You Can Keep Your Hands

Writers: Avery, Bree
Date Posted: 17th July 2006

Characters: Y'sani, L'pin
Description: Y'sani and L'pin discuss the weyrlings and their relative success with romance.
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Date: month 13, day 3 of Turn 3

"Well, that was quite the day." Y'sani was resisting the temptation to prop his boots up onto his desk, knowing L'pin might not be amused if he did so before the hidework had been cleared. "I'm going to have to give Isaline my angry mean Weyrlingmaster face if she doesn't start listening to me."

"Oh, no, not the angry face!" L'pin asked with mock horror. "What'd she do? I thought she was a well-behaved girl."

Y'sani snorted. "She's got something to prove, though I haven't the faintest idea what. So far she's staying just barely on the right side of enthusiastic... but I just have a bad feeling. She's going to do something stupid if I don't scare her out of it."

"I see." L'pin remarked. "She close to anyone? We know her background? Maybe she's got to prove she's the best to someone, and she's trying too hard to do it."

"Well, I had to split her and R'mer up early on. Their hormones were spilling all over the place. I suppose it could be that..." It didn't seem quite right, though. "Either way, I think I'm going to sit her down for a talk. I'd like you to be there... maybe if I scare her enough, she'll talk to you."

"They did what?" L'pin asked, surprised. "Couldn't they have waited until after they graduated to Seniors? Dangerous business, that." he remarked, shaking his head sadly. "Although lust can be...quite consuming." He pushed aside thoughts not conducive to business. "If she'll talk to me, I'll listen."

Y'sani snorted again. "Lust can be a pain in the arse. But that doesn't mean they don't have to learn how to ignore it. All the longing looks and nervousness is something they need to get over." Though he was starting to think he understood their frustration. After all, he was starting to feel a little antsy himself.

"And how are _you_ doing in that category?" L'pin quipped. "Any better than the silly weyrlings?"

"I think I'm in control of my longing looks _and_ my nervousness," he replied dryly, crossing his arms over his chest. "But you know me well enough to know how the rest of it always goes."

"I think I'm having more luck than you are." he remarked with a grin. "You should have been a bluerider. Everyone wants you then." he said with a laugh and a wink.

"Ahh, but I wouldn't have wanted them back," Y'sani retorted. "But I did notice you've been winning more than your share of green flights."

"I think Chaneth's picked up on how people treat me, so he's showing off his amazing prowess. Want him to leave some greens for you?" L'pin laughed. "The two of us are very lucky lately."

Y'sani waved a hand. "You can keep them. Let Chaneth show off a little more. Maybe it will make J'darin hold his tongue. Besides, I've got a lady I plan to woo, if we can keep the weyrlings from doing stupid things for more than a few candlemarks in a row."

"Oh do you?" L'pin asked, curiosity piqued. "And who might _she_ be? If I know when you're off with her, I might be able to try to intercept a few weyrlings."

"A harper I stumbled across. Karaleigh." The weyrlingmaster smiled. "She's fun to be with, but both of us seem to be plagued by youngsters all the time. It's made things a little complicated."

"Aww, that's a shame. Like I said, I'll try to run interference if I can. " L'pin said. "And don't worry, I promise not to steal her away."

"Oh, you think you could, hmmm?" Y'sani quirked an eyebrow at his 'second, his expression smug. "I may not get as much practice as you, but I've still got my skills."

"Pity you've never tried your skills on _me_." L'pin retorted. "I won't actually try, I'm content with where I am in life today."

"You're content still _having_ a life today," Y'sani muttered darkly, though his eyes sparked with amusement. "Keep your hands to yourself, bluerider, if you don't want to lose them!"

"I won't keep them to myself, but I won't put them on you or who you're sleeping with. Deal?"

Y'sani laughed. "You've got a deal, my old friend. And you can keep your hands."

Last updated on the July 17th 2006

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