[Why is she so exuberant about this... he doesn't get it... Leon's just going to look away at that (she's smiling way too brightly for his tastes, considering it's only about his eating habits, and he didn't even say something that complimentary) and focus on his food instead. It's all sweet, which makes all of it delicious; he likes it all, and everything he tries is a new sort of delicious sweet.
Even if it's still weird that some of them are staring at them.
Still, eventually he runs into the next problem of his life, which is the pot of green tea. Green tea is... naturally bitter, and he already knows he's not a huge fan from when Kashuu had made him some. He thinks it would probably be tolerable if he put a lot of sugar into it, but that would require...putting a lot of sugar into the tea in front of Lili.
[Meanwhile Lili, ever unable to read a situation, is completely oblivious to Leon's plight.
As far as she's concerned, this has been a good time because he hasn't been complaining or obviously hating any of the sweets that was presented in front of him? Interesting, considering the fact that he said he didn't like them... The seeds of doubt are being sewn in her mind but she also doesn't think to completely regard it as a lie.
Yet.
Though when he's eyeing the green tea, she's blinking and tilting her head in curiosity.]
You don't want any? It's good to balance out the sweets.
[It's a difficult plight........ he stares at the tea for a moment longer, but she makes a good point in that if he really didn't like sweets, he'd like the tea... so he reaches out to take his cup, and stares at it with a barely concealed wrinkle of his nose.
Ugh, it even smells bitter...
....................
And he takes a sip.
Ugh, god, it's as bitter as he remembers it being, no, he regrets this... somehow he manages to keep his face mostly blank and bites back the grimace, setting the cup down with the flattest expression he can manage.
.......... He needs to put sugar in that if he's going to drink it.]
[ . . . . . .So really, she's not going out of her way to watch him.
Except she's curious. It's not like he'll actually say anything out loud unless he really hates something probably? So she's trying to figure out what he likes and doesn't like and it... seems... odd that his reaction to the tea is worse than that of the sweets. Um. Leon? That's... that's not how tastebuds work.
Do you even know what you like?
So she's continuing to eat her own set of sweets as she tries to mull over the possibilities here.
Maybe taste means different things in his world so even if tea is the same, this tea is much more bitter than anything and maybe the sweets in his world were super sweet. That could be it. Completely different standards of taste or something.
Or maybe he was just lying about not liking sweets. But that's silly, what kind of person would lie about not liking sweets? That would have to hit a new level of socially awkward and must take a real idiot that was trained under years of bravado and strictness that resulted in a personality that constantly overcompensates. Ha! What kind of nincompoop--]
C-Could I get a set of perhaps some sugars and some creamer brought to the table? My drink is awfully hot, I burned my tongue! [she didn't have anything to drink yet-] It could use some... cooling.....
Leon has no idea what Lili's sudden AH moment was, and she covers it up none-too-smoothly, but at least he doesn't put together the pieces that she's figured out his dirty little secret.
Ignore him, he's just eating more sweets to wash the bitterness from his tongue.
And when he swallows:]
What is wrong with you? [Why are you suddenly so...fidgety???]
But the waitress is bringing them the sugar and creamer and... honestly Lili doesn't want that much but for the sake of Leon's dignity she'll... t...ry.... augh, her poor green tea.
A small clearing of her throat.]
But I didn't realize that they were going to give me so much of these - can I ask that you assist me in finishing them?
... If you insist, I suppose wasting them would be more harmful than not. [Thank god give him the sugar.
He'll just...try to be subtle about the fact that he's significantly happier about drinking his tea now that he can dump some sugar in it and make it sweeter.
really nothing subtle about that and Lili is just going to take a sip of her own (too sweet for her taste) tea to obscure whatever shape her mouth is making. it might've been turning into a smile. that's dangerous.
but... this is peaceful enough that she
really can't bring herself to mind it.]
... I haven't had tea just like this in a while.
[for some reason her teas are far more dramatic???? like with fighting or pinky promises]
[Leon quirks an eyebrow when she moves to pay--he'd offer to split it, but she seems rather set on this so... okay, he supposes. Whatever she wants. She did invite him, he supposes.
And yet...there's something magnificent about that sort of person too. He knows it, she knows it. The sort of person who would dive off a cliff to rescue someone, even without confirmation that that's what they're doing...
Well.
Leon's not that way, but Stahn is. So in the end, he just huffs faintly, losing a lot of his steam as well, glancing away.]
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Even if it's still weird that some of them are staring at them.
Still, eventually he runs into the next problem of his life, which is the pot of green tea. Green tea is... naturally bitter, and he already knows he's not a huge fan from when Kashuu had made him some. He thinks it would probably be tolerable if he put a lot of sugar into it, but that would require...putting a lot of sugar into the tea in front of Lili.
Agh.
Conundrum.]
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As far as she's concerned, this has been a good time because he hasn't been complaining or obviously hating any of the sweets that was presented in front of him? Interesting, considering the fact that he said he didn't like them... The seeds of doubt are being sewn in her mind but she also doesn't think to completely regard it as a lie.
Yet.
Though when he's eyeing the green tea, she's blinking and tilting her head in curiosity.]
You don't want any? It's good to balance out the sweets.
[ ? ? ? that he said he didn't? like?]
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Ugh, it even smells bitter...
....................
And he takes a sip.
Ugh, god, it's as bitter as he remembers it being, no, he regrets this... somehow he manages to keep his face mostly blank and bites back the grimace, setting the cup down with the flattest expression he can manage.
.......... He needs to put sugar in that if he's going to drink it.]
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Except she's curious. It's not like he'll actually say anything out loud unless he really hates something probably? So she's trying to figure out what he likes and doesn't like and it... seems... odd that his reaction to the tea is worse than that of the sweets. Um. Leon? That's... that's not how tastebuds work.
Do you even know what you like?
So she's continuing to eat her own set of sweets as she tries to mull over the possibilities here.
Maybe taste means different things in his world so even if tea is the same, this tea is much more bitter than anything and maybe the sweets in his world were super sweet. That could be it. Completely different standards of taste or something.
Or maybe he was just lying about not liking sweets. But that's silly, what kind of person would lie about not liking sweets? That would have to hit a new level of socially awkward and must take a real idiot that was trained under years of bravado and strictness that resulted in a personality that constantly overcompensates. Ha! What kind of nincompoop--]
i lied
Ah!
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[PLAY IT OFF.]
C-Could I get a set of perhaps some sugars and some creamer brought to the table? My drink is awfully hot, I burned my tongue! [she didn't have anything to drink yet-] It could use some... cooling.....
[smooth]
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Leon has no idea what Lili's sudden AH moment was, and she covers it up none-too-smoothly, but at least he doesn't put together the pieces that she's figured out his dirty little secret.
Ignore him, he's just eating more sweets to wash the bitterness from his tongue.
And when he swallows:]
What is wrong with you? [Why are you suddenly so...fidgety???]
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[UM, OBVIOUSLY.
But the waitress is bringing them the sugar and creamer and... honestly Lili doesn't want that much but for the sake of Leon's dignity she'll... t...ry.... augh, her poor green tea.
A small clearing of her throat.]
But I didn't realize that they were going to give me so much of these - can I ask that you assist me in finishing them?
[WILL THAT
WORK]
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Right.
Sure.
Ok.]
... If you insist, I suppose wasting them would be more harmful than not. [Thank god give him the sugar.
He'll just...try to be subtle about the fact that he's significantly happier about drinking his tea now that he can dump some sugar in it and make it sweeter.
But.
It's still pretty obvious.]
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really nothing subtle about that and Lili is just going to take a sip of her own (too sweet for her taste) tea to obscure whatever shape her mouth is making. it might've been turning into a smile. that's dangerous.
but... this is peaceful enough that she
really can't bring herself to mind it.]
... I haven't had tea just like this in a while.
[for some reason her teas are far more dramatic???? like with fighting or pinky promises]
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Totally.
Totally.
So he arches an eyebrow at that.]
How do you typically take your tea?
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[ . . . .
Well.
If she's honest-]
Typically with people who talk too much.
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People here are too loose with their tongues.
[Yeah he feels it.]
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[She doesn't care about what nail polish you're going to buy, Kashuu!!
But there's just a short shake of her head.]
So this is a pleasant change of pace.
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Even in response to that, he just hums faintly under his breath.]
It's unnecessary.
[Thanks, Leon.]
That sort of small talk or useless chatter... I am not interested in it either.
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So a pleasant change of pace in the most pathetic way possible.
Good job, team.]
It's amazing that they don't exhaust themselves or run out of breath talking about anything...
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In my experience, they never will, either. It is as though they have endless energy for talking about things that do not matter.
[Ugh!!]
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[the savagery continues]
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Pathetic.
[At least they're...in savage agreement here.]
Those sorts of people... I can't tolerate them at all.
[But Leon, who can you tolerate.]
They are extraordinarily skilled at wasting time as well, generally.
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[Like
roasting everyone over an open flame while eating sweets at 2 am?
ok y'all]
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[At least they're...happy...??? Leon's happy, he's going to just eat more of those sweets.]
In my experience, those sorts of people are far too easily pleased, and tend to go through life with a lackadaisical, utterly careless methodology.
[Or maybe he's just thinking about Stahn now.]
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What must it like to be so simple? Probably far easier, reckless it may be. It's as if you must compromise your own intelligence at times.
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[QUITE FRANKLY.
He's over it.
He's also stealing the last of the cake. Not that he likes sweets or anything.]
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[But she's.
Just going to watch that and then shake her head slowly. Leon..... Well, okay, she'll wave the waitress over to pay with her credits.]
Though I suppose... that type of person can't be helped.
[Not that she seems to realize that she's infinitely more gullible and would do the exact same thing to help someone.]
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And yet...there's something magnificent about that sort of person too. He knows it, she knows it. The sort of person who would dive off a cliff to rescue someone, even without confirmation that that's what they're doing...
Well.
Leon's not that way, but Stahn is. So in the end, he just huffs faintly, losing a lot of his steam as well, glancing away.]
... It is aggravating. [They're aggravating.]
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