Real Dissociation Hours

It was dark out at this point, and much to Daniel’s dismay, it had started to rain. “Stupid weather..” The rain was cold too, which just made his mood even more sour. He was on his way home when he noticed a young woman standing under an awning, probably shielding herself from the rain. Seems she’d forgotten her umbrella.. but he had one that he was using to shield himself from the elements.

At least she had this awning as her best friend for a while, and a while it had been before a stranger happened along, his greeting causing her to jump a little, very startled..

Making friends and bonds online wasn’t usually commonplace for Emi, sure she met people and got along well due to being a little more outgoing thanks to digital freedom, but she still did her best often not to stick out, so not only had be been surprised at making a friend to begin with, but having them stick around for what she’d considered a long time…

Honestly, she’d been freaking out about this sort of meetup, she figured this would be the iceberg that would sink the titanic so to speak, already she had a feeling she wouldn’t meet expectations, but there was the paranoia of messing up, what to wear, dress down or dress up? She’d driven her sister crazy both asking what to do and put on, and trying to get said sister to not stalk the entire date out of overprotectiveness.

After swallowing close to a hundred time on the walk there, and doing her best to steel herself despite a light nervous shaking, she’d made her approach…

“O-oh hiya! Nice to meet you Cassia.”

Her brain was occupied with all the worrying she almost didn’t catch the greeting, a second to snap herself back from distraction and into a short tangent of apologies before slipping into the opposite chair and playing with her fingers a little.

“Uhhh hot works, d-does this place do hot chocolate? I’ve never really been here specifically before um…”

  Hearing her stutter made Cassia’s heart flutter; she really was just like she was online. Her blue hair surprisingly fit her frame, and she was so polite.

  More than Cassia normally got from dates, that was for sure.

  Hearing that she’d want a hot chocolate, Cassia made mental note of it before disappearing inside; several minutes later and she was back, hot drinks in hand. She’d bend down to place Emily’s drink down, stealing a glance and giving her a wink before sitting down.

“I… Really appreciate you coming out here, I mean– It’s, uh… The first time I’ve agreed to date someone online, y’know?”

  It wasn’t her norm; Cassia had good-enough looks to be able to date without going online. But she’d gotten tired of dating scumbags and drunkards, so she’d kept to herself, found Emil online, and…

  Well, now they were here, drinking together. 

“So, um…”

  And now she was feeling awkward; just what did she talk about? What did she bring up?

“I, um… Meant what I said, online; that I, um… Would be happy for us to, y’know– Um… Be a thing.”

  She was fidgeting under her table, fingers clasping the cup hard enough to break it; she wasn’t normally so shy nor reserved, but with matters like this, she had to be. It’d determine if they were going to continue on the date or not.

Emi was quick to dive into the chocolate to calm her nerves, before wincing a little at it being...hot...she’d glossed over that little detail in her anxiety-ridden haste and it was far too late to realize, so she had to stop herself and cool her mouth and tongue down embarrassingly, her face absolutely red from both the heat and her own blush.

Be a thing...

Luckily she hadn’t taken another sip or she’d’ve spit it out, she thought that whole dating thing was just a product of circumstance, or that Cassia had just suggested it because she didn’t know better.

She was still willing to date? Even after seeing a mess like herself? What kind of bizarre reverse world was this?

“A th-thing? Like a Thing a thing? A serious thing? A seriously s-serious thing?”

Breathe, she has to level with this absolutely madlady...

“S-surely you could do better right? Like wayyyyyyy better y’know? Like I’m just a socially inept shut in and like don’t compare at all to anything someone like you could get like for real i...” 

“Ha…..ha, that’s a really great joke, me? If I’m out of anyone’s league its because I’m wayyyyy below average. Don’t make the cut, y’know?”

She’s giving a lot of weak awkward laughs, which she also hoped wouldn’t come off as rude towards the other, just rude at herself…or something.

“I think telling anyone how I feel would end badly, either through ruining the mood or ruining their day honestly.”

“I’m...inclined to disagree? I mean I guess I don’t look half bad at face value but it’s all about getting to know someone beyond that, and lemme tell you, my “beyond that” is absolutely miserable...”

  Cassia quite enjoyed playing online games. She’d been playing that one Final Fantasy game for years now; few others had come and gone during that time, though now she was hooked on the latest installment. 

  That’s when she’d met this other person; they claimed to not live too far away, and though Cassia had her doubts, they were apparently female in real-life too.

  Time had passed and they’d grown a lot, lot closer; she was jumping on the game daily to talk to her, to find out more about them. If nothing else, Cassia herself felt her getting closer to this stranger…

  To the point where she’d asked her out for a date in real life; and much to Cassia’s surprise, it was a yes! Organized for the following weekend, Cassia couldn’t wait to meet this girl for the first time. Heart in her chest, she waited at the appointed cafe…

  When she noticed the blue-haired figure walking towards her; well, she looked exactly as described!

“Ah… E-Emil? It’s Cassia– from online? I… I’m glad you came.”

  She was almost going to suggest that she didn’t think she would, though that would be incredibly rude; she was just glad to see that the other looked exactly as described.

  Cassia could feel her heart thump against her chest, wanting to break free; she was gorgeous, all that Cassia had hoped for and more.

Honestly, she’d been freaking out about this sort of meetup, she figured this would be the iceberg that would sink the titanic so to speak, already she had a feeling she wouldn’t meet expectations, but there was the paranoia of messing up, what to wear, dress down or dress up? She’d driven her sister crazy both asking what to do and put on, and trying to get said sister to not stalk the entire date out of overprotectiveness.

After swallowing close to a hundred time on the walk there, and doing her best to steel herself despite a light nervous shaking, she’d made her approach...

“O-oh hiya! Nice to meet you Cassia.”

Her brain was occupied with all the worrying she almost didn’t catch the greeting, a second to snap herself back from distraction and into a short tangent of apologies before slipping into the opposite chair and playing with her fingers a little.

“That feeling you get when you have massive crushes on lots of characters and people but they’re all massively out of your league…”

“Ha.....ha, that’s a really great joke, me? If I’m out of anyone’s league its because I’m wayyyyy below average. Don’t make the cut, y’know?”

She’s giving a lot of weak awkward laughs, which she also hoped wouldn’t come off as rude towards the other, just rude at herself...or something.

(I have some starters im waiting on to be done but imma nap, like this you want a thingy? Could be a one-liner or an ask or starter, who knows?