Arts & Crafts, Monday [6-23], Period 2, Front Lawn of the School

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After checking himself out of the clinic, Steve stood at the edge of a large, tarp-covered area as he waited for the students to assemble. He was dressed in paint-splattered sweats and a t-shirt with 'ARMY' emblazoned across the chest, and grinning broadly, despite the already-fading bruises on his face. In the middle of the tarps was a large piece of canvas, firmly secured to the ground. Around the perimeter was a lot of paint of many colors in various delivery devices. There were paint-filled Super Soakers and water pistols, paint balloons, and pans of paint. The students had been handwavily notified to wear clothes they wouldn't mind ruining and meet him here.

"Now, I know it's been a very busy and stressful weekend. So I thought you'd like something fun and silly for our final workshop together. So we will be working on a piece of collaborative art. Which is to say...

"PAINT FIGHT!"

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Re: Paint Fight!

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

His smile instantly fell and Johnny dropped his eyes from her. "Yeah, well... I wouldn't be so sure about that."

Re: Paint Fight!

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi had definitely noticed earlier that Savannah and Johnny were not as talkative as usual. "Did you want to talk about what happened?" she asked.

Re: Paint Fight!

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

He shrugged. "Not really. I mean, no sense in boring you with relationship shit."

Re: Paint Fight!

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi shrugged. "It's not boring to me," she said. "Besides, Robin is gone for the summer and Doom... well, I wouldn't mind listening to someone else's problems for a while."

Re: Paint Fight!

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny hated the name 'Doom' so he cringed a little when she said it.

Still. "I didn't want her to get involved this weekend. She did and she got hurt. She rescued people, and I'm damn proud of her for it, but... I don't like it, didn't like it. And we argued."

Re: Paint Fight!

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Well, she's her own person. It's not like you could lock her in a cage to keep her from getting hurt. And if you did, she'd probably hate it," Hoshi pointed out.

Re: Paint Fight!

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Johnny wouldn't mention that in all his idiotic glory, that he tied her to the bed. It was on the radio anyway.

"No. I can't. But I don't have to be there when she doesn't come back."

Re: Paint Fight!

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

It's good that he didn't mention that, because Hoshi would give him a really good lecture if he did.

"What do you think that would accomplish, not being there?" asked Hoshi.

Re: Paint Fight!

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny can be smart sometimes.

"I wouldn't ever hear the inevitable."

Re: Paint Fight!

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"But then you miss the good stuff as well as the bad," said Hoshi. "With any relationship, you get to enjoy the fun parts, but you also take on the risk of having your heart broken when he runs off to Mars or has to go back to running his own country."

Re: Paint Fight!

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"I know... I know all of that." Johnny was just being a stubborn ass.

Re: Paint Fight!

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm sure that you guys can work things out," said Hoshi. "Actually... you guys are roommates, right? You're going to have to work things out somehow, or find another place to live."

Re: Paint Fight!

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, we will. Somehow..." he just wasn't too sure yet.

Re: Paint Fight!

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Well, good luck," said Hoshi. She had a feeling Johnny was going to need it.

Re: Paint Fight!

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, Hoshi," he said, meaning it. And yes, he certainly needed it.