Iris couldn’t help but smile as she watched Cas shuffle his feet, noting the slight reddening of his cheeks. It felt good to see him react like that, watch him feel bashful over compliments from her. I just wish we could be alone. Biting the bottom of her lip as she tried not to fidget because she wanted to be close to him. A part of her didn’t know what was worse, being in lockdown away from him for a week or having him in the same room and not being able to express her feelings openly because no one knew.
“Customary for you maybe.” Iris commented rolling her eyes at Miles as he seemed to overreact at her comment on not liking his ideas, finding herself smirking because she knew how to wind him up. “Not that I had much to celebrate back home, but when we did, we certainly didn’t pop a bottle of champagne.”
Shaking her head at how Miles claimed it would be fun she knew she didn’t drink as much as they had that night, but she knew she couldn’t stomach such a thing. That and her own personal demons when it came to alcohol, she just didn’t touch the stuff, she was actually quite surprised she had let herself go that night and participated like she had. “I wouldn’t say hardier background… more spoilt?” Teasing Miles with a smirk on her face, it was a light-hearted comment still joking around with him and in no way did she mean the word spoilt maliciously.
When Cas piped up about what had happened, she felt her smile drop, although she knew it was in good humour and she had to remind herself of that fact. It was true, Cas had endured a lot and he was definitely hardier than Miles considering, but even with the gibe the reminder that he had been beaten almost to death was a painful one. Hesitating briefly, she composed herself knowing that it was silly to get worked up over it, that was now in the past and they were both safe. “Well I think I’m much hardier than you both put together.” Boldly making a comment of her own as she tried to put the smile back on her face, “I managed to step in a bear trap and lose my memories at the same time.”
Glancing over a Miles as he spoke about inviting Jay to do the fun stuff, she had to stop the sigh from leaving her lips. It was just another person thrown into the mix, another person that was stopping her and Cas from being alone together. It was hard not to feel disheartened as she knew that everyone was just trying to help, but she just wanted to talk to Cas alone.
“Oh! Luigis was it?” Grinning at the idea of going there, she had remembered him saying how it was one of the best pizza places around and they had agreed to go together. “Didn’t I owe you that? Or was it just drinks? I definitely owe you a lot.”