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(Ivy Pepper x Male Reader)
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You started college a few weeks ago, you had to move from your original country into St. Louis so you could study the career you wanted, so you now were living in the campus of the SLU. The first days over there were great, you met a lot of people and made friends, classes were interesting and you were having a good time overall. As you also needed some time alone, you would explore the city on your own, checking out points of interest and start to get to know the city where you now lived. One day as you did so you decided to go further than usual, and after checking everything out you were going back to campus, on your way, through a street you didnt even know the name of, you spotted a store you didnt know you would be interested in. That was a cafe, the "Little Daisy Cafe". "...I could use a coffee", you thought as you entered the establishment.
The moment you walked in you saw some customers sitting and chatting, you looked at the barista girl, who was busy reading some magazines and just minding her own business. As you had your mind on a nice hot coffee, you sat on one of the chairs in front of the counter. As you did so, the girl had already spotted you and quickly walked towards the counter to talk to you. "Hi! What can i get for you?" she said with a smile on her face and an energetic tone, she looked interested in whoever just came in. "Can i have a coffee, please?" you said, as she listened carefully. "Right up!" she replied.
As she went to prepare you a coffee, you started looking around the place, even though it was small it seemed cozy, you thought that you could come back there some other time. What you didnt know is that right below your feet was an entire speakeasy, thing that you didnt suspect at all. As you investigated the place with your gaze, the barista girl placed your cup right in front of you with a visible smile. "Here you go!... oh, that will be 0.60$ please". You payed, you noticed that as you sipped from your coffee the girl didnt seem to look away, she had her arms crossed on top of the counter and was slightly leaned forward. In response to this you thought of saying something, you placed your coffee down but she talked before you could. "Ive never seen you around here before. Who might you be?" she said as she kept looking straight at you.
+"Im Ivy Pepper, my pleasure!"
You smiled at her, this girl looked really friendly.
-"Oh and yeah, its the first time i come to this cafe."
+"I noticed, are you new around here oorr...?" (as she gestured with her hands)
-"Actually i am, im studying at SLU and i started a few weeks ago."
+"What?! Seriously? im studying there too! How come i didnt see you earlier?"
-"You serious? i dont know, do you also live at campus?"
+"Of course! its odd i didnt spot you over there... im at the rifle team if that rings some bell."
-"Nope, no idea about that. Which people do you know? maybe we have someone in common"
+"Oh uhh i have 2 close friends and do you know uhhh... Chad?- oh well, Cecil?-... nevermind. you?"
-"I have some friends too from just a short while, i also know some other people from sight but i dont know their names, either way its really strange i didnt see you around there then."
+"Yeah, right? Oh, do you have a girlfriend?"
This question would take you by surprise, but you wouldnt mind replying at all. In fact you wanted to ask her back.
-*chuckle* "Oh, no i dont. do you... have a boyfriend?"
She would smile and try to answer, but stop right before doing so. She would think, then talk.
You would look stranged at her
+"I mean, we are going out because i said so, he really didnt even make any effort for making it work, you know? I sometimes think he doesnt like me back." She would pout.
-"Oh... i see. Is he at our campus too?"
+"No he isnt, hes the cousin of uhhh... another friend of mine, yeah."
Her replies were kind of strange, but you were finding her a funny girl. After she expressed her disgust through a long speech to which you listened closely, she remained silent for a few seconds and then looked at you again, smiling.
+"Anyway, lets have a date."
She would say this with incredible casualness and confidence, she would catch you so off guard that you would have to ask again.
Her smile and bright expression didnt change in the slightlest, as she leaned over the counter.
+"Yeah! i think youre cute, we'll have it tonight."
Your face was a mixture of surprise, delight, embarrassment and confusion. You met this girl a few minutes ago and she just asked you for a date. At first you thought she was joking, but after finding out she wasnt, you started considering. After all you did found her cute and funny, why not? Either way you were deciding right there.
-"Uhhh... I... okay, yeah, sure."
She would smile at your response as she grabbed your nearest hand.
+"Great! So, tonight at ...uh..." (She would remember the time she tried to bring Freckle in and Rocky messed it up, also the fact that there was a literal shooting)
-"I know a place where we could have dinner and-"
+"Yeah thats perfect! Come pick me up tonight around 8, ill be right here"
You would smile at her and you would want to say something more, but be interrupted by the noise of more people entering the cafe.
+"Oh, great... Ill see you tonight, okay?"
You both smiled at each other as she went to talk to the clients who just entered, she went to prepare dishes and beverages for them as you would look at her and finish your coffee, still wondering if whatever happened right now was real. As you got up and left the cafe, you would wave goodbye to her and she would wave back. As you walked back to campus you started thinking about all this, what to wear, what to say, what to do.
Time passed and you were ready for your date, you looked in the mirror to check once again that your outfit was appropriate and that you looked good. While you were doing this you kept considering everything, were you really going to go on a date with a girl you hardly knew at all? It was too late anyway, and you found yourself ready to go. You left the campus and as you checked the hour you headed back to the cafe, you would reach the establishment around 8 and right before going in you would get ready, then enter.
She was right there, chatting or seemingly arguing with an elegant, nicely dressed woman you didn't know, you couldn't figure out what they were talking about. As Ivy saw you appear her face would go bright and greet you with a smile, she would leave the woman mid-sentence so she could approach you.
+"I was waiting for you now! Are you ready for our date?
She would grab you by your arm and start to pull you towards the door
+"Lets go then! Remember you knew a place far from here, right? You guide us, i hope you know how to go because i dont have a driving license and the last time i drov-"
While she kept talking and opened the door as you went with her, you were both stopped by a large, stationary figure blocking your path. As you looked up your gaze met a man's gaze, he was looking at you with hatred, seriousness and an eye contact that could make you freeze. You kept looking back at him with a frightened expression as Ivy started to talk.
+"Oh, hey Viktor! meet (y/n). We are dating now or something."
The man would not even look at Ivy as she talked, he was busy staring with his one eye at yours, the same way he was completely still and didnt move in the slightlest.
+"Ughh... Viktor, we talked about this. Stop scaring my dates!"
She would pull you outside the cafe going around the man, as you both continued to walk he would still be looking at you from where he stood.
+"Oh, dont mind him, he is just mad about my social life." (as she had this angry expression on her face)
You and Ivy walked to the place you knew, along the way you were talking about things you liked and you were finding out what things you had in common.
-"So what do you like to do when youre not working?"
+"I study, read, you know, the usual. I also like to- uhhh." (She thought of saying something about the speakeasy but she wanted you to know nothing about it, for now, if that was the case.)
+"I meant... dancing! Oh, do you know how to dance? The Charleston? Lindy hop?"
-"I may know a thing or two, but im not really good at it."
+"Dont worry, ill teach you!"
Your conversations were pleasant along the way, then you two reached the place and took a seat. the place would be a restaurant with a terrace, which would be large and illuminated with hanging lights, it would also be decorated with plants, which would end up forming a nice and comfortable setting under the moonlight. You read about this restaurant on a magazine but never actually went there, you were as amazed as she was.
+"This place is neat! How did you know about it?" (she would look around to check the scenario out)
-"I read about it... Oh, let me ask for the menu." (you would look away and start looking for someone to attend you)
She would look directly at you as she crossed her arms over the table
+"You look handsome dressed like that."
You would look at her and smile in response, even though she made you kind of nervous in a good way, you would flirt back.
-"Thanks, youre really pretty. That dress fits you perfectly."
+(chuckle) "I knew you would like it"
-"Well i really do, you almost seem like you know me."
You both kept talking and complimenting each other until, suddendly, some music began to play in the distance, it did not come from afar and you both could see where it came from from your seats. It was a sort of outdoor dance floor that was part of the restaurant, it just turned on the music and lights and people were starting to get up from their tables with their partners to go.
-(As you smiled at her) "You know? im not that hungry, mayb-"
+(As she got up and grabbed you by your arm) "Me neither! Lets go!"
As she pulled you and guided you to the dance floor, you could see the environment getting brighter and more lively with couples looking eager to dance together. You could only see Ivy laughing as you two got into the crowd of moving lovers.
+"Ill teach you right now! are you ready?"
+"Okay, put your right foot there, and then move it there, as soon as I move over here you have to put it there and turn a little bit, then…"
She explained you how to dance and you tried after her words, in a clumsy but energetic way you managed to follow her steps.
+"Yeah thats it! Now move over there and ill grab your arm from here..."
As you two began to move together through the crowd, you could only appreciate the scene that night was offering you, you could only see smiles and glances between lovers who could only express love, you began to wonder if meeting this girl was chance or fate's will. At a certain point you ended up laughing, hugging each other and spinning around, thats when she put her arms over your shoulders and leaned towards you. She talked as she stared right into your eyes.
Your face would go red, you were already getting some hints of that but her saying it felt completely different. Wasnt it too early to be saying that? She didnt make it feel like it, in fact you were also getting some butterflies and you had to say something back, so you pushed through your emotions.
Her smile and excited laugh expressed everything she had to say, she just leaned forward even more as she closed her eyes. You just let it happen, you also closed your eyes.
A gentle kiss happened between you two, it was full of passion and feelings. She pushed herself into you. You couldnt describe what you were feeling, but it was something so good you could possibly only word it as "love".
After that moment of closeness you looked into each others eyes and understood that it was mutual. She started to laugh and hugged you, you did the same back. At this moment you two were dancing, but you definitely wanted something to develop between her and you, and both of you could have a conversation about it later on. Nothing made you happier than to think that she could think the same.
The day started as usual as ever and of all the things you could have done, you ended up falling in love and kissing a girl you now wanted to be more than friends with. Maybe it was just a lot of coincidences, maybe you two,
were meant to be together.
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