After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 1163

Chapter 1163: A Few More Dates
“YES! I mean—yes, please, I’m interested,” he said, practically yelling. “Give me her num—I mean, we’ll send letters via Post Office!”

“Sure,” Eloi said. “I’ll send a letter to introduce you.”

“You’re awesome!” Baron said, suddenly returning to his usual bubbly self. “I’ll give you a good gift on your wedding day!”

The couple chuckled before excusing themselves, continuing with their date with their hands intertwined.

Squirming in his bar stool, Baron almost squealed. “YES! This is it.”

Aborigine women were great choices, too! As for why he hadn’t done so already, it was because the surviving aborigine women in Alterra—which also had a small ratio compared to men, by the way—were already either taken, married, or had been influenced by the feminist movement in Alterra.

Many women of this world—if they weren’t connected to a man strong enough to protect her—had likely been victimized or abused in some form or another. He couldn’t blame them for not entering the dating pool, and he hadn’t tried pushing for them either.

Well, that changes today! He finally got a date!

“You don’t even know her.” Angelo rolled his eyes but the cousins had fun anyway.

“Well, I will soon, right? VIVA POST OFFICE!” he yelled. The Post Office was really interesting. It was like a mix of the old school Snail mail (which his grandparents told them all about) and the modern communication devices. It was fascinating.

When they upgraded into a City in a couple of years, maybe he could send trinkets too!

Then again, how could he let the courtship last so long? If he liked her, he should go get her!

At this, he couldn’t help but look at his fake-single cousin. Angelo had his own budding love life. What’s he doing with them? “So did you and the silent girl already start dating?”

Angelo blushed and scratched his cheek. “No.”

Now it was his turn on the hot seat. Should he just run?

Before he could do so, his shoulder was held back down, making Angelo want to bury himself into his own arms.

“Tell us. It’s been so long since you’ve been ambiguous with her,” Baron said, sneering. “Still no movement? You’re being a bit slow right? At least I had the excuse of having no woman to make a move on.”

“Well…”

His relationship with Toktok indeed entered an ambiguous stage—ambiguous to him, anyway. The girl was a little dense, and he couldn’t bear to be so straightforward. So they were in a standstill.

Jesse, adopted a less teasing stance. He patted Angelo’s head as if he was ten years older. “Don’t falter too much,” he said. “Life here is too risky… we have longer lifespans, but that doesn’t mean our time to have fun is endless.”

Angelo gave him a look. “Wow, you leave the nest and suddenly you’re wise, eh?”

“JUST DO IT CUZ!”

Angelo shook his head and just downed another bottle. Unlike Baron, their levels were higher so they didn’t appear drunk quite yet, and it’d take a bit more to do so.

Angelo didn’t want to deal with that for now anyway, so he let it be, just muting out his cousins’ nagging as he downed a few more glasses.

It was just that—luckily or unluckily—when they were heading home, they encountered her.

The bar they were in was near Southwest avenue, so they would pass by the plaza when they walked home to the farm villa areas.

There, they saw Toktok, alone, smiling over the stalls, just watching the fun in contentment.

She had always been like this, just happy with her own peace, even without other people.

It was why Angelo was so reluctant to pierce the paper wall between them: Toktok was perfectly fine on her own, what if she found him troublesome? She would likely just avoid him…

Angelo was in a daze, a little drunk, but mostly because he was staring at the girl.

The cousins looked at each other and grinned. Baron and Jesse placed their hands on Angelo’s back, literally pushing him to her. “HEY!” He yelled, stopping just in time before he hit her.

Toktok felt the wind he created and turned, eyes widening when she saw his sudden approach. He stopped right in time, but they were only an inch apart and they could feel each other’s body heat.

“…”

“…”

Neither of them moved though—they were unable to—and her scent and warmth seemed to have clicked something in Angelo’s head, drunkenness definitely being a factor to it.

Alcohol tended to blur the mind, telling them not to overthink anymore and just do what they wanted.

Right now, all he wanted was to be closer to Toktok.

He gulped, looking at her. Their proximity seemed to have finally gotten to the girl. Angelo saw her flush, and she gestured to instinctively turn away from him.

His hands moved on their own and he held her cheek, making sure she was looking at him—because only then would she really understand his words.

“…I like you. Go out with me.”

He didn’t hear the gasps and squeals around him, his mind was just focused on the girl in front.

She stared at him for a while, and Angelo felt his moment freeze. He got dizzy, part from the inebriation and part from what he felt like a rejection.

But then she nodded, and his knees buckled. For a moment, people thought he fainted.

“Oi!” Jesse yelled as he ran to catch him. Fortunately, Angelo recovered his balance, his hands holding on to the girl’s arms.

“I’m sorry I was just a bit drunk…” he said, looking down. She looked at him in concern and gasped when he suddenly embraced her into his arms. “Drunk from happiness.”

Applause sounded from around then, everyone feeling happy (and/or entertained) of seeing a new couple form in front of them.

…

“Very cheesy,” Thor said, clapping his hands along with a few other bystanders. “I like it.”

Foxii’s eyebrows rose as she looked at the guy. He seemed to have felt her stare and turned, grinning.

“How did you like it?” he asked, looking curious.

“Like what?”

“Those kinds of confessions,” Thor asked. “How much is too much for you?” A pause.

“What kind would make you say ‘yes’?”

Foxii stared at her date. He looked careless and a bit playboyish, but her sharp eyes could see his sweaty hands flinching uneasily at the side. She pursed her lips, trying to hold down a smile.

“It doesn’t matter to me, really,” she mumbled, shrugging. “As long as I like the person doing it.”

Thor took a breath and nodded, as if taking note. However, the next thing he knew, his date’s face was already in front of him.

Chu!

“Like this.”

Thor’s eyes were wide as saucers, looking at the girl in disbelief.

She gave him a rare teasing smile, and Thor swore he died from being electrified right then and there.