Hug! "Ha. Hi. You're up late."

"Yeah, Nito's being weird and nervous and I don't know why. I know it's important, but knowing that and nothing else makes it hard to sleep, and - uh, I've been playing the excuse game to see if I eventually exhaust myself."

"I see that's been working out for you."

"Yep. It's been great."

... Esvetielle's worried about her brother, but also, separately, has an expression.

"... What's with the face."

"What, me, what face, I have no face, I am a faceless horror, what are you talking about?"

"Uh huh. Right. My sister. Faceless horror, yep."

Eyeroll. "I um. Tripped over a date and then had a lot of fun."

"Was the date just lying in the street for anyone to trip over and take pity on?"

"No, he was - ... Do you want me to let you attempt to get some sleep or drag you off to gleefully gush."

"Eh, sleep's not happening for another hour at least, I'll take the latter."

"Okay!"

This is obviously a hot chocolate situation, so she acquires hot chocolate for them both to sip while she gushes profusely.

"So. Did not literally trip over this person, a good start to any romantic evening."

Snicker.

"No, instead I, uh. First had to suffer a stupid person while I was at work, who was personally responsible for keeping me there an hour longer than was necessary, and was terrible besides. So naturally, I did the only responsible thing to do, and I stalked into a park alone at, uh. Almost night. Mostly night. To say my expletives where no one would hear them."

"Yes, nothing that would potentially make mom make a face at you there, nope. Alone in a park at night, good call."

"Do you want me to stop story time or do you want to shush."

"I'm going to go with the latter."

"Ah huh. So! I was not alone in the park, turns out I was interrupting someone. He found my entire, uh, rambling angry speech hilarious and charming."

"You are temporarily unshushed for adorable sibling affection, do not abuse these privileges."

"Awwwwww."

"So he invited me to continue my tirade, which of course I did, he continued to be delighted, and it turned into flirting and then I asked him out."

Snort. Suppression of an expression that translates to 'And if this sketchy person you met in a park hurt you I will set him on fire,' because he trusts his sister's judgement a bit too much to just skip to that.

"Sorry. I swear it's... slightly... more responsible than it sounds."