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[A few days after she gets back from Bosuma, Li-Na packs her damaged uniforms into a back and heads over to Yogi's apartment. Hopefully he'll be able to something to salvage them, specially the first one. It apparently was not as durable as the second.

Finding the right address, Li-Na knocks on the door.]

_{[ Yogi was home, dressed down in sweat pants and a t-shirt, though one
leg was rolled up, a cooling pad wrapped around his knee. He opened the
door and beamed at Li-Na, waving even as he stepped back to let her in.
]}

Hi~! Come on in. Would you like some tea or something? I'd offer coffee, but my coffee maker is still broke.

Tea is fine, thank you.

[Li-Na leaves her shoes by the door]

Do you do sports?

[she wrapped her knees like that more than a few times]

Tea, got it! Um, let me go see what kind I have. Sleepy Time probably isn't the best.

_{[ He laughed a bit as he went to his kitchen to see what he had in his
little stock and put some water on to heat. ]}

Hmm? Oh, yeah, I do. I'm on the gymnastics team at the University. You said you dance, right?

[Li-Na follows after him, bag of damaged uniforms dangling from her finger tips]

Yes, I am taking lessons at Dancerate right now. I am still waiting to hear if I was accepted to RU though.

[because it's just the beginning of March, and universities like to make high school students suffer]

But gymnastics, wow! I would like to see that sometime!

You seem like a smart young lady. If I made it in, you definitely will!

_{[ He would be the first to admit he wasn't always the sharpest crayon,
at least in certain subjects. Look, math was not his precise strong suit,
okay? ]}

You're welcome to come and watch practice, or if there's a meet you can come too if you like. Or I could do the splits for you.

_{[ He held up two packets of tea. ]}

This is what I have that won't put us both to sleep. Do you have a preference?

No preference, thank you.

[she grins at his suggestion of doing the splits, but won't ask him to demonstrate with his knee getting iced]

I would like to watch a practice, if that is okay. Some of the memories I am getting of past-me, I think she has some gymnastic-style training.

Oh, well, you're welcome to come any time. And if you haven't already, I can give you a tour of the campus too.

_{[ He poured the water, put the packs in, coming around and holding
them out for her to select one. ]}

I can't promise it will be all that exciting, though.

[Li-Na takes the green tea]

I have only seen the area around the arts college. I would appreciate a tour of the rest of campus.

[so she does not get horrifically lost looking for a math or english class]

Well then I would be happy to give you one!

_{[ He beamed, plopping himself down on the floor and stretching out his
leg being iced. ]}

But I guess first we should see to your clothing, right?

_{[ Yogi hummed as he mixed up the greens of salad he had readied for when Biffy came. His suggestion of pizza had fallen a bit flat, so he went the other way instead. He hoped Biffy liked it, though he had ramen in the fridge if the salad wasn't to his taste. A bit of bread and some fruit rounded off his little luncheon. It was probably for the best anyways. He didn't need to gain any weight right now. It made holding himself up in handstands that much harder!

Now he just needed the guest of honor! ]}

[Spending time with his boyfriend yesterday had helped but Biffy was looking forward to spending some time with his friend today. It would be good to have that easy aura around him. It was why he'd agreed to this in the first place as he came up to Yogi's place and knocked on his door.

He was still a little emotionally drained from the memory but he easily managed a smile for when the door opened.]

Hello. I'm here.

_{[ Yogi bounded over to the door when he heard the knock, bright with his usual beaming smile at the sight of his friend. ]}

And right on time as usual!

_{[ He stepped back to let Biffy in, glad he had cleaned up for Biffy's visit. Not that he was terribly messy, but things at least looked a bit more orderly than usual. ]}

I got some salad, bread, and fruit for lunch if that's okay? If you want something heartier, I do have some ramen - just got it last night, so it'll heat up great.

I do not know how much can be done for the first one...

[Li-Na sits down as well and pulls out the first uniform. It is a skirt and jacket combo. There are claw marks on the stomach (and maybe a little blood??? Li-Na tried to wash any blood out, but it's a little hard when things are torn...), a few tears on the skirt, a long tear on the right sleeve, and several small tears all over the back (like she'd come in contact with something rough and dragged her back along it). And then there are the scorch marks and the fact the collar has been half ripped away...]

What you have sounds wonderful. Thank you.

[Biffy stepped inside and noted the smell of the vegetables and fruit. It was really very nice.]

Thank you for this.

_{[ Yogi looked at him and cocked his head a little, but he smiled as he
closed the door. ]}

But of course. Least I can do, asking you to come over so suddenly. I know you have your own problems and worries, so I'm always grateful when you'll come over and help me just chill for a bit.

_{[ He beamed at his friend, giving him a quick hug around his shoulders
before alighting back to the kitchen. ]}

What do you want to drink? I got beer, water, juice, and I bought some new tea today too.

[The hug is nice and he follows after him.]

Tea. Thank you, Yogi.

[Tea is always wonderful in his opinion so he knows that will be just what he needs right now.]

_{[ He practically bounces around to the cabinet to take down his little
tea tin, popping open the top and pulling out the packets. He held up the
packets for Biffy to choose from while he set a kettle on his little stove
top to heat up. ]}

Did you have fun with Orion yesterday?

_{[ He grinned mischievously at his best friend. ]}

Yogi, I'm not sure what you think happened but we really need to work on your people reading skills.

[Because Biffy knows he's not his usual cheerful self and he knows that his tone must not have been...good yesterday.]

_{[ Yogi had the good sense to look chagrined at that as he made up the
tea cups. ]}

Sorry. It felt like you didn’t want to talk about what’s bothering you, so I didn’t want to just bring it up right off.

_{[ The kettle whistled and he took it off the stove, pouring into the
mugs. ]}

Do you want to talk about it?

I simply remembered something that was...unfortunate.

[Something so dark. Even now it still weighs heavily on him.]

_{[ Yogi came around with a cup of hot water and the tea steeping
within. He put it down on the table for Biffy before reaching out and
touching his shoulder, gripping with a firmness meant to comfort. ]}

Doesn't sound so simple.

_{[ Yogi takes the uniform, paling a bit when he sees what sort of markings are on it. Goodness, she hadn't been kidding about fighting monsters.. And blood? Oh dear. He glanced Li-Na worried for a beat, as if concerned she was not okay as she appeared, but said nothing as he laid the pieces out flat to consider them.

Okay. This was... pretty bad. ]}

This is... you really put this through a workout, huh?

_{[ He pokes at the fabric of the jacket. This was probably salvageable if he could find material to patch it with. ]}

Is this a special material or will a similar material of black do?

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[Li-Na gives a slightly embarrassed laugh]

I did... yes...

[she does not elaborate as to the nature of the workout, because honestly the evidence more than speaks for itself]

As far as I know, there is nothing particularly special about the fabric? So as long as it is similar, I will be happy.

_{[ He nodded, sure he could patch the jacket. The skirt too, though
finding the right fabric would be a little more difficult. He might need to
make a trip to his work and see what they had. ]}

I'll need probably find some supplemental fabric for both. I want to make sure the fabric feels the same and I get the colors as close as possible so you can't see the patch as easily.

_{[ He examined the edges of the rips. ]}

I'll probably have to clean these edges. That will make the patching less legible too.

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