Pooh Bear

Oh? You look interesting… Xiao Mei saw the tinder match. Handsome. Tall. A white man. Not usually her dating type. He had brown hair, beige skin, and wore glasses. Dentist too.

The next day they met. Xiao Mei was anxious to distract herself. Nadia was still MIA.

Coffee. A local spot. Near her apartment. Mid afternoon. Xiao Mei was horny, but met them at least once before hooking up. She wasn’t so desperate. Creeps needed to be ghosted. Alone forever. That would do them good!

“Hi there… Xiao Mei is it?” He said in a thick French accent. His English was good.

“Julien?” She said.

He dressed well. Casual. Dark jeans. Beige Henley shirt. Immaculate white trainers. Leather strap watch. They had some chemistry. He skipped the small talk and went straight for the weird and wonderful. Xiao Mei appreciated that.

“So you have a pretty good creep detector…” Julien asked.

“You gotta in this day and age,” she said.

“So true… Where do I fall on the scale?” He asked, curiously.

“You haven’t commented on my appearance yet… And you have good eye contact. You are either a 1 or a 10. 10 being uber mega creep and 1 being pooh bear.”

“Well I hope I am Pooh Bear…” He laughed.

“How often do you get hit on by creeps… Even at the clinic?” He asked.

“Yeah! All the time! One asked for a happy fucking ending…” She said.

“Yeah that' s absurd.. You seem innocent… It’s disgusting to make a prostitution reference…” he said.

“Disgusting?”

“Yeah… I loath the sex industry… Porn… Strip clubs… Hookers… Filth the lot of them…” Julien said, “I am very much a Pooh Bear…”

“Yeah…” Xiao Mei said. Fucking high and mighty.

They talked for a few hours. Evening coming along. She was just bored. At the end of the date, he offered to have a drink at his place.

“I’m a bit tired…” Xiao Mei said.

“Oh… I see…” He said, “Come on… Don’t be like that…”

She stepped back, “I’m tired jeez…”

“Teased me all this time… Come up,” he said.

Why did his demeanor change? Xiao Mei felt uncomfortable.

“No thanks…” She turned and he grabbed her by the shoulders. Hugging her.

“Come on… I just want to cuddle… Mmm...” He said.

Xiao Mei struggled. She reached for her purse. Pulled out the gun and pressed it to his chin.

He let go and stepped back, “Oh fuck bitch…”

“I was right. A 10 on the creepiness scale… Jog on… Or I'll make you a cavity you can’t fill…” Xiao Mei said.

He ran away like a little bitch.