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Me
I have some good and bad news

Corpse <3
Bad news first

Me
Well thats a shocker. Why is that?

Corpse <3
Bittersweet outlook on life

Me
How deep and noble

Corpse <3
Har har
So what is it?

Me
Bad news: Commercial was canceled. Something about it being shot outside. I dont know really know the details. Sandra called me to let me know.

Corpse <3
Aw man. That's a bummer. I know you've wanted to work with them for awhile. They are your favorite brand right?

Me
Yea. At least on the on the bright side. My good news: I can hang out now. Want me to head over?

Corpse <3
No one will follow you right?

Me
I'll handle it lovey. Don't worry your pretty little head about a thing.
I've come over before, I can do it again :)
How long do you need to get ready?

Corpse <3
I can be ready in 10

Me
Great cause I will be there in 15

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I smile and let out an overdramtic sigh. The usual butterfly feeling in my stomach returninv at the thought of hanging out with Corpse.  I was sitting in my car in the parking lot of where my commercial was supposed to be set in. Leaning my seat back to lay down, I rest my arm over my forehead and groan. I hear another car start up and my eyes shift toward the window. Another car like mine makes it's way to the stop sign and as it goes straight I see black suvs pass through in attempt to chase the car double.

I reach to the back of the car and grab my bag/purse. I put on my sunglasses and a hat. I open up my sun visor and look into the small mirror.

"Why hello gorgeous, " I joke and wink at my reflection. (It winks back lol)

I adjust my hair and glance at the time. Only a few minutes have passed. I wasn't far from Corpse so I tried my best to give him his time to get ready. Being patient when you're excited is alot harder then I wanted it to be though. I grumble and find something to fiddle with. I grab some perfume from the middle console and gum.

Why am I trying so hard? We've hung out before. It's been a good two weeks since our last hang out.

The teasing between the two of us over the past few days has only become stronger. Everyone in our friend group started to poke fun at our constant flirting even more so now. The interenet would go wild with our ship name. We liked each other and we weren't exactly subtle about it. Despite that though, the moment someone asked if there was anything between us, we'd say no.

I quickly start my car up and head over to his house now that more time has passed. I tuck myself more in my seat in hopes to not be noticed in case any paparazzi stayed behind. After the short drive, I send Corpse a quick text  to say that I am here and then stare at the door that leads into his apartment complex. I shake my hands out of nervousness and get out of my car. While I lean against the hood of my car, he comes out. I give him a good look over and bite my lip to settle my nerves. His usual mask on his face, a black hat, and all black outfit. His hair is pushed back instead of matted against his head like usual, so today I can see his piercings that normally go hidden by his curly hair.

"Pictures last longer," he jokes coming closer.

"I prefer in person. It wouldn't do the muse justice," I say back locking eyes with him finally.

He puts his hand on his heart and lets out a laugh. "You make my heart swoon," he says.

"I didn't have much planned for today besides my shoot honestly. What did you want to do?" I ask giving him a hug hello now that he was infront of me.

"I..um. I - uh..Wanted to...um," he struggles to say. I look at him confused and raise a brow.

"Yes?" I say placing a hand on his arm to try to calm him.

"Well...wanted to know...if you would like...to go out and...spend time together?" He says nervously.

"A date?" I ask.

"No!" He says panicked

"No?" I say removing my hand from him

"Wait, no. Yes," he says

"What?" I say with a chuckle.

"Yes. Like a date," he says fiddling with his many rings

"I'd love to," I smile. "Where to?" I ask.

"Well, I was thinking we could...walk," he says nervously.

"That's fine. Good thing I wore sneakers," I say.

He sticks out his hand toward me so can hold it. I grab onto his hand and walk closer to him. After a minute or so of walking we lace our fingers together. I walk relatively fast but it was just so that I could catch up with his long strides. It wasn't until our surroundings turned from tall buildings towering over us turned to relatively normal and small sizes did we slow down. I peak over to Corpse and smile when he finally notices me staring.

"I'm sorry...I'm a nervous wreck right now," he says with a shaky inhale.

"Awe lovebug," I say and quickly pull him into a hug. "Don't over think it. I'm okay with anything," I reassure him.

He nods his head and lets go as he opens a door to a nice restaurant.  I glance down at my outfit and frown.

"I'm underdressed huh?" I say

"No you look perfect," he says his eyes squinting.

"Just wait here," he says letting go of my hand to talk to the hostess at podium.

I watch as he messes with his ring. The brunette in front of him tries her best to flirt. leaning foreward and twirling her hair aroud her tiny finger. I roll my eyes but don't worry about it.

If he flirts back he isn't interested in me. I think to myself

Corpse turns around with his head slightly dropped down.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"So...the wait list is 2 hours.  That's also when they have to stop serving new people because of how close it is to closing time..." he says solemnly

"Oh! Well...That's okay. We can go eat somewhere else," I say giving his hand a reassuring squeeze.

"Yeah," he says hopeful. He nodds to himself. "I still wanted to take you to a special park near by," he says to me.

I thank him for holding the doors open for me as we pass through. Then we walk out of the resturant hand in hand. We continue walking and make small talk. I try my best to cheer him up because of the resturant and he slowly starts to change his mood. We walk away from the sidewalk and find ourselves on a trail that leads to the small park he wanted to show me. A pond is in the center with a bridge that crosses over the center of the thinest part of water.

"It's beautiful here," I say happy

"I like coming here when my body allows me to," he says tugging my hand slightly to show he wanted to go over to the bridge.

We walk over the center and he looks out for a moment. His thumb rubs over my knuckles and I try not to blush.

"Hmm," he says to himself.

He reaches into his pocket and pulls out two quarters. He takes it to a feeder close by. When he comes back, he has a handful of pellets.

"You're so cute," I say aloud as he starts throwing some food out.

"Thanks...I'm looking for Marty," He says as he throws some more food out

"Marty?" I ask confused

"Dude I managed to make friends with this goose. It's wild," he says as some honks can be heard from under the bridge.

"Did you just dude me on our datw?" I say laughing.

"Yea I did - MARTY!" He says excited

I look as the white bird flap its wings and come onto the bridge. He circles Corpse and then flaps its wings again. I stare in disbelief as Corpse sits on the bridge and takes a photo with it. I giggle in response to the strangeness of the situation.

"He's the closest thing I can get to a pet," he says patting the gooses head

"Why don't you get one? A pet I mean. Maybe not another goose haha," I ask kneeling to look at the goose.

Marty honks and gets closer to Corpse. I stare in disbelief as it tries to sit in his lap.

"Having a pet is just so much. I'm constantly dealing with my health and can hardly keep myself alive. I wouldn't be able to give it the attention it deserves so I would just feel guilty," Corpse says fluffing up Marty

"One day he just walked up to me it was strange. Everytime I come he just starts following me around. I think it's because I always feed him. Marty is my little buddy now," he says happily to the large goose.

"That's so cute and crazy," I say trying to get closer to them both.

Marty honks loudly and rushes under the brudge where he first came from. Corpse and I look at each other confused. Then a loud boom can be heard.

"Oh no," Corpse says looking up

Rain pours down and causes Corpse and I to just stare at each other. My hair matts down to my skin and I an thankful I am wearing a hat. Only a few strands of my hair by my faces gets wet. Corpse begins grumbling to himself as he looks around the park. He gets up to a squat and then turns to me.

"Get on my back," he says

"Are you sure honeybuns?" I say climbing up

"Yea," he says.

Corpse picks me up and runs. I notice that we are on the way back to his house. I smile to myself as I hold onto his neck tighter. Not enough to injur him though. We arrive back at the steps to go into his apartment building and I drop down.

"I'm gonna end up fucking waterboarding myself," he grumbles and reaches to his mask to take it up.

I put my hands up to cover my eyes. I feel his hands grip my wrists.

"You can look," he says in a hushed voice

"Really?" I say hesitating to bring down my hands.

"Yes,"he says pulling down my hands.

He has a nervous smile and I blink a few times. I look up at him and give a reassuring smile. "Thank you for trusting me," I say taking in a good look at his features.

"You're not disappointed?" He says looking me in the eyes

"Of course not. You're still you no matter your looks hun," I say.

"I'm sorry our date is terrible," he says opening the door to his apartment

"I'm glad just to spend time with you. It hasn't been terrible," I say trying to build his mood up again.

"We couldn't eat, it poured when we were outside, and I couldn't even get you in time for a movie premiere because I wasn't expecting to hang out today," he says falling onto his sofa.

"How about this lovey," I say sitting next to him. "We dry up, we order some wings, and we watch a movie here," I say turning toward him

"You promise you'll like it?" He says pouting

"Promise," I say with a small laugh

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