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Questions.

Was he going to show up today?
Did her dress look cute on her?
Was he going to ask her out on a date again today?

The biggest question was why was Naruto late for meeting her at the arcade, this was the first time he was late for their meet up in two weeks, and she was a little worried. Koneko was finding herself strangely liking spending time with Naruto for a variety of reasons. The biggest of which was that he was an extremely kind man, and it wasn't an act. As much as he wanted to pretend he didn't go out of his way to help people, he really did go far out of his own plans and helped as many people as he could.

Koneko got a text.

Going to be another 10 minutes late, sorry, explain when I get there.

"Ah... well he's okay at least-" Koneko paused when she felt her eyes get covered and her vision get filled by hands.

"Gue-"

Koneko elbowed the guy behind her that put his hands over her eyes, and she heard a familiar voice when the her elbow met flesh. She quickly turned around and saw Naruto holding his gut with a pained grin. He sent her a thumbs up and stood up straight, and Koneko was able to see that his right forearm was bandaged up. There was the scent of blood coming from his arm, but he seemed overall okay.

"Explain, also, you lied."

"I just wanted to surprise you a little, that dress looks super cute. There was a bad chemical reaction in class today, and the explosion got some chunks of table stabbed in my arm. I got all of it out though." Naruto held up his arm with a grin, showing he was perfectly okay. He offered his other arm to her. "So, Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat today?" Naruto offered her, and she took his arm and started to lead him away from the arcade completely.

He was happy to follow her as she guided, a small smile on her face purely from him complimenting her dress. It was a simple dress, but she didn't really like wearing them that much. She wanted to dress to impress this time at least to see his reaction.

"I think you've been in enough street fights."

"Have I?" Naruto asked her, rubbing the back of his head in thought. In the time he had known her, he had stopped a lot of crimes by kicking criminal asses, but he had only done that about 20 or so times. That was a completely normal response to seeing somebody in need, kicking the asses of the people who were in the wrong.

She rolled her eyes.

He didn't seem to understand it was not normal to go out of your way to help others, even other people in danger. If she saw a man get mugged, if he was human, she had a 50% chance of even bothering with it. She for sure was not a hero at heart if the people she loved were not involved with the problem. She was not altruistic at heart, a decent person others would tell her, but not heroic enough to be called a role model.

"You have, so we're going to see a movie..." Koneko paused when she saw a spirit, a spirit that noticed Naruto and stared at him. She blinked and watched as the spirit followed after them, floating in front of Naruto as it tried to get his attention.

"Hey... hey... can you see me? Hey, I saw you save those people last night, save me too... save me."

"What movie?" Naruto asked her, and she snapped out of it. Either Naruto didn't see the spirit or he was completely ignoring it. The casual way he didn't even pay attention to it more implied that he couldn't see the spirit.

So she ignored it too.

-During the Movie-

'Okay, he's really into the movie.' Koneko thought as she watched his eyes glued to the screen. She was satisfied with a good choice in movie. She figured it was time for a chance of pace, she and Naruto had been hanging out for 2 weeks now on the regular. She was pretty sure that he ironically liked sappy movies, and actually loved action and comedy movies. That was the general read she got off of his personality, and she was correct.

She gripped her hand into a fist to stop her fingers from wiggling out of anxiousness, she wanted to try and make a move to convey she wanted to try dating him for real. There was romantic tension between them, but there had been some romantic tension between them when they went on that first date. He was a genuinely good guy, so dating him seemed like it would be fun.

She imagined what her friend's advice would be.

Rias: You should sneak into his bed, naked, to show how interested you are in him.
Akeno: Tease him until he can't stand it anymore and pushes himself on you.
Yuuto: Change of pace, instead ov video games, go to a movie with him and set a more romantic mood.

She knew her friend's well enough to know what they would tell her to do, and the only person who she could imagine giving her good advice for a normal relationship was Yuuto. The only masculine male among her friends, she would still consider Gasper to be male, but he was as far from masculine as you could be without being a woman. Rias flat out just did not understand humanity, she looked at all things from a demon's point of view of morality, so going to her about a normal relationship with a human was a big no. Akeno was a Sado-Masochist, which meant that going to HER was an even bigger no.

She reached for his hand.

She missed.

"I'll be right back, gotta go to the bathroom."

"... Hurry back."

-In the Bathroom-

"Can... can you see me... save me..."

"Dude, stop interrupting my date, I'm trying to have fun with a cute girl." Naruto finished washing his hands and talked to the spirit that was following him. He actually did need to take a leak, and doing that with the spirit watching wasn't enough to stop him. It was hard for him to get into a real romantic mood though when a freaky spirit was following him, always asking him if he could save him.

"JUST SAVE-"

Naruto's hand lashed out and grabbed the man's forehead.

"Purification."

The ghost started to glow and fade away, the strong bonds keeping it stuck on Earth being purified away. Naruto turned his back away from the ghost as it vanished, and he started to wash his hands again. He hated ghosts more than he disliked youkai, and the very act of touching a ghost was enough to make his skin crawl.

"Damnit, I hate this cold, dead, slimy feeling you leave behind." Naruto washed his hands in water on the hottest setting.

-Back to the Movie-

"Sorry... here ya go."

"Thanks." Koneko accepted the candy as an apology even before Naruto finished sitting down. That was a good enough way to say sorry in her eyes. The mood was kind of ruined for the moment though.

It was a good movie.

Instead of trying to further their relationship, she just decided to enjoy the movie. She blinked when she felt warmth on her hand, and fingers mix with her own. She glanced down and saw Naruto holding her hand. She smiled and got back to watching the movie, more happy to do so now that she had gotten what she had wanted.

'Girl's hands are so small.' Naruto thought as he gripped her hand.

This was normal, which just healed his soul after dealing with a ghost. Hand holding in a movie theater was the height of a normal progression in relationships. It wasn't just normal, it was heart pounding, exciting even.

-After the Date-

Koneko stared up at the ceiling.

...

She grabbed her pillow and hugged it to her face, hiding her blush from even herself. She rolled across the bed in excitement, she was going to have a little bit of trouble falling asleep. She had taken a step forward in a relationship that wasn't with somebody in her close friend group, and she was sure that Naruto was now more aware of her as a girl. Of course, 2 weeks of getting to know him and she had to admit it.

She did want to date him.

She would admit, she was willing to give him a chance after he tricked her into that first date and showed her a good time. 2 weeks of the fun way she hung out with him was more than enough to put him right at the top of the list of guys she would give a chance to.

Next date.

Next date she would push things even further for sure, and see if he still wanted to go further into dating her as well. She was actually going to need to go to her friends for real this time and ask them for advice, because she was not sure how to take things further than hand holding with a human.

Next date.

She was going for the kiss.

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