Library, Tuesday

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was subdued at the library today. She was going to occupy herself with shelving titles, and hoping no one asked about the white satin gloves she was wearing.

If anyone asked, she was going to claim they matched her outfit. They did. Because she had picked an outfit especially to match satin white gloves.

She wasn't gray any more; most of the physical changes had slowly disappeared. So maybe in a day or two, her fingernails would stop looking so much like talons.

Maybe.

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[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Well... yes, exactly.

"It's not becoming," Squall grumbled.

[angelo_wings]

"So they should learn to become soldiers?" Rinoa asked. "Since these are ordinary high-school girls we're talking about. Not mercenaries, or resistance fighters. It'd be more appropriate for them to polish weapons than to flirt with boys because ... ?"

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"Well... not weapons, then." Squall floundered for a way to prove he wasn't being irrational. He hated being irrational. "But there are plenty of things that are more important than flirting and gossip. They need to learn responsibility."

[angelo_wings]

"They're learning how to socialize with their peers and date," she noted. With a great deal of amusement. "So that they don't turn into strange recluses who don't understand how to relate to other people and are emo."

Cough.

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

She had a really good point, there. It didn't negate the fact that the girls in the book were annoyingly flighty and irresponsible, but her point did hit home.

Which is why he answered her with "Whatever."

[angelo_wings]

"It's not very attractive when you sulk," she reminded him, gently.

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't sulking," Squall lied countered. "...Besides, I thought girls like the 'brooding' sort of look."

[angelo_wings]

"Sometimes," Rinoa said. "And sometimes, you're supposed to replace 'whatever' with the far superior admission that I'm right and beautiful and then, you kiss me."

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"I'm right and beautiful," Squall answered, and leaned in to kiss her.

[angelo_wings]

You know what was more attractive than him sulking?

Him making the rare joke. The kiss might be difficult, with all of the giggling, but she was totally going to commit to it once she managed to stop.

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

It wasn't all that funny of a joke, either. But if it got Rinoa kissing him, then he'd have to remember that. He gave her a grin and kissed her back enthusiastically.