The Roof - Monday morning before classes - 11/24

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

After a week(end) of near-hermitness in his room, subsiding on tea, hot soup, and other such things as he could make in the confines of his room, Liir was in two very different states than he'd been in when he'd gone in:

He was well, of body if not of mind or soul, not that that was odd.

And he was thoroughly sick of his room.

The bedsheets had been stripped off and put in a pile with the laundry for him to do after classes, and the window had been opened to let in fresh light, but it hadn't been quite enough. That said, he wasn't quite sure he was exactly up for company yet, and so he left it to the whims of chance; people came up to the roof almost as often as they went to the common rooms, after all, the view was lovely, and the breeze was nice enough when one had a steaming hot cup of tea and was wrapped up tight in a thick Munchkinlanderwool cloak.

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[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

It was almost habit, in some ways, to bring Yei up to the roof to play around for a little before she had to leave for class.

Hinata smiled as she caught sight of Liir and set the suddenly squirming kitten down. Yei skittered across the roof to see him. Hihihihi!

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Oh, kittens made everything better. He opened the blanket a little and offered his hand for scritchings to give.

"Good morning, Hinata," and while it was very obvious that he did mean the good morning, his focus was on the kitten.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"Good morning," she said lightly, unconcerned with his focus being elsewhere. "Y-Yei says it as well."

As was obvious from the ridiculous amount of purring and wriggling going on at being scritched. Really.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I noticed. Somewhere between the PRRRRRR and the BRRRRR," he said, grinning.

"How are you? I can tell with her, but you're harder to read."

It was said lightly, as he was in a good mood.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

That got a bit of a laugh.

"She is e-easy to read," Hinata conceded. "And I a-am glad not to be as transparent as s-she is." She stepped over and settled herself down near him. "I have b-been well enough, I suppose. Radio mentioned that you w-were ill?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He nodded.

"I always get sick between Autumnsend and Winterseve," he admitted with a flash of a smile. "I guess I just don't adjust well. Better now, though, and I should be fine for the rest of the winter. Well used to the cold."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

She wriggled her mittened hands at him, and grinned a bit. "I have n-never had to deal with the cold before," Hinata admitted ruefully. "It's rare that the Fire Country g-gets so cold. Your h-home was less temperate, I would g-guess?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Kiamo Ko got very cold," he admitted with a nod of his head. "The water from the wells and such was always that way, as it came down off the mountains, but in the winter, the wind would come from there too and chill the rocks and the stones and the ground."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hinata shivered a bit.

"It s-sounds unpleasant," she said, flushing slightly. "If only f-from my biased point of v-view."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I don't disagree with you. It was just... where I lived."

He had more attachment to it than he'd say, especially considering what he knew now, but it was also true in a way. It was just where he'd lived. It hadn't really been much of a home.

"I like it here better, especially the warmth. That's why I had my birthday picked in the summer.'

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

She nodded, then tilted her head curiously. "Your b-birthday was picked?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Ino picked it for me," he said, leaning back, "since I didn't have one. I didn't even know who my parents were at the time, any of it; how old I was or any of it. So I asked her to pick a date, one I'd like, one when it was warm."

He grinned a little.

"It was a very good birthday, when I had it. No complaints."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"I will have to a-ask her when the next one is," she said lightly. "I am s-sure Yei would care to attend."

Her as well, though that went unspoken.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I could tell you," he said. "But you're welcome to ask her as well."

At which point, his attention went back to the kitten a little since his scritching had strayed a little from her ears down to her chin and this needed observation.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Yei definitely agreed that this needed both more attention and observation. But then, admittedly, Yei generally thought that and this was not new.

Her wee eyes were nearly squeezed shut in pleasure and her purring was very loud for such a small creature.

"I w-would not mind hearing f-from you," she said, smiling at the both of them.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"July 19th, as this place reckons things," he told her. "A very warm day that was very lovely this year, especially while up on the roller coasters."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"Roller coasters?" she asked curiously, making a mental note to remember the day.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"They're large mechanical boxes on a track, almost like minecarts, where they strap you in and then take you on all manner of ups and downs and upsidedowns going very fast.

"It's a little like flying, only you don't have to think."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"...I do not t-think I would dare to try one," she said slowly. "Though, I i-imagine, that it is something exciting."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"It is," he told her with a smile.

"Though not as good as flying."

He was biased.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"I've n-never been," she admitted. "So I c-couldn't say."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Would you like to?" he offered immediately.

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin gaped at the adorable kitten, and waved to Hinata.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"Good m-morning, Robin," she said, smiling.

Yei, for her part, perked up at the movement and skittered over to investigate. Hihihi!

"She's t-terribly friendly," Hinata said quickly. "D-Don't be alarmed, please."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin wasn't. Well not much. He wrapped one arm around his cocoa to hold it steady, and held out his other hand to Yei. "Hi."