(Log) "Why the setup?" + Derek

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It was around 11A.M. when Regina found herself near the engineering buildings. She glanced around only to find the students staring back at her, some muttering among themselves. Why was she here again

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[loosenupurwires]

His ingenious plan a few days ago had, by all appearances, gone well. At least, he hadn't heard any loud complaints from either of the involved parties. Sure, Ky had given him Pointed Looks but when wasn't Ky giving someone Pointed Looks. He'd made it through the encounter alive, at least, and with all his belongings in one bag so that little event had definitely been classified as a Success

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She jerked a little and looked up in surprise when he greeted her first. She raised an eyebrow and gazed off to the side, pouting and wondering what she was supposed to say first.

"Hi," she said finally, her voice coming out in a slightly more irritated tone than she intended. "I think," pause, "I think I need to talk to you."

[loosenupurwires]

Derek suspected that if they'd been dating, this is what the 'We Need To Talk' voice would have sounded like. We Need To Talk talks never ended well, at least, from what he'd heard. He didn't know women were even allowed to use that voice when there wasn't even a relationship to Talk about.

... There wasn't a relationship here, right?

"Yeah?" he responded simply once more, trying to keep his voice and his posture casual. It wasn't terribly hard to do if he just kept pretending that Regina was just another girl who was giving him the 'exclusive or bust' talk.

Too bad Regina wasn't just another girl.

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She bit her lip. Somehow, her small irritation was growing. Just a little. She had to close her eyes and give a big sigh before looking at him again--without twitching, anyway, though she did tilt her head this way and that a few times.

"Why did you do that?" She managed to ask, after some seconds of silence.