The young man with hair of midnight blue sat at the table, mindlessly fiddling with the cutlery laid in front of him as he looked out the window, eyes searching in the pouring rain outside for the woman he was waiting for.
"Arnold!" A familiar cheerful voice called out to the man, and he looked up to see the person he had been waiting for the past twenty minutes or so. "Isabella," he greeted in return with a welcoming smile on his face.
"I'm so sorry I'm late, you know, the rain…" the woman apologized as she brushed away a strand of her long light brown locks, the same time nodding in thanks to the waiter who had just handed her a menu. She then turned back to Arnold with a small nervous shrug and an apologetic smile, "And I had to go pick up something just now."
"It's alright," Arnold smiled reassuringly. "Do you want to order something now?"
"In fact, no," Isabella shook her head enthusiastically with a mischievous grin, "not before I give you this." Excitedly she took out from her handbag a small box and laid it in front of Arnold. "This little thing was what made me late. I was originally expecting to have it earlier than today."
"Mind if I have a look now?" Arnold asked, though with the expectant gaze the woman was giving him he knew that he would have to open the present even without him asking. As he opened the small white box, an expensive looking watch revealed itself.
With a mixture of nervousness and eagerness Isabella asked while eyeing the watch the blunet was already wearing, "Do you like it? I see you wearing that same old watch all the time, so I thought maybe you'd like a new one."
Isabella looked back at Arnold as he concentrated on his own watch he was wearing; she was expecting a thankful reply from him, but the moment she saw the complicated expression on his face, she understood that he probably was not appreciating the gift as she hoped he would.
Then came the reply, almost hesitantly, "This was a gift from an old friend. It reminds me of the days when things were more…simple. But I guess it is time to move on." He looked at the Isabella thankfully, as if she had just woken him up from dream that lasted a decade long. "So, thank you."
Relieved and delighted by his response, Isabella gave a smile of content.
"But…" Arnold started again with a hint of curiosity in his voice, "you didn't tell me what the occasion was."
Isabella immediately sat up, and with a playful pout she raised the menu in her hands, then softly landing it on the top of Arnold's head. "It's the sixth month anniversary of us being together, you silly! I know we're still just dating, and it's not really such a big deal, but I think it's still something worth a bit of celebrating!"
Arnold looked at her with wide eyes, "I'm sorry," he immediately apologized, knowing how sensitive the other gender group can be when it came to small details like this. "I'm sorry, I had no idea…And I didn't get you anything…I-"
"It's alright," Isabella quickly cut his rambling off with a wave of her hand. For a moment Arnold thought she was just pretending not to be angry, but when he saw that sincere and comforting grin filled with playfulness, he knew that she was genuine with her words. "I know, men aren't good at remembering these things," she added teasingly.
"Right. I promise I'll make up to you." Arnold replied admittedly.
"Then…you take me to the zoo this Saturday, since you promised last time but never had time for it." Isabella leaned forward with her eyes narrowed accusingly at her boyfriend.
Arnold simply returned with a grin. "Deal."
A/N: So, here it is!! Har har har, I finally did it. My first completely AU multi-chaptered fic.
And erm, rating may change, so don't say I didn't warn you. But I don't think there'll be anything too explicit simply because I don't know, don't plan on learning, and don't want to write lemon. Still, I will warn you a chapter or two before the rating goes up, just in case you want to read the fic but not putting it on alert.
Oh, and also, beware of OOCness…someone please give me a shout if this problem is seems to be getting out of hand. Thanks!!
Right, now that all warnings are given, let's go on to the next chapter!! (Yes, as to apologize for making all those false promises on my profile page but not updating even once in the past -gasp- two and a half months, I've done two chapters. Hope you guys accept my…well, utmost apologies.)