Serendipitous; Madarame Shion
Tags
Fluff, Cute, Kinda awkward, First Meeting, Love at First Sight, Down bad Shion, Reading books, Fav books, Coffee shop AU, Destined lovers, Very cute, Flirty Shion, Hard-to-get Reader, Overall fluff, Swooning, Flirting, Then there's Ran about to puke when he's looking at Shion
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[Coffee shop au, fluff ] ; word count: 1.7k
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Summary
Romance books just portray the unrealistic idea of love. You knew that all the time and that's why you fantasize about these 'men written by women' a lot. So reading in your favourite coffee shop is always there to compensate for your loneliness.
But what if, one particular day...Madarame Shion suddenly interrupts your me-time?
Did you ever expect that his presence might take a whole new turn in your love life?
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Shion didn't know what was going on and what was this feeling.
But he can't stand it anymore.
He wants to know your name.
He stood up from his seat, leaving his untouched latte alone on the table since he didn't even bother to take a sip of it.
It's not like he intended to do that. His plan was to drink latte for a while as he was waiting for a friend of his that was busy getting a hair treatment in a nearby salon.
But now, looking at you made him forget how delicious the drink will be.
Your table was about three tables away from his. And you were minding your own business and not bothered by your surroundings since you were too invested with (favourite book) by (author's name).
But it'll be too dumb to say that you didn't notice that the chair in front of you, that was supposed to be vacant...was settled by someone else.
You moved your eyes to the person in front of you and that's where you saw a pair of black eyes that is too dark, that even your reflection can't be seen.
His hair was light blonde, short, and shaved, making his face tattoo exposed and you can clearly see that it resembles the shape of a lion.
With two piercings on each of his ears and he wore a black leather jacket, well it just makes this mysterious man's attractiveness increase even more.
That's when you know for sure, that this guy has such enticing features but you don't want to have those thoughts about him.
Because what he is doing right now is extremely rude. He didn't even ask permission to sit at your table.
"Can I help you?" You tried to express your discomfort so that he could get the hint...that you don't want his presence to be there.
"I don't know." He let out a chuckle. Amused by how feisty you are from the start.
"Maybe you can...by telling me your name." He rested his chin on his palm. His other free hand's fingers were busy knocking the table like its piano tiles.
"No, thank you." You sound displeased. Not wanting to be disturbed like this in your favourite coffee shop where it is exclusively supposed to be your me-time. Where supposedly, not even a single person can stop you or bother you from doing the things you love.
But he is doing that right now.
Being a nuisance.
"I'm Madarame Shion."
You furrowed your eyebrows at his sudden introduction. You were sure that you didn't ask his goddamn name or who he was in the first place.
But sometimes you can't understand the words that suddenly come out of your mouth.
"So your tattoo resembles your name?" Oblivious that your question will pump up his adrenaline even more.
A smile crept upon his face, knowing that your question was electrifying him.
"Oh, so you are interested in me?"
Damn it.
This wasn't a competition, but you felt like you were defeated.
You're telling a massive lie if you say that you aren't attracted to him. He is handsome, especially when he flashes that lovely smile.
Maybe it was natural that he is charming and the aura that he radiates was enthralling, that you can't resist.
But you don't want to give in to these foreign desires. It could be a possibility that he is just messing with you or he wants to fill in his ample time. Maybe you're not the only girl that he is flirting with, it could be plenty, seeing how expert he is with swooning you.
So there's no point in feeling these butterflies in your stomach.
"Please kindly leave." You said. Anger was quite obvious in your tone. You know for sure that emotion welled up in you, not because you hate his presence, but the fact that he's just playing around and he might have done this to a thousand girls.
You don't want to care anymore.
You quickly moved back your eyes to your book. Not bothering to take a last look on him before he leaves.
But you were aware that he is still there.
Guess you have to ignore him until he decided to leave (where at the very moment that he already found you boring).
But no.
Unexpected words come out of his mouth.
That very sentence.
Those words.
God.
You can't ignore him anymore.
Because you were in a trance, after hearing those exact words come out from his mouth.
"Huh?" You acted like you didn't understand what he said but you know that you did. It was just an act.
"That's my favourite quote from that book." He said.
No words can be retorted back to him.
Because fuck.
That's your favourite quote too.
Out of countless authors, infinite books and indescribable amounts of quotes that lie within their books, magically, both of you share the same favourite one.
It might just be clear that the world is trying to tell you that this very person in front of you....is one in a million.
And you are lucky to find him.
"You read books?" Maybe your question is quite condescending but you can't believe it. He doesn't look like he's interested to read books or even bother to look at one even. He's already unbelievably handsome and he read books when he's bored? It sounds like the word 'perfect' is more imperfect than him.
"Surprise, I guess."
You tried your best to not smile when listening to his answer. You don't want to show your real emotions. You're not ready yet. Since you're afraid that he will think that you're someone easy to read and predict.
It does feel like a dream come true. Finding someone that likes the same things as you. Men, that read books are not something rare but having the same favourite quote with them?
It's just too specific. This can't be coincidental.
This must be some serendipitous shit that only happens in romance books or movies.
That's why you can't give in to all of this yet.
More things should be dugout.
"Do you read other books from (author's name)?"
He then started to list out every book that the author has published . Stating which one is his least favourite and saying which one he had repeated a thousand times. Stating out his opinion bravely of which one had the best plot and which one had the best characters.
God.
You're agreeing to every word he says because you do think the same as him.
No way.
Your meeting with him is not a coincidence.
But it sounds so humiliating for you to say it's destiny.
"So this book was the one that led you here? At my table?"
"Hmm...not exactly. That's not the main reason."
He then started to lean his body closer and he stared into your eyes deeply. He can't deny it all, your eyes are so mesmerizing to look at and if he had the choice, he wants to look at them for eternity.
"Can I-
"Shion!" A sudden voice called out his name.
The voice came from the door of the coffee shop.
Shion rolled his eyes out of annoyance. Knowing that his attempt to try to get to know the pretty girl in front of him gets interrupted so suddenly.
You moved your gaze to see Shion's friend who had pigtails as his hairstyle and black golden hair as his noticeable feature.
"Be there in a minute!" Shion responded without looking back at his friend.
The sound of the bells rang the coffee shop, indicating that his friend had closed the door.
"Well, guess I am...kindly leaving."
You were quite startled to hear him use your words. It's stupid even that you yourself didn't remember your words before.
He's about to leave now.
But you don't want him to. It doesn't matter if he will rudely or kindly leaving you after this, you don't care anymore.
You want him to stay.
But there's nothing for you to worry about when abruptly, he took out a small piece of paper from the pockets of his ripped jeans.
"I can't say 'see you later' for now...
... because that depends on you." He said while sliding the paper in your direction.
Relief swarmed into you.
Knowing that you are going to see him again. It's cliché and predictable to know that he's giving you his number. But it was the only way to keep in contact and maybe plan out your second meeting with him.
As he was about to move back to his table, your words halted him.
"(Last name) (First name)."
Finally.
Shion gave a glance at you from his shoulders. A smirk starts to form from his handsome face.
Your eyes were averted away from his. You cannot handle the embarrassment you feel for suddenly introducing yourself at the very last minute.
She's fucking cute. Shion thought when he sees how demure you can be.
"I knew that your name would be beautiful."
Heat started rising up to your cheeks.
Everything was so cheesy and unreal but that was the sweetest thing anyone had ever said to you.
Still, your eyes remained looking at everywhere else but his eyes, because you know if you did try, you might die.
He then continued his steps back to his table and retrieved his latte cup. Moving his way to the door, he smiled like a dork because he can feel your stares at him.
His friend, Haitani Ran was about to vomit his lunch before this, just by seeing the sight of Shion's shit-eating grin. I mean if you were him, you will also cringe when you see your own friend flirting with somebody else.
Shion's smile is charming for you but it's disgusting for Ran.
"Dude, stop smiling like that, you're creeping the shit out of me."
While you already see Shion and his friend out of your sight, that's when you quickly took the paper that he gave to you. You don't want to be seen obvious that you were excited to get his number.
You opened it slowly and you can see his beautiful and neat handwriting.
There it was, the digits of his number.
Well, that's expected.
But underneath the digits, it was something unexpected.
You never knew that the questions that you have for him is finally answered.
It's confirmed.
That you want to see him later on.
Because this type of people approaching you will be something once in a lifetime.
You read that very sentence on the paper multiple times. Making sure that it sticks inside your core memory and you want to feel that excitement you felt, just like you've read it the first time.
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Your eyes are the reason.