"Am I nuts?" Rinoa whacked him on the arm lightly. "You were going to freeze out there!" She glared at him for a moment and then stuck out her tongue, a very Rinoa moment. Things were so complicated between them, and she had not forgotten. Not a minute of it. In some ways the urgency of the storm was what made it easer for her to act like herself and not keep things awkward. She wasn't going to leave him out in the snow because of everything that went wrong between them. Because she really didn't want to have that be it.

She pushed the door closed so he was stuck for now, so there. The peakitten looked up at him and didn't seem interested in greeting him just yet. She'd been sleeping peacefully until now, thank you very much. "Take off your boots, also don't touch Julia unless it's with your gloves. She's a native here and their touch makes you feel like you're drunk." Rinoa had only made that mistake once since getting her. Julia was her mother's name, so of course it was her first choice. It explained why Rinoa herself was wearing gloves even inside. It was something both she and Squall had to do, but it was worth it.

"Will you relax? I'm not afraid you're going to kidnap me or anything." Her smile was wry. "You wouldn't be able to get us anywhere ini this." She knew it might not be funny to joke about, but honestly, she preferred joking about it than making it stay out there in the open, awkward and raw.