~* Ah thank you to my reviewers, as always! I'm glad to see that this story
is getting some positive attention, dismissing the one sour one that I got.
X_X Anyways, I hope that you all enjoy the new installment of the story and
I hope that I stay true to the characters.*~
Tapping her finger nails on the off white colored cafe table top, Ayeka glanced down at them and saw all of the chip marks that covered the tips of them. Sighing, she rolled her eyes and put her hands down on her lap, leaning back in her chair.
She had been waiting there for roughly ten minutes so far, and still no sign of Tenchi. Of course, she was also still five minutes early, but she still would of liked to see some kind of sign that he was as anxious about this "date" as she was. And besides, she thought trying to brush off anything that would show her nerves away, being punctual could never be considered something to frown upon.
Taking a slow breath, Ayeka shut her eyes for a moment and then glanced at her reflection in the large mirror hanging on the wall near her. She was pleased to see that her pink lip stain was still on, and that the mascara had worked well to make her lashes look longer and fuller. Smiling a bit to herself, she settled back into her seat again and decided to just enjoy the cool feeling of the air conditioning on her legs and not worry about the "date" until Tenchi arrived, which turned out to be much harder than one would hope it'd be.
Whistling softly under his breath, Tenchi walked in a quick pace towards the lunch place that he and Ayeka had decided upon, his hands resting in his wind braker pockets, and his mind racing. 'Finally,' he thought, opening the heavy glass door and stepping inside, feeling the jolt of the air conditioning stifle the hot air he had just come from. His eyes searching over the faces in the mildly full room, he soon saw the back of Ayeka's head and smiled, before walking briskly over to her.
"Good afternoon Lady Ayeka." He said warmly, and sat down across from her, a grin stretching across his boyishly sweet face.
Remodling herself into what she hoped was a position of ease, grace, and overall a carless natural beauty, she smiled lightly and twisted a small lock of hair around a finger before saying, "Good afternoon to you also Lord Tenchi, I'm glad you were able to come."
Reaching out for one of the two sky blue and sea green colored menus in the center of the table, Tenchi continued to smile over at her and responded with an almost irritating easiness, "Ah yes Lady Ayeka, I too am glad that we were both able to make this little date of ours."
Feeling a soft blush burn in the tops of her ears, Ayeka bit down a bit on her bottom lip and continued to smile, not quite knowing how to respond. There was a mild silence between them for a few moments, and the light chatter and the humming of the air conditioner seemed to be only background music to the thoughts that were tumblilng around each of their love smitten minds.
Finally, Tenchi handed the remaining menu to Ayeka and said, "Oh please excuse me Lady Ayeka, I apologize."
Taking the menu from Tenchi, she felt her heart flutter a bit as their finger tips grazed each others over the words "daily special" scrawled upon the front cover of the menu. "Oh, what's wrong Lord Tenchi?" her voice came out strangled a bit, as if she had gulped down a drink to fast or had something caught in her throat.
Coughing a bit, Ayeka put the menu down in front of her and placed one hand over her chest, tilting her head downwards a bit, rather embaressed. Frowning, Tenchi stood up and stood next to her, lightly resting a hand on Ayeka's right shoulder.
"Are you alright Lady Ayeka?" It seemed to be a favorite phrase of his lately, him using it so much. Nodding, she frowned and felt her cheeks flush with a pale pink color, partically from the coughing and partically from the feeling of Tenchi's tender touch on her skin.
Tenchi returned to his seat, and they talked idly about this or that for a bit, each of them ordering their lunch, which they decided on simply ordering a large plate of rice balls to split. They ate in silence for a few minutes, Ayeka cautiously picking through her food, sipping at her tea, Tenchi feeling her sudden akwardness also began to feel odd and shifted uncomfortably in his seat, trying desperatly to muster up some means of conversation.
Clearing his throat, he stumbled out with, "So er, Lady Ayeka... What's on your mind?"
Glancing back up at him, Ayeka layed her spoon and fork back down on her plate, and cupped her delicate hands around her warm tea cup. "Well," she began with a growing smile, "several things."
Sensing her sudden drop of akwardness, Tenchi gave himself a silent moment of personal recognition and smiled back at her, "Oh?" He inquired in return, his eyes playing games with hers, "And may I ask what those things are?"
Hearing the playfullness in his voice, Ayeka breathed deeply in and out several times, not wanting to stumbled over her words or look like a fool, she needed a witty but sweet and classy response. They were so hard to come by these days.
"Well I suppose yes Lord Tenchi, I'll allow you to ask what those things are." She tried to add a playful tone to match his into her voice, and hoped that he didn't find it fake or irritating.
Her eyes bore down on his face, waiting for any sign of a laugh wrinkle or a cringe, and she saw nothing at first, but then she glanced into his eyes and saw the brightness in them, the way that the tones of brown and slight dots of gold shone under the sunlight bearing down through the window, and she felt suddenly content and rather blessed.
Chucking lightly, Tenchi sipped his tea easily and crossed his legs, leaning back further in his seat. "It's good to hear laughter in your voice Lady Ayeka. If you don't mind me saying, it sounds quite lovely."
For once the feeling of a blush flowing through her body wasn't something that she repused, and Ayeka smiled back, almost proud of the pleased flush glowing softly in her face. "Why thank you Lord Tenchi, you're so very kind."
They continued on like that for a bit, exchanging flirtatious comments that made Ayeka flush and smile and that made Tenchi chuckle lightly under his breath, and they both picked at their food; Tenchi soon noticed that the more relaxed Ayeka's speaking and body language became the more comfortably she seemed to eat.
It was later in the afternoon, much after most of the other couples their for lunch dates had left, when Ayeka glanced out of the window and raised her eye brows slightly, surprised at how low the sun was already setting in the sky and at how quickly the time had passed away. Later, as the two were slipping into their coats and leaving the tip for the waitress;whom by the way looked oddly like Washu, Ayeka noticed a large banner being hung near the exit of the cafe, and in large deep blue and crimson red letters it red, "Come, see the plan of your love and life settled out infront of your very own eyes."
"Lord Tenchi?" Ayeka said, as she slipped her chair back under the table, "What do you suppose that banner is advertising?"
Glancing over to the direction she was gesturing to, Tenchi read over the sign and shrugged. "I'm not sure, wanna go take a look?"
Nodding, Ayeka smiled a bit and and the pair walked over, and as they neared the newly set up table, nearly in sync they both realized what they had just walked into; fortune telling.
Two eccentric older women were sitting at the table, along with a young, spunky looking girl with bright pink hair and sapphire blue eyes. As they saw Ayeka and Tenchi glance at each other and begin to walk further the other way towards the exit door, they winked at each other, and knew it was time to work their tarrot cards and catchy chants as much as they could; after all these were their two very first potential customers.
"Hello Miss!" Cried one of the two elder women, leaping in front of Ayeka, a smile stretched across her tanned skinned face and the long ribbons from her braids swaying from her hair.
As the other women crowded around Tenchi, they both stood there uncomfortably, not wanting to be rude and just walk off and not wanting to get tricked into spending their last bit of money on a fake fortune cookie. Ah, the trials of life.
After several highly akward moments of somewhat impressive chit chat, the women had convinced them to at least take a "free for one" fortune, and handed them several phamplets all about the wonders of how to create their own fortune cookie and where to find the best on sale tarrot cards.
Scooting quickly out of the cafe, Ayeka and Tenchi stood side by side in the light dusting of light still glowing from the barely there sun, and looked down at the folded paper in their hands.
"Do you think it's wise that we open it?" Asked Ayeka, glancing from the paper up to Tenchi, and then back down to the paper.
Shrugging a bit, Tenchi sighed and said, "Well I don't see what harm could come from it.. May as well I suppose." And with that he carefully opened it, and the two of them read aloud what was scrawled neatly on the paper in a quick, loopy green inked cursive.
i Time flies when you're having fun.. But it flies even faster when you're in love.. Put your heart in tender hands, for it may not always be caught before it shatters i
Looking up into each others eyes, Tenchi paused a minute, and then crumpled the paper up into a ball in his hand, and then tossed it on the side walk. "You didn't want to keep that, did you?" He asked, after realizing she hadn't said anything.
Shaking her head no, Ayeka smiled a bit and said, "Of course not Lord Tenchi, it's nothing more than a showing of what idle time can do to a mind of trickery."
Chuckling, Tenchi smiled down at her, and the two walked back to the Maskai home together, not talking about the words that they had just read, and not even daring to mention the impact that they may very well later have of them..
*~There! I wrote the damned date! . I know it's horrible, I can't write date scenes well, as you can obviously tell. I apologize for any spelling or grammatical erros, my computer has been acting up lately so I don't think the spell check is working properly, so please ignore the errors. I know that this is an awful chapter, but if you'd like to read more please please review, I welcome all suggestions and opinions. Thanks a ton.*~
Tapping her finger nails on the off white colored cafe table top, Ayeka glanced down at them and saw all of the chip marks that covered the tips of them. Sighing, she rolled her eyes and put her hands down on her lap, leaning back in her chair.
She had been waiting there for roughly ten minutes so far, and still no sign of Tenchi. Of course, she was also still five minutes early, but she still would of liked to see some kind of sign that he was as anxious about this "date" as she was. And besides, she thought trying to brush off anything that would show her nerves away, being punctual could never be considered something to frown upon.
Taking a slow breath, Ayeka shut her eyes for a moment and then glanced at her reflection in the large mirror hanging on the wall near her. She was pleased to see that her pink lip stain was still on, and that the mascara had worked well to make her lashes look longer and fuller. Smiling a bit to herself, she settled back into her seat again and decided to just enjoy the cool feeling of the air conditioning on her legs and not worry about the "date" until Tenchi arrived, which turned out to be much harder than one would hope it'd be.
Whistling softly under his breath, Tenchi walked in a quick pace towards the lunch place that he and Ayeka had decided upon, his hands resting in his wind braker pockets, and his mind racing. 'Finally,' he thought, opening the heavy glass door and stepping inside, feeling the jolt of the air conditioning stifle the hot air he had just come from. His eyes searching over the faces in the mildly full room, he soon saw the back of Ayeka's head and smiled, before walking briskly over to her.
"Good afternoon Lady Ayeka." He said warmly, and sat down across from her, a grin stretching across his boyishly sweet face.
Remodling herself into what she hoped was a position of ease, grace, and overall a carless natural beauty, she smiled lightly and twisted a small lock of hair around a finger before saying, "Good afternoon to you also Lord Tenchi, I'm glad you were able to come."
Reaching out for one of the two sky blue and sea green colored menus in the center of the table, Tenchi continued to smile over at her and responded with an almost irritating easiness, "Ah yes Lady Ayeka, I too am glad that we were both able to make this little date of ours."
Feeling a soft blush burn in the tops of her ears, Ayeka bit down a bit on her bottom lip and continued to smile, not quite knowing how to respond. There was a mild silence between them for a few moments, and the light chatter and the humming of the air conditioner seemed to be only background music to the thoughts that were tumblilng around each of their love smitten minds.
Finally, Tenchi handed the remaining menu to Ayeka and said, "Oh please excuse me Lady Ayeka, I apologize."
Taking the menu from Tenchi, she felt her heart flutter a bit as their finger tips grazed each others over the words "daily special" scrawled upon the front cover of the menu. "Oh, what's wrong Lord Tenchi?" her voice came out strangled a bit, as if she had gulped down a drink to fast or had something caught in her throat.
Coughing a bit, Ayeka put the menu down in front of her and placed one hand over her chest, tilting her head downwards a bit, rather embaressed. Frowning, Tenchi stood up and stood next to her, lightly resting a hand on Ayeka's right shoulder.
"Are you alright Lady Ayeka?" It seemed to be a favorite phrase of his lately, him using it so much. Nodding, she frowned and felt her cheeks flush with a pale pink color, partically from the coughing and partically from the feeling of Tenchi's tender touch on her skin.
Tenchi returned to his seat, and they talked idly about this or that for a bit, each of them ordering their lunch, which they decided on simply ordering a large plate of rice balls to split. They ate in silence for a few minutes, Ayeka cautiously picking through her food, sipping at her tea, Tenchi feeling her sudden akwardness also began to feel odd and shifted uncomfortably in his seat, trying desperatly to muster up some means of conversation.
Clearing his throat, he stumbled out with, "So er, Lady Ayeka... What's on your mind?"
Glancing back up at him, Ayeka layed her spoon and fork back down on her plate, and cupped her delicate hands around her warm tea cup. "Well," she began with a growing smile, "several things."
Sensing her sudden drop of akwardness, Tenchi gave himself a silent moment of personal recognition and smiled back at her, "Oh?" He inquired in return, his eyes playing games with hers, "And may I ask what those things are?"
Hearing the playfullness in his voice, Ayeka breathed deeply in and out several times, not wanting to stumbled over her words or look like a fool, she needed a witty but sweet and classy response. They were so hard to come by these days.
"Well I suppose yes Lord Tenchi, I'll allow you to ask what those things are." She tried to add a playful tone to match his into her voice, and hoped that he didn't find it fake or irritating.
Her eyes bore down on his face, waiting for any sign of a laugh wrinkle or a cringe, and she saw nothing at first, but then she glanced into his eyes and saw the brightness in them, the way that the tones of brown and slight dots of gold shone under the sunlight bearing down through the window, and she felt suddenly content and rather blessed.
Chucking lightly, Tenchi sipped his tea easily and crossed his legs, leaning back further in his seat. "It's good to hear laughter in your voice Lady Ayeka. If you don't mind me saying, it sounds quite lovely."
For once the feeling of a blush flowing through her body wasn't something that she repused, and Ayeka smiled back, almost proud of the pleased flush glowing softly in her face. "Why thank you Lord Tenchi, you're so very kind."
They continued on like that for a bit, exchanging flirtatious comments that made Ayeka flush and smile and that made Tenchi chuckle lightly under his breath, and they both picked at their food; Tenchi soon noticed that the more relaxed Ayeka's speaking and body language became the more comfortably she seemed to eat.
It was later in the afternoon, much after most of the other couples their for lunch dates had left, when Ayeka glanced out of the window and raised her eye brows slightly, surprised at how low the sun was already setting in the sky and at how quickly the time had passed away. Later, as the two were slipping into their coats and leaving the tip for the waitress;whom by the way looked oddly like Washu, Ayeka noticed a large banner being hung near the exit of the cafe, and in large deep blue and crimson red letters it red, "Come, see the plan of your love and life settled out infront of your very own eyes."
"Lord Tenchi?" Ayeka said, as she slipped her chair back under the table, "What do you suppose that banner is advertising?"
Glancing over to the direction she was gesturing to, Tenchi read over the sign and shrugged. "I'm not sure, wanna go take a look?"
Nodding, Ayeka smiled a bit and and the pair walked over, and as they neared the newly set up table, nearly in sync they both realized what they had just walked into; fortune telling.
Two eccentric older women were sitting at the table, along with a young, spunky looking girl with bright pink hair and sapphire blue eyes. As they saw Ayeka and Tenchi glance at each other and begin to walk further the other way towards the exit door, they winked at each other, and knew it was time to work their tarrot cards and catchy chants as much as they could; after all these were their two very first potential customers.
"Hello Miss!" Cried one of the two elder women, leaping in front of Ayeka, a smile stretched across her tanned skinned face and the long ribbons from her braids swaying from her hair.
As the other women crowded around Tenchi, they both stood there uncomfortably, not wanting to be rude and just walk off and not wanting to get tricked into spending their last bit of money on a fake fortune cookie. Ah, the trials of life.
After several highly akward moments of somewhat impressive chit chat, the women had convinced them to at least take a "free for one" fortune, and handed them several phamplets all about the wonders of how to create their own fortune cookie and where to find the best on sale tarrot cards.
Scooting quickly out of the cafe, Ayeka and Tenchi stood side by side in the light dusting of light still glowing from the barely there sun, and looked down at the folded paper in their hands.
"Do you think it's wise that we open it?" Asked Ayeka, glancing from the paper up to Tenchi, and then back down to the paper.
Shrugging a bit, Tenchi sighed and said, "Well I don't see what harm could come from it.. May as well I suppose." And with that he carefully opened it, and the two of them read aloud what was scrawled neatly on the paper in a quick, loopy green inked cursive.
i Time flies when you're having fun.. But it flies even faster when you're in love.. Put your heart in tender hands, for it may not always be caught before it shatters i
Looking up into each others eyes, Tenchi paused a minute, and then crumpled the paper up into a ball in his hand, and then tossed it on the side walk. "You didn't want to keep that, did you?" He asked, after realizing she hadn't said anything.
Shaking her head no, Ayeka smiled a bit and said, "Of course not Lord Tenchi, it's nothing more than a showing of what idle time can do to a mind of trickery."
Chuckling, Tenchi smiled down at her, and the two walked back to the Maskai home together, not talking about the words that they had just read, and not even daring to mention the impact that they may very well later have of them..
*~There! I wrote the damned date! . I know it's horrible, I can't write date scenes well, as you can obviously tell. I apologize for any spelling or grammatical erros, my computer has been acting up lately so I don't think the spell check is working properly, so please ignore the errors. I know that this is an awful chapter, but if you'd like to read more please please review, I welcome all suggestions and opinions. Thanks a ton.*~