Oh he's gonna need to be social for it. He didn't think this through. 

Well, whatever, he's already said he was gonna. "Then I should also get up and brush my teeth and put clothes on."

"Also I don't exactly crash into things, because my flight power is pretty aggressively themed around not touching things I don't wanna touch, but I should probably eat breakfast first. Will you condescend to eat waffles with me or should I wait for something with a Michelin star to emerge from your kitchen?"

Oh now he's being mocked. If Traceless hates being cooked for so much he could've just said that.

"Waffles are fine."

Waffles go in toaster.

So he guesses he'll just sit and wait.

He's not sure what the point is anymore. He doesn't want to go flying. He just wants to stay inside and sleep more. He slept like shit. He might sleep like shit again but if he sleeps for long enough he'll at least make up for it in quantity. And then he doesn't get mocked to his face by some random Canadian. But the flying thing is probably efficient and will probably get him to become a useful member of society again more quickly, even though that sounds awful. He wants to die. 

Ugh.

When the toaster's going Haru sits down at the table and offers his hands across it, palms up.

Yeah yeah sure why not. He takes Traceless's hands.

You know, objectively speaking, probably Haru wasn't actually mocking him to his face. Not that Jaeha knows what the fuck he was trying to communicate. Maybe just that he's impatient to go flying. That's probably it.

The toaster pops; Haru squeezes once and then lets go to collect waffles and syrup.

Fuck.

He hates his backlash. Hates it so much.

Waffles! They can do this one handed if they try hard and believe in themselves. "You know you can go put your bracelet on whenever you want, right?"

"...I thought we were going to go flying?"

"Yes, but it doesn't take that long to take it off again."

"I'm not sure I'll have the ability to take it back off again if I do that right now."

"...okay." Haru eats faster.

...is he meant to eat faster, too? He doesn't feel like it. He'll just leave leftovers if Haru wants to go and he's not done with his waffles, yet.

No, Haru's waiting for him but looking concerned.

Concerned? That's actually kind of funny. Jaeha thinks there's a level of backlashed that is lower than his current level that might've laughed, or scoffed.

He'll just finish eating, though.

Okay. Coats on and Haru has to fiddle with his phone to make it understood to various devices that Jaeha's ankle bracelet is allowed to leave the building in Haru's presence.

Yeah. Coats on, step out—

BY THE FUCKING ANCESTORS IT'S COLD

"Welcome to Canada!" says Haru. "Ready?"

"R-ready," pathetic you can't even not shiver for five seconds??

Haru scoops him up.

Up up and away, skimming a few feet above the lake.