[Watching that conversation about broke Lacus' heart, but hearing Neil stomp around was somehow worse. Lacus had been talking to Euphie a bit over the last days, trying to think of any way to help her, and it wasn't entirely selfless; she knew Neil would take it badly, no matter how she tried to prepare him.]
[Hearing the smack of a bottle against the wastebasket, Lacus quiets the haros and sends them upstairs before making her way to the doorway of the kitchen. She waits there for a moment, but just one, before slowly approaching him and hugging him loosely from behind.]