With the time she gave him, Jun perused his disorganized drawers for an outfit he felt suit his personality but also made him look presentable. He wasn't much of a fashionista, flipping over the same pair of dark wash jeans and nerdy print t-shirts. He felt entirely unprepared for the situation he put himself in. He didn't want to embarrass himself in front of her. But he also didn't want to overdress in fear of looking too formal.

after several minutes of flipping through his draws. He realized he was wasting his time. He needed to decide on an outfit. He looked in his top drawer for a particular dark blue button up. It was a little wrinkled near the back, but nothing a minute of ironing couldn't undo. He grabbed that, a lower key print shirt, and a pair of jeans with a nice belt his mother bought for him. He quickly went to town on the button up. Flattening every crease and wrinkle with the iron, almost burning his opposite hands' finger in the process.

with his shirt ironed and an outfit put together, he had a sudden realization. "Oh god...I haven't cleaned my car out in a while" he thought to himself. He rushed outside with a trash bag, almost forgetting his wallet and keys in the process. Quickly grabbing them right before the dorm room door closed behind him. He sped down to his vehicle and started going to town, cleaning it out with maximum speed and intensity. It wasn't as if he was a slob, but the sudden pressure of someone else being in his car made him realize how much of a mess he could be left unchecked. "I should really pick up after myself more" he thought to himself.

With the trash taken out and the car cleaned. Jun sat there, Unsure what to do. He was waiting for a response. But nothing came. "Did she forget? Did something come up?" he thought to himself. He continued to twiddle his thumbs in anxiety, waiting for a response. But nothing came. Then, with keys in hand, he decided to act on instinct. He was going to drive to her apartment and wait.

"God, I hope she doesn't think I’m weird for this." he said to himself while turning the key. As the engine roared to life, he opened his phone to put on his driving playlist. The second it connected, he put the car in drive and began on his way to her.

As he drove down the highway, traffic began collecting in front of him. Not wanting to get bogged down by it, he weaved in and out of the lane it started in. Doing his best not to get held up by anything. He continued making his way down the road, narrowly avoiding some drivers trying to enter different lanes. Then, as he neared the exit the gps told him to go down, he got a notification. Not wanting to be more risky than he already was, he quickly pulled off to a nearby parking lot. He opened his phone to find a notification from Leia:

"Okie, you can come pick me up now :)"

Jun looked at his gps, he was only 2 and a half miles away from her apartment. "oh god...why am I like this" he thought to himself. He began regretting his decision to act on instinct. "She's gonna think I’m so weird". He sat there, staring at her message for a second. He didn't want her to think he was weird for showing up too early. So he simply replied:

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"Okay! on my way :>"

It wasn't a lie, he was. Just a bit sooner than she would have anticipated. He sat in that parking lot, face in palm. Sitting in a pool of his own embarrassment.

He sat there for another 15 minutes, trying not to die of his self induced cringe, while also giving himself some time for plausible deniability. He was going to be there incredibly early no matter what, but he wanted to be at least "fashionably early" instead of stalkerishly early.

As it got down to a reasonable time, he exited the parking lot and made his way down to her apartment. As he made his way down, he thought of how to greet her. Obviously a simple "hey" would likely suffice. But he felt like doing more, though it would likely be unnecessary. He wanted to make an appearance of some sort. His nerves were getting to him again. He was overthinking it, and he knew it. But he couldn't help it. Some part of him wanted to "impress" her. He didn't know why, but he couldn't help himself not to.

As he pulled up to her complex, he parked in the first spot he could find and let her know he was there. He decided he was going to lean on the front of the car, trying to look cool. He knew it was a bit corny and ultimately unnecessary. But he wanted to try and look cool for her. He combed his hair, spritzed his neck with a tiny bit of cologne, and waited a little while longer. Even with the cool breeze coming in, he was still sweating bullets. He was nothing but a ball of nerves. So when she came up to him from behind, it was all released in one loud, cowardly yelp.

"AHG"

he screamed in terror. Leia began belly laughing at his fright. Jun was weak at the knees. He was very easy to catch off guard. His friends had always pulled off pranks in a similar fashion, and it seems that trend was to continue with her.

"That's just not fair!" he said in a sour tone.

"ahh but you should've seen the look on your face! Absolutely priceless" Said Leia through giggling teeth.

Even with his heart rate through the roof, Jun couldn't find it in his heart to be mad at her. For he was once again, entirely too captivated by her beauty to be upset. He looked her up and down, observing the outfit she had put together.

A cropped pink woolen top matched a similarly colored skirt. Only made better by the knee high black socks and converse she was wearing.

"wow..." Jun quietly blurted out.

"You like what you see?" Leia said in a teasing tone.

"Yeah...UM I MEAN UH-" Jun loudly tripped over his words as if they were rocks jutting out of the ground.

Leia snickered, "so upfront you are! I appreciate it.".

Jun seemed to be frozen still. He was embarrassed yet enthralled. Too many emotions were running through his head. He didn't know what to do.

"hello? Earth to Jun?" she said while snapping her fingers in his face. He woke up from his haze.

"Oh geez, sorry. lost focus for a second there" said Jun with a nervous giggle.

"It's alright, just making sure you're still on the planet with me.".

"so, shall we?" Leia asked, gesturing towards the car.

"Oh! yeah! Here, let me get the door for you."