tatooine_doofus: (Luke: fixing things)
tatooine_doofus ([personal profile] tatooine_doofus) wrote2008-01-07 02:53 pm

Room 317 [after classes]

After an interesting conversation with his father early in the morning, Luke had gone for a long run.

And then an even longer session alone with the punching bag.

And then he'd tried some meditation.

Now? He'd spread parts to a small droid out all over the floor, back carefully turned away from the half of the room that was supposed to have a Z in it, and fiddled around with electronics.

Loud Corellian rock was blaring from his stereo and out through the open door.

If you asked him? He was fine.
the_merriest: (headscratch)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-08 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Rikku leaned in, her one eyebrow raised.

"Bad day?" she shouted. Not even sure if she was loud enough to be heard over that din.

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I'M FINE!" Luke yelled back, then turned down the music.
the_merriest: (chillin with peeps)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-08 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Totally," Rikku said, leaning against the doorway. "You seem fine. Like you're having an awesome kinda day. Anyone ever tell you you're a crappy liar?"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
"All the time," Luke admitted.
the_merriest: (saaaaaaaayyyy ...)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-08 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Remember that whole, 'we're friends, we should tell each other the bad times and the unpleasant stuff' lecture I got from you? Like, just before break?" Rikku grinned. "I can see how much of it I remember."
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[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Luke wrinkled up his nose at her. "My father's getting remarried. It's fine."
the_merriest: (shiiiiiiny)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-08 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
"He is?" Rikku bounced on her toes a little, but tried to keep it to a minimum. "That ... is it Rory?"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Luke tossed a sock at her. "Of course it's Rory."
the_merriest: (nudge nudge)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-08 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Rikku laughed, pulling the sock out of her hair and tossing it back. "Hey, I don't know. I'm not all psychic-Jedi like some people."

She gave him a curious glance. "I thought you liked her? I mean, you're friends, right?"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Exactly. And I love her. But not, you know, as a mother."
the_merriest: (headscratch)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-08 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
"She's not gonna be your mom." Rikku shrugged. "I mean, it's gonna be weird, yeah, and it might be ... hard? If they're all happy together and you're like 'that's great, but she's not Mom.' She's just ... the girl your dad married. Uh. Right?"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
"And one of my best friends," Luke said, "and I know I'm being stupid because they just fit together and it's not like my mother's ever coming back, but there's a new student now who looks just like her and it's kind of freaking me out."
the_merriest: (supportive)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-08 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
"What part of it's freaking you out?" she asked, walking over to grab a seat near his. "I can understand, I mean, if there was someone here that looked just like my mom ..."

She took a second to imagine that, and had to swallow past a lump.

"Bad timing, yeah?"
the_merriest: (yunies give the best hugs)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-08 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
That meant she had to lean over to give him a hug. "Right about now? I'd totally let you be veep, you know. The universe seems to hate you a bit more than me. Which I didn't think was possible, so that's something, right?"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Luke leaned in for a second before pulling back again. "It's not exactly a distinction I was going for," he said with a sigh.
the_merriest: (thinking hard or hardly thinking)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-09 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Probably not," Rikku said with a sympathetic sort of smile. "Not sure how you'd do that anyway. Tie a raw steak around your neck and start announcing things really loudly, like 'I sure hope nobody I care about falls down a well!'"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, when you fall down the well, don't come bitching to me," Luke teased.
the_merriest: (saaaaaaaayyyy ...)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-09 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Rikku grinned. "If I really fall down a well, then you have to start shouting something like 'I hope chocolate-covered naked guys don't go rescue her!' It's only fair."

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
"If you're expecting me to turn into one of those chocolate-covered naked guys, you're going to be one disappointed Rikku."
the_merriest: (I have a Cunning Plan (TM))

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-09 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
"You can't afford me, remember?" she grinned. "Besides I think then your girlfriend would come try to kick my butt. Which is totally a good quality to have in a girlfriend, you know."
the_merriest: (mischevious)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-09 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Has Dawn met her?" Rikku asked. "I'm pretty proud of us for not giving her the third degree or anything. We could've totally had a little committee meeting with clipboards and paperwork but see how nice we are?"

[identity profile] tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know," Luke said. "She hasn't mentioned it. Either she."
the_merriest: (chillin with peeps)

[personal profile] the_merriest 2008-01-09 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
"She wouldn't do an interrogation without me, I hope," Rikku said, bouncing on her toes. "That's just mean."

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