Office Romance with a Werewolf

Throughout the year, many people go on blind dates. A blind date is a date between two people who have never met before. It may also happen between groups looking for a match. This type of date is usually set up by mutual friends. This is a time when two strangers get to know each other. A blind date can sometimes work out, and sometimes it doesn't. A blind date is awkward from the moment it's set up until the end of the night.

A blind date can be a favorable or unfavorable experience. Most people dislike going on blind dates because they never know what to expect from the other person. You never know, your friends might be introducing you to the craziest person on the planet. A blind date is an opportunity to meet new people and get out of the house.

That was Nida's thought, but this group blind date she signed up for is quite different than what she thought.

"Facials? Hairdo? Even Brazilian wax? Are you sure we need to go to this extent?" She asked her three officemates, who were all relaxed, to let the salon do everything on their bodies to clean and beautify them.

It is 2 pm and Nida just came to the salon. They told her to come, but she was surprised that she needed to go through all this process just to meet a stranger.

"Come on Ms. Nida, we all know that you're pretty enough to attract the guys we are going to meet, but we need to be pretty too.

"Then you should call me when all of you are done."

"No, it will look as if we are trying hard if we leave you without getting yourself prepped up!"

"Or at least let's thread your eyebrows, Ms. Nida!"

The salon stylist and her officemate approached her as if they were going to eat her up.

"I want to go home," she said, internally missing her house even though the actual date hadn't happened yet.

...

"I fucking spent 100 dollars on this shit,"

She murmured while she was sliding in her credit card. 

Even though she was forced to spend on the salon for herself, she doesn't feel entirely bad since her head feels light for the first time in a long time. She never thought that her hair was hiding so much dirt that she was feeling light after her hair treatment.

She also feels weird while looking at her face because she had her brows threaded and her oil pores treated too.

"You only got light treatment, but why are you still the most beautiful among us?" Lisa grumbled, feeling envious of Nida's natural beauty.

"You cannot beat natural beauty, Lisa." Jennie teased her.

Nida just smiled since she didn't know how to respond to such compliments. 

"We still have an hour before dinner. What are we going to do?" She asked now that they were just walking inside the mall.

"What do you mean, what do we need to do?"

"We are running out of time!"

"We are going to the shop to get dressed!"

"Isn't our outfit now enough?"

She considered her decent pink blouse and black high-waist trousers, as well as her officemates' cute casual dresses, and concluded that there was no need to change outfits.

"What do you mean?"

"These outfits are for the salon!"

"The chemicals and smell from the salon stick to our clothes; that is why we must change!"

"But I don't have a change of clothes!"

"Don't worry about that!"

Again, Nida was dragged by her officemate, and she just let them do whatever they wanted. Nida is somewhat enjoying their girls' night out.

....

"Umm, can you lend me another dress?"

Nida's bright smile immediately disappeared the moment Ms. Lisa showed her a light blue A-line dress.

"Why? This dress best fits with your white sneakers. "

"Yes, plus we can only lend you a dress. We don't have shoes in your size. "

The three immediately hid the light blue dress once they saw Nida's expression turn glum.

"Okay, I think we still have other dresses here. "

"Wait a minute!"

The three awkwardly moved away from Nida and began looking for another dress for her.

Nida wasn't vexed for nothing. The truth is that the dress looks very similar to the dress she wore on her date with Randell in the parallel world. It was a similar dress that was stretched and ripped by her overgrown body after transforming into a werewolf. 

Her image of the nightmare flashes in her head like it was a movie.

"How about this gray bodycon dress?"

"It will fit you well!"

The eyes of the three sparkled in anticipation. 

Nida doesn't like the bodycon either, but she just nodded at their suggestion since she didn't want to drag them more.

The girls spend the remaining hours before dinner dressing up and acting as if they're runaway models.

Nida is now exhausted but still keeps her smile so as not to offend the girls.

....

Finally, the dinner date has come.

The four girls' hearts are all pounding loudly together, but they all beat for different reasons.

Due to nervousness, Jennie and Olive's hearts are beating like a drum.

Lisa's heart is pounding like crazy because of excitement and anticipation.

Nida's heart is working hard to beat due to anxiety.

I am not a werewolf here. I won't kill them randomly. Right? "

She touched her chest to calm herself while chanting to herself the words, "This is my world."

The three enter the high-class restaurant that they had booked in advance.

Lisa was talking to the server, asking where their reserved table was, when a man in a suit waved his hand towards them.

"I didn't know that this was a formal gathering." she whispered to Lisa once she noticed the four men were all dressed up as well.

"Of course, Lisa leads the girls in approaching their dates, and they sit across from the men who are their targets.

She let all the girls be seated first so that they could freely choose the guy they wanted, then she sat in front of the guy the other girls least favored.

"Hi." She softly greeted the guy, but he didn't greet her back and remained staring at her.

That's why she stared at him as well, observing his physical features.

"Ah, that's why these girls didn't pick you." She unintentionally said that loudly enough that the three girls panicked. 

"Nida, we didn't leave you the least! I mean, everyone is handsome! "

"Yeah, yeah, he just happened to be the one you'll be sitting across from." The girls panicked and just let their mouths run, but it didn't help at all.

Nida lightly giggles at their reaction.

"I am not done talking yet,"

Everyone looked at her, asking her to tell them what she meant.

"I was saying that the reason he's not your pick is because he is too pretty." She said, then gestured towards the guys' faces, and everyone nodded.

"I like pretty faces. Don't worry." She said, that made everyone feel relieved, and then they resumed talking to each other.

"You like pretty faces?"

"Yes, you fit well with my ideal type." She said it in a flirting way, but the guy slammed his hand on the table and his face turned red.

"You can't say that to strangers!" he said loudly.

"Is he a virgin?" Lisa whispered something to her but loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Haha, sir, please calm down. Is this your first time attending a blind date? "

She gestured with her hand to tell him to settle down since everyone in the restaurant was staring at them.

Though the restaurant was spacious enough that the next tables were 10 feet away from each other, other people could still see what they were up to.

Clap clap

Lisa lightly clapped her hand to attract the attention of their group.

"How about we introduce ourselves one by one first?" She suggested, and everyone agreed. 

Of course, the introduction was led by Lisa, the extrovert, and Nida was expecting she'd go last, but there was one person who was more shy and awkward than her, and that was the guy in front of her.

"H-Hi, My name is Emarcilito. Call me Lito. I own a pet shop. That's all. "

Unlike the others, he received lifeless applause and awkward stares.

"Okay, now that everyone knows each other, let's freely eat and chat together. Okay? "

Everyone brightly agreed and happily chatted.

"Nida, When was the last time you had a relationship?

"Ha—."

"I don't think that's necessary to ask." They were all surprised by the sudden interruption of Lito, but they just thought he was trying to fit in and let him be, but later on, Nida noticed that every time the other guys tried to talk to her, he would immediately intervene.

"What's your problem?" The other guy could not take what Lito was doing and angrily called him out.

"Oh my! Calm down. " The girls knew what was happening and tried to calm him down.

The truth is that Lito has been ruining the atmosphere of the group, and they badly want to kick him out.

"How about we go out together, Sir Lito? I bet the park at the back of the mall is nice," she asked, hoping to take him away from others that were starting to look upset.

"Nida, we can just send him home." Lisa tried to stop her since she did not like Lito's attitude. 

"I'm fine," she said as she stood up. "Enjoy your time with them; I know they're your type." she winked and led the way out of the restaurant while Lito followed behind.

The two walked silently on the way to the mall park.

Nida's expression turns more bright once they reach the park that is decorated with bright lights. 

"What's wrong?" She turned her way towards Lito, who had stopped entering the bright part of the park. He remained silently in the dark while tightly clenching his fist.

"Do you always come with strangers?"

"Not really?" Nida smiled sweetly and approached Lito, then peeked into his lowered head.

"I told you, I love pretty faces."