Va'ynna gives a small affirming hum. "Uvena will be here soon," she says. "She... didn't give me an exact time, or... told me what errands she had to run."
#VVApartment – October 15, 2020
Victoria lightly rests her head on Va'ynna's. "We better not doing anything indecent then. Don't want to get caught in the middle of something."
Va'ynna lets out a small, amused snort. "It's... too early for that anyway, don't you think?" she says, lifting her hed to plant a kiss on top of Victoria's forehead.
Victoria smiles at the kiss. "Never too early, it just depends on the time and situation." Vicky lets out a content sigh at the moment they are able to share alone. "Just wait until movie day." She gives Va'ynna a wink.
Va'ynna raises a brow. "So it's not just about being lazy and watching vids all day?" she asks in mock disappointment.
The apartment door unlocks and opens without any prior notification, though there were sounds of footsteps outside walking up to it for those that paid attention.
Uvena steps through the door, carrying a large handbag in one hand and a blank plastic bag with two gifts in the other. The gifts are wrapped in plain gray paper without a card or label to indicate recipient. One is soft, the other is hard and flat. "Sorry if I'm late," she says, walking up to the start of the living room while she undoes the buttons on her black coat. "Oh, you two are done already?" she cats a
glance around the apartment, the prepared food and decorations around the living room, before her eyes settle on the pair on the couch.
Victoria turns her head towards the door upon hearing it open. "Hey Uvena. Yeah, got it all done pretty early. Only thing left is to cook the food." Take her arm off of Va'ynna and stands up. "Do you need a drink or anything?"
Va'ynna sighs at the comfortable snuggle coming to an abrupt end, but she remains seated. "Hey," she says to Uvena before she goes to grab another cookie while the others are distracted.
Uvena nods. "Something warm would be lovely, like coffee," she says, "but you don't have to, I can make it myself." She places her handbag and bag down by the jacket rack and hangs up her coat. "The weather outside isn't bad compared to what it has been lately, but it's still biting cold." She is wearing a fuzzy green turtle-neck sweather and fitting gray jeans.
Victoria walks over to the kitchen to fix herself a glass of water. "Are you sure you don't want me to make it for you?" She takes a sip of her water. "Hopefully it starts to ease up soon, been a little too cold lately."
Uvena shrugs before undoing her boots. "Yeah, fine, you can make it then," she says. "I'll help with cooking later if you'd like. It's the least I can do for not being here earlier." She puts her boots on the shoe shelf and walks over to leave her gifts under the tree with the others.
Va'ynna looks over at the tree. She wants to comment on the difference in wrapping quality, but she refrains for now. "I need to go to Redrock's office later to deliver gifts, so you could look after the food in the meantime so Victoria can come with."
Uvena raises a brow as she stands up, looking over her shoulder. "You should have told me, Va'ynna, and I would have come by to pick them up," she says. "I was there just an hour ago."
Uvena nods and turns around after giving the tree another glance over. "I don't think Ilyna and Li had shown up yet when I left, though," she said, "but I wasn't there for long so I could have missed them."
Victoria turns on the coffee machine to make Uvena a cup of coffee. "Just give me a warning before we go, so I can pre-heat the oven." She waits for the coffee machine to do it's part, and grabs the milk out. "Doo you have milk or water with your coffee? Oh, any sugar?" Trying to make Uvena a coffee she will like.
Uvena shrugs. "Plain coffee is fine," she says. "I used to hate that drink, but since the weather is what it is and it's so readily available at HQ, it's started to grow on me." She sits down on the couch on the other side of Va'ynna to where Victoria sat before. "I don't think I've been in Renala's office without seeing a pot of it on her desk, though, except when she's upstairs brewing another."
Va'ynna frowns at the mention of Renala's office, but she pushes the thought out of her mind by reaching for another cookie and taking a tentative bite out of it. This cookie is a narrow, flat, light brown strip with a rough texture.
Victoria nods and continues to wait for the coffee. "So, you looking forward to dinner tonight? All prepared by me, as we agreed Va'ynna had nothing to do with the food." Vicky wanted to see if Uvena was looking forward to trying out a traditional human dish. She then catches a glimpse of Va'ynna eating a cookie. "How are the cookies, Va'ynna?"
Uvena narrows her eyes for a moment, and looks to her daughter for confirmation, to which she gets a nod. Uvena throws a arm over her shoulders, but retracts it when her still cold hand is met by shivers from the younger asari. "Good," she says to Victoria, "and yeah, of course I am looking forward to it. I haven't tried any traditional quisine from your species yet, so... well, no pressure." She flashes a smirk.
Va'ynna takes another bite to get a clearer opinion on the taste. "They're... a lot sweeter than I expected," she says and leans back in the couch, "but that's not a problem."
Victoria finishes making Uvena's coffee, she brings it over to Uvena. "Guess that means all the pressure is on me then." Takes a look at the cookies that remain. "Well, we did get an assortment of them. Some are going to be sweet." Looks back to the kitchen and then back to the pair of asari. "There is one thing I still need to make, but I can do that once I get back."
Uvena nods. "Exactly," she says. "Your species' reputation is on the line here." She takes the coffee mug with a smile and sighs content as it warms her cold hands. "Thank you."
Victoria gives a smile. "I will make sure I live up to your expectation for my species' cooking reputation." She says in a joking tone.