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001 - It's Been a Long Time And Now I'm With You

Really, when Cissie sat down and thought about it, she was lucky. Sure, she was on a crazy island with a sadistic sense of humor but she had her friends around her. Cassie, Steph, Cass - even Bart now that the whole awkwardness about the breakup was over. And there was Kon. Always, there was Kon even if some days she wasn't sure whether she wanted to hug him or get Krypto to help pin him down so she could smack him around a bit.

The problem was that she just felt so incredibly lonely right now. Cassie had Sam, Steph had Cass and she thought Bart had someone too but she so did not want to know right now. Kon didn't have anyone but then, Kon had his harem of pretty girls and could be seen flirting up a storm wherever he went.

Not that she was thinking about Kon or anything like that because she had been down that road before and yeah. Besides, there was no way he could like her as anything more than as a little sister figure he could throw over his shoulder or torment. And that was okay, it really was. If he wasn't a terrible flirt, she'd been worried about it.

She had been doing her morning run but as the sun rose higher and higher, she figured it was time for a bit of a break. She found a nice-sized palm tree and leaned against it, shading her eyes against the glare. Just a little bit of a rest and then she'd get up and finish up her run.

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There was something about being in a crowd of people that could be very lonely. Kon said all the right things and did all of the right things, but it never seemed to really work out the way he wanted it to. There was something always missing. Not something. Someone. He wanted to feel that spark of connection. There had been Daphne and Valkyrie, but he'd waited too long. He always waited to long and screwed things up before they'd had a chance to even get started.

Eventually, he got tired of smiling and not really meaning it and he just needed to stop and think, so he did something that he usually didn't do and went for a run. By the time he started getting tired, he hadn't really come to any decisions. It was about the same time when he saw a lone figure leaning against a tree. It took a minute for him to realize that he knew who the person was. Cissie. He half-debated just leaving her be, but she looked about as lost as he was.

He stopped next to her and slid down the tree. He didn't say anything, just sat there.

Cissie turned her head when she heard someone approached, relaxing when she saw it was Kon. When he came and sat besides her, she shifted over so she could lean her head against his shoulder. Wordlessly, she leaned against him, enjoying that they were close enough friends to be okay with being.

"Hey," she said after a few moments, her head still on his shoulder. "How are you?"

Kon adjusted his arm when she spoke. He nudged her off and then wrapped the arm around her shoulder, letting her rest her head on his chest so that he could rest his head on hers. "Here. I think the better question is how you are." He was worried about her. He knew how close she and Bart had been and he also knew how lonely being on this island without someone could be.

"I'm okay," Cissie said quietly, curling up to Kon as close as she could. Maybe it was stupid but him holding her like that was kind of comforting. Everything might suck but right now, things were sucking a little less.

"I mean, I'm not, really, but you know. I'll be okay. It's just not a great day right now."

"We should do something. I mean, I could throw a big party, but I'm not sure that either of us is up for that." He was usually a social creature, but there were times like right now when he absolutely did not want company. Most company. Cissie seemed to be the exception at the moment and he wasn't about to let any exceptions out of his arms.

"But maybe something just us."

"Yeah, I'm definitely not up for a party," Cissie agreed. "Or really dealing with people who aren't you. I know that makes me a terrible person but I just... you know, kind of want to move to the other island and live alone for awhile."

"Not even Cassie?" Kon teased gently. He lifted his free hand and stroked his thumb across one of her cheeks. He hated seeing her like this. His friends should be happy. Especially Cissie. Cissie was the only one here he didn't really have bad history with. Bart might not have remembered it, but Kon did and with Cassie… That was complicated. That whole thing was very complicated and messy and he wasn't going to do it again.

"I'd hate it if you left, you know."

"Cassie is Cassie," Cissie shrugged. "She's my best friend and everything but it's just... I don't know. She's off doing her own thing with Sam and everything and that's totally okay but I feel like she wouldn't notice if I was actually gone for awhile."

She closed her eyes at the touch and ignored how nice it felt. It was comforting and it was a Kon thing to do and that was all there was to it. "I'd let you and Krypto come visit."

"...you could stay at my place for a bit. I mean, it's not another island or anything, but it's not the treehouse, either." It was for reasons like this that he still kept another place. He was always afraid things would come crashing down again and he didn't want to spend time getting another place if it did. "I might have to move some things off the bed, though. I've been using it as storage."

"Really?" Cissie shifted so she could look up at him. "You wouldn't mind? Because if you really don't, I would actually kind of like that. Just, you know, get away from everyone else for awhile."

Kon tilted his head and kissed the corner of her mouth. "Of course I wouldn't mind. That's why I kept it. To get away from everyone when I need to. If you need the same thing, I'm more than willing to give it up for a little while. Just as long as you don't mind me coming to visit. All the time."

He grinned at her.

Cissie felt herself flush at the kiss and hated herself for it. It was so stupid and she was going to blame it all on the stupid crap that had been going on. "Well, I guess I can live with that. I mean, it might be hard but I'll manage."

"Oh, hard for me to visit, is it?" Kon leaned over a little and ruffled her hair. She was going to kill him as soon as he was done or maybe before he was done, but if it killed their mutual foul moods, it was definitely worth it. And he was definitely more than a little happy to make sure that she was out of her foul mood. It wasn't fair and, if he thought it would do any good, he'd beat Bart up.

Cissie would kill him. So would Bart.

"Hey!" Cissie protested, elbowing Kon in the side in an attempt to get him to stop. "If you keep that up, buster, Krypto will be the only one allowed to visit."

Sure, he was being a pain in the ass but she had to admit that it was way more fun to beat him up then to think about anything else.

Kon laughed because she'd hit a ticklish spot and held up his hands before she could figure it out. "All right, all right. No affectionate ruffling of the hair. I get it." He wrapped his arm back around her warily, half expecting her to attack him again. Not that he would blame her. ...not that he wouldn't enjoy it, even if he'd deny it.

"That's right, buster," Cissie poked him playfully then settled back into Kon's arms. She could have kept teasing him but curling up with him just felt like a really good idea right now.

"With you going into pseudo-hiding, does this mean that you're going to be avoiding the party tomorrow night?" Okay, so maybe Kon was selfish. Most people, he would have let go by without saying anything, but Cissie was different. Special. He didn't want to see her moping because of what was happening and, if she didn't want to go, maybe he would forgo the party and do something just them instead.

"Yeah, the party will just have to go on without me," Cissie said lightly. "That's okay, I won't even be missed, I'm sure. I'll curl up with a book or maybe even do homework and I'll have a good time of my own."

She kind of wanted to see if maybe Kon would do something with her but she knew how much he loved parties and being social and all of that. It wasn't fair to ask him to skip out just because she was feeling crappy.

"Homework?" Kon stared at her and then started shaking his head vehemently. "Nuh uh. No way am I letting you sit around doing homework when there's a party going on somewhere on the island. Not going to happen. We'll just have to do something else. A private party." As soon as he said it, he realized how illicit it sounded and maybe that wasn't the best thing, but... He let the statement stand. She could take it how she would.

Cissie looked up at that, her eyes wide. Surely, Kon didn't mean that the way it sounded. Sure, he was a major flirt and all but they were friends. He was playful but not like that. As if that weren't confusing enough, she could feel her cheeks burning and wasn't that just great?

"A private party? I'm kind of afraid to ask what that means."

"Oh, ha ha ha." He flushed and glanced her way and then looked somewhere else. "You know what I mean. Or...I guess you don't. I don't mean that. I mean have fun, just the two of us away from the crowd." That didn't sound much better. He wasn't sure there was a way that he could put it that would make it sound good.

"I get what you mean," Cissie said softly, wondering if that blush meant something and then deciding it didn't for her own mental health. "I'd like that, I really would."

"Good. So should we go steal something from the party preparations before all the people start to show up?" They might as well make some use of the party.

"I like the way you think," Cissie grinned. "Maybe we should get Krypto for a decoy while we go get the good stuff."

"You go find some drinks and I'll get the food?" Kon suggested. "And Krypto can go begging for treats, so he'll be happy enough." And then he would be able to spend a little time with Cissie when it was just the two of them. And he liked that maybe a little too much.

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