Book store Cafe

 10/12/2022

Sonia grinned as she noticed the handsome man sitting down at a table. He was reading as he waited for his order. His black fur with red stripes was stricking. He gave off rough and tough, but well mannered. 

She santered over as she waited on her order. “Hello there,” She smiled, “My name is Sonia. What’s yours?”

He glanced up at her before turning his gaze back to his book. 

Sonia smiled, not to be deterred, kept going. “The cover of your book looks interesting. Is it a good read?”

He gave a short nod.

Sonia kept up her flirting, only getting small nods as acknowledgement. 

“Rose,” One of the barista’s called after a few minutes.

The man got up to get the coffee, leaving the book on the table. He returned holding a to go cup.

"Rose is a really lovely name," Sonia complimented. He must have been self conscious having a girly name. He liked at her with sharp red eyes. 

"My wife name is indeed." He started matter of factly. As he gathered his book. "Have a good day, miss."

Sonia was embarrassed. She had didn't the last 5 minutes flirting with a married man. She should have taken his disinterest as a sign to leave him be. But she had to be determined and stubborn. She collected her coffee and went to get the book she wanted. 

She paused as she saw Amy in the section she was walking towards. "Amy!" She called to the pink hedgehog. Amy looked up from the book she was skimming. 

She gave a soft wave. "Hi Sonia, long time no see."

"I just got in yesterday." She explained. 

"Welcome back," Amy smiled. "Anything new?"

"I spent 5 minutes flirting with a hunk tho politely ignored me because he was married while waiting on coffee. It was mortifying." Sonia explained. 

Amy rubbed her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her. "That does sound embarrassing. But at least you know when to quit."

"Rose, I found the book you were looking for." Shadow came around the corner. He grabbed her a book in ancient languages. 

"Thanks Shadow." Amy beamed as she took the book. "Shadow, this is Sonia. Sonia this is Shadow." She introduced the two. Shadow gave a curt nod. 

"You got married?" Sonia stated after a moment. Her jade eyes stared at the pale pink hedgehog. She was a bit offended she wasn't invited. More so that she wasn't told. 

Amy tilted her head before giggling as it clicked in her brain. "Shadow doesn't like flirting or socializing. So he sometimes just tells fibs to mess with people."