The Cottage: Dinner Guests
Shout out to this comment!
Tonight you are having guests! It’s not a common occurrence since you live in the forest but it’s not uncommon either because apparently the fae have changed tactics and took up comedy…
Speak of the devil(s) and they shall appear! Your guests have arrived!
In your open doorway are 5 circus performers that you’ve invited for dinner
You let them in and gesture to your kitchen table, which you’ve meticulously set for the occasion, draped in a spotless black tablecloth and several matching placemats.
You’re currently in the middle of cooking the meal you promised them, something without much preparation that can be varied in flavors and enjoyed by all of the group.
You have a set of perfect matching plates you use for serving the meal, matching cutlery as well!
You spent hours on previous days perfecting the dish even if you didn’t need to…
Because this is more than dinner.
This is a performance of your own, a show of how perfect a host you can be.
For Pierrot? No. Doctor and Harlequin likely wouldn’t even notice your efforts… Jester is a good guess, but the guest you truly wish to impress is Bil.
“Are these new plates and cutlery?”
“They are! I’m impressed you could tell! I thought I’d up the quality of my supplies for the occasion!”
He doesn’t speak more on it but his hum and nod of approval is all you need!
Once you’ve served everyone and yourself, you make sure you’re eating in an appropriate manner that doesn’t make you look like a hapless heathen.
Every once in a while you snap your eyes to Bil in the most discreet manner you can muster doing your absolute best to gadge his reaction before snapping your eyes back to your plate when he begins to look to you…
Unbeknownst to you the entire meal, the whole table could see you basically tripping over yourself for Bil’s approval, Harlequin is holding back his laughter perfectly just waiting for the moment you’re out of earshot to cackle his head off at Pierrot, who is ABSOLUTELY FUMING AT BIL, how DARE he take his lady’s heart! HOW COULD HE??? Doctor is fascinated at this unique demeanor you’re displaying. All the while Jester and Bil are sweating bullets because hell hath no fury like that of Pierrot in matters of the heart (you)