Somewhere in Fandom (blizzards make it hard to tell where you are) [After the memorial]

[weldedtomyspine]

Walking back alone had seemed like a bad idea with the weather, so Jaime and Momoko had decided to head back to the dorms together after the memorial service. Not really to talk, but just so that neither of them would be alone

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[heromaniac]

Momoko, still walking and just thinking... about fiends, Didi, Rikku's family, Raven, the elf-woman... was suddenly pushed backwards into the whiteness as a particularly sharp wind howled past.

"Ah?!" Stumbling to keep her footing in the snow and wind, she reached out for Jaime's arm.

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime's own reverie was interrupted by her sudden movement, and he turned, eyes widened in surprise. Momoko's little pull combined with the force of the gust to upset his balance and he stumbled to the side, falling into a snow drift.

[heromaniac]

That was not fair.

"Agh! Jaime!" Since she had been holding onto him, she'd fallen right on top of him. "You were supposed to steady me, not pull me into a pile of snow!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Sorry!" Jaime said. "It's not like I did it on purpose."

[heromaniac]

She didn't answer, just rolled over and sat in the snow, not happy.

"Ah, and now I'm wet and cold." Momoko reached for a boot, to remove it. "And I have snow in my boots. My feet are frozen!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"I'm sorry," Jaime repeated. "I wasn't really paying attention."

[heromaniac]

She took off her boot and shook out a handful of snow. "And my socks are wet. Wet socks! Now I'm totally going to catch a cold. Just when I was ready to start having some fun this semester. All because of you and this stupid snow." Momoko replaced her boot with a grimace that practically screamed, then set about repeating the procedure with the other foot.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Hey!" Jaime objected with a scowl. "This isn't my fault! It wasn't my idea to walk around in the middle of a blizzard!"

[heromaniac]

"It was a memorial service!" Momoko dumped her boot, possibly a bit harder and closer to Jaime than was really necessary. "I totally had to go, blizzard or not. It would have been fine for you to stay, but we worked together. It was a matter of respect."

[weldedtomyspine]

"She was my friend, too, you know," Jaime shot back.

[heromaniac]

"Then stop complaining! It's not like I made you come along or anything."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh, like I was going to let you wander around in the snow by yourself." Seriously, Momoko!

[heromaniac]

"Of course not. Apparently you prefer dumping me in great big piles of the stuff!"

She dropped her arms, letting her hands fall into the snow at her sides. If it had been water, she'd totally have splashed him, but as it was, she just got her gloves colder and wetter, and drove snow up her coat sleeves.

[weldedtomyspine]

"That was an accident and you know it." It wasn't fair blaming him for that.

[heromaniac]

"No it wasn't. You totally dragged..." Ah, no she couldn't. He was right, it had been an accident. Momoko slapped at the snow again, frustrated and angry, but not really at him, before pulling her legs up and wrapping her arms around them, setting her head down as well.

"Yeah, it was."

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime frowned at the way her attitude shifted there. "Accidents don't usually make you so upset."