While Alice was distracting herself by picking random stuff in front of her, not sure what to even eat, Hades reached for the remote without looking at her, flipping through the options on the TV with methodical precision.
No asking, no explaining. Just moving until a brightly lit title screen bloomed across the wide display. A romantic comedy. Light colors, bubbly music, a pair of actors smiling far too earnestly at each other in the preview.
Alice's brow arched almost instantly. "Really?"
"Mm." The sound wasn't even a word, more an acknowledgement that he'd heard her, nothing more.
"You… like this type?" she asked, skeptical.
He didn't glance at her. "No."
"Then why—"
"It's for you," he interrupted, his tone flat but so absolute it left no room for denial. "You look like the type to enjoy… boring things like this."
