Second Floor Common Room, Saturday Evening

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The TV was playing the DVD of last year's pageant. The handwavey posters had advertised this event, and there was lots of free popcorn for everyone.

Hopefully, Mr. Bristow would be pleased, and not kill Cally.

Cally herself was sitting at a small table, which had a bunch of bottles on it. There was a little sign saying "Viper Juice, $5.00 per Bottle".

Maybe it'd work.

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[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy waved back. "Hey Setsuna! Popcorn?" He held the bowl out toward her.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"Oh, thank you, Teddy," Setsuna said, regrabbing a handful. "You wouldn't happen to be here in hopes to find something to make you feel a little better about this years pageant, too, would you?"

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy shook his head and grinned. "Nope, I wasn't in the pageant, thankfully." Ducking his head, Teddy continued, "And I thought you, Ranma and the twins did an excellent job in your performance."

He fully expected to get smacked for that.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna really had to restrain herself to not smack him, as evidenced by her deep breath. "You had to mention that, didn't you," she said, sneering slightly, adding in a barely-audible mummble,"they're so lucky I wasn't using live steel."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"Sorry, sorry. It's just..." He snickered. "I'm really surprised the twins aren't dead."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna grunted with annoyance. "If it weren't for the fact that I'm able to hold it over their heads now, they probably would be."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Okay, the laughing fit was over. Now Teddy was feeling guilty about bringing it up. "You can make fun of me for dressing in drag once if you want."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"Teddy," Setsuna gave him a look. "That'd be the pot calling the kettle black if I've ever heard it. The whole issue with that whole fiasco is that I was in drag. Did you even pay attention to it? They made me the man!"

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"That's the point!" Teddy waved his hands, trying to emphasize his words. "When embarrassing stuff happens to friends, you tease them because they know stuff about you and can do the same. Or maybe that's just a guy thing. It could be, I don't really have many close girl friends."

He paused to think that over. "And if that is just a guy thing, feel free to hit me," Teddy said, offering his arm for hitting.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna sighed a little, looking sadly at the offered arm, which she wouldn't hit. "I don't think it's just a guy thing," she assured him. "I think I'm just uptight to a fault...Most people probably would be over it by now..."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Did that mean Teddy was uptight? Because he still wasn't over the whole drag queen thing.

Damn Molly. Damn makeup.

"Not true! If I had to go onstage dressed as a girl, I think I'd hide in my room until school was over, so you're totally doing better than me," Teddy said earnestly.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna's frown grew deeper and deeper the more she considered this and let it sink in. "But..." She took in a deep breath. "But...Ranma actually was dressed on stage not only like a girl, but as a girl, and he's not nearly as bothered about it as I am, and I wasn't even dressed like a man; my costume was gender-nuetral...." She slumped a bit with a sigh.

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy took a sip of his Viper Juice and coughed. Smooth.

"Ranma's more used to the whole gender changing thing than we are."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

The slumping increased. "Yeah, I guess...And he's....really gotten...a lot more....comfortable with it lately..."

This was Setsuna, trying to curl into a little ball, trying desperately not to think of that one night when Ranma tried on the kimino for her. The fierce red in her cheeks was a good testiment to her failure in that endevour.

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy stared blankly at Setsuna, confused by the blush for a moment. Oh. Oh. That was so much more than he ever needed to know about his friends' relationship.

He made a small squeaking noise and busied himself with drinking his booze.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

And Setsuna, shoulders lifted as high as they could go, was really wishing she didn't turn down the offer of booze. She drew in a deep, deep breath.

And exhaled it with a flurry of mushed-together words. "So, um, anyway, how have you been, Teddy?"

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy looked into his bottle of Viper Juice like it held the secrets to the world. "Um... myboyfriendandIbrokeup."

If he didn't say anything, he knew Ranma would.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"Hm?" Setsuna wasn't quite able to process that at first, but then it slowly sunk in and she felt like kicking herself for completely failing at the task of talking about something less uncomfortable. "Oh. I...I'm sorry, Teddy...."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy picked at the popcorn in his bowl, eyes carefully avoiding Setsuna. He waved her concern off. "'s cool. Been almost two weeks now."

Not that he was counting or anything.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna gulped, also looking away. "That doesn't really matter; I mean, I still sometimes get depressed over what happened between me and Jude. For the first two weeks, I was a total mess. Not that I expect it to make you feel any better, but I totally understand. Breakups aren't easy...."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

That was somehow more comforting than Ranma's hugs. Just having someone who understood was nice. "Thank you," Teddy said softly, still looking down at the bowl of popcorn.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"For what?" Setsuna's eyes went to Teddy for a moment, as she frowned in a bit of confusion.

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"Understanding."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna let out a rueful sort of grunt. "Well, yes, it'd be rather nice if I didn't, but there's no avoiding the fact that I do. Pity this didn't happen sooner, or my breakup with Jude happen later, and then our moping would be a little more aligned..."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy snorted. "I think we're doing that right now. Next time let's try to get more warning on this so we can have chocolate and more alcohol."