Room 204 [lunchtime]

[momslilassassin]

Ben had finished with his classes and fled back to his room: today was just not a day he was up to spending around a lot of people.

He checked his comlink just in time to see a quick message from his father show up--Miss you. Love you. Check in later. Dad.--and promised himself that he'd reply later. For now, though, he was going to curl up on his

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[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri hadn't exactly known right away what today was for Ben, but it'd been impossible not to notice how very hard he'd been trying to act fine in class this morning . . . and she knew better than to buy it by now, especially once she made the connection.

To her credit, she didn't follow him immediately after class; she gave him some time. Until lunchtime seemed like plenty -- more than plenty -- though, so there she was, standing outside his door, looking determined.

Ben, she sent, rather than knocking. Let me in.

[momslilassassin]

There was a long pause before he replied equally silently, Door's unlocked.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri let herself in and shut the door behind her carefully, then made her way over to the bed to sit down beside him. "Kriffing timing, huh?" she asked without preamble. "On top of everything else we just had to deal with."

[momslilassassin]

Ben nodded. "Not my favorite few weeks," he said with a wry smile.

[glacial_witch]

Karla had been padding down the hallway on a bit of incomprehensible kitty business when she passed Ben's door. In her current form, she might not remember what today was, but she could still understand the emotions that weren't so much pouring from the room as clustered into a tightly knotted ball within.

Kitty!Karla had different notions of etiquette (if not Protocol) than human!Karla did, so rather than tap on the door and wait for permission, she simply passed through the wood into the room, airwalked onto Ben's bed, and snuggled up next to him, as close as she could manage.

She didn't even headbutt him to remind him that she was due scritchings by virtue of being here. Instead, she just leaned up to lick his hand and then settled down to nap, purring a bit so he'd know she was there, with him, even when he was busy with something else.

[momslilassassin]

Ben reached out to scratch her behind the ears. "You still need to eat," he said absently. "But not the ice cream. That's for me today."

[glacial_witch]

There might have been some internal kitty grumbling about the decided lack of sharing, but Karla just nodded and nuzzled against Ben's side.

Have some kitty therapy, Ben. Just for you.

[momslilassassin]

Ben certainly appreciated the cuddles. "You're still in trouble, you know," he said quietly, relaxing a bit, "but not today."