Wednesday Morning (really), Causeway and Onwards

[withoutverona]

As soon as he could escape from his Heroing final, Romeo dashed back to his room to pick up his overnight bag, then went to the causeway to wait for Reno and their portal back to Verona Beach. He couldn't help but pace a little nervously; not only did he have his concerns about what his father would have to say, but he wanted Reno to like his home.

And, he thought ruefully, he wanted his home -- because Verona was home, even if he lived in Fandom or Tokyo all the rest of his life -- to appreciate Reno.

[OOC: For the person going with him.]

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[raspberryturk]

"Because Fandom wouldn't be so nice as to introduce you to a girl from a place you already call home," Reno decided. He idly scooped up a handful of sand, and then watched as it drained back to the ground between his fingers. "Damn, man, you got me not wantin' to leave. Tell me we can hang out here now an' then, once life settles down wherever we end up after grad?"

[withoutverona]

"I lost it once. I couldn't lose it again," Romeo answered, serious. "I'll be back as often as I can. Perhaps someday Yurika will be done with her job and ..." he sighed. "She loves Tokyo, too. We'll spend half our lives in airports and portals."

[raspberryturk]

"Gaia to Spira an' back again," came a lazy sort of reply as Reno flopped backward into the sand, too. He'd be scratching it from his scalp for months. "I know what you're talkin' about, there. Both too much like home to wanna leave forever, and can't let go of the girl to be home, too."

Why did life after grad have to be so complicated?

"I gotta say, though, Verona's just hit the top of my list for one real important reason."

Romeo had three guesses, the first clue being the nearby quartet of attractive ladies in swimwear that left very little to the imagination. Reno had a much better view from the flat of his back, like this.

[withoutverona]

"And then swing by Maryland for homecoming," Romeo added, following Reno's downward flop.

The view was impeccable. "I think Verona tops your list because .... we have the most beautiful scenery."

[raspberryturk]

"Gorgeous friggin' scenery. They sell this view on postcards around here? They should."

Reno would buy all their stock.

[withoutverona]

Romeo breathed out a laugh, then raised his cell phone with the camera turned on. "We can take a few home movies, I think." He wasn't quite focusing on the girls, but he also wasn't making any effort to avoid them.

He frowned a little, trying to recognize them. "... I think I know that tall girl, in the blue."

[raspberryturk]

"Yeah?" Reno rolled over, thus effectively coating his chest and one arm with sand, too. He really didn't seem to care. "She's got a nice ass, yo. You got zoom on that thing?"

[withoutverona]

"I've never used it...." Romeo said. That wasn't a no, and he handed the phone to Reno to see if he could figure it out.

"Teresa. She used to come and watch us play pool, with her sister." A beat. "Her sister's ass is nicer."

[raspberryturk]

"Sibling rivalry is one hell of a sin," Reno decided, making an eager snatch at the phone in order to poke around for the zoom. "I mean, when it keeps the nicest asses from travellin' in packs, yoto."

Being unable to touch didn't mean for an instant that they couldn't look, dammit.

[withoutverona]

They wouldn't dress that way if they didn't want to be looked at, right? Romeo was only doing them a favor.

"Now I wonder if they have other sisters," Romeo mused happily. "Four or five girls, with that hair and that ass, in one house."

Apparently, he had decided daydreams were also fair game.