Chapter 8

Saturday morning….

Hana still couldn't believe that she had lost to Valkyr yesterday evening. She still was nervous about having to go on a date with her now, she wasn't against the idea however. It had been a long time since she's been on a date, and Valkyr was really sweet at times. This didn't stop the stress about what to wear, how to act, and everything else that important on a date. Luckily she knew some people who could help her with date stuff, she was currently on her way to the med room to see said people.

Learning her lesson after last time she entered without waiting for a response, Hana knocked on the med room for and waited for a response.

"Come in!"

Hearing the Doctor's response, Hana pushed the door open and entered the room. She saw Angela and Genji sitting at Angela's desk, she stepped in and say next to the two of them. "Hello Hana, can I help you with anything?"

"Yes, actually.. I could use some advice."

"Alright, what kind of advice?"

"Uhh… Dating advice…"

Genji spoke up at this point. "I could help you with that."

"Genji she asked me, and I'm pretty sure playboy advice won't help her here. You go give us a minute."

Genji chuckled, "Alright, but I will say this. The thing that will always look best on you, is confidence."

"What if I'm not confident?" Hana asked nervously.

"I know you can be, pretend it's a mission. You always manage to be calm and confidence in any mission. Now, I'll be leaving you two. Good luck with your dating Hana."

"Thank you Genji."

Angela exhaled once he had left the room. "Okay. So what exactly is the situation?"

"Valkyr won a date from me."

"Won a date?"

"Well, I made a bet with her saying that she couldn't beat me in a game of Crossroad Brawler… the wager being a date…. And I really underestimated her."

"I think the best question here is do you want to go on this date?"

"I mean, if I didn't, would I be here?"

"Maybe not, but perhaps you simply feel like you need to hold up your end of the bargain? Either way, I'll try my best to help. So what part of dating do you want advice on?"

"...Am I allowed to say all of it?"

In Lena's room….

"You got a date with Hana? Nice!"

"I did, but I've never been on a date before. I don't know what to do."

"Don't you worry about that! I'm more than happy to help! First, we need to head into town to get what you'll be wearing. Then we'll go over how you should act."

Two hours later

Looking in the mirror in Lena's room, Lena was helping Valkyr with her new outfit for her a Hana's date. Valkyr was foreign to what she was wearing, but was assured by Lena that it was perfect.

"I'm telling you Valkyr, you look great! There's no need to worry about it."

"Are you sure? I feel like this is a little much…"

"Trust me, it's not. We could've went so much more with it, this is more of a casual date wear."

"If you say so, are you sure Hana's gonna be dressed up too?"

"Yes, yes don't worry. I'm positive she will be. Now, we need to go over how you act on a date. First rule, never talk about yourself unless asked to, you always talk about them unless they ask something about you."

"So only talk about Hana?"

"Well you can talk about other things, just not yourself. It makes you look selfish. Oh! And never bring up a depressing topic, or an angry one. Don't kill the mood, nothing could ruin a date faster." Lena was just doing the finishing touches with Valkyr's outfit.

"Aaaaaand… done! So, what do you think?"

Valkyr gave herself a good look in the mirror. She was wearing black dress pants, a white dress shirt tucked into the pants, a black suit jacket and a red tie. It covered mostly all of her body apart from her hands and head, she had to admit that she really did look rather nice, but was still worried that it was a bit too much.

"I think it looks great, but in still not sure if Hana's expecting to get this dressed up."

"Trust me, I know Hana. She is gonna look just as nice as you."

In Angela's room….

"Should I really be this dolled up Angela?"

"Do you want to have the best date possible?"

"Well yeah, but-"

"Then don't argue, this is the best. Now, never start a conversation about yourself, you can talk about almost anything but talking about yourself just looks rude. Never bring up a depressing subject, you never want to kill the mood."

"Should I just talk about her?"

"You can, ask her about her life, things she's interested in, that kind of thing. Just make sure you don't talk about her time on Jupiter, that's obviously not a happy memory. Have you ever walked in heels before?"

"Yeah but only like once,I might stumble a bit."

"Well hopefully you don't trip, these will add some height and they look really cute too! Turn around I still need to adjust some things."

"Do you think Valkyr's gonna be dressed up like this? It's her first ever date and I don't know if she'd dress this fancy…"

"Look, even if she doesn't you are still gonna look great and wow her. And between you and me,I saw her go into town with Lena earlier. She's going to look nice."

"With Lena? Alright, you have a point. But she still hasn't acted in a date before."

"True, but Lena is certainly going to teach her a thing or two. You'll need to be ready for this. Look straight ahead, I need to do your hair." Hana looked directly into the mirror in front of her watching as Angela works on her hair and outfit. "Do you know what you'll be doing tonight?"

"Not exactly, I let Valkyr decide, if I had to guess we'd probably walk around a bit and maybe go to a restaurant."

"Okay, now, you might not need to know this at all but it never hurts. Do you know how to dance?"

"Wait like… slow dance?"

"Yes. It's possible that depending on where you go and what you do you might dance with Valkyr. I'm willing to bet Lena is already teaching her how to dance."

"Well.. I.. never really had a chance to slow dance with someone before."

"Really? Not even during school?"

"Nope. Not once."

"Well, I'll have to do a quick summary of your typical slow dance with you once were done here. Alright, now put the heels on." Hana did as she was asked and slid into the high heels, at first she felt fine and was balancing okay. "Excellent, now walk towards me please."

This is how I die. This is actually going to kill me. Hana took about two steps towards Angela before completley losing balance and plummeting to the ground. "I think I'm gonna need to practise waking in these." Came a muffled voice in the floor.

Angela, who was now laughing hysterically, responded, "Yes, yes you certainly do need to! Don't worry we'll make sure you can at least walk before you go."

"This isn't funny! Help me up!"

Angela quickly helped Hana to her feet, her laughter slightly dying down. "I'm sorry Hana but it's always amusing to watch people walk in heels for the first time! Okay, walk around the room a bit to get used to the heels then you can come dance with me."

Ten minutes later

"Alright Hana, hold my left shoulder with your right hand, and hold the right side of my waist with your left hand." Hana hesitantly held onto Angela as she was told.

"This is gonna be humiliating.."

"It may be, but you need to learn how, Hana. Trust me, if the date goes well, you'll want to dance with her. Now, just follow my feet." The to began moving very slowly, back and forth, inching across the room. "Okay, this is good, but now we're gonna take bigger steps." Soon enough, they seemed to be making massive circles in the room, in the midst of Hana's amazement, she soon realized that she was still wearing heels. She began to fall backwards, but was swiftly caught by Angela grabbing onto her shoulders. "You're doing great in the dancing part, but I think we need to practise walking in the heels a bit more. So let's keep practising."

Practise seemed to pay off, Hana was much more stable while dancing, while not perfectly balanced, it was enough to not fall over. After around fifteen more minutes of practise, Angela spoke once more. "You're doing great Hana! But now we have to practise the twirl. I'm going to take your right hand and lift it over your head, then we both take a slight step back, and you simply spin and fine back into the original position. Think you can handle it?"

"Well I'll try to." Angela stepped back and too Hana's hand, once it was over her head she began to spin to the right. She stumbled multiple times, but not once did she fall over. She then moved back into The original position with Angela. "Hey! I did it!"

"Yes, yes you did! Now, let's take on last look at you in the mirror before you go."

They stepped back to the mirror and took a good look. Hana was wearing a short red dress that went down to just a little above her knees, matching red high heels that added about three inches, diamond earrings hung from each ear and two red bracelets on her left arm. Her hair was straightened and let down past her shoulders. Hana couldn't remember the last time she looked so nice.

"You look beautiful Hana, Valkyr is sure to be really falling for you now. It's almost eight, she'll be ready soon, have a good time and be careful okay?"

"Yes, mom." Hana said sarcastically, she hugged her motherly figure and walked back to her room to wait.

After about five minutes, she heard a knock on her door. I guess it's time then. Bracing herself, she got up and turned the knob, and she was treated to an absolutely gorgeous sight.