[ the blue-haired guy always spells his name marc😀h, and puts the smile in there. it has long since stopped to bother marco, since he appreciates the sentiment. peets is just a hair further from the campus, and therefore marco thoughtlessly defaults to starbucks.

she doesn't answer the question - but then, marco didn't really expect her to truthfully answer it. it's one of his nice (nosy) questions he presents to her every so often, and sometimes can figure out something from an answer or the lack of one.

he glances over her tablet, then to her as she indicates the smiley face, and he gives an artful shrug. ]

Kaiden's cute.

[ a noncommittal answer. ]

If you can send me the file, I'll see where we can work in some quotes. [ a gentle yawn, smothered into a wrist. ] I finished the powerpoint, if you want me to send it to you.

[ he moves to pull out his own, slightly battered laptop from his bag. it has stickers plastered over parts of it, some fading and some newer. ]