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- france x reader -
OLD - Another pretty long one, 4840 words, sorry if he's OOC, this one I'm not proud of at all.
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What, is she actually going to buy the tickets herself? This puts me to shame. Isn't this guy looking at me, this white-headed Russian, I mean? And this woman has her eyes fixed squarely on my face, too! Yes, and this guy puffing on a cigar, he's looking at me now as well. They're all looking at me. Well, all right, I know what they're thinking. They're a little bit contemptuous of me. No, more than that, I think they are actually sneering at me.
I don't know why on earth she had to insist on buying the tickets... surely she must know what an awkward spot this puts me in? I am a man, a gentleman — and whoever saw a man escort a lady to a cinema, and the lady going up to buy the tickets? Never; at any rate I've never seen such a thing.
My face feels hot. I've probably gone as red as a beetroot. Isn't there a mirror around here? If there is one, I'll look at myself in it. Oh! This guy is actually laughing openly at me! How dare you mock me, sir? Surely you must have seen her suddenly lunge toward the ticket window. I couldn't stop her, how could I? Who would have expected a thing like this to happen ? Oh! I don't think I can stand this any longer. I have an urge to turn and run out of the door. Oh, let me just stand outside on the steps for a while...
What, she still hasn't managed to buy the tickets? It's so crowded in here! And that's another thing; why in Heaven's name would she want to fight her way through such a crush to buy the tickets, when that should have been my job? Perhaps she didn't want me to be the one who was doing the inviting?... But, in that case why did she in fact agree yesterday evening to come to the cinema with me? Yes, why did she, yesterday evening when I escorted her to her door, consent to my taking her out tonight? Surely she didn't think that today would be her turn to take me out, did she? Humph, well, if that's what she was thinking, the best thing for us to do is break it off completely, and have none of this "you invite me, and then I invite you" nonsense, in my opinion. Did she think I had invited her to come and see a film so that I could get a return invitation from her? Well, maybe she thought that it would be awkward for me if she let me do all the treating? So she decided that, she should buy the tickets today? To save face, perhaps? Yes, that was probably it! Women are always getting such ideas into their heads. They also get rather haughty ideas from time to time...
Now what's going on? She still hasn't bought the tickets. Why don't I fight my way through this crush and buy them for her? How can I be expected to just stand here and put up with the mocking stares of all these people? I'd better go up there. She probably hasn't managed to buy the tickets yet. What do they cost here, anyway?... Down- stairs, 6 jiao, and upstairs? I wish this idiot would get his head out of the way. I can't see the price. It looks like 8 jiao. Oh, here she comes! She's got the tickets at last. Strange! How come I didn't see her buy them? Where did she buy these tickets?
Well, never mind. Let's go in. But why is she giving me both tickets? Oh, these are circle tickets! Why did she splash out on such expensive tickets ?... I think I understand; she is showing her displeasure at my buying seats in the stalls the last time. This is even more of a slap in the face! Oh, no! I'm not standing for that. I'd rather break off our friendship. I certainly can't accept these tickets. No, I never want to take her to the cinema again. Not only that, no more strolls, no more ice cream. Never again!... Ah, now what's she saying?
