The First Date

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You can feel the sweat on your palms, highly aware of the pulsating beat of your heart as you stood in a rather quiet area of the cinemas’ entrance, anticipating his arrival. You were dressed in a simple black hoodie along with some jeans, pacing around awkwardly as you attempted to bottle your excitement, the anxiety also playing its part. It was your first date today.

It’s not that he was late, the excitement leading up to this just brought you here a little too early than planned. Well...20 minutes early, but what can you say?  There are no words to describe the insane whirlwind of emotions in your brain right now. You were certain that even the mass vocabulary of the world’s greatest scholar would stand dumbstruck at this situation. You heard your notification ring, literally freezing as you saw the text of him saying he’s here. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck stAy cOoL.

You could spot him from literally a mile away, his flaming red hair not exactly blending that well even within the cap he was wearing. God he looked so cute fuck you were not going to survive this. You cursed at your brain, attempting your best to calm down and not make a fool of yourself as you waved and got his attention. “Hey!” he had the brightest smile on, embracing you in a hug as he looked at you expectantly, a slight blush revealing itself on his cheeks. You were dead from the contact, trying to breath normally you mumbled a ‘hello’ back, an uncontrollable smile making its way to your face, a growing warmth blowing past you as it left as quickly as it came, spreading a chill through you.

“Let’s go then,” he said, leading the conversation as he understood your nervousness and god he was melting at how cute you were being. You nodded, the smile never leaving your face. Your dumbass almost, almost, reached for his hand as he motioned for you to follow him. You mentally facepalmed and you were so relieved he didn’t notice. A little too early for that mate, you tried telling your overexcited brain.

You guys made some small talk while in line buying popcorn, and thank god it wasn’t that awkward. You knew this shouldn’t have been any different as when you were friends, but going out, together, on an actual date...it was way more exhilarating than you thought. There’s this weird air that just hangs around that screams ‘ITS NOT JUST A NORMAL HANG OUT’ and you wanted to kick it away so bad, your heart literally couldn’t handle his presence next to you. “Exciting innit,” he giggled, trying to help you lose your nerves as he elbowed you, making you laugh, god you were literally falling in love more by the second.

“s’just...this is pretty new to me, y’know? This whole dating thingy...” you admitted, your blush creeping in, looking down as you averted his gaze. “Hey...it’s ok, you’ll grow to like it, ‘promise,” he nudged you gently, voice soft, causing your heart to melt and you literally couldn’t function, still trying to comprehend the fact that this was happening. “God you’re so sweet teddy....” you tip toed, ruffling his hair as he shut his eyes from the contact, laughing. You’ve probably done this a million times before, but it was just so different this time. There’s this spark of electricity that you both felt from the touch, and it made the both of you feel...so many things you’re still trying to wrap your head around it.

The both of you settled down next to each other on the red plush seats of the theatre, him responsible for holding the popcorn as the adverts started playing on screen. Your hands occasionally brushed as you took the popcorn, the slight zap of electricity murdering you, you were pretty sure you were gonna die right in the theatre. That is, until you noticed him stealing glances as you, and well, guess death came even earlier! “You’re really cute love,” he laughed, a genuine smile on his face as red literally exploded on your cheeks. Ok. Looks like he really wants you dead. First of all, HE JUST COMPLIMENTED YOU? FREAKING FUCK- AHSHSJDJDKKDD. AND SECONDLY, LOVE?? SURE, HE’S CALLED YOU THAT BEFORE BUT THIS IS SO DIFFERENT YOU CAN’T BREATHE-

His laugh broke you out of your trance, a noticeable blush on his face too as he couldn’t help but laugh at your expression. “Stoppit Ed,” you smiled, gushing as you buried your face in your hands, he knew what he was doing to you. “I’m not doing anything,” he laughed as he held his hands up innocently, the sound of his laughter probably stopped your heart rate right there and then. Even though the loud blazing speakers were blasting some really annoying ads, the whole scenario just felt like you and him, alone with each other, and you can just feel yourself plummeting into a void. Love is a funny thing. It causes you to feel so in the moment that you’re literally anything but aware. Dammit Ed.

The movie eventually started, but you literally couldn’t focus at all, the whole idea that hey! you’re on a date! still trying to settle in your brain and the little glances he kept stealing at you were not helping. You tried your best to understand what was going on, but his hand resting on the arm rest of the chair caught your eye and diverted your attention completely. You felt this magnetic attraction pull at you to hold his hand. Fuckfuckfuck nO. You can feel yourself sweating, the need for physical contact killing you.

You tried placing your hand next to his as normally as possible, awkwardly twitching a little as the chaos within your brain attempted to hold you back from just grabbing his hand. Too caught up with trying to control your crazy thoughts, you did not notice him turning to look at you as he noticed your hand placement, a big smile on his face as he couldn’t stop gushing at how adorable you were.

You froze as you felt his hand grip yours gently, the warmth spreading like electricity through you, his thumb gently stroking the back of your hand pretty much ending you. You looked at him to see him looking back, blue eyes glistening in the dark theatre lights as he mumbled a ‘ ‘s this alright?’ in case you felt uncomfortable. You were melting. Not quite understanding what you did to ever deserve him. “Of course it is Ed,” you smiled, causing him to smile wider, looking down at your intertwined hands he tilted his head just the slightest before bringing your hand up and kissing it. F U C K. Your heartbeat pretty much exploded, ears ringing and your cheeks were so red you were certain it matched his hair.

“I’m so glad I can do that now,” he laughed, pulling you in to lean on his shoulder before he planted more kisses on your head. He was literally on a killing spree. “You are the sweetest thing ever,” you nuzzled into his neck, his gentle scruff tickling you as you felt his chest move from laughing. “Says you love...says you,” he leaned down, resting his head on yours as he gave your hand a squeeze, wondering how did he get so lucky.

Author's note: I've always liked the idea of a first date at the cinemas so there's that...as always feel free to leave your comments :D

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