Gadiel
May 27, 6:13 pm, Canberra, Australia
Things were not going well, to put it mildly.
First off, they were at Nandos. Gadiel didn't want to come to Nandos; he thought it was too public and also not really the kind of place you'd want to take your parents out for dinner. Unfortunately, his mother loved the place. So Nandos it was.
They had a table for four in the corner of the place, his parents on one side and Gadiel and Tarik on the other. As soon as his father walked in and saw Tarik beside Gadiel, his expression became stony. Since then, aside from greeting them and ordering food, he hadn't said a word. Instead, he'd been leaning back in his chair, glowering at Tarik as if he could make him disappear by staring at him constantly.