concoursec | Dogs And Dorms

Characters: Mitsuru, Rinoa. And a puppy.
Location: Garden Dorm B119
Rating: PG
Open/Closed/Finished: Closed-ish. PM or AIM if you want in?
Summary: Upon moving into her new dorm, Mitsuru finds a few surprises waiting for her in the form of new roommates and their pets.

Even without the need to transfer any furniture, heavy electronics (read; televisions that required a forklift to transport) Mitsuru still had more to carry then she originally thought. And without any staff to help, it took longer then she expected. Especially if she wanted to keep the filing system she'd developed for her notes intact.

But it was only on her last trip that Mitsuru ran into an unexpected snag. She stepped inside the dorm room, managing a balance between a book bag in one hand, and her rapier in the other...And found herself staring at a large canine sitting squarely in the middle of the bed Mitsuru had been hoping to claim. And abruptly Mitsuru found herself at a loss on just how to deal with this new development.

Because that was very clearly a dog. In a space dogs weren't supposed to occupy, or had any business being present at.

...

...It was probably going to take her a moment to get her mind past that fact, and all the rules and sub-rules in Garden code related to it.

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And the look she gave Rinoa, in response? An impolite way of translating it would be 'and your point with that would be?' But Mitsuru was nothing, if not polite; a closer equivalent would probably be that this Heartilly girl had something she was trying to prove with that argument, but Mitsuru couldn't understand the logic behind it...Or even what sort of benefit she was getting at.

"I must disagree. While conversation can be useful, I find that studying and reading can be very helpful with taking your mind off of things, and helping you manage any worries. That's been the case for me, several times."

That look was very familiar to Rinoa by now. Why? Because she was entirely too used to seeing that same expression on Squall's face. Come to think of it his reaction to that statement would probably be pretty similar considering how often he'd been cloistering himself away with a bunch of papers and nothing else lately.

"Studying can be good for getting your mind of things, but it's not always good for getting your mind off things. And what if you need help with something? Books and papers can't do things for you can they? It's important to have friends too for when bad things, good things, or well anything really happens! There's nothing worse than needing a friend around to help and finding out that when it really counts you're alone."

"..." There was another traditional ~~abuse of ellipsis~~ mannerism the two shared, then; namely, a long silence and then the decision that eye contact was overrated.

Although even dropping her gaze, it might not have been enough to hide how she reacted. For a moment, that carefully formed mask slipped enough to show something...Pained flicker across her face.

"...I think that's enough conversation for now." Mitsuru finally said, not really answering or arguing with Heartilly's statement. "I still have a few more things to move in...And I would be ashamed to distract you from completing your own arrangements." She started to turn towards the door as she said that.

"Still...I hope you will have a good term, and I will make an adequate dorm mate, Miss Heartilly."

Well, at least it was behavior she was used to dealing with, so it could have been worse.

Oh no, dropping eye contact with Rinoa was never enough to hide reactions. She'd gotten super good at keeping track of things even after that, she'd had to because with Squall there really wasn't any other way to know what was going on sometimes. That look was worth worrying about, but even Rinoa knew better than to push things all the time.

"We can talk more later. Like you said there's a lot of stuff we both need to do." She meant it though. They would talk later, whether Mitsuru wanted to or not.

Still that didn't stop her from adding one last little jab.

"I'm sure we'll both have good terms and more than that, I'm sure we'll end up good friends too."

Dogs And Dorms

And I've just realized I've been misspelling her surname. orz

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