Apartment in Palo Alto- Sunday morning Fandom time

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Jaina kind of really liked the times she and John obviously had nothing better to do with their time. It was a nice change of pace for her, one she really only let herself enjoy when she was here, And it led to things like going out and getting nail polish. Not because she was going girly on anyone, but because she kind of didn't mind that kind of attention. And thank you for that, Walter Jon Williams. *eyeroll*

When they got back to the apartment, Jaina guessed, "Probably not worth doing this out in the open, huh?"


[Omg you know how this goes by now.]

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"No one's going to judge you for painting your nails," John teased, knowing full well she intended for him to do the painting.

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"I mean, what would Mitch say if he walked in on you doing them for me?" Jaina said with a smile. He knew her so well.

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John rolled his eyes and led her back to his room. "Mitch would probably want to know when it was his turn and we don't want that."

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"Maybe you don't," Jaina teased, following him with her little plastic bag in hand.

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"So what you're saying is you want to paint Mitch's toes? I'm a little hurt, Jaina."

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"I'm sorry I've kept my secret desire to see Mitch's feet hidden for so long," Jaina deadpanned.

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He kicked off his shoes before plopping onto the bed and leaning back against the wall. "You know, I might keep it to myself if I were you. He gets a little excited at new prospects." Oh, didn't John know it.

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For some odd reason now, Jaina found herself closing the door. "You look comortable. Almost like you want your toes painted."

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The rolling of John's eyes was automatic. "Yes, just that. You have two minutes to sit down before my offer to paint yours expires."

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"That's a lot of time for me to mess with you, you know," she pointed out, taking off her shoes to sit on the bed anyway.

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"I didn't want to cheat you out of anything," he said, glad she'd just sat down and not pranced around to mock him further.

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Oh, like Jaina pranced.

"I love that you know how to stay on my good side, she said, opening up the bag to pull out the polish.

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In his dreams, maybe.

"Is it wrong that I hardly try?" John wondered.

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"No. I prefer it that way," she said with a little smile, handing him the bottle of dark purple polish.

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"Next time, I'm getting red," he told her, shaking the bottle and amusing himself with the little rattle of the ball inside.

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"I like the purple," she protested, sticking out her toes. "The red's too flashy for everyday." No one usually saw her feet.

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"Because you flash your toes around so much?" John asked, assuming she was still, well, herself back at Fandom. He pulled her feet onto his lap and leaned down to inspect them.

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"Fight Club," she pointed out. "And I don't sleep with boots on." Unless she got knocked out.

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"So then people will get to see my handiwork when you get back. I guess I should leave off the tiny print," he teased, turning to make sure he was at a good angle for polishing.

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"Depends. What would the tiny print say?" she wondered, placing her hands on the mattress behind her and leaning back.

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"It would say 'don't mess with me' and it would be in black if I had black polish," he said, uncapping the polish and leaning to delicately start with a pinkie toe.

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"Very subtle," Jaina said, watching his work while not moving at all. And then she added smugly, "But I think everyone gets that."

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"Wouldn't it be more fun to kick 'em in the face and then point down all, 'My toes warned you'?" John replied, managing two toes before returning for more polish. He was doing a much better job on Jaina's toes than he'd done on Chuck.

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Jaina laughed. "When you put it that way, I kind of want to do it."

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"We'd have to go back to the store," he pointed out, using his nail to scrape away a little excess polish from her skin.