Chapter 20
The next morning
Noires room
(Noire's Pov)
"Hey wake up." I said shaking Kaito, "It's time to wake up."
"Five more minutes." he mumbled before rolling over.
"Just wake up!" I said pushing him out of my bed.
"I'm up. I'm up." he said quickly after hitting the floor, "You didn't have to push me onto the floor."
"Yes I did. You wouldn't wake up." I said, "I let you sleep in a little. It's almost ten in the morning."
"Why did you let me sleep in?" he asked me, "Not that I particularly mind."
"You looked so peaceful in your sleep that I just didn't want to wake you up; besides you looked like you needed a little more sleep yesterday." I answered helping him up, "Let's get to work for the day."
"I'm going to shower and make a sandwich first." he said walking to the door, "I'll meet you in the office once I'm done."
Noire's office
One hour later
11am
Pov (Kaito)
"I'm here." I said as I entered the office area, "How much do we have to do today?'
"Not too much." Noire said from behind a stack of papers, "We only have a total of three stacks for today."
"This'll be easy." I said pulling up a chair next to her, "Want to go out for a bit after we're done?"
"I'll think about it." she said filling out a sheet.
After a short 20 minutes of working in silence we had cut the workload down to half of what it had been when we started. "I heard that Lowee's having a festival tonight." I said breaking the silence, "We could go to that together if you want."
"That sounds like a good idea." she said turning to me with a slight smile, "It'll just be the two of us; right?"
"Should be." I answered moving onto the rest of my paperwork, "It'll just be us unless we run into someone there."
"Who would we run into there?" she asked turning back to her work.
"Blanc and her sisters for one." I said, "The festival is in their nation after all, so it's only natural that they might attend."
"Fair point." she sighed, "We need more time for just the two of us."
"We really do." I said, "Next week let's go on another date."
"Nothing fancy this time though." she said sternly, "After I heard how much you spent and how hard you worked for our last date I felt a little bad."
"You shouldn't." I said filling out another paper, "I put in all that effort because I wanted too; besides you know you enjoyed it."
"What kind of a festival is it?" she asked.
"I'm not exactly sure." I said leaning back in my chair, "I'd ask Blanc, but that would probably tip her off that we planned on going."
"Let's just go and try to have a good time then." she said finishing her last paper, "I'm done; what about you?"
"On my last one." I said leaning forward to finish my paperwork, "What are you going to wear?"
"I was thinking of wearing the dress that you got me." she answered, "I've only worn it the one time."
"I guess I'll wear my suit then." I said before sighing, "Want to stop by my mother's diner for lunch before we go?"
"I don't see why not." she said before getting up and walking to the door, "I'll go get changed and meet you at the main entrance."
"I'll see you there." I said standing up and following her out.
Basilicom Main entrance
20 minutes later
Pov (Kaito)
11:50 am
"What took you?" Noire asked as I walked out of the hallway, "I thought it was supposed to be girls that took forever to get ready."
"I decided to comb my hair." I said linking my arm with hers, "Not like it helped at all though."
"True." she said, "Let's get going."
"We flying or walking?" I asked, "I'm fine with either."
"We'll walk." she answered, "More time we can spend together."
After a short 20 minute walk while making small talk with each other, and waving to passing citizens: we had arrived at Passe's diner. "Hey, Mom! We decided to stop by!" I said loudly as we entered.
"Well you two look lovely." Chian said as she walked out of the back drying her hands, "What's with the surprise visit?"
"We finished our work for the day early, and decided to stop by for lunch." Noire answered pulling me up to the counter, "We're dressed up because we're going to a festival in Lowee after this."
"Well have fun you two." Chian said smiling at us, "What can I get for the Leaders of this wonderful nation?"
"Just something simple." I answered, "I don't want to eat much before we get to the festival."
"Just a salad for me." Noire said.
"I'll be back in a few minutes then." Chian said walking towards the Kitchen, "You can sit anywhere, but don't have too much fun you two lovebirds."
After we sat down in a booth near the door; Noire and I talked about how the nation had progressed both positively and negatively since I had been revealed to the public, I had asked Noire how she felt about us sharing a bed three days of the week now, she had asked me how close I had gotten to Uni, and we finished by reminiscing about how we had first met. During our conversation Chian had brought our food out, and asked if we would want anything for dessert; to which Noire had asked for a banana split sundae for two.
"I'll be back with that when the two of you are almost done eating." Chian said, "I'll let you two get back to your conversation."
After thanking Chian for the food and paying the bill; Noire and I had decided to fly to Lowee for the festival after telling Kei and Uni where we were going. "Have a good time you two. We'll handle anything that pops up," Kei said shooing us out.
A/N: I really wanted to get this one out sooner, but I had a case of writers block and my work schedule blew up.