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Fifth Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

This was getting to be a habit.

Ronan pulled the casserole dish from the oven, and set it on the counter. When he pulled off the lid, the odour of the meatballs, in their savoury, tangy, tomato sauce, escaped and filled the room -- and, if prior experience was any indication, likely the entire building. He pulled a packet of toothpicks out of his basket, setting it beside the casserole, the only kind of utensil for this kind of meal; this was definitely a 'stand, eat, and chat' evening, and there was plenty for anyone who wanted to come by. There were also crackers laid out on a tray. and some sliced peppers, to help round out the meal.

(OOC: And Ronan once again feeds the dorms. :D )

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"You teach a lot of others, huh?" It was mostly a thought, but it managed to make itself heard.

"Um, well..." Setsuna thought for a moment, making a quick list in my head. "With Teddy, I'm at four, I believe. Yes, four, because John's graduated. So, there's Henry, then Ami-chan, Karal, and now Teddy." She couldn't help but straighten a little proudly, preening ever-so-slightly. "Back home, I was teaching Asuna-san, as well. I...really enjoy it..."

"That's good-- kind of have to admire you for that, too," Alphonse said. "The last few times I tried to teach anyone, I... think I left them rather confused. Though it was usually about alchemy that they wanted to know about."

Setsuna chuckled a little. "Well, swords are easy. If anything, you can always whittle it down to hack-and-slash, although I do like to but a little more into it than just that. With alchemy...I mean, even I still have trouble understanding your alchemy...Anyone can learn a sword, Alphonse, but I've met significantly fewer people who can do alchemy."

"That's because hardly anyone around here knows what it is, to begin with," Alphonse pointed out. "Anyone can learn it too, but... it's definitely different than learning how to use a sword, I guess. I know I've never used one."

Alphonse really didn't think that last part through before he said it, did he?

Setsuna's eyes got really wide. She may have even heard her heart stop for a second. "Alphonse," she said, "you've really never used a sword before?"

Alphonse blinked; no, that response wasn't one he was expecting. "... No?" he replied lamely. "I- I've never really needed to, before..."

"But...you spar so..." Setsuna's jaw snapped shut a moment, her expression twisting into a slightly disturbed, thoughtful one. "I mean, I suppose knowing the sword isn't necessarily synonymous with being a good sparrer, but I just never imagined...I mean, you've always mentioned so much about training that I just assumed..." The babbling drifted off, as Setsuna firmly tried to will herself against immediately suggesting that they set up a session to start teaching him how. She really was far too overzealous about that sort of thing, and the last thing she'd want at this point in time is to have Alphonse realize that she was an obsessive, spastic freak and rethink this whole...being together thing.

"Aha, no, no," Alphonse said, shaking his head. "Our teacher never taught us anything about weapons, just hand-to-hand. It was all mostly for defensive purposes, as well. On top of that was alchemy, as well. I don't think she would've ever wanted us to use a weapon..."

Defense. Of course.

"...Why...why not?" Setsuna asked, tilting her head.

"Mmmmm," Alphonse leaned back and looked up in thought. "She always wanted us to use our abilities to be able to help others, and those, well..." He slowly trailed off; he didn't want to say swords and the such did the opposite of helping-- definitely not around Setsuna, but Alphonse was sure it would be a reason his teacher would give. "... They weren't really needed in what we were wanting to learn, either."

"Mmmm..." Setsuna, too, settled back, her soft sound, her movement, almost the exact same as Alphonse's except that, instead of looking up, she looked down. She considered the first part of the statement, the way he trailed off, reminding herself that of course Alphonse knew that she used her blade to protect above all else. But...

"You don't...don't look..." She stopped herself abruptly, shaking her head. "Oh, God, listen to me. Of course you wouldn't look down on people who do use weapons like swords for their means. I mean, if you really believed something like that, then you...you and I...wouldn't...."

"N-no!" Alphonse insisted quickly. "No, no, not at all! I-- I don't see anything wrong with them."

"O...okay," Setsuna breathed a little easier, nodding. "Good." She offered a weak smile. "Not that I...really...thought you did, but, um, well, y'know..."

"Ah, sorry... I mean, I know your reasons would differ from mine, and, well, mine wouldn't work out too well when it comes to why..."

"Yeah, I...I know," Setsuna shook her head, small smile again. "I'm just being...weird. Sorry."

"Nah," Alphonse shook his head. "You're not. It's all right."

"Kay..." Setsuna said, quietly, biting her lip and looking over at Alphonse next to her. Her smile took on a tentative feel. Tentative, but almost expectant...

Alphonse wrapped an arm around Setsuna's shoulders and pulled her closer to him. "There. Better?"

Her face was absolutely burning red, but Setsuna also, at the same time, had then developed a grin almost too big for her to be able to contain. She leaned lightly against him. "Yes," she said. "After all, having to take the initiative in things like this can get rather tiresome, you know..."

Alphonse gave her an awkward look. "Ah... w-what?"

"Not saying it's a bad thing!" Setsuna said, laughing slightly, nervously. "It's cute, realy, but I mean, you know..well, technically, I put this into motion the other night..." Her hand searched for his. "I was always the one...who..." She looked down, blushing terribly; if they weren't in a common room right now with other people, she's just say 'did this...' and kissed him but...Common room! People!

"O-oh, um..." Her points were true; Alphonse just had an array of reasons why he never said anything, before. Which, in the end turned out to be something that shouldn't have bothered to stop him. "I-- I'll try to be better about that."

"Not that I mind, of course." Yeah, the blush was definitely going anywhere. And, really, how could she mind anything at this point. Setsuna was just so ridiculously happy over the fact that this finally was... "I'm mostly just teasing."

"As usual," Alphonse replied with a small smile.

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