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Ryoko's at a table, and she's got plenty of sake. It's that kind of night. She's more serious than usual though, and her gaze has been fixed on a door for the past hour or so.

Apprehension is kind of an unusual feeling for her, especially considering that there's nothing threatening on the other side of that door.

Distract at will.

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"Hey, Ryoko." Ben waves, coming over. "Something wrong?"

"Hey, Ben," Ryoko greets her friend. "Not wrong really, it just looks like I can go home." That's less than enthusiastically said.

"And... you don't feel like going?" Ben can understand someoe not wanting to head back, depending on how their world is like, or is like, right now.

"I'm being silly, I guess," she grimaces. "I need money, I need to make sure I'm not missing anything important, the usual. I just don't know if I'll be able to come back here easily. The door was no where near home for me."

"Hmm, I guess if the Bar did not expect you to come back, it could hold you here? I dunno, I find the door at the most weird places, back home..." But Ben is hesitant; now he is worried about his friend going away too.

A sigh. "I know I'm overreacting, and it might be nice to have more than the lake to fly around again." She looks around the bar, then smiles a little sadly at Ben. "It's been really great here, with the people I've met, and especially you."

"Aw..." Look, he is blushing again. "Thanks. It was super to meet you too, Ryo... I hope you find a door back here." The boy has few enough friends as it is.

"Thanks, I'm sure I will." She holds up the bottle of sake. "Drink?"

"Hmm.... better not? I... huh... have a date later." A bit embarassed, or is it bothered? Anyway, BEN + DATE? Something is wrong with the universe.

"A Date? With who?" Ryoko grins at Ben, leaning forward and looking for all the world like she's just begging for details.

"Her name is Ginny... she is a witch, but a nice one, about my age and all. She was bored here, I offered to take her for a walk back home, and I am taking her to see a movie today." Ben still seems to think something is off. Maybe just waiting for the other shoe to drop, and fate come crashing on him.

"A movie, eh? A good choice." Then she frowns. "Are you going to your world for this?"

"Yeah, we are... why?" Ben raises brows, surprised.

Well crap. She didn't want to make him nervous, or more nervous. "No reason, really. Just the ratio of assholes in your world is kind of high, and I'd hate to see things go badly because of them." Ryoko tries to look reassuring.

"Hmm, actually, something happened already, when we went there for pizza... it was like this (http://benloserz.livejournal.com/2171.html?thread=102011#t102011)..." And Ben relates what happened at the place, up to when they left the pizza parlor.

Ryoko practically cheers at the description of the bully-takedown, grinning proudly. "Good for you! I knew you could do something like that!"

"Huh, I dunno. I just snapped, and acted, most of time something like that would have gotten me a beating and nothing more." He threw caution to the wind, and just sought some 'payback'.

"Well I think it's great, and you picked the right time to do it. I bet the girl was impressed, right?"

"Yeah, even if I did not do it to impress her. I just got sick of being kicked around." And damn, it felt good.

"You'll be fine, then," Ryoko states confidently. "You're not the kind to become a bully, but standing up for yourself is definitely a good thing."

"Yeah, I hope so. I keep waiting for something bad to happen, like it always does..."

"Expect the worst all you like, it's how you deal with it that matters. You're getting the right idea now, that's all." Ryoko laughs a little. "Hopefully it won't always involve breaking teeth, though."

"I hope. And I hope I am not just being played either." Not a nice thing to think about Ginny, but something is definitely bothering him.

"She better not be messing with you," Ryoko declares. "Is this a feeling, or has something happened?"

"Just a feeling." But a strong feeling. "Like if I say something she will give the the 'lets be friends' talk."

"Ahh." That she could relate to, but after much struggling she'd found it wasn't the end of the world. Different situation, of course.

"It'll be okay either way," Ryoko's firmly optimistic. "Friends are never bad, and if you're honest, it saves a lot of trouble." Coy was so damned irritating, especially to observe.

"Yeah, just... I keep hoping for something more, hoping I will meet someone who will -like- me, and... ah, well." He looks down with a sigh. Ben wants love and romance, and what he usually gets is a metaphorical or real kick in the 'nads...

"It'll happen someday," Ryoko reassures him. Never mind that she's had two thousand years, that's different. Stick to optimism, that's her strategy.

"So when's the date?"

"Hmm..." He looks at his watch. "Four hours. Plenty of time still..."

"Hmm..." She's happy for the distraction from her inexplicable gloom.

"Want to play cards? Or didn't someone turn some ground out back into skate turf?" She thought about inviting him to her mother's lab, but that was a bit dangerous any time, much less just before a date.

"I dont think so, I was outside earlier. But cards sound good, think we could get 2 more people for Texas Hold'em?"

"It's worth a try." Drumming up a couple people shouldn't be too hard. "We could play for tab payments, or pretzels."

"Pretzels sounds good." Ben grins. "I'm not rich, you know."

"Hey, I hear ya!" Ryoko winks. "I've never actually played before, but I've seen it on TV. Real money would be bad."

"Its not hard, and fun. I can show you the basics while we look for more people..." Because Ben plays a lot.

In the computer.

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