smash_logs | baby it's cold outside

"Like a sore thumb, I'm sure." She spun on one foot to face Nabooru, raising an eyebrow. "II suspect we could both stand to do some winter shopping. Especially you."

"If you're a sore thumb, you're the prettiest damn one I've ever seen," Nabooru scoffed in delight. She folded her arms over her chest. "I don't do winter shopping because I don't do winter, period." Then she paused and scowled, "Except today, I guess. But this is a special situation. What are you doing out, my little snow princess?"

Snow Princess. That was a new one. She would have expected a snow princess to be of fair hair and pale skin, and she was quite the opposite. ...Not that she wanted to think about fair-haired and pale-skinned beauties. Nope. Not going to let stupid buttheads give her the frowns on a day like this.

"You're going to have to do winter if you expect to get from building to building on campus. Although staying cooped in in the dorms for months sounds like a better plan..." She shook her head just to watch the accumulated snowflakes fall from her hair. "But today, I am out here to just take a walk and take my mind off things."

Nabooru smiled, somewhat knowingly, except it was more in agreement than anything else. She eyed Blacky for a few moments and paused beside her to slip an arm around her shoulders. "Yes. I'd rather coop myself up for a few months." For more reasons than just the winter, but the season of snowfall seemed like a great excuse all the same.

Then she looked over to Blacky and raised an eyebrow, "Sounds like we've got ourselves something in common. I'm actually out to keep an eye on one of my students who's not exactly out here yet, so until she arrives, I'm going to say I'm doing the same thing you are."

Gosh it was nice to be held again. She turned her head to rest her chin on Nabooru's shoulder, an arm slipping around her waist. "Oh? Who are you looking for?"

More importantly, why would they need an eye kept on them?

It was purely instinctive when she drew Blacky a little closer. She didn't know why, but it just felt that natural. It probably had something to do with being raised with mostly females. Having one man around only tended to do that.

"Well, not so much looking. More or less I'll find her eventually." Nabooru gestured absentmindedly with her free hand. "Her name's Ai. She's a student of mine. An overly enthusiastic student, actually. But what I lack for in enthusiasm, she makes up for."

Ai... Ai... Oh, the chubby girl with the purple hair. Blacky had seen her on the network and in the halls from time to time, but had never really bothered to speak with her. Which was a terrible way for a teacher to behave.

"I take it she's the type to let her enthusiasm perhaps bring about some unexpected problems, then?"

"Not necessarily unexpected," Nabooru began as she lifted her eyebrows. A gentle squeeze was Blacky's reward and the Gerudo smiled just a mite.

"More or less I think I feel jealous of her a bit for getting the opportunity to be a kid. She's much more enthusiastic than I've ever been about much of anything. I can't decide if that's a setback or a sign that she invests too much of herself into things."

She leaned over and if Blacky would allow it, she'd bonk her forehead against her dark haired companion's. "So. Do you get excited over anything?"

Blacky did indeed allow it, grinning like a loon all the while. "Some things."

...Like what? "Of course I can't think of anything in particular, but... I'm sure I've been excited for things before." Her grin faded a bit and she glanced away. There were plenty things coming up she was the complete opposite of excited for. Dreading was a thing she was much better at.

"...Hmm. Perhaps we should look for things to be excited about. Christmas? New Year's drinking?"

Nabooru thought she saw something, but knew well enough not to pry. It would have been a greater reward to have Blacky trust her enough to confide in her, which was what the Gerudo hoped would happen. Eventually. At Blacky's convenience, of course.

She rubbed at her companion's furthest shoulder and nodded ever so slightly. Nabooru didn't know how much she personally had to look forward to, considering all that was waiting for her in her own time. "Hm. I wasn't here last year for Christmas. And the year before that... I can't really remember. I'd like to do something special this year, but I don't know what. What are you doing for Christmas?"

There was a time she was happier for Christmas. But last year had been the winter of many terrible things happening all in a row around the holiday times. If only she could forget it all again.

She snorted softly. "I'm going to wallow in my own self-pity all alone, most likely. Nothing unusual there. Except with candy canes."

There was another pause. She really wanted to ask. It wouldn't have been hard to either. Nabooru stared at Blacky for a while and she paused in any sort of gait and reached over with her other hand to toy with Blacky's hair.

"Why don't you spend it with me? I haven't made any plans. I probably won't go anywhere, and I doubt it'll be real exciting, but I think your company would be preferred. For me, I mean." Because she couldn't see herself wanting to spend it with anyone else.

Which was minutely strange.

"With you?"

That was a first. Even Raiden had never bothered to spend it with her while they were kinda-sorta-together. Not that he mattered or anything because he didn't. Ever.

After a moment she allowed a wide smile to spread over her face. Just the thought of the invitation alone was enough to get her spirits up. "...I think that would be nice. It seems we could both use the company, hm?"

~~It was a Very Lesbian Christmas after all.~~

It was a little hard to disguise her surprise at how quickly Blacky jumped on the option. Whatever happened since the masquerade must have been terrible. She kept thinking about how different things were for both of them at the time. And a lot must have changed for the two as well. Nabooru knew they did for her.

Her expression relaxed into a bit of a contemplative smile and she nodded. "Yes." She wanted the company of someone who wasn't trying to use her to make other people envious. She wanted the company of someone who wasn't going to belittle her. She wanted the company of someone who didn't supposedly kill her in the future.

"We can do whatever you'd like. It'll be my treat, okay? Sort of like a 'thank you' for spending it with me."

"Anything?" She rubbed her chin in an exaggerated display of deep thinking. "I'm going to have to think of something suitably terrible just to make you regret that, now."

Nabooru pinched Blacky very lightly in reply, "Anything short of blowing up the academy, all right? The moment we start getting into vandalism, things are going to get complicated. Neither of us are innocent enough to escape suspicion on that." But she was smiling, which was a good indication that Blacky was definitely raising her spirits.

Blacky returned the pinch. On the bum.

"Goodness, that never would have crossed my mind. Why would I blow up the place I keep all of my belongings?"

Oh. That was her butt. Did you like that, Blacky? Nabs is very well-toned, you know.

"I'm just making sure. You're a bit of a troublemaker, as innocent as you're making yourself out to be." Nabooru smiled and she tipped her head very slightly. "But then, we both are. This is acceptable. We can cause trouble together. It's more fun that way, anyway."

It was a fine gem of a butt sculpted by the gods and smoothed by desert sands and what the hell is this metaphor. ANYWAY.

"I was thinking of just making trouble for you, but I like my plan better. Let's get revengeance on all the foolish men who have given us trouble this year."

"Making trouble just for me?" Nabooru asked as she lifted her eyebrows. "I don't think you could ever actually cause trouble for me." Maybe with her. But not for her. At least, that was what Nabooru thought and the Gerudo had been proven wrong many, many times before.

She reached over and pinched at Blacky's closest cheek gently, "You want to get revengeance, hm? And what kind do you want to get? Killing people seems to be frowned upon if the recent days are any indication." But Nabooru was joking about killing. Really, she was.

"Of course I wouldn't kill anybody! The last thing I need is to be haunted by some complete jerk. We'd be stuck together forever." She huffed and crossed her arms. But that did bring up the question of what kind of revengeance she did want to exact...

"Perhaps just... Hmm. Trashing their rooms seems a little amateurish. How about, aaaah, rubbing it in their faces what a fantastic time we'll be having without them? And not inviting them."

Nabooru didn't bother to remind Blacky that she could do haunting of her own. But she supposed the Misdreavus had a valid point. She waited patiently and even agreed with a nod when Blacky mentioned amateur behaviour by way of vandalism. To be fair, trashing anyone's room hadn't even crossed her mind. When she thought of revenge~~ance~~, she thought of just simply beating the living daylights out of them.

But that would probably not work out well either.

"You think that would work? The real way to break a man is to break his spirit, they say. Make him see how much he's not wanted around - because everyone wants to be wanted. You sound like you're onto something. I think I could get behind this."

"Breaking his spirit..." That just sounded unnecessarily cruel. Ergo it was perfect. The most wicked smile spread over her face, not far off from being downright malicious. This was stupid and petty and she knew it but she didn't care, darn it.

"I think this sounds like a fine plan. Anyone on your list?"

Wow. It was kind of... scary how Blacky's feelings and intentions could be so transparent. Perhaps Nabooru shouldn't have brought that up. But it was too late to worry about that and sometimes one just had to... well. Take the plunge. Over thinking and analysing ran the risk of missing out on something and for one reason or another, Nabooru felt like she couldn't miss out on whatever it was that was impending.

"Anyone on my list?" Nabooru parroted in surprise. "Hm. I'm... not really sure. My situation's not cut and dry like I wish it was. It's a little more complicated. But if I were to say that there weren't a few guys I'm not happy with would be a lie. But I don't need them and I'm sure they know that."

But unfortunately, as far as she could tell with all three of them, they didn't need her and didn't care enough. That kind of tactic of showing them what they were missing probably wouldn't work on men like them. "What about you?" she found herself asking.

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