pianistofraielin: (Good job!)
The Hero of Love, Raiel ([personal profile] pianistofraielin) wrote in [community profile] savetheearth2014-02-14 04:28 pm

[Annie/Russel] - Today I made you a mix tape

Who: Russel & Annie
When: Feb. 14, Friday
Where: LCHS
What: Russel gives Annie a mix tape to expand her musical horizons and neglects to consider how that sort of thing will be taken on Valentine's Day.



Russel had finished his mix tape for Annie the night before, and he could barely contain his excitement. As soon as classes let out for lunch, the first thing he did was track her down to hand it over to her.

To call it a "mix tape" was a bit misleading. For one thing, it was on a CD-R, not a cassette tape.

For another, it was actually...on seven CD-Rs.

Over nine hours of music, organized by genre, and each CD case had painstakingly written notes along with it, containing a track listing, the artist and year of release for each track, and the album or greater body of work the track was pulled from, if applicable. They were categorized fairly broadly: Classical, Country, Rock, Jazz, Electronic, Soul, and Blues. There were no repeat artists, and not a single 21st century release date to be seen. The songs were arranged on each CD to flow neatly into each other, creating a smooth listening experience instead of the jarring mess you usually got on compilation albums. (That would be the reason it was organized by genre instead of by decade.)

He'd obviously put a lot of thought and effort into it, but that was mostly because he was a music nerd who loved sharing his interest with new people. He would've done the same for any of his friends.

But when you hand a girl a stack of CDs that you obviously toiled over on Valentine's Day, the whole thing takes on a completely different context. To which Russel was, of course, perfectly oblivious at the moment.
sun_sun: (Oh well)

[personal profile] sun_sun 2014-02-20 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"The school has a janitor, you know."
peacefulwinter: (That's the idea.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2014-02-20 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"It does. I'm also standing here and know how to get to this c-closet, so I can do it myself." The sound of rushing water grows in pitch until Winter turns back and cuts the water, bringing the mop bucket out and closing the door behind her. "Sorry. It's... kind of a habit."
sun_sun: (What are we going to do with you)

[personal profile] sun_sun 2014-02-20 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"You have fun with that. I'm gonna go eat something."
peacefulwinter: (I'm certain of it.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2014-02-20 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Winter waves, wringing water from the mop and starting to work. "Okay. Please be careful, all right? And... good luck, Annie."