Chapter 2 and 3 have been beta-ed! But I've decided, since I'm super excited about this that I'll upload every day a chapter now, betaed or not.
Lunch time. One of Wally's favorite times, besides work. Usually he would go, get some food and bring it back to his workplace. There he could eat it as fast as he wanted to, if no one else paid him a visit.
Usually he would do that, but it was raining outside and he couldn't really use his powers to get there dry. Or to keep his food dry.
So eating in public it was. Which meant acting slow. Bummer.
With a sigh he sat down.
He was halfway through his meal when someone sat down at his table. Not an uncommon thing since the place could get crammed and empty tables became rare.
What was surprising was that it was his newest neighbor. "Bruce?" Wally asked surprised. He hadn't seen the other in a few days, despite living next to each other.
Then again moving in somewhere could be tedious.
"Hey Wally," Bruce greeted him with a smile. "You don't mind. Do you?"
"Not at all. Be my guest."
Bruce nodded and Wally continued eating. "Is the food here really so bad?" Bruce asked amused.
"What? Why?"
"You look kinda sad while eating. Or is it not about the food?"
"Oh..oh!," Wally exclaimed. "The food is great! Don't worry. I'm just sad that I can't eat more of it." What better way to go then the truth. And it usually was dorky enough to be passed up as Wally being just weird about food.
"You aren't even done yet," Bruce looked at Wally's plate and tilted his head to the side. "And you're already sad about not eating more?"
Bruce seemed only mildly perturbed by this and more amused.
"Uh..yeah?"
Which earned Wally a chuckle. Bruce let it go after that and concentrated on his own meal.
They ate in peace while Wally snuck glances at Bruce, glad for his powers because that gave him enough time to be sneaky about it.
"Do I have something on my face?"
Or not. What the hell? He had made sure to only look when Bruce wasn't looking. Wally had been sure of it.
Turning slightly red, Wally shook his head and stuffed the last bite of his lunch into his mouth. Maybe it was time for a diversion.
"How come you're here?" Wally suddenly asked and Bruce appeared surprised.
"So I could get some food?" That sounded entirely too innocent. Bruce was making fun of him!
"Ha Ha. You know what I mean."
"I know," Bruce chuckled. "I had a job interview. On my way home it started to rain and I thought...well, why not get some food?"
That made sense and the universe could be this funny. That both of them would meet here.
"How'd it go? The interview I mean?" Wally asked curiously. Anyone who got a flat like his' meant that that someone needed a job. Desperately.
Or that they were a speedster and couldn't save up money. Either worked.
Bruce just inclined his head while taking a small bite of his meal. "I think they'll call me..but then again maybe someone else is better suited."
"Maybe…," Wally echoed and smiled encouragingly. "Just hope for the best. The way you look right now? I would hire you."
Did that sound weird? He wasn't so sure of it but the sudden look he got from Bruce made him kinda...flustered.
"So? What would you hire me for?" If asked what they were doing right now, Wally would've said that it sounded kinda like flirting. Or had the potential for it.
That hadn't been his intention. He needed to stop reading into things too much. A curse when you got so much time as Wally did.
"I..uh...dunno. I don't own a business." Lame.
"And yet you would hire me. Thank you." There was definitely held back laughter behind that sentence. There was no reading in too much into Bruce's expression now.
Wally cleared his throat and muttered an embarrassed "You're welcome." He didn't add more and pondered about leaving, even if he still got some time left.
It would be the sensible thing to do, other people wanted to eat in here too. Wally stood up and smiled somewhat at Bruce. "That was a nice lunch but I gotta get back to work, sorry."
"There's no reason to apologize," Bruce nodded. "Have a nice afternoon Wally."
"You too...and good luck," Wally added as an afterthought with a smile before he waved somewhat while leaving the place.
