Chapter 33: 033
It took them a while to get to another place to get something to eat. And what was right in front of them now was good old Donald's. It was somewhat anticlimactic if one really thought about it, but somehow Jack's mind and current hunger told him to get something carb-heavy.
"What do you want to eat?", asked Jack now while sitting down with Eve and placing his jacket around his chair, and picking up the menu.
Taking a moment to look at the plastic card in his hand and thinking about it now he somewhat missed the old style of this restaurant even though the modernization also had its advantages.
"Hmm..." Eve looked at the menu for quite a while and seemed a little bit torn in her decision. darting from one burger to the other.
Jack himself just waited and already had decided on getting himself a normal combo set with a few more cheeseburgers. And while his partner was still choosing he glanced over to a group of guys that were talking and laughing rather loudly inside the interior.
The mentioned group then walked past their seats to get to the outside area behind them. And for just a second Jack felt one of the guys stare at him or better to say their direction while walking away.
Without looking back Jack only ignored the other teen's action right after making a mental note.
"I think I'll go with a McRib." Now having decided Eve smiled at him.
With both brows raised and a slightly confused look he looked at her. "Wait, they got it here? I thought it was some legend ever since they stopped selling it?" Then he took a quick look at the list of burgers himself and was pleasingly surprised to see that the McRib was actually listed.
Eve chuckled lightly since she found it a little bit amusing. "Why would there be no McRib?"
"I thought they stopped selling this here a long time ago? Maybe it's been a while since I visited here. Anyway, nothing else? Not even a drink?" Now he tried to coax her into more instead of keeping that talk.
"Maybe a coke." Eve seemed to dodge his eyes when he tried to figure out what else she wanted.
"I see, then I will be quick at ordering." With a smile, he went ahead to get their food order.
And when he was there he made his own order a little bit larger in size than he planned beforehand. He added two more hamburgers and two McSundaes as a dessert while also ordering a big pack of chicken nuggets and a larger portion of fries.
Of course, he wouldn't say it was for her as well since he wasn't going to force her to eat.
But Jack kinda figured she would still probably leech some of the food from him. There is just no way in hell that she doesn't want more.
Women were just such creatures. He may never have accumulated any experience in regards to having someone constantly with him that he was also involved in a romantic relationship, but he had enough social meet-ups to know how some of them acted.
And if she stayed her ground he would just eat it himself and make it excruciating for her to watch.
So after having paid for the food and sitting down again with the numberplate for their order he wanted to ask Eve something.
"That little shriek you did at the shop surprised me." He now mentioned her little fangirl moment.
"Oh, sorry about that." Eve smiled a little awkwardly. She still seemed to be embarrassed about it.
"You don't need to be. As I said I was just a little surprised. I didn't think you would also be into anime."
"Wait!? You know about Trigun!?" Now Eve seemed to be a little bit more uplifted as soon as he mentioned a topic she seemed to be eager to talk more about now that she knew him having an interest in it as well.
"Sure, that riff I played came not from anywhere." He chuckled since she was so eager to ask him to the point that she seemed to forget that he did play the theme, which would answer her instantly.
Though she did jump straight to that specific anime instead of keeping it vague. That told a lot in itself.
Well, to be precise the previous Jack clearly didn't know much about anime and barely saw any besides a few like Hellsing and Trigun that ran on the TV here and there.
And that was a weird surprise for the current Jack since they were still a thing in this world. Speaking about the current Jack, he dabbled in cover songs from various languages, and Japanese artists were also included in his old life.
Many of them have made it one way or another into anime openings along the way. And at some point, he also fell into that little hellhole called Japanese culture. So anime was one thing of them that he did come to like to enjoy from time to time.
He was not by all means a hardcore fan that would know everything. That was also pretty much ridiculous to assume but he had a few certain old classics in his mind that he did enjoy - especially those that also had superb music.
"Hey, do you also know about Death Note?" Eve asked him back exactly when the waiter finally came to them and brought their order.
Jack only took one of the fries and placed it near his mouth. "Gotta take this fried potato stick and eat it!" He then proceeded to make a ridiculous movement and then chewed on the fry with a smile.
And only after he swallowed did he speak again. All the while, Eve chuckled since she recognized the reference.
What better way was there, to tell the truth than to reenact a scene from said franchise?
"Some of the scenes in the anime are rather littered with plotholes but it's a good series. I definitely like the music. Who's your favorite character?"
"I personally like L. Probably because I'm more on the side of the good guys. But Light is kinda..." She didn't finish her sentence and tried to find the perfect description but Jack could already figure it out himself.
"So you are torn between the quirky smart but justice-loving type or the bad boy calculating chaos type? Well, not to mention that both have a high hotness factor. I can understand your dilemma" Jack even chuckled a little when saying it and seeing her cheeks getting beet red again. "From the genre, I think you would also love Ergo Proxy, then."
"Ergo Proxy? Haven't heard of that one." Eve seemed to try and recall such an anime.
That got Jack rethinking if he messed up again and went ahead to search the internet real quick for an answer. Luckily he did find what he was searching for and showed it to Eve.
Jack really needed to get some time and investigate more about the current stuff running. Damn, it even made him feel like a damn old man since he probably had to learn more things. It already felt slightly like the time when he started to give less importance to such things.
Guess that is how boomers are made...
"Here, that's the one I mean. A small recommendation from my side. But let's eat for now before the food gets cold. Nothing is nastier than cold fast food." After showing her the anime he went ahead and sorted everything on their plate so they could easily grab whatever they liked.
And look and behold Eve seemed so engrossed with the topic they started to talk about that she didn't even complain about him sharing the fries or the extra amount of food on her side.
She was smiling genuinely and tried to get him into trying out a few series that she rated highly herself.
Jack also had to admit there were a few that caught his attention that he never heard about but seemed to be good ones to take note of for later.
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MiracleWorm
MiracleWorm Had to cut it short this time around since I ran short on time.
I usually write these very early in the morning and depending on how my mood is I tend to add more stuff later on as I did with the last chapter (Eve's Reaction).
Anyway, cheers.
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