flameandpassion | 80 [Voice] Backdated to earlier today, around 2:00 PM.

[He watches her react, a little perplexed, tilting his head slightly to the side.]

You do not sound drunk.

[Trust him. He knows. 8|]

I almost got drunk last night, but I said no.

[Rei is nothing but honest. 8| And she remains like that for a minute or two, staring at the ceiling for a moment, her breathing finally even and light, before she closes her eyes and speaks.]

Did you have fun before that disaster happened?

Good.

[Because really, Rei. After everything you've said about drinking. He pauses at the question, and gives his usual tiny shrug.]

I am not suited to parties.

Neither am I.

[She hiccups again, but it's quieter, now that her breathing is better, but she makes an irritated sound all the same.]

... but it was fun, I guess, considering. The last time I went to a party like that was because I needed to catch a youma.

I had never been to such an event.

[He is an angel of the Lord he doesn't go to parties. 8|]

I could tell.

[And she pauses for a moment before pushing herself up to sitting again, to frown at him.]

What did he say after I left?

[Castiel shrugs again slightly, leaning against the wall.]

He justified his reasons for speaking with you and claimed you were the cause of the issues by refusing to speak civilly.

[And though he knows she probably did get hostile right away, Lucifer's idea of his own civility was certainly not anyone else's. Both sides were at fault here.]

Figures.

[It's muttered, but she doesn't bother arguing. Cas had already apologized for placing the blame on her. She sees no need to prove it any further. And it makes her feel better that Cas seems to have taken her side anyway. 8|

She pauses, though, as she contemplates this, before she suddenly looks as if she's sulking, and she pushes herself backwards to sit against her pillows, irritated.]

Lucifer crashed my prom and I didn't even get kissed. I should quit being a teenager.

I told him not to bother you further. He did not entirely agree, but said that would not without reason.

[Lucifer's 'reasons' wouldn't necessarily be good ones but at least maybe they'd be better than 'she was entertaining'. At Rei's comment, he just stares, a little surprised for a moment and certainly a little baffled.]

Were you intending to be kissed?

[She doesn't look very confident at that, but she does look comforted that Castiel tried. Standing up to Lucifer isn't something a lot of people do. That someone did it for her is something she's grateful for beyond words.

-- and then Castiel kept talking.

She frowns slightly, at that, before sighing -- mostly in exasperation.]

Well -- yeah, but whatever. It's stupid. There are more important things to worry about.

There are.

[He says this in a tone of great finality, and like it's obvious.]

Who were you intending to kiss?

[John, he figures. But he should be certain.]

[She rolls her eyes at him, before focusing on the ceiling.]

My date.

[She resists the urge to say 'duh'.]

[Just this look Rei. Judging your date. And you a little.]

[She doesn't notice until she glances over -- and promptly looks affronted.]

What?

Is it customary to kiss someone you barely know on a first date?

[Don't even mention how hypocritical he is okay, don't even.]

You're walking a line that's going to get you hit.

[8|]

[This face.]

I am asking a question. There seem to be many rules about kissing and about doing so being meaningful, and you do not know him well.

[He's totally judging.]

Who says I don't know him well?

[Somewhat huffily.]

[Just this look. Do you know him well?]

What, Cas.

[Yes. She does. Bastard.]

How many times have you spoken to him?

[He mostly isn't sure about Nat okay and is generally just as unsure why Rei likes him so much for seemingly no reason. 8|]

A lot.

[She's starting to frown, now, because where is this all even coming from.]

And I've been to his house a few times -- why are you so concerned?

I don't trust him.

[It's as simple as that, really.]

I don't understand why you do.

Because I do.

[Rather simply.]

The same way I trust you, and Toushirou, and anyone else I meet in this place. He's proven himself to me. That's all I need.

Despite what you know of initial law propositions in the police force?

[That's still the breaking point for Castiel; Nat can say he 'means well' all he wants, and it actually means nothing.]

What did he do to prove himself?

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