A Curious Encounter(Opusge)

Nina sat in her comic book shop, a chocolate pocky in her mouth as she flipped the page of her manga, she looked very bored as she waited for customers to come into the shop, humming a little tune with her headphones on her head playing rock music, the slight music being heard from outside of the headphones, she occasionally muttered the chorus in a singing tone of voice "is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youuuu" she sung lightly as she listened to Foo Fighters- Best of you.

Tommy had been in the city long enough to know the general layout, despite being blind. Humming to himself, and keeping a hand on the buildings he walked beside, he glanced around for no particular reason. At one point his hand touched a door handle, and he pressed on it to go in. Judging by the smell he was in a store that sold books.

"Ironic," he chuckled.

Nina looked up as she heard the little bell above the door ring, taking one of her headphones off "oh hey, pick out what you like, there's a sale on today" she said, obviously not noticing the fact that Tommy was blind yet.

Tommy chuckled. "Thank you," he said, humming. He kept to the edge of the store until his fingers ran across a book, and his lips curled into a small smile. After a moment, he said rather casually, "Do you have anything in braille?"

Nina looked a little surprised "uhh yeah I think so, lemmie just go check" she said, a little surprised but then stood up and went behind her to the store room, bringing out a cardboard box of manga and comic books in braille "they're old issues, we don't have much call for them but I bought a box anyway just in-case" she said as she opened the box and put one on the counter, not sure if Tommy wanted any help.

Tommy smiled, finding no use for the sunglasses. He took them off, putting them in his pocket and walked over to where he had heard Nina's voice. "I assume it's not often when you get a blind guy in your comic book store?" he teased lightly. His hand grazed over the top of the counter. "I'm Tommy, I'm new in town. For the most part."

Nina chuckled at Tommy's question "yeah, I'm Nina, I've been here for a while so if you ever need any advice feel free to ask" she said happily as she watched him.

"Are there any you would recommend?" Tommy asked, carding a hand through his hair and making a face when his hands got tangled in his curls.

Nina thought for a moment "well it depends what you're looking for...if you want something romantic then I suggest Peaceful Tides, for drama...Fullmoon O' Sagashite, if you want comedy then maybe Sgt. Frog, it all depends what genre you want" she said with a shrug.

"Hm..." He pursed his lips, leaning on the counter slightly as he blindly stared towards where he believed her to be. "How about all three?" he asked, grinning.

Nina smiled "do you want them in a bag?" she asked as she scanned the bar codes of the three manga books "that'll be $15" she said happily.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out some money, handing it over. "What's a pretty little number like you doing all alone here?" he asked, not wanting to leave just yet.

Nina smiled a little "I work and live here...well I work down here then I live upstairs" she explained before she blinked "h-how do you even know what I look like anyway?" she asked curiously.

"I don't," he answered, cheeks burning, "well, I mean, technically. Doesn't mean I can't dream, though. Your voice is nice, so I imagine you have a nice face to go along with it."

Nina chuckled "I have an idea..." she said before she leaned over and took Tommy's hand and placed it on her face "here, why not feel around so you can get a general idea of my face...I also have red fox ears and five fox tails" she explained with a calm smile.

Tommy blinked at the contact, then let his fingers gently stroke her cheek. "Your skin is very soft," he remarked quietly. He smiled, running his fingers across her nose and then touching her lips. "Very soft," he mumbled.

Nina chuckled and blushed a little, Tommy would be able to feel the heat from her cheeks "thanks..." she said.

He smiled, pulling his hand back. "Thank you," he said.

Nina smiled at Tommy "h-hey...do you want to maybe come over and chill out later? Like...maybe talk together or listen to music or something? I can put that scene description thing on my TV too if you like" she suggested.

"I'd like that," he said, nodding. "Sounds like the entertainment I need! I can give you my phone number?" He ran a hand through his hair, fingers getting stuck in the curls at first.

"Yeah I'll put it into my phone" said Nina happily as she took out her mobile phone, finding it cute that Tommy got his hand stuck in his curls.

"Don't forget I can't text," he joked, following it up by reciting his number. He couldn't exactly help the blush that tinted his cheeks when he heard her thoughts about him being cute.

Nina chuckled happily "don't worry I won't forget" she said before she put in the phone to her phone number, noticing his slight blush and found him even more cuter.

Tommy's face fell to the ground for a moment, his smile growing. "Um...Any specific time you would like to hang out?" he queried.

"Just anytime you feel like coming over, I've got an air bed too if you want to sleep over or anything, it gets pretty lonely living here all by myself" Nina explained as she stared at Tommy.