The Gourmet's Lil'snack

The piano

But he wasn't in his office either. Sure those two rooms were his space. Unless...?

There was only one other place he could be, but she didn't expect him to go there nor did she even remember it for a split second. Cautiously, she returned to the tunnels and went to the hidden jazz bar.

And indeed he was there. Sitting in front of the piano, hand on the tiles but...he didn't play. He was just fixing the instrument with a bitter expression.

Thorne watched him, ears low. Maybe she should have brought the chest with her, but that would take too long now. She stepped out cautiously. "H-hey uh....dinner's ready..."

He turns his head. "Thanks for telling me but I'm not hungry," he says and closes his eyes. He let out a shaking breath before he started playing. The song started joyfully but then turned drastically, hammering the tiles. But not too loudly.

Thorne flinched each time a tile was hammered at. She fidgeted for a moment, thinking, before sighing and leaving. Part of her felt like she'd regret this later. She went to his room, got the chest, and pulled it back into the tunnels. She dragged it back to the jazz bar.

Strangely, when she left the jazz room, she couldn't hear the music anymore... And when she came back, he was still playing, sweating and almost flip in two as he was way too focused on the play.

She pulled out the chest and patiently waited. As much as she wanted to leave this or call out to get it over with, she didn't want to interrupt his moment or just ditch the chest. She listened to him play, just standing there.

The end of the song was heartbreaking but also peaceful. He finishes the song, softly pressing the tiles as he plays the final notes before turning to her and waits.

She looked down sadly as she heard the rest of the song. Somehow, she had a feeling she knew the base feelings behind it. "I....y-your song was very good by the way I just....I-I've been holding onto these for a while because....I-I wasn't sure if you'd want them or if giving them to you would only hurt you more a-and I didn't want to do that so....I.....b-but I...." She looked at the chest, then nudged it forward. "I-I figured it would be best that you have them and....choose what you want to do with them....just....I-I'm sorry....." She took a few steps away from the chest, putting some distance.

He stayed quiet but he got up, searching for the chest. He examined the plastic box but didn't open it and put it in his pockets. When he looked over the chest, his eyes were cold and expressionless. "Thanks. You should go back up." he advises since he doesn't seem in the mood to be around people before he sits down back at the piano and starts playing again with the same melancholy.

"....o-okay." Thorne watched him for another moment before leaving him be. He needed his space and she wasn't about to get in the way of that. She went to the kitchen to look out to check on the others, see who was out and home.

Kian and Alex do some small talk but they both know that something is missing or wrong. Though both of them are trying their hardest to not print that up, Alex describes that he is going out with his friends Saturday while Kian also says that she is out too with Humbert. Which means the only one to stay home will be Yin, Raymond, and Thorne.