Fifth Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

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Hurley was baking, as best he could. He wasn't wussing out and using store-bought dough. He was going to make Hinata cinnamon rolls bigger than her head.

It was the least he could do for her. He had that weird model show with Chad on the TV, though he wasn't paying much attention. He was concentrating on the baking.

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"Hi," Penelope said as she wandered in. "I was looking for you."

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"Oh, hey," Hurley said. "I totally forgot to call you back, didn't I?"

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She shook her head. "It wasn't expected. I was just passing on some information to you. How're you feeling?"

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"I'm okay," Hurley said. "No creepy dudes encountered, so... good."

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"I'm pleased to hear it," she replied, smiling at him as she sauntered closer. "What are you doing?"

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"Making a thank you gift," Hurley said. "You know Hinata?"

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"I know her kind of. She did something nice for you?" she asked, curious.

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"She carried me down to the town hall, when I fell asleep," Hurley said. "All by herself."

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Penelope's eyes went wide. "Oh. My." Hinata was so tiny.

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"Yeah. So... cinnamon rolls. Really big ones," Hurley said.

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"A perfect thank you gift," she said. "I didn't know you liked to bake, or that you even could."

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"I'm no Ned," Hurley said. "But it's all recipes, anyway."

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She grinned a little. "He does make the best pies, but following a recipe is simple, I guess."

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "You want to help ice them, when they're done?"

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"Yes, I'd love to," she replied with a little bounce. "I'm rather bored. I checked on Ino's plants earlier and now I'm just... you know. Here."

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"Well, hold on a second, and..." Hurley put the rolls in the oven. "I got thirty minutes with nothing to do, too."

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She giggled and rocked on her heels. "Now we are just two bored people instead of one."

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"Yeah, well, we could pass the time somehow, and stuff," Hurley said, the minxy devil.

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"We could. Have any fun suggestions?" she asked, her mood light.

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"We could always make out," Hurley said, pretty much expecting to get slapped.

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Penelope's jaw dropped.

Blink.

"You... um. Seriously?"

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"Yeah, that was a bad line," Hurley admitted. "Sorry. You deserve something more... romantic and stuff."

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"How did we go from doing something fun to me deserving something romantic and stuff?" She was feeling a little lost of a sudden. "Hurley? Are we dating and I didn't know it?"

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"...are we dating?" Hurley said. "Cause, like... I would be okay with that."

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"Well. I didn't think we were. I mean... there was the wedding that didn't happen and then I came back and then you said certain things and then... I don't remember us discussing it."

Was this them discussing it?

She bit her lip.