The Roof [Saturday evening]

[weldedtomyspine]

After Wednesday, Jaime had pretty much hidden in his room. The fight with Momoko had been awful. He'd been sure he was going to throw up after he'd fled the room. He still wasn't sure how he had managed not to.

But after nearly three days in the same clothes staring at his computer and not really paying any attention to what was on the screen, Jaime realized that he really should get out of the room. Which was a poor second option for talking to someone about this, but Momoko was clearly out of the question, Didi was gone, and he'd promised Dinah that he wouldn't call her until she called him...

So... he found himself on the roof of the dorms. He didn't really know why, but it seemed... appropriate.

And now he was sitting at the edge, staring off into space being emo thinking.

[Emo roof is for everyone!]

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[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle returned from the junk yard for the second day in a row and didn't want to go back to his room. He got something to eat and headed for the roof for the fresh air and the view. "Mind the company?" he asked when he saw someone had beat him to it.

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"It's a free roof," Jaime said quietly, glancing over to see who it was and shrugging.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

With a nod, Kyle made his way to the edge some ways down the building and leaned against the ledge. "Yeah, but I get wanting a few minutes to yourself. It's not easy to get around here."

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"What about your room?" Jaime suggested. Though that could depend on your roommate.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"You don't hear everyone on your floor? I like it most of the time."

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Jaime shrugged. "Turn your music up loud enough..."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I can't. Long story." Or a one word story: paranoia. "Do you want me to get out of here? I know, you said free roof, but you seem like you've had a rougher day than me, so I'd understand."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Eh." Another shrug. "Today's been fine." And, really, Jaime should probably at least try to be social.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle gave a nod of acceptance and turned back to look out at the island. "Fine is a good way to describe it. We're not dead or bleeding. It's a start, right?"

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"Small favors and all that?" Jaime didn't sound all that convinced.

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"Small favors," Kyle repeated, then shook his head. "Can only be thankful for them for so long before it starts getting old."

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"I like to think they don't get old for me, but I don't get enough of them..." Actually, Jaime got plenty of small favors. Just... too many bad days in a row recently.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Rough year?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Couple of weeks, really." The year in general hadn't been bad.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes that's worse. It all gets jammed into a few weeks and you feel worse."

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"Yeah. That." That was the worst part.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"You want to talk about it?" Kyle offered, his expression showing his skepticism that the guy would want to talk to someone he didn't know.

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"It's... complicated." Really, really complicated.

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That wasn't a no, Kyle noted. "If it's been a few weeks of hard luck, I'd expect it to be. If something simple gives you trouble for that long, you're doing something wrong."

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"Yeah, well, I've done plenty wrong..." But a lot of it involved secrets he wasn't about to tell anyone he didn't really need to.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I know I don't have any authority to say this, but you'll be okay. You probably won't be great, or end up how you want to end up, but still okay."

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"That come with a money-back guarantee?" Jaime asked. Though, if he was managing something like sardonic humor, well... it couldn't be all bad.

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"They don't have those where I come from, so you're on your own there," Kyle replied lightly.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Sounds like where you come from is a rip-off." Oh, look, a subject change!

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"That is one huge understatement," he agreed.

[weldedtomyspine]

"At least you're here, now."

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"When I'm here, I always think about there. When I'm there, I always think about here. There's no winning."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Well, there's the not dying part."

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"Small favors," Kyle said, unable to bite back on a smile. "I shouldn't be feeling sorry for myself." And he wasn't really, more confused and angry at this week. "It's been a bad week."

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"For everyone, huh?" Except some people seemed really pleased with things...

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"Everyone has seemed on edge. Two guys got into a fight in one of my classes this week. You don't see that every day."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Not a class about fighting, I take it?"

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"Revolutions. Not a class about punching each other in the face though."

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"Huh. Yeah. Any idea what sparked it?" Because, yeah, that sounded a bit odd even for Fandom.

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"I didn't overhear," Kyle replied, shaking his head. "They wouldn't listen to the teacher when she tried to get them to calm down, so she made the Danger Shop put cages around them." That part was kind of funny.

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"Wow. Really crazy week, huh?"

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"For them, at least. I'll settle for," he searched for the right word, "frustrating."

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Jaime snorted. "That's a diplomatic way to put it."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Only because I can't think of the right words for it," he promised.

[weldedtomyspine]

"No, no, I think it's a great word for it."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't sure whether to take 'diplomatic' as a compliment or an insult."

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"Ha! Compliment."

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"You never know," Kyle explained, glad it was a compliment this time. "I'm hoping next week will be less frustrating."