[shooting him a look back, the men seem lost in their own world, and she mouths a quiet sorry towards him before she musters up enough courage to make something decent up. it's a risk, but he seems like the sort to play along, and she'll apologize enough later...

the look on her face shifts to something irritated, her voice dropping into nothing more than scolding as she marches over to Kamui.]

Kamui. And here I thought you utterly intended to forget about me. Is this where you disappeared to?

[go with it, she silently begs him. go along.]

"Is everything all right" - I was waiting for an hour!

[another of the guys chuckles, muttering something about being in the doghouse.]