The hat tip makes Reo smile as he nods back, deciding on the spot that he quite likes this woman.
He showers as quickly as he can while still being thorough, curtailing his post-shower routine. The only things he spends any extra time on are making sure the clothes he changes into are neat and unwrinkled (it's only polite to make yourself presentable when going to meet someone) and putting on some eyeliner.
(He loves eyeliner, and he loves that so few people in American cities even look twice when he wears it. Even his teammates, steeped as they are in the concentrated machismo that comes with playing sports, have accepted this part of his post-game routine as inevitable.)
As he's finishing up, Grayson comes over, looking serious.
"You sure about this, Mibuchi?" he asks. "She practically threatened you."
"I'm sure, Captain," he answers. "I won't go anywhere I don't know with her." He's curious, not stupid.
Grayson still doesn't look especially thrilled, but: "Okay. I guess you're a big boy, you can take care of yourself."
Reo smiles. "Yes. But thank you for your concern."
He makes it outside twenty-two minutes after going into the locker room.
"I apologize for keeping you waiting, Ms Dresden." (A couple of weeks into the semester, a female classmate corrected him earnestly on his use of Miss for unmarried women, and he took the correction very much to heart.) "Thank you for your patience."
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He showers as quickly as he can while still being thorough, curtailing his post-shower routine. The only things he spends any extra time on are making sure the clothes he changes into are neat and unwrinkled (it's only polite to make yourself presentable when going to meet someone) and putting on some eyeliner.
(He loves eyeliner, and he loves that so few people in American cities even look twice when he wears it. Even his teammates, steeped as they are in the concentrated machismo that comes with playing sports, have accepted this part of his post-game routine as inevitable.)
As he's finishing up, Grayson comes over, looking serious.
"You sure about this, Mibuchi?" he asks. "She practically threatened you."
"I'm sure, Captain," he answers. "I won't go anywhere I don't know with her." He's curious, not stupid.
Grayson still doesn't look especially thrilled, but: "Okay. I guess you're a big boy, you can take care of yourself."
Reo smiles. "Yes. But thank you for your concern."
He makes it outside twenty-two minutes after going into the locker room.
"I apologize for keeping you waiting, Ms Dresden." (A couple of weeks into the semester, a female classmate corrected him earnestly on his use of Miss for unmarried women, and he took the correction very much to heart.) "Thank you for your patience."