[Kanda wouldn't know - he's still not interested in wasting time watching pointless things like that.
(And Kanda's never looked at the waitstaff like that - but he doesn't miss the lack of the same by his partner and that... that is something that he can grasp like a lifeline, almost like hope, foolishly stolen.)
That particular realization is enough to warm an ice blue gaze if only for a moment, safe in the showing thanks to Lavi's sudden interest in the tabletop... and then has his own gaze cutting up, then to the side as he settled into his own seat.
It takes a surprising bit of effort to school his features into a frown, nose wrinkling slightly.]
...Bastard, you're gonna make me say it, huh?
[He pauses as the waitress brings over their drinks, sets them on the table, and then disappears just as quickly (because while Kanda might just be their biggest customer, they all know quite well that he's far from social). Just a moment to let the stoic mask settle more firmly into place as he cuts Lavi his own sidelong glare and shrugs a shoulder as he clears his throat.]
You've done a lot for me, lately. I'm not so much of an ungrateful bastard to not recognize that.
[Accept that, don't ask more... a sudden mantra in his head, hoping his words are enough to keep Lavi from looking too close, from seeing too much before the man was prepared to remember him.
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(And Kanda's never looked at the waitstaff like that - but he doesn't miss the lack of the same by his partner and that... that is something that he can grasp like a lifeline, almost like hope, foolishly stolen.)
That particular realization is enough to warm an ice blue gaze if only for a moment, safe in the showing thanks to Lavi's sudden interest in the tabletop... and then has his own gaze cutting up, then to the side as he settled into his own seat.
It takes a surprising bit of effort to school his features into a frown, nose wrinkling slightly.]
...Bastard, you're gonna make me say it, huh?
[He pauses as the waitress brings over their drinks, sets them on the table, and then disappears just as quickly (because while Kanda might just be their biggest customer, they all know quite well that he's far from social). Just a moment to let the stoic mask settle more firmly into place as he cuts Lavi his own sidelong glare and shrugs a shoulder as he clears his throat.]
You've done a lot for me, lately. I'm not so much of an ungrateful bastard to not recognize that.
[Accept that, don't ask more... a sudden mantra in his head, hoping his words are enough to keep Lavi from looking too close, from seeing too much before the man was prepared to remember him.
Remember them. ]