[ Xichen, on the other hand, shrinks in on himself in the crowd. Just a little. He's never been a person who's shown his emotions much, after all. Not most of them, and not very obviously, at least.
They settle at a table, one very different from ones they are used to, strange to sit with feet dangling down but everyone seems to, and they wait.
It takes... a long moment before Xichen braves looking around himself, to see if there is any problem with the service.
The way the place moves is... very different. Fast-paced, but it is not only that. There are people who only go in, talk with someone at the counter, take a large, strange-looking cup, and go out, without even sitting down. Others talk, then wait, then take a cup, and then go out, or go sit. Some even bring their own cups to be filled.
All the staff he can see for a little while are those behind the little counter, which is made of ... something transparent, behind which there are pastries of various kinds.
He may have gotten fascinated observing and forgotten what he was trying to see. ]
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They settle at a table, one very different from ones they are used to, strange to sit with feet dangling down but everyone seems to, and they wait.
It takes... a long moment before Xichen braves looking around himself, to see if there is any problem with the service.
The way the place moves is... very different. Fast-paced, but it is not only that. There are people who only go in, talk with someone at the counter, take a large, strange-looking cup, and go out, without even sitting down. Others talk, then wait, then take a cup, and then go out, or go sit. Some even bring their own cups to be filled.
All the staff he can see for a little while are those behind the little counter, which is made of ... something transparent, behind which there are pastries of various kinds.
He may have gotten fascinated observing and forgotten what he was trying to see. ]