Room 504, Thursday Early Evening

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Ino was currently sitting cross-legged on her bed, already in her pajamas, and brushing her hair out. Scattered on her bed were several other combs and various clips and hair ties.

It had been a pretty awesome week. All her classes were fun and now she was pretty much free until Monday to do whatever she wanted. At the moment though Ino was pretty content just to be brushing her hair, humming under her breath, while idly wondering if A.J. would show up like they'd arranged on Saturday.

The door was open.

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"Well," A.J. said thoughtfully, "you can't. Not really. So I'll just have to trust you to be a good, honest person that wouldn't lie to me. But I will be checking a few sources to see how you're doing. It's not like we all don't have the same friends or anything, you know. They'll let me know if they sense any non-happiness."

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"And there's radio." Ino said ruefully. "I'm so doomed."

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"Mwa ha ha," A.J. did his best evil laugh, which sounded barely evil at all. "We should make up some terms and conditions. What do you want if you win? And what do I get when you totally fail?"

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"...when I fail?"

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"You're the one who said you're doomed, not me," A.J. bit his lip against a laugh that he felt would have been poorly timed at this point. "You'll just have to prove me wrong, now, won't you?"

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"I'll totally prove you wrong." She told him loftily, while resisting the urge to stomp on one of his feet. "I don't fail."

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"Let's hope not, after talk like that."

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"What do I get if I win though?" Ino wondered. "That much good behaviour totally deserves an award."

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"The reassurance that I will never doubt you again?" A.J. offered. He sucked at thinking of things like this.

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"Another picture?" Ino wheedled.

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"That's all? Just another picture?"

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"Well," Ino amended, "a really big picture?"

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A.J. grinned a little and asked, "Who's your roommate?" He wondered if it would seem random or if Ino'd be able to figure out where he was going with this.

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Ino blinked, not sure how the question fit in but willing to answer it, "Anathema!" This was said brightly, "She likes flowers too, which is awesome because otherwise there'd, there'd be fighting about me having them around."

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"How do you think she'd feel about me painting your room?" he asked, bringing it together. "If you win."

Truth be told, A.J. would probably do it even if first thing tomorrow, she blew up something out of pure anger, though.

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That? That was Ino practically breathless from glee at the very thought of her room being painted.

Her shoulders drooped though, "I don't know how she'd like it, we haven't been roommates for very long."

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"Maybe ask her next time you see her? I mean, you guys are roommate, so it's not like you'll have trouble finding her, or anything, right? If she doesn't, I'll think of something else. Just a regular big picture, or something. Or I can try to meet her and talk to her, too. Anathema, you said?"

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Ino nodded, "Anathema Device, she's got long dark hair." Pause. "Well, longish. Mine's longer. And I can try and track her down, but I'm pretty busy for the next while..." she shrugged, "whoever sees her first?"

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"Long dark hair, yes," A.J. muttered. "Way to narrow down the field, there, Ino. "But whoever sees her first works for me, too."

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"I'm sorry!" Ino said sheepishly, "But that's what she's got."

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"And, lemme guess, I should also keep an eye out for, oh, I don't know. Does she have legs? And arms? Maybe a nose? Those'll help me pick her out, too, I'll bet."

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"Oh, haha." Ino rolled her eyes, "I don't know how else to describe her. I don't know her that well yet."

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"I'm just teasing," A.J. said, and, after taking a second to twist the elastic around the end of the new braid and flipping it over her shoulder. "There we go. How's number two looking?"

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Ino studied it seriously. "It's a lot better," she said after a long moment, "much tighter. Don't you think it looks nicer that the first one?"

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"I do," A.J. said, beaming and relieved once the silence had ended; the suspense was killing him! "I think I'm really getting the hang of it! You were right; it's pretty easy stuff."