Day 40: Sun Room [Fourth Shift]

[clockmongler]

Well, that was... special. No wonder he was losing respect for this place--the fearful Martin Landel was coming undone, most probably with boredom. So scary. Even Nursey seemed a little exasperated, though that most likely had more to do with X's constant insistence to stay in the Sun Room rather than go inside the Greenhouse

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[thatdamnedninja]

[IT WAS A HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE.]

Too bad for the girly noodle that Yuffie was persistant, especially when she was honestly curious. Even if she was sedated. Which made it kind of difficult to do… much of anything, on hindsight, but she'd worked through worse before! The Noodle began to walk away, in a way that easily dinged at around nine-out-of-ten on the Cool Dismissal scale. Oh, wow, what an ice burn. Yuffie would've clutched her heart in pain, if only she hadn't been too busy studiously re-reading everything he'd posted.

… Ah.

Well.

That explained some things. Like why she'd had that inkling that she knew exactly who he was.

A grin spreading across her face, Yuffie followed him -- well, sedately. "Y'know, Lulu," she began, lightly. "It's really not cool to blow off the guys who wanna give you a hand." And if that didn't get his attention, she didn't know what would. Aside from lobbing every pen she had stuffed on her person directly at the back of his head. Which… was considerably tempting, now that she thought about it. Probably best to save that for later, though.

[thatdamnedninja]

[C-CAN I HAVE YOUR SOUL AS WELL?]

Ding dong, we have a winner.

As fun as it would've been to resort to Plan B, Yuffie wasn't quite in the mood to have another party with the nurse and her dastardly cohorts, and while she had a great amount of faith in her ability to aim at moving targets… Yeah, later. Maybe. When Noodle-Lulu-Lelouch paused and glanced at her, she managed to waggled her fingers at him in an imitation of a wave, and -- "Wait, what was that?" Only one of the most mangled mispronunciations of her name ever. Or, well it could be worse. Still, what he'd come out with had been pretty terrible; Yuffie wasn't sure whether to laugh at him or be insulted.

She settled for an unlady-like snort. "The hell. Is my name really that hard to pronounce?" By the time he started walking again, she'd already caught up. Sitting down did sound like a pretty awesome idea by this point… Her legs felt like soggy pasta, and every so often the world tilted on axis. Stupid drugs. "It's Yuffie. Yu. Fi."

His sudden switch to courtesy hadn't gone un-noticed, though, and the ninja rolled her eyes as she flopped down onto the couch. Why was he even bothering? His reactions to her teasing and his conversations with Suzie had already proven that he was more than capable of being… a lot less than professional. Rude, maybe. Prickly. In denial. And completely hilarious while he was at it, but that probably hadn't been his intention.

[thatdamnedninja]

[Yuffie's 'transcript' has had all the, um, unnecessary conversation edited out. I'll write it up soon, but for now… assume? Klhfsdj yes.]

Slick, wasn't he? Yuffie stretched her arms over her head, tipping her head back against the couch. The position made it a little awkward to shrug, but somehow she still managed it. "Guess I can forgive ya for it, then," she said, around a yawn. She threaded her fingers together, relaxing her arms again. "Most people screw it up like that if they don't realize the name follows the Wutaian pronunciation system." And some still messed it up even then. It was annoying and one of her many pet-peeves, but a relatively minor one.

She felt sort of like a lazy cat. Like one of her own lazy cats. Her eyes were half-lidded and she was barely even shifting around after her stretch; as much as she wanted to tap her heels against the floor to the beat of some unheard song, she couldn't quite summon the will to do anything more than wriggle her toes a bit. "Nope!" She paused. "Well. Actually, since I ran into you--"

Journal, journal… ah! There. Good thing she had it on hand. "-- Figure I might as well give this t'ya now, if you want it," she continued, thumbing clumsily through the pages. He'd be right in thinking that this was more of an accidental social call, but Yuffie figured that she might as well get it out of the way while she still had anything remotely resembling an attention span. She had told him that she would, anyway. Hadn't she? "It's a transcript of the first bulletin I posted about the outside; not much new, but there's some interesting details."

[thatdamnedninja]

Had she--

-- Oh.

Yuffie blinked several times, first at the journal she was holding, then at Lelouch. She'd completely forgotten about that. Completely. And she probably looked like a total idiot now, her surprise showing plainly and… crap, the journal was slipping! She grabbed at it, catching it lightning quick despite the lack of co-ordination in her fingers, and snapped it shut.

Why hadn't he just taken advantage of the opportunity? It's what she would've done. Yuffie glanced at the journal again, schooling her expression to be less dumbfounded and more… something. Something that wasn't the grudging pinpricks of respect that she could feel. His various messages on the bulletin had already influenced her opinion of him -- or else she never would have considered sharing anything, let alone something that he wanted -- but this wasn't something she'd been banking on. Or, hell, maybe this was a weird attempt to win her over.

She laughed then, slapping a hand over her forehead and closing her eyes. "Huh, you're right. Y'know, if you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have remembered that at all." Until later. And that would've sucked. She slipped the journal away again. Now that that was over with..! Drawing one knee up to her chest and draping her arms around it, she smiled. Innocently.

Ominously.

"So…"

[thatdamnedninja]

Yuffie's loyalty went to those who earned it, both on a professional and a personal level. She was never wasn't inclined to trust somebody she didn't like; and without that trust, she had no reason at all to be loyal. As things stood at the moment, things with Lelouch could go either way without too much effort on either of their parts. He was laughably easy to tease, and although that appealed to her, it wasn't like she didn't tease just about everybody else anyway.

She had to admit, though; Lulu was fast becoming one of her favourite victims. Right next to Yukari. And the whole thing with the journal had scored him a few grudging points -- one or two. Maybe one and a half? Yeah, that sounded good. Propping her chin on her knee, Yuffie continued to smile that cat-in-the-cream smile. "So," she repeated. "You n' that guy you were with at lunch. You were being awfully friendly. Was that Suzie?"

[thatdamnedninja]

Man, if only she could've seen the expression on his face when they'd conversed over the bulletin. Then, he'd really been reacting. Not that he wasn't reacting now; he was. No matter how he tried to hide it, there was no escaping from the keen eyes of the Great Ninja Yuffie! She made a point to pick up on these things, though admittedly it was a little harder to concentrate.

Yuffie giggled -- wait, ugh, giggled? Shaking her head, she tried again; this time, it came out as her usual snicker; devious and decidedly 'say whatever you want, I know I'm onto you'. She couldn't help herself. She wanted to see how far she could push him, whether or not he'd snap back like an elastic band, or break, or just try to ignore it. It wasn't like she was out to make a good impression, anyway; she knew that she was good enough that if he changed his mind about working with her, he'd be shooting himself in the foot. "You top, right?"

[thatdamnedninja]

"Pffffhahahaha!"

Yuffie's snickers turned into a full-blown laughing fit. She doubled over, arms around her middle, and just laughed. His -- his face! Bright red! Horrified! That shriek -- so girly, high-pitched, oh gawd, that'd been too perfect. And then he had the bright idea to try a command like that? If anything, Yuffie laughed harder for a moment, before she finally manage to both regain control and save herself from an untimely tumble off the couch.

"O-Okay, I get it," breathless, she straightened out a little, swiping a hand over her eyes. The urge to laugh still hadn't abated. Yuffie cleared her throat, grinning at her latest victim. "You guys aren't a couple. Nonexclusive, then; you're open. No strings attached. Friends with benefits." She'd have continued, but the dizziness from the last laughing fit was still making the world go whirly and her cheeks kind of stung from the broadness of her grin.

[thatdamnedninja]

Hypothesis proven! Lelouch Lamperouge was just as much fun to tease off the board as he was on the board. It was good to know. No matter what kind of professional front he put up, he was just as susceptible as anybody else. It wasn't as though she really cared if he and Suzie were in a relationship; just like she didn't really care about Yukari and Kaito's budding 'romance'; she just thought it was hilarious, and they made it way too easy for her. Kind of like Cid and Barret -- except that was just kind of wrong.

Trying her very best not to pull a face, Yuffie uncurled and melted back into the couch. She felt more awake now, that was for sure, but the spinny feeling really wasn't comfortable. Better to take it easy for a few minutes. Anyway… Lulu wasn't shrieking anymore and the frown he was wearing wasn't nearly as fun as the expression of absolute horror he'd worn earlier, so she figured that it was about time to back off. For now. "You guys the only two from your world?" She asked. "That Japan country, or whatever?"

It was a blind guess, but it really did look like a huge majority of the patients came from there. "Suzaku" sounded like it could fit the type; "Lelouch", not so much, but who knew?