[Alice merely smiles in the face of Karin's gentle scolding. She knew full well it was the response she was going to receive when she fetched the tea.
At least Karin seems happy to curl up together under the blanket. Alice hadn't really anticipated any differently, but it's a happy result all the same.]
I didn't beat you by too much. There was a noise outside my window that woke me up--I think a tree branch snapped from the weight of the water--and I decided not to go back to sleep.
[Alice didn't lose too much sleep to the earlier-than-planned wake up call, honestly. Like Karin, she doesn't tend to sleep in very late.
The reason the noise woke Alice up and not Karin is that Alice has been sleeping exclusively in her own room since returning from the Underground instead of splitting her nighttimes between her room and sleeping on the spare bed in Karin's. It seems like the best choice, for now, until they sort their feelings out.
If Karin has noticed the change in habit, she hasn't said anything.]
The tea and breakfast were worth getting up for. I know we had talked about Turkish coffee with the donuts, but I didn't trust myself to make it without you there.
[Alice has tried to make it exactly once based on what she's observed of Karin's attempts, and it didn't end well.]
no subject
[Alice merely smiles in the face of Karin's gentle scolding. She knew full well it was the response she was going to receive when she fetched the tea.
At least Karin seems happy to curl up together under the blanket. Alice hadn't really anticipated any differently, but it's a happy result all the same.]
I didn't beat you by too much. There was a noise outside my window that woke me up--I think a tree branch snapped from the weight of the water--and I decided not to go back to sleep.
[Alice didn't lose too much sleep to the earlier-than-planned wake up call, honestly. Like Karin, she doesn't tend to sleep in very late.
The reason the noise woke Alice up and not Karin is that Alice has been sleeping exclusively in her own room since returning from the Underground instead of splitting her nighttimes between her room and sleeping on the spare bed in Karin's. It seems like the best choice, for now, until they sort their feelings out.
If Karin has noticed the change in habit, she hasn't said anything.]
The tea and breakfast were worth getting up for. I know we had talked about Turkish coffee with the donuts, but I didn't trust myself to make it without you there.
[Alice has tried to make it exactly once based on what she's observed of Karin's attempts, and it didn't end well.]