Originally Posted by Felixir

It was good to properly hear Soph's voice again, and Tobias was content to sit and listen as she told him of the recent goings-on and stuff that he'd missed. He found it a lot easier to concentrate and focus on what she was saying too, too, probably because he was so determinedly piling food into his gob and therefore had this mindless task as the only distraction. Or perhaps it was the fact that he always seemed to settle slightly after a particularly up or down episode. Either way, he wasn't complaining. Just listening. And eating. So much eating.

This was all really quite amusing, Toby thought as he reached for a goblet of pumpkin juice and started chugging it down. The whole teasing Culloden thing.

And THEN she went and mentioned the points and detention, and Toby all but choked on his drink in something halfway between a laugh and a gasp of extreme surprise. He stopped drinking, gesturing that he was fine and for her to carry on speaking. This was getting more interesting.

When she was finished, Toby just sat there looking kind of stunned for a moment, but slightly amused all the less. Culloden was confusing, that much he was sure of, and pretty unpredictable.

"Wow," Toby finally said after a pause, grinning and turning to start on his food again. "You really did have an interesting week, didn't y-"

Hugging. Hugging was happening, and that was something Toby could get on board with that. He set down his own cutlery so he could hug her right back, properly. He understood.

"Well," he said matter-of-factly. "Just so it's clear, I'm pretty sure that I'm the one that doesn't deserve you." Toby lowered his voice slightly to a murmur. "'M'sorry about... all that. I'm back now."

Originally Posted by feeheeheeny

Sophie provided Toby with the biggest bear hug she could manage before planting a kiss on his cheek and pulling away, smiling brightly all the while. She went to scoop up some more eggs with her fork when Toby said something that made her stop, look at him sternly, and gently bump into him sideways in protest. "No, Tobes." She shook her head, confused and saddened and feeling all sorts of bad. "I didn't mean - I meant he said that you didn't deserve as bad of a punishment as me." Though, now that she thought about it... before she told Culloden she had been joking, the man HAD said Toby didn't even deserve her, didn't he?

But surely he didn't mean that. He couldn't have.

"You're perfect to me." And for me. "And to set the record straight, if either of us doesn't deserve the other, I don't deserve you." So he didn't let himself go on thinking she agreed with him at all because she definitely did not. "Y'don't need to apologize for anything." She kissed his cheek again and squeezed his hand under the table, giving him a weak smile before continuing, "I jus' want you to be happy. If y'need some time to reflect and recover sometimes... y'can do that. S'okay. Life'll go on for me." Mostly. "And I'll always be here when you wanna talk or just sit together or go on a walk or adventure or whatever you want. M'here for you twenty-four hours a day. Just... if it happens again, try not to let yourself feel like you have to carry burdens on your own, okay? Lemme try to help sometimes. I'm a good cheerer-upper." Or so she thought.

"But I'm glad you're here nooow."