Room 221, Monday Morning

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette had intended to go out somewhere and have breakfast before class, but that plan had been interrupted a whole step out the door as she nearly kicked a little package that had been left for her to find.

It had to be for her to find, since her name was written on it in three different ways; in the High Galactic that everyone used here, in somebody's best effort at writing in Aurebesh, and in runes that she didn't entirely understand. And then there was the note inside, which she read a few times in her attempt to process what was happening here in the first place, before she retreated back into her room, sat down on the bed, and opened the package. As she did so, she went through an interesting series of emotions, from confused, to astounded, to utterly delighted.

He'd even made sure the shirts had wide necks so she could pull them on easily! Nobody ever thought about how she was going to get her lekku through!

Excuse her a little, she was gonna just quietly squeak and maybe hug all the things, now. One of those shirts was so getting worn today. And that scarf! She was totally a scarf person! As of right now.

She was not going to survive this boy, was she? She was pretty sure she was not going to survive this boy.

[OOC: Door and post open!]

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[unusual_sith]

Lana was actually heading out for breakfast before class, but the squeaking through the open door next door was hard to miss. And honestly, she was a little concerned after Saturday night.

She peered through the open door. "Vette? Is everything alright?"

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"Yes? Yes! Very yes? Probably yes?" Vette was going to blather in that vein for a few moments before just holding up a shirt for Lana's perusal, and then peering over the top of it. "Yes?"

Help.

[unusual_sith]

"That's a cute shirt," Lana said. "So definitely yes, I think. Is it something special?"

It was a cute shirt, but cute shirts didn't usually result in this level of squeaking. Well, not from Vette.

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette just kind of reached into the package and pulled out the other two shirts. And then the gloves. And the scarf.

And then she looked at Lana with wide eyes and mouthed, "From Sidon."

[unusual_sith]

Lana grinned. "Those are all lovely. And thoughtful. And I should point out, he didn't buy me anything after our date."

You were totally special, Vette.

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette ducked her head a little bit, eyes going wide again.

"Please don't point that out."

She was... quietly squirming. Screaming inside a little.

[unusual_sith]

"Why not?" Lana asked. "He adores you, I can see that, and you really seem to like him. There's nothing wrong with that that I can see." She frowned. "His people don't have anything against other species, do they?"

[chirpchirpchirp]

As a matter of fact, there were some who had a few problems with Hylians. But Vette wasn't a Hylian and she didn't know that, so instead she was going to just sit there and stare at Lana with even wider eyes.

"I... I don't know? I don't think so? Why would you say that?"

WHY WERE YOU HELPING, LANA?

[unusual_sith]

"Well, why else would you be so worried?" Lana asked. She came in to sit nearby. "If he hasn't said anything about it, I'm sure it's fine." She wasn't, but she was good at sounding emphatic. "So what's the problem, then? You're not already married or anything back home?"

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"What? Ew, no," Vette said, turning a wrinkled nose Lana's way. "Of course not. I just..."

She kind of trailed off, and then sat there floundering for a few seconds.

"I've never done this kind of thing before, okay?"

[unusual_sith]

Lana relaxed, then looked for what she could say to help. Eventually she settled on, "Has Sidon?"

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"I... I don't know," Vette replied, shrugging. "I don't think so?"

She looked back down at the shirts.

"He seems pretty good at it. But maybe that's just Sidon, you know? All confidence, all the time."

[unusual_sith]

"That sounds like him," Lana agreed. "But if neither of you has done this before, it's not like he'll be expecting anything specific. Just do what you think is right. It seems to be working so far."

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette nodded a little, still a little wide-eyed, even as she looked downward.

"I think I can do that."

She knew what she could do. Doing was easy.

Being was hard.

[bookbeltof_love]

"Ohhhhhhh my gosh, that's so romantic," Nina sighed, peering over her diary to watch avidly.

She didn't need to know who it was from--Vette's reaction said it all.

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"Niiina," Vette said, her voice a loud stage whisper. "Niiiina he got me shirts. And a scarf. And gloves."

She was quietly dying by inches. Really.

"He picked out clothes. He doesn't even wear clothes!"

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina giggled, but she meant it kindly, since she was also all over the idea of Vette and Sidon dating.

"You do," she pointed out reasonably. "And it's a present for you!!!!!!!"

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"It's a present for me," Vette echoed, bewildered. "Nina, he got me a present."

She was hugging that shirt, so help her.

"A really thoughtful present."

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina couldn't help but aw over that. She just, like, really couldn't help it.

"Yeah," she said, a bit wistfully. "He really cares about you!!!!!"

[chirpchirpchirp]

"He-- I mean-- I guess?" Vette was blushing again, not that it showed up well against her skin. She fidgeted a little with the shirt, wrapping a lek around her shoulders. "I mean. Apparently?"

She was trying desperately to keep from flailing.

[bookbeltof_love]

"You should try the clothes on," she suggested, sitting up and closing her diary. "So, like, we can see just how much he thought about you!!!!!!!!"

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Vette stared at her wide-eyed for a few moments before even thinking to reply. And then she looked at the shirt she was clinging to.

"He even made sure to make the neck-holes big enough for my lekku," she said, holding it up for Nina to see. "He was thinking about that. About how I'd wear it, about what I could wear in a world made mostly for humans."

[bookbeltof_love]

Okay, maybe trying it on was too big a step for Vette to process right now. Right. Nina could backtrack.

She wanted to laugh, but it was so impossibly sweet that she didn't want to hurt Vette's feelings.

"Of course he did," she said, rather gently. "He knows you're not human and wanted to get you things that would suit you!!!"

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"I mean, I know that," Vette replied, pulling that shirt right back in to hug some more. "It's just... wild, isn't it? That much consideration, and I..."

She wasn't even sure where she was going with that.

"I didn't see this coming at all, and I like it. A lot. And I have no idea what I'm doing, Nina. None."

[bookbeltof_love]

And Nina had zero practical experience in romantic matters but she had an awful lot of it in romance novels and daydreams.

"But, like, that's okay???????" Nina said, considering Vette. "You like it, you like him, and you're happy???????? Why not... just be happy with the flow?????"

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"Because the flow is terrifying!" Vette was shrieking a little. Just a little. "How does anyone ever be happy with the flow? There's just too much you can't see coming, no way to know for sure if it'll last or what!"

[bookbeltof_love]

"Vetteeeeeeeeeeeeeee," Nina said, unperturbed by the volume, "would you really rather have your life neatly laid out and known in advance??????"

[chirpchirpchirp]

"Well, no," Vette allowed, fidgeting with the shirt all the same. "Of course not. I'd go nuts. But I'm going nuts this way, too!"

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina considered that.

"Have you, like, taken control of anything??????"

[chirpchirpchirp]

"What do you mean, taken control of anything?"

Said while still clinging to the shirt, yup.

[bookbeltof_love]

"I mean, like, have you taken the first step anywhere???????" Nina asked, trying to think of how to put it. "Done something first?????"

[chirpchirpchirp]

"Anywhere?" Vette grimaced a little, looking down at the shirt in silence for a few seconds before speaking again. "Not just with him?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"Not just with him," Nina confirmed, nodding her head.

[chirpchirpchirp]

"I totally broke into the school the other day looking for puppies," Vette said, like that... made any sense whatsoever.

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina... paused.

Then shook her head.

"I want to know why later???????" Nina informed her. "But this is, like, more important????? Did you break into the school because someone told you to?????"

[chirpchirpchirp]

...

...

...

"Well, there was a class assignment."

So yeah.

"Which I was ignoring."

So maybe?

"Until Sabine showed up, too."

Back to no, then.

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina squinted harder.

"Vette, what?????"

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Vette sighed and threw her hands up into the air, shirt in one of them like a flag.

"I do stuff! I do stuff for me all the time! It's just easier back home, where I know what I can get away with. Here it's all wildcards, and it isn't that I hate taking risks, risks are great, but this place is so... frustrating."