trans_9 | Finally some roomie tim-whoops.

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Finally some roomie tim-whoops.

It had been an arduous few days. Between the situation with people losing memories and then the people coming back from the Ohm attack, Kaya had been pretty busy. She hadn't even left the med bay, preferring to sleep here instead of back at the Outsider's hotel. She knew she had already missed quite a bit due to this: sessions with Chase, the upkeep of the hotel, and general having fun time, but priorities were priorities. Now that she had some time to herself though, she was hoping to spent some time helping her roommate decorate and at least have some general fun: Alex, after all, had brought all of those interesting black light things, why not put them to good use?

She walked up the stairs of the hotel, making a beeline straight for the hotel suite. It was one of the good things about not having to be alone: it didn't matter that Alex was a boy, at least he was SOMEONE she could talk to on a daily basis. Besides, she had those sliding doors now, so they could respect each others privacy.

But then she reached the room and opened the door, and saw all of his things were gone, specifically the laptop he prized so much, and she knew he had been podded. She closed her eyes a moment, slowly counting to ten, tears springing to her eyes.
Of course.
She took a breath, then wiped her eyes and closed the door, going back down the steps, and quietly closing the door behind her. She wanted to scream, or cry, or throw a fit at least, but none of these things would bring Alex back. So she just wandered the city park for the moment, looking tired.

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Wait...what were they saying? Did he forget a few words? Billy recoiled, stung by the hurt he'd made his girlfriend feel. Still clumsy from maneuvering around the healing, he reached back to find her hand.

"No, love...I didn't mean it that way," he apologized awkwardly, ears bright red by that point. "I was just asking about the injuries. I haven't seen what's left myself. I know Kaya put me back together very well, but with what I've been feeling lately I imagine it has to show."

But the pain was fading now, he thought. He'd finally been able to feel the touches of the water and Ronnie's hand without pain.

"Think more about what you're saying," Kaya said, giving him a stern look. "You're injured, that happens, but you definitely don't look like garbage, ok? You look like you always look."

She shook her head. "And you guys together are amazing, ok? You're both very sweet and caring with each other: don't lose sight of that, all right?"

She smiled, and then reached over and kissed them both on the cheek. "It's cute."

Ronnae smiled a bit deviously before kissing Billy's reddening ears. She turned to Kaya and gave her a reassuring smile, even if her cheeks where blushing.

"T-thanks Kaya."

Billy nodded obediently and nuzzled Kaya's cheek, sinking in just the slightest bit lower to cover his shoulders in bubbles. "I'll be more considerate next time. My thoughts have just been disorganized lately."

He blushed even further at that action from his girlfriend, a suspicion rising that he had been had. Well, if she wanted to play, he could play.

"If you're so attracted to me, I'm surprised you're not jumping at the chance to join a whirlpool with me. We could support each other, right?"

"You guys," Kaya said, laughing lightly. "What on earth am I going to do with you? I guess I have no choice but to give you a whirlpool, hmm?"

She looked to Ronnae for approval, but was pretty sure she would get approval. She closed her eyes and brought her hands out, making a pool for the two to struggle against, but light as possible.

"Have fun!"

Ronnae raised a brow, "You know, that trick won't work on me right? Mama said you have to train and become immune to your personal tricks to be completely effective when using them." She stuck her small tongue out at Billy before blushing.

"Besides, it's easier to wash you from where I'm at, and I don't want to hurt you so I want to be careful love." She smiled shyly and nodded at Kaya, "Whirlpools are really relaxing, thank you Kaya. I'm sure it'll help Billy greatly."

Aww, that was no fun, but her points were fair. Billy pouted up at her before getting swept up in the tide, anchoring just in time to prevent himself from taking a trip around the tub. He'd have to come up with another scheme later on.

"Then I suppose I'd better tell you what happened to us out there. You knew Alex, right? Well...he's been repodded," he sighed, sinking into whatever warmth he could in the hopes of distracting himself.

Kaya waited. She knew when this was a scene between the two of them, and loved them accordingly.

She closed her eyes, bubbling the water some more.

"I think.... I think I felt it earlier... after out chat in engineering... There was something off about him." She sighed and continued washing over Billy gently, soft caresses to both clean and help relax.

"Maybe he'll return? Just like Kaya did." She looked to Kaya with a concerned look. "What will you be doing Kaya? I know he was your roommate... but after everything I... I jus' want to know you're safe... and happy."

"It's possible, but I don't want to hope too much," Billy sighed, closing his eyes and allowing sensation to take over. The swirling waters and soft touches were doing wonders for his comfort level. His breaths took on a relaxed tone, almost peaceful.

"I want to know that too," his voice chimed in, his hand reaching for Kaya. "We're not letting you suffer through this alone."

"I don't know, to be honest," Kaya answered truthfully. "He was supposed to be my roomie, so now that he isn't, I guess I just am alone in the room for now. I guess I can ask to stay on the W.I.T.C.H. bus though: I haven't seen Neg in awhile, and it'll give Matt and I the chance to see where we stand right now."

She looked a little unsure about the last part. The both of them had been so busy in the past few weeks, would they have time for each other?

Ronnae tilts her head curiously, "I thought you and Matt had spoken already about where you stood?"

She starts washing Billy hair, massaging his scalp while she continues the conversation. "Well there's plenty of locations you can stay at nearby us, the guest room is still open, and if you moved near us you'd have three awesome neighbors." she added in a more cheerful tone.

That sneaky Ronnie! Billy understood the logic behind letting her wash his back for him. It was far easier to treat the wounds carefully when one could actually see them. But his hair? That he could handle, and he'd lifted an arm to protest before stalling. Did he really want to stop her when it felt so good? Would she let him? Probably not. He'd 'strain his shoulder muscles' or something. When she tilted his head back to avoid the soap running in his eyes, he smiled up and whispered a playful "Just wait until I get my hands on you," at her.

"I'm sure they'll let you back on the bus," Billy reassured Kaya more loudly, his voice taking on the light tone it did when he was feeling good. He restrained from the usual purr for Kaya's sake, but they'd both see him relaxing with a quick smile.

Not forgetting the subject matter, he went on. "Just show them you're still yourself, Kaya," he advised softly. "As far as Matt...I've been worried lately, but I think seeing you again would help him. The major reason you couldn't be together doesn't apply anymore, right?"

Kaya shook her head. "No, I haven't been able to speak to him since I was unpodded. Considering what happened with Azula, not to mention everything else on the ship, we've barely been able to see each other. I guess I should have expected that since he joined the Council."

She smiled. "I hope so. The reason for Matt and I not being together doesn't apply, yes, but now I'm starting to wonder: is it really ok for us to still see each other when HIS Will could come out at any moment? Then what would we do, how would we explain ourselves?"

You can purr if you want, its cute, Kaya thought, giving Billy a lopsided smile.

"Is that a threat love? Because I'd love to see you deliver on that promise~" she whispered in a low hum near his ear as she leaned forward to wet the sponge again.

She straightened herself again before moving to his arms and chest, looking over to Kaya. "If's should never be a factor when it comes to love. Frankly I personally never understood why it was broken up just because Aang showed up. But that's just me. If you loved him, and he loved you, unless all parties were comfortable with a multiple partner relationship, I saw no reason why the involvement of another was enough to break it up. But again, my views are different from everyone elses so I'm only voicing my thoughts on the matter."

"It just might be, I'm feeling better already," he taunted back at Ronnie, sealing the deal with a kiss on the part of her arm closest to his face. He leaned back to allow her access, slowly sneaking his hand toward a cloth all the while. It was important to help out, wasn't it? He could handle his lower body on his own.

And yes, Kaya, Billy purred in contentment, a little accusatory glance sent her way. As if it was somehow her fault that he did it.

At Ronnie's last opinion, he turned to Kaya. "Kaya can explain it better than I can." It wasn't his place to awkwardly stomp all over his sister's love life.

Kaya stuck her tongue out at Billy, as if defying him for holding back his feelings in the first place. By now, yes, their exchanges weren't bothering her: she didn't even have to hear what they were whispering to each other due to Billy's aura. But the subject of her love life was a hard one, and one that she barely could grasp herself.

"It wasn't that simple. It's not like living on the ship changes the way things are in our worlds. Aang and Katara, those two fund love by completely crazy circumstances, and through all of the things they went through, fell for each other hard. I could feel that in me every time I saw Aang, and the pain she felt when something bad happened to him went through me. But in that case, I was being torn: in a way, I was glad Katara wasn't here to go through every time Aang came and was podded again. I felt it instead, and it hurt every time. Aang gave away everything to protect the people on this ship, and suffered a great deal. Imagine, then, he came out of stasis to find the woman he loved most of all with another man. It must have hurt him deeply. There was no doubt that I would break it with Matt. Aang didn't deserve this anymore than I did."

"So that made Matt more deserving of heartbreak?" Ronnae asked curiously. Her tone was not one of scolding, in fact it was one of concern and curiosity. She wanted to understand more of the customs in other worlds so she could help her dear friends more.

Billy stilled where he was, a surge of pain for Kaya coming out of him. He knew Ronnie didn't mean her words that way, but...his Kaya. He braced his hands against the sides of the tub, prepared to push off and tend to his Bonded if she needed it.

"It was never something we were ignorant of," Kaya said. "We both had other people we pledged our whole heart to. The truth was, without them there we were both hurting pretty badly. Its why I don't know if going back to Matt now is good. I could love him, deeply, but I couldn't bear to cause him more pain if his Will came back. Those two, they were as meant to be as Aang and Katara. And Matt...Matt is special, beautiful in heart and soul. I don't even think I deserve him after all he had gone through."

So much for pleasant conversation.

"So you were lovers, nothing wrong with that. Having a lover and having a lifemate are completely different. At least were I come from." She looked at Kaya concerned, tilting her head curiously.

"I don't see why you can't have special feelings for someone just because they have or had a lifemate, or are still waiting for them. Specially if they return them. I... I guess I just don't understand this custom. Maybe you can teach me more when you feel more comfortable Kaya?" Ronnae spoke softly, worried about her friend, yet confused by the problems that were plaguing her.

Billy tilted his head up at Ronnie, a pensive expression on his face. They'd discussed this already, particularly in terms of Ronnie finding another lover open to sharing, but there were still specific issues to work through when they came to them.

"People like Kaya and I are trained in the belief that a lifemate must be the only lover, supposedly to make it more special. It's actually more related to property rights and childrearing customs, but we're so used to that training that it's taking us time to adjust."

He squeezed Ronnie's hand and looked up at her, another reminder that he understood and had agreed to try to work things out with any other lovers, then shuffled over to Kaya's end of the tub and embraced her...lightly at first, in case it was too awkward.

"You both deserve whatever will make you happiest. Be honest with him, see how far you're both willing to go. It might surprise you, but whatever happens? I want you to know that we love you."

Kaya listened to what the both of them had to say, agreeing with some of what Ronnae said, and a lot, of course, with what Billy said. She DID also sense that what they were talking about had some sort of relation with them, but what that was she didn't bother to pry into. Most likely she could figure it out if she really thought about it.

"Matt and I aren't that way, but while our loves were gone, we realized we had an attraction to each other. Being with him, seeing how gentle he was with me: I treasure those things more than I'll ever say. But I also know that we're not the ones alone who would suffer if Will were to come back: she would too. It's her feelings we have to think about."

She smiled. "I know. You guys are the best. If I had any sense at all I would have just loved you two that way. You both have something special, and you understand each other so well. I hope I can have that someday."

Ronnae decided to keep her questions for another time. It was bad enough she had made her friend, and from the looks of it, her lover a bit upset. She smiled nonetheless and nodded. "You know I love ya, you're an awesome and strong girl and you'll always hold a special place in my life Kaya."

It was now or never. Awkward or not, Billy drew himself forward and hugged Kaya tightly, kissing her forehead with care. "You'll pull through, and we'll be with you all the way. I promise."

It was around then that he fully remembered his situation and blushed, quickly retreating to Ronnie's end of the tub. "Ah...uh, well I'm almost finished?" Billy noted, lifting his leg out of the water for washing. "I'm actually feeling much better Hang on, I'm almost done."

He began working at his lower body, eyes fixed on his work to the exclusion of all else.

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