always | gojou satoru [rewriting]

chapter 12 - the date

It was finally Saturday ㅡ the day you agreed to go out with Suguru. You woke up super early to find something suitable to wear and even talked to yourself as though you were having conversations with him. Yes, that's what you called practicing. Of course, you didn't want to mess things up. Before deciding to shower, you shuffled towards the kitchen first to get a cup of hot chocolate.

While you were stirring your drink calmly, you just remembered how upsetting it was when Satoru spat out those hurtful words at you. It didn't make sense. When did you even talked shit about him? All you did was waiting for him. His mother probably said weird things to him about you. As soon after he said those words to you at the restaurant, you stood up from your seat and left without a word. It was too much to handle. His mother did text you asking where were you but you just ignored her text.

"Alright, alright. Let that aside, Y/n. Let's take a fucking shower." you said to yourself and made your way to the bathroom.

It took you around 30 minutes to get ready after showering. You wanted to look simple so you just put on a sleeveless white crop top, a denim jacket and a pair of jeans. You added a bit of makeup so your face didn't look pale.

Suguru told you that he would be waiting at the lobby. Quickly, you wore your favourite black converse and headed towards the lobby. You were clutching your chest and breathing heavily as the lift almost arrived at the lobby. Nervous. The person who watched the CCTV might be thinking you had troubles in breathing or something.

Your hand automatically raised up to wave at him, who was standing handsomely at the entrance, wearing a black shirt with black jeans and a pair of converse as well. How can he look so good just by wearing a simple black shirt? And his man bun was making your knees weak.

"H-Hey." you were stuttering as you approached him. Bitch, don't stutter! "Sorry if I'm late."

"Not at all, Y/n. I actually just came." his eyes met yours, a smile appeared on his lips. "You look great though."

"Aw, you too. Your outfit is so simple but you managed to look great." you flashed a grin and he just nodded with a sheepish smile. Then, both of you just looked at each other without saying a word.

Awkward.

"Should we go to your car? We don't wanna be late." you broke the silence which he nodded immediately. You just followed him from behind as both of you made way towards a black Honda Civic. He casually opened the door for you with a smile, "Wow, don't do this. It makes me embarrassed." you said, and could feel your cheeks were getting hot.

"Embarrassed? Cute."

As both of you were seated in the car, he started to reverse the vehicle with one hand. And that was when you knew you loved it when guys do that. This was your first time ever in a car with a guy. His veiny handㅡ okay, let's just stop. He drove quietly and you also had no idea what to talk to about, but you couldn't stand the silence.

"Do you often go to art exhibitions?" you started, breaking the silence twice in a row.

"Kinda. I really love art. You? Have you been to one?" he asked.

"Never in my life." you chuckled, "I'm a bit excited right now."

"Glad to hear that. I'm sure you love it."

After half an hour drive, you arrived at the place. There were not many people yet since both of you came pretty early. That was the plan anyways. Suguru pulled out 2 tickets from his pocket and showed to the person who was guarding the entrance.

There was a lot of paintings. At first, you weren't that interested but Suguru explained every details and information about every paintings there to you which was really amazing.

"What's this?" you almost laughed when you saw a painting of two women being naked. "Is this even allowed?"

"This is actually normal, Y/n." he grinned.

"Oh."

Around two hours later, you found yourself feeling super hungry and both of you felt confident that you had finished seeing everything in the there. Suguru noticed you were slowing down so he purposely walked in the same pace as you while making way out of the building, "Let me guess, you're hungry?"

"Oh, how do you know?"

"That's one of my specialities." he smiled, "I think I saw a cafe nearby. Let's check it out."

It was a nature themed cafe and it seemed cozy. You decided to order your favourite meal ever, omurice while Suguru just had chicken salad.

"Seriously? Just salad?" you asked with a surprised expression.

"Yeah." he grinned cutely, "Been eating clean for a month now."

"Wow, that's great. Me? Never. I literally eat everything that is in front of me." you said, giggling.

"I totally understand. I love to eat as well but you know, sometimes you just need to slow it down and eat healthy! But Y/n, you still look great." he rested his chin on his hand while looking at you.

"Really?" you then covered your face with both of your hands, hiding the wide smile you had on your face. Every word that came out from him was somehow so pleasing to the ears.

"Y/n, let's talk about ourselves." he suggested, "We didn't really had a proper conversation the last time we met at Junpei's house. I prefer meeting in person rather than in chats, you know."

"Ah." you slowly nodded, "What do you want to know?"

"Anything. Just anything."

"I'm allergic to nuts." you randomly said since you had no idea what to say. "That's all I can think about." you chuckled.

"What happens if you accidentally eat nuts?" he asked.

"Redness all over my face and it's painful."

He nodded, "I see. You really have to be careful, Y/n."

"Yep, thanks for your concern." you smiled at him. "And how about you? Tell me something about yourself."

"I'm pretty good at painting." he proudly said, "I even sell paintings online. I can show you my studio if you want to."

"Wow, that's amazing!" you were genuinely surprised. "Can you do a painting of me then?" you joked.

"How do you know that I'm planning to do it?" he gave you a warm smile.