Cafe Fina, Sunday

[mistressofblack]

Lulu... wasn't one for Valentine's Day.

She was, however, one for the business opportunities offered by Valentine's Day. As such, she'd spent a bit of time before her shift today conscripting the dishes (and a few of her dolls) into setting up some subtle, tasteful Valentine's-themed decorations. Cafe Fina was, as always, the best casual-upscale

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[living_endless]

Didi eyed the menu hungrily as she watched for Jono, blue rose ever-so-casually tucked into the twist she'd pinned her hair up in.

He'd told her he loved her last night, and gotten her flowers. She hadn't ever had a birthday before, but she was fairly certain this one would be at the top of the charts even if it really was her seventeenth.

[furnaceface]

It wasn't that Jono was really big on being fashionably late or anything. And anyhow, it was only a couple of minutes past when he said he'd meet her here and all. It was just that... well, he'd had to locate her birthday present in among all of the other things strewn about his side of his room.

One might imagine how that could be problematic.

//Alright, so they did have black ones,// he said as he stepped up to the table, nodding down at her pleasantly, //I confess. But they were really just a very dark red. Hardly convincing as black at all.//

A beat, and then he was pulling up a seat and sitting down across from her.

//Good evening, luv. Happy birthday.//

[living_endless]

"The blue shows up more in my hair," Didi volunteered, patting it (and checking the bobby pins were still there). "I like it. It's unique."

"And thank you," she added. "I feel much, much older."

No, she didn't.

[furnaceface]

//Amazing, th'difference a day makes, innit?// He was doing that smiling thing again. With his eyes.

Seventeen? That ought to make him feel good and ancient come his own birthday, when he would be turning nineteen.

//Yer look lovely, though. I think the blue suits yer.//

[new_to_liirness]

Liir was of course, hoping to see Miss Lulu, but mostly he was here to take Joan out to dinner.

"I always feel a bit odd coming here, but the menu looked to be the best on the island for today."

[joan_notjane]

Joan nodded. "Plus I did tell you that I wanted to meet Miss Lulu sometime."

[mistressofblack]

"Liir!" Lulu said, smiling brightly, as she came around the counter. "It's good to see you! Are you here for dinner?"

She smiled at Joan, too. "Hello, I'm Lulu, the new proprietor of Cafe Fina."

[new_to_liirness]

Liir actually bowed just a little before gesturing to Joan.

"We are here for dinner, and for introductions. This would be Joan, Miss Lulu. We are mimes together. Tonight. And usually."

[stayingfrosty]

Price was very well aware of what day it was, and that the timing had led to the delay of their date.

That didn't mean he couldn't show up and catch a meal, right?

He stood by the inside of the entrance, dressed in a nice blue shirt and grey trousers with proper dress shoes and everything. Not a lick of his outfit actually looked military, for once.

But there he waited, hoping to be led to a table.

[mistressofblack]

"Captain Price!" Lulu exclaimed. "I'd not expected to see you this evening."

She was totally checking him out; the outfit, she thought, was most distinctly flattering. "May I invite you to take a table?" she asked, moving around the counter.

[stayingfrosty]

"You may," Price said, smiling at her. "Otherwise I'd have to stand and be hungry at whoever walked past. That would be awful."

[mistressofblack]

Lulu couldn't help but laugh. "Yes, I rather suppose it would," she agreed. "Please, this way," Lulu added, leading Price to a table by the window. "Can I start you with something to drink tonight?"