A/N: Oh my god, I'm sorry it's been so long. I've been fighting a bad case of the what-the-hell-should-I-have-happen-nexts. So, sorry if this chapter's just filler and a bit too short. I promise the next one will be eventful. I'm getting my wisdom teeth taken out on Thursday, so I'll be home for Thursday and Friday. I should have plenty of time to get on that. The problem is, I know what I want to happen, I just don't know how to get there at the moment. Things should fall in place soon, though. Thanks for all your support!

Chapter Four

We spent the next few hours asking random questions in the attempt to get to know each other. I ended up having to tell Tony the entire story about how Sleipnir came to be. He'd laughed at the idea of being raped by a horse, but he'd fallen silent when I hit his shoulder. When I asked him about the odd glowing circle in his chest, he just sighed and looked down.

"I made it. Years ago this company of mine was completely different. We used to make weapons for the military, now it's more of an energy thing. I was in Afghanistan, showing the military the weapon I was selling them. On the way back I was riding in a Jeep with some of the guys and one girl from the army since they were escorting me back. My own bombs attacked us. I was wounded and kidnapped by a group of terrorists called the Ten Rings.

"They put me in a cave along with another man named Yinsen. He and I grew to become good friends while I was there. He helped me get some of the shrapnel out of my chest, but not all of it. He'd stuck an electromagnet hooked up to a car battery into my chest. The terrorists who'd kidnapped me wanted me to make them one of my missiles. Of course, I didn't so that. Instead I used the stuff they gave me to make the first prototype of the Arc Reactor and the Iron Man suit.

"Since then, they've gotten better and improved and all that. It's still not the best it could be, but it works for now." He explained, as I listened intently to his story. For one of the few times in my rather long life, my silver tongue had turn to lead. I was speechless and had nothing really to say in response to the story, or nothing that sounded intelligent at all.

We spent another few minutes in an awkward silence before the awkwardness in the air between us merely made us laugh. We smiled at each other and laughed a bit more before happily resting against each other. It was rather like a cuddle, though not quite so close. Our heads leant together as we sat there on the couch.

After a bit, I heard Tony sigh a bit before feeling his soft lips press up against my left temple. We finished off the pizza in no time, getting full from the odd food. "So, what do we do now?" I asked softly, looking over at the slightly shorter man next to me.

Tony chuckled a bit and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, I don't know. I haven't really ben in a lot of relationships like this before. You're the first one I've ever kissed and then felt something for. I guess, um, do you want to go out on a date tonight or something?"

I merely cocked my head to one side, trying to make sense of what the other was saying. "I don't know what a date is..." I replied slowly, not really knowing what to think or what to do.

"Oh, right. A date is something that two people go on to get to know each other. I can be dinner or a movie or pretty much anything where it's just the two of you. Usually when people go on a first date together, they usually think of each other as potential boyfriends or girlfriends." He explained to me with a soft smile playing at his lips.

"So, you're asking to court me?"

He gave me a confused look for a second before realization lit up his face. "Yeah, I guess so, yeah." He replied with a soft chuckle, his lips spreading into a nice smile.

"Then, I accept." I replied with a smile to match his, gently placing my hand over his own. He gently intertwined our fingers together and leaned in to press soft kisses to my cheeks and nose.

I felt a sort of warmth spread throughout my chest at the feeling of the sweet kisses. It felt rather nice to have someone to hold my hand and kiss my face lovingly. I'd never been in a relationship with anybody before, so I was afraid I wouldn't know what to do when we did go on that date that Tony had spoken about. I didn't want to make Tony think I was entirely incompetent when it came to interacting with other people and romance. The only problem was that that was exactly how I was when it came to things like this.

I'd fancied plenty of people throughout my long life, all of them male. I never knew exactly what to do or say around them and was always ashamed of the way I'd seemed to find other males more alluring than females. The only one I'd ever told about this was my mother, though she said not to worry about it. It helped a bit, though I still felt like an outcast in my family.

I felt Tony kiss my cheeks again; chasing away the thoughts and bringing me back to reality. I smiled and leaned into him happily, kissing his cheek in return.

"So, a date tonight. How about dinner and a movie?" Tony asked with a small smile, giving my hand a gentle squeeze.

"That sounds lovely, Tony." I said honestly as I leaned into him happily, kissing his cheek softly. We sat like that for a while more, flirting and kissing each other chastely like a couple of teenagers. I was more than excited for our 'date', though I had absolutely no idea what a 'movie' was.