Author's notes: Sorry, long time no post on here ever since I've been busy lately and honestly; although I would still continue posting on here for the remainders of 'An unexpected date' on Charles Leclerc and female reader however despite how I did felt this is a self-indulge project for me, myself and I at first on trying out something new however looking back now, I am feeling truthfully uncomfortable with how I did this project.
Plus this is one of the writing projects I did enjoyed the process but not so much of how I am reading the finalized version--yikes--we all have one of those projects where we do enjoyed either the sketching part on art or even both the writing and the editing part of the writing project more so than the finalized version of it to be honest.
Except; on a different note: Charles does actually continue working at the Queen Kapiolani hotel as a hotel receptionist however in some of the other Paula's universe fan fictions; he too work at Lappert's Hawaii as a substitute worker over there however he mostly take the public holiday shifts as sometimes; we may never know; there could be both locals and foreign customers coming there alike.
Plus here is the usual disclaimer as usual . . .
Disclaimer: This entire work are entirely fictional therefore there is no need to take this serious as if this does truthfully happen in real life as although many of my writing projects does have a familiar modern contemporary setting of the island of Oahu, Hawaii however it doesn't mean this does truthfully happens in real life for your information.
Both of my many writing fan fiction projects and also the modern settings of the island of Oahu; Hawaii are entirely fictional therefore there is no need to truthfully take this seriously as if this happens in real life--literally.
Trigger warning: Mentions of AI Technology (I am very against AI in case if you are wondering): Y/N mention: choking on hot food plus mentions of an estranged relationship between both mother and reader; estranged relationship between ex-best friends as well as cheating and mention of a disastrous date between reader and her ex-boyfriend in the story.
Written from 2nd person point of view.
Melissa's [Who is the waitress working at the Dome Cafe in this particular Fan Fiction] face claim is Mila Kunis who is an actress except she does actually have a baby voice whenever she is speaking towards both Charles and the reader as well.
Hawaiian words mentioned in here:
Kane- Man
Kapu- Forbidden
Keikis- Kids (In plural)
Lolo- crazy
Ohana-Family
Wahine- Woman
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"Oh, I'm sorry, I am thinking about the event where my co-workers were recalling the horror stories on their experience with Photoshop at work on Thursday."
"Oh."
"Yeah, so sorry about that."
"Don't apologize; the good news is that the noisy baby and their parents are gone so . . . both no 'full-on' and any 'true' level of . . . any offense to them in general . . . literally." he added while turning around to see a group of Japanese girls enjoying their dinner as they sip on the same drinks which both of you had ordered it earlier while chatting about something both clear and rapid Japanese plus they also record their dinner with their phones as normally you would think they would do a vlog for their very own YT channels online.
"Oh good."
"Is everything okay?" A brunette haired waitress named Melissa arrived to the table where the both of you are sitting.
"Yeah, the food is nice but . . ." Charles replied but trailed off nervously since he didn't made the staff feeling guilty about not enjoying their food.
"Not when it does get cold; literally. And no offense to you by the way." You replied bashfully; turning as bright red as a red hibiscus flower you always spotted it everywhere you go in Hawaii.
She chuckled and added: "No offense taken, how about some appetizers or desert to make up for it? No additional charges or anything like that."
"Um . . ." You replied; still feeling deeply embarrassed as you turned a shade of crimson on your face out of embarrassment.
"No worries; we'll take it." He spoke to her while you lower your head out of embarrassment; forgetting about the basic rules of both socializing on a date and making the date a memorable one as you turned it into a disaster; feeling distracted by a noisy baby with a reckless family earlier followed by dozing off into a memory where you and your co-worker had not only an emergency meeting on how the big boss had made an announcement on how the company felt dejected on how Adobe are pro AI and meanwhile had let everyone know they may have to choose a side; either to be with Adobe as they became pro AI or to move onto other creative software where they can continue their graphic designing work over there as you also recalled with your closest co-workers about how do they wanted you to use an alternative to Photoshop and any of the Adobe software where it is under the umbrella of the Adobe company.
"Awesome; what do you both want to order?"
"I'll order a seafood platter but do you normally use Pacific Dory fish for the fish fillet?"
"No, we normally use a fresh fillet of Alaskan pollock or a fresh fillet of Mahi-Mahi: Salmon if you want to upgrade it to a fresh salmon; or even a fresh fillet of Pacific Marlin if they are available plus we can also upgrade it to a fresh fillet of ahi a.k.a Yellowfin tuna if you do prefer an ahi fillet for that."
"I would say I'll go for the pollock."
"Awesome and for the gentleman?"
"Do you have ice-cream here?" He ask with grin widening just as when his charming smile had became a seductive Cheshire-Cat like type of smirk.
"Oh sure; what flavors do you want?" She replied enthusiastically, feeling the waves of both Charles and his excitement in his voice for the mention of both desert and ice-cream.
"Single scoop; I'll go for the pistachio flavor."
"Cool, and for the wahine, you?"
"Um . . . strawberry." You answered as you decided to go for the classic.
"Cool, do you want me to serve it after meal?" She ask Charles.
"Sure, please do." He replied happily while she added "Coming right up!" before she heads off to the kitchen.
"Look Charles; I am so sorry that the date didn't go so well." You apologized while you hold his hand across the table as you do finally remembered a rule of the basic rules of both socialization and dating that your younger sister had told you so: "Don't be afraid of physical touches especially if they are feeling sincerely comfortable with physical touches and vice versa." Plus you also remembered your family's table rules on how your mum had mentioned about how you aren't supposed to use your phone during meal times as one of the unspoken rule your estranged mum had mentioned to you and everyone else in the ohana back at home is: "Do not use your phones during meal times." As she had mentioned about how the usage of phones are highly kapu during meal times back at home when you are back at home at the mainland with your very own birth ohana.
While you tried your best to refrain from pulling out your own phone from your very own handbag you decided to bring it from your home; he notices how you decided to put your hand under your thigh to avoid pulling out your own phone on the table: Charles asked "Are you feeling okay?"
"Oh sorry, I am feeling truthfully for the most part but I am feeling anxious about what happened on the first and current date between the both of us."
"Oh."
"Especially I am feeling worried if it goes into a disastrous mode between the both of us on our very first and current date between the both of us and we only get to know each other for about a week or two or so."
"Oh it's okay, no need to apologize for that: Y/N."
"Yeah but . . . when it comes to dates in general: I do always get truthfully numb and anxious when it comes to dates as usually it does take an unexpected direction on how it would turn into a disaster; scary, isn't it?"
He nodded while continuing listening to you and every words you have said about the number of dates you went out with countless kanes back at home and unfortunately; it does always take an unexpected turn where sometimes it ended up becoming an unexpected horror scene which came to happen in real life and you didn't want that happen between the both of you between you and Charles as you did send prayers to God to let yourself have a very decent date which is different from many of the pasts which you did felt as if they embarrassing stories you didn't want to truthfully share it with anyone or anybody yet alone having to truthfully post it online and then suddenly; get called out for being a person who would do anything to get the attention and yet not realizing you might ended up getting the attention you did wanted it for a very long time but not for the reason you would truthfully think as how you expected it in your mind.
Plus since the first date you are now currently going with Charles is thankfully a smooth sailing ever since you are feeling sincerely happy about how the date went well ns unexpectedly well in your very own case just as when God has hear all of your prayers and give you the well-deserved and the equally endless support you do truthfully deserved it in your as a welcoming sign of relief.
"Plus before my current date with you; my last date with my last ex-boyfriend was a nightmare on how he tried to open a chilled and fresh bottle of champagne to celebrate our first date instead it got all over us and worse; it has also gotten all over my brand new white fit and flare midi dress I've saved up in ages and when I . . . found out . . . when I did . . . found out my dress was soaked in the pastel yellow stain of the champagne; I am extremely mortified and to add the insult into the wound; a keiki just disrespectful say it looks like she has taken a shower outside while she is wearing a dress with an equally disrespectful laugh: I am becoming even more mortified to the point where the manager had to take stern actions towards that particular ohana with the equally naughty and disrespectful keiki; he luckily did apologize to me for saying such a disrespectful comment about how I have to save up for a brand new dress I needed it for a date outside of work and yet making so much of a fuss during dinner time during our first date then the manager ask us if we want gelatos to truthfully make-up for what had happened; my ex-boyfriend had already seen and heard enough of the drama we have to went through and worse . . . he is now dating one of my ex-best friends only to let me know that he has feelings for somebody else plus adding a fuel to the crossfire of the first date between me and him; she wanted me to be his bridesmaid of honor."
"Oh."
"But with her marrying my last ex-boyfriend; I felt as when she did stabbed me in the back so I did ended up ghosted them for days just before their actual wedding and when I told her I want to be her maid-of honor; it turns out after he had told me the truth about how he was dating me before she met him; she was feeling infuriated towards the both of us; call off the wedding permanently and . . ."
"What happened?"
"She even called me 'a minion of the demon' by having to take an advantage of dating him and not sharing with her the truth about how he was my last ex-boyfriend; she had also spread around the gossip plus she too had given me an ill-fated wish that she wanted me to truthfully be gone for good."
"Oh no, that is . . . just . . . awful; stupid moron of this lunatic wahine wanting to wish you to be gone and worse; having to call you a 'minion of a demon'." He spits those words out of protectiveness; anger and dejection while shaking his head; feeling both the protectiveness and the sadness towards you and the anger towards her as if he wants to tell your former wahine friend of yours that you only did a dumb and an equally reckless mistake however he too wanted to confront her about why would she would call you a 'minion of the demon' as well for a small; reckless and foolish mistake you made.
"I know and to add a sad layer of an insult into the wound; some of my now former wahine friends back at home had also followed her as well as they even said they'll take stern actions when all I did was a fatal mistake of dating him and not telling her truth."
"Oh no, cheri."
"Oh yes, oui--C; this is the reason why I have to move out to Oahu out of exile and the feeling of being excluded as well despite how I have a group of both unconditionally and an equally steady loving and supportive ohana surrounding apart from God himself."
"Oh, sorry about that: Y/N. I am feeling so sorry to hear you did have to went through such an awful date between you and your last ex-boyfriend but the whole case between you and your ex-best friend? That is beyond disgusting; Y/N." He replied while you are feeling sincerely apologetic about the actions you did earlier.
"I know, Charles: I didn't meant to . . ."
"It's okay; don't apologize for sharing your story: Y/N."
"Wait, what do you mean: Charles?"
"Think about it: I mean I know it is hard to truthfully share your story but it is okay you open yourself up as you know we aren't always perfect all the time; Y/N."
"Yeah, are you sure?"
"Absolutely: why?"
"I mean I didn't expected you to say that out loud though."
"Yeah but better than not sharing the trauma and pretending to perfect and yet to truly paint a perfect life everyone does truthfully have in their very own lives."
"Yeah and this is something I usually struggle with unfortunately in my very own life."
"Oh no, really?"
"Yeah, if I can possibly recall about the word 'trauma' then you know my mum and I do have an unconditionally estranged relationship between me and her however when I tried to pray to God to let him know that I want her to forgive me just the same as I did it for her sake; however she still hadn't forgive me especially for betraying one of my old wahine friends whom I did mentioned it earlier."
"Oh no, I am so sorry about that: Y/N."
"Oh yes, C: dejectedly: with how I did not only betray one of my old wahine friend on forgetting to tell her the truth and at the same time; for also having to be a wahine who is going to be an actual loner for the rest of her life; truer to her words, I guess my estranged mum was telling the truth and she even predicts my own future as well dejectedly.
"Oh no; I am so sorry about that: Y/N."
"Oh yes, she . . . my estranged mum and I--we both always butted heads against each other emotionally."
"Oh no, I am so sorry; Y/N."
"It's okay, Charles; at least I have my siblings; my relatives and my dad too as well as my new friends from the island of Oahu, Hawaii."
"Really?"
"Uh-huh."
"Okay . . ."
Before the both of you can continue the conversation between the both of you; then this is where the same waitress Melissa had arrived with the food and a pair of chilled Waiakea water bottle where she had gotten both from the fridge with a matching pair of clean and empty drinking glasses; she announced to the both of you: "Hey guys, food and drinks are here!" She called out to the both of you as if she does made an announcement to the both of you.
"Oh, it looks like she is here with our food and drinks." He said while you remained quiet and don't say a word; feeling truthfully worried you might ended up saying something either embarrassing or regretful later on in the conversation between the both of you.
"Oh good." you whispered just as when you are back at the office with all of your co-workers either working on a project where they are supposed to submit the work to a no-nonsense client who are also the judge of your still ads project you and your co-workers who are working at the same advertising company as you would also do the same as well however if they aren't truthfully working on their a current project then they are definitely hanging at the mini cafeteria-coffee bar area where most of your co-workers would queue up for an extra hot and an equally good cup of a coffee as well as taking an after-breakfast snack in order to add fuel to add to their body plus sometimes they would chit-chat about either work or even anything outside of work as well ever since you and some of your co-workers had became closer by the time when many of the co-workers had found out that the island magic have started rubbing off on them and suddenly everyone had unexpectedly had became friends with each other; not as an immediate overnight type of friendship but more so of an actual slow-burn type of friendship based on how slowly but surely everyone had became closer and closer between each other as they get to know each other and they too had also keep a close eye out on their co-workers based on their mental health status and their well-being status as well ever since they wanted to make sure that you and everyone are doing truthfully well not just only mentally and physically but emotionally and spiritually as well.
"Oh wow, thank you so much.You replied to her while she place both your seafood platter careful as well as the Waiakea chilled water bottle and also the pair of clean plus empty drinking glasses too as well on the table.
"You're welcome and be careful; they're hot." She replied happily while she moves onto the next table where she has to collect the bills for a table where a family with two kids whom they both of them are around 10 on the youngest and the older kid is around 13 years old as both of the keikis are busying themselves with the activities they do by bringing their a notebook where the both of you are assuming it might be travel journal where the both of them are now writing in it while you remembered how your dad used to do both journaling and traveling journaling plus to this very day; he still writes in his diary by the old school physical way of a paper and pen type of combo while your siblings as well as your aunt are doing the same with theirs in addition to how you and your dad are a pair who does physical journaling through a paper and pen type of combo.
"Be careful; they're very--ouch!" Charles said while picking up an individual slightly hot calamari ring where he puts it into his mouth and he didn't realize it is still hot and fresh that he could feel both the heat and the burning sensation through his mouth after both touching a very hot and fresh piece of a calamari ring he tries to pop it into his mouth.
"Charles; are you feeling okay?!" You now ask him; feeling truthfully both distressed and worried as you worried he might choke himself.
As you got up from your seat to his back; you give out three sharp slaps before he spits it onto an empty plate where luckily Mel had placed it there just before the seafood platter had arrived minutes ago; you ask him worriedly: "Charles; are . . you . . . are you . . . you feeling okay?"
"Oh yeah, it's . . . it's . . . it's okay: I forget . . . I did . . . truly . . . I did . . . I did truly forget . . . how hot these are by the way; oops." Charles replied while he pants in relief just after you managed to save him in a nick of time from further choking on the food he had taken earlier.
"Then this leaves more time for more talking between the both of us while we both wait for the food to cool down; Charles."
"Yeah and I shouldn't . . . I . . . I . . . I shouldn't . . . I shouldn't be repeating the same mistake again by choking on a piece of hot food again especially after just got recently cooked; Y/N--I am so sorry; sweetie."
"Wait; do you actually call me 'sweetie' a few seconds ago?" You ask him while you are feeling truthfully surprised about how he had called you the nickname so instantly in a few seconds.
"Wait, what?!"
"You did truthfully called me 'Sweetie'; Charles."
"Oops; sorry, my bad; Y/N."
"Please don't sincerely apologize for that; Charles."
"For what?"
"For calling me 'sweetie', C--I love that you called me 'sweetie' as a nickname. None of my last slew of ex-boyfriends had called me that on many of the first dates between me and them on a personal note: Charles; no offense."
"No offense taken; it's good to hear that you do accept the part where I did called you 'sweetie' and no, I'm not truly/ truthfully sorry for calling you 'sweetie' on the first date between the both of us."
"Really?"
"Yes, and sorry to hear that many of your exes don't call you that though."
"Yeah and let's not forget that one of them had even spoke to me about how he do anything to Sabrina Carpenter's dream kane boyfriend ever since she released her new 'Espresso' album and also the set of music from that album."
"Oh wow, really? Did you listened to it?"
"Not when my mum is around as she doesn't liked the idea of how my younger sister; you know the one I spoke to much earlier just before our first and official date we both are now currently having? She does always love both 'taste' and 'please please please' as she does listened to it from her phone on repeat however if my mum hear those songs being played on the radio on repeat then this is where she is going to go lolo."
"Oh no, why would she go lolo if she hears any of the Sabrina's songs from her new 'Espresso' album?"
"Again; as I had mentioned earlier as you know I am very much of a rule follower at home and also at several different places wherever I am in the world?"
"Oh yeah, exactly after all; your mum won't be too happy or pleased if you go around rebelling against her and some more; she doesn't want you to either simply dress up in the way you wanted to truthfully express yourself in fashion or otherwise maybe she does wanted to put you and your siblings into a box where they can the type of kids where she wanted them to be portrayed as how she would expect them to be; Y/N. That was harsh."
"Exactly, my dad wasn't too pleased with her however despite how he wanted to have a separation between the both of them except as both the actual bread-winner of the ohana and also the man who does takes care of everyone else just before he himself as the last person to be taken care of; Charles: you know I had mentioned earlier he wanted to get a separation however it was my aunt whom she had asked him to stay with her not because of her sake or the family's sake but more so of how the kids can have a present father figure in their very own life much more so than having an absent father in both the family's lives and also in their very own lives as well."
"Ah, I see."
"I'm sorry if we are too focused on the conversation between the both of us though."
"Don't be sorry about the conversation between the the of us though; it is better than having to be sitting in silence and just not doing anything unless if you needed either the to think about something or otherwise maybe you did recalled something as what you did earlier: Y/N."
"Really?"
"Absolutely; may I take one in your honor?"
"Please do, Charles."
"I'll take it in the honor of how I didn't meant to choke on a deep fried calamari ring earlier."
You chuckled and said "Please do and why not let's talk more about other topics too as well."
"Sure, but don't you want to eat first? I mean it may be around 9:00 p.m but it'll be closing at either 10:30 p.m or even 11:00 p.m though."
"Sure, no problem; more eating and less talking." You said as you make a reference of another iconic line from both Lo and also from the same 'Stoked' TV show you had watched it during your days off from work while taking a work break from your actual work projects you are working on them.
After finishing the seafood appetizers; the both of you had stayed back at the Dome Restaurant and Cafe until closing hours; the both of you are exchanging topics on how he first gotten Leo: how he had also been described as a 'a real life Ken' for many of his female fans plus adding a surprise into the mix; he had told you he too is a business for his very own ice-cream company Lec and also how he is a musician as well as a YouTuber as well from time to time plus by the time when the deserts arrived for the both of us; more and more shops staffs and owners are now closing up their shops as they realized it is getting really close to closing hours as fire shutters started rolling down from the top to the bottom.
Meanwhile Dome is allowing some of the customers whom they did their final orders before they are wrapping up for the day; the both of you had also continued the conversation between the both of you on how you went to HPU as well as going to art school just before you returned to the islands of Hawaii where you now worked as one of the graphic designer where many had recognized your famous work of how you did the famous Christmas still AD print of the Island Vintage Coffee where they had send you an email to promote their Christmas drinks for the month of December where they had the clipping framed at the Ala Moana Outlet plus the Royal Hawaiian Shopping center outlet too as well in addition to keeping the same Hawaii lifestyle magazine where unfortunately you may have made the mistake of publishing the wrong work for thye month of June's edition of the magazine but you did managed to truthfully published the correct project for the December's edition of the magazine not only to make up for the mistake for sending the wrong work towards them on what supposed to be an 'Going green' still AD print of the June's issue of the magazine where it is an Earth month's edition of the magazine however you did made up for the mistake you made back in the month of June for the month of December on the Christmas Edition of the magazine and your family had too decided to keep the magazine in secret away from your mother's prying eyes and the long time grudge she had held it against you for a very long time on what feels like a lifetime between you and her.
Plus while having a conversation between you and him; you also have a thought where you also silently prayed that your estranged mother can come around to see how you are supposed to be an expansion of her as well as siblings especially all of your sisters whom they are supposed to be an expansion of your mum, your relatives and also your grandmother as well as great-grandmother plus your late great great grandmother as well ever since both your grandmother and your great grandmother are hoping your mum can definitely come around to definitely forgive you however it is going to be tougher for the both of you to forgive each other; not because the neither of you needed to forgive each out of obligation but you had given her one too many chances of how you had tried to build a relationship between you and her however forgiveness does also feels direful between the both of you [You and your estranged mum] as well.
After what does feels like a long and an unexpected date between you and Charles just as when both the foods and the drinks are completely gone; the both of you had decided to walk back together at both the equally quiet; eerie and yet the vacant mall and the streets as well since the both of you had walked earlier to both the International Market Place and the Dome Restaurant as well.
"Do you want me to walk you back?" He ask you while the both of you are now walking back together.
"Yes, but you may have to drive me back though."
"What? Why?"
"You'll see."
