[It's fine until it's not, and he's suddenly face to face with Kalim, and Jamil's faced with the conflicting urges to throw the tea to the ground and yell at Kalim, versus the sudden need to pin Kalim to the wall and force himself on him.
...he'll blame that on the stress of the day.
Jamil does neither. He follows Kalim in. He quietly curses that Kalim's heading towards the couch which means they'd be sharing a couch instead of two tiny seats, but he heads over like it doesn't bother him. Places the tray with the pot and cups on a table. Pours two cups, and before he can second guess himself, prepares Kalim's cup just the way he knows he likes it.
...and then prepares his cup the same way, which brings up the question as to why he didn't just- feelings are complicated.]
Here.
[One cup for Kalim, and Jamil sits down on the couch like he owns it. What? When in stressful situations like this, one has to establish dominance lest people suspect that you know you don't belong. You just had to...squash down your feelings and carry on casually.
...]
...
[How was he supposed to bring up the menagerie, this is terrible, he has so many things he wants to ask, so many things he wants to say.]
Your tutoring ran late. I was half-wondering if you'd turn in early because of it.
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...he'll blame that on the stress of the day.
Jamil does neither. He follows Kalim in. He quietly curses that Kalim's heading towards the couch which means they'd be sharing a couch instead of two tiny seats, but he heads over like it doesn't bother him. Places the tray with the pot and cups on a table. Pours two cups, and before he can second guess himself, prepares Kalim's cup just the way he knows he likes it.
...and then prepares his cup the same way, which brings up the question as to why he didn't just- feelings are complicated.]
Here.
[One cup for Kalim, and Jamil sits down on the couch like he owns it. What? When in stressful situations like this, one has to establish dominance lest people suspect that you know you don't belong. You just had to...squash down your feelings and carry on casually.
...]
...
[How was he supposed to bring up the menagerie, this is terrible, he has so many things he wants to ask, so many things he wants to say.]
Your tutoring ran late. I was half-wondering if you'd turn in early because of it.
[Look, an icebreaker.]