2nd Floor Common Room

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Sakura camps herself on a couch, a small basket of yarn sitting beside her, a half-used ball and a pair of off-white knitting needles in her hands. She seems completely absorbed in what she's making, but is open to interruptions.

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[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward wanders in, back to randomly roaming the dorms. And he completely hasn't been hibernating. He watches Sakura knit for a while before interupting. "I could never do that."

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Sakura is only vaguely aware of someone watching her, but pays it no mind. It's probably kind of strange to see a girl in highschool sitting around knitting over a Holiday break on a common room couch.

She jumps, however, when he voices his thoughts on knitting, and one of the needles slips out of her hand and off the couch to the floor. For a second she just stares, startled. "...woah," She leans forward and picks up the needle. "...you have an annoying tendency to sneak up on people, you know that?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"That's my mad sneaky skills for you," Edward said, amused. He leans over the back of the couch to try to get a look at what she's working on. "Impressive."

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Sakura frowns at him, flattening her eyes slightly. "Well aren't you just a ninja," She comments, rolling her eyes but grinning. She fidgets with the needles a bit, rearranging the coloured yarn in her lap. The particular ball she was working with was a dark charcoalish grey, fuzzy and looking rather like faux fur. She eyed Ed a moment. "...not really, it's not all that hard to learn," Shrugging, she picks up the basket and sets it on the floor. "Y'can come sit, you know."

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Edward snorts. "I probably don't have the manual dexterity for something so intricate. And even if I did, ten to one I'd have string caught in my automail within five minutes. Besides, knitting's girly." Instead of walking around the couch like a normal person, he monkeys over the back and drops onto the cushions, hard enough to bounce Sakura.

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She raises her eyebrows at him, somewhat confused by him doubting himself. Certainly knitting wasn't something he would enjoy, but that didn't mean he couldn't do it.

...then again, he had a point about it getting caught in his prosthestics.

She shot him a jokingly dirty look, about to make a snide comment about knitting being girly and the fact that he could easily be mistaken for a girl -- especially wearing as much clothes as he was, now that it was winter -- but didn't have a chance as he hopped over the back of the couch. Squeaking, she dropped her other knitting needle, and in trying to catch it, they both fell to the floor.

She stared at them a moment, then just laughed at them, as if they'd been against her all evening and she'd just been waiting for them to make their escape.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward actaully looked slightly apologetic. "Um, sorry," he offered, giving her a grin. He looks over at her "project." "So, what are you making?"

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"...Erm," Sakura fumbles a bit, picking up the needles. She shoots him an odd glance, the fabric bundled up in her hands, as if she were trying to hide it. She neglects to answer his question, and instead fidgets with the needles, continuing her knitwork.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"Oh...kay." Edward raises an eyebrow at the odd behavior, but doesn't really bother with it. He instead digs around in the seat cushions until he finds the remote to the TV and flips it on.

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After a few minutes of silence from her end -- unless he could hear the needles clicking together -- Sakura pauses, and stands up, quickly darting behind the couch with a sort of impish grin. She leans on the back of the couch casually, as if watching from behind Edward gave her a better vantage point of the TV he'd just turned on.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward really isn't paying all that much attention to either his enviroment OR the television set. Fear the onset of brooding...

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Sakura absently notes this, but takes it as an oppurtunity. After eyeing the back of his head a moment, she promptly half-pounces him from behind, draping a slightly furry strip of fabric around his neck without saying anything. Instead, she acted more like she was still watching the TV, all whilst leaning over the back of the couch to lean against some boy she hardly knew. How else was she supposed to get the scarf around his neck?

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward flinched forward in surprise, he hadn't been paying any sort of attention. He looked down in confusion, hand automatically going up to the strip of fabric, before half-turning to look at Sakura over his shoulder. "...what?"

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Sakura tilted her head away from him a bit, raising her eyebrows. "You've looked kind of down the passed couple days," she commented idly, turning back to the TV and straightening, releasing his shoulders. "And considering you're always cold and I needed something to do, I figured this might help."

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"I, uh..." Edward fingered the scarf again, the surprise clearly written on his face. There was the hint of a blush creeping across his face. "...wow. Thanks."

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Sakura smiled and scruffed his hair a bit, circling the couch and sitting on the arm of it to gather her stuff. "No problem," She said offhandedly, sticking her knitting needles in the basket. "Hey -- let me know what you're doing tomorrow. It's supposed to be Stuff Your Face Day, and ..." She paused, making a face. "...I made way too much food in my Home Ec class, and figured you're a guy, you can always eat." She grinned at him, trying not to laugh at her own overestimation.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward blinked, then grinned. "I am always game for food," he said, nodding. He wonders if she has any idea exactly how much food he can pack away.

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Sakura makes an "okay" symbol with one hand, smiling and standing up from sitting on the arm of the couch. "Then I'll come bother you sometime and feed you." She snickered softly. "In the meantime, I'm gonna go ahead and go to bed, I'm tired."

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

He nods, still grinning. "I'll see you tomorrow then. And... thanks. Really." His fingers are still twined in the scarf.

[sakuracchyan.livejournal.com]

Sakura nods, then waves her free hand dismissively. "Shush. Here's to hoping that it helps keep you warmer this winter." She reaches out and scruffs his hair one more time, then pivots and wanders out of the common room to hit the hay.