titles don't make sense for things like this

coffee

i'm worried
that during this
coffee meeting

(i don't want to call it a date)

i'll end up
doing something strange.

i'm a bit nervous.
it's been a while since
i last had to interact with

someone i'm not
already familiar with.

"hey dan!"

my head turns toward the voice
that i recognize
but it's not the voice
i wanted to hear.

"hi, aiden."

he smiles.

"waiting for someone?"
"yeah, kind of."
"

mind if i keep you company?"
"yes."

but he stays, anyway.
i'm not really a fan of
the way he teases me
like we're friends

when we aren't.

he doesn't know me.
i don't know me.

"who are ya waitin' on?"
"does it matter?"

"it might."

i don't know what that means.