“C’mon please?” He asked again, almost pulling puppy dog eyes at this point, “I need to go these notes typed up soon and if my process doesn’t save I’m screwed! I- I wouldn’t ask unless it was important, I’m sorry but I really need to use the plug.”
"Well theres no other seat and this table has two chairs, why dont you join me? I'm not using the plugin and as long as you aren't loud, I'll be able to enjoy the first coffee from this shop!" He let out a small smile and gestured to the extra chair, scooting his own a little to make room for the other boy.
He blinked a couple times, thinking it over. He really didn’t have any other choice really so he nodded, taking a seat and placing his laptop and leather bound notebook on the table, “Thank you so much.” Eli said softly, pulling out his charger and quickly plugging it into the device.
Ollie nodded and went back to his book. Many theories he read brought up questions about things he had been taught by his professors. Bringing out a small notebook with colourful sticky notes poking out of different pages, Oliver started marking down page numbers and theories in his book as a guide for the future.
Elijah opened his note book, flicking to the organised pages of notes as he went back to his typing, eyes focused back on the screen. It felt strange, sitting next to someone else, a complete stranger at that. The only real social interaction he got was from work and school if he decided to sit with someone, usually he decided not too. At least this guy was kind enough to let him sit with him.
A low whistle alerted Oliver of a new message. He opened his phone and saw that his application to work at the bookstore had been accepted. "Finally!" He spoke in a high tone. A few people turned to look at him with a questioning expression but he didn't focus on them, he was too excited to have a job at the one place he was actually looking forward to working.
He tried not to jump at the sudden loud noise from the male beside him. Elijah looked up at him, tilting his head to the side softly, "Are… you okay?" He asked slowly, confused at the excitement that was etched into the others features. Clearly he hadn't been the only one confused at the sudden outburst from the silent man.
Oliver blushed and gestured with his hand. "I'm fine, I swear. My application just got accepted at a place I really wanted to work at and I'm just very happy." He smiled and was about to go back to his book then frowned. "I never introduced myself, I'm Oliver, Oliver Winslow. Nice to meet you!"
Elijah smiled back, nodding softly as the other spoke, "I'm glad you got accepted. It's nice to meet you too, Oliver, I'm Elijah Kingston," He looked to his computer with a soft sigh before back to Oliver, "Mind if I ask where you got accept to?"
"Its a place called The Devil's Halo. It's a really cool place, one of my favourite places to go and study. It has three floors where the top floor is a large patio with a cafe and seating, the second floor is mainly based for college kids and beyond, it has a lot of textbooks, computers, and has a few instructors to help out with things like forming resumes, essays, and even citation. The first place is based for kids an people who want a good book. I love that place, been going there since I was a freshman, so it amazing that I got this oppurtunity!" Oliver smiled wistfully, thinking about all the different memories he formed there with friends.
"Oh I know where that is," Elijah replied, resting his head in his hand, "I've- I've never gone in there though, I've never had the time." In truth he did have time, but whenever he wanted to go in he didn't want to disturb anyone inside since they all looked so peaceful and it never looked like there were seats away from everyone. Besides, he had the cafe, and he liked it here.
"You should come by sometime. I could give you a discount on your purchases." Ollie grinned and took a sip of his slightly cooler latte, wiping his mouth with a napkin afterwards. "If I might ask, do you work?"
Elijah nodded, looking out the window, "Yeah, I do. It's a small craft store not too far from here. Ned's. Been working there ever since I moved into the city."
(Eh-hm, Hi.. :E)
(omg hi long time no see??)
(Yeah, I took a break then forgot my login info and changed my phone twice so I kinda gave up. Remembered my stuff later lol. How are you?)
(felt honestly lol. tbh i haven’t been on notebook really in the last few months, uni and work have been a pain so i’ve had no writing juices. how have you been??)
(Been pretty good! Recently found out about the official discord so I've been chatting with some old friends that way. I finished college so now I'm just doing boring adult stuff ;C)