might have been watching him.
opens the can and takes a sip, oblivious to anyone else around.
walked over to him casually. "Ye know, if ye hit them riiiight around the middle on the side, ye can get a free drink every time. Not always the one ye want, but why complain?"
jumps, nearly spilling his Coke. How did this guy know his secret?! He tries to recover. "A-ah, I didn't know that..."
nodded as he looked at the machine, running his hand down it before hitting it. Nothing happened at first, so he looked around before doing it a few more times before getting a rootbeer. "Takes some luck too."
rolls his eyes. "You really should pay for that."
shrugs. "They owe me. I've been here for hours."
starts walking away with his drink, sulking.
hummed a bit as he followed him. "This only works for drink vening machines, by the way. Food takes another trick."
stops and tries to act uninterested. "Oh?"
nods and smirked. "I've not figured it out yet, though."
frowns a little, thinking he meant he knew the trick.
shrugs. "If ye want some decently priced stuff, there's a nice little homestyle store on the top upper level."
drinks his soda as he walks.
hummed a little. "So... ye waitin' for a plane?"
huffs. "No! I work here."
points to his family's travel agency store front.
looked at it and smiled. "Oh. Ye're from that nice family?"
smiles. "I'm a pilot. This is one of my main layaway airports."
narrows his eyes. "What are you doing here, then? Shouldn't you be on a plane?"
rolls his eyes. "We're not constantly in the air. I'm on a flight later tonight."
"Don't you have other pilot things to do, though?"
shrugs. "I could go to the lounge, but I like walkin' around and meetin' people when I can."
finishes his drink. "I have work to be doing, I don't have time to meet people."
nodded at that. "Maybe I'll drop by some time then when ye're not busy~"
never really was busy while at work. "We're usually very busy."
shrugs. "I'll just wave then as I pass by."
rolls his eyes. "Fine..."
smiled as he kept following him, liking talking to people.
twitches. "What are you doing?"
"Where are you walking to?"
shrugs. "Wherever ye're walkin' to."
stops walking and narrows his eyes at him.
sighs. "Then walk somewhere else."
sighs. "Do ye really not like company?"
huffs. "I just don't like being followed by strangers."
rolls his eyes. "I'm barely a stranger."
"I don't know you, that means you are a stranger."
held out his hand. "Hej. I'm Søren."
..."That doesn't change anything." He doesn't shake his hand.
rolls his eyes. "What does it take for me not to be a stranger?"
blinks and fidgets. He felt a little guilty now...
smiled a bit. "Well, maybe one day we won't be strangers then."
crosses his arms. "Why do you care how well we'll know each other?"
shrugs. "It's always nice to visit people when I'm on the ground. And even though I'm here a lot, I don't know many people too well."
"There's other people to visit..."
nods. "Ja, but they're not Nordic."
...sighs. "So you only bother Nordic people?"
nods. "I know more 'bout them than other people in Europe. And I've been to all the countries, so I know a bit 'bout them..."
rolls his eyes. "Nordic people aren't any different than other people."
..."What country are you from?"
nods. "I guess my accent's not as strong since I've been around the world a bit, but still. I always seem to connect better with Nordic people."
mostly connected him to annoyance at this point. "Mm."
smirks a bit. "Guess I'll drop by another time, when ye're less moody."
chuckles. "I'm just kiddin'."
rolls his eyes and starts to walk back to the travel agency.
watched as he walked, deciding to follow him a bit more
twitches and storms away from him.
just wanted to give him the drink he got.
thought he should have just given it to him then without all the fuss. He walks into the office and starts back to the employees only section.
just walked as far as he could before handing the drink over to someone to give to him.
The other employee nods and takes it to Ari. He frowns and peeks out the door at Soren.
smirked and gave a small wave before starting to walk away.
huffs and gives him a thumbs down before ducking back behind the door.
chuckled at that, finding him childish, in a cute way though.
thought his actions were a little.
thought he acted like a mature adult.
thought he was like an adult, but he had moments of childishness. It was kind of nice to him.
wanted to be a mature adult all of the time.
knew he'd get there eventually.
Søren
thinks 11 years ago
maybe next time would be different then.
would try to be more mature...