You're Gonna Fall (But I'll Catch You) | olivarry

uncomfortable

"Come on Ollie, I've been wanting to visit this place for weeks!". Thea argued in front of the glass doors of the café.

"Speedy, are you aware it's really late for you to be drinking coffee? You won't sleep later", Oliver stared at his sister with a frown.

"Ollie, are you aware I'm not a kid anymore and it's friday, right?", Thea now replied with just one eyebrow raised, challenging him.

He sighed, "Why are you so desperate to go into this place?". He glanced through the glass but could barely see anything from that point of view, "It's kinda crowded".

"This is the least crowded I've seen it, at this hour, since their opening a month ago", she paused, analyzing his words, then added worried "Is it okay for you? I mean, I really want to enter but I can wait for another couple of weeks, right?".

He shook his head, "No, it's okay". He snorted, "What's the worst that could happen?"

The worst that could happen, apparently, was that they had to separate; since there were too many people, Thea decided to wait in the line to order, while Oliver went to look for a table, and he wasn't being very successful with it.

The only choice he had left was talking with the guy in the table at the corner in the back of the establishment, who was already finishing his milkshake while he stared frustrated at his notebook through his glasses.

"Hey", he smiled politely to the brunette, who was apparently so concentrated on that paper that the sound of Oliver's voice made him flinch hard enough to drop his pen.

"Ah, shit!", the guy looked below the table to find the pen that had stopped rolling when it crossed paths with Oliver's shoe.

The blonde reached for it and extended his arm to the guy, still wearing that same polite smile. "Hi", he said charmingly.

The guy stared in silent at those blue eyes for a moment, before taking the pen and put his glasses in the right place. "Hi, thank you", he nodded to the pen on his hand.

This was becoming extremely awkward for Oliver, who was still standing up besides the table; it wasn't like he didn't know how to talk with other people, but more like all the noise and people surrounding him was making his brain go a bit slower.

With a stranded voice, he decided to keep talking. "I hate to be that guy...", he started, drawing the guy's attention back to him, "But I was wondering if you were going to take long with the table", after a second of nothing he explained, "It's just that everything is so full and...".

It was then when the other guy interrupted, apparently very entertained, "First time here, huh?"

Oliver frowned, "How did you know?".

"It's been very crowded at these hours for weeks".

"I've heard that", Oliver chuckled, then inclined a bit enough to talk directly at him, as if they were sharing a huge secret, "What's all the fuss about?".

"I'd say the milkshakes," they both chuckled, "but apparently everyone's here because of the live music".

Oliver seated in front of the guy without noticing, he was surprised, Thea had never mentioned anything about it, "Oh, there's live music".

"Yeah, there's like three singers all day, usually at this hour the last one is starting", he nodded smiling.

"You seem to be around here quite a lot...", Oliver raised an eyebrow, "Have you heard him? Would you recommend it?"

In response, the guy just raised his shoulders carelessly, "I think he isn't that bad, although, not as good as everyone thinks he is". They both chuckled again.