Chapter 7
Dinner Date
Asuka looks in the mirror in excitement as she is wearing a beautiful short emerald dress with the skirt only going down to her knees. She is also wearing matching high heels with little white flowers on top, which made her even more elegant than ever.
"Oh, this is beautiful, everyone!" Asuka exclaims. "I love it!"
"That's great!" Katsuragi says as she crosses her arms with a toothy grin on her face. "But thank Ikaruga. She's the one who chose that dress for you."
"It was nothing really," the dark haired girl says while waving her hand back and forth.
"I hope you two have a good time," Hibari says as she trots over towards the granddaughter of Hanzo. "You'll have to tell us all about it when you get back!"
"I will," Asuka assures her. She pets the small girl with a smile on her face with Hibari giggling.
Yagyuu steps in and smiles as well. "Good luck, Asuka."
"Thanks," Asuka says. She grabs her small bag and starts to exit the apartment. "I'll see you all later!"
All of her shinobi friends bid her farewell with tons of "Good-byes" and "Have a good time".
Asuka happily skips along the sidewalk for a bit before slowing down. She didn't want to ruin her dress that easily since she could trip and fall on the dirty pavement. And what will Homura think of her in that dress when they meet each other at the fancy restaurant? She'll be happy to see her, no doubt. However, how come Homura left the apartment to go see Haruka and the others? Perhaps to try on her dress, as Asuka may think. Still with a smile on her face, Asuka continues to walk down the sidewalk as she is on her way to the restaurant with a little map on her phone to tell her which way to go.
**Haruka's Apartment**
"Um, you guys?" Homura says while raising an eyebrow. She looks down at the outfit she's wearing. "Why do I have to wear this tuxedo?"
Haruka clasps her hands together. "Aw, come on, dearie. It looks great on you~!"
"B-but how will Asuka react when she sees me like this!?" The Crimson Squad leader is blushing the color of her crimson form. "I'm not a guy, you know!?"
"Oh, but you were the one who proposed to her, right~?" Haruka says, stepping a bit closer to her friend. "And men are the only ones who propose to their lovers. So, I thought I might give you this tuxedo~!"
"Th-this is embarrassing," Homura stutters as she hugs herself. "I don't even want to go out there like this."
The honey blonde steps closer and wraps an arm around Homura. "Look, Homura-chan. All that matters is that Asuka-chan is waiting for you. Waiting to have a wonderful dinner date with you. And you can't be late for that. Or are you going to just hide, embarrassed all night~?"
Homura blushes as she hears Haruka mentioning Asuka wanting to enjoy this lovely date. Maybe it's not so bad going out there in this tuxedo and she just has to look past her embarrassment. The Crimson Squad Leader smiles and pats her friend's head.
"Thanks, Haruka," she says. "I will definitely have a good time with Asuka."
The honey-blonde nods as she hugs her friend for a second before pulling away. "Now, go along. Asuka-chan's waiting for you~."
Homura nods as she grabs her jacket and heads off after waving Haruka good-bye and heads out of Haruka's apartment. Haruka lowers her hand and puts a fist on her chest with a smile.
"I'm glad…Homura-chan and Asuka-chan are a happy couple. I know for sure that they'll have a great time."
**At the Restaurant**
Asuka glances at her watch again while more and more people enter the fancy restaurant. She's waiting outside the entrance, trying to not get in people's way as they enter the wonderful place. Piano music can be heard every time the doors open, the smell of steak is making her hungry and loud chattering can be heard all over the place. Asuka takes one last glance at her watch, which says "8:30 pm".
"I'm sure Homura-chan can make it," she says to herself. "I just know it."
Just then, as if on cue, she hears some footsteps come toward her. She turns and sees her girlfriend in a tuxedo. Her gold eyes widen in surprise as she stares at the Crimson Squad Leader, who is blushing furiously.
"H-Homura-chan…" she says.
Oh, no! Homura thinks to herself. She already thinks it's weird on me! Oh, Haruka, you idiot!
"You look…great!"
Huh!? The tan-skinned girl jolts her head up in surprise.
The granddaughter of Hanzo trots over to her lover and hugs her as a greeting. "That looks amazing on you, Homura-chan! Where did you get it?"
"U-um, from Haruka," Homura answers. "She…she thought that it would be nice if i were to go on this date looking like this. S-so…I-I hope you don't mi-"
Some lips colliding with hers interrupts her, which is the right moment at the right time. Homura needed that. She closes her eyes as she relaxes her body and returns the heartwarming kiss before pulling away.
"I like your outfit, Homura-chan," she says, tenderly. "I really do."
The Crimson Squad Leader smiles as she caresses her lover's cheek. "Thank you, Asuka."
The granddaughter of Hanzo steps ahead while gently tugging her. "Now then, shall we go?"
Homura nods as she and her girlfriend enter the restaurant, hand in hand. Upon stepping into the restaurant, a girl with ash-brown hair, probably about their age, dressed in a maid's outfit greets them with a cute smile.
"Welcome back, Master~!" she greets. "A party for two?"
The couple nod.
The ash-brown haired girl grabs two menus and gestures her hand to her right. "Right this way, please."
Asuka and Homura follow the girl. Homura looks around and notices other girls dressed in maid's outfits and raises an eyebrow. One girl with ocean blue hair is nervously greeting the other guests while a ginger haired girl happily takes another couple to their table.
Wow, Homura thinks to herself. Does this restaurant even require this type of service? She softly sighs. Of course it does. Just by looking around her, it's obvious that there are like 9 girls in maid's outfits around this huge restaurant, serving and taking people's orders.
"What's wrong, Homura-chan?" Asuka asks as she pulls a bit closer to her girlfriend. She is linking arms with her as they continue to follow the ash-brown haired girl towards outside of the restaurant. Piano music can be heard clearly from there and the two can see bright lights of the city in front of them. There are candles lit on each table with white table clothes. The smell of the food fills Asuka and Homura's nostrils, making them even hungrier than earlier. The ash-brown haired girl gestures her hand towards a round table for two.
"Please, have a seat," she says. She holds out the two menus as the couple sit down across from each other. "And here's your menus. Today's special will be right on there. If you two have any questions, feel free to ask me."
"Hey, Minalinsky-chan!" a young woman calls. "I need another bottle of wine over here!"
"I'll get it right away, ma'am!" the girl called Minalinsky calls back and turns back to Asuka and Homura. "I'll be back with drinks, you two." With a bow, Minalinsky walks off to retrieve the bottle of wine the woman had ordered.
"She's…so cute~!" Asuka says, watching the ash-brown haired girl walk away.
Homura looks over to Minalinsky, who turns towards the kitchen. A slight feel of jealousy comes within the Crimson Squad Leader, but decides to hold it back. She knows that Asuka won't fall for a girl like that, even though that girl is cute.
"So, this is it," Asuka says, after breaking the silence for about a few minutes. "I'm glad Haruka-san planned all this out. This is really a beautiful experience. Just you and me. In this fancy restaurant."
Homura nods in agreement. "Mm-hmm. I'm glad to be on this date with you, Asuka."
She takes her lover's hands and kisses them tenderly, making the Hanzo girl blush deeply. After about a few minutes, Minalinsky comes back with a tray of drinks and places the glasses on the table. She then gets out a pen and notepad.
"Are you guys ready to order?" she asks.
Asuka jumps at the question, as she realizes that she hasn't looked at the menu yet. She looks over at Homura for a response, but the Crimson Squad Leader just smiles and takes the two menus.
"Both of us would like the steak special, please," she says, handing Minalinsky the menus.
The ash-brown haired girl smiles back as she happily takes back the menus. "Great choice~! I'll be back with your orders in a while~!" With another bow, Minalinsky walks off to the kitchen to tell the chefs the order.
There is silence except for the beautiful piano music in the background. Homura stares at her girlfriend, wearing that beautiful emerald dress that hugged her wonderful body. And the candle light that made her facial features stand out. The daughter of Master Hanzo, had grown into such a beautiful young woman. And Homura is lucky to have her. Very lucky.
Asuka sighs with bliss as she looks at her girlfriend lovingly. "Hey, Homura-chan?"
"Yes?"
"Remember the time you tried to confess to me?" Asuka inquires.
Homura blushes, but nods.
"Ah, that was the most wonderful moment I've ever had," Asuka says. "It was a few weeks after I found out you had survived the fall of Hebijo. You were really nervous when you called me and meet at the park."
Homura blushes more as she nods at the memory. She can clearly remember the whole event that happened when she tried to confess to the granddaughter of Master Hanzo.
**Flashback**
Homura fidgeted with her fingers nervously as she stood in the park. Yesterday, she had practiced over and over in her head on how to confess towards Asuka, for she realized that she has had feelings for her. And it was probably because Asuka had been kind to her and let her know that there are good people in the world that she can still trust. And Asuka was one of them. She even helped Homura defeat Dougen and his goons. So, Homura had kept her feelings to herself, not letting Asuka know about it until a few weeks later. Thanks to Haruka's encouragement, Homura had called Asuka and told her to meet her at the park to tell her something very important.
Homura glanced at her watch when she heard footsteps coming towards her. She looked up and there was Asuka trotting towards her with a wave.
"Hi, Homura-chan!" she greeted.
"H-hey, Asuka." Homura greeted back, blushing.
The granddaughter of Hanzo stopped to catch her breath and faces the Crimson Squad Leader. "So, what's up, Homura-chan? What did you want to talk about?"
Homura blushed furiously as she fiddled with her fingers more. She swallowed hard as she gathered up all her courage to speak up.
"S-say, Asuka," she said. "D-do you have someone…you like?"
"Hm? Why do you ask that all of a sudden?" Asuka tilted her head with a cute confused expression.
"W-well…I was just curious…" Homura answered.
Asuka rubbed her chin in thought before speaking up. "Well…I like everyone. Katsu-nee, Ikaruga-san and Hibari-chan. They are my good friends, so-"
"N-no, that's not what I meant!" Homura sighed heavily at Asuka being a bit of a ditz. "I mean..um…you know…'like', like. A-and, um…Ah! This is so embarrassing!"
"What's embarrassing?" Asuka inquired.
The Crimson Squad Leader blushed even harder than earlier. "U-um, nothing! Nothing's embarrassing!"
"Then, why is your face all red?"
"Um, I…" Honestly, Homura cannot come up with any more lies. She sighed heavily once again with Asuka still having her cute expression show on her face.
"Asuka," she said. "Th-the reason I'm saying all this is because…I'm in love."
"In love? With who?"
"W-well…she's cute, has a slightly ditzy personality, but is determined to try her best not only for herself, but for the sake of others as well. She's also…got a kind heart inside her."
It took the granddaughter of Hanzo a few minute to figure out who that person is. "Wait a minute. Is that person…me?"
Homura nodded while still blushing.
Asuka smiled, blushing as well. "Oh, Homura-chan. I…I don't know what to say. Y-you really love me?"
Homura nodded again as she approached the Hanzo academy girl and cups her cheeks. "Yes, Asuka. I love you very much." With that, she presses her lips against Asuka's. Asuka's gold eyes widen in shock at the sudden kiss. She had never felt Homura's lips so…soft and moist. And it felt just right for her. The granddaughter of Hanzo wrapped an arm around Homura as they continue to kiss until they pulled away due to lack of oxygen.
"Is that proof enough for you?" Homura asked.
The granddaughter of Hanzo blushed furiously as small tears of happiness fall from her eyes. She slowly raises her other hand to caress Homura's cheek. Homura-chan," Asuka whispered. "Homura-chan…I…I love you, too."
Homura blushed. "Y-you do?"
"Yes. I really do!" Asuka pressed her lips against Homura's for another heartwarming kiss.
This kiss lasted a bit longer than earlier. Asuka wrapped her arms around Homura's neck as the kissing continued before pulling away again. They pressed each other's foreheads with smiles on their faces as they whispered to each other.
"I love you."
**End of Flashback**
"Ah, that takes me back," Asuka says with another sigh of bliss. "I will never, ever forget that day."
Homura nods in agreement. She takes her lover's hand and kisses it tenderly, making Asuka blush. "I'm very glad to have fallen in love with you, Asuka. Thank you for loving me."
"Same to you, Homura-chan," Asuka replies. "Thank you for taking me on this date. It's been a wonderful time so far."
"I'm very glad you're enjoying it."
Minalinsky comes over with both of their orders on a large tray. "Here are your orders." She sets both of the plates down in front of the couple.
In the plates are steaming hot steak with mashed potatoes and brocoli. Homura and Asuka smile as they are eager to dig into their food.
"Is there anything else you'd like?" Minalinsky asks.
"No, we're good," Homura replies.
Minalinsky smiles and bows. "Okay. Well, enjoy your meal~!"
As soon as the ash-brown haired girl leaves, the couple start eating. Homura starts to cut into her steak and eats it. The juicy taste fills her mouth and smiles.
"Wow!" Homura says. "This is really good!"
"I know, right?" Asuka agrees as she bites into her steak the second time. She takes a bite of the mashed potatoes, too. "The potatoes are also good."
Homura nods in agreement. The two continue eating their lovely dinner for a few minutes. The tan-skinned girl is almost done with her steak when she notices her girlfriend holding out a piece in front of her.
"Would you like a piece more, Homura-chan~?" she inquires, kindly.
Homura shrugs with a smile as she obliges. Once she swallows it, she takes the last piece of steak and holds it out to her.
"Mind if I return the favor?" she asks.
"Sure thing~!" Asuka happily eats the last piece, chews and swallows. "So good~!"
"Hehe~! I'm glad."
Pretty soon, after about 20 minutes, the couple finish their food. Both plates are empty as they rub their bellies with glee.
"Ahhh~! That was really good!" Asuka says.
"It sure was," Homura agrees.
Minalinsky brings in the check soon after and Homura pays for the food and such. After about a few minutes, the waitress comes back with the receipt.
"Thank you and have a great day," Minalinsky says as she trots over to her two girlfriends and happily talks with them for a few minutes, probably about the great service she provided for a lovely lesbian couple like Homura and Asuka.
After getting situated, the couple leave the restaurant hand in hand. They could still hear the piano still playing, even when they were out of the restaurant. Asuka looks around to see where else the piano music is coming from. She turns and there is another girl with short green hair in a tuxedo, just like Homura, and the other next to her is a girl with short orange hair in a beautiful blue dress. In the middle is a girl with red hair, playing the piano, probably for the two of them. They must have been taking a break from serving the customers and the red-haired girl is doing her job playing the piano for the guests.
Homura holds out her hand as Asuka turns toward her.
"May I have this dance, Asuka, my dear?" Homura asks, trying to mimic an English Accent.
Asuka blushes for a second while staring at her girlfriend's hand before gently grasping it.
"I sure will, Homura, my dear~." she replies.
The red-head continues to play as she smiles at the lovely couple. Homura and Asuka dance passionately along the beautiful music. The short green haired girl smiles as she claps her hands with joy, seeing the lovely couple dance.
"Kayo-chin," the orange haired girl says. "Be careful, nya! You know what would happen, right, nya~?"
"I…I can't help it!" Few drops of blood spout from her nose, even when she tries to cover it up. "They are just…so beautiful together!"
The red-haired girl ignores her as she keeps on playing the piano. Homura and Asuka barely notice the green haired girl's nosebleed problems as they are too focused on each other dancing together. Homura raises Asuka's arm, signaling her to twirl, in which she does. Then, they intertwine hands and pull each other close, with their foreheads touching. Smiles appear on their faces as they stare at each other, lovingly.
"I love you, Homura-chan," she whispers. "I'm glad to get married to you."
"No problem," Homura whispers back as she kisses her on the forehead. "Besides, you're my one and ONLY bride for me."
"Oh, Homura-chan~!"
The two lean in and give each other a passionate, heartwarming kiss to make it another wonderful memory for this wonderful date. Both of them are very happy about this night and will treasure this memory for as long as they live. After pulling away, Homura holds out her hand. Asuka gently grips it. And the couple walk off with the full moon shining upon them, with their clothing standing out beautifully under the night sky.
Meanwhile, a lot of blood is splattered coming from the green haired girl's nose, making her faint.
"Oh! Kayo-chin, nya!" the orange haired girl groans. "Not again!"
A/N: Well, everyone. This is a very special chapter for this lovely couple and I had fun writing it~! The best part is that I added some familiar characters and I think you fans know what it is, if you watched that series that is. Also, Minalinsky is Kotori, but she will be known as Minalinsky in this chapter. Besides, this idea came to my head and I decided "Screw it! Minalinsky-chan can be anywhere!" So, I did it with this chapter.
So, yes. Also, I took the Kayo-chin thing from Major Mike Powell's stories, so yeah. Just to give him credit. (fiddles with the hem of her skirt).
A-anyways, feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review~! ;)
Also, it's an early Christmas present to you all, including Major Mike Powell III and EasyGo-kun.
