Moving to new city, having no one around, not even friends. Erica meets this sweet and friendly black haired man, who is offering his help and friendship to her.
What will happen, whether it will remain as a friendship or are deeper emotions involv...
The clock was already 5pm, I put on my jacket and walked past the counter. Verneri was still there, but he was also leaving soon. "It was a good first day to you, let me know if you get new clients to the following days." He smiled to me. "I will, and thank you for taking me to work here, I love this place." I said to him and he thanked me. I leaved the studio and saw Aleksi already waiting for me, it bothered me a little that he wanted to pick me up. I walked to the car and opened the passenger seat door, then hopped in. "Hey, was it a good first day?" Aleksi asked, showing me that smile. "It was, actually Niko was my first client in here." I grinned and put my seat belt on. "No way, what a coincidence." He chuckled and started the car. "You want to go to get a coffee or something? I could show you this city better." He suggested. It made me nervous again. No one has ever been this friendly to me, or I can't remember. And it made me feel a little bad, that someone like him is wasting his time to a woman like me.
"It would be really nice, but don't you have anything better to do than spend time with me?" I asked and looked at him, he made a confused face. "Don't underestimate yourself. Let's get coffees from the nearest cafe and I will walk you around." He said. Why am I so stupid? Now it seems like I am begging for attention, which I'm not doing. I just don't know how to be around people, how am I supposed to behave or what to say? Feels like I have never met people. He drove to the nearest cafe and he visited it quickly to get them coffees. I waited outside and scrolled my phone. I've got few new followers again, and actually one asked at dm when I have free tattoo times and I texted her quickly before Aleksi came back. "Here you go." He handed me the cardboard mug and we started walking.
"So, tell me something about yourself." He then said. I was thinking for a moment, what should I tell? That I'm lonely human? "Well.. I have a cat and I don't like tea." I chuckled and Aleksi smiled too. "What's your cat's name?" He asked. "He's Ville, named after Ville Valo." I grinned. "That's cute, so you're a fan?" He looked at me. "Yes, I have actually met him and it was one of great moments in my life." I smiled and he looked suprised and excited. "That's amazing, you know my friend Joel would definitely praise you if he hears about that." He chuckled and I did too. We talked a lot about what's going on in this world and he asked many things about me, I asked about him too. He was very sweet and interesting person and I felt so comfortable around him, he didn't judge anything what I said and it made me feel happy. He showed me a little bit around and told funny things about the band and the other members.
"You know, I am very honored that you're this friendly to me. I don't have any friends and it feels very good to actually talk with someone." I said as we were back at his car, it was getting late and it was very dark. "Well I'm glad to hear that you feel like that. If you want, we could change our phone numbers and spend more time together?" He suggested as we sat on his car. "That sounds good." I smiled and I gave him my number, then he started to drive back to home. I was feeling very good right now, having company and spending time with someone, it's definitely the thing I needed in my life.
"Thank you for the ride and spending time with me, you're really friendly and kind person." I thanked him as we reached the third floor and we both walked to our doors. "No problem, and thank you for the company as well, you're very nice and funny." He smiled and I think I blushed. We just stood there in silence for couple seconds. "But yeah, I have to take Rilla for a walk, see you around." He said and I nodded smiling.
I made some pasta for myself and listened music, I singed and danced a little bit around. I just felt so good, this day maybe started badly but it turned out to be one of the best ones in my life. My cat Ville jumped around to get some attention, he rubbed himself on me and it made me chuckle. "Oh honey, I'm sorry I was gone for the whole day." I said to him and pet him in the head. He purred and that sound is music to my ears. I texted to Verneri that I have a client tomorrow at 1pm. "Good, there it starts! You want to have a ride to the studio tomorrow at 9am?" He texted and I raised my eyebrows as a suprise. I answered him as a yes. As I eated my food I scrolled my galleria, sometimes I took photos of myself just for fun, when I'm feeling like being photographed. I had an idea to post something to my instagram, it has been a while when I last time posted. Maybe I should post more nowadays, just because of my career, and maybe I should post some tattoos to my story I have made?
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inkerica Arrived to my new home yesterday, I already love it here! Ville likes too😼
alexmattson I want to see Ville some day:)
Verneridoestattoos When will you do the tattoo for me? 😇
I smiled as I saw that Aleksi had liked my photo and commented it. Ville jumped to my lap as I just finished with the food. "Hi cutie, when would you like to see my new friend Aleksi? He has a dog but I think you don't mind if he smells like it." I petted him and gave him kisses. My next move was to got to shower and after that I prepared to get some sleep, it had been a long day.
