The next morning, Serenity awoke to find Tony gone with a note in his place stating that he had a couple of business meetings at his office that would run all morning. She glanced at the clock before grinning and heading into the shower to start getting ready for the day. An hour later, she was dressed in a red dress and heels and heading out in her sports car to Stark Industries. Within ten minutes of arriving at the building, thanks to Pepper, she had quietly slipped into the very boardroom where Tony's meeting was and was quietly standing at the back of the room waiting for the meeting to end.
He spotted her and flashed her a dazzling smile before smoothly and quickly ending the meeting.
She stifled a giggle as she watched the gathered businessmen file out of the boardroom without even noticing her before giving him a smirk.
"Well well. What brings you here?" He asked as he walked over to greet her.
She kissed him softly. "Since we missed out on breakfast, I thought we could go get lunch."
"That sounds really good. Anywhere you'd particularly like to go?" he asked.
She smirked. "How about a simple place in Japan?"
"Sounds like a plan. It shouldn't take too long to get there. A long way for a meal though." Tony said chuckling.
"True. But it wouldn't be expected of us either which means we might get a little down time." She grinned. "And I have a very quick way of getting us there."
"Em. Beautiful and sneaky. I love it." Tony responded.
She grinned and pulled him close while tapping a button on her key. She opened a portal and quickly pulled him through, the portal letting them out not too far from one Crown Arcade. Serenity looked around before leading him to the Crown Arcade.
Tony looked around at the arcade once inside. "You weren't kidding when you said simple. But I trust your judgement."
"Trust me, you'll love it." She pulled away from him and went to the counter. "Motoki-onii-san?" She called out.
"Sere? That you?" The older brunette male stepped from the employee only area with a grin. "Well, long time no see. And you brought a friend."
Tony waved with a smile and just continued to watch them.
Serenity nodded to Motoki. "Yep." She went back to Tony and pulled him over to the counter. "Tony, meet Motoki, the owner of this fine little establishment and a sort of older brother." She looked back to Motoki. "Motoki, meet my boyfriend, Tony Stark."
Motoki held his hand out to Tony. "Pleasure to meet you. I could question you, but I don't think I will. I'll leave that for her father." He smirked.
"Pleasure to meet you as well." Tony shook Motoki's hand. "Sorry about your one friend." He muttered.
Motoki looked to Serenity and sighed with a shake of his head after dropping hands from shaking Tony's. "I'm sorry for that idiot. But I'm not upset if you ended him, Sere. He couldn't be helped." Motoki shrugged. "Anyway, what are y'all having? It's on the house."
Serenity slid into a seat at the counter and rattled off her usual order before looking over to Tony. Tony grinned and after a brief look over a menu, gave his own order.
Motoki nodded and slid them a small bag of tokens. "Go have fun while you wait."
Serenity grinned and grabbed the bag. "Thanks Motoki." She pulled Tony over towards the games. "Up for a couple games?"
Tony grinned. "Sure. Pick some challenging ones."
She rolled her eyes. "Of course. Nothing less would do for the great Tony Stark. Guess we'll have to go for my favorite game. The Sailor V game." She pulled him to the aforementioned game and put in tokens for both of them. "It's a fun one. And you might get a kick out of it."
"Well let's start then. Though of course I'll follow your lead as you clearly have more experience playing it." He winked and pressed start.
"Maybe, but even now it still gives challenges." She grinned as they started playing the game.
"What kind of challenges?" Tony questioned as he followed her lead in playing.
"Well different things show up each time I play. Things that weren't there the last time." Serenity explained softly. "It's a special game."
"Surely it's just randomness?" He was intrigued.
"Definitely not. The game's the same up until the new part." She grinned. "Like now." She gestured at the screen.
Tony focused more on the game's screen and his eyes widened as it seemed their originally chosen characters to play with seemed to have changed to look like her as Sailor Cosmos and him in his Iron Man suit. "Well, now. That does make it special." He grinned.
"Yep. Very special." She agreed as they finished the game and each put in initials by their scores. "Now I'm definitely sure my favorite kitties have returned to this thing." She murmured with a soft smile.
Right as she spoke, the familiar sound of something dropping into the game's prize area grabbed her attention. She grabbed down and giggled as she pulled out what looked like two covered watches. One matched her brooch, the other matched Tony's arc reactor. She stood up and showed him.
He took a look and laughed. "I'm guessing there's more to these than just being regular watches." He gently took his from her and put it on his wrist.
Serenity nodded. "Definitely and they would've only been allowed through when we were actually here to ensure they didn't go in the wrong hands." She put hers on her wrist. "But we can discuss them a little later." She glanced over to the counter where Motoki was returning from the back area with their orders. "Looks like our food is ready. Wanna sit at the counter or in a booth?"
"Booth But I'm sitting closer to the door." He grinned. "Can't go slacking in my knight duties." He gently brought her hand to his lips and kissed it softly before walking with her back to the counter.
Serenity giggled. "Of course not. We can't have that." She teased before blushing at the simple gesture. "Honestly, you spoil me sometimes."
"It's mutual Belle." Tony retorted as they sat at the counter.
Serenity looked at the order. "Thanks Motoki." She grinned at the brunette.
Motoki only took a bow with a flourish. "Enjoy." He then headed to help some other customers, leaving the two to eat.
Tony started first. "Mmm. You're right. The place is good." He said between bites.
Serenity smirked. "Of course. Never doubt my choices of places for food." She responded. "And it occurred to me, we'll have to visit my folks while we're here in Japan. Bad enough they'll likely find out before we finish eating that we're in town. It would be worse if they find out that we were here and we've already returned to the states without at least saying hi. Daddy's in the same line of work I am. So he'd have a good high chance of finding out."
Tony's eyes widened. "Well, then we'll see about going after we finish here. Can't have your father upset with us." He then chuckled. "Sounds like in a way we both followed our father's footsteps albeit in different ways."
Serenity nodded. "So it seems." She sipped on her milkshake, her eyes closed in utter bliss.
"Thought only I could put that look on your face." Tony whispered teasingly.
"You're the only person." Serenity murmured with a smile. "But I can always count on Motoki's shakes when I'm here. Don't be jealous. You're the one I go home with in the end." She teased back.
"Good answer." He grinned and went back to eating.
The two kept talking and joking with each other between bites, both unaware that Motoki was watching them from the sidelines even as he continued working. The brunette and older-brother figure to Serenity could see just from watching them that Serenity was obviously in good hands with Tony. Sure Motoki had seen how much of a good looking couple the pair was on TV, but the news reports didn't show things about them that he could see now. It didn't capture the closeness and intimacy between them. It definitely didn't do justice to the bright expression on Serenity's face at something Tony said, nor did it catch the 'obviously in love' looks that Tony gave Serenity when she didn't know he was watching. Just from watching them, Motoki didn't think Serenity's father would find any problem with Tony, whether or not he still decided to interrogate Tony.
Once they finished eating, Serenity pulled out her phone to call her parents, wanting to make sure they were home before they headed out to visit. The call was brief, but it was confirmed that they were at home and willing to take company, especially if the company was their daughter and her significant other. With a final wave to Motoki, Serenity and Tony walked out the doors.