Context: post 2x22
Prompt: #093 Time
Word count: 200
Comment: After recently re-watching "Something Blue", I loved how concerned Barney was in the end when he learned Ted and Robin really broke up, and this just popped up in my head :) Enjoy!
And I'll be myself again, soon as this pain has passed
Ted leaves the reception after putting out his cigar.
Barney sees Robin sitting at their table, playing with the bridal bouquet she's caught earlier. He sits down next to her.
"You don't have to sit here, you know. I'm fine. I've seen you ogling bridesmaids all day long."
He leans back in his chair, his eyes locking with hers. "Bros before hoes."
Silence settles in as the reception flows by. Lily's cousin is making out with a guy so tall he has to be related to Marshall, and Scooter's still there, digging sadly into a piece of cake.
"It's just gonna take some time to get over it," she eventually says, the flowers soft between her fingers. "I just need a break from it all."
"Hmm. When are you leaving for Argentina?"
She looks at him, dumbfounded. "How did you –?"
"Please."
He amazes her sometimes. One second, he's the most immature guy on the planet, and then he does something like going to San Francisco or telling her that he knows what she's gonna do. She wonders how perceptive he really is.
"Next week. I'll be back in September."
He smiles at the flowers on the table.
"You'd better."