When they arrived at the cafe, Silver got Alain to seat himself and he went to place their order. He glanced around the shop, taking it in one final time before they moved on. Waiting for the barista to make their milkshakes and toasted sandwiches, Silver felt sad leaving Santalune.
Once the tray was handed to him that had their meals on it, he walked back to their table and placed the tray down. Seating himself, he grabbed his milkshake and sipped it, watching Alain getting stuck into his sandwich.
"This is our last meal in Santalune, hey Alain?"
Alain didn't reply straight away, instead enjoying his food. Eventually, he answered. "Yeah… Silver, I'm sorry for sounding down before. I don't mean to-"
"Hey, it's okay." Silver interrupted his friend, waving a hand in a brief motion. He didn't want Alain to keep feeling bad. "Just enjoy please, okay?"
Silver started to think that maybe Alain wouldn't recover from his slump as quickly as he would have hoped. There's nothing more I can do, the boy thought as he continued consuming his milkshake. I've tried the only trick I could think of. He started on his sandwich, still thinking.
Silver was still silent minutes later. Alain had to touch his friend on the arm to get his attention. "Sorry." The boy commented, blinking, eyes narrowing in concentration. He glanced up and saw that Alain was ready to leave. "… Okay. I'll pay, since it was my treat."
"Oh, alright." Alain was a little surprised, but remembered it had been his friend's idea to try and cheer him up. Though, it hadn't really worked, had it? Alain was still down and it looked like Silver was still trying to figure out how to impress him. "I didn't mean to, Silver."