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[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

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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[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

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

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

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

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"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.

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

"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...

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"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?"

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

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

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"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.

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

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

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

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

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

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

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

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

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

"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.