Fine on the spot

[Sol]

The pilot pouts as the bartender tells him that the person he's supposed to meet is upset. He sighs but he can't even think of how unlucky it all was before he immediately rushes towards the direction of the apartments.

Knocks on a few wrong doors, gets chased out by a questionable guy with a shotgun, who's surprised yet happy to see a naval officer so far from his powerhouse.

Panting breathless, he knocks on the right door at last. The door opens itself, and he finds the person he was looking for all this time, sitting on an armchair and waiting for him.

He gulps as she walks closer, and watches her in silence until she picks up the rose and smiles at him dangerously.

"U-uh..." he stutters, thinking about that honesty he demanded from her earlier, and how he couldn't keep his own end of the bargain already. "I am sorry... It was... just a very unlucky, and adventurous journey..."

He scans her briefly before he looks around, "But it is no excuse... I should have thought better, and prepared better," his uniform still smells of the smoke in his ship caused by the fight, as it could be sensed by Saeki when she walked close.

"There'll be a discount on the fine, alright?" he grins fakely and apologetically, trying to make up for the late appearance in his own silly way.