forum "You're The Only Ten-I-See" (Closed)

Started March 26, 2020 by @Rainy_day_artist_classic group

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Cicada smiled as she slipped in laughing just slightly with him, or maybe a little at his expense. She ran her hand over the table just out of habit, "Why thank you. At least we'll get noticed instead of being forgotten.

"It's an all too familiar feeling." He mumbled, sliding in opposite her. Phoenix forced his smile back on, drumming his fingers on the table. "When we get back, I'm going to go ahead and crash on my bed."

Cicada laughed again as she started to trace the swirls in the smooth wood with her finger. She had a smile on as she looked at him, "I'm in agreement with you there. But we can at least enjoy being out right now, right?"

"Yeah, definitely. I'm just super tired after classes." Phoenix hummed, rubbing his eyes before stretching out. "I'll be fine though. I've had longer days before, this is nothing."

Cicada nodded as she studied him. She had a smile on as she leaned back in the booth, "I feel you there. I only had two classes today, but they both felt like an eternity. I have to deal with four tomorrow and that's where the nightmare starts."

"You'll be fine, I'm sure you will do great." He nodded to her, not seeming to notice she was watching him. "I just got out of the habit of working hard-ish every day."

"That's an interesting sentiment," Cicada laughed just slightly. He didn't seem to be aggressive, or he didn't look like he would hurt her. She hadn't really had the chance to just, look at him so she could figure that much out. And now that she had, she figured it was fine that she hadn't done it sooner, "Did you take a lot of classes or just slack off?"

"I had three, so I'll leave that opinion up to you." Phoenix hummed with a soft smile, scrunching his nose as he felt a yawn coming on. "So much for the coffee, guess I'll just be drowsy." He muttered, blinking the tears he had away.

Cicada hummed as she saw him scrunch up for a yawn. That and his words told Cada that he really was tired, "After the pizza do you just want to go back to your dorm? I wouldn't mind, we could try again another day."

"No, no, I'll be fine." Phoenix mumbled through the yawn, trying to mask his tiredness better. "I don't mind in the slightest, besides any other night from here on out I'll be exhausted." He informed her, thinking about the minimal sleep he would get.

Cicada nodded as she kept watching him. She gave a smile at seeing him try to hide his exhaustion, "Got it. But if you ever need to go to the dorms let me know got it? I'll even drive back to the cafe for ya."

"Mmm… alright fine. I'll let you know." He nodded softly, leaning on his arm for support while they waited for their food. "Though I'm sure I'll be fine. Don't worry about me, alright? We're here to have a good time."

Cicada nodded and smiled at him leaning back in the booth. She had a smile on waiting for the pizza. A thought flitted across her mind and her smile turned to a smirk as she slightly teased "Yeah, but it's not a date."

His smile softened, his eyes partially closed. "No, of course not. I'm just showing you around, and I'm hoping to have fun along the way." Phoenix mumbled to her, looking her up and down. 'Oh god I hope I didn't just screw something up…'

Cicada laughed at his answer grinning. She could tell be the way his eyes started to look at her and a little bit by his answer that he was worried, "Good. I'm just teasing you okay? No need to get worked up."

Letting out a soft sigh, he felt quite relieved. "Yeah, sorry." He apologized weakly, his smile coming back on. "You know, I forgot to order water with my food… oops." Phoenix admitted, snickering just a bit as he did.

Cicada laughed again her smile only growing at him. She hadn't ordered water with her pizza either, that might have been a problem, "So did I. Looks like we're in the same boat, but water is typically free right?"

"Yeah, true. If worse comes to worse, I'll just go and order to waters and pay. It can't cost that much." There shouldn't be any problem getting two waters, even if it did cost a dollar or two. Phoenix glanced over, to see a teenage girl coming up to them with two plates in her hands. "Looks like our food."

"Got it, if it costs anything I'll pay for half" Cicada responded grinning. She poked her head out to see the girl and grinned. She gave the girl her grin as she set down the plates on the table the pepperoni in front of Cicada and Phoenix's in front of Phoenix.

"Excuse me, is there anyway we could get two waters also?" Phoenix asked, pulling his own pizza slice closer to him. "Oh, yeah! Sure thing, it'll be right up." She chirped, running off just as quickly as she had come.

Cicada smiled at Phoenix as he asked for waters. She pulled the pizza slice close and took a bite, "Thanks for that."

“Sure thing, it wasn’t that big of a deal.” Phoenix hummed, eating his own pizza with a warm smile. “How do you like it? Is it good?” He asked her, genuinely curious.

"It's really good," Cicada responded smiling. She couldn't believe how good it was, to be honest. She had expected him to say it was good, and then it to be good but not the best around, "This probably is some of the best pizza I've ever had."

"Really? Anytime I tell people it's really good, they disagree. You're the first person not to come up with somewhere else." Phoenix laughed lightly, giving her a small smile. "I feel accomplished now."

Cicada laughed a little with him grinning. She shrugged a little as she continued to eat, "I've never had pizza as good as this, what can I say? Maybe I've just always had sucky pizza, who knows."