Taona glanced up from her book when the other tapped her on the shoulder. The party was buzzing around her, but she’d quietly snuck into the back corner of one of the rooms with a book and a couple of slices of toast she’d made upon arrival. Rather than feeling embarrassed at being caught avoiding the fun, she held up her plate to them. “What, you want a slice?” She offered, as careless as she could be about acting so antisocial.

As far as blind dates go, Taona wasn’t really bothered. But a friend of hers had been claiming for weeks that they knew the perfect person to set her up with, and frankly she would say yes to about anything to get them to shut up about it already. She’d played nice, put on something other than leggings (though the jeans she wore were just as fitted) and showed up at the cafe, looking around for her date. When she caught Cyr’s eye, she blinked for a moment in surprise. They were actually... Really cute? She’d seen a photo but it hadn’t done them justice, apparently. Waling over, she gave a short wave. “Hey, I’m Taona. Am I in the right place?”

Taona didn’t know whether Catherine deserved pity, considering she had been the one to drink this much. Then again, her friend had a habit of going overboard, which she had already known when they befriended one another. “Jeez, you can barely walk Cat - how much did you even have?” She asked, bringing her friend a blanket (and a hair tie, but she kept that to herself for now.) She fully expected her to make a break for the loo to vomit any second. “You need some water. And a sandwich,” she muttered, trying to keep the ‘I told you so’ tone from her voice. She failed.

“Jason, I’m serious,” she groaned, putting her head in her hands. “Look, I love my friends, they’re lovely, but if they set me up on one more blind date I’ll go mad. They’re inviting me to this party tonight just to meet more people.” Letting her hands fall in her lap, she looked up at him with a desperate expression. “Please give me and excuse to not go out tonight. Let’s just order in a pizza and binge Friends on Netflix or something.”

“You’re so...” Finish it in my ask. 

Pizza. What a wonderful thing to behold. 🍕 #TaoNa (at Project Pie Tomas Morato, Quezon city, Philippines.)