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

Started March 26, 2020 by @Rainy_is_back

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Cicada laughed a little as she smiled at him. She followed after and walked through the door waiting for him on the other side, "Sure. I'm always down for coffee. Your sister sure is a persistent one then."

"You have no idea." Phoenix laughed weakly, pulling his wallet from his pocket. "What do you want? I'll order for the both of us. It's just easier that way." He hummed pulling his credit card out from one of the slots.

"Okay," Cicada responded. She had been reaching for her wallet but kept her hand by her side instead. She thought for a moment looking over what the cafe had in store, "I think I'll just have an iced latte if that's okay with you."

"As long as you actually want it, than of course." Phoenix smile, stepping up to the cash register. "Hello!" The brunette greeted with a bright smile, her green eyes seeming to light up at the sight of Phoenix. "What can I get you two, today?" Smiling softly, Phoenix took a second glance at the menu. "Hey, I'll have one medium iced latte, and one medium coffee."

Of course, Cicada wanted it. She stayed behind Phoenix smiling waiting for Phoenix to order the coffees. Ordering was more of a one person thing and Phoenix had it covered. Her eyes studied the brunette though they showed no outward hostility.

Nodding, the girl quickly put it in to the cash register reading the amount out. "10.75, please" She hummed, holding her hand out. Having been holding his card out, he watched the young girl quickly do her job before handing the card back. "Thank you sir, your drinks will be ready in just a few." With that said, Phoenix nodded politely, and lead Cicada over to a spare table.

Cicada followed him over to a table with that same smile. She sat down in one of the chairs and looked at him smiling, "Thanks for paying, and ordering. So you just got a regular coffee then?"

"Sure thing, I don't want to be rude now do I?" Phoenix hummed softly before sitting down himself. Pocketing his wallet, he looked up to her with a soft smile. "Yeah, I'm a classic kind of guy. I don't like anything fancy."

"I guess not," Cicada muttered to his first comment. She smiled back at him nodding, "I can appreciate that. Simple is always a good thing."

"Though there are some people that would disagree." Phoenix snickered softly, running his fingers through his hair. "But I'm happy being simple. Nobody should really care otherwise. Right?"

"Right," Cicada laughed as she leaned on the table. She had a soft smile on as she looked at Phoenix, "That's how it should be, and how I wish it was, but it's not like that."

"Exactly. It's really hard, though, when you see people who care anyways all the time. It's incredibly irritating…" Sighing, Phoenix ran a hand down his face mumbling incoherent words to himself. "But you get over it eventually."

Cicada nodded along. She didn’t bother to make any comments because those were the people that she always seems to end up befriending. She changed the subject smoothly, “Yeah. So how were your last few classes?”

Giving her a shrug, he took the time to think about his last few classes. "They were alright. Mostly super easy because it's the first day, but I don't expect that for long. What about you?" Phoenix didn't seem to notice the shift in the conversation. It had completely changed, and the boy hadn't even noticed.

"Yeah, mine were the same," Cicada agreed as she smiled at him. Maneuvering conversations was just one of her many skills. She let out a long dramatic sigh, "Except I already know there's a lab coming up for science and I'm not looking forward to it."

"Why not? I think labs are fun." He hummed, smiling softly. Hearing his order called, he stood up and held a hand out to her. "Is it the people, or the thing in general?" Once she had stood, he led her back to the counter to grab their drinks. "Or is it something else?"

Cicada took his hand and stood up walking with him. She bit her lip in thought as she followed him taking her drink and sipping on it, "Well, let's just say me and labs like the one we're doing have a bad track record in the past. I'm going to talk to my professor and the counselor to see if I can get excused."

"Really? How bad are we talking here?" He asked in a hum, sipping his own coffee with a slight nod. Walking over to a counter, he grabbed one or two sweeteners and ripped them open to dump in his coffee. "Like dangerous, or just ended up messing something up?"

"Dangerous?" Cicada responded not quite sure why she was telling him this. She took another sip of her coffee before letting out a sigh, "Yeah dangerous. We were doing the lab and the next thing I knew I was in the nurses off with the nurse, the professor, and a policeman all trying to calm me down. Later found out I had gone into a panic and blacked out."

"Oh, yeah that is dangerous. I'd try and get an email from your professor or someone like that as proof. It'll help you out, so they don't think you're just making it up. I'm not sure how many students try to get out of it, but it would be better safe than sorry." Phoenix nodded, stirring in the sugar before throwing his trash away. "You ready to go?"

Cicada nodded as she sipped on the iced latte. She pursed her lips for a moment, "Yeah, I'm ready to go. I think I should be able to get an email from my old professor. Hopefully, I won't need it though."

"Of course, let's hope not." Phoenix smiled placing the lid back on his coffee. Once secured he led her out the door to his car, unlocking it with the key in his pocket. "Wait- are we driving or walking?"

Cicada laughed as she followed after him, "Whatever you want. You're the one showing me around. I'm always down to walk, but if we drive you just have to drop me off back here."

Thinking out loud, Phoenix ran his free hand through his curls. "Then I say we drive, just in case. There's a number of things that would go smoother if we drove, especially then we don't walk super far and have to come back."

Cicada nodded following his line of logic. She walked over to his car and to the passenger side smiling, "Okay. Then let's get going!"