Finbar loved attention, always had, even though the past couple of years with Ruby’s erratic behaviour he had preferred the attention to be on anything but his private life. Still, he loved it, and he loved praise, but something about the blush in Cho’s cheeks after she had complimented his dedication made this praise feel like years’ worth comprised into just a single sentence. Maybe it was because he knew her to be a die-hard Tornados fan and that while she didn’t object to his company, she wasn’t opposed to it or seeming to crave or demand it like some of the fans did. “They’re dedicated,” he mused and took another drink. “I’d just prefer them to have their off days separately instead of this solidarity shite.” He couldn’t blame them, though; Merlin knew he’d had his share of off days the past years. But tie’ing was one thing. Tie’ing against the Falcons, his first ever team and one he just hadn’t meshed with, was… it was bloody humiliating was what it was.
Cho, however, was like an antidote to that humiliation. She excited him, yet at the same time let a calm fall upon him, and his interest in her wasn’t just polite, it was genuine and he couldn’t wait to know more, though he was willing to give her all the time she needed to open up. Her small joke had him chuckling softly as he shook his head. “I wonder if they know they all have the same party planner?” he mused, glad to hear that she’d been doing at least alright, though at the same time concerned about busy time that was coming up. Their lunch together had been the result of him attempting to ask her out on a date, only to find that she would be working, and with Christmas coming up he could only assume that dates would be harder to plan.
“Been… busy,” he summed up his past weeks with a bit of a sigh. “Probably still am, but tonight I just don’t care.” Between practice and Ruby and solicitors he was going to enjoy everything slow tonight to the fullest. “The journals are good for a lot of things, but they don’t give you the smiles and the blushes that makes meeting you tonight so special. Although,” he smiled at her, “those small notes from you have brightened several days the past couple of weeks.”