[By now, half the restaurant is watching this unfold, and some have even taken out their phones to film the entire thing, claiming it's going to "go viral" online.
Meanwhile, Tifa is in her chair, stunned into silence when Eustace drops down onto a knee. There was a mix-up so what is he doing? They don't need to keep playing it up still, do they? They've done enough, and the stalker lady has shown her true colours in front of all of these people, and—
And then he's taking her hand, and she can feel his breath scatter across her fingers, and they tighten under his grip. Her other hand comes up to cover half of her face, and she can feel it heating up underneath it.]
Eustace, what are you—?
[It's an odd moment, to say the least—one she wasn't expecting and one that she has no idea how to react. She can feel her face heating up out of embarrassment, from all the people watching of course (nothing else!), and once he rises, she turns to reassure them that this was just a mistake, she can see a face pressed up against the window on the other side of the room, streaking it with tears while she watches the whole thing off of someone else's phone being held up over the crowd's heads.]
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Meanwhile, Tifa is in her chair, stunned into silence when Eustace drops down onto a knee. There was a mix-up so what is he doing? They don't need to keep playing it up still, do they? They've done enough, and the stalker lady has shown her true colours in front of all of these people, and—
And then he's taking her hand, and she can feel his breath scatter across her fingers, and they tighten under his grip. Her other hand comes up to cover half of her face, and she can feel it heating up underneath it.]
Eustace, what are you—?
[It's an odd moment, to say the least—one she wasn't expecting and one that she has no idea how to react. She can feel her face heating up out of embarrassment, from all the people watching of course (nothing else!), and once he rises, she turns to reassure them that this was just a mistake, she can see a face pressed up against the window on the other side of the room, streaking it with tears while she watches the whole thing off of someone else's phone being held up over the crowd's heads.]
"EUUUSTYYYY NOOOOO!"
[She thumps her fist against the window.]
"IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!!!!"