A/N: I reference so random I decent amount in this chapter. If you haven't seen it some things might be confusing but I don't think it's necessary to like the chapter. Sorry this chapter is late but it's a long one so I hope that makes up for it lol.
"So, what do you wanna do?"
"I'm not sure, I'm chill with whatever." I answered Damien. "What sounds good to you?"
"I'm kinda just down for chilling and playing video games. Is that weird though? Like, 'ah yes guy I just met, let me come to your house, pick you up, and take you back to my place'" he said the last bit in a funny voice. I laughed.
"I don't think it's weird but if it'll make you feel better we could browse a store or something before we go to your place?"
"Yeah that sounds good. I've been meaning to see if Barnes and Nobles has the next couple JoJo's manga."
"I'm down, I need more Toilet bound hanako kun." Damien turned to me.
"Dog for real?" I nodded and chucked a bit at his excitement. "Sweet, let's go then I guess." He searched for the bookstore on his GPS, picked the closest and off we went. We just listened to music on the way there and we didn't talk. We arrived shortly. "Alright!" We both got out of the car and started toward the door. Once inside we made a beeline for the manga section.
"So, JoJo's bizarre Adventure is your favorite?" I asked Damien, trying to start up a conversation as we looked.
"Yeah, I really like the anime but you know sometimes things get lost in translation so I like to read it to get it more exact." He explained, scanning the shelves. I nodded.
"Cool, cool." I respond without breaking focus in my search.
"Toilet bound hanako kun, huh?" Damien stopped and turned to me. I was on my knees looking at the lower shelves. I sat up and looked at him.
"Yeah, I liked the story but they didn't make much of it into an anime so I read it." Damien nodded and turned back to the shelf. After a bit longer of searching in silence I ended up finding the JoJo's bizarre Adventure manga. Damien was down the row from me so I called out to him. "Hey Damien!" He turned to me. "I found JoJo's, come'er." I ushered him over.
"Oh sweet!" He walked briskly and joined me. He grabbed the volumes he wanted then stood back up straight. "Let's go find yours then!" He smiled down at me as I was still on the floor. He held out a hand to help me up. I smiled slightly and took his hand. After he helped me up we moved an aisle over to keep looking. We found the hanako kun manga after a bit and I grabbed a couple of the volumes I hadn't read yet. We both took our books up to the counter and perchanced them separately. "Wanna grab something to drink before we head to my place? If you still want to, of course."
"Yeah I'm still down to hangout. Where were you thinking for a drink?"
"Starbucks?" I nodded. Did I need more coffee? No. I'll get a refresher. Is it still caffeine? Yes. But I'll feel slightly less bad about it. Damien and I headed back out to his car and we just put our barns and nobles bags at my feet. The Starbucks wasn't very far away so we quickly pulled into the drive thru. "What do you want?" Damien said as he rolled the window down and muted the radio. There was one car ahead of us at the order window.
"Uhh, mango dragon fruit refresher." Damien pulled up to the window.
"Hi, welcome to Starbucks, what can I get you?" The girl on the intercom asked.
"Hi yeah, can I get a mango dragon fruit refresher and an iced peach green tea?" While Damien was ordering I was getting my card out of my wallet. I know he'll try and talk me out of paying but he's driving and gas is expensive so he'll just have to deal with it.
