After you explained your idea to Mai during lunch, she insisted on coming along with you after school to the bar. That's fine! She'll make good backup, she can help you keep an eye out for Ten Man! She'd never betray you by not telling you when she saw him. Why would she, anyway?
Supidu Raki's... it has a silver medallion as its symbol, for some reason, and you stride inside with confidence, which manages to continue to be present despite most of the patrons being a good decade older than you and Mai. You hop on a bar stool and do a little spin as a Wesmeri man comes over to greet you. His short blonde hair, grizzled beard, and square features clearly distinguish his foreign descent - Supidu Raki sounds like a foreign name, so he's probably the owner. "Hello, young lady," he says, with a little admiration for your body, his eyes roaming across your shapely, womanly, sexy, definitely extremely attractive form, which you shall use to seduce Ten Man.
"Hey, don't go leering at Ganko!" Mai interrupts, angrily, sparking him to turn his attention towards her, quirking an eyebrow.
You sigh. He's just looking, it's not a crime! You don't know why she gets like this. Now, if Ten Man got like that when he saw some guy looking at you, you'd know exactly what it meant: he wanted you all to himself. Your cheeks heat up a little at that thought, as you start to fantasize while Mai gets into a stupid argument over nothing. Ten Man's a hero of justice, so he'd just position himself between you and the strange man, saying to stay away from his woman. The man would doubtlessly be scared off, and you'd snuggle up to him, saying how amazing he was and how attracted to him you are.
He'd pick you up and carry you bridal style, even though it would be easier for you to activate your power so you just weightlessly attached to him, and rush you home, taking you to your marital bed and beginning to engage in the most natural and important part of a marriage: making love. That is to say, sex. Fucking. Him putting his cock in your cunt and pounding you until your brains turn to mush.
"...if you're too young to get looked at, you're too young to be in a bar!" The Wesmeri man exclaims, his outburst jarring you from your reverie. "What do you think people do here?"
"They drink!" You chime in. "I'd like an alcohol."
"An... alcohol?" He asked, uncertainly, squinting.
"Your weakest!" You add, with a raised finger.
"Weakest is tap water," he says.
"Well I didn't come to a bar to drink tap water." You didn't come to drink anything! You came to find Ten Man! But you can't let on! You hope Mai didn't let on when she was ranting and you were thinking about Ten Man's big dick fucking you silly. Ahh... what a good memory, that fantasy you were having about thirty seconds ago...
"Fine," he says, after a moment's consideration, interrupting your attempt to resume earlier fantasies. "I'll put like two drops of vodka in some orange juice."
"Sounds good!" You say, with an eager smile and two thumbs up. He rolls his eyes and goes back to work. "Now, where is our target," you say, spinning about in your chair.
"I don't think he's here," Mai says, in a bored tone of voice.
She's such a giver upper! That's why she's never gotten a boyfriend, for sure. Whenever you're on the hunt for a boy you like, she always says he's nowhere to be seen, and in fact you should just give up. Terrible advice! Sure, a lot of the time it's true that the guy isn't around, but she doesn't actually know that! "Well, we'll just wait until he gets here," you declare.
As it turns out, that plan involves a lot of waiting. Just after the school day ends isn't exactly peak hours for bars, it would seem. Still, you enjoy your orange juice with two drops of vodka, and order several more, getting thoroughly blitzed. You drunkenly hang on Mai's arm. "I love you, Mai."
Her cheeks turn bright red, but she pushes you off. "You can't possibly be drunk, so stop joking," she says, crossing her arms.
"I drank plenty."
"He gave you orange juice."
"With two drops of vodka," you say, showing her two fingers for emphasis.
"He didn't actually add the vodka, I've been watching him."
"You must have missed it. I'm sloshed!"
Mai just rubs the bridge of her nose in irritation at having been so thoroughly verbally outfoxed, and you cast your gaze across the room once more, spinning on the bar stool. Then you spot him... a muscular, fairly tall Kurogayan man, with that handsome jawline that made you swoon.
Actually wait. You spot... you count. Five guys with that description! Any of them could be Ten Man! They all look basically identical to you. Besides all the obvious differences. But they could be Ten Man. Damn. Who knew so many similar looking guys went to this bar. This could be big trouble.
You'll just have to put your amazing analytical skills to use, here. Ten Man's never expressed an interest in joining a superhero team, so that's probably not him in the group! He probably doesn't bring his mother to his favorite bar! He's not sad, he's kickass! He doesn't read dorky books about accounting, only manly ones about whatever guys read about (martial arts tournaments?)!
By process of elimination, you know who it is. That guy who keeps walking around talking to various unattended women. Now, all you need is to become an unattended woman, and you'll easily lure him into your clutches.
"Mai," you say, leaning over and whispering to your friend. "I think I see Ten Man. Give me some space."
Mai looks hurt. Understandable that such a good friend as her would want to be present when you meet the guy you like for the first time out of costume, but he's not going to places with two girls sitting together, as far as you can see! "Which one do you think he is?" She asks, looking around.
"The one currently talking to the pink-haired girl."
Mai takes a second to home in on him. "Are you sure?" She asks, a little worry in her voice. She's concerned for your well being, not wanting you to accidentally pick the wrong guy.
"I'm sure!" You say, with a nod. "I'd recognize that manly swagger anywhere."
Mai hesitates. Her fingers nervously play with one another in her lap for a few seconds, as she stares at the guy. "What if he doesn't come over this way?"
"He will! Definitely! We're destined to be together, the fates will conspire to make it happen."
Mai finally gets up and moves several seats away, ordering from the bartender. "Something hard," she says.
You guess she decided to finally start drinking. You, on the other hand, turn back to look at Ten Man. He's given up on the pink-haired girl, and is looking for the next girl. Surely he can feel the presence of his true love, and is just trying to triangulate on her. You stare at him with the best bedroom eyes you can, and he gives a small smirk before striding up next to you. "Is this seat taken?" He asks, in a gravelly, sexy tone of voice.
"Nope!" You respond, excitedly. "Go ahead and take it up."
He sits down next to you, a casual smile on his lips. "Have I seen you around here before?"
A tried and true classic of pickup lines, it asks the girl about herself while establishing your interest, and only in seven words. Just the sort of thing you'd expect from the brilliant Ten Man. "No, this is my first time," you say, smiling at him, fluttering your eyelashes his way, and otherwise making as many indicators of interest as you can. You want to reach out and feel his upper arms, the sculpted muscle beneath the surface, but you also don't want to make him mad if he doesn't want that too!
"Welcome, then," he says, with a warm smile that melts your heart. It's not quite the same smile as he gave you in his costumed identity, but that's just because he's a superhero, he can't do something too obvious like that. "Daichi Nakamura," he notes, offering his hand to you.
You take it and squeeze it readily, trying not to drool too heavily from the first chance to touch your true love. A lot of guys think drooling is a turnoff for some reason, according to the sites you've read, and you don't want to turn him off!
"I'm sorry," he says, with an awkward smile, his hand still in yours. "Your name is?"
"Oh! Ganko Kimura!" You say. "Sorry, I was just noticing what big muscles you have!" Oh no, that was probably too forward, wasn't it?
He gives a small laugh. "I make sure to exercise a lot." He totally ignored your lame line. Normally you'd use better lines, but you were so distracted by his manliness. In any case, that's just more proof that he's the One! "I can see you do too," he notes, with a glance at your own muscular arms. "Maybe we've seen each other before at the gym?"
"No, I do fencing!" You explain. "Slashing bracket!"
"Ah. A beautiful girl with a sharp edge, huh?"
"No, fencing's done without edged weapons nowadays. People can get hurt!" What a silly question! But cute. Ignorant cute. Mai says that's the best kind of cute, though you don't know if you really agree, Ten Man (Daichi!) can wear it well.
He wears a funny expression for a second, but whatever's concerning him isn't enough to stop him. "Let me buy you a drink, Ganko," he says.
"I'm having orange juice with two drops of vodka," you explain, raising your by now empty glass.
"A curious pick, but you know best," he says. "Hey, Speed!" He calls out to the bartender. Oh, the bartender must not actually be the proprietor. Maybe he's his son, instead? Supidu sounds kind of like Speed. How do Wesmeri names work again? "Another round of this pretty young lady's choice of beverage." Speed prepares it, bringing it over and putting it in front of you, but Daichi/Ten Man frowns. "That's just OJ, man. Give her the vodka too."
How touching! He doesn't want you to get the watered down cheap stuff. You practically swoon at his consideration, and Speed puts a quick dab of vodka in your drink. "Here you are," he says, pushing the drink over to you.
You take it, holding it in both hands, practically vibrating with energy before finally chugging it down in one go. Daichi laughs and gives you a friendly slap on the shoulder. "Thatta girl," he says, with a smile that melts your heart and starts to melt certain other places too.
"A-another," you say, with a nervous giggle, and he smiles.
"If you say so. Speed!" He calls out, even going so far as to pay for your drink. "So, what do you do for a living?" He asks, leaning in on you, showing clear interest. His fingers occasionally play with your hair as the two of you talk. You don't ask what he does for a living - he'd just have to lie to protect his secret identity! The two of you chat, mostly about yourself, and you manage to not come off like a total psycho which seems really good and successful. Mai eventually leaves the bar, crying, but she cries a lot and you can ask her why she started crying later.
After a good hour of conversation, and a couple more drinks on both your parts, Daichi's gently rubbing his fingers along your upper arm, his eyes staring into yours with seemingly endless love. You can tell he's definitely the one! He doesn't mind your staring, your drooling, your awkwardness, or really anything. If anything, he thinks they're attractive, judging by the way he gives a small laugh and dabs your chin when some drool escapes your mouth.
Some guys don't like your muscles but he seems to really like them. "A girl having muscles means you can do all sorts of fun things you couldn't do with a skinny girl," he explained. You wonder if he means lewd things, like have her do a standing ride where you're carrying him, flipped upside down atop you, his cock in your mouth as he eats you out, or just normal things like doing sporting activities together.
Finally, though, he pops the question that you've been waiting for the whole time. Not marriage! That'd be silly! The other question. "Hey, would you like to come back to my place?"
WOULD YOU EVER?!
You swallow and don't scream that out as loud as you can, managing to just barely restrain yourself. "That sounds like fun!" You exclaim, hopping up out of your chair.
Daichi pays for your drinks - what a gentleman! - and the two of you depart. He even wraps his arm around your waist with confidence and poise. You can't help but think, oh, this is so romantic, as he walks you back to his home. "You're incredibly cute," he tells you, and you melt at those words. "I've been having rotten luck with girls at that bar, but then you come along, and you're so eager it's crazy."
Oh no, not those words! You don't want him to think you're crazy! "I'm not that eager! You're just, um, incredibly handsome and smart and kind! So why wouldn't I want to go to your house?" Oh no, that was too far. "Not that I'm mad!"
"Relax," he says, in a soft coo. "I just meant it's crazy for me, in the past I've had a tough time picking up chicks." There is some concern on his face, though, now that you've said that. You blew it! You blew your chance with Ten Man. Your eyes start to involuntarily water up. "Hey, hey," he soothes. "It's okay. I guess people must call you crazy?" You swallow, not trusting your voice. "Well, I didn't mean it that way. I like you, Ganko."
He's so wonderful... ah... so thoughtful and considerate... you wonder if he is in the bedroom? Your cheeks flush, but you turn to him and smile brightly, wiping away what tears are on your cheeks. "OK! I like you too, T- Daichi! A lot!"
He smiles gently at you, and soon enough you're in his apartment. It's not super big. You would have figured superheroes got paid more than this. Well, he is just an up and comer, you suppose. He had you sit on the couch while he "scrounges something up in the kitchen." You eagerly bounce your legs up and down as you sit in his only modestly kempt bachelor pad. He returns with a silver bowl full of popcorn and a couple glasses of water, setting them down on the coffee table.
"We could watch a movie," he suggests, going over to a bookshelf full of nothing but videos.
You can't take it any more! You need him so badly, and he's delaying, presumably believing you to be a chaste maiden who wants to be wooed, which is true, but he's wooed you successfully! He wooed you the moment you met! You get up, fully intent on simply wrapping him in a gentle hug from behind and whispering sweet lewd words in his ear, but you're too fast, and he winds up getting bumped directly into the shelf, sending it wobbling and making about half its contents spill out.
"Oh no, I'm so sorry," you say, hurriedly, descending to your knees and starting to pick at the videos, "I just wanted to hug you, and this happened," you explain, on the verge of tears.
"Hey, hey, it's okay," he soothes. "Look, I can fix it, quick and easy. Just step away from a second." You sniffle and step back, and he runs his fingertips over the pile of books. They return to their positions as if time was reversed before settling back in where they used to be. "See? Easy."
"Wow!" You smile broadly. "I was worried I'd done something really dumb. Well, I guess I did, but your power fixed it!" Wait a second.
Wait a second.
Something's not right here. The gears in your head start very slowly turning as you try to work out what's wrong.
"Like I said, it's okay," he soothes, with a smile. How sweet of him to be concerned, but you need to concentrate.
What's not right here?
Oh. Oh no! Ten Man doesn't have any kind of time power! He gets super strong, and has electricity arcs! This doesn't have anything to do with that at all! Your eyes widen as you realize you must have, somehow, made a mistake. This guy isn't your true love! He's some random guy! Your cheeks are on fire with humiliation at your dumb mistake!
"Everything alright, Ganko?" He asks. "I was thinking we could watch Lovers' Spat, it's a really good and hot film, I think." It all goes through your ears like white noise.
"Ah, well, you see," you start, awkwardly trying to string together the words to explain this situation. This is incredibly awkward, and it's all your fault! You should have known that Ten Man was probably somebody else at that bar! Of course he wouldn't be asking random girls out, when he's destined to be yours!
"We could watch something else, if you'd like," he says, turning back to the shelf. "Any genres in particular you enjoy?"
"The not being here genre!" You blurt out. Oh no that was really rude! "I'm sorry, I just realized, ah, I have a guy I like," you explain.
"You were definitely flirting with me before now," he says, a little annoyed, which is fair enough, since you were definitely flirting with him. "What's really the problem?" He asks, with sincerity in is voice. He doesn't step forward or reach out for you, he just gives you a calming smile.
Unfortunately, you can't be calm! You're in a guy other than Ten Man's apartment! "No, it really is that I have a guy I like." He crosses his arms, and you feel like you're being condescended to a little. "I just, thought you were him," you continue.
"How could you think I was him?"
Your cheeks heat up. "W-well," you say, awkwardly rubbing your ankles against each other. "We only met one time, but I looked him up online, and he says he really likes Supidu Raki, and you're about his build," you explain.
"So you just went to his favorite bar... not even knowing his name? Or is he also named Daichi Nakamura?"
"Yes! That's what happened! The not knowing his name, thing," you add.
"Do you really expect me to believe a story like that?"
"I do!" You puff up a little.
"If you have a problem with me, I'd prefer if you just said it out loud, not tell me this ridiculous story."
"Well, I do have a problem with you! You not believing me!"
He just sighs, shaking his head. "Well, whatever. Look, let me give you my number, if you change your mind, you can call me later, right?"
"I'm not going to change my mind! Like I've been telling you, I've got a guy I like!"
He throws up his hands. "Fine. Bye then. Door's that way," he adds, pointing towards it.
You stomp out, angrily. Why didn't he believe you? Well, you didn't tell him it was a superhero you were interested in, because you don't want to endanger Ten Man's secret identity. Who knows what could happen? His small cute younger sibling and/or child that he must take care of as a single father would be put in danger.
You sigh as you head home. That whole outing was a waste of time. No! It wasn't a failure, because now you're one step closer to knowing Ten Man's true identity so you can kiss him and love him and make him feel better! You know he is definitely not Daichi Nakamura! But tomorrow... tomorrow, you'll get him, for sure. You make that solemn oath to yourself, and poke Mai's heart to make sure it doesn't disintegrate, before falling asleep, still frustrated. At least you can stare up at the pictures of Ten Man you put on your ceiling.