A Pause

Hangover

Robby woke up on the floor of the girls room. Miguel was the only other one up. He was sitting by Robby, playing with his phone. 

" How long have you been up?" He questioned.

" Not that long." He replied, staring at his screen.

" What happened?" He whispered to Miguel. Miguel turned to him and tilted his head.

" What do you mean?" He questioned.

" With Chozen and Kim? That's all I remember from last night." 

" Uh..."

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" What's going on here?" Miguel asked Chozen calmly.

" Why are you fu-" Miguel elbowed him. " Making out with the enemy?" He asked. 

" Do not know what you are talking about." Chozen replied.

" She's in your room!" Demetri said, motioning to her with his hands. 

" I'll be going." She quietly said, but she didn't move.

" Uh... go back to bed or I tell Johnny and Daniel-san." Chozen said.

" You go to bed or I'll tell Johnny and Sensei Larusso." Miguel replied, glaring.

" Deal." He said. 

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" It's not important." Miguel replied.

" So... are they an item?" Robby asked, rubbing his eyes. He was still feeling groggy. His head was pounding from the day before.

" Not sure. We left shortly after you did. Where did you go anyway?" He asked.

" Don't remember." Robby replied. 

" We need to ask the sensei's if we're still doing the competition." Miguel said. 

" Yeah..." Robby replied.

" Everybody up!" Johnny shouted, entering the room. Sam shot up in her bed, hair in her face. Devon was by her feet, and got  kicked by Sam. She woke up and looked to them.

Kenny was at the foot of Devon's bed and slowly started to stir. Demetri and Eli were in Devon's bed, still fast asleep.

Miguel and Robby were the only ones alert, but only barely.

Daniel entered after Johnny, taking a look at the group.

" What happened to you guys?" He asked. 

" We fell asleep somewhat after six. AM." Miguel replied.

" And it's almost eight." Robby added.

" What were you guys doing up so late?" Daniel asked, trying to keep disappointment out of his voice. 

" Worrying about the tourament." Miguel said quickly.

" Yeah, about that, everyone might want to hear this." Johnny said. 

Robby looked around. Sam was barely up, keeping her eyes open. Devon's eyes were closed, and she was leaning against Sam, nodding as if she knew what they were talking about. Kenny fell back asleep. Eli and Demetri were knocked out dead.

" Should I wake them or let them sleep?" He asked Daniel, quietly.

" We'll come back in the afternoon. They need sleep." He replied. Johnny nodded, then turned after Daniel and left the room.

It was quiet then, Devon and Sam falling back asleep. But Robby's head hurt too much to, and Miguel seemed to have other things to do than sleep. 

After a while of trying to fall back asleep, Robby got up and went to his room to freshen up. If he had a few hours before the sensei's wanted to talk he needed to look better. 

He didn't want to go back to the others, so he just sat in the lobby, looking at the ceiling.

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Tory saw him sitting there. She wasn't sure what made her, but she found herself walking towards him, knowing he would keep pestering her about opening up. 

" What are you thinking about?" She asked, sitting beside him, not looking at his face. He turned to her and  then looked away.

" Life." 

" I can relate." She said.

" Are you going to-"

" Open up to you? Robby, we've talked about this." Robby just shook his head.

" Tory"

" Not today. I'm not saying no. Just... not right now, ok?" She said. He just nodded then faced away.

" You feeling ok? I have water. Drink this." She handed him a bottle. " You aren't really used to drinking so I think-"

" How do you know I drank?" He asked. 

" You sort of came to my room last night." She replied quickly. He sighed and muttered something Tory couldn't hear.

It was quiet for a few minutes, before Tory asked, " Why did you do it?" 

" Do what?"

" Drink." 

" We couldn't sleep and-"

"No. The first time. With Zara." She was looking straight at him, eyes sad.

" I... I saw you with Kwon and it just... it hurt. I just didn't know how to feel. So I decided to have a drink." He admitted. 

But him mentioning Kwon made her want to stop talking. Want her to stop living. Everyone she knew or even cared about were dying. Who's to say Robby wasn't next? She looked away. This topic made her forget her anger with Zara. The sadness overtook how much she wanted to kill her for taking Robby. She didn't like how Kwon would make fun of Robby or her friends. But she did like him as a teammate. Even when he did the stupidest things. They were still the Captains together. And now? 

She couldn't think about that. What were they talking about? Her mind was blank. Wanderng.

" Tory?"

" Tory?" She looked to Robby, her mouth slightly open.

" You ok?" 

" Sorry. I just... zoned out." 

" Oh."

They were quiet again, Tory's thoughts running wild.

" Hey, I gotta go." She said, standing up. 

" Wait." Robby said, standing to face her. 

" What?" She asked, looking at him.

" Can you stay for a little? We don't have to talk about anything you don't want. Just keep me company? Please?" Tory looked at him for a long second, before sitting back down.