Day 34: Lunch

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Yuffie bounced all the way through collecting her lunch, all the way to a good seat- one with a nice view of the whole cafeteria, which was something she'd been missing out on during the past day or so that she'd been stuck in the Institute- and hell, she even bounced into her seat.

A good mood? No, really?

Despite the occasional blip, talking to Sagara had been awesome. He was a fun guy; he wasn't a prude, didn't have a stick shoved so far up his ass it was poking out his eyeballs, and he'd actually had a conversation with her. One that hadn't revolved around doom, gloom or how much life sucked. If she could find other people like that and keep in touch with Sagara, maybe there was a little hope for this place.

After a quick gulp of pink lemonade, Yuffie settled to munching through her food and keeping an eye on the door.

[Waiting for Dean, I think? :x]

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It had been a good morning. Ken had slept through breakfast and woke up sometime during second shift, content to just lay in bed and stare at the ceiling until the nurse had decided that he'd been lazy long enough and drug him out of bed just in time for lunch.

He went through the line, intending to eat a larger meal at lunch--because if dinner last night was any indication, he'd be giving most of his food to his roommate just so the guy didn't start chewing on his pillow. He didn't seek anyone out today, instead just finding a seat by himself and starting in on his plate.

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Well, too bad for him, but someone else was seeking him out. For a certain definition of seeking out that involved a lot more accident and spontaneity and a lot less seeking. Close enough, right?

Omi stopped by the Ken's table, hair still wet from his shower. He was still sort of annoyed from spending the last far-too-long with Artemis, he was hesitantly happy to see Ken. He even sounded mostly like himself. "Ken-kun? Mind if I join you?"

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Ken looked up at Omi, then grinned and shrugged. "Knock yourself out, Omitchi. How's it going? Sorry if I missed anything this morning, I kinda slept in."

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He smiled brightly and sat next to Ken. "It's okay. It's not like we had a meeting or something."

He fidgeted a bit with his food, smile turning shy. "I wanted to thank you for what you did yesterday. It really did help."

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That...was a relief. Ken's grin turned into a real smile. "...I'm glad it did. I had no idea what I was doing."

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He laughed. "Trust me, Ken-kun, I think we could all tell." He glanced sideways at Ken. "But Yohji-kun came and found me last night, and we talked, and I think maybe things will be okay for a little while. So, thank you."

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"Hey, I tried!" Ken pouted a little, teasingly. "And I will again if I have to." An arm found its way to be draped across Omi's shoulders. "But hopefully I won't! That was like pulling teeth."

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He blushed hotly, ducking his head after looking away from Ken sheepishly. "I know. I'm sorry."

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"You don't have to apologize, we weren't exactly being helpful either." Ken's arm pulled back, but not before ruffling Omi's hair affectionately.

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"Yeah, well..." He shrugged a bit awkwardly. It wasn't that he hadn't expected Ken to react like he had, it was just, well, he hadn't allowed himself to expect it. Or something.

So he changed the subject. "How was your night?"

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"Uneventful." Ken shrugged. Well. Maybe not exactly, but he wasn't about to just up and tell Omi that he and Aya had been...

Well. Anyway. Ken hid the slight blush on his face by picking up his glass of lemonade and taking a drink.

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Was Ken... was he blushing?! Please to be excusing the staring.

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"...what?" Ken glanced sideways at Omi. The staring was a little--okay a lot--disturbing. "Did I grow a second head or something?"

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He blinked, suddenly blushing just a bit himself. He quickly turned his attention back to his food. "No. Sorry. It's nothing."

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"...if you say so." Ken picked up a piece of chicken and started chewing on it. "So what'd you and Yohji do last night?"

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Yelled at each other until they both woke up. But he wasn't going to say that. "I got my file out of my doctor's office. I'm going to read it tonight. Then..." He stopped, not quite sure how to continue. "We made it out, Ken-kun. Over the wall. But we're still here."

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"...damn. Should've known it was gonna be harder than that. It'll probably take offing Landel to get out of here for real."

Ken frowned. But how the hell were they going to do that, when the guy was all but inaccessable?