Day 58: Sun Room (Fourth Shift)

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Peter's lunch meeting with Tear had gone far better than he could have even expected. It was a good thing that he wasn't the sort of person who judged by age, seeing how the girl had proved herself to be very capable despite the fact that she was only a teenager. Not that Peter would ever admit it out loud, but Tear was a lot more mature than his

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By the time she got to the Sun Room, most of the people had already meandered into groups or pairs to talk or plot or do whatever it was people did here during the day. Sakura was content to glance over the bulletin, wondering if she should be the one to let Sai's friends know he was no longer here or if it was best left unsaid. It still felt too raw to bring up so easily and even if that was weakness on her part, so be it.

She took a seat near the board, though someone had already gotten one and it did mean being in conversation range. Sakura gave a casual nod as she sat, then started shuffling through her notes.

[gah, sorry i'm late!]

[human_sponge]

While Peter had seen a few girls with pink hair wandering around the place before, he was pretty sure that this was the first time that one of them had come to sit near him. The girl looked to be around Tear's age and the quiet nod that she offered meant that she might be similar in demeanor as well.

Seeing how well things had gone with the other teenager, though, maybe this was something he shouldn't ignore so quickly. He didn't need to give all of his attention to the board, after all, so why not at least see what she was doing with all of those papers?

"What are you up to?" he asked. "I mean, if you don't mind me asking." It wasn't the smoothest way to start up a conversation, but he figured it'd be made clear pretty quickly if the girl wanted to talk or not. "Sorry, the name's Peter. I was just curious."

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Truth be told, Sakura would've preferred to sit in silence, pretending to read notes she'd memorized ages ago and trying very hard to forget what happened last night. Still, there was no way to just ignore the guy without being completely beastly. It wasn't until he said his name though, that she actually looked up.

"Peter," she repeated, "you're the other one. The medic, right?"

Maybe it was a longshot, but how many Peters could there be? She'd never even heard the name before coming here, so it was strange enough that two people had the same foreign-sounding one.

"I'm Sakura."

[human_sponge]

The other one? Peter was quick to realize that this girl must have been friends with the younger Peter, the one who Claire had become friends with, the one who he'd met once with Sam. It wasn't that surprising, seeing how they seemed to be in the same age range, and yet it looked like they were always going to be associated with each other because of the name.

From what Peter knew of the kid, though, he wasn't the worst person to be lumped in with, so that was fine.

Still, two things made it clear very quickly that the right girl had picked to sit by him: being identified as a medic and hearing the name Sakura meant that this was one of the people who had expressed interest in his group. How lucky, that he'd run into one of them right after talking to Tear.

"You responded to my note, right? Yeah, I'm that Peter," he replied with an easy smile. "I actually just spoke to someone else who was interested and we're starting to plan things out. Do you think you're still interested in joining?"