Hello people who are reading this. You know this part, the disclaimer: I don't own anything Yu-Yu Hakusho related. Please, enjoy.
"Please Kurama… I beg of you."
"I don't know."
Sighing, I gave up. "Fine, since you won't keep it, I'll quit the gang and tell them the deal's off. After all, I do have a whole life time to retrieve both of them."
"Good, and maybe you won't have to tell me next time." Kurama told me.
"Ok, deal… but why…"
"Why what?"
"Uhh… nothing. Let's go out, I'm starving and I have this really bad craving for sweet dumplings. How about it? My treat." I suggested while trying to change the subject.
A bit hesitant, he decided to let it pass and agreed. "Ok then, but first we get sashimi and then sweet dumplings. I haven't eaten anything all day."
"You just read my mind." I said and a smile crept onto my face. "Come, let's get going." And I opened the door and started to walk down the stairs with Kurama behind her. Exiting his place and walking beside him, I asked, "Where do you want to go?"
"How about The Sashimi Hall?"
"That place is so expensive! You're just using me because I said it was my treat!"
"No, you said you were going to treat for the sweet dumplings." He corrected me with a smirk.
"I don't like you…" I mumbled to myself.
"Yes you do." He said to me while wrapping his arm around my shoulders.
"Fine, think what you like, and since you're paying for the actual food, I'll pretend to like you." I said and wrapped my arm around him waist. Looking up at him, I saw his cheeks go a bit pink, but in an instant, they were their natural color. It was the cutest sight I had ever seen. It was so cute, I couldn't help but giggle and stand on tip-toe and give him a peck on the cheek.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"For being so cute."
Seeing him blush again, I couldn't help but burst into laughter. Looking up, I soon realized that we were in front of the restaurant and I quickly gained back my composure. "Sorry about that." I apologized, "Maybe we should go somewhere else? I don't want you to spend so much on just lunch."
"Oh no, I insist that we go in. Besides, I already have a reservation." He told me.
"You planned this?" I asked, stunned.
"Yes."
"Even the conversation in your room?"
"Not really… that just came up."
"So…" I trailed off at the loss of words at the thought that he could keep anything from me. /I must be losing my touch./ I thought to myself.
"Shall we?" he asked me while bowing and offering his arm to me and beckoning towards the restaurant.
"We shall." I responded and took his arm. Once we were in the restaurant, the greeter asked if we had a reservation and Kurama said yes.
Leading us to our table, I started to get a bad feeling in the restaurant. Ignoring it, I took my seat across from Kurama and looked the menu. Not actually at the food since most of it was sashimi, but at the prices. /Wow, I wonder how he's going to pay for all this./ Turning to the next page, I saw a small white piece of paper tucked into the crack of the menu. Picking it up and opening it, there was really bad handwriting asking, /Do you have the orb yet? It's been almost a week!/ Looking around nervously, I took out my emergency pen… you know, the pens used in an emergency, from my sleeve and quickly scribbled something onto the paper and put it back in the menu, right where I found it.
When the waiter came and took our orders, I asked, "So, what's the special occasion?"
"Why would I need a special occasion to take you to a really expensive place?" he questioned slyly.
"Come on, because we're usually happy going to the 1 Minute sashimi place, where we can get it in one minute or less, or it's free."
Slightly chuckling, he replied, "Ok, it was our one year anniversary, but now that I know I've known you longer… a lot longer actually, my gift seems a bit small now."
"One year anniversary?"
"Yea, don't you remember?"
"Umm,… yes?"
"You forgot, didn't you?"
"No, of course not! I've been counting the days."
"Sure…"
"Honestly. My gift is nothing like this though. I mean, I was saving my surprise for tonight, that's why I wasn't hinting anything to you, but I remembered. Trust me."
"…"
I nervously started looking around because if I didn't have anything distracting me from his eyes, I would've spilt my surprise. Spotting the waiter coming towards us, I nearly shouted, "Look, our sashimi!" /Thank God./ I thought to myself. /He knows that we never speak while we eat./ Bowing my head down in relief, I saw another white little piece of paper sticking out from the bottom of my plate. Picking it up and bring it under the table, I slowly opened it and saw, in angry handwriting, /You quit? What do you mean by you quit? You can't quit! Fine, if you quit, we will have our revenge. We'll teach you to never quit with us!/ A bit nervous, I folded the note back up and tucked it into one of my pockets, then I picked up my chopsticks and began eating.
Finishing our meal and asking for the check, I saw Kurama pull out his wallet and pull out a credit card, which he put in the little black folding thingy which they used to bring the bill in. I never learned what it was called, but what really puzzled me was when did Kurama get a credit card. With the check paid, we exited to restaurant hand in hand. Finally, my curiosity got the best of me and on our way to the Sweet Odango, I asked, "When did you get a credit card?"
Smirking, he replied, "My mom let me borrow it. I told her about today and she gave it to me. You know, she's grown quite a liking to you."
"You make that sound like a bad thing…" I pointed out by the tone of his voice.
"No, I'm just glad she does."
"And what would you do if she didn't?"
"I would've taken you to the 1 Minute sashimi place."
"Cheapskate"
"Why, you make that sound like a bad thing? If I can recall, it was you who suggested that place first."
"Wow, your memory/ recalling skills are better than I thought."
"So you just noticed." He said while smiling to himself.
"Oh, stop that!"
"What?"
"That little proud smile that you give your self every time you get sarcastic with me and you think that you've won."
"And I didn't win?"
"Shut up…"
The rest of the walk to the Sweet Odango passed by with silence. Once we went inside, we saw our group of friends sitting in their usual booth. This group consisted of Usuke, Kuwabara, Keiko, Hiei, Koenma's earth form, Botan, and Yukina. Keiko, Botan, and Yukina were having their own conversations while Hiei and Koenma were talking about something else. From the looks on their faces, it seemed like Usuke and Kuwabara were going at it again, about what this time, we don't know.
"How did they…?" I asked with a pause.
"I think we should probably quadruple that order… or more." I heard Kurama whisper in my ear, "and if I'm not mistaken, it's your treat?"
"Shut up, you probably planned this too." I said through gritted teeth. Placing our order, Kurama and I silently joined our friends and their conversations.
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