As she pointed out that she didn’t have to be the main character, he shrugged his shoulders in response and listened amusedly as she explained her point of being a side character. He was about to refute by saying that the main character’s lives usually ended up affecting the rest of the cast but stopped himself as he caught her coy look as she matched his flirtatious words. Daniel raised an eyebrow at her and smiled, pleased to see that they were on the same page. So far, it seemed that this night out would prove to be much more exciting than he had originally thought it would.

“That’s fair.” Daniel said with a chuckle as she iterated that those movies were not an interest of hers. And thank god for that.  Women that actually liked those movies were usually looking for some fairytale and while he could certainly play the part, Daniel preferred not to act like prince charming. It was less troublesome to pretend like he was going to sweep someone of their feet. Daniel was far from a classic romantic, though that wasn’t to say he didn’t believe in love. He did in fact but he considered himself more aware to the pain in the ass hardships that came with it. Real love wasn’t something to fool around. 

As she went on to answer his question, he leaned his arm on the counter, facing her as he listened. Daniel was a bit surprised to learn that she was a foodie. Her thin figure aside, her personality just hadn’t struck him as the type. Although, he supposed that he likely didn’t strike people as a failed rock drummer so who was he to say anything. Instead, he smiled at how she brightened at the subject. “Can’t go wrong with good food.” he mused with a small nod. “Especially in this city. I’m sure you know some really good places then.”

When she flipped the question on him, Daniel paused. The time outside of work was usually spent doing activism work as a way to beef up his profile for when he eventually ran a campaign. However, he doubted that answer would sound very… interesting. This was a woman he was trying to reel in and while his business attire had helped, it would only help him so far. Talking about his work would likely dull her so he decided to go a different route. “Well, outside of working, I play drums. I actually used to be apart of a rock band back in high school.” he admitted with smirk. 

His past band used to bring him quite a big feeling of disgrace but ever since he had manage to reroute his career path, he found that he looked back on it more fondly with only a small hint of lingering regret. Too bad that small regret was still latching on. Wanting to switch the subject before she could get the chance to ask about his interest, he met her gaze with playful curiosity. “While I’m sure my musical history is interesting, I’m more curious to learn what food places you’ve deemed the best, foodie.” he grinned.