Room 221, Monday Morning

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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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"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."

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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!!!!!"

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"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??????"

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"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??????"

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"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?????"

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

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

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"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?????"

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"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."