Nono he just remembers her.
Though going by the concept "I am spying on my crush by providing a safe haven for her stress-induced mini-me-form and getting her to relax and talk over some sweets" is like, upfront brazen and cunning rolled into one madelaine
He probably reasoned along the line of
1. even if I could approach her, she's engaged
2. even if she wasn't engaged, I'd be blocked by her impenetrable outer layer of civility
3. (she doesn't remember me)
4. how to approach her without causing 2 scandals and approx. 12 misunderstandings??
5. she's so stressed, she ain't got no time to be wooed (which, like, stalls competition but also keeps everything in a stalemate)
... why does this child look like my my crush years ago and TALKS LIKE HER
I should eat some Madeline’s…
Oh she's adorable. And falling asleep after she couldn't properly sleep for a week was to be expected (somehow) but the timing was impeccable.
Recommendation: Throw the whole man away. He's only fictional and I know him for all of one chapter and I enjoyed none of them.
I love that this family goes "he's a little weird but he's doing what he loves and what he loves yields UTTERLY IMPORTANT RESULTS so we're torn between cheering him on and knocking him out so he can rest"
And just let him do what he loves. It's fantastic
Slap him some more on my behalf. I'm just as annoyed and I'm not even involved.
As of Ch. 3 I swear she bit him as a kid.
Still, he took apparently the scenic route with stewing and came out freshly steamed and slightly deranged.
YOOoo SAME THOUGHT BRO.
SAME
if she bit him and he came out deranged… RABIES????
Some people would rather invoke potentially lethal ancient magic than go up front and ask a simple question.
... hand me a magic circle, I got social problems to solve.
LOL