He knew that she wasn't in a relationship, the system had already revealed it to him, he wanted to hear it from her mouth. And also, he has a question to ask her.
"No, I'm not in a relationship, am currently single". Eva responded.
"Okay then, what can I do for you to like me? Just voice it out. I'm really in love with you, and I want you to be mine". Leonard stated.
"I don't wanna be rude, but I just got to say it. I want you to do nothing, just stay away from me. Simple".
"Like seriously?". Leonard inquired with a type of confused facial expression, why was this girl so hard?
"Yeah, like seriously, just stay away from me".
Leonard just stood there glancing at her, Wow! She was really hard to get. Then she uttered once again,
"I'll be taking my leave now, got lots of work to do".
And with that, she walked away from his presence. Leonard glanced at her as she sauntered until he could no longer see her. Now, this wouldn't be easy as he thought, seducing this girl wouldn't be easy stuff, he had finally come to that realization. Like, he made sure to look extra cool and handsome, but still yet. He talked to her calmly, but to no avail.
He had bragged to that female system that he'll seduce and bang her under one week, well, he had realized that that would most likely not be possible. And his time was counting, two days have passed, that's remaining two weeks and five days to go. And if this girl continues to behave like this and doesn't fall for him within that two weeks and some days, he'll die.
He didn't want to die, that's for sure, so what other seduction tactics apart from toasting was he gonna use?
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Eva and her three friends were sitting on chairs that surrounded a table in one of the restaurants along Meditation Lane street. These four had been close friends since high school, and they had been friends since that time till now. The only thing was that they chose different careers.
Eva had loved fashion designing ever since she was a little girl, and though that's not what she studied in the university, she jumped right into it after she came out of the university. One of her friends loved banking, and she was working at a bank at the moment. The other two had their different career dreams back then, and they have achieved them currently.
Their friendship was so strong that even though they work, they make out time to converse with each other most of the time. They were currently balanced on chairs of the restaurant with drinks in their front, they had eaten something already and they were using the drinks to mellow down the food. The time was 6:35 pm, and it seems like they had no plans of leaving the restaurant yet, at least, until they finish their drinks. As they drank, they converse.
And at this moment, they were conversing about Leonard.
"Do you guys remember that guy that approached us yesterday to tell me that he likes me?". Eva inquired of them.
"Yeah, we remember him". One of the girls retorted.
"Do you know that after telling him that I don't like him and am not interested in having a relationship with him, he approached me this morning to still confess his love for me?".
"Seriously?". Another girl inquired with a bewildered facial expression, the other girls also had that bewildered expression on their faces.
"Yeah, like he's really stubborn, right?".
"Yeah, but I like for a guy like him to be stubborn for me". One of the girls stated.
"What do you mean?". Eva asked.
"Like the guy is cool and handsome, I'll like for a guy as handsome as him to be in love with me and ready to be stubborn to gain my love. I wonder why you aren't even giving him a chance. I wouldn't lie, assuming it was me he's chasing after, I'll accept to be his girlfriend immediately. I have an eye for him". The girl that made this statement was one of the girls that were staring at Leonard seductively yesterday.
"Then you can have him, you can go tell him that you like him and wants to be his girlfriend". Eva stated.
"No, I wouldn't do that 'cause he's after you, not me, am ain't that shameless". Actually, she was that shameless, she was even ready to go straight into bed with him immediately.
The other girl that was staring at Leonard seductively yesterday inquired of Eva,
"So if you don't like a handsome guy like him with his calm composure, what type of guys do you like then? 'cause I know you've dated some guys in the past, but I don't know what their personality was like".
"Hmm, you'll find out later, but just to give you guys a clue, I love strong men". Eva responded.
"Try him out, you don't know, he might be strong. So two good things added together, he's got the looks and he's also strong".
Eva glanced at her weirdly, then uttered, "You speaking like you've got an eye for him also".
"No, I don't". Lie, she's got an eye for him, "I'm only advising you not to allow such a handsome guy go just like that".
The other girl that had been keeping mute all this while suddenly spoke, she doesn't have an eye for Leonard, but she acknowledges that he's handsome.
"Well, it's Eva's choice, if she says she doesn't like him and doesn't want him, then no one is allowed to force him on her. And I don't like the fact that he's being stubborn. You've told him that you don't like him, but he keeps trying, I don't like it. Everyone got their opinion though".
Yeah, true, everyone got their opinion. They discussed Leonard for some time, and before they knew it, they had changed topic. As they conversed, they laughed and sipped their drinks. After emptying their bottles of drink and discussing to their satisfaction, they settled the bills and departed from the restaurant.
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Leonard sat on one of the sofas in the parlor with a beer in his hand with his gaze focused on the television. Yeah, his eyes were focused on the TV screen, but his mind wasn't there, his mind had wandered far. The time was 10:14 pm, but he wasn't feeling sleepy at all, all he wanted to do right now was to finish the bottle of beer in his hand.
He took the beer from the refrigerator, you know? There were soft drinks, bottled water, and beers in the refrigerator. He was just using the bottle of chilled beer to relax while thinking about his quest, this was always on his mind nowadays, he doesn't want to die. Eva had rejected his second seduction, his second attempt to make her fall for him. Though he prepared well before approaching her, she still rejected him.
Now, he was thinking about what other method of toasting he was gonna use...his fucking time was counting. He doesn't plan on relenting, he was gonna keep trying 'cause he's got no choice, his life depended on it. After sitting there for some more minutes and sipping his beer, an idea came to his head...another way of making Eva fall for him.
He was gonna do something he had never done in his previous earth, something he had never done to the girls he dated in Earth 1. Thinking about that made his lips curve in a smile. She said that she doesn't like him, and once she doesn't like him, she'll never accept his feelings. Well, he'll just have to keep trying to make her like him, maybe when she sees that he doesn't plan on stopping to get her for himself, she might fall for him...that was his thinking.
Now that he had come up with another seduction tactic, he could now focus on the program that was being displayed on the TV screen. As he watched, he sipped his beer. Almost done finishing the bottle of beer, he heard the female robotic voice say,
[ Two weeks and five days to go, complete your quest, or you die]
"I know that". Leonard uttered with a bit of irritated facial expression, he was getting tired of the system's daily reminder though it's just been two days since it started.
He emptied the bottle of beer, watched the television for some minutes more before putting it off, then he strolled over to his room to nap.