Noel’s French 101: Basic Phrases, Class 1
Date: 2025-08-13 20:03
(Noel’s French 101: Basic Phrases, Class 1)
[Wed Aug 13 2025]
A Musty Basement Seminar Room/span
The Plymouth Seminar Room occupies a windowless corner of the basement, its
low ceiling supported by exposed pipes that occasionally emit soft clicking
sounds as they expand and contract. Fluorescent lights cast an uneven glow
across rows of wooden chairs with attached writing tablets, their surfaces
marked by decades of student use. The walls, painted institutional beige,
display water stains near the corners where moisture has seeped through the
foundation. A heavy wooden table sits at the front of the room, its dark
surface reflecting the overhead lights in distorted patterns. The air carries
a persistent mustiness despite the ventilation grates set into the walls, and
the temperature remains several degrees cooler than the floors above. Cork
boards line one wall, their surfaces dotted with faded announcements and
peculiar symbols drawn in chalk that seem to shift slightly in peripheral
vision. The door, reinforced with a small wire-glass window, closes with a
weight that suggests its age and the settling of the building around it./span
It is about 60F(15C) degrees. The mist is heaviest At Maple and Blackstone/span
“… Most of that was incorrect, Monsieur Kai,” Noel regrets to inform Kai softly as he stands by the chalkboard with pretty purple chalk in hand, pastel in colour similar to lavendar and waiting to write. “Bonjour, class!” he calls out pleasantly as more people begin to filter in, leaving him smiling from ear to ear with a pleasant expression upon his face. “Most of you know moi! For those that don’t, I am Monsieur Noel Deveraux! I am your French professor, as well as dealing with you all in matters of hospitality, business, customer service, and visual arts!” he reveals, twisting up his hips for a moment as he writes his name on the chalkboard. Once he is done, he turns back to Kai and sighs softly. “Oui, monsieur, I take ma petit chiens to le groomer now and then to get styled. It is pretty, non? Tres cute!
Kai gets up and grabs a handful of croissants, he football chucks one to Jasper and rejoins Nemi and Kaelyn, offering one to each of them as he retakes his seat.
Justine strides in, hands in her pockets. She gives a look at one of the yelping pomeranians.
“Thanks,” Jasper tells Kai as he catches a croissant. He holds it in one hand while he rests his arms on the desk before he glances at his phone and goes to move himself to sit at the middle row.
Kaelyn takes the croissant in hand, bobbing her head in thanks. Her attention turns to Noel and the lovely shade of purple he is writing in.
Kai nods to Kaelyn and Jasper firmly, he grins at Jasper when he comes down to join the group and two-fingered salutes Justine.
Justine returns the salute, then leans back in her chair, pulling her feet up on the backrest of the one in front of her.
Kai lowers his phone to his thigh so he can glance at it but he tries to pay attention as he looks to Noel.
“For this class we will slow down our pace and begin with the basic vocabulary you would use around New Haven to describe your daily life!!” Noel announces, twisting back around and pointing to the vocabulary list on the chalkboard before continuing. “Last wee I gave you these words to practice! So, let us begin with repeating and translating. I will say the word, class, and you all will repeat it and translate it- let us see if you have done your homework, non?” asks the French whore, smiling still as he begins to rattle off words one by one. “Homme!”
“Homme!” Kai calls out, trying to mimic Noel’s accent, but it sounds terrible.
Nemi nodd, calling out “Homme!” It sounds vaguely french, but it’s better then it could have been.
“Home-me… Homme,” Jasper replies, attempting to pronounce it with his own baritone while he watches Noel.
“Uh huh huh huh,” Kai French laughs after the others have tried their own attempts at the word and takes a bite out of the croissant.
“Homme means ‘man’, oui? So, then next I will say ‘femme’!” Noel explains as he moves his piece of chalk, going in no particular order before he shfits to the next word, giving the students just enough time to both repeat the word and give its English translation. “Garcon!” he calls out next, followed by his sweet-spoken voice declaring: “Fille!” he looks out over the crowd expectantly, hoping that they are picking up on the accent as well as have remembered what each word means in English.
Kaelyn chuckles softly, tucking her phone away. That did not help the deer in the headlight expression at the mention of homework. “Homme?” She says with the certainty of a newborn foal, her voice sounding awkward as she brutalizes the word. Each following word gets the same treatment, the woman’s eyes falling to the the chair in front of her.
Nemi nods softly, clear enthusiasm on her face, quickly rattling off the words as she taps her fingers. “Femme…. Garcon, Fille!” Great work, not as good, and then more great work, someone practiced the female ones at least.
“Garcon! Coffee!” Kai imitates a line from a movie and goes on to say, “Femme fille!” he repeats, his accent’s all wrong but the pronunciation is close enough.
“Femme…” Jasper continues to repeat with attempted pronounciations. “Garcon. Fill-lay? Fille…”
Kai mutters under his breath, “Garcon means boy.”
“Femme means ‘woman’ or ‘wife’,” Noel explains to the class as he points to Justine, indicating her as the senior of the present women. “Fille means girl, or daughter,” he says then gesturing in Nemi’s direction and pronouncing the word similar to ‘feel’. “Garcon, means ‘boy’,” the femboy teacher goes on to say, his chalk drifting in Kai’s direction as the word is pronounced ‘Gahr-sohn’. “Kai es un garcon. Kai is a boy. Justine es une femme- Justine is a woman!” he reveals, clapping his hands together.
“Chat means?” he goes on, pronounces ‘sheh’. “Chiens means?” he rattles off next, clapping his hands together to an imaginary beat that he has made up in his head for his class to keep up with, perhaps it will assist with memorization. “Cheval! It means ‘horse’!” he says, his eyes trailing towards Kai with no small amount of pride for his correct answer, however softly whispered. “Very good! Tres magnifique!”
“I only knew it because I like Pulp Fiction,” Kai admits to Noel and adds to the fellow, “Kai es un Homme baby. All homme,” he puffs out his chest.
Justine looks sleepy and with her mind elsewhere but still raises her hand even waves a bit as Noel singles her out as a Femme.
Kaelyn nods along more silently, attempting to absorb the information. Her lips move, but the lack of confidence means she doesn’t let a sound come. Though, green eyes drifted to the door as if drawn away by something before her head shakes and the gaze returns to the board.
Nemi noded softly as she juts down a few notes.
Jasper nods slowly as he continues to watch and listen to Noel.
“Very good!” Noel cheers for his class, in particular Kai who seems to know at least one French word, even if it is from the movies. “Now, please repeat, there are a few more words we will need before we move on to the next series of exercises! “Un is masculine, une is feminine, both mean ‘a’!” he explains, writing out MASCULINE and FEMININE on the board once more happily. “C’est means ‘it’s’, and ‘je’ means ‘I’,” he goes on, casting his gaze upon Jasper and approaching slowly on bare feet, his hips swaying idly from side to side as he approaches the student. “Suis means ‘am’, and ‘et’ means ‘and’, do you all understand?” wonders the French professor as he pauses in front of Jasper, looking over the gathered class in preparation of a demonstration. “Mange means ‘is eating’ and manges means ‘are eating’, remember this! You will need it!
“Professor Noel es un Homme manges!” Kai bursts out laughing after he speaks his translation and looks aside to the others, he takes another bite of croissant.
“Yes,” Jasper nods, seeing Noel approach with a small blush on his face. “Like, ‘je mange?'”
Kaelyn was clearly getting more lost as the lesson continues. Her eyes following the movement as she tried to force her mouth to work with the strange words.
Nemi hums and nods softly… think and smiling. Humming a bit as she tries to think. “Je Suis Mademoiselle Nemi?”
Noel’s right index finger dips below Jasper’s chin, curling beneath it and gently tilting it upwards as he stares down at the student with a subtle, seductive smile. “Jasper es un joli garcon,” says the French professor sweetly, translating it to: “Jasper is a pretty boy, oui?” That being said, he requests the class do the following, “Please translate these sentences for me with the information I have given you now!” He points at Nemi in confirmation of what she has said, though between Jasper and Kai who don’t quite seem to grasp their verbs, he just chuckles to let them know that they are close, but no cigar.
“TranslatE!” he repeats. “Un homme et un garcon!” he says first, followed by, “Un garcon! and finally “Garcon!” breaking the sentence down into smaller and more manageable pieces as he goes.
Noel’s right index finger dips below Jasper’s chin, curling beneath it and gently tilting it upwards as he stares down at the student with a subtle, seductive smile. “Jasper es un joli garcon,” says the French professor sweetly, translating it to: “Jasper is a pretty boy, oui?” That being said, he requests the class do the following, “Please translate these sentences for me with the information I have given you now!” He points at Nemi in confirmation of what she has said, though between Jasper and Kai who don’t quite seem to grasp their verbs, he just chuckles to let them know that they are close, but no cigar.
“TranslatE!” he repeats. “Un homme et un garcon!” he says first, followed by, “Un garcon!” and finally “Garcon!” breaking the sentence down into smaller and more manageable pieces as he goes.
“Uuuuh… a man and a boy… a boy… and boy?” Kai guesses, “I forgot what et means,” he admits and looks to Kaelyn, “What’s et mean?” he asks her.
Kaelyn looks back and then at the board. “And,” She nods, “It would have to be and to make sense.” Though she rubs her cheek a bit uncertainly.
Nemi nods firmly. “A man and a boy. A boy. Boy.” She states as she nods softly. “Et Is ‘and’ Kai.” She states with a smile to Kai.
Jasper’s blushes grows as he repeats the words.
“Un chat et un homme!” Noel continues for the class to translate, seeming pleased as the students and Justine all interact with one another, helping each other to learn, and though his class is small, he seems… Happy. Happy that people have come, that they are interacting, that they care, even a modicum. “Now from English to French! Translate ‘a boy and a cat’ for me, please! I would like to hear how good you all have gotten!” But he continues on, not stopping there, saying, “Une femme et un homme! Je suis un garcon! Je suis une femme!” And, finally, as he clears his throat and returns to the chalkboard, “‘I am a girl’ means?”
Nemi nods firmly, taking a quick moment to think as she smiles and nods. “A cat and a man!” She states, nodding firmly. “Un garcon et un chat” and then she hums softly. “A woman and a man! I am a boy-…. I am a Gi- woman!….” She seems lost on the last part as she takes a bit to translate it, seemingly a bit thrown off. “Je suis une….. Fille…. Yes Fille is right I believe.”
“‘Un garcon et un chat,'” Jasper repeats, slowly with each pronounciation. “‘I am a girl’… Je suis… une fille?”
Kai mumbles something under his breath and shakes his head, “Nope, I’m lost again,” he sighs and chews on his croissant as he looks around the room, he decides to copy Nemi and repeats after her belatedly.
Kaelyn shifts in her seat, “A cat? and a man.” She chews her lip, “Une woman and a man? Then something -a boy.” Her eyes fall to her hand, “-a woman. Which goes into, uh, un? Une Filly?” The woman’s brows are scrunched together as she once more can’t get the word to sound in anyway right.
“Tres magnifique, Nemi! You are une naturale!” Noel tells Nemi sweetly, clapping his hands together for her, especially when she quickly fixes her blunder between girl and woman, and finds a separation in the two. “So smart, you pick this up quickly! Jasper, you are doing well, keep it up! I know this language is not easy, but it is a language of love, and love is hard!” he announces, smirking at both students before starting to continue on. “Now, some of you may have noticed Professor…” his voice trails off, catching in his throat before he clears it, a bit of phlegm having gathered there. “Professor Matias… Has shown you a magic trick recently, some of you. So, you will find that some statements can also be questions!” He turns towards the chalkboard, writing out: TU ES UN CHAT? TU ES UN CHAT! Then, he turns back towards the class. “We have roughly ten minutes left to ourselves. These statements are spelled the same, but the punctuation is important. Tu es un chat? Are you a cat? Versus! Tu es un chat! You are a cat!” he explains sweetly.
“Tu es un wolfie,” Kai informs Kaelyn, “Tu es un sloth,” he informs Nemi.
Justine checks her phone and pushes up from her chair slowly. “Excooze moa, miss yew Professor.” she says to Noel, butchering the accent, skinning it and leaving it to smoke over a fire. Drained and colorless in face she bumbles toward the door.
Kaelyn gives a small breath her head tilting, “Une wolfie?”
Nemi nods softly as she listens. Noting something down in her notebook. “I see-” she states and nods softly. She turns her head to Kai. “Tu es un putain, Garcon.”
“What’s putain mean again?” Kai asks Nemi but he also nods at Kaelyn in agreement and looks after the blonde who left, “Tu es un homme!” he tells Jasper.
Nemi smiles softly, knowingly as she looks towards Noel. “I believe I am learning to like learning another language…. may try to learn German after this.”
“Tu es un garcon!” Jasper replies towards Kai.
Nemi hums as she looks towards Noel. “What is ‘called’ in french?”
“Does anyone have any questions or compliments before we go?” Noel asks the class, his voice carrying as he forgoes the use of the word ‘comments’- clearly he thinks he has made no mistakes. When Nemi poses her question, however, he looks to her and says, “It depends on which homonym you are using for ‘called’, but generally you will say ‘apele’, mon ami,” he answers with a smile and a wink in her direction.
“I don’t have questions but I want to compliment you on letting this be interactive because a lot of the times people just drone at us and that’s super boring,” Kai offers to Noel.
Nemi nods softly. Turning to Kai she states. “Je apele tu un male putain.”
“Professor what is Nems calling me? I assume it’s something rude but I’m not sure,” Kai calls to Noel.
Nemi nods after saying that. Sadly she cannot convey an A with a ^ above it.
Kaelyn gives a little nod of agreement, “I may not have got all of it, but it was a fun class.”
“She is calling you a man whore,” the real man whore informs Kai with a faint chuckle, his eyes dancing between Kai and Nemi adoringly before he releases the class, letting the students file out one by one. “Alright, everyone, I think that is enough for tonight- Kai, thank you… It means a lot that you have enjoyed the interaction with me. I… Do appreciate your words. You are a sweet boy, but I will tell no one lest your secret be revealed,” the prostitute promises, hand over his heart before he starts to clear off the board line by line. “Please make sure you all speak to Professor Matias in French so that he is confused! Bonus points if you call him a cat. Next week we will reaffirm some of the words we discussed today, and work on forming complete sentences about food! So be prepared to work your minds and make sure you practice, practice, practice!!” Noel warns them al.
Nemi nods firmly, putting her notebook away with a soft hum, as she nods firmly when she zips her bag up.
“Please have a good rest of your weeks, and a good weekend!” Noel says with a wave!
[OOC]: At this time, if anyone wants to learn second language French through the ‘taught’ training method from Noel, you may!
Kai looks aside to Nemi, “That’s pretty rude,” he informs her.
“That was a fun lesson, Professor Noel,” Jasper beans a smile towards Noel, rising up from his seat. “Thanks.
Nemi shrugs softly. “Says the one calling me a sloth unprovoked.”
Nemi says “At least I waited for provocation.“
Kaelyn frowns a little, slipping her phone from her pocket. “Thank you for class,” She calls before moving to the hallway.
Kai stands up and stretches, he takes another bite of his pastry and glances at the others, but shakes his head, “I need protein not carbs,” he gives a two-fingered salute to Noel and waves at Nemi and Jasper, heading out.
Nemi smiles but chuckles a bit as well as she stands and prepares to leave as she waves softly.
Gabriel says “Alright we’re doing this the fun way.“
Gabriel says “Who wants to help jump him?“
Dovie blinks in surprise, turning to Cameron and Gabriel.
Cameron rubs his jaw, “The fuck.”
Noel says “Now, Monsieur, surely you can handle such a small creature on your own? With your shirt off? You may borrow mon sword if you like, I have it with me.“
Cameron says “Fuck this.“
Gabriel says “I’m impressed he at-“
Gabriel rubs his jaw in and goes to deliver another punch, landing it square on someone’ nose.
Dovie moves away from the barstool, “Oh dear.”
Gabriel rubs his jaw a few times, “He got me when I was talking. Bastard.”
Gabriel says “Shit.. Who wants to give me a ride?“
Dovie offers a bottle from her purse to Gabriel.
Gabriel says “Stop 286.“
Noel says “I can, though I do have ma own car. I would like to watch… Demon blood and all, oui?“
Gabriel says “I’m just going to let chat know where he is. They can deal with him.“
Noel says “Oui, to give Monsieur Gabriel a ride. I believe she may be back, but am unsure.“
Obadiah says “Ah ok that makes sense“
Nemi chuckles softly. “Probably should tell her you were just making sure I knew about Sophie and Kai.” She states with a smile.
Nemi says “Which- Unsure why that is’nt that bad. At least kai acts like a better person with her.“
Nemi chuckles, shrugging softly.
Noel says “I shall be back, non? I need to answer this call.“
Gabriel walks back in dripping wet and shaking out a hand, “Well. That was fun.”
Dovie slides over towards Obadiah, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
Gabriel says “Oh shit..“
Obadiah says “Be right back“
Obadiah returns the kiss and bounces
Dovie nods at Noel. “To be fair, I was asleep earlier. But anyhow, Sandcastles! I’m throwing a competition in two Sundays!”
Nemi chuckles a small bit and raises an eyebrow. “Am I missing something?” She asks clearly. “Ooo…. sandcastles sounds like a cool competition.”
“I do non like playing in le sand… But I am open to watching others do so,” Noel says haughtily, turning his attention fully onto Dovie with a little giggle that is covered by one of his dainty hands. “Then again… I have never played in sand before. Perhaps it will be fun.
Dovie grins at Noel. “You may as well come! Participation is free.”
Nemi gives a soft little giggle. “Everyone’s doing taxi work nowadays it seems…”
Noel says “Oui… I do enjoy Obie, even if we do non talk much. I try to, but perhaps he thinks I am coming onto him..?“
Nemi nods softly in agreement.
Noel says “Both! “
Dovie nods at Noel, “To be fair we just met recently, but we should change that! Where are you from?”
Nemi nods softly.
Nemi says “Do we know who the corpse is?“
Nemi says “Right- There will hopefully be a funeral non the less.“
Dovie eavesdrops, nodding along with Nemi.
Noel orders a drink from the bar, treating it as his tea as he reads the chatroom, enthralled. “Mon Dieu, New Haven truly has endless entertainment…
Nemi shrugs softly. “Corpse was found by- Someone earlier. Hopefully not one that just sat there since the full moon…”
Dovie says “Goodnight! “
“Oh, that reminds me- I am so sorry, mon cherie, I forgot to tell you- I am from Paris, France, though I was born in Marseille,” Noel corrects to Dovie quickly enough.
Dovie nods at Noel and then at Nemi. “Thank you,” she says to the latter, before asking Noel. “You teach, right? At the university?”
“Oui, I teach French, as well as hospitality, visual arts, and business,” Noel tells Dovie with a smile, then leans over slightly and gestures his hand towards Nemi, explaining to her, “Nemi here is ma best student! She attends every class and is picking up French quite quickly.
Dovie brightens up for a moment, “Oh what kind of visual art?” She turns to Nemi. “Fantastic! What have you learned so far?”
Nemi nods firmly. “Enough to confuse Matias during his next class and I called Kai a male prostitute.” She states with a firm nod. “Going to spend some free time trying to learn some words but may wait for classes for any bulk…”
Dovie raises an eyebrow at Nemi. “What the word for that?”
Nemi nods softly. “Putain. If I remember right-.”
“Poutain de homme,” Noel tells Dovie and Nemi both with a little smirk on his lips and a twinkle in his eyes. “Man whore.”
Dovie giggles at Noel and Nemi. “I learned something new today!”
Nemi nods softly as she’s corrected, opening her bag, removing a notebook, she opens the larger section that sticks out the back, reaching a hand in to softly pet something in the pet carrier rest section, part, before she zips it closed and takes some notes before stashing the notebook.
Noel says “I am, oui! They are a guilty pleasure of mine, and I also have ma own vineyard.“
Kai wanders over to the bar, hand in hand with Sophie and takes a seat, he gives a half-moon wave to Dovie, Noel and Nemi, “Hey guys.
Dovie waves to Kai and Sophie. “Nemi and Noel were teaching some fun French words.”
Sophie waves to the group, “Hello!” She gives, “What we learning?”
Sophie says “Oooh! “
“Justine’s okay, resting at home,” Kai tells Sophie and looks to Annabelle, to whom he waves, he runs his fingers up and down Sophie’s back, “French was surprisingly fun,” he admits.
“I can recommend ma favourite, first of all, which is a 1996 Chateua d’Yquem,” Noel tells Dovie, slipping his hands down into his lap while still holding his phone, twisting his lips in thought before turning to look back up at her. “It is very honey-gold in colour, so tres unique, it reminds me of my hair, non? And tastes of apricot and candied oranges and toasted almonds… So sweet,” he relays, sighing softly as he melts at the thought, then smiles faintly at Sophie. “You are alright, mon ami. People had fun and interacted, even if it was small.
Dovie pulls out her phone and takes down the name. “Oh excellent! I’ll have my people look into that immediately! Sweet wine is lovely.”
Annabelle rolls in, but politely pops her board up just short of the entryway. “Lana found her, then?” She asks to Kai. “She was worried about her. Gosh, I swear Justine is in the Emergency Room every other day.”
Kai nods at Annabelle, “This time she got hit by a car though so… yeah,” he winces.
Dovie scrolls through some photos of the bottle, “Oh this is gorgeous!” she tells Noel. “Reminds me of the Whispering Angel we have, but golden orange.”
Dovie waves to Obadiah. “hey darling.”
Nemi nods softly. She chuckles a bit and sighs after. Turning to Annabelle. “It’ll happen a lot- I remember when I was in the emergency room every other week….”
Obadiah walks in and plops down at the bar next to Dovie. “Orderites. Hand Jobs,” he greets everyone
Annabelle returns a vaguely sheepish smile to Nemi. “Yeah, right. I mean, I’ve been a patient as much as a nurse at the hospital by this point.”
Dovie rolls her eyes at Obadiah, and shows him a picture of a golden bottle of wine on her phone, “Look at this! Noel just recommended it. I may get it in stock for the liquor store.”
Kai gives a two-fingered salute to Obadiah and asks Dovie, “Are you and Sophie acquainted? She’s been trying to make more friends,” he looks to Annabelle, “Maybe you too.”
“Oh very interesting,” Obadiah says glancing at his phone briefly before smirking at Kai, “I know Sophie.”
Kai nods to Obadiah, “Yeah I know you do,” he agrees, lifting his brow a little at Obadiah.
Noel says “I would like to fight Obie.“
Dovie raises an eyebrow at Noel. “Are you sure about that?”
“Non,” Noel decides to Dovie almost immediately after, upturning his nose at the very thought of engaging in fisticuffs. “But the fights at Gym and Tonic looked so fun. I would like to try it some day, perhaps, non? I bet I would look so cute throwing a punch one day.
Obadiah blinks a Noel and then relaxes, “Oh… Ok. Yes we can fight sometime.”
Kai rubs at Sophie’s upper back lightly and murmurs to her, “Want anything, honey? My treat. You had a rough day.”
Sophie snuggles into Kai and looks at the menu, “Oooh! Punch?”
“Were you worried I was upset at you?” Noel asks Obadiah with a cheeky little grin, his lovely hazel eyes glittering. “I would never hurt you, Monsieur Obie, not intentionally.
Sitting the trucks of her skateboard against the counter, leaning against the grip tape of her board, Annabelle raises a palm up in a shrug. “I- I guess? Yeah, I mean, if it works out. Friends are kinda a vibe-thing, right? D- don’t we live together, Sophie? I haven’t seen you around.”
“You got it,” Kai tells Sophie and orders the big bowl of booze, pushing it over to Sophie, a little grin on his lips, he looks from her to Annabelle, “Oh you live with those two too? Or those three, I guess.”
Obadiah stands and gives Noel a hug, “As promised mon amie.” Before ruffling Sophie’s hair and giving Nemi a warm smile and a wink. “Alright you lot. Papa Obie is sleepy and I have spirits to summon.” He glances to Dovie, “Coming with?”
“I’m trying to hook you up with more friends, Dovie seems nice and Anna is… also… fine,” Kai smirks at Annabelle teasingly and waves to Obadiah, “Later,” he looks aside to Dovie, “See you if you’re leaving too.”
Dovie nods and follows Obadiah, waving to everyone. “Goodnight all!”
Obadiah hugs Sophie at her complaints and then makes a round to hug Nemi. Affectionate guy tonight
“I’m the best.” Annabelle mutters to Kai, bumping a fit of weight into the counter. “But, yeah. Lotsa girls and Ambrose.”
She waves to the pair, and continues to Sophie, “Sure! I haven’t had much of an appetite recently. Maybe I’ll try to eat more.”
“Oooh so Ambrose has the harem.. interesting…” Kai considers and looks to Sophie and back to Annabelle, “Good… go know,” he smirks a little.
Sophie giggles as she gets a hug and then gives Kai a kiss.
Noel returns to quietly sipping his ‘tea’, listening as he pretends to text on his phone.
Kai leans in to kiss Sophie back gently, “You’re very cute,” he looks to Noel and Nemi, “What about you two, going to be friends with Sophie if you aren’t already?”
“Oooo… I forgot about your lack of belly button,” Kai adds as he peers down at Annabelle’s stomach thoughtfully, “I’d love to do some experiments on you. How do you feel about letting me take a sample of your blood?” he asks Annabelle, tilting his head. He looks to Sophie again though and asks, “Did you want anything to eat?”
Sophie lifts her brow, “Whoa. Wait what.” She looks at Annabelle, “No bellybutton.”
Annabelle says “Not born. Bye.“
Sophie grins at Kai, “I already like Nemi and Noel is pretty fantastic.”
Noel says “Are we not already friends?“
Noel says “I cannot believe this!“
Kai holds his hand up and rolls his fingers almost like he’s about to do a chef’s kiss, “You say it respect-o!” in a very bad Italian accent impression.
Noel says “Pigeon is pigeon, respect is respect! Tada, it is an easy language to learn!“
Sophie says “I kinda like that. “
Sophie says “Tonight I feel as if there was an odd lesson in respect.“
Noel says “Alright, well… I am getting tired, oui? I should go to bed.“
Nemi turns to Sophie as she hums. “I mean I think we are already kinda friends… I don’t hate her, I work with her- I mean…. pretty good stance… and Goodnight.”
Sophie smiles at Nemi, “I wish you were around more.”
“Night Noel!” Kai tells Noel and nods to Sophie in agreement, telling Nemi, “Me too,” and asks Sophie, “What lesson?” he asks, looping his arm around her waist fondly.
Sophie gives Kai’s cheek a kiss, “A lesson in behaving on chat.”