
"Musicians need to stick together I suppose," Clover stated with a tiny shrug, looking back at the violinist and sticking his tongue out at him, receiving the same gesture in return before Pancake had hugged into his leg. "Ah, hello Pancake! I hope you didn't miss me too much, but I've brought friends again!" He happily hummed out, scooping the flying squirrel-like Cookie into his arms as he smiled. Of course, the noise drew the attention of Latte who wasn't too far away, tugging her broomstick in tow that the prince Custard sat royally proudly upon, gesturing for Moon Rabbit to follow when she noticed him peeking out of a room.
"It's lovely to see you two have returned safely; I've managed to keep these three away from the caffeine for thus long, but I think you might need to ask someone else in the castle to keep it out of their reach, I might've rambled a bit on Coffee Magic for a few minutes..." Latte mumbled out, soon brushing it off as nothing as she gently pulled Custard off her broomstick and set the prince onto the floor, who happily scurried into Clover's arms like metal would go for a magnet. "It's a pleasure to finally meet [i you two], however! I'm Latte Cookie, one of their closest mutual friends." She chirped out as she sat herself upon the floating broom, gesturing to Licorice and Velvet when she had annunciated her speech. "Let me think... It was Lavender and... Oh dear, I don't think you've told me your partner's name yet, Minty."
Mint Choco's eyes looked up from the Cake Hound he continued to pet in his arms, processing the sentence that contained his nickname for a moment before simply offering up, "Cupcake." Latte nodded, mentally jotting that name away before giving both couples bright smiles. "Don't you have essays to get back to grading, Latte?" Mint gently reminded, watching as she visibly paused before semi-awkwardly laughing. "My my, I do! I should resume looking them over before exam season finishes, shouldn't I? Well, you four take care!" The Coffee mage waved goodbye politely before hurrying out of sight; apparently grading essays was more important than one would think.
With Latte now newly having left, Mint redirected his gaze to the three younger Cookies. "Did you guys behave while Miss Latte was looking over you, or do I need to add more piano and etiquette lessons to your schedule?" He inquired formally, Custard about to comment on the Cake Hound before the three were asked that. Whining, he hid behind Clover and Licorice to avoid answering; yes, he preferred Licorice, the fellow he whacked with his regal staff, over the seemingly 'cold' and 'cruel' Mint. Truth was, he just wanted to avoid receiving any more lessons than he had to go through.