Third floor common room, Saturday evening

[future_sandworm]

Watching TV might not be one of his favourite pasttimes, but Leto had sat down on the couch with a cup of tea and just flipped through the channels. Soon he had found a documentary on Darwin's discoveries on the Galapagos islands and the development of the concept of evolution. Although lacking in philosophical depth, the particulars of the historical events still caught his interest, and Leto followed the story with a thoughtful frown on his face.

[a very open common room]

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela needed tea. And, as was too often the case, all the good stuff on the fourth floor was gone. So she sighed and walked down to the third floor and found... Leto.

She waved casually, grinning slightly at the memory of the last time they'd talked when he'd been so flustered, and started rummaging through the cupboards.

[future_sandworm]

"You look happy, Triela," Leto told her his eyes still on the TV.

As for tea, he had a large pot on the table.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Well, of course he had tea. But she wasn't about to ask permission to have some. Or even take his without asking. That would give up some of the advantage she felt she had over him from the carnival.

"It is a good day," she shrugged, trying to seem casual rather than smug.

[future_sandworm]

Of course, Leto knew smug when he saw it. "Want some tea?" he offered.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Depends on whether it's any good, and on how recently it was brewed." Because if Leto offered that was a different matter, now wasn't it?

[future_sandworm]

"It's of reasonable quality and it was brewed about ten minutes ago," he informed her. "But if it's not up to your standards I'll drink it myself."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I'll try a cup," Triela shrugged, finding one and pouring herself some tea.

She took an experimental sip. "Not bad," she declared.

[future_sandworm]

"So, my tea-brewing skills find your approval. I'm flattered." Leto gave her an amused look.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Well, even you have a thing or two you're good at," she allowed. "Everyone does."

[vanillajello]

"Hey Triela," Kate greeted the other girl with a light smirk. "Can't resist the lure of the awesome floor, huh?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"That depends," Triela grinned. "On whether you guys actually have any decent tea or not."

[vanillajello]

"I wouldn't know about that 'cause I'm coffee all the way," Kate said. "But I'm willing to bet we do."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Oh, are you now?" Triela grinned. "Might confident..."

[vanillajello]

"Hey, it's the awesome floor," Kate shrugged. "I have to have faith in it."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Well, I suppose we'll see if that faith has been misplaced or not, huh?" Triela teased as she rummaged around to see if Kate was right.

[vanillajello]

"If you don't find anything, I'm just going to claim that tea isn't awesome enough for this floor today," Kate smirked.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"But that would be a huge lie, and an obvious one too."

[vanillajello]

Even Kate couldn't spend the whole day handwavily marathoning anime on her laptop, so the evening found her heading to the common room for human interaction.

Or so she'd claim. Really, she was planning to just grab some apple juice and stock up on snacks and then retreat to back to her room to continue rotting her brain and her health. Maybe she'd bothered to brush her hair if she'd been expecting to run into people.

"Oh, hey. People." That was greeting enough, really.

[future_sandworm]

Leto turned his head to look at her. "Thank you for considering me to be human," he replied. "Tea?"

[vanillajello]

"Tea?" Kate echoed. "No thanks I'm good, I'm gonna have juice."

She did not just flinch at the idea of tea. That was just a trick of the light. Really.

[future_sandworm]

Was it? "You dislike tea?" Leto asked. Not that it mattered. He gestured for her to join him if she wanted.

[vanillajello]

"Can't stand the stuff." That one time they'd run into each other at the Perk and she'd had tea? Also a trick of the light. As were any signs that she was lying, or at least uncertain, right now.

She poured herself a glass of apple juice and grabbed an apple before walking over to sit down next to him on the couch.

[future_sandworm]

He didn't question this, even if he sensed there was more to the story, but then that was often the case with Kate. "I'm enjoying this," he gestured at the TV.

[vanillajello]

She didn't think for a second that he hadn't noticed anything off, but was glad he didn't ask about it. She put the apple down in her lap and looked at the TV. "What is it?"

[future_sandworm]

"Evolution," he said. "Specifically Darwin's expedition to Galapagos."

[night!]