A Minute Too Late | Sunday Night Disappointment Part 1

I woke up around sunset, as usual. It's Sunday - no work, no responsibilities. I usually celebrate my Sundays with my partner eating out, oh wait lemme correct that, eating good food that would make my weekend complete and be refreshed for the week ahead.

I was bugging him to eat at Outback Steakhouse for weeks now. It's expensive but I really wanted to taste their tasty BBQ ribs again. Imagine my joy when he said we'll eat there today (today in this case is Sunday).

Immediately I freshened up, put on my best clothes, and in a flash, I was ready to go. He, however, was taking his time but he told me we'll leave at 8:20 PM so okay, I was willing to wait.

8:20 PM came but he's still not ready. At this point, I figured we should take a taxi to go to Ikebukuro, where the restaurant's located. The taxi's on me, after all, it's me who really wanted to dine there. We left at 8:40 PM, took a taxi, and arrived at Ikebukuro at 8:59 PM. Looking at the store time, the restaurant will close at 10 PM and the last order is at 9 PM.

Took the elevator to the 7th floor, entered the restaurant and the staff said, the last order time had passed so they could not accommodate us anymore. Checked my watch, it said 8:59 PM. WTF?

A minute too late 😵

I'm not really the type of person who will contest the decision of other people unless I'm in the mood to fight.

So yeah, I went back to the elevator without saying anything. My heart was too broken to say anything. Sure there will still be more chances in the future but my mind was already set to eat there at that time. It's not all the time that my partner is willing to go to Ikebukuro to dine, he said it's far from home. And I paid for the taxi fare!

Who should I blame? What should I blame?

Should I blame my partner for his actions causing us to leave the house late? Should I blame the taxi driver for not speeding up? Should I blame myself for waking up late? Or should I just blame myself for not going there alone and kept convincing my partner to go with me?

I don't really like to play the blaming game. So I'm trying to accept this as part of fate. And well, it sucks.

Thanks for reading!
See you around! じゃあ、またね！

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