Room 324, Saturday Morning

[vanillajello]

Kate had... kind of intended to spend the night alone. That had been the original plan, at least, before a miniature freakout and being a fabulous fake and having to stand the sight of Caroline and ugh. Yet another plan of Kate's that had not gone quite as she'd originally thought it would.

She'd figure out how she felt about that later, maybe. Because right now she was still asleep, clinging to Nathan with an arm and a leg over him, pressed close against him despite the blankets spread over them. That was just her thing, minor neediness slipping out when she wasn't conscious enough to control it. It was a lot like another morning a month or so ago, probably, except they were presently decidedly more lacking in clothes and knew each other better in whole new ways.

And Fandom was being Fandom again, but that was not for them to know yet. They'd find out soon enough.

[ooc: Just for that one guy, and for that other smaller guy who'll cause a whole lot of emo despite being adorbs, and then probably that third guy with some more emo.]

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[vanillajello]

"You're putting words in my mouth again. Or, thoughts in my head, or something." She shook her head, fidgeted a little, tried to breathe and clear her head. "I was trying to do that, you know."

Pretend to be friendly, she meant. Not putting words in his mouth, though she'd done that too before but she had a long way to go before she'd admit that out loud.

[therewaslife]

"If you admit that you've been putting words in my mouth, perhaps I'll do the same," Bod said, shaking his head. "Until then, I think we should just...try to not fight. We both don't want to be around each other but he's here and I don't want him to be lonely."

[vanillajello]

"He wouldn't be lonely even if we took turns," Kate replied, trying to find some gentle tone of voice even after everything, her eyes on the sleeping boy. He so didn't deserve any of this. "But I... guess you might be right."

Or maybe she was masochistically greedy for any details Dorian might share of his life, and wasn't betting on Bod telling her about much of what he heard if she wasn't around.

[therewaslife]

"Just think of it this way, Kate, do you want to explain to him why I'm not here when night falls?" Bod asked curiously. "I really don't want to tell him why you're not around in the early morning."

[vanillajello]

"I could... have come up with something." She had good verbal skills and she was an excellent liar these days, she though she might have pulled it off. Still, she shook her head and rubbed at one of her temples. "So, what? Are we going to have to, like... spend the night together?"

So getting wasted once this was all over and done with. This was horrible.

[therewaslife]

"No," he said, shaking his head. "I'll stay here until he falls asleep for the night. And then I'll just come back early the next morning and bring breakfast like that's what I slipped out for. If he awakens in the middle of the night, you'll just need to distract him."

He'd thought about this already, yes.

[vanillajello]

"Okay good." Kate looked relieved, and almost grateful that he'd thought about it, because concentrating on those things was so much better than paying any attention to the slight hint of disappointment that slipped in uninvited. "Good. That's -- yes."

She had no idea what to do next.

[therewaslife]

"If he's like us, he shouldn't wake up," Bod said, taking his hand off the boy's head and folding his hands in his lap. "He'll be a heavy sleeper or, at least, he'll be able to fall back to sleep easily should he wake up."

He looked up at her and half smiled. "And he probably likes sweets quite a lot."

[vanillajello]

"And pudding," Kate replied. There wasn't even a ghost of a smile, but the thought was there. She sighed. "Good thing I stocked up."

[therewaslife]

"I don't know what to do until he wakes up," Bod said, shrugging. "I can leave, if you'd like. Explaining away my absence during a nap shouldn't be hard. I'd like to not ruin your entire weekend."

[vanillajello]

"I think that's too late now," Kate said, but it was light, resigned. She'd just have to make the most of it and get through it. "I can call you when he wakes up?"

[therewaslife]

"Ouch," he said, looking down as he got to his feet. He gave Dorian's head one more touch before he walked briskly to the door. "I'll speak with you later."

And then he was gone quickly.