… White tea. You were so right. Fist pumping would be rude, so you let your ears perk up instead as you tug gently on Luisan’s hand where they’ve taken yours and lead them to the counter.
“Pretty often, yeah,” you agree, “I think they just don’t sleep at all during the day - there’s a telescope up on the roof, they do some sort of astronomy research and stuff.” You don’t really get the point of looking at the stars when most of your species can just visit them, really, but you’re pretty sure Taylor’s work is important if they get fleet contracts for their star maps.
“It’s alright, though. You’re supposed to just sort of…” you move on, and carefully lean over to ring the service bell. Taylor mumbles something incomprehensible, and then sits up, blinking at the two of you blearily.
They yawn, and you head a quiet pop. “Mm. Heya, Kit. Heya…” They pause, and fail to recognize Luisan. “- Hi. What’ll it be tonight?”
You are suddenly aware that you’re still holding Luisan’s hand, and you grin, nearly bouncing in place. You’re probably more excited than you’ve been in a while to order something - they offered to pay for you! Nobody ever pays for you, and - really, you pay for folks all the time, and it’s just what friends do, you figure, but you never thought about anyone paying for you, and that’s such a friendly gesture on their part, you’re probably going to treasure this cup of tea more than you should. Except - oh, you sort of wanted to get a pastry (or three) along with it, since you haven’t eaten lunch yet, but Luisan’s only ordering tea and it would be rude to order a lot and then eat in front of them. That’s fine - you can eat later.
“Hi,” you greet back, “Good nap? I’ll just have my usual, please! And this is Mix Luisan! They were going to have…” You tilt your head to the side, peering up at them, “Something white?”
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