Four months. It took four months for Simon to finally break his silence before the vein in his forehead did it for him. Though not sure which would have been a bigger mess: the vein or ruining his Mèimei’s dinner date. Even Mal stepped back from the situation refusing to get involved. He wasn’t completely happy about his merc and the doc’s little sister getting together, he preferred it when Inara didn’t make him sleep in the pilot’s chair.