"I'm alright," Heero answered without looking up from the menu, and he sounded a bit distracted. To be honest, he was still trying to figure everything out. After the war, he didn't know what to do with himself. Sure, he'd found work after a while of drifting, but he wasn't entirely sure of it. Anyway, he knew Duo already knew all of this, so why bring it up again?

"How are you? I mean, besides the 'long story'." No air quotes, but the pause beforehand was enough.