Page 66 of In Plain Sight

Sinbin: blue

MrNiceGuy: what does your name mean? I’ve wanted to ask but didn’t want to sound stupid if it’s something I should know

Sinbin: are you into hockey?

MrNiceGuy: that’s the sport where they wear knife shoes and hit a disk around with sticks, right?

Sinbin: lmao

Sinbin: so not a hockey fan

MrNiceGuy: not really. I know enough to watch it but hockey was never a big part of my life.

Sinbin: it was my whole life for a long time. I started playing when I was five and played all the way through school

Sinbin: the sin bin is the penalty box. that’s where I got my username

MrNiceGuy: did you spend a lot of time in there or something?

Sinbin: nope

I sent a grinning emoji.

Sinbin: but a lot of guys ended up in there because of me. I was really good at pissing guys off and making them act out so they’d get a penalty

MrNiceGuy: lol I’m not the least bit surprised

Sinbin: you’re not?

MrNiceGuy: no. I picked up that you’re a bit of a brat

My neck heated slightly. If anyone else had said that my defenses would have immediately gone up, but he wasn’t wrong.

Sinbin: maybe a little

MrNiceGuy: what kinds of things do you enjoy?

MrNiceGuy: that’s a question people ask when they’re doing the small talk thing, right? I’m the world’s biggest introvert so I have no idea how to do this either

That made me pause. Nice was an introvert? But he was so confident and commanding over the phone. It was weird to think that he might be shy and quiet in his real life.

Sinbin: I’m an introverted extrovert, at least that’s what one of the drs who prescribed me anxiety meds said. I like to bearound people but when I hit my social battery limit, I hit it hard and I shut down

Sinbin: but you asked what I enjoy. Is it weird that I can’t think of anything lmao

MrNiceGuy: not weird. I put you on the spot

Sinbin: I love hockey, obviously, but I’m not really that into anything now. I used to like working out but haven’t been to the gym in ages. I really like to cook but I’ve been so stressed I’m barely eating, so I haven’t done that in forever either

Sinbin: I like cars, that’s pretty much the only thing I still enjoy

MrNiceGuy: you like cars? Like in general or to work on?

I started to type out that I was a mechanic but stopped myself. I was so comfortable with Nice I’d forgotten that we didn’t exchange those kinds of details.

Sinbin: both, but definitely like working on them

That was neutral enough. Lots of people who weren’t in the industry liked working on cars

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