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[And cloud watching is only mildly less difficult than last time. Relaxing... Relaxing is hard, okay? It's really really hard. Especially given current events.]

I'm starting to think the clouds just don't like being stared at.

They've been fine the last few days. You should just come up here more regularly. We'll catch some good ones.

One baby step at a time. [You have no idea how foreign and wrong this relaxing and taking it easy thing is, okay?]

[He has his suspicions, which is why they're doing this. Deal. 8|]

Right, right. But eventually we have to get you to Step Two.

[No stop being a good friend or whatever you're doing okay are we even friends yet I don't even know god damnit Shikamaru |8]

...Step two?

[He looks away for a moment to point a finger in Silver's face.]

Snacks.

...Shouldn't that be step one? [Snacks are easy. His bro is Gold, so... He's already learning the ways of the shounen stomach.]

[Siiiigh.] Not when it's cloud-watching, idiot. You can watch clouds without snacks, but it's hard to do the opposite.

[...Nod. Apparently cloud-watching is a more complicated thing than he thought...]

[No it's the easiest thing. SOMEDAY YOU'LL GET IT.

But not today. A flash of lightning cuts across the sky in the distance, and Shikamaru sighs loudly again in exasperation. At about the same moment, the rain begins.]

That's that, then.

[...Oh, it's finally raining. Alright, no, more like it's pouring. It's only then that Silver can actually naturally and calmly look at the sky.]

[Shikamaru was beginning to stand, but something about that expression makes him pause. It's weird that of all things...]

[Rain. Not snow, not sleet, not hail, not a Blizzard or Ice Beam, but pouring rain in the summer. Silver lets out a small sigh and just enjoys the water...]

[...But now he is thoroughly soaked and so is Shikamaru. He. He should probably get up now. Whoops...]

[And yet you still sit. Shikamaru kicks his heel on the concrete.]

C'mon. Before you start absorbing water like a sponge.

...I think I already have. [Yeah, yeah, he's getting up.]

S'what you get. [Nevermind he stayed too.] You can dry off in the apartment, while we wait out the rain.

[And inside and down the stairs we go.]

[...House 11 is right next door.

But okay. He follows Shikamaru in. ...Wow, even his socks are wet.]

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[Shikamaru wrings some of the water out of his hair as they walk in, right by the doorway. A black cat appears to the left in the blink of an eye, and Shikamaru reaches down to pet him before marching over to his room, which is down on the end.]

I can get you a towel. You can sit if you want, though, it's no big deal.

[There's a couch here, and a couple of bean bag chairs. And the armchair Masaomi stole from Tony.]

[It's weird to be here. It feels so... So empty in comparison to his home.

...Home. Ha. ...Does Shikamaru really not care about getting stuff wet? ...Well, alright. He nods in response and takes a seat on the floor, at least until Shikamaru returns. While he's waiting, he'll yank off his boots and jacket and put them near the door. Those are thoroughly soaked. ...As an afterthought, his socks come off too... Which might show the unsightly scar on his leg he got a few weeks ago, but whatever.]

Edited 2012-07-18 08:56 (UTC)

[He's back before long, having changed into a dry pair of pants but keeping on the mesh undershirt.]

Tch. You could've picked a bean bag chair, man. [He easily tosses the towel at Silver's head. There's a t-shirt in there too, though he won't be annoyed if he doesn't use it.]

I'm soaking- [Whoa, towel. After pausing for a moment, he starts to dry out his hai- wait, what is this t-shirt for? He holds it out and looks over at Shikamaru for an answer.]

You're drenched. If you're that bothered about making a mess, change.

[Simple as that really. Shikamaru walks off to the other end of the living room, working on airing out his journal.]

[...Well, alright. Off goes his t-shirt too. He goes through his pockets to pull out and dry off his Pokédex and leaves that out as well.

And then he goes to the other side of the living room to join Shikamaru. ...He's unsoaked enough, right? ...Right.

...He's still stubbornly keeping his gloves on, though.]

[He notices, and raises an eyebrow looking at them.]

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