Apartment Above the Boards, Tuesday Night

[intraspective]

Ino's day had been peaceful. She'd gone for a run with Girl, then they'd both gone into her shop so that Girl could nap and Ino could amuse herself in her lab for a few hours. Then they'd gone out again while Ino had fielded a phone call from Tseng wanting to know how she'd misplaced Zack (the answers she'd come up with hadn't pleased him much) and eventually they'd wandered back to the Boards and the apartment above it.

Silly had spent most of the day in her hair or cheeping at Girl. Ino wasn't sure what Silly hoped to accomplish but, hey, Girl hadn't eaten Silly yet. That was good.

After they'd all eaten, and Ino had gone for shower, they'd all somehow wound up on the couch together while Ino went through her notes from the day's work at the lab and Girl dozed contentedly. Silly sat on the back of the couch and surveyed them both with beady eyes.

Fine. Fine, it wasn't so bad having a dog. Maybe.

[For that boy. And phone calls, if you want.]

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[intraspective]

Ino bit her lip.

Rufus was a spoiled brat, definitely, but the Turks knew--more than that.

She let it pass.

"Should I ask who you're happier to see?" Ino teased. "I know, it's Silly, right?"

[puppy_fair]

"Definitely Silly," Zack laughed, shaking his head and waving a little hello to the bird. "Hey, buddy. I saw a few of your cousins while we were in Wutai. You are by far the most magestic."

Suuuuure.

[intraspective]

"Silly is the most impressive of chicobos," Ino said solemnly, as her little bird chirped at Zack.

It sounded a bit like a scolding, really, which made her laugh.

[puppy_fair]

"It's alright, little guy," Zack teased, "I don't generally ride into battle on chocoboback anyway."

Stomping into battle, on the other hand...

Zack smiled a little, and then broke into a laugh of his own.