"You say it's nothing, but you look like you're about to cry."
Carrie Thomas wiped her hands and noticed that he also got some cream on his hand. She didn't mind, and raised her hand to wipe it for him.
While gently wiping with the napkin using her delicate fingers, she argued, "Really, it's nothing. You know we creative people are all emotional. I just had a sudden inspiration. But why are you sitting here daydreaming?"
Harrison Clark responded casually, "Just thinking about something, got a bit too absorbed."
To hide his true feelings, he lowered his head and licked the ice cream in his hand. It was cold, sweet, and tasted faintly familiar.
Carrie Thomas looked helplessly at him.
"Seriously, when I saw you sitting here and went to buy ice cream, I thought you'd snap out of it soon, but here you are still daydreaming, and the ice cream is about to melt. This is a hard-to-get classic strawberry cheesecake flavor."
