[Wow. This is. About eighty times more awkward than she thought it would be. She starts rubbing at her neck out of nerves and then oh no she's thinking about necks and he's right there and she hasn't fed yet today why didn't she do that why did she hope that was stupid stop thinking about his blood stop thinking about his blood STOP THINKING ABOUT HIS BLOOD ANYTHING ELSE COME ON MARYAM YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOUR THINK PAN SOMEWHERE you're not gonna lunge right across the table and go for it like a goddamn terrori--
Aha.]
Oh! Yes. I wanted to... congratulate. You and Roxy. On being matesprits if I've been reading correctly.
[And here he is demanding ordering some mooncake, while listening to Kanaya through one ear. The waiter looks a little displeased at having to deal with Eridan but then most people do so w/e.
He turns back to her once that guy is gone off to get his order and...she what.]
So.
You read my conwersations with other people often, or.
[After realizing he is indeed qualm-free, Kanaya softens a little, relieved, and she helpfully points something out with her finger and her voice both at once.] You look like someone who doesn't know his moon cake just got here.
Well, it's sort of a convention when people are meeting in public places, isn't it. From what I understand your apartment wouldn't be serviceable in the slightest, and for that matter neither would mine.
And besides, as you're aptly demonstrating, you do seem to still partake in eating.
[This whole setup - going out of her way to find a socially acceptable interaction opportunity that only stands to benefit him - is yet again their entire relationship at this stage in microcosm.
She taps her fingers, with their black-polished nails, exactly twice on the table.]
[She frowns reflexively for a moment before reassuming a more neutral expression, somewhat forcing it. There's that dissonance again. YOU AND HIM. AGH. WHY TIME SHIT, WHY.]
[Leaning in to examine the menu FINGERS BRUSH??? SHE'S ICE COLD??? Probably not, weh because, uhhhhhh... some... reason.... help??? God what happened to his sweet tooth. DID IT GET KNOCKED OUT WHEN HE DIED]
What would you even put in moon rocks. Those sound bitter.
Tradition. We don't have to buy food ourselves, after all. It's only fair, especially considering the customary consequences of dining with a rainbow drinker.
[Her eyes are a little narrow and look rather eerily yellow.]
[That draws her attention to his scarf. She may not have made this one for him, but it sure is around his neck. And she sure is spending a long moment staring at it before she catches herself.]
As a matter of fact, yes. [Beat. My, Kanaya, what white fangs you have.] Only customary.
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