Saturation (Strange Love)

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It had been another day at work to complete her work week, difference was that it was now Friday and payday, meaning should could finally unwind and indulge a little.

Going to her favorite watering hole in downtown, Hinata had ordered herself a large cup of beer to drink down the ache she felt in her work week.

Damn boss snubbed me today, all to get a rise out of me, thought Hinata as she still wore her white business shirt and black business skirt as she had her hair kept in a bun, which really made her stand out more ways than one at any local establishment such as this.

Expecting to drink herself enough to just loosen up a little, her evening was set to be filled with some fast company when a drifter walked in, wearing black pants, a button up shirt under a large jacket, which was unbuttoned and revealing his torso as he had long blonde hair, hiding his blue eyes, as he had a Pumpkin Pete's bunny logo button on his left jacket breast pocket.

Staggering himself next to Hinata, the man ordered himself a beer as his eyes drifted on Hinata.

"Yes, is there anything I can do to help you" asked Hinata, "Oh, I'm sorry just didn't realize that I got lucky sitting next to such a pretty little woman" said the man with a smile.

"Hmm, lucky for you then" said Hinata as she was not stranger to getting hit on, but a lot of them were normally just interested in simply getting in her pants, nothing else, nothing more.

"Oh, never thought I'd get luck to sit next to an Ice Queen" said the man as the bar tender handed him his beer, before he decided to take his beer elsewhere as he walked his way towards a table across the way with his back towards Hinata.

After they both sat around for an hour, it was time to leave, with the man choosing to leave the establishment first, before Hinata followed thereafter.

"Bar tender, mind handing me my check" asked Hinata as she had 3 glasses of beer in front of her, "Don't worry about it, that fey bum had offered to pay for your drinks on top of his own" said the bar tender as this surprised Hinata.

If he wanted my attention then he got it, thought Hinata as she decided to leave and confront the man, and figure out his motivation behind paying for her drinks.

Thankfully he didn't went far as she began to march her way towards the man, but before she could call out his name, someone else beat her to the punch.

"Hey are you the Loser King" shouted a stranger across the street as this got the man's attention as he turned look at the stranger and his buddy from across the street.

"No, I'm not the Loser King, but I am, I am the king" shouted back Jaune before the group of strangers roared in a fit of laughter at this man's expense.

Not sure what was going on, the man had turned his head back to catch Hinata as he began to smile at her.

"Hello again" said the man with a confident smile, "So you claim to be a king huh" asked Hinata awkwardly as she had no idea why she pressed forward on a matter that was probably part of an inside joke to insult this man just now.

"Yeah, guess you can call me the King of Pumpkin Pete's stranger" said the man, "Pumpkin Pete, you mean that cereal mascot" asked Hinata.

"Yeah, I friggin love that stuff, in fact I was known for being such a huge fan that the company came into town and gave me that title, along with some other hot shit memorabilia I got stored back home" said the man as Hinata began to laugh.

"Sorry, not to be rude, but that sounds… awesome" said Hinata, "Thank you, miss…" said the man.

"Hinata, Hinata Hyuga" said Hinata, "Jaune Arc, simple, sweet, rolls off the tongue, and the ladies love it" said Jaune.

"Really now" asked Hinata skeptically, "It's true, had I had nothing but literally legions of girls wanting to date me after I became the King of Pumpkin Pete's, though that honestly lasted as long as my 15 minutes of fame would last" said Jaune.

"Whatever, I'm over it now… for the most part" said Jaune, "So then, that thing back at the bar of you paying my tab" asked Hinata.

"Honestly I'm not sure, I mean I've already had like 5 beers before we left, so my guess and reasoning behind it all can be anything from some kind of strange love or hopes of getting lucky, though honestly me standing here talking to you already makes me feel lucky" said Jaune.

"If you're trying to still charm your way into my pants, you already blew your chance, but if you feel like just hanging out, I'm good to have some company while getting dinner somewhere" said Hinata.

"Sounds cool, just don't be surprise if you have to stand by my side when everyone in the place continues to shit on me" said Jaune as Hinata raised her brow a little.

"Yeah, like I said 15 minutes of fame made me the loser king in this humble community of ours" said Jaune as he said the word humble almost ironically as they both went out to get some pizza.

Later

It was no lie to what Jaune said was to be expected as every college kid to adult in this town did not hold back on degrading Jaune, which Hinata found tiring, but chose to keep quiet.

Now outside with their pizza and sodas, they just sat together and talk about themselves and learn from each other.

"So yeah, boyfriend decided shortly after graduation to test his luck with his buddies to make a music career somewhere out in L.A., well I should say ex-boyfriend since we haven't talked since a week after graduation" said Hinata as she took a sip of her soda.

"I can relate, I had some good friends who also chose to leave this place, never to come back, with a lot of them becoming just like me, though something tells me their titles as kings or queens won't be coming to an end any time soon" said Jaune.

"You make it sound like you're insignificant among them" said Hinata, "Like I said, they never came back, much less call, and are all at the top of their fields" said Jaune.

"Maybe they're waiting to hear from you instead" said Hinata, "Maybe, though if I were them, I would honestly want nothing to do with a loser who feels trapped in their community and see's it as not his home, but his whole world" said Jaune as he took a bite from his pizza.

"What about you, how did you wound up living here with us" asked Jaune, "Well you know that soda company just 20 miles off the freeway from here, I actually work there, and well this town was close enough to work in order for me to commute" said Hinata.

"Yeah, makes sense, though why work there, why live here where you could probably find a better gig all together" said Jaune, "I'm not as confident in myself when I'm sober, plus a part of me wanted to leave behind my family life like everyone else" said Hinata.

"So you chose to move here, in Gilroy, well aren't we all lucky" said Jaune, "Yeah, I can feel the luck from every guy or girl leering at my ass" said Hinata as they both shared a heartfelt laugh.

"This is nice, what we're having, what we're doing right now is really nice" said Jaune, "Yeah it's been a while since I've had someone to sit down and talk to" said Hinata.

"Yeah, it's a shame that I gotta bounce right now, but I got work in the morning" said Jaune as he finished the rest of his pizza and grabbed his soda cup.

"Until next time Hinata, drive safe" said Jaune as Hinata saw him walk off, not sure whether to call him the loser king or not, but was glad to know that for once she finally had a friend she could confine with in this place she could proudly call home.

So I'm gonna end things from here, and put this story on hold for a multitude of reasons, mainly because the new Grey Daze Album has yet to be released and well I kinda need that to come out before I can progress any further, and even then for all we know, for all I know I may have to even delete this one shot as it may not truly fit the tone of the story I feel like portraying once that album comes out, that and I'm already committed to a different LINKIN PARK, RWBY, Naruto project entirely, a one shot chapter called Fine, which will be continued in the near future.

Until next time, be safe, be good people, and please support your local fandom communities.

This has been your Humble Narrator and official author Tobi Yaza. =3