Double Date

While Dena laughs, Cantata flinches, eyes briefly widening before she tries her best to hide the reaction with an entertained smile. She understood exactly what Kirk was trying to say with that gator-like grin of his, and it hurt. It hurt on a level he couldn't even begin to guess about. She knew what it was like to be just a whim, enjoyed one day and cast out on the next. To see fans just move on and forget, watch her business partners turn their backs on her while the sutures were still in and her blood still felt fresh on the alley snow. And she feared it still, feared Tina throwing her out of her apartment when she realized just what she was underneath, people whispering behind her back and cutting her out of contracts and jobs.

So while she wants to add on and act like nothing of consequence was said, Cantata's thumb only hovers over the screen for now, unable to work up the words.