Overland Park, KS, Saturday Fandom Time

[vanillajello]

As requested/ordered, Kate had gone and gotten her face checked out by a doctor yesterday, and then spent the rest of the day doing absolutely nothing. Today was turning out to be much the same, except her face was sightly less sore to the touch, and she was waiting for Bod to show up after his workshift.

And while she was doing that, she was reading up on all things Osaka and Japan on the internet, and trying to learn useful phrases in Japanese. It was a quiet day in the Craine – Gregson – Kowalski household. Charmaine and Neil were downstairs, presumably reading yet another one of the dozen baby books he'd bought after the false labor fiasco. Who'd have tought he'd be the responsible one?

It was funny to think so with a still-bruised face, but maybe things were starting to look up a little bit.

[ooc: Mostly for the bf if he so wishes, but can be open for all the usual text/call stuff as well.]

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[therewaslife]

Bod was slightly late in getting to Kansas but that was because he'd stopped and picked up food (Chinese and a lot of it) and a rather large get well present for Kate. He knew she liked bears and he hadn't been able to resist.

So, after saying hello to Charmaine and Neil, he made his way up to their bedroom and gave a knock with his foot since his hands were completely full.

[vanillajello]

Kate raised an eyebrow at the knock, but she had a pretty good idea of who it was going to be and why he couldn't open the door himself (that reason being foood), so she got off the bed and made her way to the door, and opened it.

"Oh my god," she laughed, catching sight of him.

[therewaslife]

"It's a get well present," Bod said, sounding muffled because the bear was so large," and I know you like bears. This one can join the one I got you at the carnival. And I also thought you'd just like it."

[vanillajello]

"I love it, thank you," Kate replied, still laughing as she reached to take the bear from him. "And Lennox Fitzherbert IV could totally use a big bear friend."

That was still the best name any bear had ever had.

[therewaslife]

As soon as she took the bear, Bod was trying to get a look at her face to see how she was healing. Her voice sounded good and she'd laughed and he hadn't heard any gasps of pain but he still wanted to see for himself. That would be the ultimate reassurance.

[vanillajello]

Kate's face... could have looked worse. There was slight purple bruising on either side of the bridge of her nose, but other than that, her face looked pretty normal.

And said face was peering at him over the shoulder of an overly large teddy bear she was hugging to her body. "Hullo, Bod."

[therewaslife]

"Hullo, Kate," Bod said, smiling at her. "You don't look so bad. Does it still hurt?"

[vanillajello]

"If you poke at it," she shrugged with a lopsided smile. "Please don't poke at it."

[therewaslife]

"I won't poke at it," he promised, smiling lightly at her. "I apologize for worrying like I did. I just wanted to make sure you were completely all right."

[vanillajello]

"Don't apologize, there's zero need," she replied with a brief shake of her head. "I like that you care. You wanna actually come in now?"

[therewaslife]

"I do," he said, stepping inside, Chinese food and all. "I brought food with me in addition to the rather large bear."

[vanillajello]

"Oh, boyfriend, you are officially the best," Kate decided, as she went to plop the bear down on their bed. "The food situation in this house has gotten grotesque since Neil moved in."

[therewaslife]

"What exactly does that mean?" Bod asked, wandering over to find a spot to set the food out. "Is there too much food? Or too little of it?"

[vanillajello]

"It means a lot of good stuff has been banned 'cause it's not good for the baby," she explained, rolling her eyes. "I don't get why it has to affect me too, but I usually go next door for dinner."

[therewaslife]

"Well, you and I can have a completely unhealthy dinner tonight," he said, smiling at her. "Will it hurt if I kiss your cheek?"

[vanillajello]

Kate had to smile a little more widely at that question. "No," she said. "Not unless you do something unusual."

[therewaslife]

"I have no idea what I could do that's unusual but I'm not going to do anything unusual," he promised, stepping over to lightly kiss her cheek. "That's all right?"

[vanillajello]

"That's totally good," she replied. "I meant like... if you suddenly decided to, like, bite my cheek or something. Something unusual like that. 'Cause it's only around my nose that it hurts to get touched."

[therewaslife]

"I'm not going to bite your cheek," he said, laughing quietly. "Today is probably not the time or place to do that. You need to heal."

[vanillajello]

Kate snickered. "I don't want you to bite my cheek ever. That just sounds painful, and not in any kind of fun way."

[therewaslife]

"I won't bite your cheek ever," Bod promised, shaking his head. "I will leave your cheeks unmarked."

[vanillajello]

"Good." She nodded. "You're free to leave marks anywhere and everywhere else. Just leave my face be."

[therewaslife]

Bod brushed his fingers featherlight over the bruises near her nose. He wasn't applying any pressure but he just wanted to reassure himself further.

"Have you and your mum talked since it happened?"

[vanillajello]

Kate flinched a little, anyway. Instinct.

"A little," she said. "But I think we're kinda just both wanting to move past it, you know?"

[therewaslife]

The flinch was enough to have Bod stepping backwards, looking contrite. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."