I wake up early on Saturday so I can get ready. I want to look my best for my date with Ivan. When he picks me up, I'm nervous yet excited at the same time. I have my white board in hand.

The waitress' name is 'Becky' and she knows me. I right out, 'the usual' on my board and she smiles. Ivan does most of the talking… okay… all of the talking since I technically can't speak. We eat, and Ivan ends up stealing a bite of my pancakes. I don't complain, especially when he really likes it.

After we eat, he takes me to the arcade and we spend a lot of time there. I make us go in the photo booth, and put the pictures in my wallet. When I fail at the claw game, Ivan goes back in secret and wins the tiny polar bear for me. Since I'm lighter on my feet, I smoke him at DDR, but he wins the racing game.

Overall, I have a great time. It's the most fun I've ever had.

After the arcade, we go to the park and have a late lunch since it's around two o'clock. Afterwards, he buys me ice cream, which makes me feel special. 'You didn't have to.' I say after eating it.

"Of course I did. That is what you do for your boyfriend, da?"

'WHAT?!'

"Uh, I didn't mean that! I was getting ahead of myself."

I ignore this and throw myself into his arms, knocking him over. "Oof! Matvey! What was that?" I snuggle into him, as we lay on the grass. "Matvey?" I look up at him. "Would you go out with me?" I nod vigorously. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Ivan smiles, "I am so glad you did not reject me."

I grab my whiteboard and lay back down with Ivan, his arm around me. 'Why would I do that?'

"I do not know. I guess I just did not think you would like me, you would hate me instead… just like everyone else…"

'You've given me no reason to dislike you in anyway.'

"I am glad you feel that way." Ivan smiles at me again.

Ivan then takes me home, hesitating in the doorway as if there was something more he was wanting to do. Unfortunately, he just says, "Goodbye, Matvey." I hold up 'I had fun' but he's already gone. I frown; that was weird.

I flop down on my bed with a happy, soundless sigh. "Did you have fun?" I jump when Alfred speaks. I didn't know he was here. "Don't think I don't know you were on a date with Ivan."

I give him the 'how did you know?' look. "IHOP? Really?" Alfred asks in return.

'How did you know I was there?'

"We go every Saturday. You weren't here when I woke up, so I figured you'd gone somewhere. I took Kiku with me."

'Ohhh… that makes sense. I can't believe I didn't see you.'

"Well, to be fair, you were having a pretty great time with Ivan."

I blush, remembering that I'm his boyfriend now, but that Alfred has no way of knowing that.

"Aww! I think it's cute, your little crush. Are you sure he doesn't feel the same way?"

I'm starting to think that he may… I just shrug my shoulders.

"Dude, you were out all day! If he doesn't feel the same way, then he's a sadistic bastard, toying with your emotions like that."

Well, it was a little weird there at the end, but the rest of the date was really fun…

"You hesitate, which means that you're thinking about it. Are you unsure about… wait, what were we talking about?"

I face palm, 'What time is it?'

Alfred checks his phone, "Almost four, why?"

'I was just wondering. Thank you.'

"No problem. Tomorrow's Sunday, so I bid the farewell." With that, Alfred leaves, off to party or whatever. It's like we was waiting for me to some home.

I pull my list out from under my pillow; the only things left on the list are to make Ivan love me, and to do it by the end of the month. And to actually get him to say it out loud…

I sigh soundlessly and lay down. I really home I can do this. I fall asleep despite the time, and dream of what will happen if I can't get Ivan to love me in time.

These last two chapters are really short, so I decided to post them back-to-back on the same day