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justonecondition ([personal profile] justonecondition) wrote2013-07-10 09:45 am
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Office #19 | Wednesday

Now that a new semester was starting, Bruce was back to holding regular office hours. It was a little different than it had been last semester, though, because instead of taking some time out of his personal time at the hotel to make himself available to students for a few hours, office hours were looking more like the personal time, while his time at 33 Apocalypse ran the risk of being a little more social.

That was fine, though, because Bruce's office was comfortable (read: spartan), and if he showed up significantly earlier than he assumed most students had an interest in waking up, he figured that he was guaranteed at least a few solid hours of introvert recharge time before anyone came by to bother him.

Uh. Talk to him. Not 'bother.' He didn't know why he'd thought 'bother.'
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-10 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Bruce thought his ability to pronounce other languages would surprise her, but he let it go. "Are you sure Bo doesn't want that flower for herself?"

[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-10 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Who can be sure of anything?" Kenzi grinned again. "Why don't you ask her?"
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-10 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know who Bo is," Bruce pointed out. "And I think offering her a flower would be a weird introduction."

[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-10 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"She's had worse," Kenzi confided. The question-game seemed to only be off and on now. "Security, and all. I only get another six or seven weeks to redecorate her office before they kick me out, so. Someone else will have to fill in."
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-10 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"...I don't think I'm the best candidate for that job," Bruce decided. "What's wrong with her own decorations?"

[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-11 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
"They're boring! And normal. And always the same." Which last thing Kenzi objected to the most strenuously. "And I keep finding cool things like water balloons or glitter that have to be shared."

Aren't you glad she'll be gone before she decides she likes you enough to decorate for you, Bruce?
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-11 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Hang on, hang on," Bruce said, finding himself both skeptical and, against his better judgment, entertained by this. "You're telling me you just found a few dozen kusudama flowers lying around?"
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[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-11 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Would you believe me if I said that?" Kenzi was delighted at the chance to answer a question with a question again. "... I did find the giant stuffed duck. At the Post Office. But it's moved on by now."
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-11 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Giant stuffed..." Okay, okay, Bruce felt a little dumb for not seeing this sooner. He rubbed his temples. "This Bo doesn't love your contributions to her office decor, does she?"

[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-11 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
"She adores the office chair I got her. It has a massage setting," Kenzi said in determination. "And it's better than Professor Skywalker's, don't let anyone tell you different."
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-11 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"...Did you get Professor Skywalker's desk chair too?" He had to hand it to her, that was a really unprecedented level of ass-kissing. He had never even thought of that back in high school. Of course, he couldn't have afforded it anyway.

[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-11 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Nah, just heard Bo being smug about it." Kenzi looked pleased with herself. "There was this whole thing with imagining the world back into existence, and while I was helping do that, I thought, 'why not get Bo a really awesome chair?'" She looked cagey. "The rest of it just comes up, sometimes. The meditation and gun place had balloon weapons they were giving away one week."
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-11 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
Imagining the world back into existence...?

"So you've made a habit of it," he assessed, still feeling like he was missing a piece here. "Is there a reason you're so generous with her, or...?"

Honestly, he didn't ordinarily tend to ask this many questions of people. It felt like prying, and he didn't like to be asked questions this much. But after their little game earlier, he felt it was fair to make an exception.

[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-11 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Because she's my friend!" In a tone that implied duh. "And just bringing her coffee got boring." There was that word again. Possibly Kenzi's greatest life ambition was to avoid boring. "Which reminds me of my question."

You can probably guess what kind of question it is by now, Dr. Banner.
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-11 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
No, actually.

"...I don't have a coffee maker," Bruce said, taking a stab in the dark and winding up truly fantastically left of center.

[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-11 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Hmmmm." You might by the end of the week, Bruce. Better lock your door. Possibly secure the windows and air vents. Kenzi liked a challenge.

"Do you have a girlfriend? Boyfriend? Other?"

She'd been going to just ask if getting life-force sucked out of him via face-sucking was something he'd be okay with, but now that Bo was already a topic of conversation, that verged on TMI.
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-11 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh." Bruce appeared to be choking on nothing for a moment. When he stopped doing that, he replied slowly, "I'm not sure that's the kind of question I should be answering for a student."

[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-11 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Not for meee! Ew." Kenzi wrinkled her nose. "You're cute but you're old. I have a boyfriend." That definitively covered, she went on, "I was just wondering. 'Cause you're new. You should meet people."

Like Bo! ... or maybe the people at the Caritas 3-Minute Dates? Or maybe there was a way to make that be both?
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-11 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
He hadn't really meant for Kenzi -- just in the sense that, well, she had asked, and it felt like a bit of a personal question that wasn't strictly part of an appropriate dialogue between a teacher and a student.

He might have been overthinking it, or maybe he was just that intensely private of a guy.

"I... appreciate the thought--" and that part sounded like a question, actually, because indeed it was-- "but I'm not, uh, looking for anything like that."

Ever, really.

[identity profile] regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com 2013-07-11 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Kenzi had never met an inappropriate thought she hadn't verbalized. Or if she had, it was only because she was waiting for the worst possible moment to share it.

"Hmmmmmmmmmm." That was a no! Ahah! "Gotcha."

Scoping out prospects for Bo was hard work sometimes. But now she'd be able to push her a little in the right direction. As her Aunt Ludmilla would say: A nice-looking man like that, and a doctor! What more do you want?

"Nice meeting you, Dr. Banner." Kenzi beamed and stuck another flower over the light switch. "And welcome to Fandom, even if it's a little late."
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[personal profile] justonecondition 2013-07-11 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
"...Thanks." Oh god, he was going to be cleaning up flowers for days. "Nice meeting you too."

Bruce blinked a few times. The last time he had been left feeling that disoriented by a conversation... well, was when he'd met Tony.
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