[Sometime during AU week]

[the_ex_in_xp]

[meanwhile at the dorms, a half-pirate and some girl who managed a +3 lockpicking skill in her bag of tricks are trying to break in to "their" room]

This lock is way more sophisticated than the others. You'd think they were worried about unsavory people trying to break in...

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[the_ex_in_xp]

Threatened to delete my midterm paper if I didn't change it from some font to another, like, right that second.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

You don't remember the fonts?

[the_ex_in_xp]

All I remembered is one would let me get to exactly twelve pages without writing any more words and the other one would make me need another paragraph worth of padding.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

... were they a TA or something?

[the_ex_in_xp]

He was my TA's noisy boyfriend and the third reason I had for dropping the class. It was about nomadic peoples, they barely had writing to start giving a shit about fonts.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[this is one of those frustrating I Love Ramona But I Also Love the Rules moments]

Yeah, then he shouldn't have gotten involved.

[the_ex_in_xp]

[and that is precisely why you never heard all the other reasons she dropped classes and eventually got herself kicked out of college]

You're hoping it wasn't Comic Sans and trying not to judge me for it, aren't you?

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Ramona, please tell me it wasn't Comic Sans.

[the_ex_in_xp]

And what if it was?

[it wasn't but she has a completely neutral expression so you can't be sure...]

[the_ex_in_excessive]

I will tug on your shirt so hard that it'll probably tear.

[the_ex_in_xp]

[aw screw it, this is too easy to pass up]

So you're basically trying to rip my clothes off my body. Did you think that might give me a mixed message? Like, is it truly heinous or too sexy you just can't contain yourself?

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[yeah she's letting go and crossing her arms, shifting so while she's not breaking away from you, she's definitely looking away]

That's not funny.

[the_ex_in_xp]

[Ramona Flowers earned +1 Asshole XP /)__= ]

--it's not, I'm sorry. I should never joke about Comic Sans being anything but terrible. And I didn't use it, alright? It was one of those bold fonts that makes all the letters fatter...

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Oh.

You probably would've gotten docked points for that unless there was literally no note about allowed fonts on the syllabus or whatever, I guess...

[the_ex_in_xp]

[wanting to shrug, but also staying perfectly still in that "I will make no movements to antagonize you" way]

I ditched the class before we got our final grades in, so it will remain a mystery for the ages.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[going silent and still for a little bit]

... I wish you had told me.

[the_ex_in_xp]

[letting her gaze shift so she's not looking directly at you, but keeping still otherwise because you are]

It was midterms. You had your own stuff going on.

Besides, there's not much to tell about "hey, I had this blow up in class over fonts of all fucking things."

[the_ex_in_excessive]

With all of it, though. If you were having issues with classes...

[the_ex_in_xp]

Roxie, I had issues. Period. There were too many to list, and what could you have done? There are only so many times you can bribe administrators with cookies...

[the_ex_in_excessive]

I could have tried to help with... I don't know. School stuff, or... I don't know. I guess it doesn't matter now, but...

[the_ex_in_xp]

[her tone is rough with anger, and this time she does pull away because she doesn't want you to deal with that up close]

But it doesn't matter now.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[pulling one of her knees up so she can wrap her arms around that instead]

I'm sorry.

[the_ex_in_xp]

I'm not stupid, I wasn't being lazy--I tried...

[then stopping once she looks over at you curled up, realizing that anger was for basically everyone else but you]

...I'm sorry too. If you knew, you would've tried to help me, and I didn't want to drag you down with another lost cause.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

I know you're not stupid. And you wouldn't have been dragging me down.

[uncurling a bit, though]

But, I mean, I don't know. It could just be that college wasn't your thing...

[the_ex_in_xp]

[staring at you, a sad expression on her face]

There was one part about college that was my thing...