Room 507, Monday Morning

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Ronan smiled softly, still half asleep, as he snuggled closer to the person sharing his bed. He did rather like waking up with someone else there; it was something he'd not had the chance to enjoy as much of late.

"Morning," he murmured, against her hair.

[For the bedmate!]

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The snuggling was really very nice. Hoshi didn't really get to do a lot of snuggling. She could get used to it.

She opened one eye, then shut it, then slowly opened both eyes and looked at Ronan. "Um, hi. What are you doing here?"

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"... It's my room?" he said. "Why wouldn't I be here?"

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"Okay, then what am I doing in your room?" asked Hoshi, sitting up. Which led to realization #2. "Where are my clothes?"

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Ronan blinked, slowly waking up. "I didn't think you were that drunk last night," he said, "or I wouldn't have brought you back here. Uh..." He looked around. "Your clothes are... somewhere on the floor, mixed with mine?"

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There had been a lot of drunken morning-afters lately, but this was the most unusual one. Hoshi tried to think back to what had happened the night before...

"Oh! Oh no, it happened again!" she shrieked. "I turned into that slut again for the weekend. She better not have ruined all my clothes again."

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"You mean..." Ronan blanched. "... Uh. Sorry? I, uh. ... I didn't know it wasn't you?"

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"But it was me!" Hoshi tried to reassure him. "Remember last year when everyone changed into other people and the other version of me pierced her belly button and left me to deal with the infection? Well, I think that's what happened. Except this time, I already had the piercing, so instead she left--"

Her eyes widened. "Did we have sex last night?"

It was a rhetorical question. She already knew the answer.

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"... Well, yeah," he said. "I mean, you seemed pretty into it last night. Sorry, I..." Ronan slipped out of bed, pulling his boxers on as quickly as he could. "Here're your clothes," he said, picking them up and holding them out to her without looking at her. "And I've at least got a t-shirt you can wear, too, if you want something a little more... ... um. A little more."

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From what she could remember, Hoshi knew she had been into it last night. The memories made her blush furiously.

"I'm sorry, Ronan. She was a little out of control. I think I even hit on another girl at the bar before you showed up," she said, getting very nervous when she realized Ronan wasn't looking at her.

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"It's... Sorry. If I'd known it wasn't you, I would never have... I mean, it's... Are we okay? Powers, I feel like I took advantage of you."

He swore, vehemently, in Gaelic, something he hadn't felt cause to do in quite some time. "Never drinking again, I swear."

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Hoshi cringed slightly, because she understood exactly what he'd said in Gaelic.

"Well, it may not have been me, but I'm so glad it was you, Ronan. I mean, I know I'd be safe with you, and who knows what would have happened if I'd gone off with any of those other people at the bar last night."

She blushed as she added, "Besides, I probably would have slept with you anyway if I was myself."

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Ronan looked over at her at that, even managing to smile a bit. "That... Well, that does make me feel better," he said. "And if you ever want to do it again, I'd be more than happy to be of service."

There we go. Ronan's flirting again. Everything's fine.

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Hoshi was happy to see that smile. "That'd be nice. I mean, last night was good, but I hear it's supposed to be better the second time," she said, moving to give Ronan a hug.

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Ronan nodded. "Definitely," he said, accepting the hug and leaning in to kiss her temple. "Thanks for, y'know, not freaking out," he added.

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"Thank you for taking such good care of me last night," said Hoshi, smiling.

She wondered if she should stop at the hug or if she should kiss him too. After all, they'd just slept together, right? Things were certainly past the hugging stage.

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"Not at all," Ronan said, grinning. "So, feel like some tea?" he asked.

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"Oh, I think I'm definitely going to need some tea before doing the walk of shame and trying to figure out how badly I traumatized my roommate," said Hoshi, laughing.