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Jerry laughed nervously as he flopped on the couch beside her, "Keep playing! Sasha rarely plays her flute these days, I've been itching to jam!"

"Alright then! Let's see what you got!" He grinned over to her before strumming a low chord before delving into a rhythm. If only they had a drum....

She hadn't been the most attentive girlfriend as of late. Jerry had been absent more often than not, and Sasha couldn't help but feel that she'd driven him away. Not into the arms of another woman, of course; if Jerry were ruled by those more carnal emotions, it was likely he'd have hit the road long before this point in their relationship.

Clearing her thoughts, Sasha tightened her fingers on the brightly-wrapped orange and yellow package she clutched. The gift was one that she put great thought into, and ultimately was the reason she'd been scouring the halls of all the buildings in search of Jerry.

He had eluded her.

With a sense of Great Defeat, Sasha was making her way back to their room when she heard the very distinctive sound of music. Stringed instruments - more than one? With a slight frown, Sasha made her way to the stairs and began her ascent. It didn't take her long to root out the origin of the music. What she eventually saw through the open door made her feel emotions that she'd rather not. Jealousy: it'd been a long time since she'd last seen Jerry smile like that. Sadness: ...it'd been a long time since she'd last seen Jerry smile like that at her. A twinge of thick rage: why was her boyfriend alone in a room with someone she didn't recognize?

Helpless to control the emotions that slogged through her mind, Sasha merely clutched the precious gift tighter and watched the pair play.

"Otto? Yes, lets. And then it'll be perfect." Madeline said, though her fingers paused on the chords, head tilting back to catch sight of Sasha when Jerry called her name. She'd never seen the other hunter before, and her mind instantly circled around what possible relationship these two could have. Friendship? Love, lust, crush?

"Hey there, sugar." She said, smiling and twisting an auburn curl between her fingers with one hand, the other still secure on the guitar. Sasha, Jerry had said. The flute player - or something along that vein. "I - uh - we haven't met before? I'm Madeline." She popped her shoulders up with a slow grin and then leaned back into the couch, so that Jerry could say whatever he wanted.

She wasn't about to gate-crash a reunion anymore than she'd already had, if this was what it was turning out to be.

Jerry's mouth opened and closed a few time as he watched her expression, glancing back to Madeline on the couch beside him before he sprang to his feet so quickly his knee gave a numb sort of jolt. He walked it off, stumbling towards her, "I w-was hoping this would be a surprise! I met Madeline downstairs when I was coming back from the portal, I just found this couch and... um... I hadn't told you yet I wanted to... to set it up first real nice before... before asking ah..." He stopped short at the sight of the present, his brows raised as he glanced back up at her, "I didn't realize we had gotten so loud. Sh-she uh... plays the guitar too! And she's a Sun trainee!" He babbled as though that explained everything.

Sasha's jaw tightened slightly as Jerry babbled on as he so often did, her eyes immediately darting to Madeline once he'd finished. Who could resist playing a guitar with a man who can play a ukelele, indeed.

"No, it's fine. I can come back another time." She glanced around the room. So he was moving into this one. Sasha's mouth tightened, her nose pinching just slightly. When had he been planning on telling her that he was moving out? She was at fault for this. She'd been so distant lately. It should come as no surprise that he'd found a new room - one he'd earned, it would seem, after a successful promotion.

"Forgive me for interrupting. It was nice to meet you, Madeline."

She was leaving? Wait, shouldn't it have been the other way around?

Perking a bit at Jerry's words, Madeline pushed her fingers together and grinned at them both. "Yes, you should definitely stay!" Maybe she was helping Jerry gang up on the poor girl, but hey, who could deny a house-warming/couch-loving party? "And I love music - you do too, right?" She beamed at Jerry before returning her attention to Sasha. "I've never really met a flutist before, but its neat to see so many musicians around here."

She bobbed her head appreciatively. "We should all play together sometime."

It wasn't that she didn't notice Sasha's less enthusiastic mood, but hey, didn't music always lighten everything up?