When she took off, Niko stood there to let the tension flow out of his body while he clenched and unclenched his hand. Once it was down enough, he turned his attention back to the broken ice machine and began fiddling with it like he had before when the door opened....

...And back came the yellow. Super cheerful and saccharine. He just stared for a moment, then, he laughed. It was dark, and still as sardonic as his smirks. "Counter. Can check myself, wouldn't want to hold you up."