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The drive to restaurant was filled with comfortable silence. Neither of us felt the need to fill it with small talk. From the way we had been going, the restaurant was on the edge of the city. Nothing too fancy but not too cheap either. I was glad for that, considering I wasn't ready for any super fancy things with Koujo just yet.

We finally reached the Italian restaurant and Lin quickly stepped out of side of the car and walked to my side to open my door. It was a gentlemanly gesture to which I couldn't help but smile about. The night was warm and where we were was a quiet place filled with little traffic noise and some people going in and out of neighboring places. It was rather nice and we walked inside.

The smell of garlic bread filled my nose. There were a few people dining as well and one of the waiter's had just brought out a small basket of freshly baked garlic bread. It smelled delicious and I couldn't wait to see the menu. We took a seat at booth that was beside the window and quickly a waiter came and handed us some menus and said he would be back shortly to get our drink orders. Both Lin and I nodded and looked at the drinks they had to offer. They had the usual array of fountain drinks and a few alcoholic drinks but I didn't feel like any of those so I just decided on water.

"What would you both like to drink this evening?" The waiter asked us. He was a tall man, maybe in his early thirties. He had short brunette hair that looked like it might be already starting to gray and he wore a comforting smile. His attire was just a white undershirt with a black apron over it with black pants and black shoes. It was nothing too fancy but it was very professional.

"I think I'm just going to have some water tonight, please." I said and he wrote it down before turning to look at Lin.

"And you, sir?" He politely and kindly asked.

"I'll just be having unsweetened tea with lemon, if you wouldn't mind." Koujo answered. The waiter left us with a parting smile and headed to the back. I looked over my menu to see what I wanted to eat, while my date did the same. The waiter was back with our drinks and set them down for us.

"Do you have your orders ready?" I nodded my head and set down my menu.

"I think I'll have your ravioli." He smiled and wrote it down. I wasn't feeling adventurous tonight and decided to go with what I knew. I had eaten ravioli once before and liked it so I didn't doubt I would like this one as well.

"I would like to have the Aglie e Olio without the red chili flakes if you don't mind." Koujo ordered. It took my breath away how finely he spoke the Italian dish. It seemed the waiter was slightly surprised too, considering Lin looked Asian and not one bit Italian. But I wasn't too surprised that he probably knew Italian. The man seemed to know almost everything under the sun.

"Your orders will be out shortly." Once again, he left with a parting smile and took our menus with him. I twiddled with my napkin, not knowing what to say now that there was nothing left to occupy my attention. I could feel his eyes on me and I knew that if I looked at him, he would have a small knowing smirk on his lips.

"Mai, you know, it's customary to at least look your date in the eyes." Lin quietly, but smugly, spoke. My face heated even more and then I could barely stand to twiddle with the napkin anymore. I heard him chuckle and I knew that he had an all-knowing smirk on his face. I took a deep breath and decided to look up at him.

"I knew it." I muttered under my breath.

"Hmm?" Lin hummed out, but I was sure he knew what I was talking about. I gave him a playful glare but the blush still adored my cheeks.

"I knew you'd be smirking." And he was. But my comment only fueled him further, causing my blush to brighten. I sighed and shook my head while looking back down at my napkin. I could feel his eyes just staring at me but I didn't know what to say, what to talk about even.

"I wonder why Naru thanked you when we left." I was more than grateful for Lin starting some sort of conversation and I looked up with a bright smile.

"I don't know but it sure was weird. Like I said, hell froze over. It's the only logical explanation." I did an amazing job keeping the smile from my face but I could keep it for long when I met Lin's eyes and I could tell he was holding back a laugh. I burst into giggles behind my hand and he let out a chuckle and a smirk, which was a lot considering who it was.

"Maybe someone drugged him. You didn't, by chance, see anything weird in his tea." Koujo was smiling as he asked this and I shook my head while laughing. Suddenly, the waiter was back and he placed our food down in front of us. Then he left and we both started to eat our dinner. Time went by in a flash and we both talked about just small things here and there while eating. Then, after we both finished our dinner, he took me home.

"I'll see you at work tomorrow." I smiled up at him. We were standing by my apartment door, the porch light dimly lighting it but it was enough for both of us.

"Goodnight, Mai. Sleep well." Then he leaned down and gave a gentle kiss to my cheek. Quickly my entire face flared a bright red but I couldn't help but to smile.

"Goodnight, Koujo. Be safe driving home, alright?" My face became serious quickly. He nodded his head and squeezed my hand gently before turning and walking down the steps of the staircase. I watched him leave and then turned and opened the door to my apartment. It was dark and I quickly flipped on the lights. I yawned and slipped off my shoes, still smiling because of the kiss to my cheek.

Shutting the door behind me, and locking it, I headed to my bedroom. I set my clothes that I had worn to work beside my bed, planning to wash them tomorrow. Then I slipped off my dress and got into my sleep clothing. I went and turned off the living room light and then went into my bedroom, turning off the light as well. Watching my footing, I slipped into the bed and almost immediately fell asleep.

Looking about, I suddenly realized I was in my living room, sitting on my couch. There was tea in front of me and a beautiful doll sitting right next to me. She was porcelain and had the same blank face all porcelain dolls had. Her glassy eyes stared forward at something no one would ever see. Her clothing was a Victorian light-green dress but she had no shoes. Her hair was a dark brunette that was put up into two small braids.

With the shake of my head, I turned to look back at my tea. I grasped the small tea cup and took a sip of it. Quickly I spit it out and gagged just a little bit. There was way too much honey in the tea and I wasn't sure why anyone would put that much honey in anyone's tea.

"I told you." I heard from beside me. I quickly whipped my head to the side to see if someone was there but no one was. It was just the doll and it was still sitting and staring like it had been moments before. But something was different about it. Its eyes now had life behind them that they hadn't had before. Then, the next thing I knew, it had turned its head and its mouth opened rather wide and I could feel myself getting sucked in.

A/N: I'm so sorry guys for not updating sooner. I had major writer's block on how to write a first date so this was all I could get. By the way, the dream she had was inspired by a song. If you can guess the name of the song (or the person who wrote it), I will put you [or an original character of yours] into the next case in my story. (If you guess the song but do not want an OC character of yours, or yourself, in the story, I will put something else in that you would like to see in the upcoming case.)