Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me.

Nov 05, 2011 23:22


Characters: bookish_lioness and open to anyone.
When: Early evening of November 5th
Where: Wandering about Adstring, with a quick detour at the Burrow 2.0. Feel free to encounter her almost anywhere.
Rating: PG, possibly worse if certain foul-mouthed characters tag in?
Summary: Ever noticed how, when you try to avoid people, you tend to bump into everyone you know ( ( Read more... )

hermione granger, sokka, harry potter, ron weasley, suki

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fanismighter November 7 2011, 02:22:10 UTC
Spending all her time inside just wasn't working for Suki. She needed more things to do, and Ron gave her that. The red-head offered the waarrior a place to go and keep herself busy, and Suki was taking advantage of that every change she got. And luckily, the girl was staying with Yoko, who was helping her out a lot as well. Right, despite being completely heart broken, Suki was in a good place. She was healing. Slowly, but healing.

Right now, she found herself walking back from the place Ron and her were working on back to her new house with Yoko. Suki wasn't coming home empty handed either, she was bringing back some things for the house. It was getting colder and their house wasn't ready. With Sokka, their house was, but Suki wasn't going back there anytime soon. But then, before Suki got very far, she saw someone she really didn't want to see. Suki wasn't one to hide, but she ducked her head, hoping the other girl didn't see her.

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bookish_lioness November 7 2011, 03:04:32 UTC
Hermione wasn't having much luck with distracting herself today, as it seemed that she had an unfortunate habit of stumbling across all the wrong people. Such was the case now, when Hermione looked up to round a corner and saw a certain someone approaching. She was tempted to quicken her step so she could turn the corner immediately and avoid her, but then she realized that turning at all would make it look as though she was purposely ignoring everything that might be the slightest bit painful. Just because she was didn't mean that she was going to advertise it.

Forcing the weakest smile imaginable to her face, Hermione kept closing the distance between them, letting out an awkward wave and greeting, "Hello, Suki." Her mouth moved again, meaning to ask her how she was, but she realized that that was likely a loaded question, and so she opted to keep her mouth shut for now, until she at least tested the waters.

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fanismighter November 7 2011, 17:32:29 UTC
Maybe it was time to not be immature about this. Suki did just talk to Sokka, and she knew that it was all the Animus' fault, but still, it hurt. It hurt to look at Hermione, because when she did all she could see was Hermione and Sokka together and it sickened her.

Her stomach felt like it was knot, like she was going to throw up, but she didn't. Instead she looked up at the other girl, almost expressionless. Before speaking, Suki's eyes drifted to the ground before forcing a smile on her face. It was an awful smile, not a single ounce of joy in it, but Suki was trying to be friendly.

"He-Hey." She replied weakly. "Where are you going?"

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bookish_lioness November 7 2011, 18:45:49 UTC
To be perfectly honest, Hermione was more than a little shocked that Suki bothered saying anything to her at all. She'd expected to be ignored, at best, and at worst... well, she didn't really want to think about the worst she could have expected.

"Nowhere in particular," she replied softly. "I just... went back to the house to get a few things and settled on going for a walk. Er... what about you?"

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fanismighter November 19 2011, 05:03:38 UTC
"I was just heading back home. I, uh, live with someone named Yoko now."

Suki wanted to make it clear that she was no longer with Sokka right now. Not in a nasty way, just leaving the hint with Hermione, but there was more she wanted to say, and the expression on her face said just that. The only problem was she didn't know how to put it in words.

"Hermione. I... um, I don't hate you. Alright?"

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bookish_lioness November 21 2011, 01:24:57 UTC
Hermione, of course, knew that Suki was no longer living with Sokka. She just didn't know whether that was a permanent moved, as it seemed to sound from what Suki was saying. However, before she could even consider asking such a question, Suki came up with such an unexpected statement that Hermione had no idea how to respond to it at all.

"Oh-...." Fighting for something else to say, she murmured, "That-... that's good, I suppose. I mean, it is, but... it is. Thank you."

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fanismighter November 21 2011, 01:54:34 UTC
For awhile, Suki didn't say anything. What else could she say? Things were so awkward between the two girls now. Usually, Suki knew how to handle herself, but she never saw herself in this situation ever. It was so confusing for her.

"No problem." She said awkwardly. "And, I'm sorry for being so rude to you. You didn't deserve that."

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bookish_lioness November 21 2011, 02:59:47 UTC
"No," Hermione quickly insisted. "I did. I would have been no kinder if I'd been in your shoes, and to be honest, you're being a much bigger person than I would have been. You're the last person that needs to apologize here, Suki. I can only hope that... that things can be all right between us someday, even if not in the immediate future."

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fanismighter November 21 2011, 04:12:09 UTC
"You..." Spirits. Why was it so hard to speak right now? It was harder to talk to Hermione than Sokka. This wasn't how Suki. Well, not under normal circumstances. "I want to be friends with you. We were friends once, but... trust."

The last word she spoke was all she needed to say.

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bookish_lioness November 21 2011, 04:21:18 UTC
Hermione was shocked when Suki admitted to wanting to be friends, but she merely looked down at that last word, knowing exactly what she meant.

"I understand," she said softly. "I don't know of anything that can repair that, except for time. But-... but if you're willing to try and get this to work, then I certainly am, too."

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fanismighter November 21 2011, 04:25:06 UTC
Suki just smiled. It was a weak smile, but one nonetheless. "I am. I'm working things out with Sokka, and you deserve it too. Besides, it isn't you who I should really be mad at. I should be mad at the Animus. It's their fault. Just when you told me... I just. I don't even know."

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bookish_lioness November 21 2011, 04:32:45 UTC
Hermione felt a rush of gratitude when she heard Suki say that. All this time, Ron had been telling her that none of this would have happened if she hadn't wanted it on some level, and she was almost worn down enough to believe it until Suki echoed the very thing she'd been trying to get through to Ron. She felt so grateful that she nearly sobbed, a hand coming up to cover her mouth as she looked away.

"Thank you," she choked out. "I-... I can't even begin to tell you how happy it makes me to hear that...."

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fanismighter November 21 2011, 05:43:45 UTC
"Hermione." Suki stepped closer to the other girl. Close enough to place a hand on her shoulder. Sadly, the hand didn't stay there long. Suki couldn't really touch Hermione without thinking about how she was with Sokka. The thought made her turn away in shame. Suki wanted to be strong but she felt so alone and weak.

"Don't be too happy about it." Suki said. She knew Hermione would've noticed how it was so difficult for Suki to even touch her right now.

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bookish_lioness November 21 2011, 12:30:25 UTC
Still looking down, Hermione nodded. She noticed how quickly that hand had slipped away, but as she hadn't even been expecting any kind of physical contact, this was still more than she could have hoped for.

"I know," she murmured. "It's just... I'm just glad that-... that there's a chance for everything to be all right again. Sokka loves you, Suki." She bit her lip, not having meant to blurt it out, but there was no turning back now. "I know it's not my place to say it, but he really does. He's been so lonesome without you. So I hope that... that the two of you can find what you once had, or at least something like it. I want you to be happy, the way you deserve to be."

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fanismighter November 23 2011, 17:57:53 UTC
NO! Suki was not going to cry right now. She refused. But that didn't stop the tears from forming in her eyes. Her vision got blurry, so she looked to the ground, which caused the tears to fall.

"I, I know." She admitted, "But, well, I said that he and I could try to be friends again."

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bookish_lioness November 24 2011, 02:38:09 UTC
Oh. Friends. She could only imagine how Sokka had taken to that word, considering that Ron had said the exact same thing to her. But she smiled, trying to pretend that the words didn't hurt like hell.

"That's good," she lied. "Ron and I are trying for that, too. We've too much history to just walk away from one another, after all."

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