thattimeofthemonth | Open RP Post

Jake laughed, knowing how it sounded. "I don't know! There's something that creeps me out about the way they wiggle when they get pierced by the hook and I mean it isn't just the worm's mouth but going right through it's body!" He knew what it sounded like, and most people wouldn't think of a guy as so squeamish about something, but hey it was creepy!

He couldn't even have *imagined* what wizards would have to do to put together a potion!

"If you're that squeamish let me deal with that part." Draco offered.

He was still amused by the idea and it showed in his expression, but he was trying to behave. Dealing with potions and various Dark Arts stuff taught him to not be so squeamish. Some might view his attitude a little cold.

"Hey, are you knocking my gummy worms?" He gave a visible pout, but shook his head. "Man, invite a guy to come fishing with you and he knocks on your bait of choice." But there was that smile threatening to come out.

He held up his chin a bit. "See if you get any of my delicious gummy fish."

"How many fish have you caught?" Draco asked. He doubted the gummy worms produced a lot of good results. He didn't think they would actually hold in the water long enough to catch anything.

"I've actually caught a few-- don't give me that look!" He grinned even more. Really, there were fishermen who did use gummy worms instead of real ones or lures all over the world. "I got the idea off of YouTube so I'm not the only man!" He waggled his finger about that.

He gave an eye roll at the mention of Youtube. "That is your go to place for everything." He teased it was almost as bad as Hermoine and the library. "One would think with all the reading you do, you would be in the library a lot."

"What's wrong with going to YouTube??" Jake tilted his head, looking a bit like Lucky when he did that. "Quickest place to find out something new. I still read and you know it." He had a feeling Draco was just saying it to rile him up, but he fell for it anyway.

"I just think it's funny," Draco replied. But this was someone who's never used technology before or seen the internet.

And Jake was indeed correct that Draco was trying to get him riled up. It was amusing to watch.

"I am definitely sitting your arse down in front of my laptop at some point and seeing what you think of it all. There's a whole world out there you can learn so much about." Jake winked before he suddenly perked up. "Speaking of world... that looks like enough food to feed a small one." Because from behind Draco, their waiter came and put down two massive plates of a good old fry up along with mugs and tea.

"This looks perfect!"

Draco raised an eyebrow amused by Jake's determination to introduce him to the world of technology. He stopped trying to avoid it knowing that he wasn't going to escape it with Jake around.

Jake wasn't kidding. That was a lot of food. There might be left overs after all. "This is a breakfast," Draco commented. "I'm glad we settled for this place."

"No settling for... this is breakfast love right here." He chuckled before he set his tea to steep, then picked up his knife and fork, napkin getting put across his lap. "Cheers, mate!" Before he dug in.

Very eager - work was tiring! "I hate nights where I get put in the warehouse," he admitted after a few bites. "Whole body ends up sore when I wake up the next day from throwing boxes around."

"Doesn't help that it's not a regular routine for you," Draco pointed out in between bites of his meal. "It would be easier on you if it was."

The whole idea of working the way Jake did still baffled him, but he understood that Jake needed the job either way. He wouldn't have been able to handle a week in that job.

"I get it probably once, twice a month. Usually I'm on the night cleaning crew but if they're short handed, I get stuck in the back." Then, between bites, Jake hesitated. He looked up at Draco, studying him. "...I... Imagine that's not a particularly glamous job for you."

It was one of the rare times Jake seemed awkward. Draco was wealthy, and this talk seemed so... not.

"I'm just concerned about you," Draco pointed out noting how awkward Jake felt. In the past he would have looked down on it. He wouldn't have even given Jake the time of day. But now things were different.

"I respect the fact that it allows you to do what you need to do. I wouldn't have been able to survive a week doing your job."

"...It doesn't bother you?" He asked quietly, clearly a little worried. "I know it's not on your... level." He popped a bite of fried egg into his mouth, then licked his lips. "I know you're slumming it with me."

"No. There's a lot I don't know and that's partially due to my ignorance," Draco replied. "While, I may have a lot of money...it came with a cost. You're showing me a world I never really knew was around."

Jake met Draco's eyes, studying the grey color for several moments before he smiled. Under the table, he nudged his foot purposefully against Draco's. "Thanks. And... I'm pretty grateful we met, you know."

His smile was warm, soft, and his eyes matched.

Draco smiled and brushed his foot along side Jake's. There was a slight blush to his face, but that quickly vanished. "I'm really glad to have met you too," Draco replied softly. "I'm glad you came into my life when you did."

That blush on Draco's pale cheeks really stood out and it made Jake grin as much as what he said next. "Maybe we were destined to find one another. Help each other out." For a time, he assumed. Draco would leave, in time, and he... Well he didn't have his path, yet.

"Maybe...I never really believed in that stuff. Either way it doesn't matter. Once you earn the respect and trust of a Malfoy, they never leave your side." Draco replied as he reached over to drink some of his tea.

"We aren't loyal to very many people and the few that are we stay with them to the end."

"So you believe you create your own destiny, more than people are fated to do things?" Jake was curious, thought at the same time, the mention of his whole family being the same way was interesting. Draco, and therefore his family, was certainly an odd soul.

Jake didn't complain. It was part of what he liked about the other.

"Oh yes?" He smiled even more, spearing a piece of sausage. "...Good. I'm not going to complain about that. I'd like having you at my side."

"I'm not entirely sure to be honest. Before I came here I believed I was supposed to follow the footsteps of my family--Basically end up being like my father. Coming here to make my own path is a new thought." Draco admitted.

When dealing with traditional pure blood family it's not uncommon for the whole family to be the same way in mind. Granted it was something that was dying out as the old ways became less acceptable.

He smiled more. He was glad to have Jake by his side. He needed someone like Jake to help him through all of these changes.

Jake looked off to the side for a moment or two, uncertain, before he looked to back to Draco and asked quietly, "do you want to be like your father? Or... are you happier being your own man?" Trying to understand Draco's mind set just a little more. Sometimes it was difficult to comprehend, but he wanted to do his best to figure it out. It felt like he owed Draco that much.

"At first I thought I had wanted to be like my father...but a lot of his ways of thinking are old fashioned and not acceptable now. It also got our family into a lot of trouble." Draco carefully explained. As much as he loved his father he did not love the ideas and views he had.

"I basically want to be my own person and they are slowly accepting that."

Was the father the one keeping them in this crazy no-tech no-electric no-modern lifestyle? Maybe. It would make sense if they were say, old money, seemed kind of crazy, maybe pushing their ideals onto other people. ...More sense. Not total sense. None of it made total sense.

"Do you think they will, in the end? Really accept you if you change, I mean?" If Draco didn't follow their ideals? If Draco liked guys?

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