Right before our eyes, our little Vaako turned into a man, well, almost. When he went home, he found that he could not concentrate on any of his work. His mind kept drifting to her, that beautiful rose, the morning lily to his dark violet.

He had two problems, though. 1)Vaako was clinically crazy, and therefore the chances of him having any sort of normal, stable relationship was abnormally low and 2)he did not know the girls name.

Dammit, he thought to himself, how could I have completely frozen up like that? All over some little girl I've never even seen or met before. He was not used to having "crushes" on anyone, and consequently did not know the specifics of what went on; a.k.a. the freezing up, profuse sweating, and complete bumble headedness that went along with it.

So, not knowing what else he should do in such a situation, he decided on cursing himself for over an hour, until he became bored of that, so he decided that he would take a walk, for the fresh air, if not the sun, would do him some good.

The sun was, in fact, out, but it did not make the temperature soar. In fact, the weather was quite nice, especially when the wind was blowing. He decided to go down to the wharfs, and watch the sun sparkle on the waves. Here, on his planet of Gaki, the seas and oceans were more beautiful than on any other planet. Being a guy, though, Vaako never really took too much of a consideration on its beauty.

Of course, fate can be a bit of a comedian at times, and it just so happened that that day she would play one of her jokes. As Vaako was crossing a bridge, he spotted her sitting on one of the piers, with her feet dangling in the water. Since she was alone, he figured that he could find the courage to speak with her.

He was, of course, wrong, but she wasn't a shy person, and it happened to be that at the very moment Vaako was walking past her chosen pier, she looked back, and screamed to him, "Hey, didn't I see you earlier?"

Knowing that he could not just ignore her, he spun around and replied, "Uhh, well, umm, yeah, it, uhh, was, you walked past me, and…" he trailed off into silence; the last part of his award-winning speech was lost in a well-timed cough.

He found himself mesmerized by her mid-length, curly black hair. And her almond-shaped eyes, which were an odd shade of greyish-green. He knew from his earlier faux-encounter with her that she was tall, but not quite as tall as he was. And, what he liked the most about her, was how natural she seemed. Unlike the other girls he had met, she didn't load herself down with make-up. He wondered as to whether or not she even wore that horrible stuff.

"Oh, well, why don't you come and sit with me? Or would you rather stand there like an idiot all day?"

He found himself staring at her a moment to long, completely ignoring her question of relation on the wharf.

"Excuse me?" Vaako was surprised. No one had ever dared say anything of the non-nice persuasion about him to his face.

"Hell, I said to come and sit with me, is that too much for you to comprehend?" She rolled her eyes at Vaako and turned back around, sighing heavily.

Vaako walked the length of the dock, and took a seat beside her, but not too close. He did not remove his shoes, being one of those who prefer to stay dry. "I am Vaako, by the way, and you are?"

"Yume Neko. You look about my age. Maybe a bit older, I'm 16, you must be about 17."

"Yeah, I am, usually people think I look older, though."

"Whatever. It's your complexion, nonetheless. Older people go outside more to work, and they are darker. You're as white as a bloody ghost though, you are." At this, Yume crept closer to Vaako and whispered in his ear, "But you're not going to try and scare me, though, are you?"

Vaako, not understanding the complexities of women, just turned toward her and uttered, a single, "no."

"Ugh, you're dense. I think I like it. You should be my submissive kitty," she said with a coy smile. She began to laugh, watching Vaako's façade go from one of confusion, to one of amused annoyance.

"You're what? You're freakin' crazy. I am not submissive." He realized that he had made a mistake just by the look on her face. She had stopped laughing, but instead began examining, closely.

"Maybe not, but you're cute, just like a kitty," she purred, smoothing back her hair.

"What is a 'submissive kitty' anyway?" he asked, not understanding the implications of the phrase that Yume had put forth.

"You'll get it one day. Until then, have a good one." She stood up and donned her sandals. "Hope I see you around," she said, while smoothing out her pants.

Vakko sat for a moment, and then decided that he should say something while he still had the chance, and while she was alone, so if denied, he would feel as embarrassed.

"Wait," he said, quickly standing up and grabbing her arm, for Yume had already started on a brisk pace. "Umm, how about I t-take you, uhh, to dinner sometime?" he asked shakily, slightly stuttering.

"Sure, could be fun." Yume divulged the information as to where she lived. They decided on the time that he would pick her up, and all the rest of the essential information, and she walked off. "See you tomorrow, don't be late."

Vaako stared after her until she was only a speck on the horizon. What the hell did I just do? Double damn! He began his walk home, torn between being excited for his first date, or being a moron for ever deciding to take a walk that day.