vanillajello | Overland Park, KS, A Weekday in October (Friday Fandom Time)

Inspecting the damage in the mirror, Kate poked at her nose and winced a little when that proved that yes, it still hurt. The slight swelling had gone down, though, and there was only slight bruising on either side of her nose, so it could've been a lot worse and Kate knew that. It'd fade before the interview with the Teach Abroad people next week.

But it was still enough for her to scrap any and all plans of hopping a portal to Fandom right now. Didn't feel like explaining her face to any randoms, and it was still too sore to the touch to cover up with makeup. So, she was going to be staying home, yes.

That didn't mean she wasn't going to communicate with the outside world. She'd ignored her phone for most of the previous night, too shellshocked and tired to deal with words and all that stuff. She was getting around to it now, though. Turning her phone back on, she noticed there were two texts that made her crack the faintest of smiles as she sent back a reply and shook her head a little at Bobby drinking appletinis.

And then, a message to Bod, who she hoped had just assumed she'd gotten distracted in the middle of their texting last night. She knew how he could worry.

sorry for vanishing last night, we had a situation happen. everything's fine now though.

More or less. With a sigh, she flopped down onto their bed, phone still in hand.

[ooc: NFB, but open to calls/texts, even from people who aren't the bf!]

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Bod nodded and was quiet for a few moments. "Should I come out there? Do you need me?"

He had to offer.

"You have work," Kate replied, which was not exactly a no though she wasn't sure having him around her bruised face would help things. "Right?"

"Today and tomorrow, yes," he said because lying would have been stupid. "I could come after I my shift at the library ends tomorrow, if you'd like."

"Yeah, I guess that'd work." Maybe she'd be able to put some makeup over the bruises tomorrow, even. "I miss you."

"I miss you too," he said, closing his eyes and sighing again. "I miss you quite a lot."

"And you didn't even need to play the hero and get hit to say that," she replied, wryly. "Lucky you."

"I wish I would have gotten hit instead of you," Bod answered quietly.

"No," Kate replied, equally quiet, and soft. "You wouldn't have done what I did. I don't mind that I got punched 'cause at least I stopped T from doing something bad."

"No, I wouldn't have done what you did, of course, but I still wish it was me instead of you," he said because it was the truth. He didn't want to see or hear that she was hurt.

Whereas Kate, as much as it annoyed her that her nose was achey and as much as it had shocked her when it had happened, was actually kind of proud of herself for what she'd done.

Barely able to believe it had happened, but proud all the same.

"Well. Shit happens. It's a rule of life."

"I know," he said and fell quiet because it felt like an almost chastising statement and he didn't want to argue.

Kate fell quiet for a moment, too. She wrinkled her nose a bit, out of habit, then winced when that hurt. "... I shouldn't wrinkle my nose right now."

"Have you put ice on the bruises at all?" Bod offered after a moment of quiet.

"Yeah, last night," she told him. "Then again for a while this morning. There was some swelling but it's gone now."

"Good," he said quietly, nodding. "That's...good."

"And I'm contemplating painkillers though it's not as bad as yesterday," Kate added, after yet another brief silence. "Are you still freaked out?"

"I'm concerned. I don't know if I'd call that freaked out," he said, sighing. "I'm just concerned."

"Well, it's what passes for freaked out when it's you," she replied, attempting a joke. "You're not exactly the freaking out type."

He had no flail in him.

"Just because I'm not freaking out doesn't mean you don't have to go to the doctor," Bod told her, trying to sound stern. "You should at least get checked to make sure there's no fracture in your nose."

"Yes, dad," Kate replied, though it was about as loving as it was mocking. "I will, I promise. For you."

"Thank you," he said, sounding relieved again. "I just want you to know for sure that there wasn't the slightest bit of damage. I'm sorry you had such a rough day."

"I'm sorry too," she sighed. "But, you know, it was a pretty good day until that point? I mean, I have the money now."

"So, Japan is definitely happening then?" Bod asked, pushing his selfish feelings about that down.

"Well, I still need to have an actual inerview in person," Kate replied, though she sounded like that wans't much of a hurdle to cross. Assuming her face wouldn't put them off. "But, yeah."

"Congratulations," Bod said warmly. "You'll do well over there. I'm absolutely sure of it."

[I have to run out for a quick errand in juuuust a bit!]

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