Leo watched on as chaos unfolded, oblivious to the fact that he may possibly be the cause of all this commotion. A spark of inspiration suddenly struck him as he watched the explosion happen in mere seconds. An action scene! A fight between the humans and aliens trying to take over the planet! Yes, yes! The inspiration was coming forth!
A surge of motivation came forth and he whipped out his pen and notepad from the pockets of his large hoodie and started scribbling in it. It wasn’t until a pair of eyes looked up at him that he realized there was another person within his vicinity.
When did they get there? Were they a ninja that popped out of the smoke, ready to attack? Of course, Leo was ready to dodge anything that came his way. But the more important question was.
“Who’re you!?”
Any polite or simple words died in his throat at the slightly accusatory tone the other person took, despite this probably being their fault! Kyouhei sat up, snagged his glasses off his face, shoved them into his chest pocket, and pinched his nose for a solid three seconds.
It wasn’t nearly as bad as it could’ve been, so there was at least that, and he could get more cubes, right? Probably. It wasn’t a big deal. As long as no one heard that commotion it would be fine.
“Since you’re the intruder, shouldn’t you introduce yourself first?” Not bothering to stand, Kyouhei merely leaned back so that he could reassess the new person. “Why’d you come in here!?”
Humming through the halls of the university with taiyaki in his mouth, Leo was on his way to class. Or, at least he thought it was the way to his class. Wandering through the long empty corridors, his exceptional hearing picked up someone’s voice and he followed it.
Poking his head into what seemed like an empty classroom, the composer noticed another person standing in front of some… lab equipment? Were they a scientist? How interesting! What was more interesting was their voice. It seemed like they could sing and it wasn’t bad at all. Somehow, this train of thought seemed familiar to him, but he couldn’t recall where he had it. Oh well.
“Hey~!” Leo called out to them loudly after swallowing the rest of his snack. “Whatcha humming!? Ah, and what’re you doing? Is it science? A science guy!? Or, maybe you work with the aliens~”
Not expecting anyone to find him (or interrupt), Kyouhei startled, dropped his tongs while trying to look over his shoulder at whoever was spying in on him, catching a glimpse of orange/red hair before the panic set in.
He’d dropped a potassium cube. He’d dropped a potassium cube into a dish of cleaning water, and it was already starting to react.
With an urgency he didn’t know he had, the student scrambled away, hitting the floor in front of the door as the cube popped due to the transfer of electrons, causing a loud, smoky explosion.
Or was he giving it too much credit, seeing as there was no fire, only a reaction that created a violent noise and a screen of smoke…? In the end, all that mattered was that it was harmless from a distance.
A little stunned, Kyouhei stared up at the person still standing in the door, a little irritated but mostly just indifferent to everything. That had been his last potassium cube, too….
Never let it be said that Kyouhei was a half-assed student - as much as he complained and grouched over the fine details of chemistry and physics as a whole he did the work: and that included the practical work.
Such as experiments that made him feel like a real scientist.
Dolled up in glasses and a lab coat with his hair just barely held back by some mousse and some hair clips, he was carefully organizing, heating and mixing chemicals for the results marked down in his study guide.
The process was so mechanical that it was soothing, and Kyouhei found himself humming softly while he working, even going as far as to sing a few lines out loud - there was no one around so it was fine.