A simple lunch, or is it not?

A lunch, just a lunch,
Or so, one thought.

No longer as simple as it sounds.
Like before no more.

To ask or not to ask?
To eat or not to eat?
A duo, a trio, a quartet or solo?
A duo invites talk, a trio too much of a click, a quartet but that's just a fraction of a whole.

Much thought (full and less) goes into it.

One's absence or presence speaks volume, much volume.