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Characters: Dave Strider (AU) and Jade Harley (AU)
Format: Action
This log is: Closed
Location: Dave's room, Black 2-B
Summary: It's stupid o'clock in the morning and Jade has been dreaming on Prospit so much during the day that she's forgotten all the promises she made Dave when they got battle married. Also she's got insomnia.
Warnings: None

[ Jade bolts awake at about one in the morning -- without waking Sora up, she's quick to run from the prefects' cottage to the Black dormitory. To be honest, Black had always been more comforting than the cottage; it was the first place she stayed, and she had a lot of memories there. But right now, she had more pressing issues than nostalgia.

She sneaks into 2-B and passes the sleeping bodies as quietly as she can, making almost no noise in her bare feet. She's shivering a little bit in her nightgown, but she decides to ignore that. Spotting Dave amidst all the forms, she quietly reaches out and pokes him in the shoulder. ]

Dave...are you awake?

[ Poke. Poke poke. ]

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[Dave drags himself out of bed and gets to his feet. He gives the PDA back to her while he finds his. There's already a reply written out on it though.]

we could hang out on prospit
i guess im just kind of weirded out at the concept of it again
its been a year for me since ive been on derse
idk
whatever made you happy
i assumed you kept sleeping because you were happy
kind of a dick move to wake you up when something good was happening

[Even if he kind of just sat next to her hoping she'd wake up on her own accord and hang out with him.]

[ She clutches the PDA and doesn't say anything for a minute. The truth is, the emptiness, the strangeness of Prospit here is a little dissatisfying. She would have much rather hung out with Dave, if she had only known that he was sitting there. ]

You're better than Prospit.

[ She looks up at him, waiting for him to lead the way. ]

[Dave finds his PDA and shoves it in his pocket. He takes her hand gently and leads her out of the room and starts ascending the stairs towards the ceiling.

He's quiet the entire way up. Well, of course he's quiet. But he doesn't send any texts to her or tries other ways to speak to her until they get to the roof.]

[ She's quiet too, but for different reasons. She's worried he might be upset with her -- he's very quiet. Did she do something wrong?

Well of course she did, she ignored him. She's surprised that he hasn't walked away angrily yet. ]

[Dave finally gets them to the roof. It looks like he's the only one who frequents the roof. Or at least, he's the only guy who leaves stuff lying around. That sure is a pillow fort set up on the roof.]

shit
i guess i forgot to clean that up

No don't, I really like it.

[ She wonders if it gets wet, or how long it's actually been sitting on the roof in the first place. How often does he come up here? Jade wanders over and pokes at it -- thankfully, it's dry. ]

Let's sit in it. [ She shivers a bit; her pajamas are nothing more than a thin-looking nightgown with some shorts underneath. ] I want to hold your hand...if that's okay.

[He crawls into the fort, making plenty of room for Jade to get comfortable.]

i made it yesterday
it was nice out

[He's just staring down at his PDA though. He knows he's implying that he wanted to invite her to sit with him, but than he didn't want to wake her up...

He does lace his fingers with hers, though.]

Oh.

[ Jade crawls in after him, curling up so that she can lean against his shoulder. She lets him lace their fingers but doesn't say much otherwise, because she gets the implication and feels pretty horrible about it.

Finally, after a few moments, she speaks again. ] I'm really sorry.

[He kind of drums his fingers against her hand lightly. There's a slight beat to it, probably a slight nervous tick to try and calm his nerves.]

its ok
its a pretty nice night out
pillow forts were meant to be enjoyed at night anyways
who wants to make one in the day?
bluhhhhh boring

I would make one in the day with you. I'd make one every day with you. And every night, too, if you wanted.

[ She hesitates before gently placing her free hand over his nervous, drumming fingers. ] Just don't leave, okay? Not until we beat the game and I know you can go home to save the world.

[ She doesn't make any mention of going home herself. ]

[He puts the PDA down.

Well, okay. He might have felt a little lonely while Jade was dreaming. Even being on Prospit didn't feel very satisfying. He wasn't all too interested in it, but he had over a year to get over the whole dreaming on Derse thing anyways.

He looked down at their hands. Until they won... What would happen after though?] 'I've been here this long.' [He couldn't promise not leaving though...but he didn't exactly want to leave either, so there's that.]

[ She nods, studying his face as he looks at their hands. What was he thinking? Of course, she wanted to be selfish, keep all of her friends. Make sure that all of them had happy lives. But she couldn't be that person. They had to be happy, they had to be heroes. She wasn't about to let them stop living their lives because she couldn't handle them going home again.

But for a moment -- just one -- she decides to confess some of that. ]

I wish you didn't have to go home. Anybody. Sis says she wants to even though she...and Dirk, too. And Jane, and Sora. And Anya. [ Jade's hands clenched a little tighter, but not uncomfortably so. Just noticeably different. ]

I don't want you to go. I want you to stay here, so we can do this every day. But I know you have to go be heroes, and I don't want to let the world down.

[He doesn't want to leave Jade here. He knows there's probably a lot of time before it happens, but it would be kind of hard to leave after so long.

And he didn't even know what would happen if he went back home. Would time have move forwarded? Would it have froze in place? Either way...he thinks he could stay here a little longer. If it were the first, he'd be a Doomed Dave anyways.

And Sis wanting to go...he didn't want Sis to go back home either.] 'There's a lot of time before it'll happen.' [It gives them time to think.]

[ Jade nods. She doesn't want Dave to leave, either; all of the teachers are linked to one another, all of the prefects too. Why can't they be Linked like that, too? It means he has to stay, right?

She's not really sure what else to say, so she leans in and kisses him on the cheek instead, all very grown up and 14 year old-like. ]

Whatever happens, we can go together.

[Cheek kisses are awesome. He totally likes them. He just leans his head against her shoulder, looking outside. The weather has been getting nicer.

He nods a bit, and smiles at her softly.

He'll figure something out. For now, he'll enjoy her company.]

[ She's silent for a long time -- looking at the stars, presumably. She likes them. They're not the same as at home, but Prospit is, golden in the distance. ]

One day, I want to grow up.

[ It's kind of a random thought, but hey, since they're on the subject of feelings. ] And be an adult. And get married, and get a job....

Maybe I can do that here.

[He listens to her. He feels a pang of guilt at her words. He wonders if any of them will actually get to do any of those things. They still have things to do before they see the end of their game. But it was different for this Jade. She'll never get to do any of those things if she goes home

But if she gets to stay here, she might. As much as this place was annoying, it wasn't all bad.]

'You're already part way there. You got a job, don't you?'