Things would be so much simpler for them if they were to just stop with all these games, stop playing coy and admit sooner how much they enjoy each others company. Oh they usually concede eventually. One will crack and admit to wanting to see the other for just a little longer, and the other will often echo the sentiment, but getting there is a slow process. In the meantime, instead of sharing how he feels, Nam will just fret over the idea that this is his one and only night with the bird before he disappears once more. He will let the very idea of it eat away at him for most of the night and when it gets to be utterly unbearable, that's when he'll finally ask Gaja to come home with him, unless Gaja gets to him first.

"I hear tell that plates are rather portable. It'll allow you to bring some food along with you."