Water sasauge? No. Water cat? Hell yeah

FBI OPEN UP

Hold on, I’m coming I’m coming!!

* Seashell puts their box of food and drink from QC’s onto the table, giving Astro a if-you-eat-the-second-croissant-I-will-throw-a-thousand-swords-at-you expression. They walk to the couch and faceplant.

Astro I've made a discovery about myself and it's that I'm the biggest fucking dumbass in the entire world and I do not know how to talk to pretty people and also my face hurts because i ran into a fucking pole

In my defense on that last part I thought it'd move

FBI OPEN UP

Hold on, I’m coming I’m coming!!

* Seashell puts their box of food and drink from QC's onto the table, giving Astro a if-you-eat-the-second-croissant-I-will-throw-a-thousand-swords-at-you expression. They walk to the couch and faceplant.

ASTRO HELP

ASTRO I'M HAVING A CRISIS RN

CAN I GO TO YOUR APARTMENT AND JUST FLOP DOWN ON THE COUCH AND INTERNALLY SCREAM

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY

ARE YOU DEAD

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT ASTRO WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU

WAIT YOU'RE PROBABLY AT WORK

TEXT ME BACK SOUP PLEASE I'M INTERNALLY SCREAMING AND I'M GONNA SERIOUSLY NEED TO GO TO MY APARTMENT SOON

SOUP

SOUL

SIM

SOON

FUCK

....This is gonna be an interesting day...

*He begins to text back

WOAH okay slow down there buddy-

Alright, my shift's done, so feel free to come over and tell me what happened!

After you're done screaming of course.

...Though I can probably already guess....

ANYWAYS, I'll be preparing your drink for when you get here! See ya soon!

I HAVE TWO CROISSANTS YOU WANT ONE OR DO I GET BOTH IDITITDDUTDUTUDFUDG

ᵤₕ₋ ₕᵢ ₗ!

*L grins,they're blushing as well.

Good to see you again,honey!

....Goodness,is everything alright in the land of CJ?

*They look Seashell up and down in slight worry

I just, uh...

ran... into a sign pole...

But...

If you were to get in a fight, I'd be in the front row seats rooting for you, dear♡

A-Ah...

*L mentally shakes themselves, coughing lightly

Uh- Iuh-

*They hold their tongue. If you prompt them to talk about tea...they'd never stop. Like how Green tea has natural voice deepening properties! trans rights! And how the best way to drink spiced apple is with a cinnamon stick on the side.

Ah- almost went on a tangent! How unprofessional....

Nothing of that...

*L leaves for a moment to fulfill the first half of the request. They return and CJ back a paper bag with the QC's logo on it. inside is the chocolate croissant. (Plus an extra one ,free of charge.)

Here you go! Did you want to sweeten either of those teas,darling? I'm always happy to give some sugar♡!

* CJ coughs, distracting from that embarrassingly gay sentence, grabbing their wallet from their pocket.

Uh- thanks for the extra!

How much is all that gonna be together, with the extra croissant?

You.....do?

Ahem! Yes,of course! The order!

.....$6.50! And I won't be charging you for the extra,darling♡!

Is that so♡?

*They hand CJ a handful of sugar packets.. L's hand lingers for a moment as it touches the others'

* CJ just stares at L, blushing. They take a ten dollar bill out of their pocket, handing it to L and taking their food.

Uhm- you keep the change.

I THINK YOU'RE CUTE

OKAY BYE

-‼️ Anon

Alright, you are stepping too fucking far.

Why am I defending Astro? Why the hell do you think?! Someone comes out of nowhere, attacking my friend, saying he's planning something and wants something with three people (one of whom he's dating and is completely in love with, one he's working for her boss, and one is the best friend of his partner), and you expect me not to be furious?? Astro is my best friend! I can go to him for literally anything, whether it be talking about pieces of fiction or keeping secrets about big or small stuff! What did you expect?

Where has he been shady? Because he has secrets that he doesn't want to share with random-ass strangers on the internet? Everyone has secrets they don't want to share! I have loads of secrets, I'm not gonna share them with some random anon!

That "enchanting table language" is something Astro does sometimes. It's harmless. All it does is make it hard to see his secrets that he has no obligation to share.

And then there's the worst part. You suggest that Astro, my best friend in the world, is BLACKMAILING ME. What the fuck is wrong with you? Why are you so desperate to make Astro the villain?

*For once he seems speechless.

Hey, it's no problem. I'm not gonna let anyone say this shit about you, or try and barge into your personal life.