[This is not something Konoha is used to doing. Normally, she had very good table manners, thank you? She was a mother now, too, she was always making sure to eat politely in order to show Komatsu what to do and not do, and inhaling your food was definitely no the "do not do" list! It's just that the next photo even the blurry Liem had gotten blurrier and it looked like all three of the blurs were running somewhere now and that had just struck her as hilarious because then she thought about limes running (and if Liem is a lime then what, Nikolai and the other mystery blonde are lemons and loquats???) and next thing she knew-
She doesn't know the universal sign for choking, but thankfully... it's obvious. Her first thumps hard on her chest while her other hand cups over her mouth, even then somehow conscious of not wanting to actually spit her chunk of pheasant across the table, but phew, Nikolai is there and within just a moment or two she coughs it back up into her palm, cheeks red from the brief physical panic of a blocked airway.]
Oh, I'm sorry-
[She mumbles that first, the fist thumping on her chest turning to a more gentle rub to settle her twin heartbeats, turning gratefully to offer a-]
Thank you, Nikolai, I'm-
["Fine"... was going to be the word she said. She's pretty sure it is. But in her language, that starts with a "d" sound, and so did,]
Huge...
[The word that actually comes out when her eyes catch sight of... is that- No, that can't be his genitals. She's felt them before! They fit properly into his pants before! They weren't partway down his trouser leg before?!]
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She doesn't know the universal sign for choking, but thankfully... it's obvious. Her first thumps hard on her chest while her other hand cups over her mouth, even then somehow conscious of not wanting to actually spit her chunk of pheasant across the table, but phew, Nikolai is there and within just a moment or two she coughs it back up into her palm, cheeks red from the brief physical panic of a blocked airway.]
Oh, I'm sorry-
[She mumbles that first, the fist thumping on her chest turning to a more gentle rub to settle her twin heartbeats, turning gratefully to offer a-]
Thank you, Nikolai, I'm-
["Fine"... was going to be the word she said. She's pretty sure it is. But in her language, that starts with a "d" sound, and so did,]
Huge...
[The word that actually comes out when her eyes catch sight of... is that- No, that can't be his genitals. She's felt them before! They fit properly into his pants before! They weren't partway down his trouser leg before?!]