Getting a drink with Axel

Thankfully, Axel didn't suspect a thing as he walked with Andrew towards the food court. Andrew stumbled a few times, but with Axel's help, he managed to make it to a table.

"I'll go get you a tea, all right?" Axel asked.

Andrew weakly nodded and Axel walked towards the coffee stand. While he was gone, Andrew coughed several times, trying to get his voice to return, but to no avail.

Andrew suddenly remembered his phone and quickly opened the purse, pulling his phone out. Unfortunately, he was unable to input the correct password with his newly lengthened nails and temporarily locked it.

Dejected, Andrew put the phone back in his purse just as Axel arrived with two coffee cups, one with a string hanging from the lid, which he placed in front of Andrew. Axel sat down across from Andrew and started drinking.

"Again, I'm really sorry about Grandma. She's got it in her head that she has to find me a girlfriend, it's embarrassing." Axel said.

Andrew took a sip from his cup as he shrugged his shoulders, unable to do much in terms of response to Axel's attempts to start a conversation.

"What's your deal, anyway? Too shy to talk or...?" Axel asked.

Andrew pursed his lips, in an unintentionally feminine manner, before smiling and pointing at his teeth.

"Your teeth?" Axel asked.

Andrew pointed again, tapping his front tooth with the nail of his pointer finger, then his throat.

"What are you.... Oh! Teeth whitener! You swallowed it?" Axel asked.

Andrew excitedly nodded his head, smiling for the first time, nearly forgetting the situation he found himself in.

Thus, using a mixture of charades and occasionally out, the two carried on a conversation, mainly pertaining to what exactly Gladys had said to Andrew, which thankfully for Axel, wasn't that much.

"Grandma can be sort of an oversharer sometimes." Axel admitted.

Andrew continued to search for an out from the conversation, but was starting to realize that all he had to do was ride it out until Gladys wanted to leave, and he would be left to his own devices once more. He didn't want to start roaming until he was sure he wouldn't run into Gladys again.

As he drank his tea, Andrew felt his throat start to feel soothed, and: