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]

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."

[vanillajello]

"And I can admit you're right about some things!" she laughed. "Don't be so surprised."

[therewaslife]

"If I can't be right about everything, I'm happy being right about those things," he decided. "I'm content knowing I'm right bout those even if you never say I'm right again."

[vanillajello]

"Mm, well, they are probably some of the most important things to be right about," she agreed with a nod. "So I approve of this line of thought. Be right about what makes your girlfriend tick. Nothin else matters quite as much."

[therewaslife]

"I can accept that," he said, moving his head just enough that he could kiss the spot over her eye and then closer to her hairline. "I like knowing what makes you tick. I do."

[vanillajello]

"I like you knowing," she replied with a quite little sigh, closing her eyes again. "I do."

[therewaslife]

"Mm. Are you feeling better?" he asked, sliding his lips along her forehead and down towards her temple.

[vanillajello]

"Yes," she said, quietly. "Yes, I am."

[therewaslife]

"Good," he said, pleased with that. And he showed that by kissing the tip of her nose lightly. "That's what I wanted to hear."

[vanillajello]

"Wanna stay for a while?" Kate asked, wrinkling her nose under that kiss. "It's kind of late, so Bobby will be back eventually, but until then?"

[therewaslife]

"I do," he replied easily, nodding. "I'll stay until then, of course. I'd like to."

[vanillajello]

"Well do you wanna stay like this?"

She, for one, could probably stay like this forever. But she'd be just as happy any other way too.

[therewaslife]

"I don't have any preference," he said and laughed. "We can stay however you'd like to stay. I'm here."

[vanillajello]

"Then maybe we should lay down," she suggested, laughing a little herself. "Slightly easier to make it less embarrassing for Bobby if he shows up."

[therewaslife]

"You first," he said, leaning forward to kiss her briefly. "I can't move until you do."

[vanillajello]

"I can't move if you kiss me," she murmured against his lips, but moved anyway, off his lap and onto the bed so she could sprawl out with her head on her pillows.

[therewaslife]

"It looks like you managed," he pointed out, moving so he could stretch out beside her on his back. "You're talented like that. I had faith in you."