Hi e-vay! I hope you’re having a great day, I’ve been following you for a while, I loveee your art so so much, you inspire me greatly!
I hope I’m not being super nosy but, could you tell us the story of how you met Ryan? I’ll totally understand if you’re not comfortable answering, thank youu ´･ᴗ･`♡
Thank you so very much! 🥰
I don't mind answering this at all! Ryan and I used to work together. We were in the same department, in the same room, but we worked completely opposite shifts so we almost never saw each other except for the rare occasion that he was covering a shift for someone else
(I actually have a comic of one of our earlier interactions hahaha)
The few times I saw him I thought he was cute and my coworkers said he was very nice, but because we rarely interacted I knew nothing about him.
Our company at the time used to throw an annual Christmas lunch, so this was going to be the one time that he'd be staying late and I'd be coming in early, so I was like "This is your chance, let's see what this dude's all about!"
I went out of my way to sit or stand next to him the entire party and chatted his ear off. (Side note: The funny thing about me is I'm normally shy and quiet as a mouse, but if I'm excited about something or there's something I want, I can be LOUD and FORWARD lol) I liked him right away but I wasn't sure what he thought about me (turns out he's more shy than me).
I ended up going to a coworker's party not long after that and saw that Ryan was at this party too, so again I went out of my way to talk to him and asked him for his contact info. I didn't want to overwhelm him in person because I was realizing just HOW QUIET AND SHY he was, so I waited until after the party (I think it was the next day?) to text him and ask him out on a date. Luckily he said yes!
Here's another fun little detail for you! After I asked him out but before our first date, our department had a White Elephant gift exchange. Ryan knew I liked Sonic (my desk decorations and my Christmas sweater made it clear as day), so the gift he brought for the exchange was a pair of Sonic earbuds and some Mario toys. At the time he of course didn't say he got it 'for' me, but in that moment it was very clear to me that 'Oh, this guy is something special."
