Valentine's Day

[everyone_takes]

It wasn't that Kate was one of those people who totally hated Valentine's Day and everything it stood for, but she'd never really cared much about it either. It was nice to get presents, but she'd lived on the island long enough now that she didn't expect anything.

Usually, what she expected on a day like today was something weird. The fact that she woke up in her own body had been nice and so far nothing seemed out of the ordinary. She didn't feel the need to tell everyone she loved them or act out of character. She didn't feel weird at all.

"I guess nothing is going to happen today," she said to Chang. "I should probably take you outside to play."

The dog bounced around the living room while she collected his ball and a pair of sandals, then raced through the door ahead of her when she opened it. Kate dragged her chair down off the porch and set it up in front of the hut, then began to throw the ball into the jungle for Chang.

"I'm glad you don't eat all my stuff," she said to him. "You know I'm not very good at being tough."

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[theboywholived]

"Just great," he said with gritted teeth. Harry couldn't control his voice. Nothing that he wanted to say was coming out and he couldn't tell why.

Except, of course...

"The island isn't doing anything for this holiday," he said with a dark, very obvious scowl.

[everyone_takes]

Kate stared at Harry for a long time, because she knew he was trying to tell her something even if his words weren't necessarily making any sense. Nothing he said made sense, especially with how annoyed he seemed by everything he kept saying. She couldn't lie and it seemed like Harry could only lie.

"Nothing you say is right!" she said, feeling pleased that she'd figured it out. "The stupid island wants us to fight."

[theboywholived]

It wasn't Kate's fault that she could only speak in rhymes. Harry reminded himself of that. But the couplets were not helping his mood at all. This was frustrating to him and the sound of her words felt like jeering.

"I-- I-- This is great," he said, throwing his hands up in the air. "This is just how I wanted to spend the bloody day."

[everyone_takes]

"At least now I know you mean the opposite of that!" Kate said, still feeling pleased that she'd figured it out. "One step ahead of the island, take that." That wasn't a very good rhyme either, but at least she could blame the island for being a crappy poet.