[Damn straight Arthur hears someone nearby. Alfred was one of the loudest students in the class - from his voice to his snoring in Japanese Literature to how he walked around hip-checking every other desk on his way to the restroom in the middle of a test - it was impossible NOT to notice him!
And he was content, no, pleased with that.
As if to make extra super sure he stood out, Alfred dragged the metal chair at the desk neighboring the new kid's across the floor with a definitive 'screee!' to announced his presence.
Don't fear, new guy, Alfred F. Jones was here to make sure your first day was insufferable smooth sailin'!
And maybe also to make sure you were gonna eat all of that.
The boy eyed the new kid's (Crickland? Kirkwood? whatever-) food with an eager gleam, but he'd control himself for now. Instead he'd just shift his ass in his chair, one final brief 'ee-' confirming his choice in seating.]
Huh? Me? [He laughed, loudly of course, before tearing into his plastic bag of food. There were some real meals in there, a few wrapped sandwiches and one thermos of soup, but more noticeably there was about too many bags of chips and an equal absurdity of candy bars.] I was sort of thinking you might be the one who needed something-
It's your first day, right? [He flashed the new guy his most charming smile, as if he deserved congratulations for knowing that information. And, without waiting for a response-] So, you can go ahead and ask me anything! [All this confidence and bravado, but really Alfred had only been a student for a few months. But that was okay! If he didn't know, he'd bullshit!]
. one
And he was content, no, pleased with that.
As if to make extra super sure he stood out, Alfred dragged the metal chair at the desk neighboring the new kid's across the floor with a definitive 'screee!' to announced his presence.
Don't fear, new guy, Alfred F. Jones was here to make sure your first day was
insufferablesmooth sailin'!And maybe also to make sure you were gonna eat all of that.
The boy eyed the new kid's (Crickland? Kirkwood? whatever-) food with an eager gleam, but he'd control himself for now. Instead he'd just shift his ass in his chair, one final brief 'ee-' confirming his choice in seating.]
Huh? Me? [He laughed, loudly of course, before tearing into his plastic bag of food. There were some real meals in there, a few wrapped sandwiches and one thermos of soup, but more noticeably there was about too many bags of chips and an equal absurdity of candy bars.] I was sort of thinking you might be the one who needed something-
It's your first day, right? [He flashed the new guy his most charming smile, as if he deserved congratulations for knowing that information. And, without waiting for a response-] So, you can go ahead and ask me anything! [All this confidence and bravado, but really Alfred had only been a student for a few months. But that was okay! If he didn't know, he'd bullshit!]