C8 Dating App
"What am I even doing?" he asks himself completely befuddled. He was looking for a very young-looking woman on a dating site. He felt so embarrassed, thinking only lonely losers or perverts look into these sites, but the fact that he was looking for a woman that looked so young, he didn't felt any different. It was like some sick joke being here. All he saw were men and women trying too hard, but so was he. It was too perfect of a scenario.
He reclines on his chair as he looks out the window. It was already dark. How long had he been here? Didn't matter; the days just pass by like nothing. To him, nothing was worth anything anymore. All he can think about was how he could never fall in love, how his only desire was someone that probably didn't exist. The woman from the fountain of youth, just a fairy tale.
But still, if he could only find his desired beauty, that woman that looks so young and pretty. It was that desire that kept him going. She was the one, he knew it. He just had to find her. No other woman will do. That woman that most likely saved his life, he would spend the rest of his life trying to find her.
Meanwhile, Leila was going through the dating site her friend suggested.
"I'm not sure about this," she tells Tomi on the phone.
"What do you mean? You said you wanted to be treated like an adult."
"Yeah, but a lot of these guys are like 10 years older. I don't know about this."
"It is an adult dating site."
"I don't think I can get away with this. They are going to find out I'm underage."
"Trust me, Shanon is around your age and she didn't get caught."
"I don't know this Shanon you keep mentioning. She may look older than me."
"Leila, do you want to be treated as an adult or not? Adults don't act scared like this."
Tomi was right, she did want to be treated like an adult, but this was maybe going too far. As she was thinking about this, her mother shouts, "you better not be on your phone with your friend. You should be studying in there."
"Studying for what!" Leila shouted back.
"Don't you shout at me, young lady!" shouted back her mom.
Leila was so angry about this that she got out of her bed and went into her closet, "what kind of clothes should I wear?" she asked Tomi.
"Something pretty but adult-like."
Leila tried her best and put on something that looked decent enough. It was a pair of jeans and a red sweater, thinking this was the most adult style she could get into. She took some selfies of herself and filled out the application online. You needed to be at least 21 years old on this site so she had to lie about her age.
"It's finished," Leila said, "I can't believe I'm doing this."
"Congratulations, you're on your want to independence."
"But what if someone actually asks me on a date?"
"Then you go out with them."
Leila's face turns red. She didn't realize that there was an actual chance that she was going to be asked out on a date. She has been on dates with boys her age, but a fully grown adult? Was this okay? "I'm getting nervous!" she told Tomi.
"Just relax. It's not as bad as it seems. If Shanon can do it, so can you."
"But I don't know Shanon. You really need to introduce me to her."
"Leila!" shouted her mom, "I can hear you talking there."
"I gotta go," Leila tells Tomi. "My mom is being difficult."
"Alright, have a good night, and good luck!" and Tomi hangs up.
Leila was stuck in her room due to her mother's influence. She was so frustrated but figures that the dating app was a small way to rebel. Just something to put her troubles away, but didn't figure she would actually use it. Just a joke, really. With that, she decides to forget about it and go on with the rest of the evening.
The next morning, Leila wakes up to the shouts of her mother demanding she get up for school. Leila had to shout back that it was Saturday only to be told not to shout back at her mother. Either way, she could never win. She gets on her phone and notices a notification. It was from the dating app. Somebody has asked her out on a date!