Room 504, Sunday Late Evening

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Ino ached, and her chakra was too low to even think of healing any of the bruises and scrapes that she’d picked up, so after her shower and changing into the most comfy sleeveless set of jammies she owned (which gave her ample time to study the bruises on her arms oh well), Ino flopped back on her bed and just sort of stared up at the ceiling while contemplating taking a painkiller before mostly deciding it was so totally not worth it.

She could, like, just get some sleep and then deal with the bruises tomorrow. A glance at her calendar made her sigh since she’d manage to miss club, but whatever, hopefully she hadn’t been picked and Ino highly doubted that Tyler-sensei would’ve made her fight while exhausted.

Oh well. She’d apologize next week, if it was terribly important by then. A yawn and Ino considering her open door. Really, she ought to shut it.

…maybe in a few minutes. Really. She’d get up in a few minutes. Her bed was awfully comfy after all; she couldn’t be blamed for not wanting to get up.

[Establishy, but also open if you want.]

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Hurley knocked on Ino's door, cause it'd been way too long since he'd talked to her.

"Heeeey?" he said.

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She shoved herself into a seated position, one hand automatically going to smooth her ruffled hair into some semblance of order and spared a thought to wish she'd worn a shirt that hid her bruises.

"Hey you," she said, smiling wearily. "How've you been?"

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Hurley shot her a thumbs up. "I really can't complain. I've had a pretty good couple days. You look... you okay?"

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"Come in, sit, tell me why your days have been so good." They were orders, but cheerful ones. "And I'm, yeah. I'm okay, mostly. Just got back from a mission--so, sore and tired."

But, hey, alive. Things were good!

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"Heh. Well, uhhh, a gentleman doesn't kiss and tell, you know?" Hurley said, a little coy. He sat down and made himself comfortable.

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Gentlemen doesn't--

"Oh, Hurley," she laughed. "Good for you, then. Hurrah for a good few days."

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Hurley nodded. "I think a lot of people had those sort of days. At least, when I heard radio. I think there was something in the water." He chuckled.

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Ino... considered that.

"Like, seriously? In the water, or something?"

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"Well, not actually?" Hurley said. "But yeah. I think we were all kinda... frisky."

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Ino contemplated that.

Then laughed.

"Poor Ichigo!"

Yeah, she was just going to... find that hilarious. Poor Ichigo.

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Hurley paused, then laughed with her. "Poor guy!" he agreed.

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"...or dead guy," she amended. "Since I wasn't around."

And if he'd decided to be frisky with anyone else...

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"I didn't hear about him doing anything bad on the radio," Hurley said. "I think he's safe."

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"Oh good," she said, genuinely relieved. "That means I don't have to kill him. He'll probably appreciate that."

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"Yeah, I think most guys would appreciate not being killed," Hurley said. "But I guess, that's the risk they take, doin' stuff like that."

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"Depends on why," she admitted. "But for no reason other than being frisky? Uh, yeah. Death to the cheater."

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "I don't get how anyone could, like, do that. Hell, I had issues when the radio made it sound like I'd done something like that. Uhhh, not that I'm actually dating anyone."

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Ino studied the ceiling for a moment. Technically, she'd cheated on Kabuto with Michael, and so was a bit of a hypocrite, but she well, was pretty okay with that. "There's reasons to do stuff like that."

A beat.

"Then why would you be upset?" she wondered. "I mean, if people think so little of you that they believe everything the radio says, then why would you want to be friends with them?"

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"Well, the person that said it... she doesn't exactly like me to begin with," Hurley said. "I guess that's part of the problem."

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"Oooh, then yeah. You can totally ignore that bit, yeah? Because it's just a stupid bit of grudge."

"...why does she not like you?"

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"Cause I tried to be her friend, but apparently cause I'm a dude that means I'm an idiot," Hurley said, a little grumbly.

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More squinting at the ceiling as she tried to think her way through that one.

"So she doesn't like you just 'cause you're a guy?"

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"That's the best I can figure out," Hurley said. "Katina is kinda angry at all dudes for some... stupid reason or another."

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Ino cackled. "Katina is awesome," she crowed, laughing. "And, no, she's just angry at everyone."

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"I guess it'd be funny if you weren't the one she insults all the time," Hurley said, exaggerating a little.