When he pulled up to the building, he caught sight of Cicada and smiled brightly. Rolling his window down, he waved out to her. "Cicada, over here!" Phoenix hollered out to her, before unlocking both doors. Leaving his window rolled down, he pushed open his door and got out to greet her with his smile. "How were classes today?"
Cicada gave him a bright smile as she made her way towards his car. She got an urge to mess with her hair a little and her hand brushed her hair out of her face. Even if the hair wasn't in her face in the first place. She gave him a little nod, "They've been good. They've been good. How about yours?"
The simple action had him holding himself up a little straighter. His cheeks were glowing a soft pink, yet they always seemed flushed. The little extra color wasn't questionable. Though the way he was looking at her, may be. "Pretty good… I guess.." Phoenix shrugged a bit, trying not to think about her that much. He had already admitted it to himself, he liked her. But he knew she didn't, and possibly couldn't feel the same way towards him. "Not very exciting, just extra busy."
Cicada's face flushed as she spotted how Phoenix's face was also flushed. She wanted to mess with her hair again but stopped herself from doing so. It was too soon for another relationship and while she could admit she was starting to possibly develop a crush on the boy who saw numbers, she wasn't going to act on it. She let out a little breath and looked up at Phoenix, "Same here. I have extra work in science since I'm not doing any of the labs."
"Oh fun." He said sarcastically, keeping up a soft smile as he leaned on the car. He caught sight of her pink face, and tried not to let any ideas go to his head. He just had to keep telling himself she wasn't thinking like that. She was probably just warm, it was a nicer day out. Probably the last day like this for awhile. "We're headed to the arcade, right?"
"Yep," Cicada nodded as she rocked on her feet. Her smile was still on her face though it went from happy to soft. She couldn't resist any longer and messed with her hair by pulling it off of the back of her neck, "You ready to go?"
Phoenix nodded, walking around to go open her door. "As long as you are, that is." Phoenix told her, glancing over to her. "And I'm assuming that you are, considering you asked." He hummed, chuckling just a bit.
"Yeah, I'm ready," Cicada let out a laugh as she began to move towards the passenger side door. She figured that he would open the door and maybe could open the door before he got to it, "Which arcade are we going to? Or is there only one in town?"
"I only found one, but that doesn't mean that there aren't more. It had good reviews, it's called… Gameworks… or something." Phoenix hummed, laughing weakly as he pulled her door open. "I do know where it's at, I just don't know the name."
Cicada laughed as she stepped into the car and smiled up at him. She ended up brushing her hair away from her face again, "Well that's reassuring. But I think it'll be fun, if it's got good reviews that is."
"As it did, I think we should have a nice time." He smiled, walking around to his own side and ducking in with a light sigh. "Though the next time we hang out, we should just do something boring… I dunno what, but something just really relaxing."
"Besides are drinking festivities?" Cicada replied with a teasing smirk. She closed the door once Phoenix left and smiled over at him, "Maybe just a lazy day in the campus green, that might be fun."
"Definitely besides our drinking festivities. I have a feeling that won't be relaxing… and we're both going to wake up the next day, feeling like utter crap. Possibly hanging off a bridge, with no memory why." Phoenix mumbled, painting a picture of what he had in mind. "But yeah, that could be nice."
Cicada laughed as she heard Phoenix's mumblings. She bumped him a little and nodded, "I can lock my dorm door if you're worried about hanging off a bridge, but you want to just hang in the green on Wednesday?"
"I'd quite enjoy that, if you're alright with hanging around me once more." Phoenix hummed, pulling out and glancing over at her. In all honesty, he was more worried he was going to annoy her at some point. He just wanted to be careful not to ask too much of her.
"Oh I'm more than fine with it," Cicada replied quickly. She smiled back at him reassuringly as she looked around and leaned back in the seat, "I like hanging out with you."
Phoenix glanced over at her with a light nod. "I just don't want to take up all your time." He explained, before focusing on the road. "You can make other friends, you don't just have to hang out with me. I'll survive, if you ever want to."
"And I have, at least superficial ones," Cicada responded with a little shrug, "I'm not going to just hang out with you, but I like hanging out with you the best."
"Well, that's reassuring." Phoenix hummed smiling softly at her telling him she enjoyed it. She had said it before, but he just wanted to make sure. "I'm glad you enjoy my company."
"What about you? Um, do you like hanging out with me?" Cicada asked him quietly. She smiled over at him, "I know you've said it before, but I just want to make sure."
"Why, of course I do. I really love being around you," Phoenix hummed with a light smile. "You're awesome, and just super fun… in a chaotic kind of way."
"Chaotic, yeah that sounds about right," Cicada let out a laugh as she looked over at him, "I'm glad you like my chaos."
"I find it refreshing. Most girls I know are prissy, and quite obnoxious. Even Savanna can be like that sometimes." Phoenix hummed smirking just a bit. "And then you came along, and shook things up. It's nice, refreshing even."
"Oh tell me about it," Cicada rolled her eyes as she lifted the skirt of her dress up ever so slightly before letting it fall again on her lap, "I wear this stupid thing to help blend in with those girls. I guess I couldn't hide my natural personality though."
“Thank goodness for that. I don’t think we’d be great friends if you tried to act like them more.” Phoenix hummed, smiling just a bit. He liked her the way she was. He would consider her a really close friend, even only knowing each other for a few days. They just clicked really well. He knew he didn’t want to ruin that by starting a relationship. “But that’s just my opinion.”
"Probably, I would have left you on day one with the only thought of 'nerd,'" Cicada added on with a smile. He, he was a really good friend and she didn't want to lose him. God she was getting attached again wasn't she? That was fine, she really liked him, as a friend. Nothing more, "But I'm glad I'm not like that so I didn't."
"Because you didn't think I was a nerd when you met me." Phoenix added on with a light snort. "I'm a total nerd, and I'm not ashamed to admit that. It's how I get most people to leave me alone. Thank goodness I didn't scare you off." He told her, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel as he turned on to the street of the arcade.
"Yeah, I didn't think that, but you also seemed so jumpy when we first met. Wait, is it because of the whole number thing?" Cicada asked finally putting the two together out loud. She had thought of that moment when he first brought it up, but she hadn't connected them together.
Phoenix glanced over at her, smiling weakly. “Yup. I’m not normally as jumpy as I was when I met you. You were the first ten I ever saw, so clearly I was a little shocked.” Phoenix hummed, pulling into the parking lot.
"A ten?" Cicada said the two words slowly. Wasn't his ability on a scale from one to ten? And he just told her that she was a ten. Holy shit, "I can see that. So, um, we're here."