From: cabotine	Date: November 13th, 2010 03:42 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Y-yes, really..."

Rowan almost wanted to tell him. She hated keeping things from the people she loved, and even if it was a surprise for his birthday, she still wanted to spill the beans. But then she thought about how awkward the wording would be. Yeah, I'm about to give you something I can only give once, something you've probably done a thousand times and I'm nervous as hell about... Yeah, piece of cake.

"Hint?" Rowan was about as good with hints as she was with lying. She decided to try a different route. Um... How about I'll give you three questions instead" She thought a moment before adding slyly, "I'll give you a hint later if you don't get it now."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: November 13th, 2010 03:46 am (UTC)		(Link)

Crap. She was making him think.

As often as that happened, sometimes not to his liking, he shouldn't have found himself surprised by it. With a sigh of thought he let himself fall back onto his bed.

"I hope so because I'm certainly not going to figure this out." Keegan answered and took a moment to come up with the questions. "Is it something handmade?" Considering she sometimes made things for him as it was, it was a good start.

	From: cabotine	Date: November 13th, 2010 04:06 am (UTC)		(Link)

Rowan gave in to a small smirk at the thoughtful sigh. It was a pity that she couldn't exactly answer his question with a yes or a no.

Handmade? Well, it wasn't exactly made was the problem. So she answered him as best, and as honest as she possibly could, given the nature of the larger 'gift' itself.

"Well, it's something I put a lot of work into, but the main gift itself not handmade, no." That was true, and probably very frustrating as well. So it would do as an appropriate answer for that question.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: November 13th, 2010 06:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)

She was right when she thought it was a bit frustrating. Both of his eyebrows rose in interest at the 'main gift' part, though. That meant there was more than one.

The answer he got didn't exactly help and he glanced up at the ceiling, biting his lip to come up with a good second question. Or at least one that would give him some sort of answer that wasn't completely stupid. "Okay... is the main gift material or immaterial?"

	From: cabotine	Date: November 13th, 2010 06:15 pm (UTC)		(Link)

She had to smile at the response to her answer. She knew he was probably frustrated with games like this with her, and Rowan had to admit it was somewhat nice to see him frustrated. Usually it was her being frustrated with his teasing.

At his second question she thought a moment, her face mirroring her attempt to try and word things carefully once more. "While you can put your hands on part of it, the actual gift itself is not a material thing." She was trying very hard to school her expression into one that gave nothing away, but she couldn't help the blush that appeared, faintly pink on her cheeks. She took another bite from the pumpkin bread in her hand to try and distract herself.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: November 13th, 2010 06:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Keegan certainly was frustrated. He hated guessing games like this with her. It was the downside to having a really intelligent girlfriend and one that wasn't likely to change any time soon. He always lost games like this.

His next question was obviously not really planned out. "So how many gifts are there total?" She mentioned the main gift, which there were others. It was a half-assed question as he'd given up trying to get anything that made sense out of her. Her answers were just as cryptic as knowing nothing at all. Which was fine; he was just going to have to give the tables a little turn.

	From: cabotine	Date: November 13th, 2010 06:54 pm (UTC)		(Link)

She sensed he wasn't really trying on the last one, and her smile changed from a slightly devious one to a sweet one as she answered. She knew how frustrating games like this could be. Hell, her father did this to her all the time.

"There are two. The main one, and one other." She leaned down to kiss him again, sweetly and tenderly. "You'll have a better idea later, I promise."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: November 13th, 2010 07:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)

He didn't move as she leaned down to kiss him, other than returning it lightly before she finished. Keegan, however, had no intention of giving up without a proper fight, or getting some revenge in while he was at it. Either way worked for him.

Before she could move away, he caught her in another kiss. It started as sweet and light as hers, though it ended with catching her bottom lip between his teeth as he smiled. "Well," he began before letting go, slowly, letting his teeth drag before her lip was finally released. "You did say if I didn't get it from the questions, you'd give me a hint later. It's later."

	From: cabotine	Date: November 13th, 2010 07:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)

It always undid her when he did that to her lower lip. She had been planning on going to make herself cozy next to him for a while, but now that just wasn't going to be possible. Not when her brain was trying not to just breathe and think for the moment.

"Y-you... yes, I did, but..." When she said that, the hint she had been thinking of was sitting folded up on a piece of her stationary in her bag. But now she really wanted to tell him something, to pique his curiosity further. But she had to be careful not to give it completely away.

"A-alright, then. I did promise that. S-so... your hint is this. I know it's something you want me to give you." She took a breath, willing with all her strength to not let any of the feelings she had into her eyes, or to color her cheeks. For once, and by some miracle, it worked.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: November 13th, 2010 07:30 pm (UTC)		(Link)

That hint could be several things. It certainly narrowed down what it could be, but he still wasn't sure exactly which of those it was. Keegan didn't take the time to sit there and analyze that along with the answers to his questions just then. He could do that while he was putting on the rest of his uniform in the locker room before gearing up for the game.

"Good to know," he replied in a perfectly casual tone of voice. Keegan was still feeling a little devious and while he had to start grabbing his things soon to get down to the field, he didn't lose the opportunity to move his head to the side of hers so that he could gently bite the skin of her shoulder that her shirt didn't cover before moving away.

	From: cabotine	Date: November 13th, 2010 10:32 pm (UTC)		(Link)

It was good that he seemed satisfied with that hint, since she wasn't sure anything else she said wouldn't just give it away entirely. Not that he probably hadn't guessed already. But there was always a chance he hadn't, so she went with that.

She was just starting to calm down when he moved his head to the side. Her off-the-shoulder sweater certainly offered him ample area to reach, and as she wasn't expecting it she wasn't moving to stop him.

She bit her lip as she let out a little moan of enjoyment. Rowan loved it when he did that, absolutely loved it. She wasn't sure why exactly, but she wasn't going to spend her nights worrying over it. She liked it, and he liked to do it it seemed. It was a very good exchange. Rowan found herself thinking that it was a pity he had a game to get to and was moving away.

But there would be time for that later.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: November 14th, 2010 07:30 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Keegan gave his girlfriend a mischievous smile before he sat up and swung his legs off his bed so that he could get up. He needed to throw the rest of his gear in his bag before he completely forgot about it. That tended to happen on occasion when he was with her.

"Be right back," he said and pushed himself onto his feet with a small grunt of effort and headed into the bathroom. He came back out a minute later with both hands pulling back his hair as a hair tie dangled out of his mouth.

	From: cabotine	Date: November 15th, 2010 12:16 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Sure thing." Rowan moved to sit up as he left the room. As soon as he was out of site she swung into action, as quickly and as quietly as she could possibly manage.

Her hand went into her bag, grabbing the note she had written, moving immediately to the bag he usually packed for when he was going home for the weekend, as she knew he was going to, and put her note inside, where he was sure to see it when it was opened.

She went immediately back to the bed, sitting where she had been, and finishing the last of the pumpkin bread. She nibbled on the cookie as he came out, looking for all the world as if she had not moved from the spot, and smiled at him as he came back in.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: November 15th, 2010 03:24 am (UTC)		(Link)

It was pretty certain that he was none the wiser, as he wasn't paying attention to what may or may not have been going on out in the main part of the room while he was in search of his pack of hair ties. Keegan had a horrible habit of losing them, and looking whole packs, too.

"I should be getting down to the field soon," Keegan said as he looked past her to the clock that sat on his nightstand. His arms dropped after a moment, when his hair was in as much of a ponytail as it was going to get. "I don't know if you plan on walking down with me a little early or waiting until later, or what."

	From: cabotine	Date: November 15th, 2010 03:49 am (UTC)		(Link)

Mentally smiling that the first piece of the scavenger hunt that she had made for his birthday present was in place, Rowan continued to smile at him as she answered his statement.

"I'll walk over with you early. Get a good seat." Read a book or something until the start... She knew that she was going to have to leave as soon as the game was over in order to get everything set up, so going over early meant she could spend a little more time with him tonight before he had any idea what was going on. She bent over to pick up her things and put them on the bed.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: November 17th, 2010 02:31 am (UTC)		(Link)

"And read a book," Keegan added with a smirk without having any idea of her own inner thoughts. It was just something he saw her doing. Reading came to her as natural as breathing.

Keegan moved to grab the remaining parts of his uniform as well as a smaller duffel bag. It wasn't the one he usually packed to go home for the weekend, but one that was specially used for Quodpot. He threw his guards in as he continued, "So are there any specific instructions I am to follow, or will I find that out later, too?"