As expected for an anxious young man, Jude is plagued by similar thoughts after his rather instinctual response. Having never even so much as had a crush before Sohalia, and only having developed one on her concurrently with their friendship, Jude has no guide to follow on how this is all supposed to go down. The notion that this could change - or worse, ruin - everything is foremost in his mind, and it keeps him silent until he is forced to respond to the jeweler.
Realizing his mistake belatedly as the two of them leave the shop and are now left alone, Jude is now the one grateful for Sohalia's sudden reclamation of her cool because he is surely losing his own. "Y-y-y-eah," he stutters horribly, and swallows hard to try and banish it. Taking the lead with their fingers still attached, he guides them into the flow of bodies to begin the short trek to their normal breakfast spot. At least there they won't receive strange glances or assumptions since they were always hip-and-hip when eating there anyway. He can't find any words until they've arrived, their normal waitress brightening the moment she sees them and directing them to a booth immediately.
"The usual for you two?" she asks with a warm smile, not even bothering to take her notepad out. Jude smiles gratefully, expression a touch too relieved. "Yes please. Thank you Mona."
Realizing his mistake belatedly as the two of them leave the shop and are now left alone, Jude is now the one grateful for Sohalia's sudden reclamation of her cool because he is surely losing his own. "Y-y-y-eah," he stutters horribly, and swallows hard to try and banish it. Taking the lead with their fingers still attached, he guides them into the flow of bodies to begin the short trek to their normal breakfast spot. At least there they won't receive strange glances or assumptions since they were always hip-and-hip when eating there anyway. He can't find any words until they've arrived, their normal waitress brightening the moment she sees them and directing them to a booth immediately.
"The usual for you two?" she asks with a warm smile, not even bothering to take her notepad out. Jude smiles gratefully, expression a touch too relieved. "Yes please. Thank you Mona."
Jude
