Till/Jinju, Rated G
Though they’d broken up on… well, okay terms, it was still difficult at times for Till to work with Jinju. Having your ex on the same council as you were on was not easy, she’d learned. Especially when you still didn’t entirely see eye to eye.
They’d both attempted to extend olive branches in an attempt to make those meetings more civil and less personal when they inevitably disagreed. Today’s meeting had been particularly nasty-the looting of Ag-Sec after the revolution was still a sore subject for Jinju.
“Look Jinju, I’m sorry, but-” Till started, grabbing the other woman’s arm on her way out to force her to stop.
Shaking her arm free Jinju shot her an unimpressed look, “Even with the supplies from Big Alice we’ll still need to ration for at least a year to get back to pre revolution levels.”
Till’s voice was thoroughly chastised, “I am sorry, you know. I know these discussions are difficult for you.”
“Difficult,” Jinju snorted bitterly, “Now that’s the understatement of the century.”
Till huffed in frustration, “ Jinju. It isn’t personal. Whatever is going on between us, we have to get along during these meetings.”
“Unacceptable, try again,” Jinju rolled her eyes, exasperated, “Look. I am really not in the mood for this today, so if you don’t mind, I’ll be going. Too much to do to make sure our crops don’t fail, since we have less of them now.”
Till nodded in resignation, letting out a pained sigh as the other woman brushed past her.
What would it take, she thought, to make things right between them again? Or at least right enough to not argue every single time they talked.
Till feared it would be an impossible task.