𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝒆𝓭 𝓙𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓙𝓸𝓷𝒆𝓼? | Accepting

[Consulting_Angel]

Ashton Rouleau
19|Male|Homosexual
The Best Friend
Tagged: Diego.

He still looked deeply uncertain, but really, Ashton wasn't entirely too sure what to think about anything right now. Regardless if someone told him right now that there were kittens in the next room, or that there was a nuclear explosion about to happen, he didn't think that he'd care either way. Unless he saw a snake. Then he'd probably scream and have a breakdown. He nodded towards the woman, having already forgotten her name because there was too much on his mind anyway. "I... I will." He said, his throat a little dry, and he knew that he wasn't going to keep to his words. But it didn't really matter, to him, anyway. Because what is there to say? What could possibly come up? He truly didn't see how he could possibly be of any help to the investigation - that was what he was assuming that the woman was talking about. Apart from recounting what he was doing that night and the fact that he'd planned to meet Jonathan in the library - except he'd never turned up - he wasn't sure what else he could do. Maybe just be sad and curl up and hide from the rest of the world.

He pushed the doors to the building open, and wondered why he was even bothering to come into class. He was probably one of a fair few people that weren't being expected to attend classes today or any other day for the rest of forever. That was, he admitted, a little dramatic, but was partially true. It did annoy him somewhat to see the faces of people that he knew hadn't known Jonathan that well seem so devastated, as if they had some sort of close connection. That didn't mean no one else could mourn him, but he hated how some people just milked it for all it was worth. Ashton's thoughts drifted off again. Maybe he could work on a new dance. Something that would help him express his sadness. He always found it easier that way, rather than putting anything into words. Even if he didn't show anyone else it, it would certainly do something to keep him occupied, something to try and make him feel a little better - even if he hadn't accepted all of this as reality yet. He was so lost in thought, that he ended up walking directly into someone, and his focus was only brought back when it had happened. He glanced up slightly to see that he had walked into Diego - he knew him somewhat, because he was Camilla's older brother, and saw him around a few times whenever he was around Jonathan and Camilla - when they'd been together, of course. "Sorry... I was distracted..." Ashton apologised, trying not to let himself sound too miserable.

[year of the ox]

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homosexual• the last witness • tags ; camilla

keith’s eyes scanned camilla as she spoke to him. he couldn’t help but notice her nervousness, though he didn’t blame her, after all they only briefly knew each other. keith responded to her thanks with a sad smile, though he realised that she was forcing the words to come out. ’there is no need to thank me,’ keith finally spoke, ’the whole thing is a massive tragedy, especially for those who were super close to johnathan, and i honestly want to help out if i can,’ he added, trailing off at the end.

keith let out a soft, almost inaudible, sigh at camilla’s statement about her expectations. he didn’t quite know what she expected him to say, but he didn’t figure that it was uncommon for people to offer their condolences to the victim’s ex. 'i will admit, it is quite unusual that i would offer my condolences to you, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be done,' he responded, running a hand though his hair ’also, you are very clearly upset because of his death and that is perfectly normal regardless of the fact that you two broke up'. keith quickly opened his bag, ripped a bit of paper from one of his notebooks, and jotted down his number before he looked back up. upon seeing the tears forming in camila's eyes, keith's teeth grazed his bottom lip. he knew that he should encourage her to just cry, though he was unsure about whether or not she would feel comfortable doing so in front of him. 'if you feel the need to cry, it's better to just do it, it can make you feel better, if only for a little bit,' he spoke, looking down at the floor as he did so 'i don't mind staying with you if you want me to,though if you would rather be on your own, i will leave you'.

[Jones.]

Logan Vaughan
Pansexual, college student
Tagged: Ashton, Diego

Logan awoke with a groan, a stretch of his aching muscles and a ruffle of his own hair. The news had shocked him just as it had everyone else, he'd known Jonathan quite well seeing as how they played on the football team together. He wouldn't claim to be friends with the boy but they worked well together. His analytical mind went immediately to who could be responsible, he had been drinking that night and hadn't been able to pick out the other males face amongst the blurred ones he remembered. Cars outside eventually pulled him from his mind, the world seemed to go on. The lost life didn't stop others from living theirs. He stood with a sign, pushing black locks out of his eyes.

The shower greeted him with the same warmth it always did, it soothed his muscles before he was forced to step out and into his clothes. The walk to college was always a boring one but today Logan viewed it in a different light. Sun bounced off of leaves and even the muddy puddles that gathered around the streets seemed to be a little clearer. College itself was an impressive building,the walkway large and lined with trees. He entered through the doors and could already see students crying and moping around the corridors, he was upset yes, but not to the extent of those who were personal with Jonathan. The most the two boys ever said to each other was along the lines of 'pass the ball'. Logan wondered if he should offer condolences to those who knew him, he could see the male Jonathan was often with. He believed his name was Ashton, talking to another named Diego. Logan wasn't particularly well know around the campus, he mainly kept to himself and doubted that anyone would know him as anyone other than number fourteen. "Hi um," he wasn't usually one to stutter over his words, his confidence surging back into him at this thought "I'm sorry about Jonathan. He was a good guy, he didn't deserve that. I guess the best thing to do is live life how he would have wanted".

[nevermind.]

◆ Diego Gali | ◆ 21 | ◆ Male | ◆ Bisexual | ◆ "The Older Brother" | ◆ Tagged: Ashton, Logan
Diego was walking hastily towards the room the hearing would be held in. He sighed in relief when he peeked in and saw that his first class hadn't yet started, so he lingered outside for a bit. He didn't feel ready to talk to anybody yet, especially because he knew there would only be one topic being discussed in there and that topic wasn't the English homework.
It was like people lived for this kind of drama.

Despite being annoyed by this situation, he couldn't help but worry about his sister.
He knew how much that guy had meant to her and how devastated she had been after simply breaking up with him - actually it was him breaking up with her, but he couldn't really be mad about that anymore since he was, like, dead now and holding a grudge wasn't very meaningful anymore.
He remembered how she had stated that she just couldn't do it without him, he had been her one true love, and all these other sentimental things... He couldn't even imagine what it had to feel like for her to know that this time he had left her forever and the thought of it made his heart a little heavy.
With a glance at the clock on the wall of the hallway, he took out his cellphone and typed out a quick message to her. "How are you? Do you want to talk? Where are you?" . He was absolutely willing to go out of class and go and comfort her if necessary. That's what he always did since they were children and he felt like it was his responsibility as her older brother. Being there for each other was one of their family values, along with always being honest with each other and settling all arguments peacefully and many others.

He was interrupted in his thought process when someone suddenly bumped into him.
He turned around to see who it was.
It was a student, probably his age or one to two years younger -it was hard to tell honestly, because he had kind of a baby face - of which he thought that he knew him from somewhere.
More precisely, he recognized his face, but he couldn't remember the name to go along with it.
He heard the muttered apology from the guy and just shook his head, making a "forget about it" - motion with his hand.
"It's fine, no big deal.", he smiled reassuringly.
He couldn't help but notice the sad tone in his voice and he assumed that it was because of Jonathan's death.
It couldn't really be anything else, at least nothing Diego could think of.
He wondered if he should say something about that matter.
Anything he could think of would be really insensitive, especially since he barely knew this guy.
What was there to say?
He didn't want to have a conversation about how sad they were about his death or how great of a person good ol' Joe had been or anything like that so he just hoped this moment would pass quickly.
Actually, he was pretty certain that neither of them wanted to have a conversation like that so they could both just go their merry ways.
Just as he thought the other male would leave, ready to say his goodbyes, he saw someone else approaching out of the corner of his eye.
He turned towards the guy and greeted him back after hearing him stuttering a "Hi".
Diego had no idea who this guy was, but he just chose to just talk to him to get this entire ordeal over with.
"Yeah, it's really such a shame. He passed at such a young age... I wasn't very close to him, really, but I know he had a positive impact on many people."
That was about the safest and nicest thing he could say without coming across as fake, at least that's what he thought.

[Jones.]

Logan Vaughan
Pansexual, college student
Tagged: Ashton, Diego

Logan assessed the other man, his demure slightly different to the others who were moping around the college. "I didn't really know the guy if I'm honest, just kinda curious as to what happened," his eyes quickly checked the clock to see when class would start, "do you think he was as amazing as people say?"He had to admit he couldn't help but be slightly morbid about the murder, it was always something that had interested him and he'd never been so close to one itself. Logan was jealous slightly of the detectives, getting to know everything about the case, but he would never voice that out loud. "Still, at least he's in a better place now, its better than being stuck in English." As usual he tried to make light of a bad situation, despite it being in poor taste. Logan couldn't decide if he cared or not.

[Consulting_Angel]

Ashton Rouleau
19|Male|Homosexual
The Best Friend
Tagged: Diego, Logan.

He was quite surprised by Diego's reaction, because he genuinely thought that he'd get ripped to pieces - or at the very least, be given a scowl. It might have been quite the dramatic thing to think of, but that was pretty much all his mind was geared to thinking of as well. Ashton had somehow managed to convince himself that absolutely anything else he did todaybwas going to have the worst possible outcome that he could think of for him. Or maybe it wasn't that difficult for him to do. He had been intending on juat walking, saying his goodbyes, and not having to hear someone else discuss Jonathan with him, because he really did think that he was going to start crying - it was bound to be dramatic, but genuine and hurt.

Yes, he was going to walk off, and maybe he'd keep it together for the rest of the day. Then, they were soon joined by someone else. He'd seen him when watching all of Jonathan's football practices and games, but other than that, he wasn't sure who he was. Ashton nodded slightly in acknowledgement towards him, and murmured a very quiet, "Hello," then his lip quivered. He was going to keep it together, he told himself. He could do it. He glanced back towards Diego, finding what he said to be quite sensitive and sweet, and almost smiled. He opened his mouth, to say something, when the other guy spoke, and he glanced towards him. He held his tongue when there was what he considered a strange, morbid interest about what had happened, and whether Jonathan was as amazing as people said, but Ashton did tense up. And then he heard the last comment, and that was just about enough.

"I'm glad that's so damn easy for you to say." Ashton snapped, bitterly, his voice wavering dangerously. "Now what? Just move on? Pretend this never happened? You might not have been close to him, but some people were, and-" he let out a sort of strangled sob, before turning, and walking down the corridor. Was he acting like a teenage girl in highschool? Yes. But he felt that he was completely justified in it. Then, Ashton tripped, but he regained his balance, even doing a spin on one foot as he did so. Then he just dropped to the ground anyway, sitting on his feet as he was kneeled down.

[nevermind.]

◆ Diego Gali | ◆ 21 | ◆ Male | ◆ Bisexual | ◆ "The Older Brother" | ◆ Tagged: Ashton, Logan
Diego nodded at the dark haired student's statement but apparently their conversation partner was offended by it.
Watching him leave down the halway, Diego suddenly felt a gust of guilt for being so insensitive before and wanting to avoid talking to him and all that. He was obviously having a bad time dealing with the death of his friend and he kinda felt bad for him.
Clearly Jonathan had been important to him, he knew that he had been a good friend to some people and not everybody disliked him like he did.
He grimaced at the dark-haired male, dragging up his eye brows and shaking his head to signify to him that what he had said maybe wasn't really fitting in this situation.
Well, at least he was speaking his mind, he appreciated that amidst all the fake tears and wails surrounding them, but what he said had been quite rude considering the outcome.
"I guess somebody should go and... you know... check if he's okay or something.", he said to him, showing a small smile, before turning to follow the other man.
When he saw him collapsed on the floor he couldn't help but grin slightly at how dramatic he was.
But when he heard his sobbing, he was reminded of how serious the situation must be for him and quickly gathered himself.
Diego sucked at stuff like this but he was determined to try and comfort this almost stranger anyway.
"Hey uhm... are you alright? Just wanted to check, cause you know, you don't seem very happy right now."
He knew that what he said sounded stupid, but he couldn't think of anything better to say in such a situation.

[Jones.]

Logan Vaughan
Pansexual, college student
Tagged: Ashton, Diego

Logan groaned, the other students words hitting him hard in the chest. He did have a tendency to speak before thinking. Jonathan's death is bound to have hurt those closest to him deeply and the comment he made was insensitive. He followed the other two males, approaching both of them cautiously. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean... I know he meant a lot to you, it was a terrible thing for me to say, please forgive me," he sat cross-legged on the floor next to the mans crying form "I didn't consider how you might feel, Jonathan should still be here and honestly, I'm sorry," Logan pushed hair out of his face, chucking his bag down next to him. He unzipped the pocket and fished around for a few seconds, "here, use these instead of sleeves,"he handed Ashton a pack of tissues, partly as another way to apologise. He looked up at Diego, realising he spoke out of turn to him too "sorry to you too, you shouldn't have had to hear that."

[Consulting_Angel]

Ashton Rouleau
19|Male|Homosexual
The Best Friend
Tagged: Diego, Logan.

For someone who quite liked getting attention, Ashton wasn't entirely too sure right now whether or not he really wanted any, despite him being in the middle of the hallway, being quite dramatic. Then again, if he'd expressed himself in any other way, then it wouldn't really be him, and despite it, he was still very much being genuinely upset. What wouldn't he give to find himself being back at his apartment, in his bed, right now. Maybe that was just what he was going to do. Or get someone to take him home, to make sure he did get back safely or something. He practically melted onto the floor, moving from his kneeling position to lying on his side, and wondered if he'd get away with just falling asleep right there, so that he didn't have to move himself. He only glanced up when he heard Diego speak to him, and he responded, "What led you to that conclusion, Sherlock?" and he dragged a hand across his eyes, attempting to wipe them, but he otherwise didn't really move.

Ashton considered telling the other guy to just leave him alone - not being particularly in the mood to hear apologies, regardless of whether the insensitive comment had been an accident or not. To be honest, he thought that he was going break sooner, when he'd been talking to that woman, so he was fairly surprised it'd taken him this long. He pouted, watching him for a few moments. "Yes, it was. And no, you didn't." He agreed, once he found himself able to speak again without it being punctuated by a sob. He then took the tissues, murmuring a 'thank you', and then rolled over so his back was to the other guy. He blotted his eyes with one of the tissues, and then he finally sat up, getting a headache. Ashton glanced between Diego and the other man. "Thanks for caring, or whatever..." he added, figuring that he might as well, considering they were currently putting up with him.

[Burning_Roses]

Julie
Tech Savy Investigator
19
Female
Pan
Tagged:Open

Julie walked down the hall typing on her phone as she looked for a windowsill or something to update her report, everyone seemed so glum and she could understand but didn’t really relate. She finally found a spot and sat on the sill pulling out her laptop and bringing up her file on the case she typed away humming softly, she watched the people pass and chuckle this remainded her to much of highschool, in the background, no noticing her she was in the shadows and still she knew more than anyone thought this made her laugh as she checked her phone for any new messages or updates.
Great still nothing she wondered if she should start interrogating or talking but she figured t was best to blend and watch from a distance making sure she knew exactly what made these people tick, she scrolled down through the list of suspects. Good golly this was a large and complicated case and that’s what worrie her so so much, it could be any number of people.