A/N: I'll admit I'm a fan of fluff. Big deal. Anyway, once I finish this story I'll be sure to right a freakin' awsome fluffy. Until then just read (and review, dang it!) this chapter.

Also, the title is supossed to be "A date...", however, won't let me use periods in my title so I had to use commas. As soon as I found out I reposted this.

Blood Vampire: I know I am cruel (for more proof go read chapter 14 and 15; hehe). But fear not! I will get to his past soon. Thanks for reviewing.

thesuperdot: Do I need to say more good things about you? YES!!! BTW, Dan's 13.

Janika: You'll find out. Trust me. It's going to get interesting in the next chapter. Very interesting. Thanks for staying with the story (I know how busy college can be).

GIR: I'm sorry to hear that. My advise to you it simple. Comfort her and be a good friend. You seem very nice sharing that with me and all. I'm sure that she'd like you. Thanks for reviewing.

Diamond-Halo: That is a typical conversation with Dan, sometimes. He has a hard time talking to people for obvious reasons and yes, he does have something planned.

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A/N: Okay, from now on if anybody reviews over half of all my chapters in this story I will dedicate a chapter to you. For reviews you could just give a simple line or two or even just a number-out-of-ten rating which ever is more convenient for you. Sees people filling out reviews in record numbers. "Guess I need to write more chapters."

This chapter is dedicated to:

thesuperdot

Inside Ulrich's and Odd's dorm---

It's been about five days since Yumi ran out of my dorm. I haven't talked to her since then; mostly because of my illness which is pretty much gone right now. I still can't figure out what really happened that day. The first thing I remember when Yumi came over was that she was crying on my chest. I then asked her why and she just told me to go away which was quite funny because she was laying on me, thus, preventing me from leaving her alone. After that she started yelling at me and ran off.

'What did I really do? I think Yumi was just way too emotional that day. And I could probably blame that on Sissy's death but it's nothing to be sorry about.'

X.A.N.A. hasn't attacked at all this week except for that one time when he took control of somebody and started shooting at me and Sissy. I was relieved that, that was the only attack he planned while I was sick.

As for Dan, he has really done a lot of work between Yumi and me. He even went over to her house to talk to her about this misunderstanding several times this week. Dan is a very nice person but sometimes he can go overboard in trying to do good things.

For instance, he told me yesterday that Yumi agreed to see me. I felt so relieved. That is, until he mentioned that it would be over dinner and at the Black Lotus, the fanciest Chinese restaurant in town. The place has so much class that they even have a dress code. Apparently, he made reservations for two earlier this week and just told me yesterday. Dan said that he'd write me a blank check for the bill which was really nice but I wish he would have asked me first.

'What if she hates me? If I tell her what I think happened would she hate me even more?' thoughts like that ran through my mind as I carefully got dressed in my rented tuxedo which Dan also paid for. Either way I did something to upset her and today was my only chance to reconcile. I put on my bow tie and left my room.

"Well, don't you look grown-up?" A sarcastic voice said behind me. It was Dan.

"Oh, hey, Dan. What's up?" I replied.

"Not much. Just come to see you off that's all." He replied as we walked side by side in the hallway, "You know where you're going right?"

"Yeah, the Black Lotus. Hey, Dan, I need to ask you something," I began, "How exactly should I apologize to Yumi? I mean, I don't really understand what I'm apologizing for?"

"Ulrich, we've been through this a million times this week. It was a misunderstanding on both your guys' part. Yumi thought you were dead so when you laughed she thought you were laughing at her feelings. You weren't but that's how she took it and your misunderstanding was that you didn't realize that Yumi was so emotionally fragile when she was CRYING ON YOUR CHEST. You could blame that on your virus. Understand?"

"Yeah, thanks, Dan." I replied and left for Yumi's house.

Yumi's house---

My hands were melting like an ice cream cone on a hot summer day as I rang the door bell. Like usual, her mother answered the door.

"Uh...hi! Is Yumi home?" I asked nervously putting on a fake smile.

"You must be Ulrich. I'll go get Yumi. She's been talking about you non-stop since yesterday." She replied. 'I hope she's been saying good things or this could be a really short date.'

My eyes couldn't believe the angel that flew down the staircase a minute later. Yumi looked glorious. She was wearing all red. Red high heels, red dress, red gloves and red lipstick. Her dress went down to mid thigh and was skin tight with spaghetti straps. A small black leather coat hung around her arm just incase it got cold. Her gloves went a little past her elbows; also skin tight. She was the perfect date.

"Ulrich is something the matter?" She asked standing in the doorway.

"Uh, no. Nothing's wrong. It's just that you look," I thought of the best word to describe her, "fantastic."

"Thanks," She said blushing, "You don't look too bad yourself." That comment made me blush even more than she was. Yumi giggled and said, "Come on, let's go before it's too late." With the end of that sentence we left for the restaurant.

The Black Lotus---

When we got there we were promptly greeted. A waiter even opened the door for us took Yumi's jacket. He then confirmed our reservations which were somehow under my name and led us to an empty booth and handed us two menus.

"Thanks for taking me out Ulrich," Yumi said, "I really appreciate it." She leaned over the table and into my ear, "This must have cost you a fortune." 'What the?! Did Dan not tell her that this was all his idea?! What a guy!' I thought as she sat back down.

"Uh, well, it was well spent." I replied scratching the back of my head, "Yumi, I'll be right back. I need to go to the bathroom."

Meanwhile in the hallway of Ulrich's and Odd's dorm---

'He's just lucky I've been so busy this week with Ulrich and Yumi.' I thought wondering when Odd was going to get back from dinner. This week I noticed that a can of soda was missing from my refrigerator. I also discovered an empty can in Odd's trash can the same day. 'Ulrich couldn't have done that because he was sick and Odd is the only one who had a descent motive.'

Normally, I don't get so angry about something so minor but the fact that he was in my room looking around without me frightened me. I have a lot of sensitive material in there and I don't want him to discover it.

As I was pacing the floor I heard the door open. I listen to the footsteps. They were light and brisk; it was Odd.

"Hey, Odd, can I talk to you for a minute." I asked coming up from behind him.

"Sure, what's up?" He replied innocently. I moved to his right side.

"Well, for starters..." I then forced my right arm straight into his gut lifting him up into the air a few inches. Odd fell to the floor gasping for air, "you could stay out of my room from now on." 'It's not everyday that you're hit with the force of ten men. He'll be out for a few hours at least.' I thought as I left the scene.

The Black Lotus---

We had finished our meal and I was filling out the check when suddenly I remembered the reason why I came here. It was to apologize to Yumi. I guess she forgot or wanted me to bring up the subject because nobody mentioned it.

I finished writing and put the check, folded, onto a small tray that held our fortune cookies so Yumi wouldn't see the signature.

"Yumi, about what happened earlier this week," I said, "I just want to say that I'm...well...uh...I didn't mean to laugh at your feelings." I felt so bad this week because Yumi thought that I did. I wanted to talk to her eariler this week but I was just way too nervous to do so.

"Then what did you laugh at?" She asked glaring into my eyes making me feel even worse.

"Uh...what I mean is...uh, I don't really know what I was laughing at." I admitted, "Yumi, I 'm sorry for what I did. I wasn't being myself." Even though, she did play a part in the ordeal I wasn't about to being it up.

"Well, you were sick last week so I can see you not being yourself," she replied, "but you still made me very upset." Her head was bowed slightly.

"Yumi, is there anyway I can make it up to you?" I asked hoping that she'd say "yes", "I don't want our relationship to end like this."

"Well, there is ONE thing..." she said with a large grin on her face and blushed slightly, "Come on, let's go." Yumi said taking my hand. 'Why do I feel like I've just been conned?' I thought. She forgot about the fortune cookies. On the way out she was handed her jacket and put it on.

"Where do you want to go?" I asked trying to keep up with her.

"Let's go to the park." She replied. We then left the building and walked to the park.

At the Park---

When we got there is was almost dark. The sun was just about to set. Yumi guided me to the center of the park which had a perfect view of it. She sat down on a green metal bench and motioned me to sit down next to her.

"Isn't it beautiful?" She said watching the sun set. I was on the other hand switching between her and the sun. The position of her head masked the sun making it appear as if she had an aura. I felt my heart rate increase as she put her arm over my shoulders and repeated, "Ulrich? Did you hear me?"

"Uh, yeah. I was just admiring the view." I said a little startled because she caught me off guard. Then Yumi leaned her head against my shoulder.

After about a minute of silence I asked, "Hey, Yumi, what is this 'one' thing I have to do to earn your forgivness?" She lifted her head, looked at me and giggled.

"Just play along." She replied moving her face closer to mine. Her answer shocked me but I think I knew what she wanted and I was prepared to give it to her. My lips finally met with hers' after a whole year of waiting. For so long I wanted to do this. It felt like my life was complete.

After some time we let go and caught our breaths. "You have no idea how long I wanted to do that, Yumi." I said.

"Yes, I do." She replied swinging her other arm around my neck and kissed me even deeper and more passionately then before. 'Wait, so she's felt this way for me too all along? I'm such an idiot.' I thought as I put my arms around her waist. We stayed like that for what seemed like an eternity.

A/N: Oh, how sweet. Can I get an "awe" from the readers, please? (AAAWWWEEE).