The Grounds around the Stables, Friday Morning

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The ground was still wet from the rain earlier, but Ino was out bright and early to fuss with her garden area. After double-checking that all the little markers were in place, and fixing the ones that had moved—how?—she rocked back on her heels and considered the ground. Hmmm.

It was the perfect time to start digging up the ground and making it so she could plant her seedlings. Yes, she’d promised Karal that she’d have him help, but Ino didn’t see why she couldn’t, you know, start.

There’d still be plenty of work to do after all. With a grin, and a bounce in her step, Ino went and fetched her gardening shovel, then set to work cheerfully.

[Open, yes. I’ll be slow due to that whole working thing, but should be mostly around.]

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Well. That made her feel all... not so delighted. Was Hoshi talking 'bout...

"Why wouldn't it happen?" Ino asked after a long moment.

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Hoshi hugged Porthos to herself. "The timing's really bad. He's not really available." After all, the commander was twice her age and over 100 years in the future.

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Okay.

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Now she was even warier. "Why isn't he available?"

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"Because he's currently deployed on a Vulcan ship somewhere in the year 2145," said Hoshi. "Plus, I think he's dating this waitress at a bar back home."

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Words could not accurately express how glad she was that it wasn't 'bout Michael. Seriously.

"Oh." Ino blinked a bit. "Well, that'd totally suck."

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"It does. I'm trying to put that behind me and move on," said Hoshi. "I mean, there are so many single guys in this school, right?"

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That totally wasn't a twitch. Totally not.

Ino looked thoughtful. "I've got no idea, actually. Most of the ones I know have got someone."

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"Same here," said Hoshi. "Oh well. Maybe we'll get some more students coming in for the summer."

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She grinned. "I totally can't wait for that to happen! I'll be totally talking to anyone I don't recognize that day."

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"I might do that too," said Hoshi, smiling as well.

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"That's the spirit!" Ino beamed. "Courage!"

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"I might have to drop by Wellspring Arms and check out this meditation in the meantime, so I'm ready to face the crowd at the welcome picnic," said Hoshi.

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"You totally should," Ino agreed completely with this plan. "Cable-san's got Mondays and Thursdays, Ed's got Tuesdays, I'm Wednesday, and Rikku's Thursday, so we're open most of the week. Plenty of time to come."

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"Hmmm. I work at the hotel on Wednesdays, but I can drop by on one of the other days," said Hoshi.

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"Or on a lunch break," Ino said, amused. "I totally go visit people on my lunch breaks sometimes. Though, yeah, for a real lesson you'd be better off on another day."