Watching Regulus out of the corner of her eye Lily barely contained a smirk at the blank look that crossed his face the moment they stepped into the grocery store. He looked like he'd been woken up far too early and was being made to sit in a lecture, but she supposed it was better than gawking at his surroundings like it was the first time he'd been in a shop like this.
Holding up a slip of paper where she'd written their needs in tidy cursive for him to see their shopping list Lily looked left and right, trying to get a sense of an aisle to head down. When she made eye contact with an older woman at the store's lone register, she smiled sunnily, giving Regulus a subtle nudge before heading towards the vegetables.
He does grant the cashier a polite nod, almost before Lily nudges him to acknowledge the woman. Just because not showing much emotion is the path Regulus has chosen for this experience doesn't mean he's forgotten his manners entirely.
"It looks like all the fruits and vegetables are over there," he says, pointing to the right. And if those wall displays are doing the equivalent work of cooling charms, he'd bet the meat and dairy will likewise be along the walls. "Should we start there, or come to it at the end?"
"Come to it at the end, we'll be quick with the dry goods," Lily held up her list. "Rice, pasta, coffee, tea, flour. Nothing that extravagant - unless you had other ideas."
Thus far he had just been eating what she made, but in truth, Lily had no idea what Regulus made of the four or five things she knew how to cook. Perhaps it would only help them blend in more - two bewildered and tired crab scientists trying to figure out what they ought to get so they could return to work. "I'd certainly like to get a nice cake from the bakery part of the store if I'm honest. It's been quite a while."
"I'd hardly know where to begin with anything else." He can say that much here and sound like nothing more than someone whose parents never taught him to cook for himself - which is true, even if the reasons are more complex (and a little Statute-breaking to bring up in a non-magical grocery) than that.
His mother certainly doesn't know how to cook, either. Regulus is admittedly not sure about his father. Kreacher is also an excellent cook if he happens to like you, and probably wouldn't have allowed Regulus into the kitchen to make the attempt in the first place.
"A cake does sound like an excellent idea, though."
Already in the process of taking things off their shelves to put in the basket she carried Lily took a moment to pass him the list and a stub of pencil she'd brought with her for this purpose. "Cross things out as I go so we don't waste time."
She was organized in all things - or she tried to be, and her approach to getting into and out of this village without attracting too much conversation or arousing too much suspicion was meticulous to say the very least. After dropping a few boxes of tea into the shopping basket she lifted her head to look around the aisle they were in before checking her list. "Come on then, fruit and veg. Can't have you coming down with scurvy can we?"
He's not thinking about whether it comes pre-sliced; he may not even be aware that's an option. But even Regulus knows there's more than one type of bread out there.
"Three loaves of brown bread. Don't get it sliced, it'll stay fresh longer if it isn't. I'll meet you by the register?"
Lily looked at Regulus hopefully and gave him a nod of encouragement before she went to the butcher to see about getting enough meat to see them through a few weeks. Coming to town was going well enough, but Lily didn't think making a habit of it was safe for anyone.
"That sounds good." He desperately wants to ask about the sliced bread, but doesn't - yet. That question's likely coming when they get back to the house.
...Or the bread on sale can answer it for him. Huh. He's not sure that pre-sliced bread is that much of an improvement, really. Finding unsliced loaves takes a bit of hunting, but he manages, and then heads for the register.
He found her waiting by the till, looking over the covers of a few of the magazines on display, pulling one off the rack as he approached. "Ah good, they had enough bread."
She tried to sound casual as she approached the older gentleman waiting at the register, laying their groceries down and giving him a pleasant smile as he began to tally it all up and bag it.
"How're you two?" The old man squints, first at Lily and then at Regulus, curious and friendly more than anything else.
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Holding up a slip of paper where she'd written their needs in tidy cursive for him to see their shopping list Lily looked left and right, trying to get a sense of an aisle to head down. When she made eye contact with an older woman at the store's lone register, she smiled sunnily, giving Regulus a subtle nudge before heading towards the vegetables.
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"It looks like all the fruits and vegetables are over there," he says, pointing to the right. And if those wall displays are doing the equivalent work of cooling charms, he'd bet the meat and dairy will likewise be along the walls. "Should we start there, or come to it at the end?"
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Thus far he had just been eating what she made, but in truth, Lily had no idea what Regulus made of the four or five things she knew how to cook. Perhaps it would only help them blend in more - two bewildered and tired crab scientists trying to figure out what they ought to get so they could return to work. "I'd certainly like to get a nice cake from the bakery part of the store if I'm honest. It's been quite a while."
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His mother certainly doesn't know how to cook, either. Regulus is admittedly not sure about his father. Kreacher is also an excellent cook if he happens to like you, and probably wouldn't have allowed Regulus into the kitchen to make the attempt in the first place.
"A cake does sound like an excellent idea, though."
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She was organized in all things - or she tried to be, and her approach to getting into and out of this village without attracting too much conversation or arousing too much suspicion was meticulous to say the very least. After dropping a few boxes of tea into the shopping basket she lifted her head to look around the aisle they were in before checking her list. "Come on then, fruit and veg. Can't have you coming down with scurvy can we?"
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"That really doesn't sound appealing, not when I've only just bounced back."
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Tossing things into the basket she paused, eyeing a few apples before she leaned in to whisper, "have you noticed anyone noticing us?"
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"Not in any obvious way." Which to Regulus means that if someone has, they don't mean the pair of them ill.
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"We're almost done, just a bit of meat and a loaf of bread, if you're feeling up to grabbing one or two while I see about the meat?"
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He's not thinking about whether it comes pre-sliced; he may not even be aware that's an option. But even Regulus knows there's more than one type of bread out there.
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Lily looked at Regulus hopefully and gave him a nod of encouragement before she went to the butcher to see about getting enough meat to see them through a few weeks. Coming to town was going well enough, but Lily didn't think making a habit of it was safe for anyone.
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...Or the bread on sale can answer it for him. Huh. He's not sure that pre-sliced bread is that much of an improvement, really. Finding unsliced loaves takes a bit of hunting, but he manages, and then heads for the register.
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She tried to sound casual as she approached the older gentleman waiting at the register, laying their groceries down and giving him a pleasant smile as he began to tally it all up and bag it.
"How're you two?" The old man squints, first at Lily and then at Regulus, curious and friendly more than anything else.