As a person on the opposite end of the commitment spectrum, Soh felt very bad about that. Sure, it had only been two dates, but they had been lovely dates, and she'd had every intention of going on another. She sighed, using a puff of breath to blow a tendril of hair out of her eyes, only to pause when Mateo offered to guess who she was dating here. And it was very clear that he knew.
Soh had two choices: she could play dumb, which likely wouldn't work on her friend, or she could be honest. After a moment's hesitation, she chose honesty with a rueful smile. "Gods, am I that easy to read?" she joked. "But really - he was perfectly lovely to me. And I do feel bad." She ignored the bit about Koa being a cad - she simply didn't accept that as truth, not with how tender he'd been with her.
With their appetizers delivered, Soh enjoyed her own asparagus and shook her head at her friend's shenanigans. It was honestly quite strange, for them to be friends when they ran in such vastly different circles, but here they were. She supposed that a near-murder would do that, though. "Sounds like fun," she said with a laugh. Sometimes she wondered what it was like, to be Mateo, partying without a care in the world. "I take it the bar opening was successful?"
Soh had two choices: she could play dumb, which likely wouldn't work on her friend, or she could be honest. After a moment's hesitation, she chose honesty with a rueful smile. "Gods, am I that easy to read?" she joked. "But really - he was perfectly lovely to me. And I do feel bad." She ignored the bit about Koa being a cad - she simply didn't accept that as truth, not with how tender he'd been with her.
With their appetizers delivered, Soh enjoyed her own asparagus and shook her head at her friend's shenanigans. It was honestly quite strange, for them to be friends when they ran in such vastly different circles, but here they were. She supposed that a near-murder would do that, though. "Sounds like fun," she said with a laugh. Sometimes she wondered what it was like, to be Mateo, partying without a care in the world. "I take it the bar opening was successful?"
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