meteorical | Forty-Eighth Shower

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[Today if anyone's wandering into Seventh Heaven, they'll find Kairi sitting at a table by herself. Thanks to Sanji, she's agreed to pick up a few shifts at the restaurant as a part-time waitress. She's just finished her shift for the day and she's got her Luceti-provided journal open in front of her, along with a sheet of what looks like purple paper. She had leafed through the pages of the Luceti journal, checking on the village, but now she's occasionally writing lines on the purple page. If anyone were to get close enough to look, they'd see:

Thinking of you, wherever you are. It's been a little over two months since you left...almost three, actually, but I still think about you every day. I think we all do.

[She pauses in her writing then upon realizing two things. A.) This is very much like a letter she wrote to Sora about fifteen months ago and B.) It's been almost three months since the brunette left. It felt weird the longer she thought about it, thinking about how close she had become to some people and how distant she was starting to feel from the boy who was...no, is her best friend.

It disturbs her, in a way. Enough to cause her to push the letter aside, turning her attention back to her Luceti-journal to address the public. Her voice is pretty casual, but anyone who knows her well enough may notice there's a slight hesitance.]

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What would you consider a good balance between making a life here in Luceti and keeping your life in your own world in focus? I mean in the sense of...well...let's talk about jobs for instance. Do you think it's important to make yourself useful here, or would you rather wait until you go home since it may not matter once we leave anyway?

Or friends, even. Do you only call people from your world your best friends, or have you made new best friends here?

[She pauses, trying to think of how to wrap this up. Keep it casual, keep it light.] It's not really a big deal, I'm just kind of curious what everyone thinks.

[Filtered to Riku]

...can I talk to you about something? Just when you have some time.

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Don't worry, I won't. I can't resist giving in to him after some time, anyway.

Good to know. Has he bothered to extend an invite to join us at our house for dinner? [It's said in a mock-anger tone, because knowing Riku he probably hasn't given it much thought. But Kairi was 100% serious. She'd love to cook and host a dinner for Ino...even if it would make things possibly awkward for Roxas who kind of still didn't like Riku, and Xion who was his ex. Oh well.]

No, he hasn't. [Point-blank with a hint of teasing. Luckily for Ino, she knows Xion but not the 'ex' part.] Let's pretend he did because no matter what, I'll agree.

Pick a date and I'll whip up a menu. It'll be fun.

How about next week? I'm planning a little something for him around that time too.

It's not going to crash into whatever you're planning, right? I don't want to take anything away.

No, of course not. I think this is more important. [Than what she has in mind. Then again, she can just move her plans. No big deal.]

Then it's settled. So how about a hint? What's the famous Ino's favorite thing to eat?

Anything low-fat will do. Oh, and something healthy too.

Low-fat and healthy, huh? I'll think of a compromise since I don't think the boys will go for that. [But there's a promising grin.] Trust me, I won't disappoint.

Hey, don't worry, I know you won't. [She has that much faith in her.] Anyway, how many are you guys in one house?

There used to be six of us, but right now it's just us four. Have you met Roxas or Xion yet? They're the other two that live with us.

[A eureka moment.] Oh, I think I met Xion before when I was talking about ikebana.

Ikebana?

The art of flower arrangement, of course. My family owns a flower shop back home, you see.

Oh? That sounds really nice. I bet you get to see all kinds of beautiful things.

Yeah, I do. I also get to understand the many words of flowers.

What kind of words?

Their meanings. What they stand for. [A small, warm smile.] Those kind of words.

Is it something you'd like to teach people here?

Well, I wouldn't mind doing that if many are interested.

Well the flower shop's still here. Besides, it might be good to educate some people in some finer arts.

I guess you're right. It'd be good if people will know some finer arts once in their lives.

Have you tried teaching Riku?

[She chuckles.] Believe me, I tried. [And it didn't work out.]

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