For the second date, we met up at Honda-Ya for some sushi rolls, some yaki-tori, etc. Normally I would order a beer or maybe some warm sake, but she had told me on the first date that she wasn't really much of a drinker... and I didn't really want to show my alcoholic side... at least not yet... so I skipped the refreshing drinks and stuck with the plain H2O. And even without the alcoholic courage, I still had a pretty good time. Afterwards, we decided to get some dessert at 86 Degrees. I suggested we carpool, and since my house was on the way, I asked if I could pick up Swan and just enjoy our treats outside on the benches. So we swung by my place to pick Swan up, and of course she did her thing... with the cute yapping, the hopping on her hind legs and of course the licking of the face~!
We arrived at the place, and per usual, there was a line... why so many people love their pastries is just ridiculous... but anyways, stood in line, and she offered to buy the dessert, so I found a table and waited and few minutes later she came back with some various baked goods. We talked some more and at the end, I drove her back to her car... not a bad date.
So things went on like this for a few weeks. I started picking her up for our dates. It was really convenient since she lived so close. We did the usual things... dinner, movies, bowling, Dave and Buster's, etc. And since she didn't really drink too much and I didn't want to be an alcoholic and drink by myself, the dates were quite affordable~! On one of the dates, she mentioned how her mom wanted her to start going to church and told of the last time she went to church she went to a Korean church... she felt uncomfortable because during the small group time, the people were doing prayer requests and they were saying really personal stuff, and she felt uncomfortable when it was her turn, so she said a very generic request... and she gave them her info, and they would call her, asking her when she would come to church, etc. I asked her if she wanted to go this church I knew of, more catered towards 2nd generation Asian-Americans, very casual called Newsong... so yes, for a couple of weeks, I actually started going to church... I know I know, I'm a sell-out...
So one day, I ask her if she wants to do anything Friday and she said lets go to this vegan coffee shop. She said she'll meet me there. So we meet there, I order a soy "latte" and a ginger "scone". We do the usual small talk, I ask her if she wants to do anything afterwards when she starts the "I-don't-think-we're-a-good-match" talk... she said that going out with me felt like a job... not enough to talk about... not enough similarities... awkward silences... she thought of me like an older brother... so yeah, things ended well~!
Looking back, it was ironically a perfect scene for getting dumped by my "girlfriend"... she was my "girlfriend" like how the vegan cafe tried to call my drink a "latte" and that brick a "scone"... you need real milk in a latte and butter and eggs to make a scone... most retarded cafe ever... but yeah, its nothing personal... more than feeling heartbroken, I just felt really pathetic... I remember a few days later, hanging out with a friend... we were driving in the car and the conversation died out and we were just listening to the radio... and I started panicking thinking that maybe this was the awkward silences she was talking about... that maybe I'm just really dull... but whatevers, back to the drawing board~!
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