even if venice is still easing into talking a lot more than she’s used to, she slowly but surely feels herself warming up to the idea – more so warming up to her date, thomas – but that’s what she’s supposed to be doing, right ? at least her heart has begun to beat at a regular pace, as it had previously been going at about a mile a minute, the nervous bunch of butterflies in her tummy ceasing little by little as well. she’s relieved that her question seemed to please him, the way his eyes lit up being the cause of the slightest of smiles beginning to etch into her features, chocolate doe eyes widened slightly and completely attentive to everything he was saying, nodding along at his words – even finding herself having similar music tastes to his in some aspects, at least. especially with the term ‘emo music’, finding herself relating to that a lot more than she probably should, but she won’t focus on that right now. ❛ well, for starters, i .. i do like the front bottoms – i don’t listen to them a lot, but i do like them. but, um, let’s see .. my music taste is a little all over the place, but .. a few of my favorites are probably, uh, flatsound – he’s amazing, um, really good music when .. never mind, but, um – halsey, twenty one pilots .. all time low’s a really big one for me. um, andrew belle, barcelona, angus & julia stone, bastille .. um, brand new, neck deep, damien rice, daughter .. ❜ venice stops once she realizes she’s been going on for quite some time, cheeks flushing to a rosy color as she looks down, taking a slow sip of her water, swallowing and gently shrugging her shoulders, a nervous, slightly awkward laugh escaping her lips. ❛ – i really .. love music, um .. there’s so many more – a lot more, actually, but .. um, yeah. i’m sorry. ❜ she’s cringing at her own words now, gaze cast downward at the table as if it was now the most interesting thing in the world.
thomas just wants to have a conversation more than anything ( because that’s sort of the main purpose of a date, right ? ) and he likes her company so far – – even if she’s not very talkative, he feels like she’s a good listener and that’s just fine in his perspective. the boy thinks he actually needs someone more like venice in his tight-knit circle of friends ; it gets tiring to be surrounded by people who aren’t familiar with keeping their mouths closed when someone’s attempting to express their feelings ( or if they ever are quiet, words go through one ear and out the other with little to no comprehension at all. ) in this case, thomas is listening to venice’s list of favorite bands and artists with attentiveness like no other, the names she’s giving him very familiar and common in his sort of music taste ; although, he’s only heard one barcelona song before ( it’s about time, specifically – – he knows all the lyrics to it, as well ) and he hasn’t heard of damien rice until now. ❛ flatsound is nice … and so are twenty one pilots – – i like your taste, venice. ❜ and that’s nothing but the truth, there’s nothing quite more enjoyable to thomas than meeting someone else who has similar favorites ( it makes for an even easier conversation. ) ❛ you don’t need to apologize. ❜ there’s a small frown on his face, bottom lip protruding slightly to form a pout. ❛ music is sweet and i think it’s cool you have so many favorites, y’know ? i mean, i would give you a long list, but i feel like we’d be here forever – – no shame in liking things. ❜ he doesn’t know if he’s exactly gotten his point across, but the highlight is that he doesn’t want her to be sorry ; thomas isn’t particularly an expert in the area of comfort and encouragement, but he’s taking a stab at it for what he feels like will save both of them some tension ( just like the moment that got them here in the first place. )
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