"She made a mental note to never schedule a Skype that went past 2 am with her boyfriend again." What they were doing before 2 am:

v. movie watching

Having a long-distance relationship was hard; Jinora knew this better than anyone. The worst part of it was that she missed seeing him; a Skype once or twice a week wasn't nearly enough, but it was all they could squeeze in with their tight schedules of school and work, among other things. So she couldn't help but grin when his face popped up on the screen.

"Ready?" he asked with a smile.

"Ready," she confirmed. "I just hope you've picked a good movie this time."

"Hey, 2 Days 2 Die Hard was a good film," Kai protested. Jinora shot him a look and he sighed. "Yeah alright it was god-awful. Don't worry, I've picked a good movie, I promise. It's Catching Fire, you didn't get the chance to see that in theatres right?"

"Missed it. Alright, send me the link in the email, okay?"

"Already done."

Jinora clicked on the link and opened it in another tab. A video appeared, with a thumbnail of the movie poster. Now, Kai's screen had been reduced to a small one in the corner. Her mouse hovered over the play button. "On the count of three... one, two, three."

She pressed play, the movie started. "Oh that was great," she said excitedly, as the screen transitioned to the next few minutes of the film.

"What was great?" Kai said. A few seconds went by. "Oh, that was great?"

"Am I ahead of you?" Jinora said. "Hang on, I'll pause." Despite herself, she felt tears prick at her eyes.

"Hey babe -" Kai stopped abruptly, his brow furrowing. "Jinora... Hey Jin what's wrong?"

"It's silly really," she said, sniffling. "I just... We can't even watch a movie together." She wiped her eyes. "I miss you so much."

Kai smiled sadly. "I miss you too, but listen - listen we don't need a movie, we don't need anything. Trust me Jin, I just always feel so grateful I can hear your voice and see your face. But all we need is each other. Just a few more weeks, okay? Then it's reading week and I'll be all yours."

Jinora gave him a small smile. "O-okay. Do you mind if we don't watch a movie and just talk instead?"

"'Lend me your ears'," Kai said wisely. Shakespeare; her dork of a boyfriend was quoting Shakespeare. She let out a soft giggle. "Ah, there's that laugh I love to hear. So, what do you want to talk about?"

"Anything," Jinora said. The ache in her heart had lessened slightly.

Kai thought for a moment. "Okay, well let's make plans for what we'll do when we're together. Motorcycle rides, lots of them, that's an order."Jinora beamed at him.

Maybe this long-distance thing wasn't always so bad after all.

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