Kasumi looked back at the man through her mask, nodding that she was alright. Well, alright enough, anyway.
The drunk man stumbled back and put up his hands in mock surrender. "M'kay, m'kay, she's all yours, pal," he slurred with a grin, before stumbling over to the bar for yet another drink.
Max blushed slightly and quietly went back to his friend who was staring at him in disbelief.
Kasumi watched both the men walk away, then stood up. "Alrighty everyone, this is going to be my last song for tonight, it's called 'Gold,'" she said, smiling at the audience, able to well conceal her remaining shock and anxiety. Beginning to sing, she looked over at one of the tables and saw the man who had helped her.
Max was quietly sipping his drink while humming along to the song again. His friend was talking to someone and had probably forgotten him already.
After she finished the song and took a quick bow, Kasumi made her way off the stage and over to the bar. "I'll take a coke, please," she told the bartender with a smile. The nice thing about being the entertainment was you got free non-alcoholic beverages, a perk Kasumi took full advantage of.
Max kept sipping his drink while scrolling through random stuff on his phone to pass time. He glanced at his friend every so often who was having the best time of his life.
Looking back over at the table where she had seen her rescuer, Kasumi noticed he was still there. She picked up her drink and made her way through the crowd over to him.
Max was still looking at random stuff to pass time.
"Um, hi," Kasumi greets the stranger with an awkward wave. "Thanks for helping me out earlier."
Max glanced up from his phone and smiled brightly at the woman, "No problem."
"If you don't mind me asking, why did you help me?" Kasumi asked, tilting her head.
"Because you would have gotten hurt or something." Max answered, taking a sip of his drink.
"Wouldn't be the first time something like this happened, but it's a first for someone to help," Kasumi said.
"Really? I'm surprised," Max replied.
Kasumi shrugged. "Not that it happens often, just that it's happened. Usually they back off, coincidentally get pushed away by the crowd, or I kick them."
"Okay then, makes sense." Max said.
"Have you come here before?" Kasumi asked
"Nope, first time," Max answered.
"What do you think of it? Except for the drunk guy."
"It's pretty nice, I might come back but not often though."
"Makes sense. Clubs aren't really every night thing unless you work there."
"Or if you don't have anything to do."
"True enough," she agreed
"Well, it was nice talking to you." Max replied, smiling at her.
"You, too," Kasumi replied with a smile, then headed back to her dressing room to get ready to leave.