The sun was shining rather bright through the curtains of the couples room. Shinra'd been awake for nearly an hour while Celty slept away in the confines of the blankets and pillows. Of course, he'd been beyond careful not to wake her when he woke, slowly crawling over her, then placing a soft kiss to her forehead. When she'd finally woken, the sun was filling the room, and she squinted her eyes with the utmost displeasure. It was morning and she had to get out of bed at some point.

Rolling over, she swung her arm to the other side of the bed to find that the space was empty and Shinra had, in fact, already gotten out of bed. It was then that she realized she'd no clue what time it was. Shoving the blankets off of her, she turned and slipped her slippers onto her feet and silently walked into the living room.

"Celty! Good morning! How did you sleep?" Shinra turned around at his desk as soon as he heard her in the room behind him. She was leaning against the door frame that lead into the small computer space they kept.

"Pretty well, thank you." Her eyes still had traces of sleep in them, and her lips were upturned in a soft, welcoming smile. Auburn hair unkempt, and clothes wrinkled, it was obvious she'd been awake for no more than ten minutes.

Every time she spoke his face lit up like a small child at the aquarium, watching fireworks, anything that would make a child light up with joy as Shinra did. He'd waited for so, so long to hear her voice, and now he'd be able to hear it every day. It was the little things, her laugh, her humming a tune while she did everyday chores, the idle whispers exchanged between them in the wee hours of the night, being able to express her emotion oh, so much better to him (though he was able to read it just fine before). These things could make Shinra's day so much better in the blink of an eye.

The face he'd made when she spoke made a laugh bubble up inside her throat, filling the air around them with a lighthearted kind of feeling. It was nice, Celty thought, that they could share moments of happiness. It was nice to know he hadn't grown tired of her at all, and he'd been with her every step of the way from Ireland to Japan, from his childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. He was so important. The first human she'd ever genuinely cared about, and still did after so long.

"We should go out today! What do you say?" Shinra's voice cut her thoughts off as he stood, coffee mug in hand. He'd probably already had a good three cups of coffee, but he always had quite a bit in the morning, what with his sleeping issues.

Celty's eyes followed him across the room, into the kitchen as he took the last bit of coffee. Her eyebrows furrowed as she worried at her lip with her teeth. "I haven't been out, except on jobs. And even then I'm wearing my helmet."

Taking a small sip from his cup, he raised an eyebrow, "Really? It's been about a month now, and you've never even considered it?" He made a face after he spoke, then put a teaspoon of sugar into his mug, stirring it with the spoon.

She shrugged, "Of course I have, but I'm scared for people's reactions. They'll think I'm some random person, but once I tell my friends who I am, I'm afraid-"

"Celty, why worry about that?" He shot his signature smile her way, his eyes soft and it made her weak, "If I love you either way, why wouldn't anyone else?"

Walking into the room in front of her, she pulled the chair from it's spot with a soft scrape, and sat. "Because you're you. Only you could love a girl without a head and still love her when she finally gets it back."

"On the contrary, my dear Celty. Only a fool could ignore your kind-hearted spirit." Shinra sat in the seat across from his green-eyed beauty.

She shot a firm look his way, "Stop that." She smiled a little anyways, "But do you really think it'll be okay?"

"I know it'll be okay."

With a nod, she stood, stepping away from the table and pushing her chair in, "I'm taking a shower. Then we can go, alright?"

Before he could reply, Celty was already in the bathroom, the door locked and all. She'd started locking the door after she'd caught Shinra trying to peek in on a few occasions. The consequences for that was a firm punch to the shoulder and a locked bathroom door any time she was bathing. After reaching into the shower to turn the water on, she unbuttoned the pink pyjama top she was wearing and stepped out of her pants. When she stepped into the shower, the hot water hitting her back felt nice, and it relaxed her. Regaining her head had brought on so many changes she'd never thought about. Why was she so nervous to be around her friends now? She was scared for their reactions. She was nervous as to how they'd react when she didn't have a head, now she was scared to know what they'd say when she did. Would they know it was her? Probably not.

These were the thoughts running through her mind as she washed her hair, lathered the soap over her body and washed everything away. It took some getting used to, having hair to wash. But it was nice. She felt whole again. Reaching for the handle, she turned the shower off and stepped out, wrapping her towel around herself before she walked out of the bathroom. She saw Shinra peek around the corner as she walked straight to their room and she muttered a warning in his direction.

Sliding their closet open, she saw the large amount of clothing the two of them possessed. Shinra had gone clothing shopping for the two of them on multiple occasions. Though she was rarely seen wearing anything but the slick black of her catsuit, she appreciated the face he put thought into real clothing for her.

Picking through the clothing on the hangers, she chose a black, white collared shirt and paired it with a pink colored skirt. It'd been a long while since she'd worn normal day clothes, let alone any kind of skirt. She felt nice, though. It felt nice to be dressed nicely and have the opportunity to look nice, so she took the chance to her advantage and finally used the makeup she'd bought a week ago, and put her hair up. If she was going to go out with Shinra, she'd look nice.

Shoving all of the makeup into the small bag she'd bought to put it in, she threw it rather sloppily on the wooden dresser in the room the two shared. Pulling on a pair of shoes, she walked into the room again, a hair tie in her mouth as she struggled to pull her hair back. Shinra just smiled as he watched her, also dressed and ready do go. Nothing fancy, but not his normal button up and tie. It was going to be a good day, both of them could tell.

"Okay." Celty turned to him with a sigh of content, "Are we ready?"

"I'm thinking so." Shrina nodded, with eyes gleaming with happiness as he grabbed her hand and walked her out of the door.

With a small laugh, Celty trailed along, her pale, freckled cheeks rosy with happiness. This being their first real date. The first date they'd had that wouldn't be accompanied by stares of the other citizens of Ikebukuro. This was something Celty'd wanted for a long while. A life as close to normal as it could possibly be. Of course she knew it still wouldn't be completely normal, what with her being inhuman and all, but it was close. They could carry conversations without the presence of technology, and share meals.

As her feet stepped out onto the concrete that was the streets of Ikebukuro, her lover's hand clasped around her own, she felt happy, and whole.

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry this took so long, and this chapter doesn't really have much to it! It's kind of a filler to lead up to the next chapter! And as for celty's outfit~ cgi/set?id=155921108 is how i imagined it! Anyways, chapter 4 is gonna be up asap!