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The bar is loud— not the booming kind of loud, but the calming kind of loud. The jazz band is playing this soothing tune, loud and relaxing enough to drown out your worries, but not loud enough to make your head hurt.
The straw swirls the mocktail as Nao stares mindlessly into the glowing blue. She’s never been an alcoholic girl but she doesn’t mind coming to a bar every once in a while with a special guy.
Said special guy is sitting besides her, glass of beer infront. He’s laid back in the way Akiyama Shinichi always is no matter the situation.
This is definitely not the first “date” they’ve gone on, though Akiyama never seems to realise it’s even one.
Nao checks her watch, 10:39PM. She frowns. If only this night could last a little longer. There’s only so many days out of the week that they can meet up, especially with Akiyama’s job and Nao’s college classes.
“Something wrong?”
She’s taken out of the chaos of her thoughts to a pair of warm brown eyes staring into hers.
“Eh. Um. I— it’s nothing. I just…” she looks around for an excuse, “I just want to dance.”
“Is that so?”
“Mhm”
“Then go ahead. I’ll be here waiting.”
You were supposed to ask me to dance with you, dummy. She complains.
“Argh. Nevermind. I don’t want to anymore.”
“Oh. Alright.”
This man is damn clueless.