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Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part II

Gosh, the summer picnic was so much nicer--and warmer--than the spring one. There were tables and chairs set up in the sun and the shade, and more than enough food for everyone. Hopefully, everyone was up for socializing for a while!

[OCD is up! This is the picnic post for general mingling. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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"I'm drinking water," Dante said, holding up his bottle.

He didn't roll his eyes this time, but the way he was looking at her basically communicated the idea anyway.

... and no, he didn't need to stop and recover. That'd be a waste of whatever time he had left.

That's okay, Ringo could roll her eyes instead!

"And you got some food. So I guess you're doing a decent job of it."

Ringo folded her legs and flopped down next to him. "How're you doing?" You know, really?

"Getting over a hangover and looking forward to making some new friends," Dante said, stretching his legs out.

He was done talking about his feelings.

(Because he'd done so much of that already!)

"New friends, huh?" She eyed him in bemusement. "You going to learn their names?"

"Kinda hard not to on an island this small," Dante said, shrugging. "Can't really get away from anyone you make friends with."

Ahem.

"You might be able to if you were faster." Oh, yeah, Ringo went there, Dante.

Because even though she was concerned for him, he was still Dante.

Dante eyed her. "And spend like two years running away from someone I just made great friends with?"

That euphemism was going to break eventually.

"Well, I suppose you could get pretty tired if you had to do that."

Ringo smirked.

"And it's good to know you consider me a great friend."

That was not even close to what he said, and she knew it.

"Oh, no," Dante said, picking up his bottle of water again. "Pretty sure we've never made great friends."

He'd abandoned that thought like a year ago. He wasn't rushing his way back to it.

"Awww." Ringo pretended to pout. "So what does that make me, instead?"

Other than a pain in the butt?

"A pain in my ass who won't stop yelling about inline skates?"

And recently, his feelings. Which was even worse!

"AirTrek." By now the correction was automatic and accompanied with a shrug. "And I don't yell." She just spoke very, very enthusiastically.

She eyed him, smirking just a bit. "But if you'd like me to find another topic for conversation, I could probably do that." Like feelings, Dante! Feelings!

"I'd like you to buzz off," Dante said, tossing a pizza crust at her. "That's what I'd like."

Ringo caught it out of the air without any real effort, examined it, and tossed it back toward Dante. "Oh, come on," she said with a little-sister smirk, "you can tell me how you really feel."

Feelings!

"I mean it, Ringo," Dante said, catching the crust just as easily. "It's closed. Let it the fuck go."

She sighed, but decided to let the topic drop. At least for the moment.

Glancing over at Dante, she shrugged. "Almost surprised to see you here, considering how you look today. Couldn't resist the free food?"

Because dropping the subject didn't mean she was leaving him alone yet.

"Free food, new people," Dante said. "Like I said, I'm making friends."

He was also pretty sure he'd get sighed at by Ada if he didn't make an effort to sober up today.

"Met anyone interesting yet?"

Ringo could always use suggestions for other people to meet, after all.

"A few people," Dante said. He shrugged.

He glanced around the picnic. "Hey, Ringo? You seen Anders today?"

Ringo blinked in surprise. "Huh. Now that you mention it, I haven't." It wasn't exactly like Anders stood out, precisely, but he wasn't invisible, either.

"You guys didn't head over here together?"

Dante shook his head. "He wasn't in the room this morning," he said. "I guess maybe he headed out to the mainland or something?"

Damn it. He'd promised Anders he'd try not to leave him alone.

"I haven't seen him since, um. Last week." Since she'd packed up Kathy's room.

Should she be worried?

"I haven't seen him since I got back," Dante said. "Maybe he just needs a couple days?"

He couldn't blame Anders.

Ringo nodded. "Yeah, that could make sense. He's kinda quiet, might just need some alone time." As far as Ringo knew, anyway.

"'Quiet's not the word I'd use," Dante said, "But sure."

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