Rua tilted his head up - he had been looking down at his phone, so he only noticed she'd arrived when she spoke. He stared at her for a second. It'd been months for her, but only a night for him. But these...reunions still always felt kind of strange, even if from his perspective, they should've felt incredibly short.

Still though. He tried to act casual.

"Oh, y'know. Just some wheat toast and fruit. Trying to keep it health-"

The waitress approached and set a plate down in front of him. It was a shortstack of pancakes, but each pancake was wrapped around a sausage and had what appeared to be hashbrown filling. Rua looked at the pancakes. Then at Rua. He opened his mouth to say something.

"And here's that extra side of bacon you asked for, hun," the waitress said, setting a plate with a couple strips of bacon on it. She affectionately tousled his hair and went on her way. Rua's mouth hung open for a second as he tried to come up with an explanation.

"...I haven't eaten anything in like eight months, okay. I need protein."

Yeah. That sounded good. He took a bite of his bacon.