Room 504, Sunday Morning

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Ino was busy.

If you could call having cranked the music up with her door wide open and cross-legged on her bed reading busy.

(Ino was also inconsiderate of her neighbours and their sleeping in habits, yes.)

And reading was busy even if it was simply the same information she was pouring over in an attempt to glean new details from (so far: not working) and giving her something to look at while she struggled to come up with something to say to the e-mail she'd gotten on Tuesday. She needed to answer it, but it made her feel like crying, so she wasn't. Happy thoughts only. At least for the moment.

One thing, she thought with a sigh. All she wanted was one thing that was simple.

... she could go get a hot chocolate. That was about as simple as it got. Hmmm.

[Oooopen door and post.]

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Ino glanced up from her reading.

"It's been louder before," she protested. "No one's complained then."

Probably because it hadn't been godawful o'clock in the morning, Ino.

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"Well, someone's complaining now," he said with an annoyed growl, running a hand through his hair.

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She sighed and leaned over to twitch the volume down.

"Ain't that a shame," Ino replied. "I like this CD."

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He sighed in relief as the pressure from his ears fell away, letting him hear something hear something beside the music.

"Wolf hearing," he said, tapping his ear. "I like my silence."

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She gave him mournful eyes. "That ain't fair that I got to turn it down lower than normal 'cause of your ears."

But she'd done that, please note. She was just whining.

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Jake snorted. "How about you just turn it down in the morning? I kind of like sleeping. It's pretty neat."

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"I like sleeping too," she retorted. "Ain't my fault that you get to bed later than me."

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Jake rolled his eyes. "So the whole world should just follow your schedule?"

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"Absolutely," she said, keeping a straight face. "Zack does, after all."

They'd had the same schedule to start with though.

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"Maybe Zack's whipped," he suggested. He felt a little dumb standing around and grabbed the desk chair to sit down.

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Ino snickered. "Does Zack strike you as the sort of guy to be whipped by a girl?"

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"I wouldn't know. I don't exactly know him," Jake pointed out. "I do know you're the type of girl to whip a guy."

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...

Ino had to take a moment to consider that one.

"And how you figure that one?" She sounded curious, not irritated. Really, this was funny.

And true. Shush.

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"Are you saying you're not?" Jake asked, giving her an amused look. "You're bossy for one."

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"Maybe I'm just bossy to you?" she tried.

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"Why would you just be bossy to me?" he wondered. "Do I deserve special treatment?"

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"Maybe it's that you've not deserved good treatment?" Ino mused, looking entertained.

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"Ouch," he placed his hand over his heart. "You wound me. How can I go on living with you thinking so badly of me?"

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"Shirtless," she said 'helpfully'. "And I like chocolate if you're really desperate to get into my good graces."

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Shirtless was a given.

"Nah, I'll just eat it myself. It'll make me feel better too."

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"It's got a few things in it that actually do make people feel better," she informed him. "Even if you're being a bear and not going to ever share with me. That's a sad thing."

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"Maybe once you stop waking me up with weird music," he said thoughtfully. "I might just end up in a sharing mood."

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"It's not weird! It's Japanese pop!"

Yes, that was the important thing there.

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He raised an eyebrow at her. "Japanese pop? I thought you were from ninja world."

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Ino blinked at him.

"And what's that got to do with me likin' this world's music?"