The Wee Hours, Monday Morning, Room 429

[the_merriest]

It wasn't even dawn yet but Rikku couldn't get back to sleep. Lying here wasn't helping anything, either. So -- as quietly as she could -- she got up and tiptoed to the door of 429, stepping carefully past the cots and sleeping bags and hoping not to wake anyone.

The hallway was bright and strange-looking but she didn't want to be far from her little ones. So she sank down against one of the walls and tried to sort out her mind. It wasn't working, so far.

(just for one, and possibly big for the SP)

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[raspberryturk]

Reno was quiet again, but this time, he wasn't just looking and thinking.

He reached around, draping his arm over her shoulders, and leaned toward her, pulling her close.

"Somewhere, there's another Rikku who's takin' real good care of her little girl. Just the way it's supposed to be, for them. She came here for a while, and she said 'Rammu' to you, because... I dunno. Maybe Fandom thought you needed to see how kickass you really are. It doesn't matter what universe you're in, you keep endin' up with some beautiful daughters, zoto."

[the_merriest]

"Just ones I don't get to keep," Rikku said, frowning at her toes. She opened her mouth to say more but shook her head instead. "C'mon, we should get back inside before we wake up anyone else."

She was already standing up and brushing nonexistent dust from her pajama bottoms.

[raspberryturk]

Reno continued to sit, raising an eyebrow at her as she stood.

"Thought we came out here so that we wouldn't wake anyone up," he replied.

There was more, then. There was always more, when she was anxious to walk away like that.

"C'mon, sit down a little longer. Or we can go for a walk. Can't wake anyone up if we're outside, zoto."

[the_merriest]

"I ... don't wanna be that far from them," she admitted with a shrug. "And I think if you tried, you'd end up pacing and checking your watch."

She considered that. "Do you even own a watch?"

[raspberryturk]

"I usually just check the time on my phone," Reno shrugged. "Look, Rikku, if you really gotta go back into the room, I ain't gonna stop you. But if there's somethin' else eatin' at you? I'm here now, too."

[the_merriest]

Rikku hesitated, hand on the door, mulling it over.

"I just ...." She shook her head again. "Not now. When they leave."

And with that she cracked the door open, slowly, and stepped inside.

[raspberryturk]

Reno sat there for a moment, watching her head back into the room.

Well, he'd made the offer, at least.

With a sigh, he stood up and followed her back in. There were a few more hours of sleeping to get in before morning.