I'm really sorry I haven't been updating as consistently as I usually do but I've been super busy lately. Anyways, here is this chapter and let me know if you want something in future chapters or you just want to give me feedback.

Pizza. My favorite food ever! Whenever the cooks ask me what I want for dinner, I respond with whatever is easiest on them which is usually ordering pizza. The head chef had just walked in on our fan-girl fest to ask me what I wanted for dinner when Kimi responded for me.

"We'll have spaghetti!" she ordered.

"Wait, you don't have to. You can just order pizza!" I interrupted.

"We're having spaghetti, Senky-chan." Kimi said with more firmness in her voice.

"Why?" I pouted.

"Let's think here. Whenever I'm over, you have pizza, macaroni, or any other food that's really easy to eat," Kimi explained, "So it seems like you don't really have formal dining experience."

"…oh…"

"I swear! You are a girl of high society but you never knew how to dance and now you have to be taught manners?" Kimi asked in shock.

"It's not my fault my father neglects me. Anyways, what's with the spaghetti?" I asked.

"Spaghetti is hard to eat and takes skill so I want to see how you do."

…

"For the last time, Senky-chan! Twirl your fork!" Kimi shouted from across the table.

"No way!" I said with noodles oozing from my mouth like a squid.

"THIS is how you want to act around your crush!?" she asked frantically.

"I just won't order spaghetti so I don't know why you're making me eat it," I said as I slurped up the rest and wiped my mouth with my hand.

"Use a napkin!" she ordered.

"Oh right," I chuckled, "I'm just not used to crystal glasses and silver forks."

"Well wherever Hikaru is taking you, it's going to be pretty class so- ELBOWS OFF THE TABLE!" she screeched.

"Whoops!" I flinched and my elbow disappeared under the table.

"As I was saying," she continued, "You need to make a good impression. Show him that you don't eat dinners in your basement every night playing Halo."

"But I do play Halo every night while eating my dinner," I insisted as I sloppily shoved another squid-full of spaghetti in my mouth.

Kimi only face-plamed and sighed.

"We've got a lot of work to do…"

…

"Senky-chan! Cut it out!" Kimi yelled.

It was the night I had been anticipating for what seemed eons. I had never really eaten at a fancy restaurant before considering I usually eat in my room whilst I write or play video games so Kimi had to teach me the basics. I had caught on pretty fast except I never learned to eat spaghetti properly so I decided to simply steer clear of it for the night.

"Put your arms down!" she yelled, trying to wrench my arms off that were hugged around me from fear, "I worked so hard on you! Don't let it go to waste!"

She finally pried my arms off of me to reveal my dress. It was purple: my favorite color with a silver sash around the waist. The dress was sleeveless and had a silver rim going around the low neckline. My shoes were luckily flats (Kimi tried so hard to make me wear heals) and they were silver as well.

"Now repeat the motto!" Kimi ordered as I tried to run away. She only grabbed me by the braid she did in my hair and yelled again, "repeat the motto! If you don't you'll be insecure for the entire date!"

I finally calmed down and took a deep breath and said the motto Kimi had taught me at the mall.

"I'm beautiful and I'm going to share my beauty with the world!" I said as confidently as I could, feeling a little better.

"Good! Now just keep your arms at your sides, keep your head high, and remember that you won't die!" she chirped and I sweat-dropped.

It must be hard saying 'don't die' in a happy voice. I thought.

"Miss Miyazaki," came a servant's voice, "Your boyfriend is here to pick you up."

"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" I screamed as Kimi pushed me out the door.

Well here it was. The moment of truth: me, the limo, and the stairs. I walked shakily down the white marble stairs. It felt like my legs would shake right off me like jelly but I managed to hold it together and reached the bottom of the stairs.

If I just made a big deal about a flight of stairs, then this is going to be a long night. I thought nervously, blowing at my bangs. Now it was just me, the ground, and- STOP ugh stop making a big deal of everything just walk damn it!

I managed to make my jelly legs walk all the way to the limo, my heart at its bursting point, and stepped inside. The limousine wasn't much different from my own except for the fact that my crush was sitting in it! God, he was freaking sexy! Hikaru wore a tuxedo that to me, no one else could make look as good as he did. At this point, I was freaking out than ever before.

Why did he ask me out again? I thought. Wait…let me think…they've been calling me nonstop since Karuizawa so maybe Hikaru noticed I was depressed and wanted to make it up to me? No way. He's too dense for that…but Kaoru isn't. I bet he had him do this. THANK YOU KOU-CHAN!

I thought this in the moment of silence that followed once I got in. Finally, Hikaru finally spoke up and he actually looked pretty relaxed! Why did he have to be so cool and leave me so flustered!?

"Hey," he said casually.

"Hi," I said, trying to be as relaxed as he was.

"Let's not start that again," he chuckled, recalling our last phone call.

He does sound like Captain Jack Harkness! I laughed mentally to myself.

"So what's been going on at the Host Club?" I asked, trying to make the situation less awkward.

"Honey and his older brother had a karate duel. Of course Honey won, there's no beating him," Hikaru said.

"Huh? I missed another opportunity to see Honey fight?" I asked, a little disappointed.

"Yeah, it was pretty awesome," he explained, "Honey knocked him right out of the park!"

Maybe this won't turn out so badly after all. I thought, calming down.

And you know what? It wasn't that bad! Except for when we first sat down. Now I know Kaoru had tried really hard to get the two of us together but I think he may've pushed too far by sending us to a super high end Italian place. To start, the room we had was private so it was just the two of us awkwardly staring at each other. However, that special Italian effect kicked in and the superb food seemed to smooth things over! We talked about a lot of things from guns backfiring in my face to obscure fashion shows Hikaru had been to. There was only one point that I zoned out too which is quite an accomplishment since I usually zone out three times an hour. I guess it happened while we were waiting for the main course that he noticed my distant expression.

"Uh…Senka?" I heard Hikaru's voice break into the magic duel in my head.

"Huh!?" I squealed, remembering where I was.

"You ok?" he asked worriedly.

"Oh yeah! I'm fine I just zoned out, that's all!" I explained frantically.

"About what?"

"Uuuuh…" I mumbled, "My story…"

"Oh, you write?" he asked curiously.

"Y-yeah! I just zone out about it a lot! It's not really healthy I guess!" I explained nervously.

"What do you write about?" he asked, clearly determined to hear more about it.

"Fantasy and stuff…magic…dystopian worlds…dragons…" I mumbled awkwardly, "Kimi's the only one who really reads them."

"Really? I'd like to read it sometime," he said, making me jump.

"S-seriously!?" I yelped, "They aren't that good. I-I mean at least they aren't professional or anything!"

"Oh c'mon, they sound great!" he said.

And besides that, the date went pretty well. He seemed less gauche that night and it had seemed as if Kaoru had taught him a thing or too like Kimi had. After a long discussion about freaky modern art we had seen, we took our leave. Kimi was waiting for me when I practically danced through the door.

"You look happy!" she teased, "I take it the date went well."

"Yeah…" I mumbled dreamily as I collapsed on the couch, "He said he wants to read my stories…"

"Really!? That's great!" she exclaimed, "You should send him the chapters tonight!"

"Uh huh…" I mumbled, still in a trance.

"Well I'll just be heading home now. Bye!" she said, taking the hint.

I spent the rest of the night attaching the chapters to an email and sending them off, the entire time dreamily day dreaming. If I didn't know any better, I'd say I had been won over by the devil.

Kimi: Senka's still dazed from her amazing night out so how about Hikaru gives the preview for the next chapter?

Hikaru: Can't talk...reading Senka's story...

Kimi: Um ok. Then I guess I'll do it. The next chapter is somewhat of a filler chapter and will be shorter than most but it contains useful info on Senka's mom so make sure you read it! Next time, Chapter 22: Mom and Me