"What's he doing?" Kitane asked, her eyebrows coming together. Her hand immediately reached out for Mingmei's. Even on the best days she liked to be close to people and now she felt the need to stay close to her friend even more when she was so worried.
Of course, Kitane didn't stay worried for long as she started tugging Mingmei towards the kitchen. "Tell me everything while I --" she took a deep breath before her mouth ran away from her again. "Do you want something to drink? I can make tea." This seemed like a tea type of situation, rather than whiskey or wine and besides, whiskey burned her insides and she wasn't even sure that Mingmei liked wine. "We've got milk and juice too, if you don't want tea."