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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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"...dude, why are you up here?" Hurley asked when he got to the roof.

[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!

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Amber called out as she walked out, "I've been looking for you."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He looked over and smiled, just a little.

"Why are you?"

[was not ignoring, *shakes fist at LJ lack of notifs*]

[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.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He looked over at her with a faint smile and nodded to the blanket/cloak (he used it for both) in offer of a spot within it.

"I couldn't stand the room any longer," he admitted.

[sorry for that; lack of notifs makes me slow to notice these things]

[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.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

She didn't hesitate. Amber came over and snuggled in close. "Does that mean you're feeling better?"

[NP. It's the same with me.]

[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.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He nodded.

"Sweated out most of it, so I'll be doing laundry later today," he admitted with a brief, self-depreciating smile.

"I probably shouldn't be out in the cold, but as you can see, the cloak is warm, and the room was a bit stifling."

And now that, it seemed, his body was used to the cold, he didn't feel nearly so troubled by it.

[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?"

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

It was cold out here but she was bundled up good. And next to him she was warm.

"You shouldn't stay out here for long at any rate," she admonished lightly with no real conviction in her tone.

[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]

He held up the tea thermos with his other hand.

"Warm inside, warm outside."

He turned his head to get a better look at her and smiled.

"What brought you up here?"

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber returned his smile, her eyes bright.

"I was looking for you."

[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."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I hope you haven't been looking too long," he said with a pale blush, "I didn't mean to worry anyone. I suppose I should leave a note of some sort next time.

"'Not dead, on roof,' or something."

[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."

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

She laughed, lightly. "Nonono. It's early, so I've only been looking for a short time. I wasn't worried as much as I was curious as to where you could be. I wanted to talk to you... about Ino."

A beat.

"Well not just Ino; I wanted to talk to you, just to see you."

[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.'

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He blinked.

"...she didn't try to kill you or anything, did she?"

It wasn't said in a startled or alarmed tone; it was sort of surprised but matter of fact.

But he did need to check these things.

"Or yelling?"

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

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

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yah, you betcha she did. I'm black and blue under this coat of mine," she said with an impish lift of her brow, teasing him because she was a terrible person.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He actually ducked his head and nearly reached out to look, concern taking precedence over--

"...that's not very funny," he pointed out, having 'caught' the habit of crinkling his nose from the very sister they were discussing at such moments as these.