Third Floor Common Room, Tuesday Morning

[vanillajello]

After returning to Fandom in the morning, Kate had slept through most of Monday. The only major disruption to her slumber had been a handwavy visit to the clinic to get checked out in case of internal injury from the crash. She thought it was unnecessary, but she’d been persuaded to go anyway. She was okay, of course, and had returned back to her bed and blissful unconsciousness as soon as they’d let her.

So, Tuesday morning, after nearly 24 hours of sleep, Kate was wide awake, and baking chocolate chip muffins in the common room. The muffins were a make-up assignment for a missed cooking class, and would also serve well as breakfast for her and whoever else happened to wander by.

Baking also distracted her from worrying about Bobby. She wasn’t even sure whether he’d left during the weekend, or if she’d been too preoccupied with her own things to notice the note on Friday. It was worrying, all the same.

Kate wasn't sleepy anymore, but she was still kind of exhausted, which would explain why she was slumped in a chair in front of the oven, keeping an eye on the last batch of muffins.


[ooc: ’Tis an open common room.]

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[trigons_child]

After class and fangirling visiting Anakin, Raven had some time before work. As she headed upstairs to her room, she passed through the third floor common room and saw Kate there. "Good morning, Kate," she said.

[vanillajello]

"Morning," Kate replied with a little wave and a smile. "Want a muffin?"

[trigons_child]

"Yes, thank you," Raven said. "You look tired, though. Are you not feeling well?"

[vanillajello]

"I was off the island for the weekend," Kate said, as if that explained something. "But no, I'm good. Just a little tired." And disoriented, worried, confused, happy, and of course exhausted.

[trigons_child]

"I hope it was for a fun reason," Raven said, nibbling on her muffin. She was picking up on the worry and confusion and it gave her some concern.

[vanillajello]

"Birthday trip," Kate said, packing some of the muffins into a box. "A belated one, though. My birthday was on the same week as Parents' Weekend, so we couldn't go then."

[trigons_child]

"Happy belated birthday," Raven said, smiling. "Were you with your family for the weekend then?"

[vanillajello]

"Thanks," Kate smiled. "And no. It was Leto's birthday present to me."

[trigons_child]

That sent a flash of guilt across Raven's face. "I did not realize you two were so well acquainted," she said.

[vanillajello]

"We hang out a lot," Kate said with a shrug. Of course, she was probably radiating a lot more affection for the boy than that statement let on.

Raven's expression didn't go unnoticed, but Kate didn't react to it.

[trigons_child]

Raven hesitated in the face of that affection, then asked, "Did he tell you what I accidentally did to him?" She didn't want to broadcast what she did (that's what the radio was for), but she didn't wish to hide it, either.

[vanillajello]

Kate blinked a few times. She was tired, yes, but not tired enough to not remember something that had made Leto that uncomfortable.

"...The feelings thing, that was you?"

[trigons_child]

Raven looked down, studying her muffin. "It was," she admitted. "I have spoken to Leto since then and apologized. I did not intend such a thing to happen, and I feel very badly about it."

[vanillajello]

Kate beat her anger down, even though she had reasons beyond the obvious ones to be upset about people's feelings being manipulated. It did seem like Raven really was sorry about what had happened.

"So it's not going to happen again?" The question slipped out sounding a little harsher than it was supposed to.

[trigons_child]

Raven flinched, just a little, at that harshness. "It will not," she said. "I did not realize that my own desires for affection were being projected onto those around me. I am being careful now to shield others from myself as I shield myself from their emotions."

[vanillajello]

"Good." Kate found a gentler tone. "That's... pretty important."

[trigons_child]

"I am a healer," Raven said. "I would never wish to cause such duress to another willingly. I have had my mind affected by another's power in the past, and I know how awful it is."

[vanillajello]

Kate didn't really have anything to say to that. It was too early for thinking about stuff like this, especially with the disorientation she'd already been feeling, so she picked up a muffin and bit into it.

Couldn't say anything when you were eating.

[ooc: And now I go to sleep!]

[trigons_child]

"The muffins are quite delicious," Raven said to break the awkward silence. "I like the chocolate chips."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, thanks, they turned out well," Kate replied, picking at her muffin. "I'm supposed to take one to chef Tatou because I missed a class."