Smoking indoors was never a very good idea, not that smoking itself was great for your health, but subconsciously, Casper appreciated that Diego would keep the cigarette out of their conversation. The gentle smile on his lips would perhaps describe such an appreciation. Diego was a lot sweeter than his appearance would let off at first sight and his voice was so calm, so quiet. Casper wasn’t good at reading people but judging from the larger boy’s appearance and personality, maybe he had gone through a few notable things which brought him here. Though, all of that could just have been judgemental bullshit. Anyone can look like however they damn well please, but Casper had a tendency of letting his thoughts travel when seeing other people. It was honestly a defence mechanism, he just liked to analyse people in an attempt to see what was hiding behind their faces. It was good to know. 

The conversation continued towards Diego’s guitar. It was given to him by his grandmother, it would seem. “That’s sweet…” Casper smiled, leaning back against the tree. He never knew his grandparents. Actually Casper’s family was incredibly small. Most people on his mother’s side he had never met, or even knew that they existed, and on his father side, war had ravaged through the family. Apart from his aunt Naya and his uncle Olaf, he didn’t know what else hided within the Hayat or Sjöstrand families. Naya usually visited during the holidays but Olaf was rarely ever present in anyone’s life. He was a man with a lot of money and no time, rather spending his time at whatever office he was working at. It must have been horrible to never see your father because he was working all the time. “H-hey…” Casper continued, cutting out of his thoughts. “You’re still good…” It so typical for people with skill to be humble and deny their abilities. Perhaps in someone else’s eyes Deigo would need a lot of practice, but to Casper, he was good. “N-no one at home plays an instrument…” The smaller boy shook his head. 

Khalil was into a lot of things but he never picked up an instrument. It was rather curious, actually. Being the spiritual man that he was, one would expect him to enjoy such artistic methods of getting one’s feelings out. If he didn’t spend so much time doing yoga when he wasn’t at the store, perhaps he would have learned how to play an instrument. 

Actually, Casper [i]did[/i] try to play the guitar…[i]once[/i]. “I…” He started, but looked down slightly as he spoke, was he blushing? “I tried to play guitar once…” The boy looked down on his hands as they fiddled together like they always did when he was insecure. “I-it hurt my fingers too much…” God, that must have made him sound like a bigger pansy than Diego probably already thought. 

Diego’s sudden outburst caught the smaller boy off guard, but he quickly stopped himself. Casper looked at him and blinked a few times in confusion. Was what he said [i]that[/i] corny? Well, yeah, it was. At least Diego wasn’t laughing at him, that would have been a bit worse. Though who’s to blame, really? Some things just shouldn’t be said to people you just met. 

“Oh…” Casper’s eyes trailed down to the portable game console in his bag. His Playstation Vita was, as pathetic as it sounds, his only friend. It was the one thing that kept him busy between classes and the one thing that would keep his mind off of everything else that was happening. Well, that and shooting things. On the island he didn't really get many chances to indulge in the latter, however. “I…” What was he suppose to answer, exactly? [i]‘I like games where you kill shit because it makes me feel good!’[/i] “I like…action games.” Yeah, that worked, that sounded a bit better. He found them both entertaining and an escape from reality. In there, Casper could actually [i]be[/i] someone, he was actually [i]worth[/i] something. He would have gone on a rant, telling Diego exactly which games he likes, Final Fantasy, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Rising, Metal Gear Solid…but he wasn’t going to. He already had a 'pansy stamp' on his forehead, it was best not to add ‘geek’ next to it. “I also airsoft…a lot…” And he was actually [i]good[/i] at it! That wasn’t so corny, was it? People seemed to like action stuff so why would that be any different. It should totally have made Casper popu-…no, never. [i]‘Don’t even think like that, idiot…’  [/i]