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Library [Sunday, December 16]

With this planet's holidays fast approaching, Lee's doing something he probably should have done a long time ago: reading to see just what goes on during the various holidays. Of course, just seeing how many holidays were grouped in one month was enough to confuse him. And, after discovering one particular aspect of several of the different holidays, he's confused about something else: gift giving.

The library is open.

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"Hmm." Well, the library was empty and it was warm. So, just to see what she'd do, he smiled and ducked down behind the desk before he wriggled out ofh is shirt. But, he didn't pop back up immediately.

There was something impossibly cute and utterly ridiculous about the ducking behind the desk, leaving Adah smirking a bit in disbelief that it could really be any sort of modesty. She waited a moment, for him to return, but, after waiting for what she figured would be longer than it would take a normal, able-bodied person such as the Eel to remove an article of clothing, she got a little confused. And curious. She was aware of the fact that she was potentially being baited. She was also aware of the fact that this library was weird and things happened. Head tilting, she straightened from where she was leaning against the desk to slow limp around it, peering over to where she could assume the Eel disappeared.

"What? Did you get lost?"

"You weren't supposed to come around," he said, laughing and standing up, tossing his shirt across his shoulder. "I was going to surprise you or something."

"You took too long," Adah pointed out. "And that's saying something, if I get impatient." She leaned her hip against this side of the desk now, her eyes taking in the current lack of a shirt rather shamelessly, although contradicting her words. "What were you going to surprise me with, exactly? It's not like anything I haven't seen before."

"I was building up the anticipation," he explained, laughing. "You know, you were expecting me and expecting me and expecting me and then I was going to finally show up. Something like that."

Adah's cheeks were pink, entirely from the effort not to laugh. Because she was far too shameless to be embarrassed about anything else that the situation might suggest. "You certainly do know how to wow a person with presentation," she teased. "They teach you that in your modeling class, too?"

He flicked his shirt playfully at her and mock glared. "My modeling class is serious business."

Adah laughed as her arm moved in an utterly failed attempt to do anything about the flicked shirt, shoulder creeping up in defense against the offending article of clothing. She made an attempt to grab it, also failing, as she just wasn't very good at things like that. "And so was my pirate research! But that didn't stop you from thwarting it! I should be mad at you right now, you know."

"So, why aren't you mad?" he asked, draping his shirt back over his shoulder. "My charm just too much for you?"

"I think all that waiting you made me do," Adah reasoned, "helped quell my anger. That's all."

Certainly had nothing to do with...charm. Or wiles, for that matter.

"Hmm." He stroked his chin thoughtfully. "So, I should make you wait more often?"

"Only to satiate building anger over the destruction of perfectly good resources!" Adah argued with a laugh that petered down into her biting her lip with another gaze of realization that she really did have quite a nice view from about here. She finally let her eyes drift toward the Eel's face for a moment, so he could hopefully see their dancing appreciation. Because she certainly wasn't going to say anything about it.

"It's just a good thing it's warm in here," Lee remarked, slow smile appearing on his face. "Else, I'd be standing here, without a shirt, all cold and shivering."

"You would get no pity from me," Adah informed him promptly with a grin. It was just as nice to see that slow smile as it was to see his current state of partial undress. "You'd deserve it, for what you did to those poor shirtless pirates.

"Those poor shirtless pirates will get over it," Lee said, waving a hand. "I mean, they're on paper. I'm real."

That he was. Adah grinned again, shifting her weight and support against the desk a little, which just happened to bring her slightly closer. "And it is warm in here, not cold, so the point is moot."

"What if I'm a little cold?" Lee asked, noticing the slight shift closer but not saying anything. "Just because it's warm, doesn't mean I'm not cold. I am only half dressed now."

"Well, if you're a little cold," Adah said, keeping her tone light and considering, and then hardening it a little with a level gaze through her dangling hair, "then I'd tell you to suck it up and go outside, and then you can complain."

"You're no fun," he said, flicking his shirt again. "I took off my shirt for research purposes and now you want me to go and freeze."

"Are you cold, then?" Adah asked, quirking her eyebrow and making another failed attempt to snatch the flicked shirt. "You can't possibly be that cold."

"I'm freezing," he lied. "So cold that I can't even shiver."

Adah couldn't help a light laugh at that, her head jerking back a little. "You lie! It's nice in here! Very temperate and warm. Can't have it too cold for the books, after all. If it's not too cold for the books, it's not too cold for you."

"Not lying!" He frowned in mock outrage. "You don't know that I'm not cold! I could be standing here, freezing, but I'm putting on a brave front. You have no proof that I'm not cold."

There was another shifting of weight. One that just happened to bring Adah a little bit closer. More specifically, it happened to put her in a position where she might be able to reach the shirt. It might require her to be quick, though. Not her best area. Still...

"If you're so freezing, then why don't you just put your shirt back on?"

"Because then you might want to go pay attention to the shirtless pirates again," he explained like it was obvious.

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