The seaside tavern that Yatrel picked was abustle, but one girl's focus on the face of a tall 'boy' in a black blazer made the noise of the world fade away. Her prior fury had transformed completely into the determined glint in her mint eyes. She brandished a spoonful of food like a weapon prepared to skewer her fiance.
"I told you I'd be cute. Now, open up."
Pigeon-blue eyes darted nervously between the utensil and the face. It wasn't that she… was not cute. But it was too intense!
"El, I can eat on my-"
A voice that was as sweet as steel broke her attempt to refuse.
"Unh-ah~ I promised I'd be cute for you. And what could be cuter of me than feeding my beloved?"
I just feel the need to remind you that I love teddy-bear dense Qat. She's still really not thinking about these things as a first thought.
Even back when she stayed the night at their estates, *that* wasn't the type of 'Scoundrel' she thought Ondua would be thinking of her as.
My girl in a suit thought he might think she was snooping around! She thought he would think she was trying to go with a 'I just got here' type of lie!
So she made it clear she had spent the night in the guest wing because of Elua being upset. The idea of how she had been teased about sleeping together hadn't even entered her mind.
Heck, even being teased about that probably didn't hit the exact notes El was hoping for back then. Just that it was something improper to do, but not the what made it improper and what people would think they 'really did'.