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Kate Gregson ([personal profile] vanillajello) wrote2011-05-30 04:51 pm
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Room 324, Monday Afternoon

The view out the window was still Tokyo. And it was still raining. It was starting to get a bit depressing.

This meant Kate was spending her day in bed, eating candy and reading some laughable YA romance novel for the sole entertainment value of mocking it in her head. And playing 'spot the cliche' while wondering whether she should just get her laptop and pull up TVTropes to make herself a bingo card for the next hundred pages or so, because she was sure she could see the major twists coming a mile away.

Ah, easy afternoons.

[ooc: Just for he who knows who he is, and various degrees of SP.]
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therewaslife: (→ | headtilt)

[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
After leaving Professor Skywalker's office, Bod had wandered down to the graveyard in the rain. He hadn't stayed long but he hadn't dried off when he ended up at Kate's room. He gave a quiet knock and waited to see if she was in.
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's open," Kate called out absently. Or tried to, at least. She had to swallow half a mouthful of candy before adding, "Come on in."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Bod slipped inside Kate's room slowly and shut the door behind him. He tried, he really tried, to cover up the emotional turmoil he was currently feeling. It was better to just being able to see her.

"Hullo," he said quietly.
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate looked up, smile turning from bright to just a little more tentative, just from the first hints of something being a bit off. Maybe. She wasn't sure. "Hi."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Did I interrupt you?" Bod asked quietly, staying against the door for the moment. "I'm sorry, I can come back."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, of course not, don't be stupid," Kate assured him with a mild frown. She held her book up a bit. "I was just reading this shitty novel, I think you're saving me from brain damage."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"All right," he said, crossing his arms and looking down. He tried to shake himself out of -- out of whatever he was feeling. "It's still raining outside."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know," Kate said, sounding gentle despite herself. She put her book on her nightstand and sat up a little more, watching him. "Hopefully we're not stuck here for the entire summer."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hopefully not." He liked the rain and even this was too much for him. He finally pushed away from the door and came closer to her, taking his shoes off as he did. "I love you."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"I... love you too." The hesitation was just because she was trying to figure him out. She moved a bit, made more room on the bed next to her. "I do."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Bod sat down on the edge of her bed and rubbed his hands over his eyes and through his wet hair. "I'm so tired right now."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Did something happen?" Kate asked, and then her eyebrows went up as she started making connections. He'd been watching those... games, right? Right. "Did something happen with your friend?"
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"She died," he said plainly, sighing and rolling his neck on his shoulders. "Hopefully it wasn't painful."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate hadn't even known Katniss, but she still felt like she'd had the wind knocked out of her for a second or two. It was just-- she just wished there hadn't been so much death all the fucking time.

But this wasn't about her. "Oh, Bod, I'm... so sorry."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank you," he said and sort of flopped down backwards onto her bed so he was looking up at the ceiling. "I knew it would probably happen. I'm just sorry it had to happen. I'm just -- "

He closed his eyes.
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sad," Kate filled in, quietly, watching him and wondering how she could feel so helpless all of a sudden. "I know. I'm sorry."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes." He ended up curling on his side and pressing his face into her sheets. He liked being able to smell her there. "I'm getting your bed wet. I apologize. I'll do a load of wash for you later."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"You don't have to, I don't care," Kate murmured, reaching out to gingerly brush some of his hair away from his face. She'd barely even noticed he was wet. "Don't worry about that."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"I took a walk to the graveyard," he explained quietly, eyes closing under her touch. "I didn't stay long. I couldn't see anyone anyway."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate kept brushing her fingertips along his forehead and his cheek. "I'm sorry," she said again, though it felt futile.
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's all right," Bod said, sighing and clenching his eyes shut tighter. "She went out -- she didn't give up. She went out fighting."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"... Good." Kate assumed it was good. She honestly wasn't sure.

She pulled her hand away, only so she could stretch out beside him, close but not crowding him unless he'd want her to.
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't want to lose you," Bod told her quietly. "Not like that and not at all."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate bit on her lip for a second or two. "You're not going to," she said, shaking her head. "I know I can't promise that, but I really really don't want you to lose me either, so you're not going to."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know, it's an impossible promise to make," Bod agreed, closing his eyes and trying to keep a hold of his emotions. "I don't mean to do that toyou."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's an impossible promise to make, but it's one you need right now," Kate replied quietly, scooting a bit closer. "It's a hard day, I know."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll be fine," he mumbled, covering his eyes with his hand. "It's a hard day. I don't know what to do right now. I feel so helpless."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know." Well, it had been two weeks – seriously, just two weeks? – since she'd been the one with a recenetly dead friend. She just hadn't had to watch it happen. "I know. I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do?"
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just stay close to me," Bod requested, sighing and keeping his eyes closed. "I just want to be with you right now."
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can do that," she promised quietly, moving closer just that one last bit so she could drape an arm over him. "I'm here."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's all I really want right now," he said, curling up against her and sighing again. He didn't think he was going to cry but he wanted to be close to her anyway.
vanillajello: (Poor lost sheep.)

[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then you get it," she sighed, trying to soothe him by slowly rubbing circles against his back. "You can stay as along as you want."
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[personal profile] therewaslife 2011-05-30 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank you," he said and fell quiet, deciding he'd just stay right here he was until he fell asleep or felt better or something. He just knew he didn't want to go anywhere.
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[personal profile] vanillajello 2011-05-30 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
And Kate... well, Kate was intending to stay right where she was until he wanted to move. Or until she decided he needed to eat something, or otherwise got overwhelmed by her helplessness enough to need to actually do something.

But for now? Rubbing his back and muttering soothing things under her breath. It was better than nothing.
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