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Ben laughed, cringing. “You haven’t seen it, though,” he responded. “I dyed it black in seventh grade when I was going through my emo phase and it looked awful. Trust me. Did you have that god awful haircut too, or were you already classy as a middle schooler?”

"Oh I was this classy when I was born, don't you worry about that." Val joked, leaning his head back against the tree. "Wait, I take that back, I was this classy in the womb." He giggled and tilted his head to look at Ben.

“You even looked good in your ultrasound, I’ll bet,” Ben teased. “They were so amazed at how great you looked that they promised to never ruin it with a Justin Beiber haircut or bad dye job.” He grinned.

"Oh I sure did. You think this is a joke, but I'm sure I was a stunning baby." Val continued. Considering who my father is… Warlocks were half-human, half-demon. That's where their magic comes from. "In your case, your hair was experimented on before you found the perfect thing, and here you are."

“Perfect might be a stretch, but I’m going to take that as a compliment, so thank you,” Ben replied with a softer smile. He ran his hand through his hair again at the mention of it subconsciously. His haircut had been pretty awful up until his senior year of high school, and after that it was actually kind of decent. Ben was extra hard on himself though, so maybe it looked better than he thought.

"Of course it's a compliment. I don't hand out compliments willy-nilly." Val paused, smiling, "Well… maybe I do, but that's not the point." He giggled, keeping his gaze in Ben's direction. After a moment of silence, he switched subjects. "So, since we were just there, what did you think of the coffee shop? I go there almost every morning, the employees love me."

“It was nice,” Ben said, thinking back to the atmosphere there. “I’m definitely going to have to go there more, especially if you go there a lot.” He blushed at that statement slightly, but kept talking anyway. “Plus, their coffee was pretty good, so there’s that too.”

"I like your thought process. Usually, I'm earlier and for a lot shorter of a time. You'll have to come at just the right time if you want to see me." Val said while smiling. "Normally, I only have two reasons for going there. The two being great coffee and the closeness to home. But, I am very happy to announce that a third reason has taken shape." He didn't specifically say, but he tried to make it obvious that he meant Ben.

Ben smiled, still blushing. “I like the way you think,” Ben remarked, copying Val’s earlier statement. “Maybe we can run into each other
more often.” He was terrible at flirting when he tried to, so he just talked to Val without trying to force himself to flirt. He didn’t think he was doing too terribly, either.

Val giggled quietly to himself. "I sure hope we do as well. I would give you my number, but I only have a landline, dumb I know, and that probably won't be much help if you want to get ahold of me." He hadn't ran into this problem much before and now he almost felt stupid, having a landline when half the population probably didn't even know what one was.

Ben smiled. “That’s fine,” he said, a little weirded out that Val didn’t have a cellphone. “I’ll just give you my cell number then. Because like most people, I have a cell phone.” He gave Val a teasing grin.

"I get it, my style isn't the only strange thing about me. But if you don't mind only being able to contact me when I'm at home, I can put my number in your phone." Val said, lightly flushed. He was a little embarrassed by his lack of a cell phone. The only reason he didn't have one is because his use of magic messes with the data, service, and overall running of the device, rendering the use of a phone useless.

Ben shrugged, then pulled out his phone and handed it to Val. “Works for me,” he responded. “It’s kinda cool that you don’t all a cellphone. All retro and carefree. How do people from work or school or whatever reach you though? I’d be totally lost without my phone.”

Val typed in his home number sneaking in a heart emoji by his name. He turned off the phone and handed it back to Ben. "I like that, retro and carefree. If I ever feel bad about it I'll just remember that." He smiled, feeling better about it. "As for that, I guess it's mostly email, if that counts. They just all know I'm a little special when it comes to that."

Ben nodded. “Makes sense,” he said. “Maybe the rest of us could stand to stop our phones so much too. God knows I spend way too much time on mine.”

"I would agree actually. It's crazy what people don't notice because they're glued to their screens." As if on cue, someone walked past the tree, not noticing the two of them. The person had earbuds in and were staring at the screen.

Ben nodded. “Yeah, next to you I feel like that guy,” he said with a laugh, gesturing slightly with his head to the man with the headphones in. “I guess we all have our weaknesses.” He smiled. “Mine are probably my phone and coffee.”

"That's true. I'm not sure about mine, I don't really think about it." Val said, turning his attention away from the guy and back to Ben. "What matters, is that you are not sucked into your phone right now. I would honestly be disappointed if you were."

“I would be disappointed,” Ben agreed. “It’s rude to be on your phone while you’re talking to someone.” He gave Val a smile, and shrugged. “Anyway, I like talking to you.”

"I'm honored. I quite like talking to you as well." Val leaned his head back against the tree and looked out at the park in front of them. For the first time that day, he wasn't sure what to say.

Ben looked over at Val, trying not to stare before looking away again. “It’s a nice day today,” he said lamely, trying to think of a new conversation topic. He steeled himself, trying not to be terribly awkward. “Also, um, would you maybe like to go out to dinner sometime?”

"I believe that was my line. But I guess I'll take yours instead and say; of course, I'd love to. When works for you?" Val replied with a bright smile. He had thought about asking Ben that, but he wasn't sure if it had been to soon to ask, so he was going to wait. But Ben beat him to it.

Ben grinned, glad that Val hadn’t even questioned it. “Anytime this week,” he responded, thinking. “Except Wednesday, but other than that any day is fine.” This was his last free week before things began to get busy again, as he was used to. It was kind of nice, being to able to do things without getting out a planner.

"What about Thursday then-?" Val asked, almost saying 'love' at the end out of what could have been described as habit. He couldn't remember the last time he had been on a date. It had been a terribly long time and he forgot how enjoyable they were, even to just set up. It brought a sense of excitement that he didn't feel very often, but brought back many memories.

“Thursday’s great,” Ben agreed with a grin. “It’s a date!” The butterflies decided to flutter around inside of him again. It had been a while since he’d been on a date, both due to business and the fact that this was his first date after breaking up with Lina. It had been months, and Ben was definitely ready to go on another date, especially with someone he got along with so well.