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It's just another, warm evening in the Forest. With the birds chirping and the sound of leaves gently brushing around in the background, I'd usually be able to eat dinner in peace, but.. not this time. After Cyno asked if I had any spare beets and I gave them to him, for whatever reason.. he sent me a letter this morning, insisting that he come over and make dinner for me and Collei as a thank you.. Now, here's the catch. Cyno is dumb. He makes dumb jokes, and if you don't laugh or atleast pretend to, he.. he explains the joke and why it's funny. It's painful. Just... ugh. But now, I'm left all alone with him and his dumb jokes because Collei decided it was the perfect time to get terribly sick and rest in bed all day with little food. Gosh.. All we're eating is Pita Pockets and Salad, however, Cyno hasn't even touched his food. He's busy. Telling his dumb jokes.
"And then I said.. and then he.." After Cyno finished telling his joke, he bursts into hysterical laughter. I try to fake a small chuckle, but fail miserably. God..
"Haha... oh, do you not understand the joke?" Cyno asks. "Well, basically-"
"No, Cyno, aha.. i understand. Um, it's.. funny." I force a smile.
He smiles too. Finally, he starts to eat his food. Thank god. Finally! Some silence...
or so I thought.
..He starts telling his jokes again. This time, I just choose to ignore him. He's too busy chuckling and ramming food down his throat to notice anyways. I finish eating, and he's still talking. I look up at him.
He's giggling uncontrollably, randomly remembering his joke every 3 minutes or so and bursting into laughter once more.
It wasn't even that funny...
I stare at him with a blank and uncomftorable look on my face. I then notice, he's got pita crumbs all aroumd his lips. Because of the powder/bread that the pockets are made out of, it usually crumbles so you have to be careful not to make a mess while eating them. He's clearly oblivious to this, so I take it upon myself to clean his lips myself. I take my glove off and lean forward, holding my index finger beneath his chin as I gently scrape the crums from his plump, dark lips.
Wait. What?
What am I thinking? Huh..?
I snap back into reality, and the whole room is silent. My thumb still pressed against his lips, I look up at him. He stares down at me, his face slightly flushed. We're so close, our faces are almost touching. I quickly pull away.
"I.. I'm sorry." I look down, nervous, my cheeks flashing a light pink colour. "I.. um.. sorry. You just.. had some crumbs around your lips.."
He smiles and licks the area around his lips, wiping away the crumbs. "It's okay.. aha, I would never have noticed hadn't you told me. Thanks."
I blush.
"It's okay.." ..It's a bit awkward now. I look up again, and he's gone.
Huh?
I look behind me, he's looking through the little cabinet besides my bed which I use for keeping certain foods or drinks cold. "Do you have any alcohol in here?" Haha.
"Uh.. yeah. There should he some wine in there." He grins and pulls out a large bottle of wine and two big glasses, slamming them down onto the table. He sits on the seat right beside me, wraps his arm around my shoulder and says.. "Won't you have a drink with me, Tighnari?" He smirks.
Aha.. what an interesting and peculiar man.