Hawi, Hawaii, Sunday Early Evening

[vanillajello]

One of the good things about living in Fandom was getting to use Portalocity. So, when an obnoxious dude happened to stumble upon incriminating videos of a dark part of your life you would have rather buried and never thought about again, and you ended up punching him in his stupid face, and then found yourself anxious to get off the island because it was making you feel pukey and bad... You could hit up Portalocity for a package deal on portals to a cottage in Hawaii.

Kate had portalled out ahead to set some stuff up in advance before Bod got there. Those things included mundane stuff like getting groceries, but also special things like a hammock fit for two between two trees in the yard. It was important to have one. Right now, it was.

And there were one or two other things as well. Since the portal was not too far from the cottage, Kate had just texted Bod the address and a picture of the building, and was waiting for him on the kitchen, wearing the dress she'd not gone to a party in not too much earlier. She was resting her elbows on the railing, and beside her there were an empty jar, and a quickly made sign that said 'KISSING BOOTH'. Because she was a dork.

A dork who really, really felt like she needed to be with her boyfriend right now.

[ooc: NFB. For her partner in BDE-fleeing!]

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[therewaslife]

Bod laughed and even blushed a touch. "I promise to deliver on that good stuff. For now though, lead the back outside so we can relax lazily?"

[vanillajello]

Kate grabbed a couple of glasses from one of the cupboards as well, then started ushering him out the door. "Go on then," she said. "Relaxation awaits."

[therewaslife]

"I'm going, I'm going," he said, stepping back out into the sun and heading towards the hammock. "I may never want to leave that when I get into it. Just a fair warning."

[vanillajello]

"Oh, I'm sure I'll be able to entice you into leaving eventually," she teased, smirking. "But don't worry, I'm not in a hurry."

[therewaslife]

"I'm sure you will," Bod agreed because that was a foregone conclusion. He knew she'd be able to do that. For now, he was going to lightly slide himself into the hammock and get comfortable first since he figured she'd want to sprawl on top of him.

And he managed to do that while holding the juice.

[vanillajello]

He was amazing. Kate, meanwhile, watched him do that and then congratulated herself on having actually chosen plastic glasses, because she didn't have to worry about those so much. She just put those in first, before climbing in herself, bottle still in hand.

She winced a bit at when putting some of her weight on her right hand made it sting, just the slightest bit, but that was over quickly and soon enough she was settling down, half on him, half next to him.

[therewaslife]

When she put the glasses in the hammock, Bod picked them up and settled them on his chest and stomach so she could climb in without sliding against them. The wince he saw there made him frown momentarily before wiping it away.

"Comfortable?" he asked, smiling down at her. "Is this all right? Do I need to move around at all?"

[vanillajello]

"No, you're good," Kate replied, smiling up at him while discretely pressing the back of her poor hand against the chilled bottle. "Very comfy."

[therewaslife]

"All right," he returned, reaching down for the juice he'd tucked against his side so he could start to open it. He stopped though and glanced down at her, looking sheepish. "Should we do the champagne first?"

[vanillajello]

"Eh, we've already fucked up the order of things," Kate replied, shaking her head. "If you wanna have juice now, have juice."

[therewaslife]

"I didn't mean to disrupt the correct order," Bod said as he passed her the juice. "Was it the champagne in the hammock? Or was it getting your ring this early?"

[vanillajello]

"No, it was just the kiss, champagne, hammock thing," she pointed out as she tucked the bottle next to her so it wouldn't roll of or anything, and took the juice. "I think I stopped kissing you to have champagne, originally. But I got distracted."

[therewaslife]

"And I think I really wanted to get into the hammock with you," he said, moving to tangle their bare legs together now that they'd settled down. "So, the order is rubbish now. We can make a new order!"

[vanillajello]

"I'm fine with that," Kate sighed, sliding her leg against his a bit, in nothing more than acknowledgement of his momvement. "I wasn't too attached to it, anyway."

[therewaslife]

"We're in Hawaii," Bod said, getting the hammock swinging lightly while they drank juice and cuddled. "I didn't think I'd be back here so soon."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, well," Kate replied, shrugging a shoulder. "Sometimes things just... happen. When you least expect them to."

[therewaslife]

"Is everything all right?" Bod asked quietly, looking down at her. "That statement wasn't meant as anything prying, I promise. I'm really very glad to be back here with you."

[vanillajello]

"I'm glad you're here too." She rubbed her cheek against his shoulder. "I've just had a really... weird day."

[therewaslife]

"Would you like to talk about it?" Bod asked, taking a few more sips of his juice and keeping the hammock swinging lightly in the Hawaiian breeze.

[vanillajello]

Kate was quiet for a moment. She considered the pros and cons of just coming out with it now and potentially wrecking the relaxed mood, versus keeping it to herself and making herself crazy by constantly teetering just on the edge of telling him.

The former won.

"I punched Topher in the face today."

[therewaslife]

"Ow," Bod said and chuckled lightly. "That explains the wince I saw on your face a few moments ago. Did you hurt your hand on his face?"

He was already guessing she had a good reason for punching him and decided to wait for her to tell him versus asking her why.

[vanillajello]

"Yes," she replied, instinctively flexing the fingers of her hurt hand a few times. "But Mitchell got me an icepack. I don't even know whether I should be glad or a little creeped out that I have friends who'll just all nonchalant-like get me an icepack before even asking why I did it, when I show up complaining that punching people hurts."

[therewaslife]

"Are you certain you didn't break anything?" he asked, reaching down to gently take her sore hand in his. "Have you taken an aspirin or something to help ease the pain?"

[vanillajello]

"It doesn't hurt that bad anymore," she told him. "Just like I'm sure Topher's nose isn't bleeding anymore."

[therewaslife]

"Mmm." He reached down and gently kissed the top of her hand. "We'll put some ice on it later so it doesn't swell or get stiff later. It looks all right. Your poor hand."