solo_sword | Room 527, so late Friday it's Saturday

When the shuttle dropped Jaina off at the causeway, she had no idea what time it was, except she wasn't seeing a lot of people. She was guessing it was late. Realistically, it was probably late enough that she should just head back to her own room and worry about things in the morning, but she wasn't the slightest bit tired.

She wasn't sure what possessed her to try it- except that she didn't want to head back to her own room and worry about things later- but when she got to the dorms, she found herself trying to sense John, to see if he was even awake. Which he wasn't, but it sort of stunned Jaina that she could tell. It was a good kind of stunned, though, and asleep or not, she bypassed the third floor to head up to the fifth.

Jaina hoped it wasn't creepy that she tried the doorknob before knocking, but she didn't want to wake him up to have to answer the door. Besides, the door was unlocked. That was practically an invitation. She stepped inside, closing the door behind her, leaving her bag and shoes at the door.

[For the room's owner. Room and boyfriend modded with permission.]

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"Like Mara's letting him out of her sight," she said. "Besides, there wasn't time. That was my last stop before coming here."

"Good you got to see him, though," John said. "What's his name? I promise I won't tell Luke."

"Ben," she said. "I've got a holo, but it's in my bag."

"Then I can see it later," he said, not at all ready to let her go yet.

"Yeah, there's time," she said. "I've missed you."

"I missed you," he admitted. "Even with hearing your voice a few times a day."

"No arrests?" she checked.

"No," he frowned. "But don't think I didn't try."

She raised her eyebrows, asking, "Oh?"

John raised an eyebrow in return. "You know, streaking through town, stealing rickshaws - the usual."

"It's not nice to tease me, you know," she said, hoping he actually was teasing. She still remembered the first time.

"It's not," he agreed. "But I can't stop myself."

"It's almost like you're paying me back," she noted.

"Am I that petty?" he asked.

"Not petty, but I'm still bringing up the bunny thing I wasn't even there for, so..."

This was much more comfortable, more normal. She liked this.

"Again with the bunny?" He was so willing to forget she ever mentioned it.

"Just using it as an example," she smirked.

"An example of the many crazy things that happen to me?" He asked, because of course he hadn't done anything to deserve any of them.

"Of the way I tease, but yes, that too."

"Well, I'll have you know nothing crazy happened to me this week. So you get no new dirt to tease me about." He was proud of this.

"I would have been sorry to have missed it," she said, pretty proud of him, actually.

"You really do care," he smiled. "Wanting to see me at my worst and all."

"I just like seeing you." Which was more honest than she'd been meaning to get, but there she was.

It was weird that she could still give him that fluttery feeling with just a few words. "I've heard I'm not so bad looking." Okay, so fluttery feelings didn't stop him from being an ass.