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

Started March 26, 2020 by @Rainy_day_artist_classic group

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"I won't then, or I'll try not to," Cicada laughed a little as she let her smile go soft, "I can't really help it sometimes."

"It's all good. I'm just telling you that you don't have to. It's not necessary." Phoenix shrugged, softening his own smile. "But, you can if you feel like it."

"Then I will when I do," Cicada replied her voice going soft for a moment. She tried not to and ended up letting it return to normal, "So we getting close?"

"Yeah, it's right up there." Phoenix told her, pointing out her dorm building with a soft smile. "I have to get my car, otherwise I'd be heading that way."

"I figured," Cicada responded returning the soft smile, "I'm glad you walked me back to my dorm though. Don't know if I would have made my way back by myself."

“Then it’s a good thing I went with you.” Phoenix joked, picking up his pace a little. “I’ll race you from here, if you’re up for it.”

Cicada picked up her own pace to match his before going a little bit faster, "Hell yeah I'll race you. See you there."

Chuckling, he picked up his pace and ran faster. "Yeah, I'll get there when I can!"

Cicada started to run as she let out a laugh. She knew she would beat, but she would try and make it fair.

Phoenix was sprinting, but not very fast. Even at his fastest, he knew he couldn't beat her. So he was keeping energy so he wouldn't be out of breath when he got there. Of course, he probably would still be.

Cicada kept at a fair pace not quite sprinting yet either. She had a smile on and waited outside the dorm for Phoenix to catch up with her, "I win."

"Yeah yeah, I see you." Phoenix called out, in a teasingly bitter tone. "Told you, that you'd win." He hollered out, coming up to her with a slight smile.

Cicada let out a laugh as she smiled at him, "I knew I would but I went slower to give you a fair chance."

"Well, I still lost." Phoenix laughed weakly, leaning against his car with a soft smile. "But I won once, when we went to get pizza. So like I'll just remember that one time, every time I lose."

"You do that," Cicada continued to laugh as she smiled at him, "Thanks again for everything today. And don't say I don't need to thank you."

"Alright fine, you're welcome. Thank you for trusting me enough to call me." Phoenix hummed, smiling just a bit.

"Yeah," Cicada blushed shyly and embarrassedly, "I, um, wasn't really thinking when I called you, but I guess I do trust you plenty."

"I'm glad. I'd feel mighty silly if you had just said you didn't." Phoenix laughed weakly, running a hand through his hair. "But, see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, see you tomorrow," Cicada messed with her hair just slightly, "Night."

"Night! Sleep well, tonight." Phoenix hummed, ducking into his car. He waved as he pulled out, and drove off.

"I'll try!" Cicada called back as she waved. She watched him drive away before heading into the dorm building.

The next day came, and was already half gone before either of them had known it. Phoenix hadn't had much time, so he had barely seen Cicada that morning. Even during lunch, he was off somewhere else. So when he finally texted her after class, he felt a little relief when he didn't have to do anything but hang out with her. 'Meet you at your dorm, in ten minutes?'

Cicada had gotten swamped with work yesterday since she was skipping the lab and all future labs. So her teacher gave her other assignments to make up for the lab work. During that time she hadn't been able to see Phoenix at all and it was bumming her out. Her phone buzzed and her face lit up seeing it was from Phoenix and she sent a quick reply packing up her things from where she was in the library, 'Yeah. See you there!'

'Alright, awesome!' With the approval of meeting her up, he quickly ran up to his dorm and dropped off his backpack before grabbing his phone, wallet, and keys. His roommates weren't there, or he hadn't seen them at least, so he didn't have to mention anything to anyone. Which he was glad for. Heading out the door, he shut it and locked it before jogging back down to his car to go pick her up.

Cicada had a big grin on as she started to run across campus. She hoped she would beat Phoenix there and sort of expected to. It didn't take long for her to run up to her dorm and drop off her bag before grabbing her wallet, keys, phone, and knife before exiting again. She was finally wearing a sweatshirt, but it was open and went with the dress she was wearing today. As she left the dorm, she locked up behind her before waiting outside for Phoenix.