Bothersome Lefty

Neil, as always, had shown up late for dinner. He slid into the only place available on the bench, which was next to Todd, immediately reaching for the food and digging in with gusto. Normally this wouldn't have bothered Todd, but normally he sat across from Neil, and not next to him, and normally the arm he ate with wasn't being jostled by his bench-mates. Neil, a lefty, was used to this kind of thing and so wasn't bothered by it. This being an abnormal situation, Todd was, in fact, quite bothered.

"Neil."

Neil stopped, fork still in his mouth, and looked over at his roommate. "Hmm?"

"Move," Todd said bluntly.

Neil swallowed. "Why?"

Todd poked Neil's arm. "You're bumping me. Stop it." His tone was not unfriendly. In fact, there was the subtlest of smiles on his lips. Neil looked down at his arm and then back up at Todd, smiling impishly.

"No. Don't think I will." When Todd frowned, cocking an eyebrow, he continued. "How about you move?" Now he was just being difficult, they both knew.

"I was here first."

"Well I'm not moving."

They both looked at each other, eyebrows raised, straining to keep straight faces. Neil shoved his shoulder into Todd's, but Todd shoved right back. It seemed they had reached a stalemate. Hopefully they weren't stubborn enough to go without food.

I wrote this because I can't get enough of the fact that Neil is a lefty, because I'm a lefty too!! We're like lefty twins or somethin'! I'm such a fangirl...

I DO think Neil and Todd WOULD interact this way and I WILL defend why I think so!