The music, his maid accepting the drink he had given her without protest, all was well. However, Reiji noticed that Mirabelle and Demetri were nowhere to be found. He did get a glance of Anise and Bishop slipping past the events almost completely unnoticed, Anise bloodied and her dress ruined entirely. He removed his gaze in a nonchalant manner purposely trying to keep his maid from becoming suspicious and noticing her hurt comrade. The last thing he wanted was for Anise to ruin the moment and tear Tanzy's attention away from him. He was just now distracting her from the anger she had felt towards him just minutes prior. Seeing Anise again, especially in such bad shape, Reiji felt he would be blamed. It likely did happen due to his actions with the ebony haired maid, but Reiji felt no remorse. He simply wanted a drink and Anise was, unfortunately, the maid nearest the Head of House, Reiji. It was simply a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Anise was collateral damage, and even if she wanted to forget, technically Reiji had been her first kiss. When passing the antidote to Anise, she had been too weak to drink it on her own. Reiji knew that someone had to give the antidote to her via their mouth and sure, he knew that he could have given Bishop the honor of doing so, but what would have been the fun in that? Now he would forever be able to tease both Anise and Bishop about the occurrence. He would let neither live it down and since his actions saved Anise's life, little could be said about it.
The perplexed expression on Tanzy's features along with the adorable dip of her head, it made all of the teasing well worth the effort. From the shift of her hair as she tilted her head to the fragrance of her blood taunting his nostrils, he was savoring being in her company in a formal setting immensely. Noticing that her cheeks brightened, Reiji let his fingers stroke her cheek, his gloved hand grazing her warm skin. The coolness of his fingers was concealed by the fabric, so for once, his touch felt like that of anyone else in the room. He could not risk touching anyone bare handed, it would expose his family's most well-kept secret. All of his siblings were required to wear gloves when in the presence of the guests. It's a pain having to wear these... Reiji thought to himself. He did not appreciate being unable to feel her skin or anything else aside from the vexatious fabric of the gloves.
"As you wish sire. So I'll...I'll give you a k-kiss later..."
Pale lips curved upwards to reveal a toothy smirk, Reiji's amusement evident, "I look forward to it, love." He teased in a quiet, seductive tone. Withdrawing his hand from Tanzy's personal space, he took another moment to indulge in the beautiful music, appreciating that Tanzy gave him time to properly appreciate the music that was being played, remaining quiet for a few moments to take it in before returning his attention to her, taking another drink of his wine while he awaited her answer to his question. Her cheeks were a lovely shade of red once more, Reiji noting that he was able to conjure that color to her cheeks nearly at will, something he enjoyed quite a bit, though he would never confess to such a thing. It seemed that she was struggling to answer his question, but Reiji never spoke a word, calmly taking sips of his wine at distanced intervals, as it wasn't very classy to chug the glass down, which Reiji often did when away from prying public eyes.
"Your face, sire...your eyes, your hair..."
Crimson eyes simply stared her down after she began to compliment him. He gave her words a moment of thought. Most did not enjoy his eyes. Many found them to be eerie, as they were a startling shade of red. Often red eyes were associated with demons, so as a child he was given a hard time over it. To hear a human say that she enjoyed them, it was not a first, but it definitely was not something he heard very often. His eyes even widened a bit when the word 'eyes' was uttered by Tanzy. However, his hair was definitely a favorite of the ladies. He kept it soft and well taken care of due to that fact, so he was not very surprised to hear it.
"Y-y-your face and it's features...are the best..."
As her final answer rang through his ears, Reiji's eyes glimmered in a mischevious manner, his smirk once again returning. He found that he was satisfied with her answer, letting his hand return to her cheek, this time giving it a gentle and playful tug, "How adorable.." He chuckled, releasing her cheek before it became painful. Remaining quiet and merely observing her for a moment, Reiji gently lifted her chin with his fingers, encouraging her to look him in the eyes, "What do you have to be ashamed of..?" He asked, not really curious, but he wanted to make her aware of the fact that she had said nothing wrong. While he enjoyed her embarrassment, he did want her to crawl out of her shell every now and then. He enjoyed her confident fiery side just as much as her nervous tendencies after all.