TIFU staring at a blue-haired lady on the bus

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This happened earlier today when I was taking the bus to taekwondo practice.

When I got on the bus, it was kind of full: most of the seats were taken and a few people were standing. I decided to stand since I didn’t really need to sit, and happened to be in the line of sight of this lady with really nice blue hair. I myself have blue hair, so I kept glancing over at her because hers just looked so nice, like cotton candy. I realized that she was staring back at me too, but I didn’t think much of it.

Eventually, a bunch of people got off and some seats opened up in the back, so I walked past her to sit down, since a lot more people were also getting on. I noticed that she had a bag on the seat next to her and refused to move it despite the influx of people but man who am I to judge?

Right as I sat down though, she stood up and came swinging at me with her bag, and it whacked me straight in the chest. I felt like I was the door of a medieval castle mid-siege and her bag was the battering ram of my enemies. I was caught so off guard that I just sat there in shock, speechless. She walked back to her seat angrily and I stared at her head of beautiful blue hair, confused. All the other passengers started making sure I was okay, asking if I knew her and whatnot but I was too dumbfounded to answer.

She turned around and said “Don’t start shit if you can’t finish it, bitch! I’ll take this outside if I need to!” This results in more confusion on my part. I tried to ask what she wanted with me but she turned around and ignored me.

Thankfully, she got off at the next stop, but it seemed she did so because she was under the impression that I actually wanted to throw down (which I didn’t). So she just called me a fat ass hoe and left.

Looking back now, I realize that she must have thought that when I was looking at her that I was antagonizing her or judging her for not moving her bag for other people. I’ve been told I have resting bitch face, so she must have taken me constantly looking over at her as throwing down the gauntlet for the coveted title of best blue haired girl on the 65 bus...yikes

TL;DR - stared at a lady with pretty blue hair on the bus, she thought I wanted to fight so she whacked me with her bag and called me fat

edit: To clarify, I am a girl! And this took place in good ol’ sunny Seattle.