There was a lot that Lexie was dealing with, Eisen knew that. He also knew that regardless of what happened, he’d be there for her. He’d be on her side.
He chuckled when she offered to teach him to make the paper cranes and shrugged a shoulder, nodding his head. “I don’t think I have the patience to make a thousand of them, but it can’t hurt, right?” Besides, if it would keep that smile on her face, there wasn’t much he wouldn’t do. He watched her approach him, somewhat amazed by the fact that real life actually had the capability to do one of those slow motion things like in the movies. Giving himself an internal smack in the face and forcing himself not to think about that for too much longer, he brought himself back to reality just in time to see Lexie do the ‘cootie shot’ thing on his arm. He laughed. “Oh, thank you, Dr. Lexie,” he looked down at his arm, shaking it to roll his sleeve back down.
He watched her brush her hair back and wished that he’d been the one to do it, but kept the smile on his face as she leaned forward and took a bit of the pasta off the spoon. He decided, in that moment, that she’d never been more beautiful. Was it the return of her genuine happiness or the little sparkle in her eyes when she opened them again? He didn’t know. But he was eternally glad for it.
“Nah,” he shook his head. “Then I’d have to share my cooking with the world, and have less time to cook just for you or other people I care about, and frankly that’s not okay with me,” he said with a bit of a chuckle as he brought the pot over to the table and dished out a bit of pasta on each of their plates. “I’m glad you like it, though.”