"He's trouble." Logan said.

"You're trouble." Ororo said vacantly.

She didn't know why she humored him, but she let him babble at her as she hummed along with an Ali Farka Touré song. She heard him speaking, but his words barely registered as she brushed her hair. She only answered him when she felt a point needed to be made. The rest was just meaningless chatter that she would soon forget.

"He's all wrong for you." He said to her. He touched her bare shoulder, and she shrugged away from his fingers.

"So are you." She said.

This time she turned to look at him, and he dropped his eyes. They rarely talked about that stolen moment between them right after Jean's death. In fact, that was the first time either one had mentioned it in months. It was a foolish moment of passion and grief. It meant nothing. She felt nothing. And she had went numb when he called out Jean's name in his own ecstasy. She would never allow herself to be so irrational again.

"'Ro, I don't wanna see you get hurt."

"What is it you really want, Logan?" She furrowed her eyebrows at him. He didn't answer her immediately. He seemed to be mulling over his words, carefully.

Ororo turned back to her vanity mirror, concentrating on her hair again. She pinned it up precisely; she wanted everything to be perfect for the night. It took her hours to pick out a dress to wear. She finally decided on the famed little, black dress. You could never go wrong with that. When was the last time she was this excited about anything? Since Jean's death, nothing moved her anymore.

"I'm just tryin' to look out for you. There's somethin' suspicious about Shinobi."

"A man shows interest in me, and he's suddenly suspicious."

"That's not what I meant."

"That's what it sounded like you meant."

"Just be careful, 'Ro." He said before he left.

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Author's notes: I only gave you one chapter for bugging the hell out of me, Sparks. Keep it up, buddy. I'll torture you to your dying day. And don't worry, Nienna, I plan on having everything you need to know about Shinobi in the drabbles. Darlin, the inspiration for this came from not only Sparkle's constant pestering, but the comic where Shinobi basically drugged Ororo. More soon. :)