So I had just arrived at an airport gate, with my flight about to arrive in an hour or so. I sat down with my book trying to kill some time before I saw a cute girl with headphones on sitting by herself a little bit away. She was just my type, not super aesthetically attractive but I could tell her vibes were calm.

I was nervous before I approached her, since I have just started approaching girls (she was maybe my 6th?), complimenting them without being able to initiate conversation due to nerves. Add on the fact I felt a bit scruffy since I hadn’t shaved or slept well and I was sweating lol.

Anyways, I approached her with my bags and asked, “excuse me, do you mind watching my stuff for me?” She smiled and said “of course,” so I placed my bags maybe 2-3 seats away from hers before I went to the toilet.

On my way back to my seat, she saw me and smiled before I sat down, and I was just happy that I was able to approach a girl at all lol. I took out my book and started reading before I hear her say something about my bag. Turns out we had the exact same bag, from Kmart.

I realised we had the same exact Sony headphones too and we started talking and she was fun to talk to. Unfortunately she mentioned in passing she had a partner so my hopes of anything more than friendly conversation were over.

Regardless, it was fun talking to her and I’m proud that I’ve slowly progressed after taking things slow, even after “fumbling” a girl a week or so ago that seemed interested in me after I had complimented her.

We went our seperate ways into the plane, her seated near the back and me near the front. Here’s where I might have gotten a bit overeager. I was thinking “maybe I can be friends with her and she can introduce me to her friends?”

Once our plane had taken off and it was okay to do so, I went over to her seat (she had told me where was sitting) and asked for her Instagram (number would be insinuating too much).

She was polite and told me her partner probably wouldn’t be okay with that. I tried to explain my intentions but she repeated what she said before. I think I took the rejection like a champ, shaking her hand, smiling and saying “all good” before heading back to my seat for the rest of the flight.

There was also a cute girl leaving the plane, taking the same bus as me I should’ve talked to but whatever, live and you learn, I guess? Thank you for reading this long ass post haha.