a grand adventure | carmen & bruno

"Miss Wardwell asked me to spend my free period putting up flyers for the Spring Dance, and now I'm asking you to spend yours helping me do so." Carmen offers Bruno a cheeky, small smile, holding the stack of colorful papers in her arms. Admittedly, it's a task she can easily handle alone, but whereas she often spends her free period helping out the teachers and doing busywork around the school, she knows that Bruno usually spends his goofing off or just lounging in one of the library's beanbag chairs. Not reading.

This'll be a healthy change of pace for him! That, and she's been in need of a hangout session recently. With midterms last week, she found herself caught up in her studies, so hyper focused on making she was prepared that she didn't really make herself available for social outings. Now that the grades are in and she can let go a little bit, she's ready to make up for lost time. "I mean, unless you want to be a beanbag potato until it's time to go home and be a couch potato, by all means don't let me bother your relaxation." Her words are kind and playful, her expression warm but just ever so serious enough to suggest, this isn't negotiable.

As Bruno rises to his feet, easily surpassing Carmen's short stature, she divides the stack of papers and hands one half to him. "I say we start by putting them up in the gymnasium first. There's a lot of space to cover, for one, and also just between you and I: rumor from the girls' locker room is that there's been an odd squeaking coming from nowhere." She quirks an eyebrow, her expression one of warmth and lighthearted hope. "We might just find your old pal sneaking around."