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Wellspring Arms and Meditation Center, Friday, All Day, More or Less

Okay! Rikku was here! And opening the shop, totally almost on time! Hey, she'd been up late, okay? And she wasn't that late. Honest.

She hoped Romeo remembered about the Hawaiian shirt. She totally had to see that. She'd have to look into those, they sounded funky.

And the Wellspring Arms and Meditation Center was totally open. A lot.

(sorry so late, vet appointment!)

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She's here, bouncing on her toes.

And Romeo was there between class and language club, a little less bouncy but certainly very colorfully clad. "Good e'en, Rikku."

"Romeo!" she bounced, waving. "Duuuuuude. Very nice! Twirl, I wanna --"

Blink.

"You okay?"

Romeo laughed at her excitement -- it was an ordinary enough shirt, after all- and twirled. "Why wouldn't I be okay?" he asked.

"Dude, that rules," she said, applauding. "You rock the colors. Very nice! It's all HI I'M HERE and stuff. Festive. Dunno, just making sure, thought you seemed kinda Serious but that's probably because I had too much sugar last night and I've been mainlining the mochaccinos to ward off the total freaking crash that's coming so everybody seems Seeeeeeerious today. Uh. I mentioned the sugar, right?"

Romeo laughed harder at that, his cheeks turning pink. "I am not having a Very Serious Day," he told her. "Though next time I do, perhaps I should just feed you sugar and watch you bounce until I feel better. Would you mind being used in that way?"

"I never mind being used if it means I get sugar," she said airily. "How Not Serious? Like a good kinda day? See, I can totally get away with being nosy and stupid and stuff, I'll blame the mochaccinos later."

"A good kinda day," Romeo agreed. "My class today was weird but not actually unpleasant, I have had drinks with cute girls the last two nights, and I have language club in a bit. And it's the weekend." He tilted his head. "Are there more mochachinos about, or would I need to go to the Perk?"

Rikku giggled. "Seriously? Cute girls? Dude, check you out! Who and how cute and what's going on?"

She reached around under the counter and produced a mochaccino. "I have extras," she admitted. "Warding off the crash. You can have this one. Might be a little colder than it's supposed to be."

"Nothing," Romeo said sincerely, as he accepted the drink. "Mostly nothing. Just Brooke and Annette -- do you know her? She was rather, er, friendly." In the sense of "drunk off her ass."

"What about you, are you still avoiding the beach rather than get your toes wet?"

"So are you and Brooke ... like, a thing, or a not-thing, or was it a just-drinks deal?" she asked. "I totally warned you. And. Uh. Annette just got dumped, and she and Dick have been together for ages, so she might've been ... not herself."

She blushed, and lowered her voice. "I, uh, I think I'm being stupid or crazy or something, but I'm ... kinda ... having a not-thing. I think. With, uh, some foot-wetting. Feet-wetting? Either way. Legs. Water. Guess someone drove me to the beach?"

"Just drinks last night," Romeo said, though he sounded hopeful. "And aye, Annette spoke of Dick. She said he cheated on her. The oddest thing..." he let his voice trail off; the kiss had never happened, right? "Is of no matter"

He grinned. "Who provided this ride? And good for you, on the dampened feet."

"You never know, right?" Rikku said. Eternal optimism was also her gig. "He cheated, really? They kinda used to fight a lot, but I thought they were doing better. What oddest thing?"

Totally only nosy because of the mochaccinos. A lot.

"It, uh. It's ... you know Reno? Wait, he's in a couple of our classes. Uh. He was just showing me his chopper last weekend and wow that sounds all euphemism-y but it's not and ... I dunno what's going on. Think I'm just gonna go with it, yeah?"

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Romeo blushed. "You remember, in the common room, that ...dancer?" he asked. "I kissed Dick, then. And we agreed it never happened. But I half expected Annette to yell at me regardless."

"Is Reno the one with the bright hair?" he asked. "I've not spoken to him, but he seems" -- loud and like a little bit of a jerk, is how he seemed, but Romeo was not about to tell Rikku this -- "interesting," he finished. "I hope you go with it to someplace good."

"Oh. Oh." Rikku nodded quickly. "I, uh. J-jenny? Sparks? She, uh, yeah. Same ... thing. We kinda ... it was just a thing and it so doesn't count, right? Yeah."

She blushed again, fussing with her hair. "Yeah. Bright red, hard to miss. He's ... he couldn't be more different, from Jude, and I wasn't expecting it. At all. Just kinda ... happened." She thought for a moment. "Maybe that's okay, yeah? With the feet-wetting and all."

"It completely doesn't count," Romeo said firmly. Because it couldn't, right? "And I like Jenny, though I may know her less well than you."

He played with his drink as he thought about what Rikku said. "Foot-wetting is good," he said. "I may need to talk to Reno, though. I should not like him to hurt you."

"I don't, uh." Blush. "I don't know her very well, aside from the ... thing that didn't happen, bit. Deal. Uh."

She waved slightly. "You really don't have to. I'm fine, honest, we're just ... you know. We're not really sure what's going on but he's been totally up-front about it. He's ..." She considered for a minute. "I know this sounds crazy, but he's ... he does this and that with people, fine, but I think maybe he's a ... sort of a nice guy, in a way. Like, he's decent about it, not the kinda guy who's manipulative or lying or ... whatever. That makes no sense, does it?"

"No, it does," Romeo said. "He might be a rogue, but an honorable one? That's better than one who claims honesty and deceives you."

"But I should still like to talk to him."

She nodded quickly. "I think it's ... weird for him, too. I dunno. He's ... like you said, honorable. And ... you don't have to, but ... it's sweet. Thanks." She smiled, blushing. "Do I need to go talk to Brooke? I haven't, 'cause ... I kinda don't know her?"

"I would not know what you should say, if you did go talk to her," Romeo admitted. "I like her, but she is in no danger of breaking my heart." Not right then, anyhow.

"I won't do anything that would embarrass you," he promised.

"Okay," Rikku nodded. "I'll just keep that in mind. And if she does break your heart I'm gonna knock her teeth out."

It was a thing.

"No, no, I know you wouldn't," she said, waving slightly. "I just, you know. Feel silly, 'cause it's not like ... you know. There's anything or whatever."

Ohmmmmmmmmm.

Only if you have permission! And, let's face it, you probably don't.

All kitties are fine - just a case of ear mites. :)

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