So I'm sorry about the wait and this is not all of it I just thought that the wait was long so I'm posting this chapter to hold you over until the rest comes out. BTW this chapter has a twist that some of you might have not seen coming and let me tell you that there are going to be a lot more curveballs to come! Thx. 3


To: Hiro-san

Message: Ok it's fine. I mean its work so I understand, just… hurry back.

Nowaki just sat there not knowing what to do sense he would be waiting there for a little longer. Nowaki looked at the black box on his nightstand. He sighed and closed the drawer.

He stood and just paced back and forth. "Maybe now I can think of some things we can do tonight."

Nowaki was sitting on the bed again thinking of what they could do when he heard the front door open.

Hiroki came bursting through the door. In a fit of panic Nowaki quickly hid the box under his pillow.

"Hi sorry I'm late. I had no idea that that meeting was going to happen."

"Oh no its fine we still a little time before the reservation."

Hiroki put his stuff down on the bed. "Ok cool. I want to take a quick shower and change before we go. I promise it will be quick."

"Ok."

Nowaki was waiting in the kitchen when Hiroki rushed out of the bedroom with his coat.

"Ok let's go." Hiroki started toward the door. He turned around and saw that Nowaki hadn't moved. "What's wrong? Come on we have to go or we are going to be late."

"I know I just… feel like I am forgetting to grab something."

Hiroki sighed. "Well do you have your phone?"

Nowaki patted his pocket, "Yeah."

"Wallet?"

Nowaki felt his back pocket. "I have that."

"Keys... jacket?"

Nowaki grabbed his keys from the counter, "Keys right here and my jacket is by the door."

Hiroki sighed, "Then what could you be forgetting?"

Nowaki shrugged.

"Then maybe it's not important. Can we go now?"

Nowaki started walking toward the door. "Yeah let's go."

"Thank you." Hiroki followed him out.

Once they reached the restaurant and got inside, Nowaki walked up to the lady, Aki, standing at the podium. "Hi, I have a reservation for seven."

"Name?"

"It's under Nowaki for two."

Aki looked at the book and then looked back up. "There is no reservation under the name 'Nowaki'."

"What."

She pointed at the book, "There is no reservation under that name. Are you sure that you made one?"

"Yes I did. I called yesterday."

"Ok one minute please I'll see if I can found out what happened." She walked away.

Nowaki sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

Hiroki walked up next to him. "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"They don't have our reservation."

"Well did you make one?"

"Yes, I called yesterday!"

Hiroki put up his hands, "Okay clam down. They'll figure it out."

"Sorry." Nowaki took a deep breath.

Aki and another female employee came back to the front podium and started to whisper to themselves, although Hiroki and Nowaki could still hear them.

Aki pointed to Nowaki, "Ok so he called and made a reservation for two at seven."

"Yeah and I wrote it down." The other employee put her hand on her hip.

"Where 'cause I don't see it?"

The other employee pointed at the paper, "Right here-" She looked closer. "I swear I wrote it down right here."

Aki looked at it and started to flip through a few pages. She stopped and looked at the other girl. "You put them down for the wrong date."

"What?"

Aki pointed at the page. "This says Thursday. Today is Wednesday. Since you put down the wrong day someone else took the reservation for today. Look; Thursday, Nowaki for two at seven. Wednesday, Usami Akihiko for two at seven."

Nowaki and Hiroki looked at each other, silently. They both sighed.

Aki continued to quietly yell at the other employee. "Plus you have to put down their first and last name or we can get people mixed up." She turned to look at Nowaki, "I am so sorry sir, she," gesturing to the other woman, "is new and doesn't really have a grasp on everything she needs to do here."

Nowaki looked at her worried, "So what about our reservation?"

"I can keep the one for tomorrow in the book and you can come back."

"Do you have any tables free right now or later on tonight?"

Aki check the pages. "I'm sorry, we are completely booked for the rest of tonight and we close at 10."

Nowaki ran his hand through his hair, "Ok well you can cancel the table for tomorrow." He slowly started to walk away.

Hiroki grabbed him but the arm. "Nowaki are you sure? We can come back tomorrow."

"No, it's fine; we'll just go somewhere else. You can cancel it." Nowaki pulled Hiroki close and whispered to him, "Honestly if they aren't going to take the time to teach their staff how to do things around here, I don't want to eat here. Let alone spend good money here."

Aki nodded as they walked the door.

Hiroki patted Nowaki on the back, "It's okay, stuff like this happens all the time. But you know what? I know a great sushi place about a block that way."

Nowaki smiled. "Ok, let's go."

"See I told you that this place was great."

Nowaki patted his belly, "No kidding, I'm so stuffed."

"Ha-ha. Me too. So what do you want to do now?"

Nowaki checked his watch, "Well it's only eight… What do you want to do? Oh wait how about some ice cream."

"But I thought you said you weren't hungry?"

"No I said I was stuffed and one can always make room for frozen delicious treats."

Hiroki rolled his eyes, "Yeah I guess you're right. Come on."

As they both walked they passed the jewelry store.

"Oh crap!" Nowaki stopped in his tracks.

"What? What's wrong?" Hiroki looked at him, confused.

"What, oh n-nothing." Nowaki sighed disappointed in himself.

"It really doesn't seem like nothing. You don't just yell 'oh crap' out of the blue for nothing."

"Hiro-san really it's nothing, okay? I just remembered what I forgot at home don't worry about it."

Hiroki shrugged it off and decided to let it go, "Ok whatever you say."

Nowaki started to yell at himself in his mind. "Stupid Nowak. How could you forget the ring? The freaking ring! Tonight was supposed to be the perfect night and now it's pretty much ruined now. I can't go back and get it now it would be too complicated to explain to Hiro-san. Now I have to find another night to do it. Perfect."

Nowaki finally came out of his head when they arrived at the ice cream shop. "So what do you want to do after this?" He leaned on the counter as Hiroki decided what flavor to get.

"I don't know everything so going to close soon anyway maybe we should go home."

"Well I was thinking we walked through the park or something to get home or take the long way."

"Why?" Hiroki told the employee what he wanted.

"Well to spend more time with you." Nowaki ordered his ice cream after Hiroki.

"But you have for the rest of the night, tomorrow and the next day and the next and… etc."

"Well time outside. It is a beautiful night after all."

"Yeah."

Nowaki sighed, "Although I wish we could have done something else but I have a surprise for you at home."

"Oh, really? It's kinda funny because I have a surprise for you too."

Nowaki looked up and smiled, "Can't wait to get home then."


More to come soon I am working on it!