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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[puppy_fair]

Zack wasn't moping as he made his way through the door into the apartment after his shift at the shelter. He wasn't. Really.

He wasn't trudging, either.

Honest.

Except for how he totally was, shoulders slouched forward a little, still wearing that damn SOLDIER uniform that he'd been wearing on his mission to Wutai. He'd been looking forward to two things when he got home, and one of them was gone. Hopefully Ino wouldn't be on a mission tonight, because she was the other one.

He sighed as he shut the door.

"Ino? Are you here? I'm home."

Give him a moment to round the corner. His moping would fade really fast.