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Second Floor Common Room; Late Tuesday Morning [08/30].

Yesterday had been a lot for Libby, but it had also reminded her that she had a lot of friends and a lot of support here, and, even with all the things she struggled to push past all spelled out as clear as day for nearly everyone to see, they were still there for her. And she was there for them, too, because even though yesterday reminded Libby that she'd been through a lot, it also reminded her that, well....so had most people, here. They'd all had their baggage, but it didn't matter, because they also had each other, and that was...incredibly, necessarily heartening.

And it was her conversation with Charlie in particular that had her swinging by the store after her morning class, with the whole rest of her day free and clear, and set to work at putting together some breakfast. Or probably brunch, at this point, but she liked cooking, and she especially liked cooking for other people, and she really hadn't done it nearly enough lately, and clearly set out to do just that.

So it wouldn't be long at all before the telltale aromas of a good old breakfast casserole started to fill the room, while Libby took to making some fresh squeezed orange juice to go with it while it was baking and, even though she didn't drink it herself, she got some coffee going in the coffee maker, too.

And it just felt nice. It felt good. And she certainly felt a lot lighter than she had yesterday, and she was determined to keep it that way.

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Kurt wandered into the common room a bit later than usual, and was obviously a bit distracted too. Yesterday had been.... a bit to handle. It was definitely the biggest Island thing he had had to deal with so far really. And though the bags were gone when he woke up that morning, he was still finding it hard to get going. The weight of seeing 'Mutant scum', 'freak', 'demon', and 'that thing isn't human' all day kinda took its toll on him as he walked in, knowing he needed to get something to eat, especially since he hadn't ventured out of the dorms really other than to attend class yesterday.

"Good morning, Kurt!" Libby greeted him With a cheery, almost proud sort of grin when he came in, and she waved a spatula toward the casserole. "Looks like I managed to beat you to the punch this time!"

"Aye that you did! And it smells good too!" Kurt replied.

"How have you been, Libby?" He didn't want to pry but he was worried about she had fared yesterday and all.

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"I've been...okay," Libby offered, after a moment of deciding how truthful to be with a question like that, but it helped to busy herself with putting together a plate for Kurt. Since it was a casserole, it didn't take much to get one ready for him, and she handed over a plate for him with a small, almost apologetic smile.

"Yesterday was just a real doozy, now, wasn't it?"

If it had been bad for her, she couldn't even imagine everything Kurt was probably likely to have dealt with.

"Yeah, it was," Kurt agreed with a solemn nod. But he perked up a little looking at the plate. "But thankfully it's over now at least.'

He leaned close and took a deep breath and smiled at Libby.

"This smells delicious, and I'm sure it tastes just as amazing as always!"

Libby was tempted to make sure she'd remembered to turn the oven off, the way her cheeks suddenly felt warm with Kurt leaning in like that, but she, unfortinately, knew better.

"It's sausage and eggs," she revealed, gaining a little bit of a conspiratorial grin, plus...waffles, if you can believe it! I thought ot would be a good recipe to do, because I've noticed waffles seem to be Gray's favorite."

"Thanks Libby! It's gotta be amazing," Kurt said as he took the plate and headed for the table. "Are you done with all the cooking? I'll help you clean up afterwards if... you'd like to join me."

Libby found herself biting her lower lip a little, but she quickly turned to grab herself another plate. "Good thing about something like a casserole," she said, as she scooped up a portion for herself, "is that there's not a whole lot to clean up afterwards!"

She brought her plate over to the table and set it down. "I made some juice, too," she added, before she herself sat down and got so comfortable she wouldn't want to get back up again for a while. "And there's coffee. Would you like some?"

"Juice sounds good. Would you like me to bring you some too?" Kurt asked as he got up and headed towards the kitchen. "Homemade juice is the best!"

Even better when made and shared with a friend but Kurt felt his face heat up a bit just thinking that, so he wasn't about to say it. The memory of "unlovable freak" and "own mother tried to kill you" bags were still a bit too fresh to even let those kinds of feelings be vocalized.

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"Oh, no, I'll--" Libby started to protest once she realized that Kurt was getting up and heading to the kitchen, because she hadn't meant for him to feel like he should get it, she was going to, but he was so quick, and she was remembered the awkwardness with Charlie about the coffee, too, so she stopped and reminded herself that it wasn't like that here, and it was just all the reminders of what it was like back home from yesterday making her head feel all sorts of messed up, so she took in a deep breath and pulled out her chair, and sat down in it so decisively it was like she was making a statement with it.

"I'd love some, too, Kurt," she said, and nodded, "thank you."

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"No trouble at all!' Kurt said with a grin when he returned with two glasses, one in each hand, and the pitcher of juice held in his tail.

"Friends do things for each other and help each other- even with the little things," he said as he poured the juice, yes with the tail (sorry Libby that was one area of pride he would pretty struggle with his entire life) and slid one glass over to Libby before getting one for himself and then sitting down.

Libby had to admit, that was one good thing about letting Kurt handle the juice; she definitely couldn't bring the pitcher over with quite so much ease!

"Well," she said, "thank you. I'm very lucky to have such good friends."

And, with the sting of so many things still lingering from yesterday, she meant that far more sincerely than just a light agreement, and it was only her own self-consciousness about it that held her back from pointing out that, well, she didn't really know what friends did for each other, since she'd only ever started having them about a year ago, anyway...

And take it from someone who also had never really had friends other than team mates and fellow Mutants at the Academy. Libby definitely ranked near the top or possibly even the very top of that friends list.

"As am I. It's nice to have people you can be yourself around."

Kurt fell silent for a moment and out his attention back to the food. He gave Libby a thumbs up as he ate the first few bites.

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"Hey, Kurt," Gray said with a wave. "How's it going?" Should he ask if he knew about the girl who looked like him, or was that, like, the only thing anyone had asked him about for the last several days? Decisions, decisions.

"Hey, Graham! It's going," Kurt said with a wave in return. "How about you? Hows the big sib/little sib thing going?"

Because sure, why not keep ripping the bandage off that wound? It builds character right (and the mun is also sadistic at times XD)

"It's going good," Gray said. "My little sib is a little shy, I think, but that's fine. Have you met TJ yet? She's also blue! I mean, I shouldn't assume that all blue people know each other, but...yeah."

"Ah no, no... that is a logical assumption. Not many of us around" Kurt said with a somewhat forced smiled. "And yeah, I've met TJ."

Kurt rubbed the back of his head and gave a small sigh.

"She's my little sib. Who turns out is a year older than me. And is also.... kinda my daughter in an alternate future timeline...."

He gave Gray a somewhat awkward shrugs because... yeah that was definitely a thing.

"Whoa," Gray said. "That can happen?"

"Eeeeevedently" Kurt said with a helpless shrug. "First I have ever heard of it... but yeah. Turns out me, or some other version of me, is her dad and one of the leaders of the X-Men. Basically our big super hero team in our world" he added, figuring Gray probably had no idea who the X-Men were.

"Whoa," Gray said again. "Well at least you know you--a version of you, I guess--is going to be successful?" Always looking on the bright side here.

"Aye. That is what I keep trying to tell myself." Kurt gave a small sigh. "I just don't want to... ya know... ruin TJ's time here."

Gray frowned at that. "I don't see how you could?" he admitted. Maybe he didn't understand time travel well enough.

"Just that she cane here to get away from her dad's shadow. Her exact words. And now shes here and im here, younger than her... Trying to be big sib and help her."

Kurt sighed and rubbed the back of his head.

"I don't think she is too thrilled to be honest."

Oh, okay, now Gray got it. Sort of. It was sort of like Raiden being here, except Raiden was his actual brother. If, say, Al showed up but he was younger than him...

"I think I'm hurting my brain trying to wrap it around this," he admitted.

"Join the club!" Kurt said with a dry laugh and smile. "So, how about better topics? Its been a bit since we have really talked. You doing ok with classes and all? What are you thinking of Fandom and all so far? Especially now that your.... brother I think someone said... is here too now?"