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The Roof; Late Wednesday Night.

After speaking with Lucifer and finally dealing with the fact that she couldn't remain away from the dormitory all night, it only seemed appropriate for Setsuna to fly back, settling on the roof. She...was there, she didn't necissarily have to go in quite yet and, besides, she knew once she got to her room to lie down in her bed and sleep, all she'd be able to think about would be this morning with Ami. So she found a place to perch and looked out over the landscape, thinking. Tomorrow was Thursday. Spar with John, and a promise to visit Ami at work. The spar would help get her mind off things; the visit...time would tell how that was, but, if she didn't show up, then she wouldn't be doing a very good job of maintaining the illusion that everything was alright and nothing had changed...

...but she was feeling that everything had changed. And this was only the very beginning.

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Ranma was feeling like this was one of those restless type nights. The roof was the place at time like that. But then he spotted wings. He approahed a bit of the way in silence. She seemed pensive... He called her name softly just to not startle her when her reached her.

"Hm?" Setsuna turned her head, lowering her wings a little so they didn't block her vision, as she turned toward the sound of her name. And she blinked, as though surprised to see him. "Oh. Ranma." She nodded her head to him and then wondered why she was being so formal. It had to have been the night, the mood she was in. //"Hello."//

He walked over and touched her shoulder lightly, //Are ya feelin' okay?//

Setsuna's head tilted lightly toward the hand on her shoulder, and she closed her eyes a little bit. Of course, Ranma had been one of the frequent subjects of her thoughts all through the day. He was a rather mysterious factor in all of this; she could easily bring herself to dismiss Ami-chan on the belief that she had no business feeling anything for a girl who wasn't Konoka-Ojou-sama. Ranma was an entirely different matter. For several reasons.

//"I've had a very long day,"// she said, softly.

//Wanna talk about it?// He seems a lot more gentle and mature than usual. He strokes the back of his fingers lightly against the spot where her wings be began.

It was really quite an unfair move on his part; Ranma knew that was a sensitive spot and it moved her to lean on his shoulder, wings carefully moving out of the way, and she realized how tired she was. //"I picked up another job today,"// she said, because she didn't want to talk about it, but she did want to talk.

He hugged her neck from behind loosely. //You don't need money. Why?//

Setsuna shrugged, trying a light smile as she responded. //"I dunno. Want to earn an honest living for a change and the post office job is just a little bit unfulfilling so far?"//

He chuckles softly and boldly leans down to nip lightly on her ear before whispering in it, //Well don't ya go overworkin' yourself.//

Which lead to a very conflicted reaction in Setsuna; for the first time, she felt herself actually adverse to an action like that, instead of receptive to it. She didn't say anything about it, but the squirm of her body, the lift of her shoulder between them probably said enough for her. //"Of...of course not...."//

Ranma quickly pulled away and moved his arms from her neck. He stood up straight behind her. Most certainly embarassed, and even a little hurt by the reaction. //Well I jus' meant... mentally. I know you're strong enough to be runnin' around all the time but... ya over think stuff a lot and stress yourself out... 'm jus' worried about ya...//

So much for acting like nothing was wrong. Setsuna could guard her words, but visceral reactions were much harder to control. Her face burned red with anger rather than embarrassment, anger at herself, for being so damned messed up when it came to things like this. She shifted, to turn around, and reach for his hands. //"Ranma, please, don't get up. Sit next to me still, please?"//

Ranma looked at his feet, shyly blushing. But he nodded and took her hands. //'m happy ta of course...//

//"I'm sorry,"// Setsuna said softly. //"I'm just...not...really all with it today. I...guess I should get some sleep, but..."// She drifted off a little.

//Anythin' I can do...? I know ya like... to keep some thin's ta yourself... I mean.. I understand. But if I can help then... I wanna help...//

//"Do...do you think...do you think the twins would mind terribly if I stayed with you tonight?"//

//Nah. An' I'll hit em if they say somthin'.// He grins at her reassuringly.

Oddly enough, the idea of Ranma getting into a spat with the twins over it amused her greatly, although she had a feeling Hikaru could possibly give him a run for his money. She ducked her head, laughing lightly. //"Thank you,"// she said, and looked back up toward him. There was a strange moment of hestiation, but it passed and she leaned forward to give him a light kiss. Strange; it still felt...odd. Probably just her mood, though. The day had left her feeling so drained and confused.

Ranma was feeling very hesitatant after her shifting before. So he's afraid to really move to return it. //Anytime ya know.. If ya want anythin' I'll get it. I mean... even the stars. Anythin' okay?// He's not really romantic. But he's trying.

Setsuna could definately recognize the effort, though, and she appriciated it. //"Stars, huh? But could probably just as well fly up there and get those myself."// The wings stretched, and her tone was playful, not condensending.

//Well lemme jus' think I can do somethin' for ya okay?// He laughed a bit. But it was a bit true as well. He felt sometimes that she hardly needed him around.

Setsuna nodded. //"It isn't like you have to, though. You put up with me; that's definately enough."// More so than Ranma could realize...

//Every minute with ya is better than two weeks without ya...//

//"What about one week?"// Setsuna tossed out, amused, already feeling better just talking with him.

Ranma flustered and tried to recover, //Of course! I m-mean, a minute with you is better than a whole year!//

Setsuna bit her lip slightly as she grinned fondly. //"I'm just teasing you, Ranma. I'm sorry."// She reached out to take his hand gently. //"Just trying to loosen up a bit, really...thinking way too much again."//

//Jus' try ta remember it's all pretty simple if you just relax okay?// He smiles and pulls her hand that's now in his, up to his mouth to kiss it lightly.

Setsuna smiled at the gentle kiss, and realized that it had to have just been her tension from the day earlier. Ranma was amazing, and she loved him, and she was just getting too caught up in things. It...would be okay. She'll talk to him about the Pactio business, the real reason she picked up the job at the Nest...

...but it could certainly wait. Holding onto his hand a little tighter to help restrain some of the effect of pulling in her wings, Setsuna took care of those and smiled at him. //"I'm tired; let's get some sleep?"//

The whole business with Ami? That could definately wait a little longer, until perhaps she understood better even what the whole business with Ami was.

//Sure.// He nodded, and even brushed her hand to his cheek in a soft nuzzle before standing up, //Let's go.//

Billy sometimes liked to go walking late at night. It was quiet, and different. Of course sometimes there were other night owls.

"Oh."

Setsuna turned her head. 'Oh,' indeed.

She drew in a small breath before nodding. "Hello, Billy." It wouldn't do to be all flaily and nervous as she was trying to convince herself that nothing had happened, now, would it?

"Hey." he nodded back. He still wasn't sure what to do about the whole situation, or even what the situation really was.

Situation? What situation?

"How are you?"

"Not too bad. You?"

"I'm okay."

See? This was going completely normally. Nothing to worry about. Nope...

"So...what's new?" Totally not awkward at all.

"Not much," Setsuna shrugged. "Got a new job tonight. I suppose that would be new." Technically newer than that whole waking up with his girlfriend thing.

"Oh where are you working?"

"The Devil's Nest?" Setsuna made it a question, to ask if he was familiar with the place.

"Really? Bartending?"

"Yup," Setsuna nodded and smiled a little. "It'll definately be different from what I'm used to, but it could be fun."

"So you're new to being a barkeep?"

Although Setsuna knew Billy to be ninja, to an extent, she also couldn't trust him to not say anything to Ami about it, so she kept her reply simple with, "Yes; it actually seems something on the side of illegal in most other places to have a sixteen year old working a bar..."

Billy shrugged. Illegal was reletive. Especially here. "I think this place falls outside of the traditional jurisdiction of most places. Remember in the US you're not even supposed to be allowed to buy booze until you're 21."

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