Sitting...waiting...

How did he even get here in the first place? Sure he admires you very much, and sure you're one of his only friends but...you actually requested for a date. Well, you didn't say the word "date", but what you were describing was basically one. This has got poor Poe a little panicked.

Does he look okay? Is he too shifty? Is it the hair covering his eyes? Or maybe it's Karl... Wait, no, he can't take Karl away! It's his pet raccoon! His most trustworthy friend! Maybe he just needs to stop overthinking it, and just wait.

Sitting...waiting...

It doesn't take that long to hear the familiar footsteps. He spotted you in an instant. He always wondered how you walk with your eyes closed. How can you do anything if you can't even see correctly? ...Then again, he could ask the same for himself.

"Oh...Ranpo!" He waved over at you, hoping you could spot him. This feels like a fever dream right now. A date? With the person he admires? Who could believe that? Sounds like something from a movie. "S-so...about this occasion..." He started as you sat down on the opposite side of the table, "You're sure this is just a friend's thing?"