Sakura

I told myself once that he has surprised me enough, I doubt he can surprise me again. Yet, here I am, eyes wide as saucers and jaw dropped to the ground at the sight before me.

My boyfriend (it's been three weeks and I still feel giddy saying that, even in my head) is standing in front of me in a suit, and he even put in effort to comb his hair over. He held a giant bouquet of white roses. And behind him was a blue corvette. "Bonsoir," he hands me the bouquet and brushes my cheek softly with his hand.

Now it makes sense.

The past week, he had been very random. First, before class started one day, he showed me a catalog of cars, "Which one do you like?" I thought he was being silly, so I played along. "Um, that one."

"The Corvette? Is it because of the new mid-engine?"

"The what?"

"The mid-engine."

"I don't know what that is."

"Why did you choose it?"

"I don't know. I don't know anything about cars, Rukawa-kun."

"Were you just choosing randomly? What drew you to this then?"
"It's blue like your eyes."

He turned pink. Shut the catalog and went back to his seat without another word.

The following day, he gave me a barrette saying he passed by a store and randomly bought it.

Then after dinner that same day, while we were cleaning up in the kitchen of my house, he asked, "What's one cuisine you've always wanted to try?"

"Um, maybe French."

"Why?"

"I don't know. The best culinary schools are in France, right?"

Then last night before heading home from studying at my house, he paused, "Tomorrow night, I want to take you out." I nodded. Us hanging out wasn't unusual. He turned his back to mount his bike, and just before he pedaled off, he turned to me again, "I'm told you should dress up."

I'm told?

"O-okay." I was mildly surprised by that one but not as much, so it doesn't count.

But this is a whole new level. I blushed so hard. From surprise, happiness, excitement, flattery that he would do so much for me, "Rukawa-kun, what is this about?"

"I wanted to take you out formally." He said, his face a bright pink.

"Why? Don't get me wrong, I love it but you know you don't have to do this, right? I must say I didn't expect this from you." I gave him a small smile and walked up to the car where he opened the door to the passenger seat for me.

"Hanamichi said I have to treat my lady like a princess and take her out on a formal date."

Taking notice of how he no longer addressed his vice-captain as "Monkey", I giggled and fastened my seatbelt, "I didn't realize you took advice from Sakuragi-kun now."