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Blind Date Meme



Let's face it, sometimes it's difficult finding someone to share your time, and your heart (or maybe just your body), with. Luckily for you, you have well meaning friends. Unfortunately for you, you have well meaning friends who didn't tell you this was coming. That's right. They have taken it upon themselves (and no doubt friends of friends or family members or someone else who clearly doesn't know you) to arrange a date. Without telling you.

That's right. The dreaded blind date. Which means now you've got to get through at least a reasonable amount of time with a total stranger (or maybe not a stranger if you're particularly, well, we can't say if it's lucky or not) before you can reasonably escape. Maybe it will go well. Maybe this will be the start of the rest of your lives. Maybe you'll get laid. Maybe you'll have a horror story for the ages.

No matter what plays out, though, you're here. Might as well see just how your luck is going to play out.

How to Play

1. Post your character and canon below along with any preferences. Then go back and edit your comment with the next number in order (i.e. first TL is 1, second is 2, etc)

2. Tag other TLs. If a character isn't in normal preferences, ask if they might want a date that goes poorly instead!

3. Optionally, get yourself a truly blind experience by going here and randomly generating a number. Then find the matching TL (numbered back in step one) and enjoy your blind date.

4. For more fun, use the list in the first comment for randomized date locations!

Comments

[hybrid_prince]

It's a date. Maybe? It's hard to tell. Kate had said there was a guy he 'totally had to meet'. Something about being a nerd and an athlete like him. Anyway, she sent Teddy a message after the basketball game on Friday saying that she'd finally figured out a time for the two of them to meet. And Teddy, well, he'd learned a while ago not to argue with Kate. If she wanted to introduce him to one of the guys from her private school, he wasn't going to argue.

Why they were in a cat cafe, well, he couldn't even begin to guess. Safety in the form of felines maybe? Or maybe Kate hadn't researched the place before sending Teddy a date and time? Damn, he really didn't know.

What he did know was that while he waited an orange tabby had decided that his lap was the perfect place to lay down and purr, and there was no chance he was going to be able to move from this spot for a while.

[biactually]

Nick, at least, thought it was date. Kate was high energy, but she was lovely, Nick thought, and a good friend of Darcy, Tara and Elle, so when he came out as bi and Kate wanted to set him up with one of her friends, he didn't see the harm in it.

He was not sure why a cat cafe, either, other than he liked animals, dog cafes didn't exist in the area, and it could give them something to talk about. If things didn't work out, at least he could pet something soft. Nick even researched the cafe before going to make sure they would have treats and toys on hand since he didn't have any for a cat to take with him. He was worried about the scent of Nellie on him, but hopefully the cats would be curious and not upset at smelling a dog.

What he wasn't sure about was what Teddy looked like. He asked for a description from Kate and got eye color and hair color, which helps, but the only other thing he got was "strong and soft" and "you'll know him when you see him."

Unsure what that even meant, Nick stands in the doorway and looks around, at first, until he sees a blond with an orange tabby and he smiles. That has to be Teddy.

"Made a friend already?" he asks as he approaches. He stops, puts out his hand, then realizes, "I really hope you're Teddy or this is already awkward."

apologies before hand because apparently brain wants to type 'Nida' today.

[hybrid_prince]

Hilariously, Nick wasn't the only one to get the description of 'strong and soft'. When he looked up and saw Nick he smiled. That was a fitting description there too. Rugby, Kate had said. Like football only more intense. Of course Teddy wasn't sure one way or another but it wasn't like his school offered rugby, so football had to do.

"Apparently I just have a sort of animal magnetism," he said with a smile. "And yeah. Teddy. You're Nick then."

0 worries

[biactually]

Teddy looks up, and Nick feels a soft warmth in his chest.

There's a nervous laugh at the magnetism comment, and Nick looks down at the cat for a moment, before flicking his eyes back up.

"I am. And glad to meet you," he says with such sincerity. "There are treats and toys over at the counter. Would you like me to get some for your friend?"

[hybrid_prince]

"Would you please? Maybe with a little nibble we can lure him out of my lap or something? So, well, that way I can get up and shake your hand or something?"

Or maybe even just order something to drink.

[biactually]

Nick, again, chuckles to that and nods his head with a warm smile.

"Of course," and turns to head off, then stops, "or, I could order for you. What are you in the mood to try? The menu is on their website if you want to look at it."

[hybrid_prince]

"I'd make a choice but my phone is sorta in my pocket and..."

Well, he gestures at the cat again. Not getting to get it without upsetting the poor cat. And he's too gentle for that.

[biactually]

"No worry," Nick assures him as he pulls out his own phone and displays the menu. He lays it down on the table in front of Teddy.

"Does anything appeal?" A beat. "I'm going with matcha, myself."

[hybrid_prince]

Ah, there it is. He's happy to see it.

"That tea, the one called the 'chocolate rocket'? I want to try that one."

[biactually]

"It doesn't even sound like tea, does it?" Nick asks, amused by the name.

"But got it. Chocolate rocket for you. Matcha for me. And treats for your friend. I'll be right back."

[hybrid_prince]

"I know, but I'm hoping it's good anyway," Teddy says. He hasn't had a lot of teas like it before, so he doesn't know what it's going to be like.

"I'll be waiting," he says with a smile. Because he's already charmed by the guy.

[OOC: chocolate rocket was one of my favorites in a sampler]

[biactually]

"I have my doubts," Nick expresses. Then Teddy says the waiting line and Nick feels his heart flutter a little. Someone else might also be charmed.

"I..." Nick licks his lips. "I won't keep you waiting too long."

He takes off.

When he comes back, he hands Teddy his drink, sets aside his own, then hands the little friend on Teddy's lap a treat he got from the counter.

"Here you go."

[ooc: that sounds incredibly good.]

[hybrid_prince]

The cat makes a plaintive mewl over the offered treat, lifting its head to take the treat tenderly. Only then does it rise from Teddy's lap and leap to the floor to saunter off.

"I feel like that cat has learned the way to game the system. Treat for freedom."


[OOC: IT was amazing and I miss it.]

[biactually]

Nick chuckles to that.

"It worked," he points out.

"Hopefully you like your tea choice just as much." Nick settles down at the table and tries his own.

[ooc: sounds like it. you can't get more? ]

[hybrid_prince]

"I can't wait to see," he says as he shifts to sit up a bit more to smile at the guy.

"I'm glad you showed up."

[Ooc: i don't think the company makes it anymore]

[biactually]

Nick's eyes widen to that, a little surprised.

"I'm," he runs a nervous hand through his red hair, "I'm glad you showed up, as well." Nick tries his own tea, and seems pleased as a fluffy gray point cat nuzzles up against his leg.

His body jolts, then he looks down and smiles. "Another friend!"

[ooc: sad]

[hybrid_prince]

Why should he be surprised? It made Teddy smile softly as he sips his own tea. And damn, it tastes nice too.

"Am I making you nervous?"

[biactually]

He wasn't expecting it, that sort of appreciation, or Teddy's kindness. His sweet smile.

"No," Nick answers quickly, then gives a shaky laugh. "I mean, I am nervous. But not because of you."

His eyes flicker down, then up rather quickly. "You're just so nice. I'm not used to this blind date thing. I wasn't sure what to expect. So far, though, I like it."

[hybrid_prince]

"I'm not used to it either," he admits with a soft smile. "But I'm already glad it was you."

Because this guy is also kind, clearly.

[biactually]

Nick definitely feels something flutter through his emotions to those words, and he stares at Teddy wide-eyed, then starts to smile.

"I'm glad, too." He clears his throat and drinks more of his tea.

He swallows, then points out, "You clearly like animals. How do you feel about dogs?"

[hybrid_prince]

"They're really cute," Teddy offers with a smile. "We don't have a lot of room at our place so we never got to have pets, but I think if we did, I'd want one old tom cat and one feisty terrier. Just so there is even more energy there."

He looks fondly around at the different cats, like he can imagine it.

[biactually]

"I ask," Nick admits, "because I have a dog. Cats are lovely, though. I can only handle Nellie, at least for now."

He laughs at Teddy's answer, though.

"Smaller animals are good for smaller spaces. Do you live in a flat?"

[hybrid_prince]

"We live in an apartment, and not a big one," Teddy admits. Which would make a cat far more of an intelligent choice, given the whole space thing. Not to mention the needed degrees of 'independence' a pet would n eed.

"Tell me about Nellie?"

[biactually]

"A smaller pet is definitely better for that," Nick agrees, still smiling his eyes focused on Teddy.

They only leave him when Nick reaches down to pet one of the cats nuzzling up against his leg.

"She's a border collie. Very sweet. Sticks by me most of the time. She enjoys her walks, though."

[hybrid_prince]

"Oh, a working breed. One of those dogs that needs to be doing something," he says. Okay, maybe he'd researched dogs a lot as a kid.