[Rei turns slowly to look at Grune to take some of the pressure off Fenimore. It...wasn't that she was going to be insulted if Fenimore denied it. Quite the contrary, she wanted to deny it herself!
But...
Well...she didn't really want to deny it either. And it wasn't just so she didn't insult Fenimore. That had, after all, been her first date with anyone ever. Instead, she just takes a step closer to Fenimore so they're standing side-by-side facing Grune. She resists the urge to slip an arm around her waist, but she makes it a point to touch shoulders.
Her voice, with the solidarity there and that so far encouraging her, doesn't waver or deflate, thankfully.]
Fenimore's right. We've agreed to go out again, but we're not there yet.
[She places some special firmness on that word, more for Fenimore than for Grune. Just...to let her know she wouldn't mind the thought...]
That's okay! And excuse the icon having the wrong blonde...
But...
Well...she didn't really want to deny it either. And it wasn't just so she didn't insult Fenimore. That had, after all, been her first date with anyone ever. Instead, she just takes a step closer to Fenimore so they're standing side-by-side facing Grune. She resists the urge to slip an arm around her waist, but she makes it a point to touch shoulders.
Her voice, with the solidarity there and that so far encouraging her, doesn't waver or deflate, thankfully.]
Fenimore's right. We've agreed to go out again, but we're not there yet.
[She places some special firmness on that word, more for Fenimore than for Grune. Just...to let her know she wouldn't mind the thought...]