Bad mood, not much to say.
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58. Challenged
Rangiku sprawled across Gin's bed while he worked. Now that she knew he liked her as well, she spent more time with him than ever. Sometimes it meant he had to work while she entertained herself, but she did not mind. It reminded her of when they were children.
She leaned over the edge of the bed and looked beneath. Underneath it, there were what looked like games. Rangiku pulled a small wooden box out and set it on the bed.
"What do you do with this?"
Gin glanced over. "Ya try to take it apart, then ya try to put it back together."
"That's it?"
Gin turned back to his papers with a chuckle.
Rangiku opened the box and pulled out a three dimensional star. She tugged it. Nothing happened except that her hands slid off. She tried again.
Ten minutes later, Rangiku slammed the star onto Gin's desk. "It's impossible to take apart!"
"Nah."
"Is so."
Gin examined the star for a moment. Then he picked it up. The star seemed to fall apart in his hands. "Not so bad. Wanna try puttin' it back together?"
"How'd you do that?"
"Just had to push right."
Rangiku felt Gin's eyes on her as she struggled to fit the pieces together. After some time, she understood how they fit together, but no matter what she did, it all fell to pieces every time.
Eventually, Gin collected the pieces from her and put it to rights. "I've done this one before a few times."
Rangiku knew he said it to make her feel better, and it did help. She also knew, though, that Gin had taken apart the star and put it back together again with the same speed the first time he had seen it. He was like that with all of his puzzles, it infuriated her because she struggled with them so much, yet she was fascinated that he could do the puzzles so well.
I have the puzzle Rangiku tried. It's a pain in the butt.
