even when there was that one time with radish she never brings up, they never went on a date, as jal coined it, he was strictly a postmortem rebound. she was hoping that mer didn’t automatically think that the invitation to her place was her trying to blow this off or make it mean less than it did. but the idea of having a quiet place where they could figure out how all of this was going to work seemed like a good idea.
“in game talent only,” she laughed while he helped her up off the ground. “back home my skill reaches sangers and snatch and grab.” she caught his arms in her hands for balance, this being her first time standing in at least an hour and a half, her vision dotted with stars. with her eyes shut tight she translated herself, “sorry i mean sandwiches and take out. i should probably work on translating now, hm?”
she already missed the closeness from when they had been sitting, but pinned that down to being nearly deprived of it for so long instead of admitting to herself she missed his touch already. after the brief dizziness wore off, she locked her eyes on his face while wrapping her arms around his torso, pulling him closer to her, doing her best to read his face to gauge how he felt about it.
once she figured he seemed okay with it, she moved on to one important topic. “you’re going to have to tell me what you want, otherwise you might just end up with handmade pizza.” if she kept herself busy by cooking before he got there, she’d have less time to worry and think about the fact that for the first time in over two overs, she would be going on a date. that someone was coming over with more than friendship strings attached. “and please tell me you like cheesecake, you might break my heart if you say no.”
who knows how long these two have actually been sitting here talking. it was probably only fifteen minutes or so but to mercutio, it just felt much longer. and that hasn’t exactly happened to him in a while -- not with another person, not like with kali. it hardly mattered where they go, whether it’s out at some bar or back at her place. as long as they were together, that’s what mattered.
“ sangers and snatch and grab? ” now those were all words all on there own. in a sentence together, stringed like that? it made absolutely no sense. but then she explained and mer slowly nodded -- now that was something he could understand. he studied english back at university, but it was more british-american english than anything else. “ nah don’t worry, i can always learn a few new sayings here and there. just might need you to explain them to me more than once. ”
the hug was a welcomed surprise -- not realizing how much he desired her to be closer until she was already in his arms, his own wrapping around her, pushing some of her hair behind her shoulders as he was doing so. “ honestly do it. make a handmade pizza. i would offer to help but last time i cooked, it was with padme and i ended up eating the entire batter before she could put it in the oven... so it might be best if i don’t approach the kitchen. but i can entertain you with a couple jokes i’m sure i have up my sleeve. ”
now cheesecake, that was the important topic here. “ are you trying to say you know someone who doesn’t like cheesecake? who? i’m going to stuff them with cheesecake until they love it. ”
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