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It has been over a week now since Tiso started using this bus to get to work and every day he saw the girl. Same girl sitting in the same spot, wearing the same hoodie.
Tiso started calling her the 'scarlet girl' because of her outfit. He hasn't talked to her yet, but he decided today would be the day. Actually he only chose this day for approaching her because it was the first time nobody was sitting next to her.
Tiso quickly made his way across the bus and slowly sat down, as if scared that making a sudden move would scare her away. God- he was thinking about people as if they were cats. He really should spend more time with people, socializing.
He glanced at her phone, hoping he could see anything there to talk about, but to his disappointment, she was just talking to someone in her contacts named 'Pale Bitch'.
Tiso snickered at the name but quickly looked away from the conversation, not wanting to get into other's personal lives. Plus she might get upset if she'd see him reading her messages and he didn't want to blow his chance so fast without having to talk to her first.
He quickly unlocked his phone, looking through things he had written into his notebook in hopes to find anything that could start up a good conversation but he found all his ideas dumb or awkward.
Cursing mentally, he looked up to see which stop they were at. The Crossroads. That meant he still had a bit of time. A quiet greeting from the girl snapped him out of his thoughts. He looked at her in hopes it was meant towards him but to his dismay she was on the phone with someone.
There was his chance flying out of the bus' *bad window.
Tiso fidgeted with his finger, having inner conversations in his mind.
How could he approach this girl without creeping her out to the point he'd have to go with another bus in the morning.
"The next stop is; City Storerooms."
They were two stops away from his. Tiso cursed mentally again and looked at the girl.
She was still on the phone, making it impossible to talk to.
Prehaps if she would put the phone down, he'd still have some chance to ask her for her number.
But that would be just too straigh forward, wouldn't it? Tiso put a hand on his knees to stop it from bouncing as he glanced up, noticing that the bus just left the stop, going towards his stop.
Sighing, he admitted his defeat and pressed the signaling button.
Walking towards his workplace, he began making up scenarios of how he could have spoken to the girl and they all seemed pretty good.
Only if he had it when he was sitting next to her.
Tiso pinched the spot between his eyes, groaning.
Prehaps next time he could try it.
But for now, he had to concentrate on work.
Tiso sat in the cafeteria, staring at his sandwich. His co-workers around him were quick to notice his silence all the day.
Cloth nudged his side gently, getting his attention.
"You okay there Tiso? You've been very quiet the whole day which is not like you at all."
Quirrel nodded in agreement before piping in.
"And you've been staring at that sandwich for at least 10 minutes now."
Tiso shrugged, looking away.
"I've been just thinking-"
"-we prepare for a mess."
"-shut up Cloth. Anyway, there is this girl on the bus i come to work with and I wanna ask her out, but i have no idea how to do it."
The girl beside him gasped, invading his personal space way too much.
"You asked juust the right person! I know everything about dating!"
"But you are still single..."
"Nobody asked Quirrel. Anyways. What does she like?"
Tiso sighed, looking back at his food.
"I have no idea. I haven't spoken to her yet."
"Oh.. so you want to take her out to a date right away without even getting to know her a bit?"
"Oh yes! That's so mysterious! You should totally do that. We women like that a lot!"
Cloth squealed nodding eagerly as Quirrel bit his lip, looking at the side nervously.
"I'm not entirely sure if that's a good idea. You should try and talk to her and get to know her a bit first. Prehaps she has a boyfriend."
Tiso hummed, deep in thought, before nodding and standing up.
"That's a good idea. Thanks you two!"
The latter grabbed his food and left the cafeteria as the other two looked eachother before Quirrel spoke.
"Do you think he'll be fine?"
"Probably not but i cannot stop him. I'm taking the tram to get here."
Cloth sighed, looking at the way Tiso had left.
"He'll be so sad if it won't work out."
"Then we'll rent some shitty movies from that little movie shop by the corner and watch it with him."
The woman nodded, packing her things after she ate her lunch.
"I'll get the tortilla for the night then."
"Just don't get the cheese flavoured one. It has way too much spicing on it."
"Noted."