[ Tech slowly lifts his eyes to meet hers when she speaks, frozen. Deer in headlights frozen. He stares a moment too long before he realizes it's kind of his turn to speak. Blue eyes return to the coffee in his hand, staring at the cardboard container as though it's the most fascinating thing in the world. ]
It's not what I ordered, but guess they don't fucking care in this place.
[ He's still staring at the coffee, though she's definitely in his peripheral -- all those books in her arms, a precarious balancing act as she's ready to flee. And he needs to let her go, even if there's some instinct to keep talking -- to say anything so she doesn't leave. It's not what he promised Mega, though. I'm going to keep my distance.
He's....technically at a distance right now, so there's no harm in offering: ]
You can have it, if you want.
[ The coffee is held up and presented. He doesn't want to drink it and she "likes the pumpkin taste" so that's a viable solution. A viable and harmless solution.... ]
one cup of angst coming right up!!
It's not what I ordered, but guess they don't fucking care in this place.
[ He's still staring at the coffee, though she's definitely in his peripheral -- all those books in her arms, a precarious balancing act as she's ready to flee. And he needs to let her go, even if there's some instinct to keep talking -- to say anything so she doesn't leave. It's not what he promised Mega, though. I'm going to keep my distance.
He's....technically at a distance right now, so there's no harm in offering: ]
You can have it, if you want.
[ The coffee is held up and presented. He doesn't want to drink it and she "likes the pumpkin taste" so that's a viable solution. A viable and harmless solution.... ]