xp_logs | Yvette and Mondo

Backdated to Sunday afternoon, post Mondo's announcement. Yvette comes down to see Mondo about his leaving, and they reassure each other.

It was a somewhat perturbed Yvette who made her way to Mondo's suite after reading his journal. "Mondo?" she called, tapping her talons against the partially-open door. "Are you being busy?"

"Come on in." he said listlessly. He was sitting on the couch in his suite's common area, not doing much of anything. Just sitting and thinking. He had a bottle of water on the end table next to him, heavy with condensation and barely touched. "Oh, hi Yvette." he said once she came into eyeshot.

"I am seeing the journal," she said by way of explanation. "You are to be leaving, yes?" The glow of her eyes had dimmed at the thought.

Mondo nodded. "Try not to take it so personally, OK?" he asked, making a guess as to her emotional state. "I just can't stay here. People have tried to kill me twice and I've been here for less than a year! I need to go someplace safe, where I can be with my family." he explained. "My father agrees."

"I understand," Yvette said, with a little sigh as she came in properly and sat beside him on the couch. "It is good, to be going home, with your family. It is good, to be safe. But..." And here she looked up at him, the corners of her mouth turned down. "I will be missing my friend."

"I'll miss you too!" he said, swallowing heavily. "But there's always letters, and I think Father has finally got Internet access from the house so we can send email!" he said, cheered by the prospect. "So even though I'm home resting and recovering I won't be too out of touch."

Yvette nodded, brightening a little. "And pictures?" she suggested. "If you are having the digital camera, you could be showing me pictures of your family."

"I think that's very likely." he said with the beginnings of a grin. "Samoa's the most beautiful place on Earth." he said with certainty. "I'll take plenty of pictures for you. But you'll have to send me some as well!"

With a brightening of her eyes, Yvette nodded. "I can. Of the woods, and the treehouse, and the lake, and our friends." She smiled a little. "And the foxes, if I can without to be scaring them."

Mondo grinned. "I'd like that very much. And I'll see if I can get pictures of the seals, or the sharks, or the beautiful fishies." he promised. "It will all work out just fine, I promise. And if things go well in Samoa I should be back in the fall!"

Yvette's eyes flared brighter. "You are to be coming back? This is very good news!" She made as if to hug him, then stopped herself. "Can you to be making yourself not to be hurt?" she asked.

Mondo nodded and synched to his necklace. "I sure can." he said, enthusiastically hugging the small girl. "But there's an if - I need a lot of time to relax, to stop being so jumpy, so nervous. To make the nightmares stop. I'll take as much time as I need and then my family will make the decision where I'll be continuing my education." he said with a note of caution. "Right now, I want to come back."

She nodded, returning the hug tightly. "It is good, to be getting better. I am hoping that is to be happening for you at home, and that you are coming back to us." She gave him a small smile. "I am telling my mother I am to stay here. It is being better, for me to learn."

"Everyone is different. For you, staying here is the best thing. For me, going home is right now the best thing." he agreed. "I'll miss some of you terribly." he said wistfully.

"We will too," Yvette replied. Then she leaned up and pecked a kiss to his cheek. "Are you to be hungry? Laurie is to be making muffins again and we could to be having some."

"Am I hungry?" he echoed, correcting her grammar gently. "I would _love_ to share some of Laurie's muffins with you." he said with a smile, getting up off the couch. "Shall we?"

She repeated the correction to herself, nodding a little. "Yes," she said, getting up as well. "We shall."