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

Started March 26, 2020 by @Rainy_day_artist_classic group

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Chuckling lightly, Phoenix continued to lead her on at a steady pace. "Then maybe I won't tell you everything, so I have an excuse to be useful." With that said, he let a teasing smirk settle on his lips.

"Oh I'm sure you would find other ways to be useful," Cicada responded with a big grin. She let out a laugh as she caught his smirk, "You know like paying for food and holding doors."

"Mmm… but you won't let me do that all the time." Phoenix pointed out with a light laugh. He knew he could do those things, but it just didn't feel the same. "So, I need something like this for a little while."

"Well I like hanging out with you even if you aren't useful," Cicada told him with a smile. She really did, him being useful was just a little perk of their friendship at the moment.

"That's nice to know… what happens when I become a useless mess? Would you stick around?" Phoenix asked, not seeming super serious about the question. "Because if you say you won't stick around, just prepare yourself."

"Oh most definitely I would stick around," Cicada responded to him with a semi-serious face. Her answer wasn't meant to be serious but she wanted it to seem like it was, "My life you still be entertaining trying to keep out of trouble.

"Oh joy, when I'm a mess I can still be useful." Phoenix snorted a bit, rolling his eyes to match his sarcastic tone. Though once said, he returned back to his plucky self with a soft smile. "Anyways, the cafeteria is right up there."

"Got it," Cicada nodded with a slight smirk on. She knew where the cafeteria was, it also helped that it was in one of the largest buildings. For obvious reasons of course. She let out a laugh and let go of his arm so she could get ahead of him and open the door.

“Hey! I thought you just said I could be useful by getting doors!” Phoenix called out to her, jogging after her so he could get to the door.

Cicada laughed as she grabbed the door handle and opened it up for him out of breath, "Yeah, but you're not letting me pay for anything, so this is my way of being useful."

"Being my friend is useful." Phoenix hummed, walking in through the door. There wasn't any point arguing, otherwise they would be sitting out there for a very long time.

"Yeah, and you being my friend is useful too," Cicada responded with a slight laugh as she walked through after him. She had a big smile on as she stepped in after him.

"Oh- I give up." Phoenix huffed, crossing his arms over his chest. Though all goodnatured, nothing meant to hurt her feelings. "Where do we wanna sit, once we get food?"

"Outside if we can?" Cicada asked him as she looked around the busy cafeteria. It was around lunchtime so of course, a lot of people were here at this moment, "Otherwise I really don't care."

"That works for me. Let's get out of here as fast as we can." Phoenix laughed weakly, catching sight of his sister and her friends. The center of attention she was, of course. Sighing a bit, he walked away trying to just ignore her so Savanna wouldn't see the two.

"Got it. Don't want to get caught by your sister or something?" Cicada asked him with a slight laugh as she made her way to the first bit of the cafeteria so she could get in line for pasta. She was in a pasta mood today.

Phoenix tried to laugh back, but wasn't really feeling up to it. There was just so much going on in the one room. "Not exactly. I just don't care for crowds." He shrugged as he slowly gathered his self so he could get his lunch.

"Oh, well we can be quick then right?" Cicada responded looking back at him with a slightly worried look. She thought for a moment and gave him a soft smile, "How about we both meet up here with food so we can go get a spot outside?"

"Works for me… though I might want to go outside if you take too long. Nothing personal, I just know I'll be swept up with a group of students." Phoenix told her, forcing up a smile so he could go off to get lunch without her worrying.

"No it's fine," Cicada responded keeping up her smile. She gave him a little wave and went over to the pasta line, "I'll see you there okay?"

"Alright… sure thing." With that said, he quickly walked off to get his own food. Not taking long to decide, he got himself a simple salad not being hungry for much more. He did eat breakfast only an hour or so ago.

Cicada walked through the line getting a bowl of spaghetti topped with marina and crumbled meat. She had a big smile as she swiped her card before heading out to where she was supposed to meet with Phoenix. Despite eating not long ago, she was already starving.

Phoenix headed out of the large room after paying, avoiding his sister rather well. As soon as he was back outside again, his whole body seemed to relax at the release of tension. Though he still had shaky hands, and felt his heart pounding in his chest. Now all he had to do was find Cicada…

Cicada spotted Phoenix outside and walked over to him. She stepped up to him with a smile on as she gestured to one of the nearby tables, "Found ya. Want to go sit over there?"

When she spoke, he jumped a little bit. "O-oh, yeah sure." Phoenix hummed, smiling softly as they started off to one of the empty tables. "If you want to sit with someone else, that's okay. I don't want to make you sit with me."

"No I want to sit with you," Cicada gave him a smile and began making her way towards the table. She didn't know why he had gotten so anxious in the crowd, probably because he was an introvert or something like that.

"Alright, if you're sure." Phoenix mumbled a bit, sitting down at the table. Smiling weakly he pulled one of his knees up to his chest. "How was your class? Good, I hope."

Cicada sat down and shoveled a mouthful of spaghetti into her mouth. She slurped it down before responding, "It was as good as English could get, talking about typically dead white guys and what not."

"Oh lovely, I have a feeling that it's going to be the same for me." Phoenix sighed with a slight smile. He had a slight sigh escape his lips, as he ate slowly.

"Probably, that's what most English classes are aren't they?" Cicada responded taking another bite. She was hungry and the food here wasn't half bad. A lot better than anything she could make.