Near the Main Campfire - Thursday afternoon - 5/29

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Liir had the broom, a packed lunch for both of them in his bag and now, all he needed was Ino. As such, he was waiting for her and working on one of his books. Cooking this time. Something on the interaction of spices.

[open, though all threads placed before Ino gets there.]

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"I got to blow things up today," Ino informed him as she snuck up for a not-so-sneaky hug.

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He hugged her, perhaps a little more tightly than usual but not noticeably hard.

"That sounds... cathartic."

He looked down at her.

"Good day so far?"

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"It was a day," she said vaguely, resting her head against him. "But I like the classes I had today. I got to reject people who fake-asked me out in Bell-san's class, and then Bomb class is the best one this time around."

And, alright, it wasn't called Bomb class but that's what it was.

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"Always good to enjoy your classes," he said with a brief grin. "And I'm sure none of them managed your exceedingly high standards and deserved every rejection."

He maneuvered one arm to pull out the broom.

"Ready to fly?"

Too much talk and he might mention something unfortunate, though he wasn't sure how he wasn't going to mention it at all. He'd deal with it when he got there.

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"My high standards?" she raised her eyebrows. Really, her standards seemed to be 'messed up'. The more messed up the better.

"But flying!" That got a small happy little wriggle. "Yes!"

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"You deserve the very best," he said to her with a teasing smile.

Then he moved to sling his leg over the broom handle.

"Whenever you get on now."

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"You keep saying that," she noted, moving to settle herself on the broom in front of him. "And I still know know what to think about it."

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"What do you think I deserve?" he asked her thoughtfully as soon as she was settled.

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She glanced up at him. "You deserve whatever you want."

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"But I know I'll never get what I want."

He pushed off of the ground until they were about three feet up.

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"What do you want, then?"

She wiggled her feet a little, and wrinkled her nose cheerfully at the ground.

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"I don't know. Which is how I know I'll never get it."

He smiled before making them drift higher.

"And you?"

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She shrugged a little, looking down though it was hard to tell if she was looking down because of the topic or because she liked watching the ground get farther away.

"I want to be happy," Ino said simply, "and to be strong enough to make sure the people who make me happy are safe."

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"That's probably close to it," he admitted. "For me. Something like that. It makes sense to me, anyway."

And up they drifted, past the buildings.

"Did you want to steer, or should I take you on a Ride?"

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"It's a very simple want," she said, leaning back against him and relaxing a little. "And give me a Ride?"

Because if she steered right now she'd probably nearly kill them both.

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He wouldn't let her, but that's beyond the point.

He reached out and took the handle firmly before mentally kicking the broom for more speed.

They went off like a shot. A very very 'drunken' shot as there were barrel rolls, loops, and various other insanities to their path.

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The fact was that she'd try and not even be realizing so much how dangerous it would be. It was best she didn't try.

She clung to the broom, eyes wide, totally silent, and her hair whipping in the wind, despite her having tied it back.

Ino was loving this.

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He felt a little less like a human plague up in the air, with Ino especially.

He gave her a slight squeeze with his arms, an in-air hug, and took them into a dive above the water.

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"Can we hit the water?" she called back over her shoulder, and hoping both that he'd heard her, and that he'd say yes.

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"Do you want to?"

He wanted to be sure before he did. He dipped a little and let his feet slide along the edge.

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"Yes."

He got a blinding grin over her shoulder at him. Yes, yes she wanted to hit the water.

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He swallowed then and dipped the broom down.

And into the water they went.

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They went in with a splash, water flying up around them and she laughed for the first time in days as she got soaked through instantly.

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Oh he was glad he wasn't in anything nice today. The broom, as was it's odd little way, seemed to stay as dry as it had remained unburned in the fire.

He held onto it tightly before turning the handle up to bring them out of the dive.

Oooo. Cool.

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She clung to the broom, hair clinging to her face now, and eyes wide and bright and she was laughing the moment they came up and---

"Let's do it again!"

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He almost sighed, but he really was too amused. He brought them up a ways... and then they dove down into the water again.