Lucy really hated public transport. Everyone was cramped in together and there was always at least one person who didn't wear deodorant and stuck up the entire car. People wouldn't ever give up their seats no matter who got on. Whether it was an old lady or a pregnant woman no one would move from their seats, not that she could talk, she never got up either. Also, someone was always in your personal space. Sometimes she could deal with it if I was a friend or a female. But when males got in her personal space on the subway, especially handsy or extremely flirty ones, got on her nerves.
So she sat there, thankful that since it was early in the morning, there wasn't the usual afternoon traffic. Sitting in a seat and not surrounded by hordes of unknown people was great. Flipping a page in her book she hummed absentmindedly to herself, looking out of the corner of her eye to look at the guy sitting next to her. He was pretty damn hot, even though he looked half asleep. Vibrant pink hair did set him out against the rest of the people on the subway, all looking either half asleep or chipper enough to listen to music or read. But something else about did seem to interest her.
But she wasn't going to try to start a conversation with some stranger this early in the morning. Her friends could deal with her early morning grumpiness. Not some random guy on a train though. Turning back to her book, she listened to see when they would announce her stop when she felt weight on her shoulder suddenly.
Looking over she saw that her seatmate had fallen asleep on her shoulder. Now normally she would have either shrugged them off, woke them up or push them over. But she had to admit, he looked pretty cute.
"Gah Lucy, don't let cute boys muddle your brain. Push him off, he's in your personal space!" she thought to herself. Unfortunately she didn't listen to herself and decided to let the guy sleep on her shoulder. As long as he didn't drool, he was fine.
So they stayed in this position until her stop was announced to be next. Trying to strategize a way to wake the guy up, but not making him want to kill her was a hard decision. But she decided the best way would to simply nudge him and pray he woke up. She nudged him with her shoulder a few times until she heard him grumble before shooting straight up.
"Uh, sorry about falling asleep on you" he said apologetically.
"No problem, I mean I did let you sleep there. You fell asleep two stops back. But my stop is next and I don't think that would be a good time to wake you up" she responded.
"Wow, you're pretty nice for someone riding on the subway this morning" he said.
"Why?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I've done that a few times after I got off from the graveyard shift. I always get punched in the face."
"Ouch."
"Yeah, but I mean most normal people don't let strangers just fall asleep on them."
"What does that make me then?"
"A weirdo."
"What?" she asked as the subway stopped and the doors opened while announcing her stop over the speakers.
Getting up she said to him "We'll continue this conversation later."
"I'll make sure not to fall asleep on you next time."
