I've been working on this for a while now. It's for Crazzy8855's TWT contest. All the characters are in college and I made it a little AU by making this all of the couples' first Valentine's Day together. You may need to read The Here and Now Part 1 for this, but you don't really have to. There's just some details brought up in there that are in here, but not until the 3rd and 4th chapters. And I kinda jumped to conclusions, so some of these couples haven't officially been a couple yet in my main TWT series, but I assume you all saw who was going to end up with who anyway.
Ked
Fred POV
"I can't wait to see what you planned for us to do today!" Kairi spoke in her usual chipper way and giggled as she spoke.
"Um, yeah. You're gonna love it." What was she talking about?
"Can you give me a little hint?"
"Sorry."
"Please?" she whined.
"Nope."
"Oh, fine. I can't wait! I love you!"
"You too." I hung up my cell and sighed. Crap. Kairi seemed hyper today, like more than usual. So that meant that something was happening today that I should know about. Or she'd be mad. Really mad. I tried to think. It wasn't our anniversary. I remember that was sometime in the summer, and there was snow on the ground. It wasn't Christmas because there weren't any colorful lights on outside. So…
I got up and walked to the fridge to get a soda, thinking. My mom's stupid looking nature calendar hung on the door. She had crossed off the days that had passed already and there was a small heart sticker on today's date. Must be my parent's anniversary or something. I shrugged. It was February fourteenth. I opened the fridge and grabbed a Coke. It was re-themed to be pink for Valentine's Day. I never understood why they did that. It was just annoying and dumb looking. And besides, Valentine's Day already passed hadn't it?
A dropped my Coke. The floor turned sticky as liquid sprayed from the can.
"Shit." I grabbed a towel and wiped it up.
Kairi was going to kill me. I'd forgotten it was Valentine's Day, her favorite holiday. That's why she was so excited to see me today. What was I going to do? No doubt all the good restaurants were booked, and it's not like I was creative enough to come up with anything good on my own. Man was I screwed.
I frantically picked up my cell and called Joe. Maybe he could help. I'm sure he had something planned with Sydney. Though I couldn't take his idea, because I knew Kairi was going to ask what they did tomorrow, he should still be able to give me an idea. Right?
"Hello?" I heard Joe's groggy voice. I glanced at the clock. It was ten, why wasn't he up?
"Hey, you got a sec?"
"Uh," There was a short silence, then I heard some rustling and a closing door, "Hurry."
"What are you and Syd doing for Valentine's Day today?"
"What?"
"I kinda forgot what today was…"
I heard him sigh, "Kairi's going to be really pissed."
"So you see my problem. Got any solutions?"
"No. I'm not the one dating Kairi. I don't know what she likes."
"No, but come on, just give me something."
"Sorry, dude. You got yourself into this mess, you're going to have to get yourself out."
"But-"
"Goodbye, Fred."
I heard a click and then silence. I closed my phone. Well he wasn't very helpful. That was a waste of my time.
I walked into my room and turned on my computer. I clicked on the internet and typed "Valentine's Day date ideas" into Google. Okay, so maybe I was a jerk for doing this and deserved whatever Kairi did to me, but that didn't mean I wanted it to happen.
Let's see… a lot of ideas were about going to the beach. That wouldn't work because A) This is New York, there are no beaches, and B) Its only ten degrees outside. Next. A romantic dinner. I already thought about that. Next. Go dancing. I can't dance. Next. Propose. Heh, not happening. Next.
I kept looking through the lists, but I couldn't find anything good. I sighed and turned off the computer. What the hell was I going to do? Valentine's Day was not meant for guys. We're not capable of dealing with this stuff. It's not like I could invite her over and cook her some big romantic meal. I glanced at the pizza take-out menu on the floor. But I could invite her over and order a romantic meal. She'd never have to know. I smiled and grabbed my cell phone one last time.
"Hey, Baby!" Kairi jumped up and kissed my cheek. She stepped back and I got a full look at her outfit. She wore a hot pink, v-neck, strapless dress with a small, matching band tied around her upper waist.
I grinned, "Hey."
"So, what's the surprise you mentioned earlier?"
"Follow me." I grabbed her hand and pulled her into the kitchen.
She gasped. "Fred!" She wrapped her arms around me.
In front of us were several candles and plates of Italian food ordered from down the street. Shh…
"You must've been planning this forever!"
I shrugged, "It just sort of hit me."
Kairi bounced up and down with joy, "Well come on!" She dragged me over to the table and sat down.
I smirked, "Like it?"
"I love it!" She looked down at her food and frowned. Uh oh, "You didn't cook this did you?"
"Of course I did. What kind of guy do you think I am? The kind that forgets that it's Valentine's Day and then has so come up with some quick, romantic idea?" I chuckled nervously.
"Well, no. But," she paused and bent under the table. She came back up with a small piece of paper in her hand. What was that? "This was stuck to the bottom of my heel," she handed me what she was holding.
Oh crap.
I looked at the recite for the take-out I ordered at the last minute. Whoops. I meant to throw that out. I blushed, "Sorry, Kairi. I didn't have time, plus I'm not a good cook and-"
She kissed me, "I still love it."
"Really?"
She smiled broadly, "It's totally you!" She looked down at her food and began to eat, "and it's really delicious!"
I leaned back in my chair. This was great. I never even worried for a second.
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