A Thank You Drink or Two [Wong]

Jacob remembered waking up on the couch in Wong's office months ago. The office had been empty and his hangover had not been too bad. Still, for a few seconds he had wondered where he was and how he gotten there. When his eyes finally adjusted and he recognized the desk in the office, the memories came flooding back. He had gone to Wong, sought him out, because he needed to talk to someone he could trust about his relationship issues with Lenn. For whatever reason, he had brought a six pack of beer and then downed it all himself while he and Wong "discussed" his situation. There had been some crying on Jacob's part and Wong had dove under his desk out of embarrassment. It was not the most normal conversation. In the end, Wong had managed to overcome his weirdness and actually gave Jacob some comfort before Jacob passed out on the couch.

It had been weird time.

Now it was several months later and things were going great. After the Snow Ball, the two of them had patched up their relationship and they were a real couple again. The distance between them had gone and their smiles were genuine, and Jacob even got a new tattoo out of love for her. He was even planning on having his daughter visit so he could finally have some quality time with her, and she could meet the woman that her dad is dating. That was going to be an awkward, and he knew it, but it was also only possible because he and Lenn were on very good terms again.

Considering all that had gone right, Jacob felt the need to give his thanks. Jacob had given Wong a call and convinced him to join him for a drinks, Jacob's treat. He was also aware of how awkward that might be, so he picked up a bar relatively close to the Academy that was also pretty mild. The place was good-sized family-owned restaurant and bar that had a nice sports theme to it. The place was active, but not rowdy, and Jacob figured that would be a place Wong could tolerate.

@"Emy"

Unlike the last time that he and Wong had hung out, Jacob was consciously regulating his alcohol intake. By the time Wong arrived, he had not even finished his first beer. In the meantime, he had been alternately watching the nearby TV, looking at his phone and watching the door for Wong's arrival. He was all too happy to see the man roll his way into the establishment, but resisted the urge to make a big show of it. If there was one thing he definitely knew about Wong, it was that he was not the most... socially energetic man working at the Academy. The two of them were pretty much polar opposites in that respect, and a few others.

When Wong did finally arrive at his table, Jacob was all smiles and held out his hand to him.

"Glad you could make it, man. I hope it wasn't too much of a hassle for you get here."

Jacob was a changed man from the last time they had met. His attitude had undergone a complete change and it even showed in his appearance. There was life and vibrancy in him again, and it all seemed genuine.

"Can I buy you a beer or something? I owe you something for, y'know, being there for me that time. In your office."

He seemed a little embarrassed to bring it up again. It was not his finest moment.

"Alright. Whatever you want, man."

As a server came by, Jacob put in an order for the both of them. Whatever soda Wong wanted and a good beer for him, and a plate of spicy wings to munch on too because why not. He had already had one before Wong arrived, but Jacob thought he could handle at least one more. There was no way he was going to over do it again, like he had in Wong's office. For both of their sakes, Jacob was going to watch his alcohol intake.

"Oh, things have been great. It wasn't an overnight thing..."

It kind of was, actually.

"... But Lenn and I managed to stick it out and work together and, well, here we are now!"

There was genuine warmth behind Jacob's smile as he talked to Wong.

"It really turned around when we went to the Snow Ball together. It was a great night and it kinda reaffirmed our feelings for each other. Heh. Yeah... We reaffirmed all over my office that night, man."

With such a good mood and feelings also came Jacob's tendency to joke around more, and now that he was basically hanging out with his male friend Wong, he felt little compulsion to hold back on the innuendos. As he talked to Wong, he gave the man the facial expression equivalent of an elbow nudge.

"Ah, man~ She's amazing. She likes getting really handy and grabs me everwh--"

Jacob's face flushed with red when Wong clarified his question.

"Oh. OH! Personality! Right. Right. *ahem*"

Wong should probably have considered himself lucky that he quickly made his question more specific in regards to Lenn. Jacob was riding so high on good vibes from recent times, and his inhibitions were just greased enough by alcohol, that he was more than willing to give Wong the down-and-dirty regarding what Lenn could do for him in the bedroom. Or the office as the situation was.

"She's a great woman. Sweet and funny. She's nice at heart, but she's a little rough on the outside. But I like that! She's interesting and full of life, and she's pushes into things I never would have considered before."

That was an understatement. Before Lenn, there was no way Jacob could have ended up embroiled in the criminal underworld.

"She's, uh, not the most feminine woman in the world, by her own admission. Despite the fact that she's literally a lingerie model and, well, looks like she does..."

He gave Wong a wink and, as always, never passed an opportunity to make it clear that he was in fact dating a lingerie model. For real.

"She's been trying to be more girly lately. Y'know. Cooking and going on dates. But I like it when we're at home and we can lounge about in our underwear just bein' all... buddy buddy too.

... Yumi would never do anything like that..."

After all the time Jacob had spent with and around Wong, he had developed a sense of when something was actually bugging Wong or when Wong was just his normal level of anxious. He picked up one of those moments after he mentioned his ex-wife. Though Jacob thought he mentioned her in more upbeat tone, rather than a melancholy one, he still knew that it was still an awkward moment maker.

"I don't doubt it. After everything we've been through, it's gonna take a whole lot to break us up. We've grown seriously close after all this."

Their drinks and wings came. Jacob could have really gone for some wings, but he was going to wait for Wong to have some. Knowing Wong's anxiety, he made sure to make a gesture of offering to him as well.

"And hey, don't feel too bad, okay? I know that mentioning Yumi should be awkward, and it kinda is... But it's not like I hold any bad feelings toward her. There's no resentment or anything. So I'm not gonna go off on her, on you."

He needed to stop talking about himself so much, at least for the moment.

"So what have you been up to, Wong? Got anyone on your radar?"