Lightly painted nails tapped the table gently, strumming along to the beat of the light melody that played in the background of the small and quaint café. The scent of coffee and sweets filled her nose as she moved her fork around her plate with the other. The small piece of carrot cake was pretty much in pieces at this point, left mostly uneaten as her crimson gaze moved around the small outdoor seating area. It was a very strange occurrence for her to be so… Down? Was that the right word? She didn’t know. She just felt like there was a huge lump in her stomach and it constantly turned and twisted, making her uncomfortable as she shifted in her chair.
A rather modest dress that was a dusty rose color, full of lace that flowed down to her ankles. The fabric was rather loose in comparison to what she normally would and covered most of her body, though it left her arms still bare to the cool spring morning. At least her other parts were covered? And she was even wearing undergarments, even though she hated them. Her make up was lightly done, long black locks lightly curled and actually up for once in a slightly messy half up half down twisted braid.
This wasn’t a date. Not in a conventional way. And part of her almost felt guilty for luring Salem out unsuspecting into this sort of situation, but… There were other circumstances to take into account. Such as the reasons why she’d done it and the fact that she was worried that Salem would turn her down without any real information on the fact. So she’d lied. Said that it was going to be something like a group walk around with him, Silky and herself, but she hadn’t planned to bring Silky along this time.
Her eyes turned to the phone that sat on the table in front of her. No new messages, which honestly was quite rare, but she’d told everyone she’d be unavailable for the day and left her ‘work’ phone at home for Silky to take for her. Today was going to be… Strange. And new. But… What if this was all too much for Salem? Unlike other people, she didn’t like the thought of rattling him in the way she did most people, trying to get a rise out of them, so to say. Since she’d all but claimed him as one of her favored companions, she hadn’t really been sure which category to put him in. He wasn’t a lover and she didn’t quite think of him solely as a friend either. He had the potential to be a lover, but maybe not? He just perplexed her with his entire being and it made her curious and aware of him in a way she hadn’t felt before. It wasn’t exactly an attraction, but it wasn’t not attraction either.
That lump twisted in her stomach again and she shifted once more, setting her fork down to run her fingers through her hair, knowing if she chewed her lip as she normally did, her make-up would smear. This was why she hated the face paint, but… It did its job quite well at times like these. When she really wanted to get dressed up, she knew how, but most of the time, she simply preferred not to. It was a waste of time for make-up that would just get smudged and then have to be washed off later.
Another peek at her phone for the umpteenth time in the past… Had it really only been ten minutes? She had shown up early, but still… She’d ordered them both coffee and herself this piece of carrot cake, had had a chance to tear apart said carrot cake with her fork as she thought over her plan and quietly contemplated which section to place Salem into and it had only been ten minutes? She still had another twenty-five minutes until the time they’d arranged to meet?
A loud sigh escaped her as she unlocked said phone and opened a game of Candy Crush while she waited surprisingly patiently for her human to arrive at the cafe, but her mind couldn’t focus. Her fingers swiped uselessly until she was out of lives again and she closed the app, taking another look around. Still nothing. Dammit… She just needed to track him down one of these nights and meet him at his house from now on. At least then, she could relax without the fear of being stood up. No, that wasn’t the right word. This wasn’t a date, exactly.
A rather modest dress that was a dusty rose color, full of lace that flowed down to her ankles. The fabric was rather loose in comparison to what she normally would and covered most of her body, though it left her arms still bare to the cool spring morning. At least her other parts were covered? And she was even wearing undergarments, even though she hated them. Her make up was lightly done, long black locks lightly curled and actually up for once in a slightly messy half up half down twisted braid.
This wasn’t a date. Not in a conventional way. And part of her almost felt guilty for luring Salem out unsuspecting into this sort of situation, but… There were other circumstances to take into account. Such as the reasons why she’d done it and the fact that she was worried that Salem would turn her down without any real information on the fact. So she’d lied. Said that it was going to be something like a group walk around with him, Silky and herself, but she hadn’t planned to bring Silky along this time.
Her eyes turned to the phone that sat on the table in front of her. No new messages, which honestly was quite rare, but she’d told everyone she’d be unavailable for the day and left her ‘work’ phone at home for Silky to take for her. Today was going to be… Strange. And new. But… What if this was all too much for Salem? Unlike other people, she didn’t like the thought of rattling him in the way she did most people, trying to get a rise out of them, so to say. Since she’d all but claimed him as one of her favored companions, she hadn’t really been sure which category to put him in. He wasn’t a lover and she didn’t quite think of him solely as a friend either. He had the potential to be a lover, but maybe not? He just perplexed her with his entire being and it made her curious and aware of him in a way she hadn’t felt before. It wasn’t exactly an attraction, but it wasn’t not attraction either.
That lump twisted in her stomach again and she shifted once more, setting her fork down to run her fingers through her hair, knowing if she chewed her lip as she normally did, her make-up would smear. This was why she hated the face paint, but… It did its job quite well at times like these. When she really wanted to get dressed up, she knew how, but most of the time, she simply preferred not to. It was a waste of time for make-up that would just get smudged and then have to be washed off later.
Another peek at her phone for the umpteenth time in the past… Had it really only been ten minutes? She had shown up early, but still… She’d ordered them both coffee and herself this piece of carrot cake, had had a chance to tear apart said carrot cake with her fork as she thought over her plan and quietly contemplated which section to place Salem into and it had only been ten minutes? She still had another twenty-five minutes until the time they’d arranged to meet?
A loud sigh escaped her as she unlocked said phone and opened a game of Candy Crush while she waited surprisingly patiently for her human to arrive at the cafe, but her mind couldn’t focus. Her fingers swiped uselessly until she was out of lives again and she closed the app, taking another look around. Still nothing. Dammit… She just needed to track him down one of these nights and meet him at his house from now on. At least then, she could relax without the fear of being stood up. No, that wasn’t the right word. This wasn’t a date, exactly.
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