Infinity/ Short Story

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The diner seemed fairly quiet now. I felt several pairs of eyes on us and was half tempted to bolt. I wanted to scream. This couldn't be happening. This. couldn't. Be. Real. No one in this entire universe has this same tattoo.

He could see the disbelief in my eyes. Both of his arms were in the table now, all of his skin exposed. Only one had the tattoo, there was no trace of another countdown. The only other Tattoo was P!ATD.

"My sister set this up, didn't she?" I asked and my feet pushed the chair away. "I'm going to kill her!"

"Penny? No! Penny didn't set this up!" I wasn't really paying attention. I just wanted to bolt.

"Penny's done this before, I found out afterward. She just doesn't want me to be alone, so she tries to find someone with s small enough tattoo that can be covered with just the right amount of makeup!" I was so mad. She had no right to do this.

"Roman! Penny didn't set this up. She mentioned your tattoo before and—-"

"SHE MENTIONED MY TATTOO?!" I couldn't help but scream. Who else had she mentioned this too?

"Just to me, she saw my tattoo one day and I couldn't stop her from setting up this date." I sighed and I guess he saw every emotion running through my body: "Let's go outside." 

I felt stupid for following him. 

I felt stupid for next move. I held onto his arm and wouldn't let go until I felt calmer. 

He was silent for a while until he asked me the softest question: "Do you want to go home?" He didn't put any emphasis on any words, it just flowed smoothly from his mouth. I was sexual, or romantic. It was concerned and pure. I just nodded at that.    

He ran back inside to grab his stuff and left me outside. I let the tears flow until he came back out. 

(So School is getting progressively more stress full already and since I'm just ending the first semester already I'm already preparing myself for finals. So these updates will come slowly. I'm sorry.)