Library, Tuesday

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was quiet today in the library, for better reasons than last week. But she wasn't hiding. Conversation would be a pleasant distraction.

And if there wasn't any to be found, she'd welcome the stacks of books here. Libraries were the best place for quiet contemplation.

(open / ocd-free because I am running late / pings will have to wait a few hours until I am home again!)

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[angelo_wings]

"I haven't talked to my dad in a while," Rinoa admitted, "and Squall and Seifer are both orphans. It's ... I think I get it."

Okay, Squall had turned out to have a father, but one who didn't know he even existed until Squall was 17, and vice versa, so. That sort of felt like orphan-with-an-asterisk.

"It's rough," she said, nodding. "Why were you stealing his apple? Flirting, or because you wanted it?"

Either was a legitimate answer, in her mind.

"And good kissers are always a bonus," she added.

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." Not exactly the same, whole different worlds, but there was stuff that was more important than that. Kenzi took a swig, and handed back the bottle. Then grinned. "Both? And to see if I could? He had it in the front pocket of his hoodie, if I'd managed to distract him that hard, wellll..." She nodded vigorously. "Yes. Much bonus. I went on the 3-minute dates, and there were guys I liked, but it just kind of... solidified? That I liked him best of all." She tilted her head. "He has really pretty eyes." And oh God, never let her sound like that in her head around Toby.

[angelo_wings]

"Okay, fess up," Rinoa said, putting the cap on the bottle and setting it down. No more booze for her right now, thanks. "Did you go on the three-minute things to see if you wanted other guys, or to try to make him jealous, or did you just get signed up for it and you rolled with it?"

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"First one," Kenzi admitted, swaying only a tiny bit. "Didn't tell him I went 'til after. Then to check if he'd care, I guess? And he was all worried for a minute. 'Til we got that straightened out. I think being around Seifer made me worried, you know? But I bet that was, like, ninety percent crazy and priest's costume." She grinned wickedly. "Bo's the one that got signed up and had to roll with it, not me."

[angelo_wings]

"There's nothing wrong with going just to go, either," Rinoa said, shrugging. "I had to do a lot of the making-him-jealous stuff, at the beginning. It's a long story. But it's also good to know for sure if you're wanting to settle down or not. Better to be sure than to end up hurting somebody."

She flipped through her mental file of students and frowned. "I don't think I know Bo, either," she said. "I really need to get out more."

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"Yup, that," Kenzi said, nodding vigorously. "So yeah. We're dating now. Not much different than before, just with smoochies." She grinned, and took another bite of ice cream. "Bo's the Security Person. Chick. Here. Not a student. We're buds."

Well. She felt perfectly comfortable breaking into Bo's place. That made them buds, right?