Second Floor Common Room, Saturday Morning

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It was late morning, nearing noon, and Ender had finished his morning exercises a while ago. He'd sat down to work in his room afterwards, but this sense of-- moroseness he had been trying to avoid wouldn't leave him alone, making him restless and a little irritable. Jane's commentary about that hadn't really helped either.

Which was why right now he was curled up on the couch in the common room, with Animal Planet playing some documentary about Brazilian tree-frogs in the background. He'd taken the datapad Ben had given him for his birthday with him, and he was poking idly through stats for alien races he'd never heard of before.

He was still a little restless, but at least he was less irritable. The calm, he could fake.

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[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"No, it was the wrong time of the month, but I don't think she would notice!" Sov tried to explain.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Well, the time of the month doesn't matter here for--that part of it," Tony replied. Because someone skipped the female part of the sex ed talk. "People can just do it whenever."

He cleared his throat. Wow, he needed to make Steph talk to Sov. She actually knew this stuff!

"Whenever both of the people want to, though. I don't think Juliet is going to, like, jump you or anything."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"I mean, I would want to, because it's really hard to spend kemmer alone, but I don't know how to explain that to her."

Sov, perhaps you should stop embarrassing Tony.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony was doing just fine! And a nice shade of red!

"When is--er--kemmer?"

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"For me? In about two weeks." Sov wasn't quite sure exactly what the cause of the blushing was.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"You could try talking to her about it?" Tony suggested. "Does she know about all that?"

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"Maybe," Sov said, not looking entirely convinced and more than a little nervous. "Is that what you would do?"

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony frowned, biting his lip. Because he'd totally wait until this subject just managed to pop up in conversation. "It would probably be less of a surprise for her?"

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"Surprise?" Sov asked.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"That you have your kemmer?"

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"But I just stay in my room then," Sov said.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"...Yeah," Tony said slowly. "But that's probably new for her."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"You mean I should tell her so she doesn't get offended if I stay in my room and don't open if she knocks?"

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Exactly!" Tony had no idea.

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

Neither had Sov. "Yeah, maybe I should."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"She's been here as long as us," Tony replied. "This probably won't even phase her."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"You don't think so?" Sov said, hopefully.

MEAN! :D

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony was a billionaire with a suit of armor he used to fight crime! His judgement was skewed!

"If not, I will--be mad at her on your behalf."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Sov laughed.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I'll even glare," he promised.

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"That's really nice of you," Sov said, the laugh turning into more of a giggle.