Room 324, Friday Evening

[vanillajello]

After everything that had happened over the last week, and what little had happened today, Kate was just so very glad to have a completely unrelated thing to focus on.

And right now, that thing was the thought of getting a new fake little sibling tomorrow. So, she'd been putting together a little welcome kit with some useful items. It felt a little dorky, but it was pretty fun, actually, doing that. And distracting, which was the important thing.

She'd even considered baking a batch of cookies, but then decided against it both because there'd be enough food at the welcome picnic, and she wasn't really feeling the idea of standing in the common room baking right now. She'd just offer to bake the kid something at a later date.

So now, Kate was just sprawled on her bed, making a refresher list of all the things a newbie to fair Fandom island should be told on their first day.

And she was eating chocolate. Chocolate was a good thing.

[ooc: Open door, open post!]

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[therewaslife]

Surprise, indeed. Bod couldn't stop the startled yet amused laugh from slipping out. He couldn't even get a witty retort out because of that.

"Did you just squeeze me?"

[vanillajello]

"And your white ass?" She had a fondness for those words right now, and she snickered as she said them. "Yes. I did."

In fact her hands were still kind of there.

[therewaslife]

"You're groping me," he said pleasantly amused by that. He couldn't help it, getting groped was enjoyable.

[vanillajello]

"You like that?" she asked, amused, and giving him another light squeeze. "You should. You're very gropable."

[therewaslife]

"I like that," he said, laughing again but really unable to hide the pleasure he was getting out of getting groped. "I'm gropable? Really?"

[vanillajello]

"Yes." Another, just to prove a point. "It goes well with that whole kissable, lickable, generally touchable thing you have going on."

[therewaslife]

"I think you might be biased," he said and laughed again, shifting back against her hands without realizing he'd done so.

[vanillajello]

"Doesn't matter," she said, her hands moving some, "because I'm not trying to present these as universal facts."

[therewaslife]

Bod sighed, not immediately answering just because he wanted to enjoy what he was feeling. "These are just facts for you, yes?"

[vanillajello]

"Yes," Kate nodded. "And since I'm the only one who gets to grope you, anyway, that's the only kind of fact that matters."

[therewaslife]

"You are the only one that gets to grope me," he said, laughing quietly. "I'm really quite happy about that."

[vanillajello]

Kate snickered. "Is it because I'm good at groping?" Well, she kind of was. And she was proving it right now, even. "I bet it is."

[therewaslife]

"Right now, yes, that is," he said, shifting a bit and unable to keep the stupidly dopey smile off his face. "You're very good at groping me. You know exactly how to do it."

[vanillajello]

"Well I've had a long time to learn," she whispered, amused, "what makes you tick."

[therewaslife]

"You have," he said, closing his eyes again while a quiet laugh slipped out. "What makes me tick, Kate?"

[vanillajello]

"Well, you like to be touched," she said. "Most people do, but I don't think you used to get a lot of that so you take everything you can get. And you like sharp things, like my nails on your back or me biting your lip or your neck or whatever."

She paused, just for a moment. Her hands hadn't stopped and didn't stop. "And your neck is one of the most sensitive parts of your body. I can make you babble total inanities just by touching you there. And you love it when I sit in your lap. And this whole groping thing works well with that."

[therewaslife]

Bod was impressed mostly because every single word of that was true and he'd given her enough evidence that he really couldn't argue with any of it. So, he just looked impressed and looked into the touching for a few moments after she'd said it.

"You're absolutely right," he finally said, laughing and shaking his head. "I -- those are some of my very favorite things that make me tick."

[vanillajello]

"Told you I knew them," she replied, laughing quietly. "Months and months of making out and stuff, I'm bound to pick up on things like that. Haven't you?"

[therewaslife]

"Haven't I picked up on things I like? Of course I have." Sometimes, Bod could make a joke. Sometimes.

[vanillajello]

"Ha ha, funny," Kate deadpanned. Or tried to. The effect was kind of ruined by the little bit of smiling that slipped out. "You know that's not what I meant."

[therewaslife]

"I know," he said, pleased by his ridiculous joke anyway. "To answer your question, yes, I think I have figured out what makes you tick."

[vanillajello]

"And?" As if she'd just leave it at that. "Tell me. Obviously I already know, but tell me anyway."

[therewaslife]

Bod had figured she was going to ask for elaboration. He'd been expecting it, in fact.

"Well, there's the obvious one in that you like laying on me or sitting on me," he pointed out with a laugh. "I think it's a contact thing, trying to get as much as you can and having the body heat be almost relaxing for the both of us."

It wasn't often that she was sitting or laying or draped over him. "You like when I touch her back. I've noticed that a few times. It's a soothing gesture and you like it. You like when I look at you too. And I don't mean just glancing, I mean really looking. When my attention's intensely focused on you and only you. You like that."

[And I am soooooooo crashing soon omg. NIGHT, FOOLISH ONE!]

[vanillajello]

"I do," Kate nodded. "That sounds pretty much right. All of that."

And she wasn't the least bit surprised.

[nIght! ... That's how I typed it on first try so that's how it's staying. Mmm sleep.]

[therewaslife]

"I can't believe you just admitted I was right," he said, pleasantly surprised and not even bothering to hide his grin. "See, I can be right about some things."