Room 504, Tuesday Morning

[intraspective]

This morning, Ino could be found sprawled out on the floor of her room, after having cracked the door open for airflow, and scribbling in a notebook. It… it was probably incredibly pathetic of her to be making a list of the pros and cons of choosing either Michael or Kabuto.

Michael, she had to admit, had more pros. At least at the moment. Of course, she was somewhat biased, because Kabuto was being a jerk to her. Even though she did deserve it.

She stared at her Kabuto-list and sighed. Cons she had plenty of, but…

That was just it. If she were really certain then there wouldn’t be a ‘but’. Yet there was.

This was going to be a total pain, wasn’t it? What did she want?

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[withoutverona]

Romeo grimaced -- it sounded like a hard situation. "Do you need to choose now, or could you wait, and so choose neither?" He asked tentatively.

[intraspective]

"I could wait," Ino said slowly, "it probably wouldn't hurt things further, not that I've made any progress on making a decision anyway. But," she fiddled with her hair, "I've never been able to stand just leaving broken things be. And this is way, way broken as of this moment."

[withoutverona]

Romeo flailed. "I am out of my depth in trying to offer advice, but I am sorry," he said quietly. "It is hard to see something you care about broken." Or dead.

[intraspective]

"I don't think there's any advice that'd be any use but what I've already been told. 'Make up your mind.' But you are sweet to try and help." Ino said, offering him a rueful smile, "And I've no intentions of just letting it stay broken. I'm too stubborn to just give up." She... just didn't know what shape it'd be fixed into.

[withoutverona]

"Then being stubborn is your virtue, and I will leave you to worry about the problem," Romeo told her. "And if you want to sound things out, I am next door."

[intraspective]

Her lips twitched when he called her stubbornness a virtue. That wasn't something she heard very often.

"Thanks," she said sincerely, "I'll keep it in mind if I need someone to talk to."