[ He audibly breathes out in a sigh of relief with the host bustling off, and he blinks, narrowing his eyes at Ren. ]
I'm not overwhelmed.
[ ... But he is, and he knows it, or seems to realise that's what this is a moment later. Shino grimaces, and corrects himself: ]
Much. Besides, cooking isn't overwhelming, and everything smells really great here. I'm fine. [ Another pause, and a more awkward: ] I'll be fine.
[ That said, he does regard the whole area where the cook will be cooking with curious eyes, relaxing in fractions when no one else is bustling over and making a fuss right away. The tea is delivered, and he turns to watch the busser delivering it, offering them a smile and a thank you. Part of it is to show how not overwhelmed he is, and the rest of it is his better nature and a sense of politeness and gratitude for service like this, which is promptly forgotten when it's someone he knows doing the serving.
this sounds appropriately horrifying tbh
I'm not overwhelmed.
[ ... But he is, and he knows it, or seems to realise that's what this is a moment later. Shino grimaces, and corrects himself: ]
Much. Besides, cooking isn't overwhelming, and everything smells really great here. I'm fine. [ Another pause, and a more awkward: ] I'll be fine.
[ That said, he does regard the whole area where the cook will be cooking with curious eyes, relaxing in fractions when no one else is bustling over and making a fuss right away. The tea is delivered, and he turns to watch the busser delivering it, offering them a smile and a thank you. Part of it is to show how not overwhelmed he is, and the rest of it is his better nature and a sense of politeness and gratitude for service like this, which is promptly forgotten when it's someone he knows doing the serving.
So it goes. ]