Marathon!

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya had trained faithfully, just like she promised (and despite her period starting a few months after that promise. Really? She didn't need that!). The weights had been added by about the second month of training and she was really, really proud of her stamina!

And the marathon they'd chosen as their first was coming up this weekend, with fund raising as done by Elcy...and yeah. "Don't tell me you have to cancel!" she said into the phone, pulling one foot up to stretch out her thighs. "Don't! I can't go and do this alone!"

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[sliceitwithwind]

"Fair enough." Braig opened the door for her, and Dilan slouched into the front seat after spreading a towel on it.

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya laid more towels across the backseat before collapsing across the cushions. Ugh. Runnnnnning. "Oh, hey, we never got into the snacks." It hadn't even occurred to her to stop to ask for some! "Wow, must be tired."

[sliceitwithwind]

"Here's the bag." Braig said, passing it to her.

"Gimme!" Dilan said in turn.

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya grabbed the first two things in the bag (a nut bar and some pemmican) before passing the sack forward to Dilan. One her body woke out it's stupor enough to make demands she might steal the bag back but until then...

"So what did you think Braig?" Aya asked once they were moving. "Is it boring to watch?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Nah, it was cool actually." Braig said, "If I could build up the stamina, I totally would." He wouldn't, he's too lazy.

Dilan grabbed more pemmican and tore into it happily.

[mitochondriaaya]

"You could! You could run with us, it's fun...kind of like meditation." Aya admitted, threading a hand up into the front seat to tap Braig's shoulder. It was just 'I feel like touching you' taps more than 'need your attention' taps. Still!

And the nut bar had honey in it! It was hard to chew and swallow but once she had it down, well, WOW SHE NEEDED THAT MORE PLEASE!

[sliceitwithwind]

"Maybe." Braig said, "Or it could be something for you and Dilan to share." He drove as carefully as always, heading for their favourite beach.

Dilan passed more of the nut bars back to Aya, doing his best to eat ALL THE MEATS.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Well, don't want to leave you behind if you want to come," Aya admitted. "But it's okay if you don't! It is kind of crazy!" She smiled and unwrapped the next nutbar, devouring it before giving Dilan a 'thanks'.

Luckily Elcy had packed a lot of meats for him? There was the high calorie pemmican bars, then bags of jerky, and even a can or two of sardines in the bottom in case he needed salt!

[sliceitwithwind]

"I know, but I can spend the time flirting with pretty Katzu girls. Not everyone will want to run with you." He pointed out easily.

Dilan was doing his best impression of a black hole, yes. Even drinking the sardine water. Cats.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Ah, yeah, priorities," Aya wrinkled her nose cheerfully and tied the bar wrapper in a knot. "Forgot you're going off to devastating everywhere!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Yup." Braig said, "So many pretty girls, so little time." Grow up and fall in love with me, damn it, the years are going to stretch forever.

[mitochondriaaya]

"And you're Olia so you have to waste time sleeping sometimes too. Shame," Aya rolled her eyes, still not into the dating thing. Nope. She could grasp that the boys were and had moved way beyond her younger assumptions of living together forever. She just didn't get the appeal yet. "You need clones."

[sliceitwithwind]

Braig just grinned, "Nah, the world couldn't handle two of me."

"Man, Ayay, think of the egosphere!"

[mitochondriaaya]

"They would all have to be on different continents and never be allowed to meet," Aya admitted. "And the egosphere would reach planetary proportions and be declared an actual state."

[sliceitwithwind]

"Yeah, it'd suck." Dilan said, poking Braig in the side.

"Ack! Driving here!" Braig pointed out.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Yeah, true. No clones. We could disperse Braig-holograms to the needy?" She wasn't poking the driver! Just teasing him without remorse!

[sliceitwithwind]

No, Dilan was poking the driver. Although Dilan did stop. "We could do that, yeah."

"Dude, I don't really want someone to be, like. Using me as a porn cut out?"

[mitochondriaaya]

Blink. Bliiink. "I hadn't thought of that!" She hadn't! "I was just figuring not everyone can have an awesome boyfriend like Braig but they can know what to look for in guys if they have a training hologram?"

[sliceitwithwind]

Braig grimaced, "It'd still be, like, weird." he said, "I mean...yeah."

[mitochondriaaya]

"It's alright," Aya grinned at him in the rearview. "I can't make holograms anyway! You were just worried about all the girls and lack of time so...brain storming?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"It's a joke, Aya." Braig said, "Now, keep a look out for the next turn, okay?"

[mitochondriaaya]

"How was I suppose to know?! You really like dating!" That's why he did so much of it! She sat back and craned her neck around to look through the windows. "Up ahead, three-quarters of a mile!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Yeah, but you guys are still more important." Braig said, shrugging.

Dilan was watching the other cars, he couldn't help it. They moved.

[mitochondriaaya]

"That's why we were gonna keep the real version," Aya snorted. "Turn coming up! Right turn!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Got it." Braig said, turning in and coasting down the street until they hit the parking lot.

"Got your towels?"