Water is the Death of me (FINISHED)

[patrickoriley]

Robin walked beside Damon, smiling like a giddy child. When Damon stated which dorm room he was in, Robin's face lit up a bit. They were neighbors, him in Dorm one and Damon in dorm 3. "Your dorm is right next to mine. I stay in dorm 1. If you want, when we get to the dorms we can go our separate ways and go change and meet up afterwards. It's up to you."

Robin smiled at Damon and thought everything was fine when he heard Damon ask an unusual question. He thought about it, pondering why he would ask this and how to answer. Was this a test or was there a reason behind it? Either way Robin didn't want to alarm Damon with a wrong answer but he wanted to be truthful. And so he thought in silence for a long moment before finally speaking. "In all honesty, I'd never forget you unless I felt you had forgotten me and even than I would work my hardest to never forget and trust me, I have a good memory so you'd be hard to forget." Robin smiled once more and than lost his smile as he added, "Would you mind if I asked why you asked? It seems an odd question to ask, not that I mind. It's a fair question. You wanted to put your mind at ease and as Shakespeare said, 'A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.' He's right you know. A mind at peace and not worrying is a great thing to have."

Robin realized he must sound geeky quoting Shakespeare when explaining what he thought but this was what he did. Poe and Shakespeare were both quite intelligent men and they knew what they wrote about. It was only fair that he use these men's writings to assist him in explaining his thoughts when they fit. Nonetheless Robin fell silent, looked at Damon for a moment, worry on his face, and than turned his attention straight ahead as the dorms grew closer. He was silent, not wanting this time to end but wondering what Damon was thinking. He had no clue what to say and so he said nothing, only grabbed Damon's hand and held it as they continued walking forward.

[damonshadows]

Damon smiled and said, "I would rather wait til things have calmed down and we are in the forest before I tell you why I asked that." He gripped tightly on Robin's hand as his was grabbed and gave him a big smile showing him he really cared. He was happy to know that Robin would never forget about him. He of course would never forget about Robin as he was someone he cared for.

He saw the dorms getting close by, but didn't want to let go of Robin's hand. He would have to and this made him sad. He wanted to hold his hand forever and wanted to go on forever. As they approached and reached them Damon saw his dorm and sighed as he said, "Well it looks like this is my stop."

He looked to Robin with eyes filled with Sorrow and not wanting to go. He smiled then gave him a peck on the cheek as he let go of Robin's hand and fished into his pocket for his key. He looked back to Robin with a frown and unlocked his dorm and entered to go change.

[patrickoriley]

Robin blushed and grinned as Damon kissed his cheek and than he was forced to watch him go. Robin just stood there as Damon entered his room. He knew that they would be together again soon (that is if Damon didn't get lost of course) but he didn't want to let him go even though he knew that he had to. And so he did but he did not move until Damon's door had shut behind him and Robin was left standing alone in the hallway.

After a moment, he moved from where he stood to his door and pulled his key from the front pocket of his backpack. He unlocked the door to his room and walked into his room. He was alone in his dorm so he didn't have to explain coming back wet and in his swim trunks but he was also left alone to think some more, which was something he wasn't sure he needed to do more of right now. And so Robin stripped off his swim trunks and quickly changed into some comfortable clothes, throwing on a warm sweatshirt and brushing out his mop of hair a bit before checking to make sure he looked somewhat presentable.

Once he was sure of that, Robin threw two water bottles into his backpack as well as another sweatshirt (just in case) and a first aid kit. He zipped up his backpack, threw it over his shoulder, hung his bathing suit out of the window to dry and left a quickly scrawled note for Hatter and Peter. Than he was out the door and heading for the forest to meet up with Damon, knowing he would be early but also knowing he wanted to do some wandering before Damon showed up, this way he would know where he wanted to take Damon later. What a day it had been so far, and it wasn't over yet. He wasn't sure if he ever wanted it to end but he knew it eventually would.