H'llo. Th's takes pl'ce in a r'staur'nt.
He is not one to be intimidated, but the look Matthias gives him when he is about to order is so… he'll call it unexpected… that he suddenly seems to change his mind and tell the waiter he'll have… "A sandwich." Pause. "Vegetarian, please." Just in case. Whatever.
Once the (deeply confused) young waiter leaves, Norge glares at the woman across the table.
"Is there anything improper about eating salmon? Enlighten me."
Norge didn't know Matthias had the actual capacity to be smooth, but he is being caught by surprise many times today, it seems, when she replies (smoothly!) "Not really unless you mind me eating a George… or a Lukas… while you do."
The young man shudders.
She smirks, "Thought so."
…
Later, as he watches her happily devour a half-raw steak across the table, he contemplates his sandwich with a frown before deciding he might just not be very hungry today.
A/N:
Short but sweet, guys, short but sweet.
Longer stuff is coming, it's already written in fact ;)
Credit goes to my sister for suggesting mermaids shouldn't eat fish. That's clever, btw xD What do you guys think?
There is nothing deeply historical about the relationships between characters in this story, btw. It's just pure, healthy AU =D