"Oh I'm interested in something alright and it's not just the plant" He muttered to himself as he mentally slapped himself for cussing. He tended to whisper and ramble at the same time when he was nervous and boy was he hella nervous. He then noticed the guy holding the door open for him Oh for fuck's sake don't let the guy stand there awkwardly walk in dumbass. He fast-walked through the door and thanked the guy. Then kept walking before he could say anything, mostly with the fear of making eye contact and having a nervous breakdown.
"Huh..? Well okay then…" Darius watched as the guy seemed to mumble to himself before walking into the shop. He was certainly confused, yes, but this is not the weirdest customer he's come across. Mostly far from it. Oh shit… what if he has social anxiety. That solution made the most sense, given the context. Darius continued to think to himself as he walked back into the shop.
"Oh! If you need help looking for anything, please don't hesitate to ask! I'll be at the front desk if you need me!" He quickly called to the guy as the man walked away, further into the shop. He felt his face grow warm as he realized he was watching the poor guy's ass as he was walking away, and had to shake his head to snap out of it. He's probably not gay though…
(lmaoo ahhh dude I love him even more now he's great!)
Jayson heard the guy say something about if he needed help and turned around, he gave the guy a thumbs up as he nodded. "Thanks, yea I'll do that!" Jayson then went to look for his plant. As he looked around he saw some white roses and was drawn to them, he seems to stare at them for a long time, mesmerized. "They're white…" He muttered. He finally decided to take those instead. He scooped up a bundle of them and walked to the front desk to pay. "I want these." He said staring at the roses, refusing to look up at the guy.
(lmao thank you!! I love your character, he's just so damn adorable and flustered. I wanna reach through the screen and pinch his cheeks like an old grandma)
"Ah. White roses, huh? Must be for someone very special to you," Darius said gently as he started to ring up the guy. "You know what? I'm going to give you a discount, since this seems to be your first time in this store, and because you're such a lovely guy." He quickly inputted the discount into the total before the dude was able to protest–white roses were a bit expensive in this area.
"Alright, your new total is $10.76," he continued as if he didn't compliment the guy. He grabbed some paper and string from under the counter and quickly wrapped the bundle of flowers into a neat and pretty bouquet.
(Oh my loord thanks lmao)
Jayson was about to speak up when the guy had said something about giving them to someone special but decided against it. Then his mind went blank when he talked about a discount. "No, wait! It might be my first time but-" it was too late, the guy had already put in the discount and gave him his final total of $10.76. It took Jayson everything he had not to burn up from embarrassment, at this point he wanted the ground to swallow him whole. "T-Thanks…if you'd like" he paused as if mustering all the nonexistent courage he had. "W-would you like to get a coffee sometime? For your trouble?" And as soon as the words left his mouth he dun regreted it. What if the guy didn't want to? WAIT. What if the guy thought he was asking him out and wasn't even gay?? Oh shit. It was a long shot but he had taken it and it was too late. "Of course you don't have to, I know how that must sound to you I mean a guy asking you out to drink coffee? That sounds a bit….suggestive." He looked away and decided to shut up before he started feeling goosebumps on his arms and that sick feeling in his stomach.
(Lmao "as soon as the words left his mouth he dun regreted it" is such a mood)
"Uh… sure? Coffee does sound pretty nice, especially going with someone like you," Darius smiled gently, trying to take some stress of the situation off of the poor guy. "I have to finish working my shift here before I can go anywhere though… so…" he tore off a bit of the roll of paper under the counter and grabbed a pen from his apron before scribbling down his name and number and offering it to the man. "Here. It's my name and number so you can text me. What's your name, so I know it's you?"
(yea lmao)
Jayson nodded silently. "No yea I understand, it's alright I'll umm go around while you finish your work." He said pausing a lot near his last words. He saw the guy reach under the table, then ask him his name. "Jayson. It's Jayson….or Jay. Jayce is okay too" He almost cried at how forced and painful his voice came out as he took the paper, trying to steady his hand from the nervousness.
(Heya Red my dude I just wanted to ask if you still wanna continue this, if not then I'm completely chill with that too lol)
(Yes of course! Only if you want to though… life kinda hit me like a train this past weekend… sorry for being gone so long)
"Jay… Jayson… what a lovely name!" Darius exclaimed cheerily with a soft smile. "Well, Jayce, I'll see you in about an hour then?" He returned the pen to the tin holder, his eyes distracted by the movement of more people coming into the shop.
(nah you're all good and I would like to continue it. I just wanted to make sure you were still into it lmao, I get real paranoid about little things these like these, for example, I'll start thinking "Dude what if she doesn't like you and just bailed?" or "Man your idea was so shit it didn't even get to fifty replies lmaooo jokes on you bro" so yea, I'm not pressuring you or any of the sort just kinda wanted to make sure and just take all the time you need! I just..like I said I got paranoid lmao sorry for my long ass paragraph I just like to make things clear so no one gets the wrong idea besides I knew something was up which is why I held back on sending another message in the rp, didn't wanna stress ya)
Jayson flinched, as he realized he was just plain staring at Darius with his eyes saying he wanted something more from him, but snapped out of it as he saw the distraction in his eyes. "Y-yea cool, in an hour, got it, I'll be back in an hour." He then slowly backed up and walked out of the store in a sort of stiff manner. He had just done something he never thought of doing in his life. He made the first move ON A GUY. By the time he was out of sight from the store, he let out a gasp of air he didn't realize he was holding.
(It's okay man, that's completely understandable. I'm sorry I completely dropped off the grid for a while…)
Darius watched Jayson walk out of the shop with a fluttery feeling in his stomach and a warm feeling in his face. He brought his hand up to his cheek, knowing how pink his face must be by now. A date…? He was jolted out of this thoughts as he saw another customer approach the counter, carrying a decent-sized aloe plant. Just one more hour…
(ahh dude you're cool no need to worry about it, like I said I'm totally chill with that and also you wanna time skip to the date?)
(Alright… if you say so…
And yeah we should probably time skip to the date) (also the reason I was gone was because of a bad bought of a depressive episode, mixed with grief and then adding horrible food poisoning like the cherry on top)
(ah dude I feel for ya and if you wanna talk about it then I'm always here to help, I wouldn't mind hearing ya out since I know how it feels to not have anyone listen to you in times like these)
(Thank you.. . It's okay though, you don't have to)
(aahhh but dude I'd love to, though I won't force it on ya if you don't want to)
(Could we maybe start a PM then…? It's okay if you don't want to, though.
And for the time skip, do you want me to start this time or nah?)
(yo yo yo yo yo chillax a bit dude, It's alright I got this, I got you and I'll start since you responded last, it's only fair lol)
(lmao I'm not a very relaxed person, that's all left to my character)
(Lmao yea I get that sometimes and hey if you wanna put this off until you feel better I'm totally down for that)
(Nah man it's okay. We can still continue this, if you want to)
(Aight cool then mate~)
Jayson sits at the cafe, restless as heck, a lot of thoughts going through his mind. His leg bounced as he looked around anxiously, every second taking a glance at the clock on the wall. "It's alright dude, you're cool, h-he'll be here" He assures himself but a tiny voice in the back of his head says otherwise. Are you sure?
(ah sorry! I fell asleep on the couch but I'm awake and back now!)
Darius heaved a sigh of relief as his coworker finally arrived for her shift, quickly passing her the apron that fit them both and nearly speed-walking out the door, not answering when she yelled after him if he had a hot date waiting for him. As soon as he was out the door, he began to mutter to himself. "Right, okay. Cafe. Searching for a cafe… Cafe. Cafe. Is this the cafe?" He slowly pushed the door open and entered the cafe, looking around at the people inside, searching for the familiar face from earlier. "Let's hope he's here…"
(Jayson cries in his chibi form "I knew he wouldnt come…" jk lmao it's all good don't stress about it, it's good to get rest)
Jayson casually stirred the coffee he had ordered in an attempt to calm himself with the warmness of the cup, he tilted his head to the side a bit as if he were tired or bored. "Ah crud my head is killing me, this can't be happening right now…" The room seemed to spin a bit but he shook it off and looked up when he saw someone walk into the cafe There he is! his heart skipped a bit as he flushed red, noting his own excitement.
(lmao no oh my goodness I would start crying and attempt to comfort with hugs and chocolate)
Darius perked up, a large smile crossing his face as he finally spotted Jayson. He waved and made his way over to Jayson's table and plopped himself down across from the cute guy. "Hello again! It's nice to see you, Jayson. I didn't think I had the right cafe at first… thankfully I was wrong." He attempted to joke with Jay.
(Lmaoo, Jayson would definitely love chocolates and hugs, he likes anything that's sweet lol)
Jayson smiles back and waves awkwardly, then freezes up when he sits down. "H-hi" he answers, then laughs a bit when he said he was glad to have gotten the right place. "Yeah, sorry I didn't specify I-I'm kind of shy so I got a bit paranoid and wanted out before I embarrassed myself" he smiles a bit nervously, not knowing if that was the right thing to say. He looks down at his half finished coffee then back up at him again. "Umm…So what would you like? To drink I mean"
(yay! lmao Jayson is such a mood)
"Hey, it's okay man. That's totally understandable! Thank you for telling me," Darius quickly tried to calm the guy. He attempted a bright, reassuring smile. "To drink? I don't really know… I haven't really explored much. Do you have any recommendations for me to try?"
(lmaoo thanks and I like your username the "Ho-Ho-Ho" put in it was genius lol)
Jayson thought about this, recommendations? He had a lot on his mind since he'd been here a couple of times. "Well…" He started out slowly, gathering his thoughts. "I usually take the mocha frappe or Iced coffee…but!" He said really excitedly as he looked up at the menu they had hanging over the cash register. "They have these two new ones that I really wanna try! Also, they're limited edition so I have to them! They're the cherry blossom frappe and strawberry milk coffee" He froze as he was about to say something else, he literally got way too excited when it came to coffee. "But umm..you can uh order what you like, they're all good" He smiled at Darius shyly, feeling like he had said too much.
(thanks lmao Lex said I should probably get a more festive username for the season so I did that)
Darius rested his head on his hand, smiling kindly at Jayson as the man went off on a coffee tangent. "I think all of those sound really good. If you want, I can order one of the new ones and you can order the other, and I'll let you have a sip." Darius proposed a compromise, one that would hopefully make both parties happy. "Sound good?"
(Well that's good lmao)
Jayson nodded but then flinched. "Wait, but I'll be buying the drinks, I invited after all, so umm which would you like?" He asked, fidgeting with his sleeve for a bit. He was thinking of getting the Cherry Blossom frappe.
