4th Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

“This,” Hinata said to Yei, “is the fourth floor common room.”

Yei purred at her, and Hinata set the kitten on the ground.

“You may explore, but you’re not allowed out of this room while I’m here,” Hinata said, trying for stern and failing as Yei rubbed up against her legs. “You’re just lucky Gwynn-san was nice the last time.”

As Yei set out to explore the common room, Hinata tugged out a book and settled herself where she’d be able to keep a good close eye on her adventurous kitten. No escaping tonight, she was determined.

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I know. Well do I know. And the lovely bruise I got was a good reminder."

He shrugged.

"Nothing harmful happened because of it. I know my limits."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"W-Were you, at l-least a little, h-heroic?" Hinata asked tentatively.

Yei, on the other hand, finished up the bit of tuna and batted at his knee. Hellooo, she was down here and wanted pettings.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I'm the last person to ask.

"No one had to save me and I got to pull someone out of a cave."

They hate me now, but that doesn't change Sunday.

"So perhaps."

He pulled out more tuna and fed it to her, adding some pettings in as an apology.

"Sorry, sweetheart. I was silly and tried to talk."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

All was forgiven, with more tuna and pettings, and Yei was a purring bundle of kitten again.

"W-Was it w-worth it?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I'm not the person to ask on that," he admitted as he played with the kitten.

"But I think so."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"H-How can y-you not know?" Hinata asked curiously.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He smiled at her as he made sure to keep petting the kitten.

"I don't know a lot of things."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

The kitten deeply appreciated that thoughtfulness.

"B-But that o-one..."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"The way I see things," he explained, "things are so fluid, it's hard to say if what's true at one moment will be true the next. I feel as if it was, but I couldn't say for certain."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"T-Things are f-fluid?" Her eyebrows knit together slightly--that seemed like an odd sort of way to be looking at things.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He looked down at the kitten.

"Probably not."

More fish. More scritchings. He liked kittens. They were simple.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hinata gave him another puzzled look.

"I'm s-sorry?" She wasn't understanding him at all.

Yei, for her part, was quite fond of the fish, the scritchings, and anything involving playtime--but would also protest that she wasn't simple at all.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Much simpler than people, anyway. Or perhaps he just understood them better.

He smiled at her.

"I don't mean to be obtuse. I see things oddly. I'm probably wrong, but it's the only way I can see them. That's all."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hinata shook her head, smiling. "J-Just because it's d-different doesn't m-mean it's wrong."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"That I will have to see," he said with a smile of his own.

and some more scritching.