forum Find Me (Character Chat #4)

Started March 06, 2019 by Deleted user

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"Can we… talk about something different? Happier?"

"Well, what do you have in mind?"

"Food." she declared, then sat back down. Right on queue, Lydia and Alison breezed in with platters of sweets piled high and a pepperoni pizza.

He sat down too, rubbing his hands together. "Oh, yeah."

Alison set down the many sweets on their table. Tess's mouth was watering at the sight and was ready to gorge herself. Lydia set the pizza on a tray next to their table and cut it into slices, putting two on a plate and setting it down in front of Runner. "Enjoy!" they said in unison, smiling, and retreated back to the kitchen. Tess dug in without hesitation, attacking the cinnamon roll first.

Runner pulled a slice and took a bite, nodding after a few moments of chewing, and swallowed. "This is good."

She attempted to speak through half a cinnamon roll, failed, then quickly chew it to speak. "This is my favorite place to go in Clojiynn. Peaceful and good food. Win-win."

"Its peaceful cause no one is here."

She pointed at him. "Exactly. This place is sponsored by the school, so it's normally only busy when the students come here after school or during lunch. I skip most of the time, so I come here to hang with Ali and Lydia."

He shrugged, taking another bite. "Makes sense."

She stared at him, lips twitching up slightly as she suppressed a grin–she more than likely had food in her teeth.

He tilted his head, pausing mid-bite. "What?"

She shrugged, still half-smiling. "Nothing. Just that most would consider this a date. Minus the breakdown, we've checked all the boxes–two young people having a nice meal, a heart to heart conversation, physical contact, getting along nicely, more than likely gonna see each other again." she ticked off each thing as she spoke.

He smiled slightly. "Is that what you wanna call it?"

She shrugged again, acting indifferent. "Sure. What else would it be?"

His smile grew as he took another bite.

"Hmm." She quickly snatched his other piece, taking a bite before he could stop her.

He looked at her for a moment, then reached over and grabbed a cinnamon bun

"Hey!" She lept up to grab it back. "My precious!"

"Oh, the hypocrisy!"

"Once a thief, always a thief. It's thieving 101, really." She leaned over the table to take it from him.

He quickly took a bite out of it and handed it to her.

She scowled and threw a handful of jelly beans at him. "Smartass."

"'Once a thief, always a theif,'" he quoted, laughing.

She seethed. "You have five seconds."