Reborn as a Succubus: Time To Live My Best Life! Novel – Alice sat alone at a quiet restaurant. Her heart was racing. She adjusted her glasses and took a sip of her coffee, hoping the warm drink would calm her nerves. Minutes ticked by. Doubts began to creep into her mind. [She… didn’t stand me up, right?] Alice checked her watch for the fourth time. Her date was 15 minutes late.
Instantly, she began to theorize. Maybe her Toggle Maps link had been wrong somehow. Maybe she’d read the girl’s message wrong and that “yeah, let’s do it” message had actually been a “no, fuck off, creep.” That was a lot of words to misread, sure, but maybe it happened. Maybe a meteor had crashed down on Earth and while Alice was sitting here, stewing in her quiet discomfort, her date was fighting for her life.
Against aliens. Yeah, maybe aliens had invaded and instead of picking up a rifle and heading out to defend her planet from alien scum, Alice was sitting here, drinking coffee and sulking. Maybe. Just as Alice was about to give up hope, the front door of the restaurant swung open, and a stunning blonde beauty stepped inside. The girl from Ember, the world’s most popular dating app.
The instant she saw Alice, she made her way over to the table with a confident stride. “Alice, right?” the blonde asked. “Y-Yeah, hi…” That was all she could say. She had seen her before, of course, but never this close. The blonde was even more gorgeous in person, with sparkling eyes and a smile that could light up the room. “I’m so sorry I’m late,” the girl continued, sliding into the seat across from Alice. “Traffic was a nightmare, and I had to circle the block a few times to find parking.” Alice managed a small smile, her nerves beginning to settle.
“It’s okay, I understand. I’m just glad you made it.” From there, they started talking. But, the date didn’t go well. At all. Alice had tried to talk about her job as a software developer, hoping to impress her date with tales of the cutting-edge apps she had helped create, the complex algorithms she had wrestled into submission, the countless hours she had spent hunched over her keyboard, fueled by nothing but caffeine and the art of code.
But the blonde beauty across from her just stared blankly, her eyes glazing over with each technical term Alice dropped. In between her “yeah?” and “uhuh” it became clear that she had no idea what Alice was talking about, and even less interest in learning. “So, do you have any hobbies?” the girl asked, twirling a strand of her golden hair around her finger.