Seeing the bottle in his grip, it looks like he might've drank about 3/4's of the bottle and is extremely drunk...So I take his hand off of my shoulder and he begins to turn and walk right into the stall with his lower abdomen hitting the front counter.
"Mmm..Merf...I...." he mumbles
"Uh, h-hello sir! Uhm, would you like to order something from our menu today? I am sure you would love to eat out beef!" she says with the same energy she had said before to me.
She gets a menu out from under the front desk and gives it forward for him to take.
"I...Her...I know what I *hic* want to *hic* eat...Ha....ha....ha" he says proceeding to lean forward reaching his arm out.
As I look at his hand and how far it is extending and the positioning, I don't think he is reaching for the menu. As his arm goes right above the menu that was handed to him he reaches for the woman.
*fwoosh*
Within a single blink out of maybe an instinct of "chivalry" or "simp" power, I grab his wrist just before he would grab her breasts. I then move his wrist away from he and make him grab the menu instead.
"That's not on the main menu" I say thinking I am clever with my shit ass words play.
"Hmmmm.....*hic*" he grumbles, he then pulls his arm back taking the menu and turns away from me with the menu in his right hand. But he then sluggishly turns to his right swinging his right arm at me which I duck below easily since it was so telegraphed.
But since I am still recovering from an injury I feel my stomach feel like spasming a bit. But I stand back up and grab him and turn his drunk ass around holding both arms.
"Sorry about that ma'am, I will take him to some guards to deal with his drunk behavior," I say beginning to move away.
"W-wait! Uhm, here!" she says making me turn around.
As I look at what she is handing me it is the payment I gave for the food I ate. I guess she is thanking me and making my meal free?
"Thank you, your a gentleman. I likely won' mention this to my husband just because he will no doubt likely be jealous even though I don't have any intention to go behind my husband. He is jsut jealous a lot." she says handing them over.
I take the coins back and shove them in my pockets for later and nod to her.
"You know," I say as I begin making my way down the market trail, "I know someone who gets very jealous about me and other girls a lot. Kind of a brute to be honest. But that can be attributed to the fact people like that just really care about us" I say walking away holding both his arms behind the drunk and begin moving him out of line.
*mintues later*
I have left the food market I notice some guards standing holding there sheathed swords and standing and chatting with each other. I walk up to them and the drunk begins to be making weird noises and grunts.
As I get closer begins moving all about trying to break my grip on his arms but it isn't hard for me to hold onto him.
"Errr....Oh my god it is the sun!" he cries out
As he begins to try to run from me he starts ranting about the sun for a bit until I got over to where the guards are, who are looking at both of us with some stares and confusion.
"Uhm, hey. This guy is drunk and he had nearly assaulted someone so I decided to move him away from the area. Can you guys deal with him or?" I asked unsure how to approach the situation.
"You got cuffs on you?" the guard on my left asks his partner
"Well obviously, you should too," he says walking over to me and taking over holding the drunk.
"Thank you we will deal with him kid" the guard says taking the drunk from me.
First off I am not a kid I am an adult technically biologically. I think...I am unsure since beastmen's biology I assume has differences from that of a normal human.
I wonder what school is like here in Arcadia now that I think of it. I would hope it is a classroom full of diverse students from ethnicity, religion, and races. But then again, this world is relatively fantasy like so I don't have high expectations of "proper" diversity.
The guards begin walking off with him while he is mumbling and making noises while I begin to turn around and walk back to the hotel. I think I had enough for the day at least. I had been cooped up in the hotel for a week and eaten small amounts of food to be able to digest them without causing my body to overwork itself. The doc said that "Eating while healing reroutes your body from healing to instead use the body's energy to digest the food instead of recovering".
At this point, I am very skeptical if what she is saying is even fact due to the fact she might be a liar. But then again, she is also the one who saved my life from me being 6 feet under the dirt. So I guess I can't complain much.
*minutes later*
As I arrive back at the hotel I realize my abdomen is aching a bit so I am guessing I might've worked a little too hard. Even though I barely used any of the muscles of that part of my body. I open the door and walk in and see the male Tiger, not at the front desk. Guessing he is in the back room.
I walk back upstairs and make my way through the second floor to our room and proceed to unlock it.
*click*
The door unlocks and I open it only for a soft pillow to fly into my face. I let my guard down. I look at the white pillow now at my feet for a few seconds and look up.
"Are you a fucking idiot?!" Lara yells with a pouty face and her fists balled up.
"H-hey let's be reasonable. It has been a week since the surgery, I can walk, and I got something to eat as well so." I say bringing my arms up to calm her down
"What, do you think just because you have a faster healing factor doesn't mean you still not hurt?" she asks crossing her arms while her left index finger taps on her right arm.
"Well...I never said that first off nor thought that way. But you have to realize I am recovering well, and you don't have to be my temporary mother" I say rubbing the back of my neck
I begin walk to my side fo the room and get in bed and stretch out wincing a bit from my aching body. Lara takes notice of it and makes a face at me. But I can't pinpoint the meaning behind the face.
I wonder what I can do to reassure her. Fighting her or sparring is a bad idea. Plus, no doubt she would reject my offer anyways.
*Sigh* C'mon Lara just take a load off. Relax. I forgive you, and I am doing fine. Also, there is this really interesting food stall in the food market part of the district. Really good! Typically food markets offer fresh food such as plant-based ones. But these people are cooking meat and the food is ready within a few minutes or seconds. And it is just 2 people."
I move my hands behind my head and let my head rest on them as I relax on the bed. She looks at me and thinks for a moment. She looks at the ground and sighs under her breathe. She then walks over to my bed and sits on it.
"It has been a week, and yet you act so casually near me..."she says with a bit of sadness in her voice.
She can't get over what she had done before. I do know how she feels. When I was fighting the goblins and began to go on a rampage, I attacked Arla and nearly hurt her. But I got my bearings and stopped when I was still able to.
"Hey, you're not alone in how you are feeling. When Arla and I had gone on a contract it was to fight or locate goblins. I got injured, and I got into a frenzy and attacked Arla. So you're not alone in feeling guilty." I say placing my hand on her shoulder
She shrugs my hand off her shoulder and speaks in response to me, "but Arla is unharmed from what you did. I nearly killed you. I can't forget what I have done, and you shouldn't either." she stands up and tries to walk away.
I stand up as well and grab her arm, but not to hard as I don't want to force her.
"Wait ju-" I say before getting cut off
"Just let me go"
"No! Now sit down!" I say demanding her
"Make me you stupid li-"
I grab both of her arms and throw her onto my bed causing her to bounce on it silencing her and making her shut up from being surprised. Maybe I was too rough with her. I calm myself and walk over to her.
"Look, I see where you are going. I am not oblivious to how you feel. Will I be able to change your emotions to how I feel, likely no? But I can at least reassure you that I have no ill will towards you. So c'mon, I should show you the food stall I went to" as I grab her wrist and drag her out of the hotel room.
I shut the door and she stops me for a moment.
"What about my sword?" she asks
"Really? A sword for going out to eat? What kind of idea is that on a date?" I say joking around as I lock the door and put the keys in my pocket.
"And besides, I know you have a few throwing stars in that kimono, and a knife or dagger or tanto or whatever you call it." I say patting her back