Room 324, Monday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

The view out the window was still Tokyo. And it was still raining. It was starting to get a bit depressing

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[nimeni]

After leaving Professor Skywalker's office, Bod had wandered down to the graveyard in the rain. He hadn't stayed long but he hadn't dried off when he ended up at Kate's room. He gave a quiet knock and waited to see if she was in.

[vanillajello]

"It's open," Kate called out absently. Or tried to, at least. She had to swallow half a mouthful of candy before adding, "Come on in."

[nimeni]

Bod slipped inside Kate's room slowly and shut the door behind him. He tried, he really tried, to cover up the emotional turmoil he was currently feeling. It was better to just being able to see her.

"Hullo," he said quietly.

[vanillajello]

Kate looked up, smile turning from bright to just a little more tentative, just from the first hints of something being a bit off. Maybe. She wasn't sure. "Hi."

[nimeni]

"Did I interrupt you?" Bod asked quietly, staying against the door for the moment. "I'm sorry, I can come back."

[vanillajello]

"No, of course not, don't be stupid," Kate assured him with a mild frown. She held her book up a bit. "I was just reading this shitty novel, I think you're saving me from brain damage."

[nimeni]

"All right," he said, crossing his arms and looking down. He tried to shake himself out of -- out of whatever he was feeling. "It's still raining outside."

[vanillajello]

"I know," Kate said, sounding gentle despite herself. She put her book on her nightstand and sat up a little more, watching him. "Hopefully we're not stuck here for the entire summer."

[nimeni]

"Hopefully not." He liked the rain and even this was too much for him. He finally pushed away from the door and came closer to her, taking his shoes off as he did. "I love you."

[vanillajello]

"I... love you too." The hesitation was just because she was trying to figure him out. She moved a bit, made more room on the bed next to her. "I do."

[nimeni]

Bod sat down on the edge of her bed and rubbed his hands over his eyes and through his wet hair. "I'm so tired right now."

[vanillajello]

"Did something happen?" Kate asked, and then her eyebrows went up as she started making connections. He'd been watching those... games, right? Right. "Did something happen with your friend?"

[nimeni]

"She died," he said plainly, sighing and rolling his neck on his shoulders. "Hopefully it wasn't painful."

[vanillajello]

Kate hadn't even known Katniss, but she still felt like she'd had the wind knocked out of her for a second or two. It was just-- she just wished there hadn't been so much death all the fucking time.

But this wasn't about her. "Oh, Bod, I'm... so sorry."

[nimeni]

"Thank you," he said and sort of flopped down backwards onto her bed so he was looking up at the ceiling. "I knew it would probably happen. I'm just sorry it had to happen. I'm just -- "

He closed his eyes.

[vanillajello]

"Sad," Kate filled in, quietly, watching him and wondering how she could feel so helpless all of a sudden. "I know. I'm sorry."