[thread] Will these feet in modern times ...

[000013_kon]

Characters: OU: Cissie King-Smith, AU: Kon-El.
Where: An empty classroom in the school.
When: After Cissie's arrival, once Kon has managed to gear himself up for it.
Summary: Cissie's curious, Kon doesn't want to elaborate. This can only go well.
Warnings: None!

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[notarrowette]

Cissie received Kon's message and sent back a quick message to say she was on her way.

It didn't even take her the entire walk from her room to the school for her to get nervous. She knew this wasn't her Kon. Tim had explained about Luthor, and that while he knew about Bart, he didn't know what had happened to their Kon. Talking to him... It had felt different, but at the same time, she wasn't sure how much of that was because he was different or because it had been so long since she had been able to speak with her friend. It had stung, when he had asked for some time before seeing her, but she understood--it was probably a good thing for both of them. She had needed to remind herself that this wasn't her Kon.

Cissie took a steadying breath before entering the school and heading for the science room. She approached the science room and froze--there he was, sitting on a desk at the front of the room, looking down at his feet. He looked--exactly like she remembered him. So much so that it hurt and she had to take a second to

[000013_kon]

The message to say Cissie was on her way was entirely expected and still managed to make Kon nervous. He put the PDA in his pocket, gaze drifting to the dull wood floor beneath his feet. She's your friend, he reminded himself sternly. Seriously, what's to be afraid of?

But she wasn't. And that -- that might hurt more than anything else. Kon bit his lip. He didn't have a lot of people he trusted. Young Justice, his Dad, Mr Drake -- that was what, nine people he felt okay with? Having them there but not having them ... Kon shook his head at himself sharply. Luthor's weren't needy.

The noise of the door opening startled Kon out of his thoughts, and he looked up to see Cissie looking so like Cissie that he smiled without thinking about it -- a wide, relieved grin. "Well, hey. Fancy meeting you here."

[notarrowette]

Cissie couldn't help but smile back. "Hi," she managed. She hadn't known how she would react to seeing him for the first time, but it was both easier and harder than she had expected. Easier because--he looked and sounded so much like the Kon she knew that she couldn't help but feel comfortable around him.

Harder for exactly the same reason.

She came into the classroom and stood awkwardly a few feet away--she wasn't sure what to do, now that she was here. She hadn't thought she'd be shy. "It's--really good to see you," she said with another small smile.

[000013_kon]

Kon's smirk indicated that comment had gone straight to his ego. "Well, yeah," he said, smug. "I could have told you that."

He patted the desk next to him. "Pull up a desk, make yourself at home. We got the entire school to ourselves pretty much."

[notarrowette]

She laughed and hopped up on the desk he had indicated. It was good to know that Kon's ego was the same, if nothing else. "I have to say, I was a little surprised that you wanted to meet here."

[000013_kon]

"Hey," Kon shrugged. "One. No classes. Two. No one wants to be in school by choice, so even if there were classes, people still wouldn't want to be here. Well, not unless they were looking for quiet." He and Rumour had put the janitor's closet to very ... educational use just the week before.

[notarrowette]

"True--it was point number two I was referring to, actually." She smiled wrly at him. "It's kind of weird to think of you wanting to hang out in a school if you have a choice."

[000013_kon]

"Hey," Kon said, one eyebrow raised. "I have hidden depths. Plus, my room-mates are -- well, one's sick and the other's kinda an obnoxious jerk."

[notarrowette]

"Sorry," Cissie said, laughing a little. "Maybe it's more that I wouldn't pick a school. I mean--I live in one, after all." She wrinkled her nose, giving him a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry about your roommates."

[000013_kon]

"Yeah," Kon said. "Pretty glad I managed to talk Dad out of that. He was pretty keen on the boarding thing for a while, but I put up a convincing argument in favour of advancing my social skills and well. The rest is history."

He shrugged. "It's no big deal. Pretty easy to ignore them."

[notarrowette]

"Hmm." Cissie turned her head to look at him. Luthor as Dad. It was just... beyond strange. Stranger yet was that she had a feeling Luthor had probably enrolled Kon in school before Superman had. "Social skills are important. It's not that often that I think Mom did anything right when I was young, but putting me in classes instead of trying to teach me everything herself is one of them. Though--I can't really see her trying to teach me etiquette."

[000013_kon]

Kon snorted, then tried to look as though he hadn't. "Yeah, I don't see your Mum being good at that. No offense -- but I can't talk. I kinda figured table manners were optional extras until Mercy started bringing her pistol to dinner. Lucky I learn fast, huh."

[notarrowette]

Cissie laughed at that--she remembered Kon's table manners. "That is lucky." She bumped shoulders lightly with him, smiling. "And don't worry about it--my mom is a special kind of insane."

[000013_kon]

It was good hearing Cissie laugh. Kon relaxed, letting himself just enjoy hanging out with his friend. If he didn't think too hard about it, this could be downtime after a mission, something like that.

"How's she doing anyway?"

[notarrowette]

Cissie tensed a little--she didn't really like talking about her mother, but she only had herself to blame for bringing her up. "She's... okay, I guess. I don't see her all that much. I mostly see her at Anita's." She gave a small snort. "She's quitting smoking. Again."

[000013_kon]

Kon nodded. He wouldn't have asked at all, but after the news about Tim's Dad -- you couldn't blame a guy for double-checking, right? "Sounds like school might be the safest place to be then. Sorry."