Sometimes, there are evenings at the bar where time seems never to pass.
Once there were evenings at THAT bar where time seemed to never pass, and those who was there it seemed all the same.
One after the other, young or old that they were, with their heads lowered and a glass of liquor in their hands.
Anyone who passed was the same at the one who had preceded it.
It was exactly what Fiona was doing in that place.
Because it was a bit out of the streets and anyone who came in there seemed to lose his identity, becoming a little pinacap, without face or past, for just one night.
The "Eat of sins" was the perfect place to take refuge when you were caught in certain ... business.
The owner, a blue cat with white spots, short albino hair and amber eyes, such "Judy", a quiet girl, but above all a girl who mind her own business, without interested in those, lawful or shady, of his customers.
Sure, most of the time, many of them simply sought shelter for a while, in the company of a good glass of whiskey and maybe a billiard companion.
A few chats, no questions.
That was fine by Fiona, in fact she liked to be there to see the worst of the worst of New Motropolis to pass as if they were ordinary people and then go back to the hole they had come from.
Always all the same, always indistinguishable, always looking for the usual fucking glass of whiskey and the usual billiard game, until ...
... Until one night came HIM.
"Hi honey, how are you?"
Fiona saw Judy to stretch her lips, marked by the usual dark purple lipstick, in a mischievous smile in front of the newcomer.
He smiled, approaching at the counter with nonchalant, holding his hands in the pockets of the jacket.
"Oh, do you really care about it?"
"If you have a Ten Ring bank note in the wallet, why not?" the hostess replied, shrugging, as she finished wiping one of the glasses she had just rinsed in the sink "I never remember seeing you here, what do you want?"
"What all those who come here want, I suppose," replied the other, looking around "A glass of something strong and, perhaps, a good company"
The cat looked him, from head to toe, winking.
"Well, judging of your good looking, I guess you won't have a hard time finding both of it ..."
That evening seemed more smoky than usual to Fiona, but besides, it did not serve a clear atmosphere to agree with Judy's words.
She was right, man! She was so right!
So much so that for the first time the red fox decided to stop counting all the other anonymous guys in the local just to concentrate on him.
"He" was a specimen of a hedgehog.
Strange, fascinating ...
... different.
A hedgehog whose figure showed slender and sinuous, even too much for the species who he belonged to say the truth.
He should not have been more than twenty years old, and he was damn sexy, leaning as he was against the bar counter with a slightly bent leg, while playing with his fingers.
He had the fur of an unusual, beautiful, color blue with his quills facing down.
"... So what do you want me to give you, darling?"
The skin not covered by the cobalt hair was smooth and light pink, without obvious imperfections on the belly, chest and face.
"Do you think I would claim too much if I asked you to make me a Knockout?"
He was wearing a black jacket, completely unbuttoned, long up to half the legs.
No pants, however, the right leg was wrapped in something that looked like a kind of wrapper, or orthopetic brace, black that covered it from the ankle to just above the knee.
The cat thought about it for a few moments "Uhm, it's not a kind of drink that people often ask me" she had to admit, "Do you like mint?"
"Oh yeah, I like mint"
"Maybe I can get something, but it will cost you that famous banknote of ten rings ..."
The blue hedgehog chuckled, shrugging, and Fiona felt that laughter to shake her in the deeps, like a shiver along her back.
"Money is no longer a problem for me since I was twelve" he revealed, leaning on the counter the ten and making them slip on the wood up to the bartender's hand.
Then, when he received her glass, the blue hedgehog went to the first of the four billiards tables in the room that he saw.
"Are you sorry if I join for the next round?" he asked the three guys who had already occupied it, taking one of the remaining stick.
The three interviewees had nothing to complain about, especially the two females.
The first was an orange badger, with dark brown stripes like the long hair, and lively fuchsia eyes; the second was a pretty, small, iguana with light green skin, small yellow horns, and orange eyes.
The iguana blinked, winking at the newcomer "Oh no, nothing at all! We just started "
"Yeah, and actually we needed just a fourth player isn't it? Roy? " the badger added, looking at the male, who belonged to his own species, but had the dark red fur with black stripes and blue eyes.
Roy shrugged, pointing to the fact that it was neither hot nor cold.
Fiona watched the blue hedgehog throughout the game, unable to close her eyes even once, until the closing time came.
It was then that she and the mysterious hedgehog crossed their look for the first time, when she was about to stand up from her table.
Fiona blinked, fascinated.
He had green eyes, but not a green one, but a green so intense and brilliant, even in the dim-light of the room, to remember her a couple of emeralds.
He smiled at her for a moment, ending what was left of his drink without saying a word, after which he turned his heels and left.
She saw he again, the next night, which was smoky and monotonous as the previous one, except for his presence.
Fiona got used even too fast to see him in the "Eating sins".
He came, took his drink, always the same Knockout with fresh mint leaves and ice, and then went to play billiards.
Always at the same table, though with different people.
Whenever she saw him coming in from the door, more or less at about 21:30 night, the red fox felt like a mixture of anxiety and excitement running under her skin like powerful waves ...
She was dying to talk to him, to know his name.
It was at the fifth visit that Fiona had the daring to approach him while he was preparing to stretch out the usual ten rings banknote.
The fox did wave her vaporous tail with elegance, moving the hips towards him .
Before Judy could take the money of his new, charming, customer, Fiona touched his hand.
"Leave it ..." the fox began, staring her blue look in that emerald of the hedgehog "... I offer"
He offered a half smile, folding his money into one of jacket pocket.
"Oh, as you wish, dear" Judy said indifferently, then turned to the hedgehog "Always the usual?"
"Yes, but you should ask first the lady" he replied, twisting his fingers under his chin with a grin, without interrupting the visual contact with the fox.
"What do you get, miss ...?"
"Fiona," she said, passing her tongue over the lips, "A tequila," then told the cat.
Judy nodded, taking a moment to go to do the drinks.
"It's the first time that a woman offers me a drink" he began after a few moments of silence "Although I was beginning to wonder when would you have felt quite confiden to come to talk me"
Fiona turned to him, buckling an eyebrow "Oh, really?"
"Please, did you really think that I didin't notice the hot glances you launched to me these evenings, convinced that I didin't see you?" he smiled, enigmatic "You underestimated me, I could almost feel your pretty eyes pierced my back"
"Well, if you had already noticed my "glances "..." Fiona replied, caressing the edge of the counter with her fingertips "Why did not YOU cometo ME first, Mr ...?"
"Blues" the porcupine finally revealed , grasping the fake crystal glass from Judy.
"Blues ..." the fox repeated, thoughtful.
"I usually prefer girls to come to me"
"Oh yeah? Why I have not ever seen you here?"
"Actually, I've just come to town recently, I still have to settle down"
"Where are you came from?"
"Christmas Island"
Blues drank a sip of his Knockout, while the cat gave Fiona her tequila.
"Oh, that explains why I've never seen you, otherwise ..." Fiona brushed the edge of the glass with her lips "... I would have reminded someone like you"
Blues grinned "So is it really an attempt to pick up me, this of yours?"
"Well, yes and no," the girl said "More than anything, I'm wondering what a guy like you do to a place like this, are you sure do not be in the wrong place?"
"You're doing a lot of questions, Fiona" Blues replied slowly, wrinkling the forehead "How do I know that isn't YOU the one out of place? As far as I know you could also be a undercover cop"
"Do I really look like a cop? You understimate me ... " the fox chirped, using the same words used by Blues just before.
The blue hedgehog rested his empty glass on the counter, smacking his tongue.
"I don't know, tell me ..."
They remained silent for several moments, studying each other.
"Do you want play with m?" Blues asked at the end, hinting with his head the usual billiard table.
Fiona smiled "Sure, why not?"
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Hello guys!
I'm Italian and this is my first fanfict written in English, and ... well, my English sucks so please be kind to me ok? And maybe help me improve it if you want ^^