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You sat awkwardly at the sidelines of the current party, feeling a little uncomfortable and also wondering why you were even there in the first place. It wasn't like you didn't enjoy parties or anything, you loved them! They were great! When- when you were with friends. When you're alone in these places you feel vulnerable, uncomfortable and uptight.
Normally you wouldn't just go alone but you didn't really have the time to think on this one since your friends bailed on you literally last minute.
"'Bailed' might be a little harsh…" You muttered thinking about the night's events before the party and sighed, pursing your lips. "It's not like they had a choice."
"Hey {l/n]! You ready to get gone?" Your cyan haired buddy Nozomi grinned, flinging her arm around your neck, making you jump.
"Of course! I'm so excited! It's been waaaay too long since we last went out!" You chuckled, removing her arm from around you. "Ah- where's Atsushi?" You questioned, looking about the room for the tall white haired boy.
"H-here I am.." He groaned, stumbling into the room. He looked ghastly pale and was working up quite a sweat. The two of you turned to him and rushed to his side, deeply concerned.
"Oh my Atsushi, you don't look good!" Nozomi exclaimed wrapping an arm around him trying to help him stand. "You should sit down before you fall down!" Atsushi turned to Nozomi and smiles.
"No no, I'm okay, let's g-" His eyes widened and before he could say any more or react he threw up all over Nozomi's front….Which then lead to her vomiting herself.
"Oh God [l/n] get out of here before it happ-" Nozomi ran to the bathroom, leaving Atsushi looking up at you apologetically.
You frowned and shook your head, getting those thoughts out of your head. It wouldn't help to think about that. It really wouldn't. You looked around the room, hoping to see a familiar face but to no avail, you didn't see anyone you even remotely recognised or anyone you felt like striking up a conversation with, but you did lock eyes with a gorgeous looking woman, she had long blonde hair tied in a loose with a red ribbon that hung over her shoulder with dip dyed cyan tips. Your mouth hung open in awe. The woman smirked directly at you and suddenly you started feeling very inadequate so you quickly looked away. Not a moment later though, you saw the woman sauntering over to you with that smirk still plastered over her face.
But when she approached you and spoke, something was….Odd. Very odd.
"Hey there. I couldn't help but notice you eyeing me up back there." A sexy masculine voice teased.
'Oh my god this isn't a woman. This is not a- He's so beautiful what even? Why is he so-? Wait it might be a woman, She might just have a deep voice! Or, or she could identify as a man? Or as a woman? Or..Something! Gender is so confusing these days-' A deep chuckle interrupted your inner tangent and you realised that you'd been staring this whole time.
"Seems you're really taken aback by my looks~!" They grinned mischievously and leaned closer to you. "Don't be intimidated. Your beauty is enough to rival even mine~" Your cheeks lit up and you pouted 'That was a little backhanded'. "I'm Afuro Terumi, though people tend to just call me Aphrodi. What about you?" At this point, you just assumed he was male and decided to accept whatever consequences came later.
"[L/n] [f/n]. I don't really have any nicknames so, call me whatever.." He chuckled and you raised an eyebrow.
"Okay Whatever." You frowned at him and he just started laughing, making you smile a little at how silly and unoriginal his joke was. His laughter died down and he gave you a charming smile.
"So anyway [l/n], what's a beautiful girl like you looking so down for? You looked pretty upset when our eyes met.." He looked you in the eyes, showing genuine concern. "You're not hurt or anything are you?"
"Oh no, no." You laughed shaking your head. "I'm just not really a party person when I'm by myself. I was meant to come here with some friends but…" Aphrodi raised an eyebrow.
"But?.." You pulled a face and frowned, shaking your head.
"Honestly it's gross. You really don't want to know."
Aphrodi continued looking you in the eyes for a moment, seeming to asses the situation and whether he should believe you or not. His concerned expression quickly turned to an amused one as he shook his head.
"Doesn't sound pretty. Want to get out of here? The party, I mean." You tilted your head in confusion.
"Where would we go? It's the middle of the night!" Aphrodi smirked, making you look away and blush a little.
"There's a full moon tonight. We'll be fine, promise." He said, offering his hand to you. You stood for a moment examining it before thinking 'Ah, why not?' and accepting his offer.
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The two of you walked along a pathway, sharing a comfortable silence. He was right, there was a full moon and you could see everything in detail, Aphrodi's incredible looks included.
His crimson eyes gleamed in the moonlight making his flawless, pale skin look even paler in contrast. His hair reflected the moon's light perfectly, making him look even more stunning … All of this was topped off by the way the light shone on his figure, each shadow and highlight sculpting his perfect body in a way that made him look so….so….Godlike. Everything about him seemed so perfect and godly, even the way he held himself when he walked and boy was it a good look for him.
Feeling inadequate again, you averted your gaze to the path ahead of you, but your lack of confidence made the once comfortable silence, feel incredibly awkward. You cleared your throat and spoke nervously.
"S-so… What do you do? For a living, I mean" Aphrodi looked at you from the corner of his eye and smiled.
"I'm a soccer coach. I used to play soccer when I was younger and loved it a lot. Unfortunately people are only really interested in two things, youth teams or Inazuma Japan, so I stopped playing as much...But I just couldn't give it up, you know? So now I train and lead young teams." This surprised you quite a bit, he didn't really look like the type to play soccer... Or any sport really. "What about you, [l/n]?" You fiddled with the hem of your shirt nervously, still not feeling well.
"I'm- uh- I'm just sort of- ah…" You took a deep breath to calm yourself. "I'm an artist, actually." Aphrodi looked a little shocked, but smiled so you continued. "I do freelance work whenever people want me...I- I like soccer too." His eyes lit up with excitement at that last part. Seeing his interest made you feel a lot better and calmed you down, making it a lot easier to talk to him.
"Yeah so, I used to play a lot when I was younger too, but I got mixed up in some crazy business because of this man finding this meteorite-" Aphrodi looked surprised again but you decided to ignore this and change the subject. "Uh, anyway, by the time all that stuff ended all the tournaments I could compete in were over and I went to high school- Where girls don't really play soccer so… I just kinda stopped." You frowned a little. "I wish I could play again to be honest, but there aren't many teams for 20 year olds." Aphrodi nodded understandingly and smiled.
"You'll get to play again one day. Promise."
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It was getting late and you were getting tired. You didn't usually go on long walks like this, not to mention trying to keep yourself from staring at Aphrodi was exhausting in itself.
So the two of you walked to your house. You told Aphrodi he didn't have to but he insisted that he stuck with you and made sure you were safe because "Beautiful girls are the ones that get targeted." and apparently you were beautiful enough to count.
"This was really nice.." You said quietly with a soft smile and faint blush across your cheeks. The two of you were stood at your doorstep saying your goodbyes.
"We could do it again if you wanted? Tomorrow maybe?" he gave you a smile that you just couldn't deny and you nodded.
"O-okay, I'd love to, Aphrodi." This made his smile get even wider, he looked you in the eyes and delicately lifted your hand, making your cheeks light up as you gave him a questioning look. Aphrodi smirked and brought your hand to his lips, placing a light kiss on your knuckles, maintaining eye contact the whole time.
"A-Aphrodi- I- Uhm- I-I-I-" He let go of your hand and bowed.
"Goodnight [l/n], take care of yourself for me. Because I've finally found someone more beautiful than me." Your face got even redder and you quickly turned around.
"G-goodnight Aphrodi, see you tomorrow"
"B-ye~"
