this, too, did not seem important, & he indolently closed his eyes again. the hustle & bustle of the small café is deafening as he meanders to the counter brazenly with head bowed back. elbow knocks against a cup waiting on the counter, reflexes sharp, as he catches the hot drink before it drops too far, turning the cup over to peer at the name. drink is held out, ❝ sorry to whoever's drink this is, no damage though. ❞ / kouki
( ✿ ) PERHAPS HE’S A BIT OF A TEA FIEND. Not that he’s ever actively admit that per, himself. However, his livelihood has been staked on one too many kettles worth of steeped tea. Certainly, now is no different where he chases the sleep that wants to linger in his eyes and pull heavy lids down with tea at a local café. It’s nothing particularly exciting and nothing he couldn’t make at home himself nor the shoppe in which he partakes, but it’s nice to be out sometimes– lest he hermit himself away amongst throes of leaflets and ink bottles.
Perhaps he’s spaced out despite his best efforts to keep mind present in reality; rather than causing his own type of fitted worry amongst the accumulation of clientele work and designs he need complete sometime in the near future. Placing a mental pin in his own inner havoc to pick back up later, the artist chases after his order he assumes is ready at this point. Lashes downcast to feet, awaiting the man ahead of him to retrieve his drink and part way - because Mae’s never one to hurry and disturb someone in their space (he’s increasingly patient).
And it’s a quick motion– somewhat stiffening the chaotic happening with a fluid motion that nearly has jade shocked at it’s own visuals. The assumed tumble, clatter, and cascade of drink contents not gracing the bustling room. Rather, the man extends his hold outward to anyone willing to witness name written crudely ‘pon cup. ‘May’. Well, it was close enough, wasn’t it?
Pardon his smile, gentle in its wake as it splits across cheeks as hand gently reaches up to wave the attention to himself before retrieving it from the savior of its doom.
“Ah, I believe that may be mine. Thank you for saving it.”
UNPROMPTED / always accepting // @hatobureiika