Day 37: In Which His Excellency Is Questioned

"What's the first thing you're doing once the pandemic is over?" Jack heard Elsa asking.

He continued to pet his cat as he gave her question a moment of consideration. "I'm buying the whole Mcdonald's menu to celebrate," he answered then glanced at her. "You?"

"Probably visiting my sister."

Jack clicked his tongue with a scowl. "Way to make me look like an ass..."

Elsa chuckled. "Sorry, I didn't mean to."

He rubbed his free hand up and down his face. "Great, now you're making me miss my sister too!"

"I said I was sorry!"

Jack leaned forward, folding his hands behind his neck and pulling his head down with a groan. His heart tightened as a wave of melancholy hit him in the face. "Fuck, I can't wait to see her again."

"How old is she?"

"She's still in college, so… somewhere in her twenties?"

Elsa hummed, and there was a hint of amusement in her voice.

He looked up to find her smirking at him. "Hey, numbers aren't really my forte."

She laughed. "Which would be what exactly?"

He leaned back, eyebrows arching up teasingly. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

"All I've learned so far is that you love trying new things, but you're also an impatient trier."

He watched her, furrowed eyebrows, and tongue trapped between his teeth as he weighed down his options. Deciding that it was worth a shot, even if only to see her reaction, he solemnly declared, "I have a proposition."

She frowned, and that crease on her forehead he was dying to trace with his fingers totally made his day. "Why do I have a bad feeling about that?"

Jack shrugged. "Come over once the quarantine is lifted."

Her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open with startlement. "Excuse me?"

He bit his lower lip. Shit, that was going better than he expected. "You wanna see my excellency at work, don't you?"

"W-what are you even talking about?" She glared at him with crossed arms, and he had to cover a laugh with a cough.

He straightened his posture, chin up, shoulders back, the epitome of nonchalance. "Well, I don't know what you were thinking, but I was talking about showing you my portfolio."

"... When you say 'portfolio', you mean the same thing as normal people, right?"

"I guess you'll have to come over to find out."