Something a bit shorter today, ngl i'm very tired, today was a long rough day, but I still don't really wanna miss a day if I can help it. I'm unsure however if i'll be able to post tomorrow and Sunday due to family stuff, but we shall see. ~Love, Dia
Rated T, Modern AU, OOC
She's the kind of person that brings her laptop to my bar for free wi-fi while wearing sweat pants despite it being the weekend and super crowded. The kind of person that brings her own sandwich and hot tea, rather than order them from me. I've never seen her with her hair down or any make-up on unless she had a date, and no matter what she brought her dates to my bar because I was her safety net. All she had to do was order a rum and coke and I'd make the date disappear.
Hinata appeared out of thin air one day a few months ago. In the beginning, I just thought she was another pretty face in the crowd. I took a liking to her early on and figured she'd be another girl in whose pants I'll get when I'm bored, maybe something with a bit more duration like a friends-with-benefits sort of situation. But that never happened, because even when we were talking there was always a wall between us, her eyes were most of the time glued to her laptop. It used to annoy me but I've grown used to it.I wouldn't have minded had she been a workaholic, but she uses her laptop for dating sites, always looking for someone. Her dates never go well no matter how hard she looked. More often than not the guys look nothing like their pictures, or most of their pictures were groups and it was ini mini miny moe between which of the dudes she was actually talking to. Other times they look like the picture but act nothing like they did online, in text they were nice and considerate and in reality, they are rude and close-minded.
"Why is it so hard to find a decent guy?"
She always whines to me, while sipping tea from her pink mug, I've moved past explaining to her that this was a café, that she should order her drinks and food here rather than bring them. I think about her question and wonder if I enter her category of 'decent guys' I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't really make the cut, just like I've seen her billion dates she too was there to witness a few hook-ups, a few girls slapping me, and even me dumping girls whose names I had forgotten.
"Maybe you're not looking in the right place"
"Right…What online dating site do you use Sasuke?"
We help eye contact for a moment and then both of us rolled our eyes. I knew she was joking; I have never used a dating app or site or anything and in my opinion, maybe she'd be a little luckier if she looked around herself in real life, of course when I say this, I mean myself. I'd be lying if I said her constant rejection didn't intrigue me, but that's not the only thing that somehow pulls me towards her. I find her day-to-day attire charming, her endless search for love a little idealistic. I got so used to seeing her every day that whenever it is past 1 p.m. and she isn't here in her pj pants sitting on one of the stools I worry. Hinata actually lives in the building right next door so I often go and check on her. I also found the reason why she comes to the café, her apartment building has no wifi, according to her and most young people that's a crime, but the price is only half of what she'd pay anywhere else in Konoha so, some sacrifices need to be made.
"Do you think I should stop looking for a while?"
She asks that after each disastrous date. If I'm being honest the more time passes the less I enjoy seeing her waltz around looking all dolled up, holding onto the arm of some random guy that by the end of the night turns out to be a creep. Usually, I answer her question by quoting some random rom-coms that she watches whenever she's not updating her profiles on dating sites. But today something's different, her laptop is absent, and her hair is down, but the mug and pj pants were present as usual. It's a strange combination of both versions of her that I know. The lack of laptop tells me she has made up her mind to take a break, which I am happy about, but she needs some validation that her choice is correct so I say. "Maybe"
Hinata replies with a nod. She looks oddly out of place without typing and staring at the screen. It seems like she doesn't know what to do with her hands or where to let her eye wander. I know I might regret my net words but I say them nonetheless.
"Maybe it's time you rise your head from that screen and actually look around, maybe you'll find someone to your liking" I of course secretly hope that person will be me. Her eyes move and she looks straight at my face for what feels like the first time. I know that's not a fact but something in her gaze looks different today so I offer her one of my famous smirks. My eyes almost pop out of my head when she slightly blushes, I want to poke fun at her ask her if she finally came around to the idea of me, but that would ruin things. I need to be more than a date.