Avery blinked in surprise. She did want to see what Nytin looked like and had forgotten to ask as she had planned. She didn't even realize they had arrived at their destination until she heard the nostalgic sound of waves crashing against the concrete boardwalk, "That would actually…be pretty nice. It makes me feel more comfortable to know what someone looks like."

Nytin smiled and moved closer to Avery, overall he was much taller than her. The top of Avery's head just barely met Nytin's shoulders, and for some reason, Avery had only noticed just now, she snickered a little and put her hand on Nytin's shoulder, pretending that she was trying to reach up higher and going on the tips of her toes. 

"You have to get lower...you're too tall for me to see." She said, "I'll have to stand on a stool just to get up there."

Nytin blinked, appearing as if he forgot their height differed by quite the amount. He got a small laugh out of that, "Wait a moment...maybe this will help." 

He reached up and gently grabbed Avery's free hand, leading her to a bench and sitting down so they were on the same level. He let go of Avery and moved his hands up towards the hood he always kept on. He hesitated before pulling it down, revealing his jet-black hair. Avery couldn't see exactly how it looked, but it was definitely messy due to the hood being on and pulled on so much, "Better?" he asked.

Avery sat down next to him, putting the box she was carrying down, and nodded with a grateful smile, "Yeah..this is way easier.." she said and then looked up at Nytin more, "So can I…look closer now? Or..is it okay..for me to... I mean.." She wanted to make sure Nytin was fine with her getting so close.

Nytin smiled with a chuckle, "Of course it's okay Starshine, I wouldn't have offered, if it wasn't." He grabbed Avery's hands and put them on his face, "All you have to do is get as close as you need to.."

Avery hesitated before moving closer, almost touching noses with Nytin, Avery's golden eyes meeting Nytin's jade ones. Avery realized as Nytin's face came into focus how handsome Nytin truly was, everything was piecing itself together in her head, how his voice fit his face, his height, she was processing Nytin as a whole in her brain as she moved her hands a little to feel Nytins face a little more, squishing his cheeks, which made Nytin laugh a little, though his laughs stopped when Avery moved her hands up to feel Nytins hair, which was unbelievably soft and full. 

"Have you ever thought about modeling? You're so handsome, and your hair is so nice." Avery said fiddling with it a little more before realizing she may be overstepping some boundaries, and backed off, "Ah. Sorry. I usually feel things a lot and..well.." She stuttered while she spoke, afraid she may have made Nytin uncomfortable, after all their situation was unusual, and Avery felt like she may have pushed it a bit too far with feeling around Nytin's face and head. 

Nytin laughed a little more and grabbed Avery's hands, putting them back on his head. Leaning down a bit more he began to speak again, "Starshine, I told you it's fine.." He said with a smile, he wasn't uncomfortable with the situation at all, rather he was enjoying it quite a bit, "..but modeling? I don’t think modeling would suit me very well, I wouldn't have the time to do much, much less go to our spot every week." 

Avery ran her fingers through Nytin's hair a little more, "Well if you put it like that..I guess it's fine, I'd miss sharing desserts with you." She said and then thought about it, "What do you work as? If you don't mind me asking."

Nytin raised his head and thought about it for just a few short seconds, "It's the most soul-sucking job one could ever have, take a guess, you have.. ahh..three tries." 

"Are you…a teacher..?" Avery figured teachers were probably overworked, dealing with so many children at once must’ve been a lot. Nytin also gave off a vibe that he’d be partially good with children.

Nytin made a buzzer noise, crossing his arms into an 'X', "Nope. Try again."

Avery hummed, wracking her brain for jobs that could fall under that category, "Do you..work at a bank?" 

Nytin made the noise again, crossing his arms even more dramatically by raising his arms above his head, "Wrong again! One more guess."

Avery crossed her arms, and Nytin could practically see the smoke rise as the gears churned inside her head, finally, she answered, "You take phone calls for customer service!" She said it with so much confidence that Nytin felt bad for what was to come.

Nytin made the loud buzzing noise one final time, and pretended to play the trombone, "Womp, Womp, Wawawa.." He ended up laughing, with Avery joining in. Nytin calmed himself and spoke, "..I work in a corporate office and fill out forms all day, fairly boring." He said pulling his hood back on, "The pay is awful, but it's enough."

Avery was disappointed she didn't get it right, and shuffled her feet on the ground, "I really thought you took calls... My friend takes them and she's always..always angry about the customers." He smiled a little, thinking about all those times his friend had called him to vent about a customer who asked her something outrageous or idiotic, things along those lines.

Nytin stared at Avery's face, and couldn't help but smile himself, "I..couldn't do that, I've been told I can't control my temper at times, so it's better for me to fill out paperwork instead. I couldn’t handle speaking to an idiot for three hours over something simple.” He heard Avery laugh a little and felt a little proud of himself, and with that they both stopped talking, embracing the tranquility of the area around them.

The ocean waves crashing against the rocks filled the silence so it wasn't unbearably quiet. Avery closed her eyes and enjoyed the breeze that came through, although it was already cold, and it just made it colder, it felt nice. It reminded her of the treats that were slowly getting colder, and she picked up the box and opened it, there were still two tarts and two strudels left, so she grabbed one and moved it toward Nytin.

"Would you like another apple stru-" 

"Yes." Nytin immediately responded, grabbing it and taking a bite, "Vees arh..sho..ghud." he said with his mouth full, he truly did enjoy desserts, and seemed to have a black hole of a stomach when it came to them.

Avery couldn't help but laugh lightly, grabbing one for herself and biting into it, though she swallowed before talking, "I agree, I think that bakery is the best one in town, they're super underrated." She said, but she preferred it that way, it was like a hidden gem that she discovered and had almost all to herself that she got to share with people she was close with.

Nytin had turned to look at Avery with surprise clear on his face, "Underrated? This is amazing, how do people not line up at the door, pleading for apple s-strudles?" He stuttered at the last part, trying to make sure he didn't say it wrong, but it was clear he was in utter disbelief that was for sure. 

Avery simply shrugged, "I think.. because of where it is, people just keep walking. I almost did too..but I ran into their open door since it was completely clear.." she laughed sheepishly, remembering that day and how comedic it was, her nose had started bleeding and the owner had given her an entire cake to take home as an apology for not having some kind of indication that the door was open, he even got Avery's contact information, reaching out to her the next day to ask if she was alright, and..for feedback on the cake.

Nytin imagined the scene and snickered, getting a small shove on the arm from Avery, "Hey! You're okay now, right? Let me laugh a little." He said, still snickering to himself.

Avery wanted to laugh too because it truly was a funny situation, but instead, she quickly finished off her strudel and stood up taking the box with her, "I guess... you don't want these then." She said, turning her nose into the air, sticking her tongue out playfully.

Nytin stopped laughing immediately and stood up, "I'd say thats taking it much too far... I won't laugh anymore, simply hand over the box..and we can call it a fair trade?" He still had his strudel in his hand, and he still wanted the tart, he'd be heartbroken if Avery took both of them for herself.

Avery looked as if she were thinking about it, she couldn't see Nytin's face but could tell he seemed desperate, she snickered and handed him the box, "Okay but..I hope you didn't think I was actually serious." 

Nytin took it quickly and paused at Avery's words, "...What? Really?!" He whined, "That's unfair, I can't believe I fell for that.." He sighed, plopping back down on the bench, Avery joined him, still giggling to herself.

"I wish I got to see your face, I didn't think you'd take me seriously." She said leaning back on the bench, "I will admit..running into the glass was really funny...I just wanted to mess with you a little.."

Nytin was in disbelief. He had never taken Avery for a prankster, and he couldn't help but want to know more about Avery. He sighed and moved his hand, messing up Avery's hair playfully, "... I should eat your tart to teach you a lesson, but since I'm so nice...I'll consider sparing you." 

Avery laughed and gently swatted his hand away, reaching into the box and grabbing one of the tarts, “Then I’ll just eat one before you can.” She went to bring it to her lips, but Nytin quickly swooped in, bit into it, and took it right from Avery's hand. 

He held it in his mouth in triumph, "I shed...I'd conshider ith." He mumbled, grabbing the tart from his mouth and swallowing, but he failed to notice Avery had already grabbed the second one and was already eating it.

"Too slow!" Avery said happily. The two stared at each other for a moment before laughing, two grown adults fighting like children over dessert was one of the silliest things they could have ever done, and they did, and they enjoyed it. Avery was laughing so hard and trying to hold it back that her face turned red, tears threatening to roll down her face. 

Nytin was laughing hard too, trying to catch his breath, coughing from how hard he laughed. He looked at Avery and saw her trying to do the same, and couldn't help but stare for a moment. How long had it been since he last sat down and laughed like this with someone? He smiled and looked down at the tart in his hand, he wanted to stay this happy forever, he looked over at Avery and smiled as she looked back.

"Thank you Starshine." He said taking the last bite of his tart, "I haven't had that good of a laugh in a long while."

Avery wiped away the tears in her eyes that had formed from laughing so hard, and at Nytin's words she smiled, "Me either, so.. thank you too."