Fool's Journey

He blinks, then goes pink. "I. What? Oh. No, no, no no no, she's, like, twelve? And. Uh. Dating Miriam. My cousin."

 

"Oh!" She blushes and laughs a bit. "So literally the bosses kid!"

 

"Yeah. Yeah, literally." He huffs. "She's a pretty cool kid."

 

"Sorry." She pats his arm gently in apology.

 

"'s alright, don't worry about it." He shrugs, pulling into the buffet. "It's time for lunch, anyway, yeah?"

 

"Hell fuckin' yes. All you can eat Stuff-Yo-Face comin' riiiight up!" She hops out, excited.

 

Nick cackles, then hops out after her, bumping a fist against hers. "Hell yes. God, I missed this place. Been mostly eating at home for waaay too long."

 

"Pop on your cereal?" She makes a face. "Did you at least get marshmallow cereal? Did you know you can buy bags of ONLY cereal 'mallows online!!"

 

He goes bright pink. "Uh. No, not marshmallow. I mean. Fuck. I can?"

 

"Yes. Yes you can." She nods, paying for both of them as they enter the buffet.

 

"...I... reaaaally need to look into that." He grins, grabbing a pair of plates and handing one to Mischa and starting to pile his plate high.

 

"You can also get caffeine gum." She nods, scooping just as much stuff onto her own plate.

 

"Pff, I don't need caffeine gum, I'm perfectly good about keeping my energy up on my own," he smiles loosely.

 

She giggles. "Yeah but it's still a thing you can get now! I ordered some! It's great for studying."

 

"Hah. Well, I'll look into it-" He pops a bit of food into his mouth as they grab a table.

 

Mischa grabs several spring rolls as they head to a table, eating two of them on the way there.

 

"Man, I'm so glad I'm not stuck on that paleo diet. Nearly got tricked into it, you know.'

 

"YOU! On a Paleo diet?" She laughs a bit... "How the hell did you almost get tricked into that?"

 

"Been tagging along on hunting trips more often. So. Kind of a 'eat what you forage and catch plan'? Then I realized it meant I'd have to dick around in the woods every single day."

 

"Oooh! That's fuckin' sweet! I'd be down for hunting... Can you get me a buck skull!?"