Roof, Friday Midday

[withoutverona]

Romeo's head was muddled after his trip home. The movie final had diverted a little but not helped; it just meant graduation loomed, and his decision was at hand.

He wanted to follow Yurika. He wanted to live in Verona. He wanted to please his father -- and he wanted to stand on his own. None of those things seemed to fit together quite right in his head.

He took one of his emergency cigarettes and climbed onto the roof to think, appreciating the warm breeze as he leaned on the edge broodily.

Fandom wasn't Verona. But at least it was spring here, too.

[OOC: Open roof, yep!]

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[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"If I said don't jump, would it be a cliche?" Hannibal asked, having wandered up for the same warmth.

[withoutverona]

Romeo was deep inside his head that it took him a moment to place the voice after he looked up.

Oh. Hannibal. Well, they were trying to be civil, so...

"it might be, though it's nice to see you concerned for my health," Romeo said, and squinted down at the lawn. "I don't think it's high enough for jumping to do more than break my back."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Because breaking your back sounds like so much fun," he quipped, wandering towards the edge and peering down. "Let's hope you don't land on your head, right?"

[withoutverona]

"I do like my head in one piece. Though at least if I had to be in the hospital, I wouldn't have to decide what to do after graduation," Romeo said.

His tone suggested he was joking, though he wasn't entirely.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Haven't decided yet?" Hannibal asked. Damn, he was glad he could put that off for another year.

[withoutverona]

"Not unless I can clone myself in the next few weeks," Romeo answered. "My father wants me at home, and I'd planned to go with my girlfriend to her home. I just don't know what's right."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"And splitting time between the two of them wouldn't work?" Sometimes, he could compromise. Or try to.

[withoutverona]

"It might, but I think it might also make everyone unhappy all around," Romeo said. "I'd spend half my life in portals and airports."

"And then" -- he added, stretching out his legs -- "somewhere has to be home, doesn't it?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I guess," Hannibal said after a moment. "I moved around a lot when I was a kid. Never really felt comfortable calling anyplace home. It changed at the drop of a hat."

Not that it hadn't been fun. Still.

"When do you have to decide by?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie had also come to the roof. But he seemed to be in a pretty good mood and was carrying a notebook with him.

"Hey Romeo," he said in greeting. "What's shaking?"

[withoutverona]

"Jamie," Romeo returned. "I'm trying to decide what to do with the rest of my life. It may take some time."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"I see the graduation blues are hitting you too," Jamie said grabbing a seat. "Can't say its bugging me too much though. Personally I think as long as you don't end up in a career that involves fast food you should be fine."

[withoutverona]

"You aren't graduating yet," Romeo pointed out. "I just had my last class."

He raised an eyebrow. "Why would I end up in a career involving fast food?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"I'm not saying you would," Jamie replied with a grin. "I'm just saying that anything else would be better. And yeah, I'm not graduating but I'm not sticking around here."

[withoutverona]

"There are worse things," Romeo answered seriously, missing Jamie's joke. "Going home, then?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Nope. There's plenty of me's back where I'm from," Jamie said. "Instead I'm going with Temari's world. She's pretty much helpless without me."

Sooner or later Temari was going to smack him for saying that.

[withoutverona]

"The same as Ino's world, then?" Romeo asked, laughter in his eyes even if he didn't quite believe that about Temari. "Are you to tran as a ninja?"

[intraspective]

Ino was humming as she wandered up to the roof with Staffy in her hand. It was nice out! She could totally go flying, right?

But she could also talk for a bit too! "Hi!" she chirped.

[withoutverona]

"Good day, Ino," Romeo said easily. "You have a staff."

... not much got by him.

[intraspective]

She grinned. "I do," Ino said, twirling it idly in one hand, before bouncing over to him. "It flies though, so not an ordinary staff."

A beat.

"Unless a lot of them can fly in someone else's world and no one ever told me."

[withoutverona]

"I don't think they fly at home, but I didn't get a chance to check while Reno and I were there," Romeo shared. "Why does yours fly?"

[intraspective]

"'Cause Liir made it so I could fly even though I don't have magic," she said, studying it. "Which these days half makes me think I ought to give it back to him, and half says it was a gift, freely given, and I don't have to. Why were you in... Verona, right? And you should totally check next time you visit."

[withoutverona]

"Are things any better with you and Liir?" Rmeo asked idly. "And we were there because my father has finally realized I'm serious about going to Tokyo, and he wants me to come home."

A moment later, he added, "I don't want to see his point, but I think I do."

[intraspective]

"We haven't really talked, so it's kinda at a standstill." She shrugged. "What's his point, if you don't mind me asking?"

[withoutverona]

Romeo thoughtfully stubbed out his cigarette before answering. He didn't mind talking about it; he was just thinking over the phrasing.

"That it's my home and my family, and as his son I should be there to help him," he finally answered. "He thinks going to Tokyo is childish of me."