[Slow] Centimeters of fall (jimmysea au)

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Jimmy suddenly found himself in a Charlie Chaplin comedy film, where the main character slips on a banana peel and falls on his ass. Only instead of the peel, pasta and a slice of pizza. He presents everything in slow motion: how shoes, completely not designed for walking on slippery surfaces or, as in this case, on pasta, slip, which causes Jimmy to lose his balance and fall onto his chair, only to fall with the chair the next second, hitting his plate with vegetable pizza, which aimed to fall on his face. Jimmy even notices microscopic pieces of capers before the pizza lands on his face with a sticky sound, closing one eye.

Jimmy is lying on the floor in a stupor. It's as if the volume has been turned off in the institution, he doesn't hear anyone, although he clearly sees with his eye how people's lips move. Jimmy notices Sea, who, judging by the soothing slaps on the hand of a young waitress who seemed to be working here for the first day, was trying to explain to her that he was not angry with her. He noticed how Yin's mouth opened, who could not believe that his father was lying on the floor with a piece of pizza on his face. Ai got up from her seat to look at the awkward man on the floor.

Jimmy notices Sea looking away from the waitress and leaning over him. The pasta from his head falls onto the pizza on Jimmy's cheek. First, Sea lifts Jimmy's chair, moves it away from the aisle so as not to interfere, and then holds out his hand to Jimmy. He grabs the outstretched palm. Sea slowly reaches out his other hand to Jimmy's face and removes a slice of pizza from his face, returning it to the customer's plate. Jimmy looks at Sea's lips, who says something to him, but he doesn't hear. When the grip of the hand becomes stronger, and Sea pulls Jimmy towards himself, the volume in the institution increases, and he begins to hear all the visitors at once, but focuses only on one voice that says: "Hey, Jimmy, are you hurt too much?"

Jimmy shakes his head, looking alternately at Sea, then at his son, then to the waitress. The latter was still quite a girl, most likely a high school student, she continued to apologize to Sea, while barely holding on so as not to cry.

"It's okay, Nong, never mind," Sea assured her and took a napkin from the table and handed it to Jimmy.

Only after wiping his other eye, Jimmy sees and hears what a hubbub there is in the pizzeria. Someone is talking loudly, someone is laughing, someone is taking pictures of them. There is no one in the hall who would not look at their table.

Jimmy does not have time to utter words of gratitude to Sea, as a squeal is heard to his left and an unpleasant voice yells: "Those damn kids again!"

Jimmy turns in the direction of the voice and notices a middle-aged man with an unpleasant face twisted with horror and anger. His face is red, sweat runs down his cheeks, and when he screams, even from a distance Jimmy notices how saliva flies from his mouth.

"That damn kid again!" he yells, pointing at Sea's table.

Jimmy follows with his eyes and sees that the screaming man is pointing at Yin, who is all hunched over, only his head is visible above the table.

"What are you talking about?" Sea is perplexed and points to the floor from his side of the table. "Nong just spilled water and slipped. It's just a misunderstanding."

"These little scum did it!" The man yells in an unpleasant voice, pointing his finger at Yin and Ai.

The whole hall falls silent in anticipation. No one understands what is happening, but everyone present knew that there should be a denouement.

Jimmy and Sea simultaneously exclaim "hey!"

"How dare you call my daughter that!?" Sea's eyes are shooting lightning.