Song: "Playing With Fire" - BLACKPINK

Late Night Hangout (Part 2) - "He's just no that into you"
Word Count: 1527
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You and Mario were laughing at the picture on the screen. It was of you two, on the roller coaster. You were screaming, but still had a smile on your face, and he was looking at you, laughing at you because you were screaming.

It was a good picture. Mario payed the lady behind the counter, who went in the back to get the printed photo. She returned with the photo in her hands. "Definitely a keeper," she said, handing the photo to you.

You couldn't help but feeling that there was a double meaning hidden in her words.

You looked at the photo again, you and Mario were holding hands in it. You kind of missed your hand in his.

You then looked at Mario. He smiled at you, his eyes glistening while doing so.

"Definitely. Thank you," You said to the lady. You folded the photo and put it in the pocket of Mario's jacket.

You both went on a few other rides. You couldn't think of anyone else you'd rather be with right now, other than him.

"Let's go over to the photo booth," He suggested. You nodded your head in agreement.

He put five dollars into the machine, and you were able to take four photos.

In the first photo you were leaning your head on his shoulder. In the second photo you were squishing each other's faces with your hands. In the third you were holding your hands together, with your foreheads against each other, looking into the other persons eyes. And in the final picture you and Mario were simply laughing, and being goofs.

You left the photo booth, laughing, and put the photo in the back pocket of your jeans.

"Now can we get food?," You ask. Mario sighs. "Fine," he says, trying to sound annoyed, but eventually he smiled at you. It was your turn to sigh. He was so perfect.

***
You went to one of the small restaurants in the park.

"You should sit down while I go order. What would you like?" asked Mario. "Just a slice of pepperoni pizza," You reply. "Ok. I'll be right back," he said, and started heading towards the counter.

You admired the decor of the restaurant as you were looking for an open table. The restaurant was outside, and had a fence surrounding it with string (Christmas) lights on them. The tables were simple picnic tables. The restaurant was cozy and outdoorsy at the same time.

You found a table and sat down. A few minutes later Mario sat down with you.

His cheeks were red, like he was blushing. Interesting.

"Why are your cheeks red?" You asked him, and poked one of his cheeks. "Are they?" he asked, raising his hand to his cheek. "Yes," you say.

You start laughing because his cheeks were turning redder.

He smiled at you but you could see in his eyes that he was nervous. You didn't know why.

"Aw man," said Mario. "What?" "I forgot to get you a drink."

He looked disappointed.

"It's okay. We can order one when the waitress comes to give us our food."

He looked even more nervous now. "Yeah," he said, flatly.

He seems a little off. "Are you okay?" You asked. "Yeah," he said quickly in that same flat tone.

Two 'yeahs' in a row.

Finally the waitress walked over to your table. Mario gulped. What?

She placed the plate in front of us and turned towards Mario. "Hey. By the way my name is Molly. Can I get you anything?" She says with her back turned to me.

Um, hello? I'm here too.

Mario smiled at her and said, "Yeah. Could you get us a Coke and a Pepsi?"

You sighed. Of course he would know that your favorite soda is Pepsi. He's perfect.

Molly snapped you out of your thoughts when she said, "Anything for you" She gave Mario a wink and walked away. Excuse me?

Mario stared at her for a second and then turned his attention to you.

You both sat in silence.

Well, this is awkward.

You needed a moment to yourself so you told Mario that you were going to the bathroom. He looked relieved and concerned at the same time. If that is even possible.

You found the bathroom and walked inside.

When you got inside, you went straight to the sink and splashed water on your face.

You're overreacting Y/N. Nothing is going on with Mario and the waitress.

You were finally getting enough confidence to go back outside, when Molly walked into the bathroom. Oh no...

Molly went up to the mirror to fix her makeup.

You took this as a chance to take a good look at her in the light. Her hair was in one of those perfect messy buns, with a few strands of blond hair on the sides of her face.

Her eyes were an intense blue. The kind you would see in the movies.

She could be a model with her pretty face and skinny body. How can I compete with that?

I mean there is no competition, but if there was...

"Your boyfriend is really cute," she said while applying mascara. Yeah, I know that already.

"Mario is... he's not my boyfriend." You replied not so confidently.

"Oh," she said while smiling, "so he's single?" she asked. Ummm........

You thought about it for a minute. Mario and I aren't dating, but I can't help but feel like there is something going on between us.

"It's complicated," You answered.

She looked at me in the mirror. "I don't see how it is," she said. What's that supposed to mean?

"What do you mean?"

"You are being friend zoned. What's so complicated about that?" she asks.

Maybe she's right. Maybe me and Mario will only ever be friends. Maybe I will get my hopes up and then get hurt when I realize he doesn't like me in the same way. Then again, I've only known him for a short amount of time.

Molly stopped your train of thought when she put her hand on your shoulder. All your attention was now on her.

She said, "I hate to break it to you, but he's just not that into you." She gave you what you were sure was a fake sympathetic look.

Whoa

That hit you hard.

Was it true?

"By the way, you might need this," she said placing a hair tie on the counter.

And with that Molly left the bathroom.

All that confidence you had felt earlier, was completely gone now.

It's shocking how somebody's words can put you in such a bad mood, in a matter of seconds.

You looked at your hair in the mirror.

It was a mess. The bun you made must have fallen out.

You can do this, Y/N. Just calm down.

You took a deep breath and walked out of the bathroom.

You returned to the table and took your seat.

You smiled at Mario and he smiled back.

"Are you okay?" He asked, giving you a sincerely concerned look.

"Yeah," You said. Great. Now I'm the one saying "yeah"

You started to eat your pizza.

You and Mario talked the entire time. He told you about his life.

He told you about where he came from.

"I was born in Chile," he said.

"Chile? How foreign?" You say, laughing. He laughed too.

He told you about his family and you told him about your own.

"So you have how many sisters?" You asked.

"Only two," he said, "What about you? What is your family like? Tell me about them," he said.

You never thought your life was that interesting, but Mario seems genuinely interested in it.

You were about to tell him about your unique family, but were interrupted.

"Hey Mario," said (you guessed it) Molly. Ugh

"Hi Molly."

"I just wanted to give you this," she said pulling out a pen. She grabbed his arm and started writing her number on it. Oh My God

"You know, so you can text me if you want, or if things don't work out-"

You couldn't take it anymore. You got up and left the restaurant and starting walking around the park, trying to find the fence you had jumped over to get in the park.

Finally you jumped over the fence, but end up cutting your arm a little. It wasn't so easy without his help.

You start walking toward the direction, you think your house is.

After a couple of minutes you realized you didn't know where you were. Great, now I'm lost.

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(A/N: I honestly think this is really cringey. This was once part of my first fanfic I ever wrote on here, so it's really bad. I had nothing else to post so I thought this might be a little treat for you guys while I'm writing other stories.

Thank you so much for reading and getting this story to 1,000 reads!

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