Starks [at least for now], Friday, September 24

[momslilassassin]

Ben was hardly a stranger to how Stark's was set up, but it was the first time he'd been in the shop unsupervised, which was why he might look like most kids would in a candy store.

...no one ever accused him of being all that normal.

He was behind the counter bright and early that morning, fiddling around with a mouse droid and eager to earn his paycheck so he could get rid of that damn arm tattoo help the community with their technology woes.

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[the_merriest]

"See, that's the bit I don't get," Rikku said, leaning against the counter with a sigh. "You get to ask High Summoner Yuna a question, why not have it be about her pilgrimage, or the fate of the world, and not if she's getting married? Why does anyone care about your cousin's love life?"

[momslilassassin]

"I have absolutely no idea," Ben replied. "Because her boyfriend runs a rival government, maybe?"

Yes, Ben. That would probably be it.

[the_merriest]

"Oooooooooh." Rikku's jaw dropped appropriately. "Oh, wow, they're all lovers who fight and separated by their empires and families? It's just like that play with the Italian kids!"

[momslilassassin]

"Only boring," Ben declared uncharitably. "Jag is so dull."

[the_merriest]

"Is she the exciting one?" Rikku asked. "They say opposites attract."

High Summoner Yuna was madly in love with a sports star. So.

[momslilassassin]

"She's my cousin," Ben replied. "I don't really think of her like that. There's a Jaina here--you could maybe meet her and find out?"

[the_merriest]

Rikku stuck her tongue out. "I didn't mean like that," she giggled. "Just, you know. Do they go well together, or are they a mismatch? I'm curious."

Did she know Jaina? She had to have met her, right? She was pretty sure she had.

[momslilassassin]

Ben, with all of the thought a sixteen year old boy puts into such things, shrugged. "She's been with him, or not, or with Zekk, or not, for all of my life. I've kind of stopped paying attention?"