spin_kick_snap | Barry's Old Warehouse, Warehouse District, Monday Afternoon

There were some days when you just had to get away, when the house just felt small and confining and more than a little bit suffocating. That feeling had chased Kathy all morning until she'd finally grabbed her guitar and a book or two and left. As soon as the door closed behind her, she'd breathed a bit easier, some of the tension leaving her jaw and shoulders. A walk through town helped relax her even more, her mood light enough after grabbing lunch at Luke's to see her whistling as she meandered around.

She still didn't want to head home, so instead she wandered over to Barry's old warehouse, settling in with her books and her guitar, idly reading and playing as the mood took her. Nothing like a few hours of quiet time in an old warehouse to make someone miss the comforts of home, right?

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"A lot of these are gonna sound better on the electric guitar than my acoustic," she mused, flipping through another one of the books. "Don't think I don't see your ultimate goal here."

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"Not like I ever tried to hide it, Kat," Dante said, grinning at her.

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"Fair enough," Kathy conceded, picking out the opening chords for one of the Davichi songs. "I suppose I might have to borrow yours to practice sometimes, just to make sure I play these right."

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"You can do that a couple of times, but then you gotta come in and buy one for yourself," Dante decided, sprawling on the couch as he watched her.

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Or just wait for Dante to defeat a demon and steal that guitar!

"But if I bought an electric bass, we're like two-thirds of the way to a band," Kathy teased.

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"I'd be cool with that if I thought Anders could handle the drums," Dante said, snickering.

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"Okay, so we put Anders on bass and Raven on drums," Kathy said. "You and I switch up guitars and vocals. And we'll call ourselves..."

Kathy had no idea what their imaginary band would be called. Other than the Misfits, but she was pretty sure that was a glam rock 80s band.

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"No, not bass, either. Anders can be our groupie," Dante said, smirking. "We'll be Badasses."

Look, nobody loved him for his creative streak.

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"Well, that's just gonna be weird when he throws his underwear on stage and hits Raven in the face with them," Kathy said, snickering. "Also, the Badasses are a terrible name. I'm relieving you as front man."

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"Nope," Dante said, pointing at her. "You don't get to do that. My front man powers'll stop you."

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"And what, pray tell, do those powers consist of?" Kathy asked. "This I definitely need to hear. Or see, if you can do a demonstration."

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Dante let out a loud, put-upon sigh. "Fine, I'll front," he said.

And then leaned over to kiss her, like a shit.

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"You are such an--" Mmm, and then kissing. Effective way to forestall an argument, though if he thought she was done arguing over who was going to front their imaginary band he was dead wrong.

...Later, though. They could argue this later. After the kissing. That was one part of what they had that Kathy didn't have to worry over.

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Did she have to worry about any other part of it?

Not that Dante was thinking about it. Her mouth was nice and he was having a moment with it. A very thorough moment.

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It would be nicer if she didn't.

But she wasn't thinking about that either. Or anything at all. There were very few times that kissing Dante didn't banish thoughts altogether, leaving her conscious only of what he was doing with his body and she with hers.

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Dante slid his fingers through her hair, careful not to bump into her guitar or anything.

Finally he pulled away, grinning sunnily at her.

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It took Kathy a moment or two to get all her synapses firing again, but she stuck her tongue out at him on reflex.

Anytime he gave her that smile, it meant he was being a brat. Didn't matter if she knew how or why, she always knew that.

"Still not the front man," she declared.

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"Totally am," Dante said, patting her leg. "Play me a song."

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"What, one of the new ones?" she asked, already flipping the pages in the book in front of her until she found one she knew pretty well.

The opening guitar riff was really pretty, even as slow and hesitant as she was playing it. Every so often, she'd absently sing a few snatches of the song before focusing on the tabs again.

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"Works for me," Dante said, and then sat back to listen to her play.

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When she finished going through 'This Love,' she immediately went back and played it again, working on hitting fewer sour notes this time and getting the rhythm and timing right. She'd move onto another song in a second, but she liked repeating a new song once or twice when she first started practicing.

"Something faster now?" she asked, when she brought it to a close.

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"You're the guitarist," Dante said, smiling. "Your call."

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Okay, this one was a little faster, but definitely more poppy than rock. Then again, neither T-ARA nor Davichi were exactly known for their rock music.

"I like the rap that's in this one," Kathy said with a small smile, keeping the beat with the base of her hand on her guitar. "Even if the video is all of them in some kind of 'who can look most vulnerable at the camera' contest."