So, there were a few ways she could react to this.
One was just keep standing here and making things really awkward.
The other was.... um. .... Well, she'd just keep standing here for the moment until the other way came to mind.
It wasn't some sort of horrific world-bending shock-- Heather wasn't sheltered, she'd been acquainted with The Gay, and to be honest, Otacon had always come off as a little.... well, fruity to her anyway. That was chill.
What did surprise her was .... well, IT JUST WASN'T WHAT SHE WAS EXPECTING TO WALK BACK IN ON, OKAY?
Give her brain a moment to catch up with her.
.... Okay, it's caught up.
First things first, Otacon. She can smell the sake from here (it's pungent stuff, after all), and her first, immediate concern, as after-school-special as it sounded, was 'He's totally drunk. Is he being taken advantage of, and if so, in what way?'
He proceeded to answer her question by being woobly and cheerful and off-topic and obviously not upset about the fact that he'd had Liquid's mouth all over his face at all. Heather's previously-written mental note (now old and a little wrinkled from the time in between now and that long-ago day where they'd all gotten stupidly drunk together in Violet) that Otacon was hilarious and adorable while drunk was reinforced.
Crisis averted, the nerd was okay. ... Totally schnockered, but okay.
"... What? ... I-- ... oh. Thank you." Awww he brought food for her. Too bad that didn't make this any less awkwaaaard.
SECOND CONCERN.
She turned her attention to Liquid and gave him a very pointed look.
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One was just keep standing here and making things really awkward.
The other was.... um. .... Well, she'd just keep standing here for the moment until the other way came to mind.
It wasn't some sort of horrific world-bending shock-- Heather wasn't sheltered, she'd been acquainted with The Gay, and to be honest, Otacon had always come off as a little.... well, fruity to her anyway. That was chill.
What did surprise her was .... well, IT JUST WASN'T WHAT SHE WAS EXPECTING TO WALK BACK IN ON, OKAY?
Give her brain a moment to catch up with her.
.... Okay, it's caught up.
First things first, Otacon. She can smell the sake from here (it's pungent stuff, after all), and her first, immediate concern, as after-school-special as it sounded, was 'He's totally drunk. Is he being taken advantage of, and if so, in what way?'
He proceeded to answer her question by being woobly and cheerful and off-topic and obviously not upset about the fact that he'd had Liquid's mouth all over his face at all. Heather's previously-written mental note (now old and a little wrinkled from the time in between now and that long-ago day where they'd all gotten stupidly drunk together in Violet) that Otacon was hilarious and adorable while drunk was reinforced.
Crisis averted, the nerd was okay. ... Totally schnockered, but okay.
"... What? ... I-- ... oh. Thank you." Awww he brought food for her. Too bad that didn't make this any less awkwaaaard.
SECOND CONCERN.
She turned her attention to Liquid and gave him a very pointed look.
It wasn't angry, but it did say very clearly:
YOU GOT SOME 'SPLAININ' TO DO, BRO.