Making New Paths

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Braylin Mae Sanders
Earth Graduate

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Braylin stood over a few of the flowers, shaking her head. It was clear the garden had been neglected. The flowers were all pale and beginning to wilt. She found it a shame that no one found beauty in the garden anymore. It was probably that they were all distracted by their busy, everyday lives. But Braylin was able to find at least thirty minutes in her day to try and take care of the garden, bring it back to life. And that was what she was planning on doing. She would use her ability to restore life to the garden.

As she worked, Braylin found it slightly theraputic. It kept her mind from bouncing back to her struggles with her eating disorder, her final show that she had failed to complete, or even her days in treatment, back when things were slightly less painful. But now, Braylin has made a recovery. She isn't perfect, and still slips up sometimes but for the most part she is recovered and happy now.

Braylin was so deeply focused on her work that she lost track of all sense of time. So far, she managed to save about half of the lilies, and parts of the rose garden. She was so focused that she wouldn't even notice anyone else in the garden.

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[TAKERU KENTO MATSUZAKA]

Takeru hummed to himself as he walked, more like lightly danced, down the pathway. It was a beautiful day and Takeru had finished his classes for the day. He had work in a few hours but until he had some time to kill. He was passing the gardens when he saw that some of the flower bed were looking a bit wilted. There was an easy way to fix that. He changed the song on his ipod to one with a faster beat to it. When he was all settled he started to use his elemental powers to help bring life back into the flowers. Normally some of the earth caretakers would take care of the gardens with the occasional student helping out. With the heat of the summer though the flowers could easily wilt at a quick rate. Lucky for them they had earth students passing them all the time that were more than willing to take a bit of time out of their day to help liven the flowers and plants up some.

Knowing that he had more than enough time to spend Takeru didn't even think about anything as he passed from plant to plant giving each one a little energy to help it bloom again. His music distracted him from the sounds of anyone else that was passing by or talking to him. He just evenly moved down the roll of plants until his path was suddenly blocked and he bumped into someone. He smiled apologetically "Sorry about that."

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Braylin Mae Sanders
Earth Graduate

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Braylin had made great progress. Something told her that the groundskeeper was perhaps out. After all, it was technically summer vacation, and despite Braylin being a college student taking summer classes, most others weren't actually at the campus. But Braylin needed to be here, she currently didn't have proper living arrangements. Sure, she could go back to her Aunt, but for her it just felt right to be here. Besides, she couldn't free load off of her Aunt.

Very wrapped up on her work, Braylin didn't even notice the stranger approaching until he bumped in to her. Braylin had to bite down on her lip to keep from letting out a squeal. "I-Umn.. Sorry I wasn't paying any attention, my bad." She said, moving around him and out of his way.

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[TAKERU KENTO MATSUZAKA]

The school was basically deserted aside from the few who stayed in the dorms on during the summer. There were also those who lived down in the Hollow. Aside from that, everyone else basically went back to their various homes. Today had just been one of those random days that Takeru took a stroll on the empty campus. He didn't want to spend the entire day cooped up in the apartment that he shared with his brother.

Takeru being the his usual self of course knocked into someone. He smiled apologetically. "No please, it's my fault. I seriously should be wearing a warning sign that says 'klutz alert. watch out!' in big letters. To keep from bumping into people." he said picking himself up and helping the young blonde whom he had just bumped into up too. He dusted himself off some and then looked back at the girl and plastered his usual friendly smile on his face. "We haven't met. I'm Takeru but most of my friends call me T.K. for short." he said kindly extending his hand to shake. Takeru was definitely a bubbly and friendly type. He was always in a good mood and very relaxed. "Correct if I'm wrong but assuming that you were here for the same reason I was, then I'd say you were a fellow earth." he said with a bright smile. Takeru loved meeting new people, especially when they were of the same element as he. That was an added bonus. "Do you live in the dorms?"

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Braylin Mae Sanders
Earth Graduate

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Braylin smiled at him as she brushed off her clothes. He was polite and kind, unless of course it was all an act, which it didn't seem like it at the moment. But then again, first impressions are often wrong, so Braylin tried to be careful. "Nice to meet you, Takeru. And your're not really that much of a klutz, it was both of our bads. I'm Braylin, by the way, but I don't have a nickname so.." She smiled slightly and looked back at the plants. They seemed to be doing well again, so she knew she wouldn't be worried about the plants anymore.

Attention turned back to him, she gave him a small nod. "Yes. I'm an Earth Student. I stay in the dorms because it's cheaper than getting my own place. It's not perfect, but it's home I guess."

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[TAKERU KENTO MATSUZAKA]

"Not a klutz. You haven't known me long enough yet." he joked. Anyone that Takeru well enough knew that Takeru could be quite the clumsy person, ironic being that he was a dancer but like he said, Braylin here didn't know him well enough yet to agree. Ask any of him friends and they would definitely say yes but Takeru didn't mind. He this himself and accepted it to be true. He even joked about it himself which was why he wasn't really affected by it when other people said it. He'd just smile and agree like he always does. No point in lingering on things that you can't fix.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Braylin." Takeru happened to take a glance at the plants at the same time as Braylin and then caught her stare. He smiled. "I think they'll be fine now. It won't be long until the caretakers return and see to it that they're all back to fullest." he said motioning to the plants. Takeru hated seeing plants wilting away which why he would always take time out of his day to see to it that any plants he was passing by would be at their fullest. "Gotcha. I lived in the dorms during high school. When I started college though I moved in with my older brother down in the Hollow." It had been really a no brainer when he had graduated from the Academy he had already decided to continue his college studies at the Academy. He could have continued living in the dorms if he wanted to but his brother had offered to move apartments for the two of them and Takeru jumped at the chance. "So, what year are you in?"

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Braylin Mae Sanders
Earth Graduate

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Braylin couldn't help but smile at how much he seemed to think he was a klutz. She let it go at that, perhaps he was, how would she know? It was her first time meeting him. Braylin didn't know many people at the academy, that she was unsure why, but it didn't really bother her either.

When he mentioned the flowers, she ran a hand through her hair, looking over the garden. It did look much better, though for some reason she didn't really want to leave them unattended until the caretakers got back from vacation. "Yes. You're right. They do look much better. Thanks for all the work you did. Looks like we make a good team." She said, with a small laugh. "Even if we don't purposely work together."

Braylin turned her attention back to Takeru with a small smile. "My Aunt doesn't live far from here, but I think it'd be best if I stay here. I need to prove to myself that I can be independent and self-reliant." That need was something steemed from her recovery from her eating disorder. She had relied on her Aunt to keep her strong so long after that, that she started to get mad at herself, and this was her way of proving she was truly healed. If she made it through college without relapsing, she would be fine. "I'm a college Sophomore"

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[TAKERU KENTO MATSUZAKA]

"Well, we earths tend to do that, especially when it's towards a common goal like keeping the gardens going. I promise though that next time I won't go bumping into." he said with a bright smile. It was definitely easy to get along with your own kind. It was easy to click with them. Plus Takeru being the friendly type he was he normally got along with everyone anyways. At least he tried to. Of course fires and thunders were a different story but even they had their rare moments. Josh would be an example of that. He was going to marry an Earth after all. Of course when it came to winds you really didn't know what to expected with them. It was a definite guessing game when it came to the winds.

"I see. I guess living with my brother doesn't help me in that department but then again I work to help pay the rent and stuff so I guess it helps balance things out." His parents were already helping by paying his tuition and his brother had offered to move in together. The least Takeru could do was help pay for rent and groceries. He didn't want to be a free loader after all. He wouldn't be living with his brother for forever after all. "Both earths and both sophomores. I think this was a friendship meant to be." he said cheerfully. "What are you majoring in?"

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Braylin Mae Sanders
Earth Graduate

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Something gave Braylin a strong feeling that this guy, Takeru, had a very kind heart. So far he seemed to be outgoing, but humble. She felt the humbleness from when he had bumped into her, and seemed to think it was a bigger deal than it was, apologizing sincerely for something that was only an accident, and did her no harm. But so far, she liked him, and didn't mind having him around.

"Yes, seems like an interesting coincidence." Braylin said with a small but cute smile. "I bet living with your brother really has it's fun moments. At least your less likely to get lonely." She said, thinking on what it was like living with her aunt. Braylin didn't know what it must have been like living with a sibling, nor did she pretend to know. Braylin knew many families were dysfunctional, and had siblings-wars. But for some reason, she felt as if that wasn't the case here. "I plan on majoring in Psychology. And you?"

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