Weeping Angel A4, Friday After Classes

[vanillajello]

Kate was fighting a losing battle.

Namely, one of trying to stuff all her surprise luggage under her bed. There were just too many. They would never fit. But she just had to try. Not like she wanted them just laying around, when they had labels like Too much responsibility, Pushed around by skeevy guys and Heart bruised by Southern idiot.

And of course, that one fucking luggage set with the label Crazy mother issues.

Eventually though, she just gave up, letting a few of the bags that wouldn't fit just stay in sight. She was just going to flop down on the bed and be thankful that at least she'd been able to push that one black leather bag (which for some reason looked like an old-fashioned doctor's bag, and which had the words That one awful Saturday labelled on it) as far back under the bed as it would go.

Fucking Fandom.

[ooc: Open for cabinmates/visitors! I'll be around for a couple of hours now, and then again later in my evening.]

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[vanillajello]

"I don't know, I just do," she replied. "I mean, it could be really annoying? But it's not like you're actually that shy. You can do stuff, and you're good at it, but you just can't talk about it. And I just think that's adorable."

[therewaslife]

"I'm sure I could talk about it if I truly focused," Bod insisted, nodding. "I know what it is I can do and how to do it so the words shouldn't be that hard to find."

No, he just couldn't do it. He was just that weird.

[vanillajello]

"I really don't think you could. That's not how you grew up, and that's just not who you are. Random Latin is more your thing than random dirty words."

[therewaslife]

"Maybe you're right." There was no maybe about it, really. "I probably couldn't say anything dirty. I mean, I did try once and it wasn't even that dirty. I suppose that activity isn't something you'll ever be able to really do with me."

[vanillajello]

"I don't care," Kate replied, simply. "Trust me, I don't."

He was just fine as he was.

[therewaslife]

"I do trust you," Bod said, dropping all pretenses of playfulness and coyness or whatever else. Just a simple statement in a sincere tone. "I trust you completely."

[vanillajello]

Kate let that bounce around her mind for a moment or two before she said anything. And when she did, she sounded about as sincere.

"I trust you more than most people."

[therewaslife]

"I'll be careful with your trust," he said, reaching up to brush a thumb along her cheek until he could push her hair back again. "I promise. I'll keep it safe."

[vanillajello]

Kate smirked a bit. "You make it sound like it's some sort of an actual thing you can keep safe."

[therewaslife]

"I think it is," Bod answered, nodding. "We've talked a little about trust before. I don't think you give it too lightly. It might not be tangible but it's something that can be give and can be kept safe and shouldn't be taken for granted."

[vanillajello]

"Mm." Well, she didn't disagree, even if she felt like trying to keep the topic a little on the light side. "Still not something you can actually carry around in your pocket, though."

[therewaslife]

"I know that," he replied, laughing a little and backing away from that topic a bit. He tucked both of his hands behind his head and sighed quietly. "I'm not that weird, I promise. I don't actually think trust is tangible."

[vanillajello]

"I think that would actually go straight past weird, and into just plain crazy," Kate decided. "And I get enough of that as it is."

[therewaslife]

"I'm fairly certain that I'm just weird," Bod assured her with a quick laugh. "A strange boy from a strange place who doesn't really know what he's doing at all. That's me."

Bod took his eyes off her to look up at the ceiling for a minute, letting himself get a little lost for a quick moment.

"And I can't say dirty words," he said, refocusing on her. "Strange and rather dull."

[vanillajello]

"Oh, bullshit. You are not dull, that'd be fucking impossible." 'Strange', she wasn't going to argue with. She called him that way too much. "Not like I think I'm interesting just because I can talk dirty."

[therewaslife]

"You don't feel strongly about that at all, do you?" he asked, teasing. "If you could, I surely couldn't tell."

[vanillajello]

"No, I'm completely indifferent when it comes to this topic," she deadpanned in response. "I barely have an opinion. About anything. Ever."

[therewaslife]

"Of course you are," he said and draped an arm around her loosely, laughing quietly. "My mistake, of course. I'll be more observant next time."

[vanillajello]

"Good luck with that," she replied. "That must be hard for you. I know you're not too observant by nature."

[therewaslife]

"Terribly unobservant," he agreed with a nod. "I'll have to really apply myself if I want to correct that. I'll start immediately. Or tomorrow. One or the other."

[vanillajello]

"You should start right now," Kate told him, mock-solemnly. "Waiting would be lazy and you now my feelings about that."

She even made a disapproving face.

[therewaslife]

"Fine, I'll start right now." Of course, he didn't know how to start so he just nodded after his statement. "You've convinced me. Thank you. You're very helpful to have around."

[vanillajello]

And Kate was just going to stare at him intently. Like she was expecting something to happen.

She'd call it supervising.

[therewaslife]

"I think it's going to be a natural process," he said after he'd gotten a little squirmy under her gaze. "So, it might not happen right away. Unfortunately."

[vanillajello]

"But you said," she whined (and it was fairly convincing), "that you were going to start right now."