forum "As long as I don't fall in Love..." // OxO // Romance // OPEN

Started July 31, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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(I'm gonna do a time skip (unless if you wanted there something to be added))
Time skip to the next evening
(Yeah, no problem! It was my pleasure uwu. And I saw that lmao, thank you!)

(nah that's fine)
Winter walked to the restaurant. He had promised the girl he would meet her, so he would.
(Lol no problem! :) )

Astra was already there, trying her hardest not to order anything. Gotta be sober. Gotta be sober. She was sitting where Winter was sitting yesterday, in his exact spot.

Winter came in, and spotted Astra in his normal seat, walking over. "Hi." he said, sitting down.

"Good evening," she smiled at him, trying to be on her very best behavior. "How are you?"

"Fine. You?" He said, taking off his coat.

"I"m doing alright," she grinned at him. "Thank you for keeping your promise."

He nodded. "You're welcome."

"Aren't I much calmer?" she grinned to herself and twirled her hair around her index finger

He nodded. "I suppose, yes." He shrugged slightly.

"You want something to eat? I'll pay."

He shrugged. "Not really hungry."

(I almost called her Kana) Astra bit her tongue. Just be patient, girl. You got this. She smiled sweetly at him. "Well. Will you allow me to explain why I make a great friend?" She put her elbows on the table and did a Monika pose from DDLC and clasped her hands together.

(lol) he sighed. "Fine." He replied.

"Let me start off by saying that I am extremely helpful. I give great advice and I'm always ready to comfort others. IF you need some food? I got you. If you want to talk about stupid stuff? I got you. If you just want to yell at me? I got you." She grinned. "My friends always come to me for advice because I'm very honest. Which leads me to my next point," she stopped talking for a second and took a breath. "I'll always be honest and I'm very loyal. Once I'm friends with someone, I've always got their back." She was talking a mile per minute. "And I take great pictures of people. If you need a cool picture of yourself for Instagram, hit me up and I'll bend over backwards to take the perfect picture," she continued talking about why she made a great friend for the next 4 minutes.
"So, what do you think?"

Winter blinked, taking in what she had said. "Astra…I told you, I don't do friends. Agreed, you sound like a good one, but I don't do friends. For reasons I do not need to divulge." That, and he was worried he would fall for her. He was already feeling the tug of attraction, but knew he couldn't let it become anything more.

Her face fell. "Why won't you take a chance on it? You don't have anything to lose…" she trailed off.

I have everything to lose. He thought. "Yes, I do. I'm sorry, Astra." he said softly.

She put her hands in her lap and looked down at them. "Well…" She suddenly gasped, loudly, and looked up at him. "I could just stay by your side! Like a watchful guardian. All you need to do is acknowledge me when you see me." She realized that was a horrible idea after she said it. Oh well.

"No, I…" he sighed. "Please, Astra. I can't." he said softly.

Astra started to chew on the inside of her lip. "Then why even agree to meet me here?"

"I don't know! Because you wouldn't leave me alone, and I just wanted to go home to my cat!" he replied with a shrug.

Thus, giving me false hope. She sighed. "Listen, I don't know your life story. Clearly, you've been through some stuff if you're pushing me away so openly." She smirked at him. "But I want you to know that I won't back down."

Winter groaned. "Astra…" he shook his head slightly. "Please back down. You don't know what you're getting into."

"I don't care!" She retorted. "When I have a goal, I will achieve it."