Room 504, Friday Morning

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“Liir,” Ino was saying patiently to a wee green-eyed kitten. “I can’t pet you and go through my closet at the same time. Seriously.”

The door was shut, just incase her brother got it into his head to make an escape for it (and, really, she doubted he would--he just wanted snuggles, and scritches) but whatever. Better to be cautious.

“Oh, fine,” she said, rolling her eyes and picking him up. And snuggling him, shut up. “I’m waiting for Lana you know and you’re totally not allowed to look while we change, or I’ll stuff you in the closet... or come up with a kitty blind-fold, or something.”

[Door is shut, post is entirely open despite Ino only expecting the one! Entertain me?]

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[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Ino," Lana said with a smile. "Hey, I didn't know you had a cat."

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That got a laugh. "Um. I don't normally." She glanced down at the grey kitten with green eyes. "Lana, this is... um, well, Liir currently."

The kitten just purred.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana blinked, then laughed. "He's just as sweet as a kitten, I see. Jim used to turn into this black panther cub all the time."

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"He's annoying," she said, then kissed the kitten on the head. "Totally annoying."

Honest. Really. That was totally why she was snuggling him now.

"I bet a panther cub would've been a bit harder to take care of though, yeah?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Well, I had to get him fresh meat to eat," Lana said. "and he did tend to be very growly and over-protective of me."

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"Awwwwww, that's adorable. So. Sweet."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Lana smiled a little wistfully. "Actually, he's the one who gave me this kimono. He had to go to Japan with his dad and he had it made specially for me while he was there."

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"Oooooh." Ino set Liir down, ignoring the way he rubbed up against her ankles. "It's a really special one then, I'm sure."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana nodded. "At least to me, it is."

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"I'm sure it is," she said, with a smile. "Let's see it then."

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Lana carefully laid it on the bed and spread it out. "Isn't it gorgeous?"

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"Oh, wow," she said, scooping up Liir to make sure he didn't try to snuggle on it. Not that he would, but that was her excuse. "It's beautiful, Lana."

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Lana beamed. "Yeah, it is, isn't it? He had it made just for me. he shouldn't have, 'cause it cost him a fortune, but god, it's gorgeous."

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"It'll last you forever," she said. "It's the sort that's meant to be passed down."

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Lana nodded quietly. "Yeah."

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"Nuh huh," Ino said. "You're not allowed to be thoughtful and sad today. There's a cruise tonight, you know. And the kimono is gorgeous, it's totally a crime to be sad in front of it."

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Lana smiled up at her. "Wistful," she said, "but yeah, cruise tonight. Are you going?"

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"Same difference," Ino said firmly. Or whatever. "And I totally am. Are you? 'Cause I was thinking we could wear kimono to it, but you totally wouldn't want to wear this one since it's so special..."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Um... I hadn't really thought about it, but... maybe. And no, I wouldn't want to wear this out anywhere."

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Ino pondered that for a few moments, taking the time to cuddle the Liir-kitty more (Liir-kitty was getting totally spoiled cuddle-wise for however long this lasted).

"You could borrow one of mine?" she said, considering. "I mean, I've got a fair few and they're pretty and such, but there's no special meaning attached to them."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Are you sure?" Lana said, a smile starting. "That might be a lot of fun."

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"I totally don't mind," she said brightly. "And it definitely will be if you're up to it."

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"Sure, why not?" Lana said with a smile. "Maybe I'll even give Lucas a call see if he wants to meet up on the boat. I haven't seen him since, well... you know."

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Ino grinned. “That’s the spirit,” she said, though privately, even though she’d never met him, Ino didn’t have a very high opinion of Lucas, seriously. “My closet is yours for the night, totally not a problem at all.”

A beat.

“…and now you’ve got me wondering if I can con Michael into going with me.” Hmmm.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Why not?" Lana said with a grin. We'll call them and tell them we'll be the ones in kimono."