Cinderella [Lyra & Akiva]

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[attr="class","grBody"]He became too jittery to wait indoors. He shouldn't hog a table and pick away from Teruko's customers. He could maybe even annoy Teruko or her customers if he stayed there too long and he couldn't hide in the kitchen. At least his white t-shirt was clean? That said something as he for once did not forget to wear the apron while preparing the ingredients and dough for the cookies, for the cakes and everything. Right, he should experiment maybe, show off on Teruko he could do more than just prep... well not today. Today he was a nervous wreck that couldn't wait, so he grabbed his coat, shrugged it over his shoulders and tried to give off an easy look while leaning against the wall next to the door and looking at the sky. There were some clouds and they were dark grey, that meant it would rain not much later today. God he hated the rain, it made him sleepy and grumpy as if he was covered in fur instead of clothes that he could easily take off and change. However, at this point in time, he was also grumpy at himself. Till he heard a name and felt like his grump disappeared immediately.[break][break]

She called out to him and he uncrossed his arms, pushed himself off the wall and looked at her. Damn, she was so pretty and radiant like a little sun... no pun intended to be honest. "Lyra, hey ehm don't worry I was just done anyway." He pointed over his shoulder... wait was it smart to tell her he worked here? He decided to be quick though and held the door open for her so she could get inside and he could at least show some gentleman attitude. Though he would pay for her, that worked maybe... in the old fashioned sense, in the old romance movie sense. Why did he watch those... in the middle of the night when Lilith wasn't watching. He really needed to find his own space because he couldn't stay on Lilith her couch or well her guestroom bed. He would guide her to a nice table, near the window so they could watch outside in case things get awkward.... wait... what if it things got awkward?![break][break]

"Thanks for coming by the way. I just thought we haven't seen each other much as you know, just us after you offered me a milkshake." That she paid, gaaah, he shouldn't remind himself of such things it only brought the grump out in him! He shouldn't think about it, he just wanted to get to know her more as just Lyra not as her vigilante side. "I hope you don't mind?" He would not offer her a chair, that would be too cliche and too much trying and too much of "that wasn't him" so he didn't. He would take his own seat after she decided which side she wanted, he would sit opposite her and shrug off his coat again and hung it over the chair next to him. "What have you been up to?" He asked, fiddling with the menu in his hands. Right... he was doing great, not.

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[attr="class","grBody"]Had he already thought she was cute before, look at that smile, it was everything. He was so not manly enough for her though. Watch her safe his ass today as well, it made him nervous now that he thought about it. He wouldn't say it but he would just try to do his very best to enjoy today for as long as he could, her smile helped a lot for sure. Her bow was cute, her enthusiasm as she checked out the place that he worked. She was probably the definition of cute in his dictionary. He never thought he would fall for someone that was defined cute but she wasn't only that, she was... she was everything. Focus. Akiva. He told himself, he could not fuck this up or make matters worse, he wasn't sure for some reason everything or every point in their short history pointed out that he had doubts she liked him but maybe he saw things that were not there and that's why he believed he had a chance?[break][break]

She looked happy and he quickly took the reserved note that was on the table away before she could see it. He wasn't sure if Teruko had seen it either but it was to push away the other customers and he was sure Teruko wouldn't agree with what he did. He leaned on his hand, not sure how to carry himself, so he quickly put his hand down and softly drummed on the table. "What do you study?" She was studying, something he never really did, he went to military school and he just joked around and not really learn anything, though lately, he was trying to remember that. He did realize that he did not remember much anymore and every day it seemed to be getting less and less.[break][break]

Asking how she was doing and such, it seemed her life was university (damn smart lady) and vigilante work and he nodded. "Oh, yea I made her an apple pie." He still wasn't sure if Lili was really happy with it or if her actress body could not take the sugar but she had been nice to him still... crashing in her guest room, he better not share that. He should actively go looking for a room in Musutafu but he was just a little afraid of being alone maybe, he wasn't sure, he did not want to admit it, that was for sure. "I have been doing that job and just this job." Was it awkward to bring the girl you like to the cafe where you worked? Would she think he gets the coffee and everything for free because that definitely wasn't the case? He hoped no one was going to joke about it or walk past their table and chitchat to him for too long. Too many panicking situations about nothing. He turned his eyes back to the menu... what should he ask or tell her or something along those lines. He did not want awkward silences but he wasn't sure if she would think of it as awkward and maybe he could tell her more in that case about what he would like to tell her...[break][break]

Or maybe he was too big a coward.

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He blushed, damn that was stupid, oh shush, shut up. He felt embarrassed. Was it bad that he knew this place well? Why did it feel like that everything he was saying came out wrong and stupid? His brain also was making up that everything she reacted to was something bad, like that he worked here and thus invited her to his work place was a dumb and unoriginal, absolutely unromantic idea. Good job panther king, you failed. He missed her blush, as she looked away and he did, he was mentally smacking himself with a rolling pin as if Teruko walked behind him to do so, oh well. She might want to leave or something else alike, he wasn't sure, should probably also not think too much about it. He liked Kaiju Cakery and he hoped she had liked it, maybe he was proud of having a normal job that he could share to people. He actually did not know, his previous jobs had been unreal and the like, he could not tell people he was a villain. Oh boy, had that ended badly with Enda. He did not even want Lyra to know but... maybe one day he had to tell her? Would he? If it would... he tried to not blush again as his mind trailed off and quickly tried to make conversation instead of idly waiting and saying nothing, he did not want an awkward silence.

He looked at her as if the word physics was some foreign language. He nodded slowly as she linked it to her quirk and spoke softly, ah so cute that she dared to share it with him. But goddamn physics! He was like an idiot compared to her... he well he didn't go to some fancy college or university he had gone to military school and that he could barely remember. But he wanted to hear her talk and just he would listen, he wouldn't understand but he could listen, he could be a good listener yea just... that be nice but she bumped him out of his daydream when he was asked about his friend, right Lilith. "Eh eh I made the coconut macaroons here but I mean I could maybe try one day to make something that you would like eh from whatever you like." Very smooth, idiot. He brushed through his bright blue hair, "I mean I hope it isn't stupid but baking is relaxing, especially if you know the recipe on top of your head and you can just do your thing, you know?" Maybe everyone had their own talents at least he felt like he was good at this and he could remember recipes easily, so that helped.

"Eh yea well Teruko is..." How to describe Teruko, he felt like she was always watching out for him, which was good, she understood and did not judge him. "She is eh." But how to say that without being stupid or embarrassing. "very kind, I thought you might have noticed before. I hope to like eh do the work she does? I like being here, can totally be myself." No one asked about his tattoos, he was just being behind the counter and in the kitchen and could be himself, whether he was grumpy or not and that was amazing. "Oh the baklava, I have honestly never tried. She makes it mostly but I tried to copy it and yet... I have no idea what it tastes like." Wasn't that stupid, should a prep chef know what he was making and preparing basically? He had no idea but he liked her enthusiasm. "But everything here must be good," he tried to tease, "So we could try it?" We... yea together, that wasn't dumb right?

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He brushed through his hair and looked at her a little goofy, she was glad that he invited her. That was great, cuz really he wanted to consider that this was great. It was good, it was just god damn, he couldn't speak to her like this, he barely knew her. What should he say that he felt a connection the moment they met and that they were like ugh both vigilantes. If he was going to, no, no don't think about it. It was just this moment and she wanted baklava and he wasn't sure if that was good and especially not if she knew the authentic one. But what she said next, he had been looking away too, made him turn his blue eyes immediately back at her, "Y-yea so do I." Which was why he wanted to know what she was studying and everything, god it was exciting and he just felt quite great that he got this opportunity. "so let me get the baklava." but before he could invite her to eat more, he noticed she looked at the rain outside and he could just observe her a little while she looked out of the window. Even with that frown on her face she was utterly adorable, so pretty. He did not know what to say and just nodded until she looked him in the eye. "eh ehm." He was utterly speechless when she said something about sharing her thing no paying her share, eh. "We ehm... we can pick up stuff, but ehm, please let me pay." He could do it, and he wanted to do it, "After all it was my suggestion, I would like to." Maybe he should suggest that he would pick up pieces of bakery for her that she should try, like the macarons and the baklava and everything basically, maybe he could ask that from Teruko and just... he needed to god he needed to put his best performance on the table and entertain her, make her smile at him right?

"Would you- would you mind telling me why you picked this university?" Like wasn't she from abroad, didn't she tell him when they first met and he just was glad she was here surely but still that was interesting, he would ask her to keep seated and would quickly walk towards the bar and look what he could order, he just let there be a plate with all suggestions as if they were going to have a high tea.