Just breathe... ((Anouk/Hirsch))

[ode]

Hirsch,

Would you come by the house?

-Anouk

(He typed and erased that 3 times before sending.)

[praiseofblood]

Hirsch blinked in surprise before smiling.

"Sure. Want me to bring take out?

Hirsch"

[ode]

'Sounds great. My dad and mom are going out on a date around seven. You should come then.

-Anoul

[praiseofblood]

"Anouk,

All right, see you tomorrow. Do you like Chinese?

Hirsch."

[ode]

Hirsch,

Yes. See you then!

-Anouk.

The next day, Anouk saw his parents off. The was nervous about Hirsch coming over but, having never had a friend before, wanted to keep him. Heading to the sitting room, he awaited the man.

[praiseofblood]

Hirsch knocked on the door a little while later, arms full of a couple bags of chinese takeout.

[ode]

The butler answered and led him to the sitting room where Anouk waited patiently.

Anouk, who immediately rose when the man entered.

[praiseofblood]

"Hey." Hirsch smiled. "I brought Chinese and a case of beer. " he said with a grin as he went to set the food down.

[ode]

"Be-Beer?" he asked, eyes a bit wide. He'd never had any. Oh, he'd had many opportunities and his parents had even encouraged him to drink to let down his guard but he never would. He guessed there was a first time for everything.

[praiseofblood]

"Yeah, beer. I brought some Sensaforian beer, since I didn't think you'd be into the strong stuff." Hirsch said, as he set everything out. "Come on and come sit."

[ode]

Anouk immediately did as he was told, sitting next to the man and nervously waving the butler away.

[praiseofblood]

"So, I did some work on the book, and here's the file with the edits." Hirsch said, handing the chip over before opening some general so's chicken.

[ode]

Anouk felt both pleased and disappointed that their sharing a meal wasn't personal. "Umkay," he mumbled, moving to his manual AI and looking over the changed. They were all subtle and mostly just basic punctuation Anouk hadn't paid attention to. Nodding he said, "This is acceptable."

[praiseofblood]

Hirsch smiled. "Great. So, how's your day been?" He asked the male, offering him a fork and a beer.

[ode]

Taking a sip of the beer, he cleared his throat at the unique burning feel in his throat. "Um, uneventful I've just been, um, waiting for you."