSE - Refreshed :3
NOTES - Riley's borrowing Chiyo's text until Fly gets back XD.
CREDIT made by flyy~

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[rahim]

How dare this boy sneak up on him and then act as though he was the one being ridiculous! Acting as if it was him who was overreacting. Rahim's eyes widened slightly, gaping open mouthed at the boy for a moment before he drew himself up angrily, staring down the stranger with a cold, silent look. Rahim's type of anger was not the explosive kind, he was quiet and cold in his anger.

"You are incredibly rude." He said, eyes narrowed, pushing away from the boy and continuing down the row, pretending to be immersed in his shopping. Maybe if he just ignored him the boy would go away on his own accord. Surely someone who didn't want to talk to him would bore him enough

Or not, he shot the boy a soft kind of glare when he kept talking and introduced himself. Couldn't 'Riley' tell when he wasn't wanted? Rahim continued to search aimlessly through the different things on the shelves, turning his back to Riley without answering his question.

Rahim didn't mind people who were enthusiastic so much, but he did not like people who acted as though they were entitled to things. And the way Riley had talked to him definitely rubbed him the wrong way.

[riley]

The British boy frowned as soon as his conversational partner called him rude and began to walk away, but he didn't seem to be in any hurry to get away, which just made Riley smile a bit- he couldn't be so bad if the boy was bothering to stay in the same general area, and he hadn't done any physical harm to him.

"Oy. Come on now," Riley persisted, following Rahim into the next aisle, though he wasn't quite as pushy as he had been before. Of course, Riley's version of being "normal" would be what most people considered pushy. He tried to stay out of his personal space a bit more than he had before, but this just made him anxious and he began to rock on his heels.

"I'm not that bad now, am I?" his accent was very noticeable as Yorkshire due to the region of the country he'd grown up in. It wasn't anything special at Hogwarts, there were several witches and wizards with it, but he found it was nothing compared to the interesting inflections of Rahim's words. He wasn't from the country, he could be sure of it. He spoke English well, but it wasn't his native tongue.

Perhaps Rahim had different rules and laws in his coutnry. The idea crossed his mind, but he dismissed it as being important. Just because one was accustomed to something didn't mean they couldn't change. "I didn't mean to offend you," he said with a sincere tone and looked rather like a wounded puppy. "You just looked so serious and solemn. Aren't you here with any friends?" Riley had been, but his attention span was short, and he was used to diverting from the group in favor of doing his own thing.

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TAG - Rahim
WORDS - 398
SONG - N/A
MUSE - Good!
NOTES - For you~
CREDIT made by flyy~

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