I looked at the clothes I had laied out across my bed, not acustomed to how "Dates" are suppose to go. 'Its Valentine's Day, and I have to make it perfect to set the mood.' I thought, looking at my phone. I was suppose to pick Chiaki up at 7:00, with me having three hours to get ready. 'It dosent matter, I'll look good in anything... Or will I?' I thought, rubbing my chin. We had been looking forward to this day, the class having made plans for us at the start of Feburary. I could feel my heart racing faster and faster as I thought of what we would do today.
I looked on in frustration as I looked at the shirt I had in hand. I cant decide on which pair of pants would look best with this. I thought, looking between the pair of black pants to go with my white shirt. They looked the same, but weren't the same if that makes sense.
Looking at my phone, I paled as I had twenty minutes to get to Chiaki's room. 'Three hours looking at a pair of pants, man I'm lame.' I thought, shacking my head as I picked up a pair and started getting ready. 'This day better be good, I don't want to mess it up.' I thought as I undid the top button of my shirt and had my tie loose so that I could breath.
Later, Chiaki's room
Standing outside, I knocked on the door, followed by things kitting the ground and whispering on the other side. I let out a small laugh as I could hear Sonia and Mahiru on the other side, along with some distorted voices that I didn't recognize. One of them sounded male and the other was female. Once the door opened, Chiaki had swung the door open rather fast, looking nervous. "You ready to go, or do you need more time?" I asked, smiling at her.
She tried to answer, actually stuttering. "Yes, lead the way!" I heard Sonia whisper, with Chiaki standing up straight.
"Yes, lead the way." Chiaki said, with me stepping aside and held my arm out for her, with her grabbing onto my arm, with me taking notice that she was in heels and was having a hard time walking and used me as a crutch.
Looking over Chiaki, I saw that she was wearing a black dress that didn't cover her shoulders. Knowing it was cold, I stopped and took off my coat, getting a confused look from her. "Its cold out, I don't want you to get sick." I said, helping her put it on, where she instantly covered herself up, even throwing on the hoody to hide. "You ok?" I asked as we started walking again.
"I'm fine." She said, looking down. "Just thinking that I should of worn my normal shoes instead." She said, with me nodding.
"Is that all?" I asked, with her looking up at me. "Don't worry, you'll be fine. If anything, I'm prepared." I said, confusing her. "If you need to change shoes, I will give you the extras I brought." I said, confusing her as she looked me up and down. Smiling, I bent down and rolled up my pant leg, showing her a pair of shoes that were tied to my leg. "See, I have you covered." I said, rolling my pant leg back down.
She looked away and messed with the coat, trying to distract herself as we walked outside, where I felt the chills, but dealt with it as I had felt worse. She shivered, because her legs weren't covered well. "Ok, lets hurry, I should of went casual!" She said, making me laugh as I shook my head.
"Sure, I don't want to freeze to death out here, because then it would be my fault." I said, with her looking at me in confusing. 'I said something stupid, didn't it?' I thought, knowing I did.
I took her hand in mine and started picking up our pace so that we didn't have to be in the cold anymore. As we walked, Chiaki pulled herself closer to me, with me smiling down at her. "Warm." She mumbled, making me laugh a bit. She was drawn to my heat, and she was cold.
Silence engulfed us on our way to the gate, where we would both be blindfolded and taken to our destination, curtesy of the class as they wanted us to have a grand time. As we walked, I kept repeating a thought in my head. I loved Chiaki. This was true, and I was sure she felt the same. Even when we met, I knew that I was falling for her. My time with her had only increased my love for the gamer girl. A date with the gamer girl, was both of our first dates.
'Still, with the class setting this up, there is no telling how our first date will go.' I thought, feeling a shiver go up my spine.
"We're here." Chiaki said once we reached the gate, with us standing there and looking around, seeing no one around. Suddenly, I saw Peko run between us, with us letting the other go, where I was lifted up above the shoulders of Nidai. Before I could say anything, both my eyes and mouth was covered by another cloth.
"Kidnapping is a success, get these two out of here!" I heard Kuzuryu, with me cursing him as I was bounced across the shoulder of Nidai, going god knows where.
Later
Getting placed down in a chair, the rags were ripped off, with me seeing Chiaki sitting across from me, both of us adjusting our eyes to the dark, with a spot light hanging over us, with a table between us. "Ok, are you ready?" I heard, with me knowing that it was Ibuki's voice, making me pail. Suddenly, there was fire in front of us, with our eyes widening in shock. After the flame died down, we watched as candles lit up on both sides of us, with it forming a heart around us, the point on Chiaki's side while the top was behind me.
"Well, this is extreme." I said, looking back at Chiaki, who nodded. "We were kidnapped, tossed in an unknown dark room and were almost set on fire." I said, where the lights came on, showing that we were at a restaurant, a fancy one at that. It was empty, with all the tables and chairs moved away from ours.
"You have some interesting friends." Someone said, walking from what I was guessing was the kitchen. "Welcome to Uliveto, I'll be your waiter, Antonio." He said, looking between us as he placed some silverware in front of us, wrapped in napkins and some Menus. "Would you two like to start off with a salad?" He asked, with me looking over at Chiaki, with her doing the same. We nodded, with him writing it down. "Ok, I'll be right back with that, as well as some bread sticks, and what can I get for you to drink?" He asked, with me thinking about it.
"Strawberry-Banana Smoothie!" Chiaki said, with me looking at her as she had a look of determination on her face.
'Must be her favorite drink.' I thought, with her looking at me. "Raspberry Lemonade, easy on the ice." I said, giving her a smile as the man nodded and walked off. "So, Strawberry-Banana Smoothie, is that your favorite?" I asked, with her blushing.
"Ya, when I was little, my mother brought me to a Uliveto, not this one, this one looks a bit nicer." She said, looking around. "She would always get me the Strawberry-Banana Smoothie, I had a bit of a sweet tooth." She said, giving a nervous laugh.
"Sounds nice, I'll have to try it next time." I said, with her nodding her head quickly as our drinks arrived.
"You two are gross, cant you two, I don't know, do something else than just look at the other?" We heard, with both of us going pale. Looking at the person, we saw Saionji standing there with a tray in hand and in work clothes. "What, haven't you two seen a waitress before?" She asked, with us looking at the other.
"What happened to-"
"We fired him, so I'm now your server for the night!" Saionji interrupted, with me not liking how this was going to go. "Anyways, here!" She said, placing two straws into the smoothie. "This should get your attention." She said, looking between us. "Well, go on, I helped make it so I know what's up!" She said, with us feeling uneasy as we remembered what happened last time. "I didn't drug it, honest!" She said, with us leaning forward and trying the smoothie, only nothing was coming through. Looking at Chiaki, she also looked confused. Lifting my straw up, it was reviled that both straws were connected, with Saionji laughing at us.
"Dame it Saionji, this isn't a time for games!" I said, with her walking off as Chiaki took the straws apart and went to her drink, looking embarrassed. I was even embarrassed at what she just did. "I'm sorry." I said, with her shacking her head.
"You didn't have anything to do with it, so its fine." She said, with me shacking my head.
"No, because I agreed to allow the class to make our date, we got stuck with them running our date instead." I said, with her nodding. "I promise you, I will find a way to make this our best first date." I said, with Sonia coming over and placing some bowls and plates in front of us. "Even you?" I asked, with her nodding.
"Mahiru and I are in charge, and with Saionji, we decided to fire her as well." She answered, with me face palming. "Don't worry, I've read enough magazines to know how this should go and end!" She said, giving us a wink. "Now, have you two decided on what to have?" She asked, with me looking at the menu.
"I think I'll... do the make it your self pasta." I said, with Sonia pulling out a pen. "The pasta, Angel Hair, sauce will be Marinara and the topping will be... Italian Sausage." I said, looking over at Chiaki as she looked through the menu.
"I'll have the same." She said, with Sonia nodding and taking our menus.
"Good choice, we'll have them out for you as soon as we can!" She said, quickly taking off to the kitchen, with us staring at her.
"Hanamura?" I asked, looking back at Chiaki as we heard fire going off.
"Hanamura." She answered, nodding back at me. "I got to say, it is nice." She said, smiling.
"It is... I'm just worried about what the others will be doing." I said, getting a nod from her. "So, Peko, Nidai and Kuzuryu were the ones who kidnapped me." I said, thinking on who we had ran into.
"Akane and Mahiru were the ones who kidnapped me, with Kazuichi being the one who placed a blind fold on you." She said, with me counting them down. "Saionji brought our drinks, Sonia took our order and Hanamura is cooking."
"Don't forget Ibuki almost set us on fire." I said, with her nodding. "That leaves three others that we have yet to run into." I said, not wanting to know what they would do.
"It cant be that bad." She said, where we heard squeaking. Looking down, we saw Tanaka's minions, holding our plates. "Ahh, how cute!" She said, with Tanaka sliding a ramp next to the table, in a butler uniform, watching as they all walked up and placed out food in front of us.
"Dinner is served, I hope you find it pleasant." He said, placing a hand in front of his face.
"With that, I think we might." I said, holding a finger out to the minions, getting a high five from them before they slid down the ramp and returned to Tanaka. "Thank you." I said, with him nodding and walking off. "Ok, so two left." I said, looking back at Chiaki as she placed her napkin in her lap.
"Mitarai and Mikan." She said, with me nodding. We suddenly heard a crash, and looked at the kitchen. Laying on the ground was Mikan, who had some kind of brown stuff on her. "Found Mikan." She said, where we watched Mitarai drag said girl back into the kitchen by her feet. "And that's all of them." She said, looking back at me. "So far, everything is great." She said, with me nodding.
"Ya, it is." I said, watching her taste her pasta before digging into mine as well.
Later
Walking back to the dorms, I held Chiaki in my arms as it was still dark out and cold, even with my coat. "So, I would say this was a good first date." She said, with me nodding.
"Ya, it was." I said, smiling down at he... Where Peko then ran between us again. 'Oh crap!' I thought, getting tossed over the shoulders of Nidai again and being blindfolded once more.
"We're not done, you have one more event, Nidai, Akane, get a move on and quick!" Kuzuryu said, where we were kidnapped once more.
Later
Taking the blindfold off, I found myself in a pitch black room. "Chiaki, you here?" I asked, placing my hands over my mouth to call out to her.
"I'm right here." I heard, with me looking to my left, as that was the spot her voice came from. Holding my hands out, I made my way towards her, where I was suddenly slapped once I grabbed something squishy. "Sorry, just... Don't grab me there!" She said, with me knowing where she was talking about.
"Sorry, blind here!" I said, knowing she understood. Suddenly, the lights came on, except these were stage lights, and standing on said stage was Ibuki. "Great, this should be good." I said, wanting to know what was going to happen.
"Yo, I got the Ultimate Musicians to help me out for your songs!" Ibuki said, where two other girls walked on stage, one holding a base and the other making her way to the drum set. "You ready!?" She yelled, plugging a cord into the guitar, with the base player doing the same.
"What's happening?" Chiaki asked, seeing another person come out with a Keyboard.
"I don't know." I told her, seeing Ibuki looking back at the keyboard person, who started off.
(Don't Own: Play Game Over: Falling in Reverse)
"My life is like a video game"
"Trying hard to beat the stage"
"All while I am still collecting coins"
"Trying hard to save the girl"
"Obstacles, I'm jumping hurdles"
"I'm growing up to be a big boy"
"I battle with the evil ways"
"I travel far, and try and save"
"Sorry but your princess isn't here"
"I take a rest, I push the pause"
"Level up, and move along"
'In hopes that the next stage I will clear"
"(I fucking passed asshole!)"
"I'm just trying to keep from dying"
"It's just a game that we play"
"And for heaven's sakes"
"Looking for a better way to play it!"
"Life is for keeping score and forever more"
"Stop complaining and start changing it"
"Today I went to therapy"
"Told him my embarrassing"
"Issues that I'm having with my life"
"He told me that I need to change"
"Life is not a video game"
"So stop playing and open up your eyes"
"I'm just trying to keep from dying"
"It's just a game that we play"
"And for heaven's sakes"
"Looking for a better way to play it!"
"Life is for keeping score and forever more"
"Stop complaining and start changing it"
"Don't talk about it"
"Just be about it"
"Don't ever doubt it even when your brain is clouded"
"I may be crazy"
"But life's amazing"
"And through it all and even with your problems facing"
"So just know that it's okay"
"My life is like a video game"
"Trying hard to beat the stage"
"All while I am still collecting coins"
"Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start"
"It's just a game that we play"
"And for heaven's sakes"
"Looking for a better way to play it!"
"Life is for keeping score and forever more,"
"Stop complaining and start changing it"
"It's just a game that we play"
"And for heaven's sakes"
"Looking for a better way to play it!"
"Life is for keeping score and forever more"
"Stop complaining and start changing!"
(Song End)
We stood there, staring at them, and I knew Chiaki had a grin on her face as she enjoyed the song. "Thank you, now that was Chiaki's song, now its time for Dakota's!" Ibuki said, with me raising an eyebrow at her.
(Don't Own: Play Natural: Imagine Dragons)
"Will you hold the line"
"When every one of them has given up and given in, tell me"
"In this house of mine"
"Nothing ever comes without a consequence or cost, tell me"
"Will the stars align?"
"Will heaven step in? Will it save us from our sin? Will it?"
"Cause this house of mine stands strong"
"That's the price you pay"
"Leave behind your heart and cast away"
"Just another product of today"
"Rather be the hunter than the prey"
"And you're standing on the edge, face up 'cause you're a..."
"Natural"
"A beating heart of stone"
"You gotta be so cold"
"To make it in this world"
"Yeah, you're a natural"
"Living your life cutthroat"
"You gotta be so cold"
"Yeah, you're a natural"
"Will somebody"
"Let me see the light within the dark trees' shadowing"
"What's happening?"
"Looking through the glass find the wrong within the past knowing"
"Oh, we are the youth"
"Cut until it bleeds inside a world, without the peace, face it"
"A bit of the truth, the truth"
"That's the price you pay"
"Leave behind your heart and cast away"
"Just another product of today"
"Rather be the hunter than the prey"
"And you're standing on the edge, face up 'cause you're a..."
"Natural"
"A beating heart of stone"
"You gotta be so cold"
"To make it in this world"
"Yeah, you're a natural"
"Living your life cutthroat"
"You gotta be so cold"
"Yeah, you're a natural"
"Deep inside me, I'm fading to black, I'm fading"
"Took an oath by the blood of my hand, won't break it"
"I can taste it, the end is upon us, I swear"
"Gonna make it"
"I'm gonna make it"
"Natural"
"A beating heart of stone"
"You gotta be so cold"
"To make it in this world"
"Yeah, you're a natural"
"Living your life cutthroat"
"You gotta be so cold"
"Yeah, you're a natural"
"Natural"
"Yeah, you're a natural"
(Song end)
Both of us clapped as it was a good song, played by a good group. Seeing Ibuki bow, she faced the others and nodded. "Ok you two, here's one that you have to dance to." She said, where she started playing slow, catching us off guard as a disco light was lowered, with lights pointed at it.
Looking at Chiaki, she took her high heels off and faced me, with me taking her hand in mine. Not wanting to step on her feet, I let her climb onto mine, where we both danced the night away.