Room 423, Wednesday afternoon

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Hoshi's good mood over doing radio the other night was starting to wear off. She was really starting to envy Robin. She was standing in front of her closet in her undies and taking stock of how much she had left in clean clothes. "I can't believe the laundry machines went on strike, especially with all the new students around," she grumbled. Maybe she could turn stuff inside out and wear it, but that thought made her frown even more.

[Establishy. Door closed, but post is open for Amber or the roommate if she's around. Or for a little sibling too.]

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[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

After work, after her phone call to Hoshi, Amber grabbed her schnapps and headed out. She was wearing her last pair of jeans and it was really getting on her nerves, this place.

She knocked loudly on Hoshi's door. "Hoshi! It's Amber!"

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Hoshi scrambled to throw on a jacket over her bra and shorts before opening the door. "Come in. I was just trying to see if I'll have enough clean clothes for tomorrow," she said by way of apology.

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Amber waved her hand. "This place sucks," she said and moved to sit down in the middle of the floor. "My vintage socks from Cal. Gone. I didn't mean to wear them but, crap, my will power sucks. Schnapps?" she asked, holding up the bottle.

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"Sure! I'd love to try it," said Hoshi, grabbing a couple of glasses. "I don't have bar food, but I have cookies. Want some?"

Porthos, who had been sleeping on Hoshi's bed, looked up hopefully at the word "cookies."

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"Cookies sound great with peach schnapps," she said, sure hoping they went well together. "This day has been... this whole week has been something else."

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"So I've heard," said Hoshi carefully as she set out the package of cookies on the desk and pulled out her desk chair for Amber. "I was chatting with Priestly in class yesterday. He was telling me about your 'double-date.'"

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Amber quickly scrambled up to sit in the chair, and then she plucked up a cookie. "It wasn't really a double-date. It was just friends hanging out. Why, what did he say?" She poured them each a glass full of schnapps.

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Hoshi sat on the bed, with Porthos coming over to her and wagging his tail, hoping for a cookie. "Well, he thought you were flirting with him and was a little surprised to find out that you're going out with Liir," she said.

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Taking another cookie, Amber leaned forward to give it to Porthos if Hoshi allowed it. "'Course I flirted. I'm a flirty person. I always flirt. Just out of fun, you know? I make friends flirting and... not flirting. Liir says my flirting is fine and if I wasn't flirting I wouldn't be me."

She frowned and took a big drink. "Was he... grumpy about it?"

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Porthos wagged his tail and gave Amber a pleading look, which made Hoshi laugh. "I think he'll be okay with just one cookie," she said.

"Anyway, I think he was more confused than anything else. I tried saying that someone people are just naturally flirty, but he seemed to think that asking about his kilt meant that you were interested."

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Grinning at the cute little guy, Amber gave him the cookie.

"Oh." Amber flushed. "Oh, geeze. I was just curious! I've read so many historical romances that my head went a little crazy when I saw a guy in a kilt. I... yes, I flirted like a flirting thing."

A beat.

"Is that so wrong?"

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"Maybe only half-wrong. It takes to people to have a miscommunication," said Hoshi with a smirk. "He shouldn't have assumed that you were trying to get your hands on his banana."

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Amber blinked at Hoshi then cracked up laughing. "I wasn't! Not at all! It was innocent fun teasing!"

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Hurley stopped by and knocked on Hoshi's door. He'd wanted to talk to her since her radio broadcast.

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Hoshi probably should have thought first about what she was wearing before opening the door, but she didn't. All she had on was the partially-zipped jacket, a sports bra and shorts.

"Hurley? Hi! Um, come in. I wasn't expecting you," said Hoshi, flustered.

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"Whoa," Hurley said. He looked away. "Should I give you a second or something?"

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"Uh, yeah. Hang on a second," she said, zipping up her jacket. She scrambled to put on a pair of sweatpants. "Okay, I'm decent. You can come in."

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Hurley came in. "Sorry about that," he said. "Didn't mean to... catch you with your pants down."

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"It's okay," said Hoshi with a chuckle. "I was just trying to figure out what do with the clothes situation with the laundry strike."

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "I'm out of pants, now. I'm just glad I don't have any more classes this week."

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"I'm done with classes, but I still have work tomorrow morning. I don't think Miss Connell would be happy if I showed up in shabby clothing," said Hoshi. "I... may even consider washing stuff by hand. Never thought I'd do that before."

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"Oh man, I work Friday," Hurley said. "Crap."

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"Who knows when the washers and dryers will be working again?" said Hoshi with a sigh. "It's not the biggest crisis I've seen in Fandom, but it's still a big mess."

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"Yeah, true," Hurley said. "I'll keep my fingers crossed. Cause dude. Yeah."

He fidgeted a moment. "So, like... I heard you on the radio."

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Hoshi grinned. "I was good, wasn't I?" she said. "I really liked it, though the squirrels kept trying to give me rum."