Al-Farabi ; Wednesday Evening

[necroslacker]

So, it was date night. And since it was Sam's idea, he'd picked the spot after getting some help with the language and the things offered from the hotel staff. And after some discussion, Sam had picked a small place that was both a place to eat, a place to look at art and a place to buy music. He thought it'd be Natalie's heaven and he figured he could enjoy it as well through her eyes.

He'd gotten himself dressed, told her minimal details about the place and was now standing outside the building with her hand in his hand. He still couldn't read the language so he glanced at her said, "You know enough to read any of this yet?"

Hopefully that meant she'd help him not order something with meat in it. Or something else just as gross.

[NFB and for zee girl]

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[whenshewasnice]

Natalie just offered up another shrug. "I like privacy."

Which was not to say she wasn't loving this. Even if the menu had her looking mildly toughtful as she deciphered it in her head.

[necroslacker]

"I can understand that," Sam said, having decided he was just going to point at something on the menu and hope for the best. "That the only thing that could make it perfect?"

[whenshewasnice]

"More perfect," Natalie corrected, idly. "Yeah, I think so. My needs are few."

[necroslacker]

"It's good to hear I did everything else pretty okay," Sam remarked with a little smile. "It would have sucked if you'd have preferred to hang out in the hotel room or go with someone else."

[whenshewasnice]

"I can hang out in the room later," Natalie replied, teasing. Lightly. "And there's no one but you."

Well, on a friendlier level, she supposed she could have gone somewhere with Peter to look bored at people.

[necroslacker]

"Thanks," Sam said, ducking his head and looking pleased at that last statement. "There's no one else but you for me too. Guess that's why I like going all out for you when I can."

[whenshewasnice]

"Guess so." It seemed like a rather logical conclusion. She smiled a little to herself. "Have you decided what you want to order yet?"

By which she meant if he'd given up on trying to understand the menu.

[necroslacker]

"I think I'm gonna just point at something and hope for the best," Sam said, making a face at the menu. "I can't understand a word of anything so I'm just gonna hope I don't get anything with snails or meat in it."

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie shrugged a shoulder. "Well, I know enough to point at you and say --" How did the phrase go? She paused before she remembered. "-- ele é vegetariano, so that should help."

[necroslacker]

"It might, yeah," Sam chuckled, nodding. "You know what you're gonna get? You probably recognize more than I do."

[whenshewasnice]

"I think this one is a seafood thing," Natalie replied, tapping a finger against the menu. "I'm going with that."

[necroslacker]

"Which means your breath might smell later which means no kisses," he teased with a grin. "Have to get you a mint before we make out later."

He had that planned too, oh yes.

[whenshewasnice]

She raised an eyebrow. "You have that planned." Snort. "Dork." But she meant it in a good way. "A minty ice cream dessert should do the trick."

[necroslacker]

"Of course I have that planned," Sam replied, shrugging. "Our dates do tend to go that way and it is fun when we do it. Maybe'll it'll turn into even more than that. That okay with you?"

[whenshewasnice]

"Well, we won't even have to exile anyone." Wasn't that really convenient? "I'm okay with that."

Probably more than okay.

[necroslacker]

Sam chuckled and even gave her a very lame eyebrow waggle. "See, invasions of personal space can be fun. Plus, I know I keep you warm at night and provide more pillows so you should admit that you like sleeping with me."

[whenshewasnice]

"You don't think I'd freely admit that?"

Well, she might not.

[necroslacker]

"I think that you'd keep it to yourself if you wanted to tease me," Sam said, smirking. "I know how you are. You keep things to yourself all the time."

[whenshewasnice]

Well, he really wasn't wrong there, she wasn't going to try and dispute it, either. Some things were hers alone.

"But I might not want to tease you today," she remarked lightly. "I like sleeping with you."

[necroslacker]

Sam laughed and tried to motion the waiter over to them. "I like sleeping with you too. You're very bossy in your sleep, you know. Very particular about how you and I sleep."

[whenshewasnice]

"It's a comfort thing," Natalie replied. "And I'm not bossy."

Well, maybe a bit.

"Garçon," she called out to the waiter, since she knew how. Since it was a French loanword and all.

[necroslacker]

"You're bossy," Sam teased, trying not to laugh when the waiter finally did show up at Natalie's call. Sam was just gonna...he was gonna let Natalie order first, yeah.

[whenshewasnice]

Which Natalie did, in a mix of polite Portuguese phrases and some French to help things along. It seemed to help, anyway. French was closer to Portuguese than English was.

And as promised, once done, she gestured at Sam and told the waiter he was a vegetarian.

[necroslacker]

And after she'd said that, he tried to point at something that looked like a pasta dish with bread or something and nodded at the waiter. He jotted it down and nodded back before disappearing to put their orders in.

"Thanks for the help," Sam said, giving her a brief smile. "Still don't know what I ordered but maybe I got something halfway decent."

[whenshewasnice]

"Hopefully," Natalie agreed with a faint smile, leaning her elbow against the table. "And to add to something from earlier, I'm not a bossy sleeper."