Room 313, Friday evening

[solo_sword]

Jaina still felt like she should be doing something, but she was trying so hard not to go off and do something stupid anyway. Logically she knew trying to do something like knock an angel's head off was probably only going to get her into trouble, but... but...

So this was her cleaning her side of the room that didn't need cleaning because she was trying to keep herself busy while being good.

[Expecting one, but post is open.]

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[solo_sword]

She was a bit stuck on this at the moment. "Promise me you won't."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Promises were tricky things. He didn't want to make any promises to her that he couldn't keep, so he was specific. "I promise not to throw food at the statues."

[solo_sword]

Jaina raised her eyebrows, knowing that technique. Because that was how she'd gotten away with a lot of stuff. "Or get thrown into the past because you were doing something you knew was a bad idea," she suggested.

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"That, too," he nodded his agreement. Of course, if he knew it was a bad idea ahead of time, he wouldn't do it, right?

[solo_sword]

She knew there had to be something she wasn't getting, because she didn't exactly trust that answer. So she went with, "If you get sent back in time, we're going to have such a huge fight about it afterwards."

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"Don't think that doesn't work both ways," he reminded her.

[solo_sword]

"I didn't do anything stupid when that vampire was going around. I can keep myself in check," she assured him. Even if it drove her crazy.

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"Thanks for thinking so highly of me," he said sarcastically. It wasn't like he'd gotten himself or anyone else hurt then.

[solo_sword]

"What did I say?" she asked, honestly confused. Maybe one day she'd learn to think before speaking. Maybe.

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He considered not telling her, but somehow thought that would just cause more problems. "You implied that I can't keep myself in check," he said.

[solo_sword]

"I didn't mean that," she said, shaking her head.

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He shrugged, and moved to get to his feet. "I guess we'll find out if you're right."

[solo_sword]

She winced. She hadn't exactly meant for this to happen. "John, don't. I didn't mean anything by that."

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"You know, I'm aware that I've gotten lucky with some of the stuff I've done." He stood facing her, hands on his hips. "But what makes you think I can't take care of myself in a real situation?"

[solo_sword]

She moved up to sit at the edge of the bed and said, "I don't think that. At all. You handled yourself fine when you went off with Rikku, didn't you? But forgive me if I don't want to lose you to something completely preventable."

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He rubbed his face with one hand, vowing never to tell her about exactly how often he'd needed healing on Spira. "I hate to break it to you, but you're not gonna lose me to some stupid statues."

[solo_sword]

"All I'm asking is that you don't tempt fate," Jaina said. So far she'd been able to stay nicely detached from the actual situation, but if she started losing people- especially him- she knew how she'd react.

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John exhaled, dropping his arms to his sides. "Fine. No tempting of anything, especially fate. Happy now?"

[solo_sword]

She probably even looked relieved. "Thank you."

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He was a little surprised to be thanked. He stepped closer to the bed. "Are you okay?"

[solo_sword]

"Now I am," she said with a little sigh.

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Unsure why that made him feel guilty, he reached out to wrap his arms around her in response.

[solo_sword]

Surprised by that, she stood, wrapping her arms around him. "It's okay," she assured him.

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Despite knowing it would affect her, some part of him wished he was stuck in the past instead of his friends.

"I don't want to upset you," he told her, hand smoothing over her back.

[solo_sword]

"You're not," she said, because otherwise she'd have to admit being upset. Even if it did mean she had to admit something else. "I'm just sick of losing people, I don't want to have to do it here, too."