Third Floor Common Room, Late Sunday Evening

[the_merriest]

Rikku had no idea why she was up. She should be tired, but she wasn't. Go figure!

Luckily, her Monday class wasn't until after lunch, so it was okay if she stayed up late. She'd even remembered to bring snacks this time. Lots of sugary goodness and crunchy stuff.

The TV said it was a Movie Monster Marathon and Rikku was learning all kinds of stuff. She felt like taking notes. She'd have to ask someone later if any of these creatures were real or not. Most of them weren't anywhere in Spira, that was for sure.



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[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"Ooh, snacks. Have you anything with sugar?" Aravis asked. "And I agree absolutely. Any of these things could show up and no one in this town would be surprised."

[the_merriest]

"I always have sugar," said Rikku, eyes dancing a little. "And hey! How did the cow-thing go? And hey! Did you, you know talk to him?" Rikku's bouncing was decidedly more pronounced now.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I haven't yet," she said, shaking her head. "There hasn't been a moment to, really. But the cow thing went well! He was slightly startled! And then there was a horse in my room this morning, but surprisingly it wasn't a gift of retaliation."

[the_merriest]

"I bet he was more than slightly startled," Rikku laughed. "A horse?! No way! I came back to the dorms on Saturday and Crookshanks - Hermione's cat? Was this creepy middle-aged guy who kept kicking her bowl and being grumpy. It was cute. Disturbing, but cute."

She leaned in a little, dropping her voice. "I, uh, I had the, you know, talk? With, uh. Yeah." And she bounced more.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"You did?" Aravis's eyebrows shot up. "Did it go...well, did it go well enough that it's not common room talk?"

[the_merriest]

Rikku grinned, bouncing more. "It ... kinda? Yes, very! I mean, not like that, like, we were just talking! It was more, uh. That we, uh, we're okay. We're really okay. We're great. Super-great. Yeah. And ... yeah." She smiled, all dreamy and stupid.

"So!" she said suddenly. "Talking to boys is good. Really. A lot. So, so great. I highly recommend it A-S-A-P."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I'm happy for you. A-S-A-P?" she asked, not touching the question of whether she'd actually do any talking of her own.

[the_merriest]

"So you should totally talk to him. Soon. 'Cause then things get sorted and you can get to the 'oh, I'm so happy I don't have to worry about this and you rock' smoochies and those are the best." Rikku? Totally was going to be annoying about this. "ASAP means as soon as possible and people say that instead of 'soon' which makes no sense 'cause it's longer but it's more DRAMATIC and EMPHATIC or whatever, I guess."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis stared. "But talking means...talking."

[the_merriest]

"Talking means you don't worry about the stupid stuff any more. And even better, talking means he says these awesome wonderful things that kinda dig in and hang out in your head and play themselves over and you can cuddle up next to them and just shiver." Rikku sighed a little. "Which is totally worth the rest of it."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis smiled a little. "But first there's talking."

[the_merriest]

"Hey," said Rikku, folding her arms. "If you're badass enough to tell those Carlorians to kiss off, then you can totally have a conversation with some guy. Right?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis rolled her eyes. "It will be uncomfortable."

[the_merriest]

Rikku snickered. "Right. 'Cause getting sentenced to death, that's easy and fun, but talking to some guy? Way harder."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"It truly is," she said. "At least if I'd died I wouldn't have to deal with the aftermath of my words."

[the_merriest]

Rikku leaned over to put a hand on Aravis's shoulder. "Hey. He's a nice guy, you know? It'll be okay. It's all embarrassing but it gets easier. I promise. And then there are smoochies and that makes it all worth it."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps," Aravis said, still looking unconvinced. "Or! Or I could just never say a word and it will also be fine."

[the_merriest]

Rikku raised an eyebrow at that. "You really think that'd work? Or even, let's say it did. You tell me you're not gonna worry about it ever again, and I'll shut up about it right now."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"...I'll take talking under advisement," Aravis sighed.

[the_merriest]

"This is like one of those things that you worry about a lot, and build up all huge, and then get over with and later go, 'Why the heck didn't I do that sooner?' Except that's after the relief and the post-relief smoochies and those are the best kind." Rikku nodded. "Trust me on this."