vanillajello | Room 324, Late Wednesday Afternoon

This whole packing thing was starting to get really familiar. It was getting easier and easier to gather up clothes and other necessities. Kate had already lost count of the times she'd gone home in the last few months, when earlier she could easily go months and months without going back.

It may have seemed like a random change, but it really wasn't. The truth was that there was less to run away from at home right now. The Gregson family circus was currently not staging any shows of mental illness and embarrassment. It was actually easy to go home.

And this time, she'd found a ridiculously cheap portal connection to Kansas City for later in the evening, so going was even easier. Even if she'd just seen Zack's email and been reminded that Hannibal had said he was coming around for Ino's birthday, which probably meant she'd miss seeing him. But, she'd been intending to storm his new New York dwelling as soon as possible, anyway. She'd make up for missing his visit then. Couldn't let a deal like that Portalocity ticket just pass her by.

Of course, earlier in the week she'd also found out that Lynda P. Frazier's check had bounced. But that had nothing to do with her decision to travel. Nothing at all. None.

[ooc: Open door/post! Your last chance to talk to Kate face to face until Monday, at least.]

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Kate picked up a book from her bedside table and stuffed it into her bag.

"No, maybe you should stay and hurt my feelings some more. So I won't miss you too much."

"Hmm." Bod shook his head at her. "I'd rather not stay if I'm going to do that. Perhaps when you arrive back?"

"So, you don't care if something's not fun for me, but I should still miss you when you're gone?" Kate wondered, the corners of her mouth trying to twitch upwards. "Wow. That's consistent."

"Well, I'd rather not stay and hurt your feelings more if I did it in the first place."

He didn't think he had but he never really could tell.

Kate gave him an idle glance over her shoulder before going back to... fiddling with her stuff. She was pretty much done packing.

"I think you should soothe my hurt feelings." Yes, those imaginary ones. "Instead of just taking off."

"I don't know how to soothe feelings I didn't know I'd hurt," said Bod, shrugging. "What kind of soothing do you want?"

"I think you should come over here," she replied, nodding to herself, not looking at him. "I think that'd totally be a start."

"All right," he said, nodding and wandering closer to her. He stopped just behind her, hands still in his pockets.

Kate let a quiet moment pass by while she absently zipped up ber backpack.

"Think you should do something more than just stand there."

"Uh, all right," said Bod, biting his lower lip and trying to figure out what she wanted him to do. "I'm talking to you, that's something more."

"So clueless sometimes," Kate muttered fondly under her breath, reaching back for his hands, to pull his arm around herself. "Even if I do like you tlaking to me."

"Well, how was I supposed to know you had something else in mind?" Bod asked, wrapping his arms around her waist and tucking himself close to her back.

"I thought you were supposed to be able to read minds?" Kate wondered innocently, leaning back against him.

She had absolutely no reason to think that. And she didn't.

"Unfortunately, I can't read minds," he told her, nuzzling the back of her neck gently. "I do best without that ability."

"Mm, then I guess I just have to tell you what I think," she remarked, setting her hands on his arms. "Doesn't sound too hard."

"I know you enjoy giving me as many details as you can," he said, sighing and resting his cheek against her shoulder. "You're outgoing. I'm not. It's helpful in these situations."

"In most situations," she supplied idly. "Kind of my thing, talking. I'm known for it."

"And it's not mine at all," he said and held her tighter. "You can do the talking, I'll just listen to you talk."

"But I like listening to you too." Not that she had any problem with talking his ear off, either. There was always something to talk about.

She sighed and closed her eyes. "You're warm."

"It's a warm day," he said and reached to kiss her cheek. "And it's warm in here. You're warm too. And soft."

"You're kinda soft too," she said, smiling a bit at that kiss and his words and the touching. "It's nice. I like you."

In case he didn't know.

"I would hope you like me," he said, keeping her close and smiling against her shoulder. "I like you too so I think that works out well for both of us. I really like you."

"I know, I've heard," Kate replied quietly. "I really like you too. And your arms and your eyes and your nose and your voice."

She was going away for a few days. That was reason enough to stock up on silly affectionate things.

Bod smiled and kissed the top of her shoulder. "I like your arms, your eyes, your hair and your voice too. I'm going to miss you."

"Like you should," she teased, smiling, still with her eyes closed. "I'm gonna miss you too, Muffin."

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