Chapter 17: Kurisumasu no Kawaii! Part II
When Phire opened the door to the hotel room, she was bedazzled and confused. Radiant, gleaming lights streamed the room, a Christmas tree was in the corner, and on the bed was a blood red rose with a note attached to it.
'Nante,' she thought, reading the note. This is what it said:
Phire, I will be late so you can do whatever you want and go wherever you desire okay? Good.
Uchiha Itachi
'Okay, Itachi-kun, I'll meet you at that fancy restaurant for whatever you want,' Phire thought, burning the note, and getting the rose with her. She had gone to the land of lightning, in which there was a very fancy but expensive restaurant. Before, though, she had changed into a velvet black dress, which went down until a little bit above her knees. She wore Samurai like sandals, and her front hair was down, while the back was tied with a rubber band that blended with her raven like hair. She had a purse that just had money in it, and when she went inside, everybody looked at her.
'Whoa, mommy, is that a dark version of a princess?' a little boy asked his mother. Many kids asked their parents that, and Phire was biting her lip, nervous. She asked the receptionist about 'Urana Metsurei,' and the lady led her to Itachi's table. Itachi had gone to the bathroom, and when the lady asked her name, she told her 'Yuni-ku Nekura'. She remembered Urana saying that Nekura would come.
'Okay, he should be coming, madam,' the lady told her. She nodded and sat down. After a few minutes, the gentleman-looking Itachi came in.
'Phire, your right on time,' he muttered, looking down. She smiled.
'I'm always on time,' she told him. He sat down, and looked at her; she looked fabulous to Itachi!
'You look nice,' he muttered. She nodded.
'You're as hot as ever,' she said under her breath. He looked up at her.
'Did you say something?' he asked. She blushed and shook her head.
'No, I just thought that it is really hot as ever like every restaurant,' Phire lied, but Itachi bought it.
'What do you want to order?' he asked her. She shrugged, and he asked one of the waiters to bring 2 menus.
'Right here, monsieur,' the waiter gave 2 menus. 'Are you two married?' he asked after looking at the two of them.
'No,' they said at the same time. Phire kicked him, but nobody saw as the sheet was prolonged so nobody could see his or her feet. He glared at her.
'Well, just call when you are ready,' he said, leaving. Phire sighed.
'I thought we were just going to get some food and eat at home, which, by the way, is decorated; what's up?' Phire asked. Itachi couldn't tell her yet, so he just shrugged.
'I had a lot of time on my hands, so,' Itachi told her. She sighed.
'Why don't we order empǎter?' Phire asked. He shrugged. (Noodles)
'Sure,' he said. 'Let's also get vin,' he told her. She shrugged. Their table was pretty secluded, and the golden yet fiery moon gleamed down on them from the window. People were looking at them, and Phire was looking at the menu. (Wine)
'Okay,' she muttered. The waiter came back when Itachi called him.
'Oui?' (Yes) the waiter asked. 'What would you like to order?'
'Empǎter and vin,' Itachi told the waiter. He nodded.
'Your order will come in 5-10 minutes,' he told them, leaving. Phire looked down at the menu, and wondered about dessert and coke. Itachi seemed a little concerned about her, and he lifted her face, making her look at him.
'You okay? Do you want to leave after we eat?' Itachi asked her. She nodded, and was red. He stroked her face a little, and then gently removed his hand. She looked down, and looked at the table. Itachi sighed.
'Chikushou, I don't even know what to do… how the hell do normal humans ask out normal humans? I can't believe that I'm doing this just for that friggin sharingan,' Itachi thought. He felt that this was a bad idea. Just then, he noticed two kids that were hiding in the janitor's closet, with the door slightly open. He recognized the two kids, and sighed.
'Kuso, it's those two kids from Hidden Moon,' he growled to himself, his face on his hand and his elbow on the table, looking down.
'Phire, it's 8:50,' Itachi told her. She saw the two kids when she looked slightly, and sighed.
'Just what we need for tonight,' she muttered sarcastically. The waiter came back with their food.
'Empǎter and vin for you two young ones,' the waiter said in his French-like accent. After he left, they started eating. After a while, Phire and Itachi noticed that the noodle they were both eating was the same one, and they cut off the string before the lady and the tramp thing happened.
'Time for some wine,' Itachi muttered, opening the wine bottle. Phire drank, as well as Itachi. After that, they ordered dessert.
'I'd like profiteroles au chocolate,' Phire told the waiter. He nodded, and looked to Itachi. (Pastry puffs filled with ice cream, topped with warm chocolate sauce; this is from a real French restaurant in America.)
'I would like Chinon,' he told the waiter. For a second, Itachi thought that the menu said chidori. (A pistachio sponge biscuit layered with hazelnut wafer crumbs, sour cherry "griottes" and a crunchy pistachio paste; this is also from a real restaurant.)
'Coming right up, monsieur and madame,' the French waiter told the two. They waited for a few minutes, and the dessert came. Phire smiled when she saw chocolate; that was her favorite flavor.
'Why are you smiling like that?' Itachi asked Phire. She shook her head.
'I haven't eaten at aFrenchrestaurant before,' Phire told him, 'and I didn't think I'd be able to order chocolate here.' Itachi nodded, and the two ate silently. Just then, the lights were much dimmer, and there was romantic music playing throughout the whole restaurant. Phire blinked, and looked at the musicians.
'Romantic music?' she asked. They eyed Itachi, and when Phire looked, she sighed.
'No, it isn't like that,' she tried to tell them, but they kept smiling and played softer music, but much more soothing and relaxing. Phire sighed. Some people started to slow dance, and after a few minutes, Phire and Itachi were the only "couple" that didn't get up and dance.
'You two should dance,' was what everybody was telling them. Phire literally had to restrain Itachi from killing them.
'We should go, come on,' Phire told Itachi. Just then, Hiroshi and Akina came out, and they were behind Itachi and Phire.
'Hey you two!' Akina whispered. Phire sighed, and had to restrain Itachi from killing again. Itachi wanted today to be without disturbances; apparently, that was impossible.
'Hi, uh, Akina,' Phire muttered. As the four left, Itachi grabbed Phire's wrist and they went on the roof of the restaurant, which was somewhat similar to ¼ the size of the Eiffel Tower.
'Those meddling idiots… Gr, if Phire didn't restrain me, I would've killed them,' Itachi growled to himself. When Phire got out of Itachi's grasp, they were already on the roof. The two kids went to a nearby tree, climbed it, and spied on the two.
'Itachi, let's go home,' Phire said, trying to leave, but he grabbed her this time instead of her wrist, and didn't let go as easily.
'What is with you!' Phire growled, revealing a claw. He just looked at her, and he turned her around and kept his arms around her waist.
'Phire,' he said, with not much emotion at all. She raised an eyebrow.
'Yea?' she asked, wondering what he was going to say. He then moved his hands up her back until he reached her neck, and Phire felt something around her neck, but it wasn't rope or anything dangerous. When Phire looked to see what it was, it was a fiery hot ruby necklace, with thin ice topazes for a chain. Phire raised both of her eyebrows, and gasped, the season of sakuras were arriving quicker on her face than lightning.
'Itachi, I… what is the meaning of this?' she asked, looking down. Itachi raised her face by the chin, and went closer to her.
'Phire, will you be my fiancé?' Itachi asked as he stopped, just a millimeter away from her. She just breathed, and closed her eyes. Her arms slowly went around his neck, and she kissed him during the fireworks,and under the moon spotlight.
'Ew,' Hiroshi pretended to puke by sticking his tongue out.
'Aw,' Akina awed. 'That's sweet; I knew they would make a good couple. They had perfect timing, too! The fireworks are beautiful!' Hiroshi nodded.
'Sis, let's go back to our place,' Hiroshi told Akina. She nodded, and before leaving, they took a picture of Phire and Itachi kissing, with fireworks and the moon in the background.
'I'm going to label this, "Darkness now and forever",' Akina told Hiroshi as they walked back.