It's possible that Aravis was, once again, walking a little oddly, though she was doing her best to cover whenever she caught it. But walking funny or not, she knew she had to go talk to exactly one person about...things.
Which was why Wednesday evening found her tapping at Rikku and Hermione's doorframe as she peeked in. "Evening, Rikku."
"I'm ... I'm wonderful," Rikku said, laughing a little. "I mean, last week, things weren't so good, but right now? Totally, completely wonderful." And promptly blushed. "Is your, uh, is your quite good a wonnnnnderful?"
"Possibly," Aravis remarked, shutting the door behind her, "but I'd have to know why you're blushing, first. Did you enjoy your trip? And did you soundly beat whoever Caitlin is?"
"I'm blushing?" she said, sitting back down on her bed. "Whoa. I am. Uh. It's, uh, it's a sand-thing. You, uh, you knew that, right? And the trip was --"
She looked up at Aravis suddenly. "Whoa. How did you know about Caitlin!?"
"I ran into Jude," she said, leaning against the wall. "He mentioned her and that you had left. He was rather melancholy. I've never seen him that sad, not even when you were helping Valentine."
Rikku bit her lip and looked down. "Oh. I, uh, yeah, that was kinda bad of me? Just she ..." She seethed.. "Decided that me and Jude were too close, in a beige-kinda way, and called me up without him knowing it and called me a hussy and told me that I'd better stop doing things to him and using him because obviously I'm just some stupid whore and not, you know, his girlfriend."
Wow. She hadn't even realized how furious she still was, even now that she and Jude had made up, until the venom started coming out.
Rikku folded her arms, shaking. "She ... she made it sound like ... like he was calling them all to b-brag about what we ... you know, like 'hey, guess what, guys, heh heh' but h-hadn't told them ... that he l-loved me." Her voice was smaller now. "She made me think that ... th-that everything I'd thought was beautiful was ... ch-cheap and ... and she screamed at me to stop t-taking advantage of him b-because she knew what I was l-like and ..."
She closed her eyes. "I didn't bother asking him, 'cause I thought ... how else w-would she know? Why would she have my number? I mean ... I just ... left."
Rikku laughed bitterly. "No, it wasn't ... it wasn't like that. I didn't go near her. I didn't want to ... I don't know, I was more angry at him than anything, I mean, she's just some bitch, he's the one I trusted, yeah? I just ... Mel said, let's go blow things up, and I did. He didn't know where I was or anything."
She hugged her knees. "W-was he ... was he okay? I ... oh, wow, I was all, I hope he suffers and ... I'm so mean."
"You're not mean. Or, well, much kinder than I'd have been," Aravis said, as reassuringly as she knew how. "I'd have left, too, though I'd likely have taken my scimitar." She went over to tentatively sit down on the bed beside Rikku, and reached out to pat her arm. That was about as comforting as she knew how to be.
"He was...not well at all. Worrying. He asked me if I'd heard from you, and gave me a fraction of the story. Just that you'd left and Caitlin's name, and that he thought it was the end for you two. I take it that it wasn't."
Rikku smiled at Aravis wistfully. "It's ... thanks. I'm ... I'm okay, I just ... wow, for a couple days there, I thought it was the end, too, and all because this girl was nosy and didn't know what was going on anyway. I still kinda ..."
She bit her lip, fidgeting awkwardly. "I f-feel bad. He told them all off and isn't talking to them and ... and we're okay, now, we figured it out, we're ... we're great. We made up and next time I'll talk to him instead of being scared and crazy, I just ... he won't talk to them, and I feel like ... like it's my fault."
Rikku made a face. "Maybe you're right. And ... and the heck with it. I'm gonna worry about us and ... and she can just kiss off."
She looked over uncertainly. "You, uh, you don't think she's, uh, right, do you? A-about ... beige stuff? Because I ... I'm kinda m-more beige, and ... and I like it," she admitted, almost defiantly.
Which was why Wednesday evening found her tapping at Rikku and Hermione's doorframe as she peeked in. "Evening, Rikku."
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She looked up at Aravis suddenly. "Whoa. How did you know about Caitlin!?"
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Wow. She hadn't even realized how furious she still was, even now that she and Jude had made up, until the venom started coming out.
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Aravis didn't actually know that word, but she'd gotten the gist.
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She closed her eyes. "I didn't bother asking him, 'cause I thought ... how else w-would she know? Why would she have my number? I mean ... I just ... left."
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She hugged her knees. "W-was he ... was he okay? I ... oh, wow, I was all, I hope he suffers and ... I'm so mean."
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"He was...not well at all. Worrying. He asked me if I'd heard from you, and gave me a fraction of the story. Just that you'd left and Caitlin's name, and that he thought it was the end for you two. I take it that it wasn't."
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She bit her lip, fidgeting awkwardly. "I f-feel bad. He told them all off and isn't talking to them and ... and we're okay, now, we figured it out, we're ... we're great. We made up and next time I'll talk to him instead of being scared and crazy, I just ... he won't talk to them, and I feel like ... like it's my fault."
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She looked over uncertainly. "You, uh, you don't think she's, uh, right, do you? A-about ... beige stuff? Because I ... I'm kinda m-more beige, and ... and I like it," she admitted, almost defiantly.
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