[se] weather sweater

Now that he was clued in to the flirting going on between the two men thanks to Koa's totally suave innuendos it was Tal's turn to try and help a fella out. He flashed the pair an anxious grin, trying not to push them out of the store when they were doing such a great job of distracting each other, but he couldn't stop the sigh of relief when they were out the door.

Damn, but that had been a close one.

He dawdled over by the earrings to give them a chance to get a little further away and his eyes fell on one that he added to his pile without quite thinking too deeply about why. It just seemed right in that moment. Then he sidled over to the armlets and snagged the copper band before dumping the lot on the counter. "An' could y'gift wrap 'em?" he added, barely haggling over the payment in his enthusiasm to get on his way.

A few minutes later he was hustling down the dock, moving easily over the slightly unsteady floating boards as he made his way to the appointed meeting place. The guys were looking awfully cozy but that didn't stop the courier from pulling up a third chair at the little cafe table and sitting in it backwards, looking as smug as a cat with feathers on its whiskers. "Have y'ordered yet?" he inquired, trying and failing to look innocent and play it cool.