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Fifth floor common room, Friday evening/night

Nadia decided being social would take her mind off her birthday thoughts.

So she was in the common room now, instead of her dorm room, staring out at the rain.

This? Totally counted as progress.

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"I visited them yesterday, at Sparky's, before..." Face turning red, Setsuna approached that differently, "...while I was in town, but, really, they were too distracted with their new female bodies to really be much help."

And, she realized in a way that only made her shift more, she had been too distracted as well...

Alphonse became a little flustered, though tried to shake that off-- that was yesterday, done and other with-- okay, not even that, because this was about different events that had nothing to do with anything himself but instead entirely different people.

Right.

"Ah, sounds like them..." Alphonse commented. "Maybe, um, now, they wouldn't be so distracted?"

Setsuna sighed. "Yeah...I've been looking though, and haven't run into them, either..." And she tried to think of something more to say, because she was rather afraid things would shift into an awkward silence if she didn't, but she also found herself really not wanting to talk about Ranma, either.

"Hm." Alphonse finally leaned further back in the couch; he found himself tensing somewhat through the conversation, not realizing it until now. He wasn't sure what else to contribute either, as he was somewhat clueless about how this whole ordeal worked, and knew that too. "... You can have a seat, if you want," he offered, after a moment's silence.

There was a long pause...a very long pause, before Setsuna nodded. "T..thank you," she said quietly, and sat down, beside him, but not next to him, keeping a good distance and perching a bit on the very edge of the sofa.

The pause now had Alphonse worrying; maybe... that wasn't such a good idea. Noticing where she sat, his eyes slowly drifted to where the window was, watching the rain pour down instead.

Alphonse let out a sigh; he didn't think it would still feel as awkward as it did, yesterday.

And there it was. The thing she worried might be there after...after they...she knew it would have just been wishful thinking to imagine that they wouldn't feel awkward about it. But....Setsuna didn't want that. At all. Things weren't supposed to be awkward around Alphonse; they never were and it just...they never should be but she, in a moment of weakness, had ruined that. This was Alphonse, who she trusted more than anyone else in the world, and here she was, sitting away from him like she was trying to pretend he didn't exist or anything...like what happened didn't exist.

Swallowing slightly, Setsuna decided that she wasn't going to let that happen. She shifted a little, still perched, but angling her body more toward Alphonse, turned her head even if she couldn't quite look at him save for an occational fleeting glance upward. "So..." she started slowly, then gave herself the little push to continue, making herself smile a little, "following my advice and continuing this...this more social trend, Alphonse?"

She tried her best to make it not seem awkward; she wasn't sure how she succeeded, though.

Alphonse blinked, snapping out of the train of thought he was falling into. He turned his head toward Setsuna, deciding, perhaps... whatever happened yesterday, should just be set aside. At least, for now, because he was aware it wouldn't stay unsurfaced forever, much as that probably would have made everything easier. Alphonse smiled a little himself and nodded. "Giving it a shot."

Setsuna's smile came a little easier to see Alphonse smiling, too. "And how's it working out so far?"

"Hey, it's not like I've forgotten what it's like," Alphonse insisted, leaning back on one of the pillows.

Setsuna let out a small breath of a chuckle. "Perhaps not. But if I couldn't give you a difficult time about it," I wouldn't have anything to use to distract us from yesterday, "then there goes all my fun..."

In response, Alphonse reached out with his foot and nudged Setsuna with it. "I can't win either way, huh?"

Not without a blush, Setsuna smiled a little as she lightly nudged him back with her own foot. "I could stop if you wanted me to."

Alphonse made an 'oomph' noise when she prodded him, then letting out a chuckle. "Doesn't matter," he said, shrugging.

"Good," Setsuna said, beaming at him slightly. "Don't think I could really stop even if I wanted to."

And, yes, as she looked at Alphonse, she realized that she was thinking about it again, but it couldn't be helped, really. It was such a nice kiss, after all. And there wasn't anything wrong with just thinking about it, right?

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