Tock almost expected Satevis to pick her up. She wouldn't even have protested if he had. But it put a smile on her lips that he didn't. She limped along with him, feeling foolish, feeling stupid. This wouldn't have happened if she knew how to ration her own meals. She got a certain amount of food for the week, and if she'd paid attention to how much she was eating, she could have spaced the food out well enough that it would last all week. Instead, she'd been so busy with her studies and her projects that she hadn't paid attention. she'd just eaten when she was hungry, and been shocked when she found all off the food in her house was gone. Stupid, stupid food shortages. She sat where he placed her, leaning on the table. She already felt ready to fall asleep. Taking a nap earlier was supposed to take care of that. But she must have been more tired than she thought. When Satevis returned with the food, she dug in eagerly. His protests to eat slowly fell on deaf ears; she didn't know all the doctory stuff about hunger and how it would affect her body. She was just hungry. She didn't even stop to consider that this might be the last meal she'd get for another two days. She just ate. When the meager meal was finished, she sat back, feeling stupid again. She should have saved some of it for later. She sighed and looked up at Satevis. "Thanks, love," she whispered. She didn't know what else to say. She scooted over and climber into his lap, feeling the need for more comfort. She wrapped her arms around his neck and laid her head against his shoulder, her nose lightly nuzzling his neck. "Yer..." she whispered, then swallowed the words. She wasn't sure what to say. Finally after a long moment she sighed and whispered, "Yer a good man." She didn't used to think there was such a thing. She leaned more heavily against him, out of energy now that her stomach was finally full. She closed her eyes and whispered, "Can I stay wit' ya tonight?" She had wanted to surprise him, and do... something, anything, just to spend the night together. She hadn't planned anything out, no more than she ever planned things. But she had come to the University tonight to see him, spend time with him, and enjoy his company. But now she just wanted to sleep. But she wanted to do so in his arms. Before he even responded, she started to drift off to sleep, right there in his lap. OOCIf you want, you can skip to morning (or maybe afternoon... Tock's beat, and will sleep a long while). And then we can start moving towards the EPIC PUPPET CONCLUSION!!! |