It was quite selfish really.

She has been holding back from letting the words slip from her mouth. Just thinking about it caused her face to blossom into a flustered red. How was she going to tell him anyhow?

"I love you Izaya." Clamping a palm over her mouth she chided herself coolly. Even though she had whispered it, she felt as if that was within earshot distance.

Silly, right?

He had already told her of his feelings, yet she couldn't even whisper it to herself?

She was just being selfish. Maybe she'd tell him tonight? That's a possibility. Though inviting him over just to say "I love you" and then chit-chat before letting him leave seemed unromantic.

Having experience with romantic scenes (do to her infamous romantic movie night), she had to fix something up that was good.

Yes, she had to look good, smell good, and be on her best behavior. It was for the sake of her love life!

Plucking her phone from her pocket lazily, she dialed his number quickly.

Ring, ring-

It wasn't too late to back out.

"Rei-chan~!"

Okay, now it was too late.

Reika gulped, suddenly feeling an all to familiar nervous sweat trickle down her temple. She sucked in a deep breath. "I-Izaya?" She stutters.

"Hm~?" She heard him hum skeptically. "Is something wrong?"

"No!" She nearly shouted. She cleared her throat, an annoying blush creeping into her cheeks. "I-I mean.." She paused. What the hell was wrong with her? "Well.. you want to go on a special date tonight?"

"Special date?" He repeated, laughter dancing in his voice. "What do you have in mind?"

She gulped again. What did she have in mind?

"U-um.." She heard him sigh, though she couldn't tell whether it was between annoyance or boredom. "Let me think!" She protested. "Why don't we go to Russian Sushi again?"

He chuckled. "Alright, anything for my little Rei-chan~!"

"O-okay. See you then. Bye!" She hung up, feeling her chest tighten.

Special date? Slapping her own forehead, she groaned.


Her makeup is light, her hair half way up, and a loose but girly necklace hung from her neck. She wore a pink sundress, flower designs imprinted into the fabric. She had also squirted on a nice smelling perfume onto herself, so why was it like this?-

She was shifting uncomfortably in front of him, hoping that he wouldn't notice. Her nervous sweat flaw was well beyond resurfacing and at the moment she had been chomping down on her bottom lip, looking anywhere but at him.

What the hell was she thinking!

She flinched when she felt a cool breeze onto her face. She stared at her date in surprise as he fanned her with a folded menu. He was gazing at her with a small smile, making her face turn into a darker shade of red.

"A-ah.. sorry Izaya." She wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand. Her eyes met with his for a brief moment before she looked away.

"You must be hiding something important if you're willing to call our date special as well as be so nervous." He stated, one hand supporting his head as he continued to stare at her.

She gulped. "Ah, well, I'll tell you when we're outside, okay?"

He smirked, as if he knew what this was about, before nodding. She passed it as only being paranoid.

"Of course~!"


There date had continued for another 20 minutes before Reika had suggested that he should walk her home. They were now walking outside, and she had yet to tell him about what had been objectifying her mind for a portion of the night.

"Uhm.." She starts, stopping in her tracks.

He stops as well, looking at her with curiosity.

"T-the thing I wanted to tell you earlier.." She bit her lip. "W-was that.." She sucked in a deep breath as she looked him straight in the eye. "Iloveyou."

Though her words were jumbled, he heard her clearly. For a moment she thought his mahogany eyes gave a red glint to them as his smirk widen.

It wasn't one of his usual playful smirks or kind smiles.

It was something completely different.