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Vlad p.o.v.
After the date was due, Allen and Flavio straight out demanded we meet at Flavio's place since he had matters to discuss, this made me wish I brought my shovel with me to knock them all out. I joined the date and pretended to be nice, wasn't it enough? To be honest, I hardly cared about the photos the girls took to blackmail us, who cared about a few more pictures on guys in dresses surfacing on the internet. Nobody would battle an eye and people at school wouldn't dare to make fun of us since they were aware of the horrid consequences afterward.
Even if I wanted to complain Oliver declared he would give us a ride, so I quietly followed along momentarily. They better not retain us there for more than an hour.
"We would want to hear about how the dates went, please be honest since I will try to make a new target list based on your experience," Flavio said sitting on his chair clenching a notebook and pen, was his intention to take notes of everything? These idiots were taking this far too seriously.
"So suddenly you want us to woo other girls? At least put me with Laura this time around." Luciano said and someone couldn't hold his tongue back anymore.
"I am slightly concerned, are you becoming a masochist?" Kuro had this really serious look on his face.
"Yes we a worried brother, we know you like the thrill of danger but I think Laura is that zone you shouldn't step your foot into." Flavio added and so more people voiced their "concerns".
"How about settling for someone else and let me have her?" Lutz was up to no good again.
"Can we just trackback to the original purpose of why we are here, also I don't think you should put either Lutz or Luciano with Laura." that was my thought they would only cause more fights and that's about it.
"Girls possess great intuition and since we saw her being into tarot cards maybe she has a knack for it, so I'm pretty sure she smelt the bullshit from miles away, you guys won't fool anyone with your stupid competition going on." Matt presented his advice, was he seriously invested in all of this? Why even bother?
"Are you suggesting we put Al on it, they seemed to have good chemistry," Oliver suggested, well that was a good approach.
"I rather not, I feel like this will be a road straight into the friendzone." Allen appeared quite earnest about his answer, was he one of the cliche guys that believed more in love at first sight?
"Instead I will win over her family! And somehow make myself live with them." Matt turned to his brother with a pale face.
"Are you into married women?" everyone understood what he was hinting at, that Allen had a crush on Laura's mother.
"Hell no!" Allen restored to say and we changed the topic back to our previous purpose of this meeting.
"So let's go, Vlad what did you think about Aspen and Catalina?" why was I first, I shrugged my shoulders at the question. Both candidates were good at leading a conversation even if at first I had no desire of participating in this stupid plan. However because some of the guys gave me dirty looks and I hardly wanted to waste 2 hours of my life, I decided to give in. My thinking progress was that at least I could find a potential friend for my adorable sister since she seemed lonely lately. Both of the candidates passed my test.
"Both dates stayed decent, but I kept getting this strange feeling that Cynthia doesn't like me much." somehow she always averted her gaze after looking at me, not that it bothered me much.
"Would you want to pursue Laura as we assigned you previously?" I had nothing against the girl, she seemed shy and kind when not in the presence of Luciano, but I hardly cared much to go between her and this retard that was seeking out danger.
"I rather not pursue her or Cynthia for that matter." Flavio nodded scribbling something down.
"Would it be ok with Catalina?" he asked me, I was sure they already established on putting her with Matt who had strange capabilities of arriving every time she was about to fall.
"Aren't you already planning to have Matt in charge of her?" Flavio nodded.
"But she can be your second choice, how about adding onto your list one of the new girls, which would you prefer Justice or Tabitha." I shrugged my shoulders not caring much.
"Hence he doesn't care how about entrusting them both to him." Flavio reconsidered that but said he would wait till the other guys shared their opinions. Next was Lutz on being interviewed.
"So Lutz you got to carry all the girls, which one would you want to pursue, who is not Laura." He seemed dissatisfied that he couldn't pick that poor girl, who would probably win if they ever had an arm wrestle fight.
"Fantina? That nice boobage. I saw both Avalyn and Tabitha being a little annoyed by me tho, so maybe none of them? Can't you guys give me Laura as a secondary choice at least?" The answer was still no, these guys wanted someone more serious on her case. Flavio shook his head and asked another member.
"Luciano how about you? Neither Undine or Laura I suppose." Lutz then smirked while suggesting something.
"How about putting Justice on his list?" it seemed like that was Flavio's plan since both his dates were a disaster.
"I think we can keep Undine, I want to see how he would resolve that." Allen felt a little evil.
"Oliver how did it go for you?" The Brit seemed happy to be asked about it.
"I think the first poppet was a little bit improper, however, we got along just great with Erin." I guess we needed to reconsider adding some girls more on the innocent scale so not Fantina.
"Kuro how about you?" Kuro nodded and answered.
"As you heard my date with Cynthia went splendid, there weren't any problems with Tabitha as well." I guess he ended up with good options.
"Would you consider keeping Laura on your list then, as a secondary choice?" His answer was somehow related to mine.
"I don't want to be the one getting in their way, but why not put Jian on this case he had a date with Laura." all eyes went to Jian, was he up for the challenge even if it meant angering Luciano and Lutz? No doubt they would see him as a rival.
"I'm not sure, the date was ordinary, however, she did catch me when I fell." silence fell upon this room, but ceased when Allen started to laugh out loud.
"What are you a high school girl?" I just shook my head not finding much fun in this context.
"How about the first date?" Flavio remained his business posture.
"Catalina was nice, but at times it got a little bit awkward between us." Kuro seen between the lines.
"Are you implying that there was no awkward silence between you and Laura?" he agreed.
"Even when we were silent the atmosphere was quite comfortable." few people found it weird but they decided to continue this investigation.
"Matt how was your experience?" he put some thought into his answer.
"Justice may have flirted but I didn't perceive her being interested in me, we just nudged some topics on sports. Aspen seemed more intrigued anyway." we went immediately to Allen next since we only heard the first date report.
"Justice was only talking about sports in my presence, but she tried to flirt, I must be really popular." his confidence was jarring, I wanted to smash him with a shovel so bad.
"Would you be interested in still pursuing Undine or Aspen." Allen nodded apparently he didn't want to lose to Flavio in the Aspen love department. Wasn't they rivalry considered the same as Lutz and Luciano possessed, the only differences being it was more subtle and their names didn't begin all on L?
"Vincent what are your thoughts?" his answer was.
"Neither of the dates seemed interested." of course someone had to roast him.
"If you had better hobbies and weren't so boring maybe people would be more interested in you." this statement from Oliver couldn't be argued.
"How about putting him with Avalyn I heard she is fluent in French?" Vincent just shrugged his shoulders, probably losing interest in this game as well.
"Ok let me fix this quickly then." So the whole list went something like this:
Me: Justice, Tabitha
Lutz: Fantina, Laura
Matt: Catalina, Erin
Allen: Aspen, Undine
Flavio: Cynthia, Aspen
Jian: Laura, Catalina
Kuro: Tabitha, Cynthia
Luciano: Undine, Justice
Oliver: Erin, Avalyn
Vincent: Avalyn, Fantina
Once Lutz saw the result he cheered like a dumb ass, I just rolled my eyes at his reaction, he glanced at Luciano with a triumph smile, mocking Luciano, of course, a fight occurred. I just left at this point.
Catalina p.o.v.
Straight after the date, we headed to Cynthia's house, her parent's villa was so huge even if we did pay her visits on previous occasions it still caused bewilderment.
"So how did the dates go?" No doubt, Aspen had to sit in one of the armchairs looking like a wicked villain that was planning the destruction of the earth. Fantina joined her, her sinister smile was even scarier.
"You guys can act normal while holding girl talks," Undine said being the only brave enough to talk back to this pair while they prevailed like this, true admiration for this soldier that was having our backs. I saluted in my imagination feeling proud of her courage.
"I saw my dates as a disaster, also Laura I don't think you should trust Lutz at all, he was flirting with any girl he could." Yes, I didn't want this bastard to play with her feelings anymore.
"Eh, it's not like I will let myself be fooled. Since I visited his house I have been doubting his feelings really, but his dedication to this cause is truly strong?" we all looked at each other in wonder, seeing how he was flirting with any girl in his sight this couldn't possibly be true.
"What do you mean Laura?" Tabitha asked it didn't seem like I was the one doubting his spirits.
"Oh, right I forgot to mention, once I visited his house. Lutz is a messy person, so is his brother. I was so disgusted by the lone sight I told him if he didn't start cleaning right now I wouldn't ever consider coming over again. He started to clean right away, his dedication made me help him out." Laura noted.
"Wow, I would have just left," Fantina attached her perspective, this new information made me realize something.
"Omg, this is why Claudius refused to have me visit his house." Laura quickly added.
"That's for the best, their house looked so trashed with your clumsiness you could have died." I wasn't sure whatever she was teasing me or looking out for me. I frowned a little.
"Let's carry back to the previous topic since you already speaking Laura why not share your experience with us?" Laura nodded as she said with a cheery voice.
"I never noticed how much in common I had with that American douche bag, anyway the conversation went excellent with him." Aspen nodded.
"How about taking him as your main target?" she suggested but Laura simply turned her down.
"Sorry we two won't work out." everyone was astonished by her confidence.
"Why?" did she already have someone she liked perhaps.
"I believe we are from the same soul tribe." I had to ask.
"What is a soul tribe." Laura started to search for words to explain her standing but all she could come up with was.
"He kind of feels more like family to me, like a brother maybe?" so she herself wasn't sure, but Aspen saw this turn down as waste.
"Don't worry I can become a wing-man for someone else." That suggestion seemed satisfactory for everyone so we moved on.
"How about Jian?" I was wondering since he felt awkward around me even if I saw myself as a good conversation holder.
"The second date went a little bit strange since Lutz decided to place me on Jian's lap after the gang up on Luci. Also, I caught him into my arms when he was falling, I want to think he was embarrassed afterward, but I couldn't tell." explaining this she shrugged her shoulders.
"Then you probably did a better job, he was really awkward in my presence," I said thinking back it was difficult to squeeze any info from him.
"As for my date with Vlad, he was cute." I couldn't believe myself I said that.
"I know right?" I shook that Tabitha thought the same.
"But you didn't have time to talk with him." she crossed her arms.
"I can always admire someone from afar." that was quite a bad term to use because Aspen and Fantina flocked to her like hungry animals.
"We will support you warrior of love." she blushed while shaking her head.
"No no, this is not what I meant!" no one would believe her refusal at this point.
Group date is officially over, what could possibly take place next?
