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

Started March 26, 2020 by @Rainy_day_artist_classic group

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Oh the irony. Phoenix laughed nervously, trying to just relax at the last comment. "Well, on that note, what's the best pickup line you've ever heard?" He asked, continuing to kick at the ground to swing higher.

"Don't think I've ever heard a good one," Cicada responded after a bit of thought. She continued to swing slowly as she couldn't to think, "A lot of times it's either the bad ones or cat calls with me. Occasional butt slap too," those guys learn quickly not to do that again though, "but never any good pick up lines."

"Oh great… I deeply apologize if it happened to ever be any of my friends. I know for sure I've never done anything like that." Phoenix told her, swinging high off the ground. Once he hit a certain point, he jumped off stumbling to the ground with a laugh. He fumbled around on his feet, falling back on his butt still laughing. "That worked."

"Sweet!" Cicada had a grin on as she laughed slightly seeing him stick it. She swung a bit higher before jumping off joining him on the ground landing with some grace. She didn't fall like Phoenix had, "And it hasn't happened in my time here, yet. So you don't have to apologize."

Phoenix tipped back, laying on his back looking up to her. "I still apologize for men in the past." He informed her, resting both hands on his stomach. Studying her face, he noted how pretty she really was. Of course he had noticed before, but as the setting sun at the prettiest tone to it, it gave her a stunning look as well.

Cicada gave him a smile and leaned over him. He looked pretty relaxed and he was cute when he wasn't all stressed out like he had been for almost the entire day. Her bangs fell in front of her face and she pulled it back behind her ear, "You don't need to apologize for them. They were them and you are you."

"But society lumps us all together. 75% of men are considered rude, and disrespectful. 20% of them are mostly pro feminism and go over the top, with the whole equals that they act like they aren't even men anymore." Phoenix mumbled, trying not to flush as she hung over him. "And that last 5% is guys like me, who know how to balance things."

Cicada kept herself from laughing. He had a point, but she was more curious as to why he knew those statistics and could pull them off the top of his head. She gave him a smile as she stopped leaning over him to sit down next to him, "Good thing I'm not all of society then. I'm just Cicada."

"And just Cicada is enough for me…" Phoenix sighed weakly, tilting his head to look at her from an angle. "Honestly, I'm glad you came to talk to me. I'm not normally the social type." Snickering softly, he threw an arm over his forehead with a slight sigh.

“Not a lot of friends I take it?” Cicada asked with a slight laugh. She let one of her legs lay straight on the ground while the other stayed close so she could rest on the popped up knee, “I’m glad I talked to you too by the way. Your a pretty cool guy.”

Shaking his head, he looked back upwards with a slight frown. "Nope. Most of my friends are by association." He muttered under his breath, not bothered whether she heard or not. "But thank you, I'd say the same thing if you were a guy."

Cicada heard him a little bit and she resisted the urge to ruffle his hair. That would just be too weird, “Thank and now you have one friend not by association, me.”

"And you actually like me?" He asked her with a raised brow. Of course he found it hard to believe, because all of his 'friends' were siblings of his sisters or only pretended to be his friend to get to his sister. Clearly she was the preferred over the siblings.

"Yeah I actually like you," Cicada responded smiling over at him. She really did enjoy being around him, that's why she was trying so hard to befriend him, "I wouldn't be here if I didn't."

“You can never be too sure, I normally always get the same response. So having you respond differently is nice.” Phoenix hummed softly, letting a smile pull back up on his lips.

Cicada let out a slight laugh as she looked to him, "I'm sure it is. This has been fun Phoenix."

"It has… do you still want to get ice cream afterwards?" Phoenix asked with a slight smile, pushing himself into a sitting position. "There's a good place right down the street."

Cicada smiled and nodded at the offer. She stayed in her sitting position but got ready to stand up, "Sure, I can always go for some ice cream. Mind if I ask what's your favorite ice cream flavor?"

"Don't really have one," Phoenix admitted as he made himself fully get up. "But if it's a good one, vanilla is probably my first choice. If it's on a waffle cone. If not, I don't know what I'd pick."

Cicada finally got up off of the ground smiling. She brushed off her pants as she looked back at him smiling, "Hey that's fine. Totally valid answer to the question. So what do you think you'll get?"

"Not sure. Depends what they have when we get there." Phoenix grinned brushing himself off before taking her hand to lead her. "What about you? Do you have something you'd want most?"

"I'm in a chocolate mood," Cicada responded taking his hand. She thought for a moment as her mind went through different ice cream flavors, "Something with fudge in it would be nice."

"Mmm, sounds like a good plan. This way for ice cream!" Phoenix grinned, jogging along and pull Cicada with him. In the past month and a half, he had to admit, this was the most fun he had had.

Cicada laughed as she caught up to him. This was probably the best time she had had since she had broken up with Brecken. She had a bright smile on that wasn't fake or forced.

As he continued to jog, he saw a small ice cream shop down the street. It was one of the many around. “This is the closest one, are you alright with this?”

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Cicada asked him as she slowed with him. She didn't understand why he felt the need to ask her, "Is it like the worse ice cream shop in town?"

Phoenix laughed weakly, shaking his head. “No, I just wanted to know if you had an opinion.” He hummed, running his fingers through his hair. “Guess I just wanted to double check. I always do.”

Cicada laughed with him. She gave him a reassuring smile, "I really don't. You don't have to double-check everything with me. I'm fine with almost everything okay?"

"It's a lot harder for me to break this habit, than to ask you the question." Phoenix hummed, checking both ways before crossing the street. " Trust me, I've tried in the past."

Cicada nodded and followed after him. She didn't really check the street figuring that it was fine and all of that. She let out a slight hum in thought, "Yeah, I get that. I'll just keep answering your question then."