Jelly Bean B2, Friday Morning

[vanillajello]

Someone was spooning Kate and nuzzling her neck as she woke up. It was a really nice thing to wake up to. Cozy and comfortable. And obviously there was only one person it could be. So, sleepily, and fully expecting to see a pale face and some floppy hair and grey eyes and probably a cute smile, Kate turned her head and opened her eyes, and--

Well. The guy was pale, yes. Really pale, actually. His skin was almost white, not the kind of peachy pink that passed for white skin in general terms. And his hair was floppy, but it was also a little too long. And black. His eyes were kind of black, too. And his clothes.

He was most definitely not Bod. Kate pushed herself up on her elbows, eyes wide. "What the fuck?"

"Good morning, Kate," the guy replied calmly, with a gently amused smile.

"Who are you? And why the fuck are you in my bed?"

The guy kept smiling. Actually, there was something calming about him. Comforting. Familiar. "I usually go where you go," he said. "Except when you think you don't need me - which is totally fine, by the way - and you end up giving me to Bod to prove a point. Take my hand. You look like you need it."

Without even thinking about it, Kate took the guy's hand. It felt right.

And at the same time she understood what he was telling her. Her free hand came up to the top of her chest, reaching for something that wasn't there. And the guy just gave him something that was almost a smirk.

Still holding the necklace's hand, Kate fell back with a frustrated grunt and burrowed her face into the pillow. "Fucking Fandom."

[ooc: Open to cabinmates and visitors and whoever!]

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[therewaslife]

"I don't know either," he admitted but he wasn't too surprised at that. "She tried to tell me she didn't need you when she gave you to me that one week."

He smirked over at Kate. "I guess I won that one."

[Night! Sleep well!]

[vanillajello]

"No one won anything," Kate said, making a face.

"She likes saying things like that," the necklace noted. "Kate doesn't need anyone, or anything."

Somehow, that statement almost sounded like its exact opposite.

[therewaslife]

"Ah." Bod glanced at Kate now, wondering if that was completely true. Of course, that meant he just had to ask. The shortest distance between two points was a straight line and asking seemed easier than waiting for her to offer up the honesty.

"Is what he says true?" he asked, curious. "You don't need anyone or anything?"

[vanillajello]

It was such a simple thing, wasn't it? Just asking?

Well, not so much if who was being asked didn't much like the question. Kate made a face again. And didn't really answer. "You're starting to annoy me," she told the necklace instead.

He just looked back at her. "I'm only looking out for you."

[therewaslife]

"Don't fight with your necklace," Bod said mildly, looking half amused. "Unless you'd rather have an argument, that is. I can step outside if that's the case."

[vanillajello]

"I don't think I could have an argument with him, anyway," Kate grumbled, but seemed to relax a bit again. "He's too calm."

[therewaslife]

"We've had arguments before and I'm fairly calm," he pointed out. Granted, he wasn't as calm as her necklace but he still thought he was calmer than most.

[vanillajello]

"Okay, so I couldn't have a fight with him," she sighed. "Anyway, even you get all English and sharp eventually."

With enough provocation, anyway.

[therewaslife]

"All English?" he repeated, smiling now. "What do I do when I get all English?"

[vanillajello]

"Your accent gets stronger."

Or maybe it just sounded like that to her when she was annoyed with him.

[therewaslife]

"I don't tend to notice," he replied but that was logical, at least. He wouldn't notice if he was used to it. "At least I don't yell?"

[vanillajello]

"She'd find it easier if you did," the necklace chimed in. "She doesn't deal well with people being calm and rational when she's trying to have a fight with them."

Kate made a face at him. Again. "Oh will you cut it out with your observations?"

He just gave Bod a little smile. "See?"

[therewaslife]

"He's more observant than I am," said Bod, raising an eyebrow. "Why does she wish I'd yell instead of staying calm?"

[vanillajello]

"I think she just finds it easier," the necklace shrugged. "If you were both yelling she wouldn't feel guilty about making a scene."

To Kate, who was scowling at being talked about like she wasn't even here, he added, "Look, I have nothing else to do than listen to you and your heartbeat and your breathing all day. I pick up on things."

[therewaslife]

"I like listening to her heartbeat too," he shared, smiling softly over at her. "It's very relaxing. I do it when she's asleep and doesn't realize it."

[vanillajello]

"I know," the necklace said, simply.

"Creeps," Kate decided. "You're both creeps."

Creeps she was really pretty fond of, as annoying as they were.

[therewaslife]

"Kate, you have your own quirks when it comes to me, at least, so I think you'd have to apply that label to yourself too," Bod pointed out, leaning closer to her and pressing a kiss to her cheek. "I heart you."

[vanillajello]

"I am not a creep," Kate argued, with a quiet laugh. "I heart you too, but how am I a creep?"

[therewaslife]

"I could ask your necklace," Bod said, slanting a glance at the item in question, "and I bet he'd know."

[vanillajello]

Kate raised her eyebrows at the necklace. He raised his right back at her. And smirked.

She sighed. "Don't say anything."

[therewaslife]

Bod snickered and kissed her cheek again. "I know you listen to my heartbeat too, Kate. You tend to use my chest as a pillow so there's no avoiding it. And you've a fascination with my neck. It's not one I'm complaining about but you wanted to know."

[vanillajello]

Kate shook her head. "Yeah but I don't do that when you're sleeping."

The necklace looked like he wanted to laugh.

[therewaslife]

"You don't?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "Are you telling me the truth?"

[vanillajello]

"Yes." "No she isn't." "Shut up or you're going in the glitter drawer."

The necklace, predictably, looked undisturbed by this threat.

[therewaslife]

"I think you've been caught, Kate," he said and laughed. "You can tell me what you do when I'm asleep. It's not like I'm going to mind or tell anyone."