[It wasn't hard for Athrun to see that Rikku felt awkward in this situation. He could relate; it wasn't that long ago that this kind of thing was new to him, too.]

Pretty slow, really. Usually I'd have half a day's work done by now, but I took off today.

[He wanted to use the morning to prepare himself to meet his new fiancée. He had a lot of nerves about this, too, but he was able to calm himself decently enough before showing up.]

How about you? How have you been passing time?