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|| Prejudice | Private Rp with ShadeStar||
(Alright. Do you have an idea as to what we would skip it to, or should I just bullshit it?)
(Just bullshit it lol)
(Cool. Let's do this!)
Arsen ran a hand through his hair. It was growing back slightly, but the short length still threw him off. "I'll have to say, it's nice not having to see System members around constantly."
He and Alexa were currently shopping for some food. They had decided that it was best for them to stay together, in case one of them cough Arsen cough got into trouble.
"Yeah," Alexa responded glancing around the shop. Her black roots were starting to show once more and she wasn't really in the mood to do any touch-ups. She still was being wary despite the fact her head knew she was safe, "Though we probably shouldn't bring this up in a public place."
"Probably not," Arsen agreed. "But if there's a chance for me to screw up, you know I'll take it." He grinned and grabbed a gallon of milk from the fridge area, letting the door shut with a click.
"I'm well aware you would," Alexa quipped in return a smile gracing her face. She stayed back and let Arsen grab the stuff from the colder area not wanting to deal with the change in temperature, "And that's why I'm here to get you out of it."
"I feel so touched that you care enough about me to get me out of any messes that I make." Arsen smiled sweetly at her, but it was a fake sweetness, more mocking and amused than anything else.
"Yeah," Alexa could tell his smile was fake from one glance. He wasn't the best actor, "It's more if you get into a mess, I'm more likely to get caught. It's ensuring my safety more than anything."
"What? No, no, you're not supposed to tell people that you're a selfish asshole," Arsen told her, as if talking to a small child, although he looked like he was holding back laughter. "You let them find out slowly, so that by the time they find it out completely, it's too late."
"Eh, if you tell them upfront then they have no reason to be betrayed later," Alexa glanced over at him. Was he about to laugh? Or at the very least he was trying not to, "Besides I'm not a selfish asshole unless the other person's a selfish asshole. At that point it's preservation more than anything."
"Ehhhhhhhhh." Arsen made a questioning noise at the back of his throat. "That would be saying that you only acted like a selfish asshole because I acted like one. And everyone knows I'm perfect, so…" He trailed off meaningfully.
"Nah, it's just you ignoring your own personality traits and flaws," Alexa let out a snort in response to Arsen's comment, "Only chicas estupidas think you're perfect."
"That's still some people who think I'm perfect," Arsen pointed out, pretending to throw his non-existent long hair over his shoulder.
"Do they really count as people?" Alexa raised an eyebrow to Arse… n, "Personally I think they resemble more closely to mindless drones."
"Drones, people, overgrown Barbie dolls, same thing," Arsen said, waving his hand dismissively. He pretended not to notice her disbelieving expression, and continued on, grabbing a box of cereal from the shelf.
"I would argue that they aren't," Alexa started watching him carefully. She honestly couldn't care less what they got, but at least he was picking decent food, "Drones are robots programmed by people and people are well, people."
"You say that like people are bad." Arsen sent her a smirk. "They're not. Earthlings are very innocent and pure and lovely. Obviously."
"Then we've met some very different 'Earthling'," Alexa retorted back. She crossed her arms as she looked at him, "And it shows based upon your naviety."
"Me? Naïve? How on earth did you guess?" Arsen glanced around for anyone suspiscious, and then sent her a grin. He grabbed a jug of milk from the giant fridges lining the walls and put it in the basket.
"Oh, I don't know, I think your class gave it away," Alexa jabbed back. It was a little harsher than she meant it to be, but she had caught him glancing around before smiling and it made her feel a little hurt. Though she knew it probably wasn't for bad reasons.
Arsen sniffed. "Wow. So rude. And I thought we were friends." He walked down the aisle to grab some eggs from a couple doors down. "or at least reluctant allies."
"Yes, and friends make fun of friends and their flaws. Or do you not do that?" Alexa teased a little catching up to him before grabbing something else next to the eggs.
"Not usually, no. If you must know, I have no real friends." Arsen snickered. It might sound like he wasn't happy about it, but really, he didn't mind. He had long ago grown accustomed to the fact that people only wanted to know him because of his wealth and power, not because they actually cared about him.
Alexa paused for a second after hearing that. She had kinda assumed that but had thought he had had at least one real friend at some point in his life. Her composure quickly reformed and she responded soon after, "Well I guess I'll just have to teach you won't I?"
"I guess you will, Ms. Law," Arsen responded, sending her a grin. It touched his heart that she would do this for him He was thankful that she said something like that, but she was most likely joking. Most of them did. But she's different, his brain told him. He ignored it.
"Yep! And rule one is that as long as you don't find it offending, all flaws are fair game to be to the butt of jokes," Alexa started figuring that if she was going to do this, she was going to start now and start well. She gave him a little bit of a shit-eating grin back, "So don't be afraid to bite back if I say something out of line, cause I certainly won't."
"This information surprises me so much," Arsen muttered, sending her a grin. "I never would have expected you to be that kind of person. You're too nice."
"It's just basic human decency," Alexa shrugged as her grin turned softer. She looked at their basket and then back at Arsen, "Think this is enough food for now?"
Glancing at the basket, Arsen shrugged. "Yeah, probably. I mean, we're only feeding two, so this is enough. We can always pick something else up later, if we need."