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

Started March 26, 2020 by @Rainy_is_back

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Shaking out of his state, he smiled brightly pulling his own door open. "Where to? Anywhere you think would be necessary in your daily life?" Phoenix asked her, setting his cup up in the front.

Cicada hummed as she thought. She sat down in the car and leaned back in the seat. She couldn't think of anyplace she needed to be, "None that I can think of, wellll. Okay, I thought of one. Can you show me where the library is?"

"Sure, though I'll have to show you the one on campus." Phoenix hummed with a soft smile, pulling out of the parking space. "It's a bit of a walk, but only 15 minutes driving."

"From here? Or just in general," Cicada asked as she looked around. She could actually look around the town now that she wasn't the one driving. The town really wasn't that bad.

"I was going from the school, but it's only about ten from here. I do the mapping in my head." He laughed lightly, turning down a back street before pulling out on the main road once more. "It takes longer to walk, because of all the traffic and stuff. There's no pathways from school to the library."

Cicada laughed with him. She still couldn't route most of the town in her head, so this should really help her. With his last statement, she let out a long sigh, "Oh that's wonderful. You would think they would plan that out better."

"They did, by putting one in the school." Phoenix snickered, pursing his lips together as he concentrated on his driving. "But I know what you mean."

Cicada let out a short laugh as she moved her foot. Just a silent reminder to herself she was fine, nothing was going to happen. She took a sip of her latte, "I mean, sometimes public libraries have better resources than colleges do. Ya know?"

"True, true." Phoenix hummed with a bright smile turning to face her once at a stop light. "But I mean, at least you have the option to look by the school first. If the school doesn't have it, then you come to the library."

"Yeah…" Cicada agreed nodding as she gave him a smile back. She was glad the two were hitting it off and she figured they would be good friends before she had to run again, "I just have to see the school's selection first."

Chuckling, Phoenix turned back to the green light and took off. He didn't say anything for a couple minutes, as they were two or three minutes away from the library. He was trying to focus. Once he saw the large building, he perked up and glanced over at her. "We're almost there, sorry for the silence."

"It's fine," Cicada brushed it off easily. She hadn't minded the silence since it let her take the town in more than she had been able to earlier. She looked out and caught the large building in her sight, "I'm guessing that big building is the library?"

"You got it." Phoenix nodded slightly, pulling into a parking space. "I think it might be closed, but we can walk around this part of town." The young man chirped, picking up his coffee cup before shutting off the car. "As long as you're okay with that."

Cicada grabbed her coffee-sipping it before getting out of the car smiling. She nodded along and looked back to him, "That's fine. It's a part of town I haven't been to yet. So it'll be nice to walk around."

"It's also quiet. Not a lot of people are out around now, especially since the roads are so tight. Of course the busy roads are all around here, so it makes things incredibly difficult." Snickering, he pushed the door open to slide out.

Cicada laughed as she leaned on the car waiting for him, "But of course. Isn't that how most downtown areas are? Busy roads but no people wandering the streets?"

"Yup, I've always disliked that." He sighed, holding out a hand to her with a soft smile. "Anyways, we should get on while the night is still young. It's not too dark yet."

Cicada smiled and took his hand. She stepped up next to him sipping her coffee, "Yep. Besides, sometimes seeing the town in the dark is prettier than in the daylight ya know?"

"I agree, it gives everything a cool undertone. It makes things light up more." Phoenix agreed with her, lacing their fingers before pulling her along. "I'm assuming you'll be down here a lot."

"If I like down here, then yes I will be," Cicada laughed as she let him lace their fingers. She had no problem with it, "But yeah, everything looks cooler at night."

"It's more relaxed too, nobody likes to come after dark to a place they don't know." Phoenix mumbled, leading her on closer to the library. "They're scare of what could be there."

“They should get familiar with the place then,” Cicada responded hearing his mumbling, “There’s no use in being scared of a place in the dark.”

"I get why they would be scared though. Some people could be afraid of the dark," He hummed, pausing to sort his wording. "Some are just afraid what could be. They're probably rather safe than sorry kind of people."

"Yeah, I'm not one of those people," Cicada admitted with a laugh. She probably should act like she was, but that always just felt wrong in the past, "What about you?"

"Depends the dark space. If I'm walking into a building, I want the lights on. Especially if it's big." He hummed softly, standing at the base of the library. "Somewhere like this building for instance. I wouldn't go in there without some source of light."