Kathy hadn't gotten many calls this year, so she figured that Anders was just messing around."You know, darling, this almost sounds like you're interested in having a threesome with your beloved roommate and Sparkle," she teased. "I'm surprised by the knife thing, though. That is not a kink we've ever talked about. How drunk do I have to get you for that to come up?!"
After helping Ringo with her chocolates, Kathy had commandeered the kitchen to make her own Valentines Day treats. Which was why Ringo would find a basket full of mini strawberry tarts and a gift certificate to Letty's boutique.
On Wednesday morning, Ringo'd find a bunch of sports drinks sitting outside her door, and a card that read, in mostly-legible chicken scratch:
Didn't know it was your birthday. Happy birthday or something. I don't know what you like outside of inline skates and winning, but hey, maybe this'll give you a shot at beating me sometime.
Shiemi didn't have a personal phone, so she'd pleaded with hotel staff to let her make a long-distance call.
"Seeeemmmpaiiiiiiiii?! Where aaaaare you?" Her voice was fairly shaking. She hadn't seen Ringo-Sempai at the Portal and couldn't find her anywhere in the hotel... And now it was after dinner and still no sempai! They were supposed to be on the spring break trip together and they were going to have fun and Sempai was going to help Shiemi with her new swimsuit and and and "Seeeempaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiii."
"Sempai, no teasing. What room are you in here." She wanted to check out the pool and maybe take a walk and see the beach and look for turtles and new plants and and...
"I knew it. You've been acting differently lately. I should have made sure you were coming." Another sigh and she gripped the phone.
"Yes. We're in a really beautiful hotel with beautiful scenery. I'm sharing a room, though. With one of the girls from our class last semester: Mary Jade, I think?"
"Awww, dang it!" Ringo screwed up her face at her phone. "I'm sorry, kohai. I was looking forward to hanging out with you, and I went and forgot all about it."
NOW who was going to make her put her swimsuit on and go to the beach? Who was going to keep her from just burying herself in the flora and ignoring all her classmates? Hmm, Sempai?
"It's okay." And Shiemi smiled, trying to sound happier so Ringo wouldn't worry. "You're the one who is stuck on the cold island, not me. I was worried you were lost."
"Exactly!" Shiemi let loose the breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding and smiled. "Though you're not being very sempai like," she teased. "Forgetting to go on your kohai's very important first school trip."
"You can owe me lunch or something when we get back."
But Shiemi heard that shift in Ringo's tone and felt bad herself. "It's okay, really. I'm a little scared but I have Nee-chan. And there are some wonderful flowers here."
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Date: 2016-01-30 01:38 am (UTC)Kathy hadn't gotten many calls this year, so she figured that Anders was just messing around."You know, darling, this almost sounds like you're interested in having a threesome with your beloved roommate and Sparkle," she teased. "I'm surprised by the knife thing, though. That is not a kink we've ever talked about. How drunk do I have to get you for that to come up?!"
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Date: 2016-01-30 01:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-14 08:27 pm (UTC)Happy Valentines Day, Ringo! Love, Kathy
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Date: 2016-03-02 01:34 pm (UTC)Didn't know it was your birthday. Happy birthday or something. I don't know what you like outside of inline skates and winning, but hey, maybe this'll give you a shot at beating me sometime.
Dante.
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Date: 2016-03-02 04:00 pm (UTC)Thanks, Dante!
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Date: 2017-02-20 01:57 am (UTC)"Seeeemmmpaiiiiiiiii?! Where aaaaare you?" Her voice was fairly shaking. She hadn't seen Ringo-Sempai at the Portal and couldn't find her anywhere in the hotel... And now it was after dinner and still no sempai! They were supposed to be on the spring break trip together and they were going to have fun and Sempai was going to help Shiemi with her new swimsuit and and and "Seeeempaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiii."
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Date: 2017-02-22 12:04 am (UTC)"Why? What's up?"
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Date: 2017-02-22 01:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-02-22 01:55 am (UTC)"I've told you that before, right?"
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Date: 2017-02-22 01:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-02-22 02:20 am (UTC)"What do you mean?"
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Date: 2017-02-22 02:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-02-22 02:48 am (UTC)Wait.
"What!? Is Spring Break this week?"
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Date: 2017-02-22 03:03 am (UTC)"Yes. We're in a really beautiful hotel with beautiful scenery. I'm sharing a room, though. With one of the girls from our class last semester: Mary Jade, I think?"
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Date: 2017-02-22 11:17 pm (UTC)That was, to Ringo, the worst part.
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Date: 2017-02-23 02:30 am (UTC)"It's okay." And Shiemi smiled, trying to sound happier so Ringo wouldn't worry. "You're the one who is stuck on the cold island, not me. I was worried you were lost."
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Date: 2017-02-23 04:01 am (UTC)She grinned. "Oh, were you going to come find me if I was?"
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Date: 2017-02-25 04:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-03-07 12:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-03-07 01:27 am (UTC)"Exactly!" Shiemi let loose the breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding and smiled. "Though you're not being very sempai like," she teased. "Forgetting to go on your kohai's very important first school trip."
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Date: 2017-03-07 01:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-03-07 01:44 am (UTC)But Shiemi heard that shift in Ringo's tone and felt bad herself. "It's okay, really. I'm a little scared but I have Nee-chan. And there are some wonderful flowers here."
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Date: 2017-03-07 01:52 am (UTC)