He/Him

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—I'm really sorry. I bumped into a friend and...

—Don't worry! It's okay, I just get here anyways.

Chloe was lying, she waited for me for almost 10 minutes, but she didn't care at all. She's nice. I hope everything goes good today.

—So, where you want to go?'

—I was thinking about pizza, or maybe sushi. You know what? You choose today. —she said.

—Okay, what do you say about... a burger maybe?

—No, I'm not really into burgers. —she sounded sad.

—Tacos?

—Not a big fan.

—Pizza?

—Yeah! Let's go get some pizza!

Yeah, I chose.

All my expectations about the date left my body at the moment she started a videocall with one of her friends and that was how she spent the whole lunch. I'm pretty sure that she didn't notice when I left the local.

It was a sunny day, a really nice day to walk around in the park. I remember my first year here, when I didn't have too many stresses in my body, and I had the time to go to the park and read something or listen to some music. I would do that now. I always carry my earphones. I lay in the grass and chose the best song to relax.

I fell asleep for a moment because some hands scared the shit out of me.

—Why did you leave the local like that? — it was Chloe.

—I'm sorry, I didn't feel good.

—And you came to sleep here because...

—I'm sorry, to be honest, I don't think we should keep seeing each other.

—Why not? —now she's worried.

—Because I don't feel like you really enjoy being with me... —she was about to say that's not true, but I kept talking— or maybe it's just me...

—You don't enjoy my company?

—Is just that I don't really feel it, I'm sorry.

—Yeah, of course.

And she left. I don't feel bad at all, I didn't even want to have another date with her at first.

When I got to my room's door, I heard some noises from inside and I realized that Richard wasn't alone there, so I left.

The library was the place I went, and I fell asleep again in a sofa there. It was about 8 pm when the security guard woke me up and told me I had to leave. It was dark outside, and I was hungry.

Cristina works at the coffee today and I'm hungry.

She wasn't there no at the cashier at least. I look for her in the background and she was at the kitchen preparing sandwiches. That's exactly what I'll buy.

The guy in the cashier was Damien, Cristina said that he's like a brother to her. He was nice and when I ordered my sandwich he laughed and then took it to the kitchen. He said something to Cristina, she looked at me and said hi with her hand.

He comes back and takes more orders; this is the part when I wait.

Five minutes later, Cristina comes out of the kitchen with four sandwiches and put them with different drinks.

—Bellemore! Your order's ready.

—Thank you so much, Smith. — I said with a big smile.

—I have to go back to the kitchen but answer this really quickly. How was that second date?

—Awful.

—Oh, sorry... well, see you around. Take care, Bellamore.

—I will, Smith.

—It doesn't work with me, dumbass.

And she left. I won't stay here to eat this alone, but today I'm taking the bus. 

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