[so definitely not going to make Pitou wait, there Nikkari is in the morning at Glo's, walking in and looking more cheery than he did before - it's easy, when you're not being chased by an ant thing from hell. but he looks for them and seems to be content waiting. it'll be nice to see them again - verify they're still all in one piece.]
[ Pitou remembers that much, even if the rest of it was a terrified blur. They wave him over. There's a certain amount of hesitance, not knowing where they stand with this person, not really knowing them. ]
Shut up, I'm buying you breakfast for rescuing me from a monster.
[ The being rescued thing was odd. Their feelings about it were odd. They need to examine this person now, to understand the scenario better. Ren as well. What made them do what they did? Pitou knows they certainly wouldn't have purposefully intervened on anyone else's behalf. They'd gotten caught up in Arlene's business by accident not out of heroics.
Pitou flags down the waiter impatiently to order before Nikkari can argue about it any further. ]
So who are you.
[ A big broad question full of impatient demands. ]
[ Eh? No, it sounds like it would be the worst job ever. ]
I'm not very personable. [ Surprise? ] I thought maybe I'd be a surgeon, but I hated school and wasn't going to spend 8 years from undergrad to MD.
[ This is said flatly, rote, they've explained this a million times. It is genuinely how they feel, and they don't much regret not wasting their time on it, but maybe there's a little teenage Pitou on the inside who still wishes they were a surgeon. ]
[Pitou can claim being bad with people all they want, Nikkari will still be like this. no regrets saving them, and that honest curiosity about them. it only comes at a terrible cost.]
Words like that, it'll die before there's even a chance.
[ Someone is trolling the troll and Pitou does not at all like when the tables are turned. They can give it all day long, but they're not so good at taking it... The food being set down in front of them is a nice distraction. ]
I don't even know you yet. [ Airy. ] We can decide about friends or lovers later.
[ Pitou watches curiously. There is always that little curiosity, when you order someone your favorite dish. Are they good waffles? They're good waffles. But more importantly: ]
I do this to people all the time. Teasing them. It's mostly fun to watch them squirm.
[ They push some waffle in their mouth, murmuring, ]
[he's distracted by the waffles, and after the first hasty bite, moves to eat slower. not because they're bad - on the contrary he looks delighted by them.]
[ ....What a fucking obtuse answer. Pitou's brows furrow, confused, irritated. They stuff some food in their mouth. ]
Fine.
[ They feel like they should be able to take this better. But they nevre have responded well to being made fun of. It was the self-serious cat in them. ]
Was helping me just you being fickle too?
[ Wow Pitou. You're the ficklest asshole of all, don't judge. ]
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[so definitely not going to make Pitou wait, there Nikkari is in the morning at Glo's, walking in and looking more cheery than he did before - it's easy, when you're not being chased by an ant thing from hell. but he looks for them and seems to be content waiting. it'll be nice to see them again - verify they're still all in one piece.]
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[ Pitou remembers that much, even if the rest of it was a terrified blur. They wave him over. There's a certain amount of hesitance, not knowing where they stand with this person, not really knowing them. ]
Do you want something to eat?
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[the sunrise had been great, but his hands had been frozen with the weather. tradeoffs.]
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[ Simple, and not oversized with a nice piece of fruit. ]
I'll get it.
[ Beautiful ghost pays for nothing today. ]
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[it's an instinct, to not immediately accept generosity for fear of looking greedy.]
Though waffles sound really good...I don't think I've had them in months.
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[ The being rescued thing was odd. Their feelings about it were odd. They need to examine this person now, to understand the scenario better. Ren as well. What made them do what they did? Pitou knows they certainly wouldn't have purposefully intervened on anyone else's behalf. They'd gotten caught up in Arlene's business by accident not out of heroics.
Pitou flags down the waiter impatiently to order before Nikkari can argue about it any further. ]
So who are you.
[ A big broad question full of impatient demands. ]
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[he's an ass, if the way he's smiling about that is any indication.]
That's who I am. Same as you're Pitou.
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How old are you, where do you work, how do you take your coffee.
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[what's going on is Nika being Nika...at least he hasn't yet made a shitty pun or blurted out some information that no one needed to think about.]
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I'm twenty three, I'm a mortician.
[ Their coffee preferences are none of your business, since they're the one providing the coffee. ]
I assume you wanted to do something else before going into hosting.
[ Rude, Pitou?? ]
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[smile unchanged, but the visible eye is looking directly at Pitou.]
And did you want to do something else before becoming a mortician?
[he will swerve as hard as he needs to in order to get out of this line of conversation.]
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I'm not very personable. [ Surprise? ] I thought maybe I'd be a surgeon, but I hated school and wasn't going to spend 8 years from undergrad to MD.
[ This is said flatly, rote, they've explained this a million times. It is genuinely how they feel, and they don't much regret not wasting their time on it, but maybe there's a little teenage Pitou on the inside who still wishes they were a surgeon. ]
We're not talking about me.
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[Pitou can claim being bad with people all they want, Nikkari will still be like this. no regrets saving them, and that honest curiosity about them. it only comes at a terrible cost.]
Words like that, it'll die before there's even a chance.
[get it..die...because Pitou's a mortician...]
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[ Don't put words in their mouth!! ]
Why should we be friends?
[ This said out of total stubbornness.... ]
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[and yet he's still smiling through it.]
Or is it that friends is too casual for what you want? If I'd known, I would have tried to dress a little nicer.
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I don't even know you yet. [ Airy. ] We can decide about friends or lovers later.
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[he does like being the troll. but the food is food, and after a quick thanks muttered under his breath, he moves to dig in.]
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I do this to people all the time. Teasing them. It's mostly fun to watch them squirm.
[ They push some waffle in their mouth, murmuring, ]
Is this just because of the hosting job? Habit?
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[he's distracted by the waffles, and after the first hasty bite, moves to eat slower. not because they're bad - on the contrary he looks delighted by them.]
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[ And will that change Pitou's reaction to it, to know... ]
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[not the checkout clerk at the supermarket or people he barely knew or even clients when he wanted.]
Only when I want to.
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Fine.
[ They feel like they should be able to take this better. But they nevre have responded well to being made fun of. It was the self-serious cat in them. ]
Was helping me just you being fickle too?
[ Wow Pitou. You're the ficklest asshole of all, don't judge. ]
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[poor huffy kitty. can they handle someone being teasing and serious at the same time?]
I wasn't just going to abandon you there.
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[ Well, it could if they let it. ]
Unless you have some ridiculous martyr complex to feed a need to do such things.
[ Definitely not a problem Pitou suffers from. ]