Room 324, Monday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

It was official: Kate absolutely hated dealing with interdimensional time differences. Hated, hated, hated. No, seriously. Yesterday, she'd set her brother to work on figuring out a schedule for his graduation visit, and he'd called her back today (a few hours later, his time), and they'd still had to spend the better part of an hour trying to finalize something of a plan. It was a frigging nightmare. She'd almost given up entirely, especially after she'd started getting a headache from trying to understand how their worlds could have been going at different speeds and they could still be having a normal phone conversation.

But somehow, they'd finally done it, and Kate had hung up and sighed and was now sorting through a pile of fresh laundry. She'd washed a bunch of clothes last week and never gotten around to actually putting them away. Might as well do it now.

It was helping her get a little less pissed off at stupid things like the multiverse.

[ooc: Door and post are open!]

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[vanillajello]

"No," Kate replied firmly, though it was accompanied by something that may have been a bit of laughter. "I am not about to brand myself in any way."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"So, my face is out?" Nathan asked and then gestured to his face. "I mean, this is a beautiful face, you have to admit."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah but no one's face is that beautiful," Kate replied, shaking her head. "Getting pictures of people tattooed on you is creepy."

Like something Gene might have done. ...Oh God, she shouldn't have even thought that. Eww. She made a face.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"This constant denial of your true feelings for me is quite impressive, Kate," Nathan teased, smirking. "Lesser woman haven't held out this long before they've been underneath me and writhing."

[vanillajello]

"Well, I'm special," Kate replied. "It's why you like me. That and the fact that I have chocolate, and a comfortable bed."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Pfft," Nathan said, refusing to answer that. He did get himself more comfortable on her bed though. He'd slept on a floor the previous night so a bed was like heaven. "I need to stop being a homeless person soon."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, well, you're going home," Kate pointed out, leaning back on one arm. "I think that means by definition that you'll stop being homeless."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know," he said, sighing and staring up at the ceiling. Of course, Nathan had no clue what was in store for him when he did go home. "Stop being so fucking literal. You're annoying."

[vanillajello]

"I'm annoying, I'm boring, I'm no fun," Kate listed idly, voice trailing off. "Gee, I'm really feeling the appreciation here."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"You're also hot?" Nathan tried, smirking.

[vanillajello]

"Yeah I don't know if that helps," Kate replied, shaking her head. "That's kind of lame and kinda very little as far as flattery goes, after all those hurtful things."

Because she was hurt. Truly.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"You know when I'm lonely?" Nathan tried, making his most adorable face ever.

[vanillajello]

Kate wrinkled her nose, ignoring his attempts at looking adorable. "Is that a good thing?"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"I think so," Nathan said, nodding. "It means you look a little closer than most people do. It means you care and shut the fuck up, don't say a word about that."

[vanillajello]

Kate pressed two fingers to her lips, as if to show she wasn't going to say anything. Of course not. Why would she?

Why would she, indeed, when the fun thing about being her was that she didn't need to say things to say them? A smirk, even interrupted, half obscured by fingers, was just enough.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Nathan took advantage of his long legs and tried to kick her in the hip. She deserved it for being a smartass.

[vanillajello]

Kate laughed even as she smacked his leg, trying to scoot awy from his reach, not that she'd be able to accomplish that without getting up, or falling on her ass on the floor. "I didn't say anything!" she protested. "Technically, I didn't!"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"You smirked, you smartass!" Nathan said and tried to kick her again. "I was confessing some deep thoughts and you smirked! You're lucky I didn't try and kick you off the bed!"

[vanillajello]

"You wouldn't dare kick me off my bed," Kate replied, trying to grab his ankle with both hands. "Besides, you only told me not to say anything. Next time, be more specific!"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Oh please, you know what I meant!" Nathan said, trying to wriggle his ankle free of her grip. "You know I didn't want any reaction whatsoever and you're denial is just making you look like a fool! You're not hot either!"

[vanillajello]

"You're just saying that," Kate decided, holding his ankle tight. "What did you expect? You know me, did you think I wouldn't react at all?"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't have reacted if it was you!" Nathan lied, still trying to wriggle free. "I would have kept silent and been stoic and I would have supported your deep personal confession!"

[vanillajello]

"Bullshit!" She let go, seemingly just because that was just so far beyond not believable she couldn't conecentrate on anything else. "Oh my God, you don't actually expect me to believe that, do you?"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Why not?" Nathan asked, laughing. "I'm believable! How can you not believe this utterly honest and adorable face?"

[vanillajello]

"Because, Nathaniel," Kate replied, and here came the smirk again, though more smug than before, "I look a little closer than most people."