[ Maybe they're just "fated to run into each other." Or maybe not, since fate seems to have a way of being a dire asshole to her. Either way, Hibiki won't complain at least, because despite being open about his crimes, there is a person who cares deeply somewhere inside there. She engaged him because of his ties to the yakuza; and she stays because there's much more to him than that. ]

Yes and no. [ She shrugs. He's not wrong. ] But sometimes I just wanna listen to people talk.

[ She knows that look, can smell the herb in the smoke billowing from his lips like some lazy dragon. Man's high as a kite. Draping her arms over the back of the chair, her drink held between Mikey and his overzealous couch mate (yep, still water in that glass), the other blonde grins. ]

Mm, never had it before, not sure what it'll do to me. I can hang out and get a drink though. This seat taken?

[ Is she seriously trying to muscle in between him and his unnamed companion? ]